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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 14.10.2010 17:09 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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