By-laws of the Deposit Protection Fund

transmission channel in a format suitable for automatic processing, in compliance
with the specifications of the Banking Association and the Auditing Association.
13. The Banking Association has the right to summon
a) the executive bodies of the bank and
b) principle shareholders of the bank
− to discuss the latest developments in the business and financial
situation of the bank (including in connection with the credit rating
pursuant to Section 4a and the deposit rating pursuant to Section 4b,
extraordinary events and in connection with conditions and measures
imposed by the Banking Association or the Auditing Association). The
summons shall be issued by the Management of the Deposit Protection
Fund, in general with two weeks’ notice. The notice period may
be shortened in the event that the Banking Association believes the
matter is particularly urgent. The bank is responsible for complying
with the summons.
− “Principal Shareholders” of the bank in accordance with the previous
subclause (b) are (i) direct or indirect shareholders of the bank that,
alone or jointly, own or control a (calculated) share to an amount of
25% or more of the capital or voting rights, as well as all banks, natural
and legal persons and partnerships for whom the bank must furnish
a declaration of indemnification in accordance with Section 5 (10)
sentence 3 or (ii) direct or indirect shareholders that control shareholders
as defined in (i) or act on their behalf (including due to instructions
issued by the competent authority). In the event that a summons is
issued to principal shareholders, all applicable antitrust, regulatory and
insider-trading regulations must be followed. In addition, adequate
precautions for guaranteeing confidentiality must be taken.
16 By-laws Section 5