DGAP-PVR: Deutsche Bank AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Deutsche Bank AG  / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

14.10.2010 17:09 

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On October 11, 2010, Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, notified us in
accordance with Section 25 (1) WpHG that through the aggregation of voting
rights in Deutsche Bank AG, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70, 60486 Frankfurt am
Main, Germany, which could be unilaterally purchased via directly held
financial instruments, and voting rights held according to Section 21 (1)
WpHG, it would have had exceeded the reporting thresholds of 3% and 5% on
October 5, 2010 and held a total of 5.39% (corresponding to 50,164,882
voting rights) on that date. In that figure, the share of voting rights
that could be purchased via financial instruments was 1.08% (corresponding
to 10,059,078 voting rights) and the share of voting rights pursuant to
Section 21 (1) WpHG came to 4.31% (corresponding to 40,105,804 voting
rights).
At the same time, on October 11, 2010, Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, Germany,
notified us in accordance with Section 25 (1) WpHG that through the
aggregation of voting rights in Deutsche Bank AG, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70,
60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, which could be unilaterally purchased via
directly held financial instruments, and voting rights held according to
Section 21 (1) WpHG, it had fallen below the reporting thresholds of 5% and
3% on October 6, 2010 and held a total of 0.00% (corresponding to 0 voting
rights) on that date.

The details of the financial instruments held by Commerzbank AG are as
follows:
OTC options
Number of Stocks:                                 Expiry:
109,596                                                 due on December 17,
2010
109,598                                                 up to December 17,
2010
........

Stock-traded options:
Number of stocks:                            Expiry:
1,090                                                 due on Dec. 16, 2011
...
The duty of disclosure pursuant to section 25 (1) WpHG is attributable to
Commerzbank AG's participation as joint lead managers in a capital increase
of Deutsche Bank AG with indirect subscription rights, entered in the
Commercial Register on October 5, 2010.



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Language:     English
Company:      Deutsche Bank AG
              Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70
              60486 Frankfurt a. M.
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.deutsche-bank.de
 
End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service
 
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