Deutsche Bank : Sample form for registration as well as absentee voting, proxy authorization and instructions

Deutsche Bank

Sample form for registration as well as absentee voting, proxy authorization and instructions

Here you will find for information purposes a template of our form for registration as well as absentee voting, proxy authorization and instructions, which is sent to each shareholder entered in the share register, who has not yet consented to the electronic dispatch of the invitation documents by e-mail, as a personalized copy by post (including a postage-paid envelope in which to return the completed form) together with the invitation to the General Meeting.

We ask our shareholders - where possible - to only use the pre-prepared form containing their personal data for registration, absentee voting, granting of proxy and issuing of instructions for the Annual General Meeting.

Deutsche Bank AG

DE 000 514 000 8

AGM Date: May 17, 2023

Name registered shareholder(s)* Street and city*

Shareholder No. Number of shares held

* mandatory information (Please fill in with block letters)

I / we hereby register my / our shareholding to participate in the General Meeting.

For a timely registration to the General Meeting using this form it is required that this form - with a conclusion of the declaration (e.g., signature) - is received by the company by no later than May 11, 2023.

Together with the registration, it is possible that you exercise your voting right using one of the following options by entering an »X« in the corresponding field. Also, an authorized intermediary (bank / shareholders' association / other intermediary) (2b) or a third party (3) is only able to exercise any voting right for you by way of absentee voting or (sub-)authorization to the company's proxies.

You may use the enclosed postage-paid envelope also when at the same time with the registration you are exercising the absentee voting (1), proxy authorization for the company's proxies (2a) and / or the authorization of a third party (3).

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In the event an intermediary (2b) shall be authorized, please send this proxy authorization form to the intermediary you have selected or issue your proxy authorization through other means, while allowing enough time for them to register with us by May 11, 2023 (deadline for receipt). The enclosed postage-paid envelope cannot be used in this case.

ABSENTEE VOTING

1I / we vote as indicated on the following pages.

(For voting please see following pages)

PROXY AUTHORIZATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

This proxy authorization must be completed in full and may not contain any other declarations.

• 2a Proxy authorization and instructions for the proxies of Deutsche Bank AG

  I / we hereby authorize the company's proxies Dr. Björn Bork, Volker Butzke and Dr. Carsten Hansen - each individually and with the right to sub-authorization - to exercise my / our voting rights in accordance with the instructions indicated on the following pages without the disclosure of my / our name(s).

  (For issuing instructions please see following pages)

• 2b Proxy authorization and instructions for an intermediary other than Deutsche Bank AG

  (bank / shareholders' association / other intermediary) - please send directly to the intermediary!

  Shareholders are requested to enquire whether or not the intermediary (bank / shareholders' association / other intermediary) in question is willing to exercise their voting rights before transferring these rights.

  I / we hereby authorize the following intermediary (bank / shareholders' association / other intermediary) - with the right to sub-authorization - to exercise my / our voting rights in accordance with the voting recommendation of the interme-diary (bank / shareholders' association / other intermediary) or the instructions indicated on the following pages, respecti-vely, without the disclosure of my / our name(s).

(For issuing instructions please see following pages)

Name and registered seat of the intermediary

AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRD PARTY

The forwarding of your access data in due time to the authorized representative is necessary for him to be able to use the Shareholder Portal. The authorization of the third party will be documented in the Shareholder Portal. In case you do not authorize the company's proxies at the same time, your shareholding will be set to absentee voting there. Any instructions on the following pages will be registered.

I / we hereby authorize the following person to represent me / us with the execution of all shareholder rights, including the voting right. The authorization takes place with the disclosure of the name(s) and includes sub-authorization.

Last name

First nameStreet, Number

Post codePlace of residence, country

With reference to 1, 2, 3: Signature and / or name pursuant to proxy authorization (required field)

Please provide your telephone number here in case there are any questions:

Deutsche Bank AG

Name registered shareholder(s)* Street and city*

Shareholder No. Number of shares heldDE 000 514 000 8

* mandatory information (Please fill in with block letters)Please only make marks inside the boxes using a black or blue pen.

Please note that this form must reach us at the latest by May 11, 2023 (deadline for receipt).

If you wish to vote in favour of Agenda Items 2-11 as recommended by the Management, you need only mark this box:

In all other cases, please mark the following Agenda Items individually:

• 1 Presentation of the established Annual Financial Statements and Management Report for the 2022 financial year

  FORAGAINST ABSTENTION

  AGM Date: May 17, 2023

  (only Items 2-11)

  No resolution

  4

  Ratification of the acts of management of the members of the Supervisory Board for the 2022 financial yearFORAGAINST ABSTENTION

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• 2 Appropriation of distributable profit for the 2022 financial year

• 3 Ratification of the acts of management of the members of the Management Board for the 2022 financial year

  • 3a Christian Sewing Chairman of the Management Board (CEO)

    • 4a Alexander Wynaendts Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since May 19, 2022)

    • 4b Dr. Paul Achleitner Chairman of the Supervisory Board (until May 19, 2022)

  • 3b James von Moltke Deputy Chairman of the Management Board (President)

  • 3c Karl von Rohr

    Deputy Chairman of the Management Board (President)

  • 3d Fabrizio Campelli

• 3e Bernd Leukert

• 3f Stuart Lewis

  (until May 19, 2022)

  • 4c Detlef Polaschek* Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

  • 4d Professor Dr. Norbert Winkeljohann Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

  • 4e Ludwig Blomeyer-Bartenstein*

  • 4f Mayree Clark

  • 4g Jan Duscheck*

• 3g Alexander von zur Mühlen

• 3h Christiana Riley

  • 4h Manja Eifert* (since April 7, 2022)

• 3i Rebecca Short

  • 4i Dr. Gerhard Eschelbeck (until May 19, 2022)

• 3j Professor Dr. Stefan Simon

  • 4j Sigmar Gabriel

• 3k Olivier Vigneron (since May 20, 2022)

• 4k Timo Heider*

Deutsche Bank AG

Name registered shareholder(s)* Street and city*

Shareholder No. Number of shares heldDE 000 514 000 8

AGM Date: May 17, 2023

* mandatory information (Please fill in with block letters)

FOR AGAINST ABSTENTION

FORAGAINST ABSTENTION

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• 4l Martina Klee*

  9

  Election to the Supervisory Board

  • 9a Mayree Clark

• 4m Henriette Mark*

  (until March 31, 2022)

• 4n Gabriele Platscher*

• 4o Bernd Rose*

• 4p Yngve Slyngstad (since May 19, 2022)

• 4q John Alexander Thain

• 4r Michele Trogni

• 4s Dr. Dagmar Valcárcel

• 4t Stefan Viertel*

  • 9b John Alexander Thain

  • 9c Michele Trogni

  • 9d Professor Dr. Norbert Winkeljohann

  10 Amendments to the Articles of

  Association to authorize the Management Board to allow for a virtual General Meeting to be held, to make subsequent changes to the wording, to enable the participation of members of the Supervisory Board in General Meetings by way of audio and video transmission, and to adjust the information for the share register

• 4u Dr. Theodor Weimer

• 4v Frank Werneke*

• 4w Frank Witter

• 5 Election of the auditor for the 2023 financial year, interim accounts

• 6 Resolution to be taken on the approval of the Compensation Report produced and audited pursuant to § 162 Stock Corporation Act for the 2022 financial year

• 7 Authorization to acquire own shares pursuant to § 71 (1) No. 8 Stock Corporation Act as well as for their use with the possible exclusion of pre-emptive rights

• 8 Authorization to use derivatives within the framework of the purchase of own shares pursuant to § 71 (1) No. 8 Stock Corporation Act

10a

Amendment to the Articles of Association to authorize the Management Board to allow for a virtual General Meeting to be held

• 10b Subsequent amendments to the Articles of Asso-ciation resulting from the authorization of the Management Board to allow for a virtual General Meeting to be held

• 10c Amendment to the Articles of Association to enable the participation of members of the Super-visory Board in General Meetings by way of audio and video transmission

• 10d Amendments to the Articles of Association to adjust the information for the share register

11 Amendments to the Articles of Association relating to Supervisory Board compensation

Deutsche Bank AG

DE 000 514 000 8

AGM Date: May 17, 2023

Name registered shareholder(s)* Street and city*

Shareholder No. Number of shares held

* mandatory information (Please fill in with block letters)

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Shareholders' counterproposals and election proposals that are sent within the period specified pursuant to § 126 and § 127 Stock Corporation Act are only published on the internet at agm.db.com. Counterproposals and election proposals, which require approval by a separate resolution, are identified by a capital letter. If you want to support or reject proposals identified in this manner, please vote for each proposal accordingly in the following.

FORAGAINST ABSTENTION

FORAGAINST ABSTENTION

Counterproposal /	Counterproposal /
Electoral proposal	A	Electoral proposal	F
Counterproposal /	Counterproposal /
Electoral proposal	B	Electoral proposal	G
Counterproposal /	Counterproposal /
Electoral proposal	C	Electoral proposal	H
Counterproposal /	Counterproposal /
Electoral proposal	D	Electoral proposal	I
Counterproposal /	Counterproposal /
Electoral proposal	E	Electoral proposal	J