UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2017
Commission File Number 1-15242
DEUTSCHE BANK CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Taunusanlage 12
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
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Explanatory note
This Report on Form 6-K contains the following exhibits. This Report on Form 6-K and such exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No. 333-206013 of Deutsche Bank AG.
Exhibit 1.7: Purchase Agreement relating to $1,000,000,000 Fixed to Fixed Reset Rate Subordinated Tier 2 Notes due 2032 of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, acting through its New York Branch, dated as of November 28, 2017, among Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, acting through its New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and the other managers named therein.
Exhibit 4.2(c): Third Supplemental Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2017, among Deutsche Bank AG, as Issuer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar and Authenticating Agent.
Exhibit 4.2(d): Fourth Supplemental Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2017, among Deutsche Bank AG, as Issuer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar and Authenticating Agent.
Exhibit 4.2(e): Form of Fixed to Fixed Reset Rate Subordinated Tier 2 Notes due 2032 of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, acting through its New York Branch (included in Exhibit 4.2(d)).
Exhibit 5.5: Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
Exhibit 5.6: Opinion of Group Legal Services of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft.
Forward-looking statements contain risks
This report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they include statements about our beliefs and expectations. Any statement in this report that states our intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions (and the assumptions underlying them) is a forward-looking statement. 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 trading revenues, 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
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the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors are described in detail in our 2016 Annual Report on Form 20-F, which was filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017, on pages 14 through 47 under the heading “Risk Factors.” Copies of this document are readily available upon request or can be downloaded from www.deutsche-bank.com/ir.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | ||||||
| Date: December 1, 2017 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Sean Rahavy | |||||
| Name: | Sean Rahavy | |||||
| Title: | Vice President | |||||
| By: | /s/ Joseph C. Kopec | |||||
| Name: | Joseph C. Kopec | |||||
| Title: | Managing Director and Senior Counsel | |||||
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