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Media Release
Frankfurt am Main, April 8, 2026
The Annual General Meeting of Deutsche Bank AG (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) will take place in person this year for the first time since 2019. Shareholders can attend in person in Frankfurt am Main and exercise their shareholder rights.
“The Supervisory Board and Management Board are very much looking forward to a direct and open exchange with our shareholders. By holding an in-person event, we are accommodating wishes of shareholders,” said Alexander Wynaendts, Chairman of the Supervisory Board. “We believe that alternating on a regular basis between in-person and virtual formats, which we have now initiated, is for a good way of combining the advantages of both options.”
As announced in January 2026, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board propose a dividend of € 1.00 per share (approximately € 1.9 billion in total) for 2025. This would represent an increase of around 50% compared to € 0.68 per share paid in respect of 2024. Together with the share buyback launched in February 2026 with a volume of € 1.0 billion, which is now underway, this increases the cumulative capital distributions in respect of the financial years 2021-2025 to € 8.5 billion, thereby exceeding the Bank's original target of € 8.0 billion for this period.
Supervisory Board elections
Alexander Wynaendts' term of office is set to expire with the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on May 28, 2026. As announced in November, the Supervisory Board has nominated Wynaendts for another four-year term. It is intended that Alexander Wynaendts will be re-elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board following his election by the Annual General Meeting. Yngve Slyngstad's term of office also expires at the 2026 AGM; he is also proposed for re-election.
Frank Witter has informed the Bank that he will resign from his Supervisory Board mandate for personal reasons at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on May 28, 2026. To fill the vacancy, Carsten Knobel, Chief Executive Officer of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, will be proposed for election to the Supervisory Board at the AGM.
“I am delighted that Carsten Knobel will be a candidate for our Supervisory Board. He brings extensive experience and is a highly respected representative of a globally oriented German industrial and consumer goods company,” said Wynaendts. “At the same time, I look forward to continuing the good and trusting cooperation with Yngve Slyngstad.”
“I would also like to thank Frank Witter for his significant contribution over the past years. With his commitment and expertise as Chairman of the Audit Committee, he supported the bank during an important phase and contributed greatly to its success," Wynaendts added.
Adjustment of Supervisory Board Compensation
The Supervisory Board and Management Board believe that the current compensation for the Supervisory Board is no longer competitive in attracting and retaining highly qualified Supervisory Board members. Given the demanding and multifaceted requirements, and the particularly complex regulatory environment that also impacts on the Supervisory Board's work, the members' compensation should therefore be adjusted. The fixed annual basic compensation for Supervisory Board members will be increased from € 300,000 to € 350,000, for the deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board from € 475,000 to € 550,000, and for the Chairman of the Supervisory Board from € 950,000 to € 1,150,000. Furthermore, the person chairing a Supervisory Board committee will generally receive additional remuneration in the future, and previous exemptions for this will no longer apply.
The full agenda is published at Annual General Meeting website.
Participation in the AGM 2026
Shareholders of Deutsche Bank can fully exercise all shareholder rights. In addition, Deutsche Bank is again offering additional information and participation opportunities this year:
All details on participation and interaction options are available in the invitation at our Annual General Meeting website.
About Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank provides retail and private banking, corporate and transaction banking, lending, asset and wealth management products and services as well as focused investment banking to private individuals, small and medium-sized companies, corporations, governments and institutional investors. Deutsche Bank is the leading bank in Germany with strong European roots and a global network.
Forward-looking statements
This release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they include statements about our beliefs and expectations and the assumptions underlying them. These statements are based on plans, estimates and projections as they are currently available to the management of Deutsche Bank. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could therefore cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
Such factors include the conditions in the financial markets in Germany, in Europe, in the United States and elsewhere from which we derive a substantial portion of our revenues and in which we hold a substantial portion of our assets, the development of asset prices and market volatility, potential defaults of borrowers or trading counterparties, the implementation of our strategic initiatives, the reliability of our risk management policies, procedures and methods, and other risks referenced in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Such factors are described in detail in our most recent SEC Form 20-F, under the heading “Risk Factors”. Copies of this document are readily available upon request or can be downloaded from www.db.com/ir
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