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Financial Report 2010 Compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code
Additionally, United States law and regulations permit the pre-approval requirement to be waived with respect
to engagements for non-audit services aggregating no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues
we paid to our principal accountant, if such engagements were not recognized by us at the time of engagement
and were promptly brought to the attention of our Audit Committee or a designated member thereof and approved
prior to the completion of the audit. In each of 2009 and 2010, the percentage of the total amount of revenue
we paid to our principal accountant represented by non-audit services in each category that were subject to
such a waiver was less than 5 %.
Compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code
Declaration pursuant to § 161 German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
(Declaration of Conformity 2010)
The Management Board and Supervisory Board issued a new Declaration of Conformity in accordance with
§ 161 German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) on October 27, 2010. Deutsche Bank AG acted in conformity with
the recommendations of the “Government Commission’s German Corporate Governance Code” as follows:
“The last Declaration of Conformity was issued on October 28, 2009. It was adjusted as per January 1,
2010. After this date, Deutsche Bank AG complied with all the recommendations of the “Government
Commission’s German Corporate Governance Code” in the Code version dated June 18, 2009, published
in the Electronic Federal Gazette (Elektronischer Bundesanzeiger) on August 5, 2009, without any exceptions
until the new version of the Code became effective on July 2, 2010. Prior to January 1, 2010, Deutsche
Bank AG complied with the recommendations with the following exception:
For the members of the Supervisory Board, there was traditionally a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
policy without a deductible (Code No. 3.8). This directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy held by the
bank is a group insurance policy for a large number of individuals in Germany and abroad. Internationally,
a deductible is unusual. In light of the requirement to agree on a deductible for the Management Board,
such a deductible for the Supervisory Board was discussed and finally introduced within the framework of
the renewal of the existing directors’ and officers’ liability policy with effect from January 1, 2010.
On May 26, 2010, the “Government Commission’s German Corporate Governance Code” submitted a new
version of the Code, which was published in the Electronic Federal Gazette on July 2, 2010. Deutsche Bank
also complied with the new version, with the exception of the revised No. 5.4.1:
Based on the new regulation concerning the objectives for the composition of the Supervisory Board, as an
initial step the Terms of Reference for the Supervisory Board, for the Chairman’s Committee and for the
Nomination Committee were amended at the Supervisory Board meeting on July 27, 2010. Following the
required in-depth discussion of the matter, the specific objectives were approved at the Supervisory Board
meeting on October 27, 2010.
As of today’s date, Deutsche Bank AG acts in conformity with the recommendations of the “Government
Commission’s German Corporate Governance Code” in the Code version dated May 26, 2010, without any
exceptions.”
The Declaration of Conformity 2010 and all of the previous versions of the Declaration of Conformity are published
on Deutsche Bank’s website at http://www.deutsche-bank.de/ir/en/content/declaration_of_conformity.htm,
where a copy of the German Corporate Governance Code is also available.