6-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2010

DEUTSCHE BANK CORPORATION

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
(Address of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL TRUST V

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(Address of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL LLC V

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(Address of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

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 þ Form 40-F o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Yes o No þ

The Information contained in this Report is incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No. 333-162195.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Exhibit 1.3

Exhibit 4.10

Exhibit 5.3

Exhibit 8.1

Explanatory Note

This 6-K contains the following exhibits, which are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibits 1.3, 4.10, 5.3, 8.1, 23.1 and 23.3, respectively, to the Registration Statement of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V and Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital LLC V on Form F-3, Registration No. 333-162195, Registration No. 333-162195-03 and Registration No. 333-162195-04, as most recently amended on March 11, 2010.

Item 1.3	Purchase Agreement.
Item 4.10	Form of Subordinated Debt Obligation issued in connection with certain Capital Securities.
Item 5.3	Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
Item 8.1	Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP regarding tax matters.
Item 23.1	Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Item 8.1).
Item 23.3	Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A (included in Item 5.3).

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 management agenda, 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 SEC Form 20-F of March 16, 2010 on pages 7 through 17 under the heading “Risk Factors.” Copies of this document are readily available upon request or can be downloaded from www.deutsche-bank.com/ir.

SIGNATURES

     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.

Date: March 29, 2010	DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL TRUST V
		By:	/s/ Richard W. Ferguson
		Name:	Richard W. Ferguson
		Title:	Regular Trustee
		By:	/s/ Joseph J. Rice
		Name:	Joseph J. Rice
		Title:	Regular Trustee

SIGNATURES

     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.

Date: March 29, 2010	DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL LLC V
		By:	/s/ Helmut Mannhardt
		Name:	Helmut Mannhardt
		Title:	Vice President
		By:	/s/ Anjali Thadani
		Name:	Anjali Thadani
		Title:	Vice President

SIGNATURES

     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.

Date: March 29, 2010	DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
		By:	/s/ Jonathan Blake
		Name:	Jonathan Blake
		Title:	Managing Director, Global Head of Debt Issuance
		By:	/s/ Joseph C. Kopec
		Name:	Joseph C. Kopec
		Title:	Attorney-in-Fact

DEUTSCHE BANK CORPORATION
DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL TRUST V
DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL LLC V

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Item 1.3	Purchase Agreement.
Item 4.10	Form of Subordinated Debt Obligation issued in connection with certain Capital Securities.
Item 5.3	Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
Item 8.1	Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP regarding tax matters.
Item 23.1	Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Item 8.1).
Item 23.3	Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A (included in Item 5.3).

EX-1.3

EXHIBIT 1.3

DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL TRUST V

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

U.S. $120,000,000
8.05% Trust Preferred Securities

12 March 2010

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL TRUST V
a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America (the “Trust” or the “Issuer”),

DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL LLC V
a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America (the “Company”)

and

DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
a stock corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the “Bank” and, together with the Trust and the Company, the “Deutsche Bank Entities”),

parties of the first part,

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. (in such capacity, the “Manager”),

party of the second part,

agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
(TERMS, PURPOSE AND LEGAL PREREQUISITES)

(1) The Issuer shall issue

4,800,000, 8.05% Trust Preferred Securities,
Liquidation Preference Amount U.S. $25 each

(the “Initial Underwritten Trust Preferred Securities”), with an aggregate liquidation preference amount of U.S. $120,000,000, and up to an additional 720,000 8.05% Trust Preferred Securities (each with a $25 liquidation preference amount) (the “Option Trust Preferred Securities”), as provided in Article 2(2) hereof, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated on or about 9 May 2008 (the “Trust Agreement”) among the Company, as sponsor, the trustees named therein (the “Trustees”) and the Bank. As used herein, the terms “Issue” and “Trust Preferred Securities” includes the Initial Underwritten Trust Preferred Securities and, to the extent the option described in Article 2(2) hereof is exercised, all or any portion of any Option Trust Preferred Securities.

(2) The proceeds of the Issue will be used by the Trust to purchase Class B Preferred Securities to be issued by the Company (the “Class B Preferred Securities”). The Class B Preferred Securities will be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated on or about 9 May 2008 (the “LLC Agreement”) between the Bank, as the initial holder of the common security of the

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Company and of the Class A Preferred Security of the Company and the Trust, as the holder of the Class B Preferred Securities. The Trust Preferred Securities and the Class B Preferred Securities will be guaranteed on a subordinated basis by the Bank to the extent set forth respectively in the Trust Preferred Securities Subordinated Guarantee Agreement (the “Trust Preferred Guarantee”) and the Class B Preferred Securities Subordinated Guarantee Agreement (the “Class B Preferred Guarantee” and, together with the Trust Preferred Guarantee, the “Guarantees”), each dated on or about 9 May 2008 between the Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly, The Bank of New York), as respective guarantee trustee thereunder (in such capacity, the “Guarantee Trustee”). The Trust Preferred Securities, the Class B Preferred Securities and the Guarantees are referred to herein collectively as the “Securities”.

The Company will use the funds from the sale of the Class B Preferred Securities to purchase $120,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.05% subordinated perpetual notes issued by the Bank (plus an amount corresponding to the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Option Trust Preferred Securities purchased hereunder) (the “Initial Obligation”).

(3) The Deutsche Bank Entities understand that the Manager proposes to make a public offering of the Trust Preferred Securities as soon as the Manager deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered and the Trust Agreement, the LLC Agreement and the Guarantees have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). The Deutsche Bank Entities have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (No 333-162195) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in respect of, among others, the Securities, which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “Securities Act Regulations”). Such registration statement contains a base prospectus in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement (the “Base Prospectus”), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities. Any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Trust Preferred Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Prospectus is called, together with the Base Prospectus, a “preliminary prospectus”. The term “Prospectus” means the final prospectus supplement relating to the Trust Preferred Securities, together with the Base Prospectus, that is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations after the date and time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, but does not include any “free writing prospectus” (as such term is used in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations). Any preliminary prospectus and Prospectus shall be deemed to include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act, any reference to any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or Prospectus shall be deemed to include any documents filed after the date of such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated by reference in such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be. Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by Securities Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” For purposes of this

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Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to refer to the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by Securities Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

ARTICLE 2
(PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES)

(1) The Manager shall purchase Initial Underwritten Trust Preferred Securities in the aggregate liquidation preference amount of U.S. $120,000,000, on 12 March 2010, at the price of 100.6% of their liquidation preference amount, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

(2) The Trust hereby grants an option to the Manager to purchase, on up to two occasions, up to a total of 720,000 Option Trust Preferred Securities at a price per Option Trust Preferred Security equal to the price per Initial Underwritten Trust Preferred Security plus the amount of accrued capital payments from and including the original issue date and to but excluding the date of issuance of the Option Trust Preferred Securities. The option granted hereunder may be exercised on up to two occasions in whole or in part within 15 days from the date of this Agreement upon notice by the Manager to the Deutsche Bank Entities setting forth (i) the amount of Option Trust Preferred Securities as to which the Manager is exercising the option and (ii) the time, date and place of payment and delivery for such Option Trust Preferred Securities. Each time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Trust Preferred Securities (the “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Manager, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of the said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Manager and the Deutsche Bank Entities.

ARTICLE 3
(SELLING RESTRICTIONS)

(1) European Economic Area: In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), the Manager has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Trust Preferred Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the Trust Preferred Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:

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a)	to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
b)	to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
c)	by the Manager to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive); or
d)	in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive;

provided that no such offer will require the Trust or the Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of the Trust Preferred Securities to the public” in relation to any Trust Preferred Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Trust Preferred Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Trust Preferred Securities, as the same may be varied in that member state by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that member state and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

(2)	United Kingdom: The Manager represents, warrants and agrees that:
a)	it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation, (“FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Trust Preferred Securities in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Trust; and
b)	it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Trust Preferred Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

As used herein, “United Kingdom” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

(3) General: In addition to the specific restrictions set out above, the Manager represents, warrants and agrees that it will not take any action (including without limitation, the possession or distribution of the Prospectus or any other offering document or any publicity or other material relating to the Trust Preferred Securities) in any country or jurisdiction outside of the United States where such action would (i) result in any violation of applicable law or (ii) cause the issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities to be considered an offering to the public under applicable law.

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ARTICLE 4
(REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES)

(1) The Deutsche Bank Entities jointly and severally represent and warrant (in addition to the representations and warranties contained in the selling restrictions set out in Article 3) to the Manager that:

a)	the Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”) on 29 September 2009, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and is in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Deutsche Bank Entities, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.
	Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Trust Preferred Securities made prior to the filing of the Registration Statement by the Deutsche Bank Entities or any person acting on their behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act Regulations) that is an offer for purposes of Rule 163 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 163”) and that is required to be filed, has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the Securities Act provided by Rule 163.
	At the respective times the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became or becomes effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Manager pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations and on the Closing Date and on each Date of Delivery, if applicable, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act (the “Trust Indenture Act Regulations”), and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
	Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and on the Closing Date and on each Date of Delivery, if applicable, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
	Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act Regulations, and the copy of each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriter for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. The copy of the Prospectus delivered to the Manager

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	for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. As of the Time of Sale (as defined below), the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Time of Sale and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
	As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
	“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means the Final Term Sheet (as defined in Article 5(2)) specified in Schedule A hereto in the form filed by the Deutsche Bank Entities with the Commission as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 433”).
	“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the Base Prospectus relating to the Securities, including any preliminary or other prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof, as amended or supplemented at that time.
	“Time of Sale” means 12:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on 12 March 2010 or such other time as agreed by the Deutsche Bank Entities and the Manager.
	Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Deutsche Bank Entities notified or notify the Manager as described in Article 5(5), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to (i) any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of such documents made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Deutsche Bank Entities by the Manager expressly for use therein or (ii) that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statements of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of The Bank of New York Mellon and of Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustees.
b)	the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act, at the time they were or hereafter are filed or submitted with the Commission prior to the end of the Closing Date and each Date of Delivery, if applicable, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act Regulations”) and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of the time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of Securities in this offering, (c) on the Closing Date and (d) on each Date of Delivery,

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	if applicable, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
c)	the Trust has been duly created and is validly existing as a trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is lawfully qualified to do business in those jurisdictions in which business is conducted by it. The Trust will, under the current law, be classified as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is lawfully qualified to do business in those jurisdictions in which business is conducted by it. The Bank is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, with full power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is lawfully qualified to do business in those jurisdictions in which business is conducted by it;
d)	this Agreement has been, or on the Closing Date and on each Date of Delivery, if applicable, will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Deutsche Bank Entities that are indicated to be a signatory thereto and constitute, or on the Closing Date and on each Date of Delivery, if applicable, will constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of each such Deutsche Bank Entity, enforceable in accordance with their terms;
e)	the Trust Preferred Securities (as defined in the Prospectus) have been duly authorized by the Issuer and, when duly executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement, will constitute validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable interests in the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms; the Class B Preferred Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the LLC Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable limited liability company interests in the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms;
f)	no action or thing is required to be taken, fulfilled or done (including without limitation the obtaining of any consent or licence or the making of any filing or registration) for the issue of the Trust Preferred Securities, the carrying out by the Deutsche Bank Entities of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the compliance by the Deutsche Bank Entities with the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities and this Agreement, except for those which have been, or will prior to the Closing Date or prior to each Date of Delivery, if applicable be, obtained and are, or will on the Closing Date or on each Date of Delivery, if applicable, be, in full force and effect;
g)	the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the issue of the Trust Preferred Securities, the carrying out by the Deutsche Bank Entities of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and compliance with its terms do not and will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute

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	a default under, the Deutsche Bank Entity’s respective constitutive documents or any indenture, trust deed, mortgage or other agreement or instrument to which a Deutsche Bank Entity is a party or by which a Deutsche Bank Entity or any of its properties is bound, or (ii) infringe any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgement, order or decree of any government, governmental body or court or regulatory body, of or in the United States or Germany having jurisdiction over a Deutsche Bank Entity or any of its properties;
h)	the statements that are contained in the Prospectus are in every material respect accurate and not misleading, there are no other facts the omission of which would make any statement in the Prospectus misleading in any material respect, and all reasonable enquiries have been made by the Deutsche Bank Entities to ascertain such facts and to verify the accuracy of all such information and statements;
i)	the statements that will be contained in the Prospectus are in every material respect accurate and not misleading, there will be no other facts the omission of which would make any statement in the Prospectus misleading in any material respect, and all reasonable enquiries will have been made by the Deutsche Bank Entities to ascertain such facts and to verify the accuracy of all such information and statements;
j)	there are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required;
k)	neither the Deutsche Bank Entities nor any of their affiliates (with the exception of the Manager as set forth in the Prospectus) have taken, nor will the Deutsche Bank Entities or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Deutsche Bank Entities with the purpose of facilitating the sale or resale of the Trust Preferred Securities;
l)	the Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act, and no Deutsche Bank Entity is the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities;
m)	(A) at the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Deutsche Bank Entities or any person acting on their behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act Regulations and (D) at the date hereof, the Bank was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 405”), including not having been and not being an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, and the Securities, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible

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	for registration by the Deutsche Bank Entities on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement”. The Bank has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form;
n)	the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related supplemental financial information, schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Bank and its consolidated subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Registration Statement at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Bank and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or international financial reporting standards as endorsed by the European Union (“IFRS”), as the case may be, in each case applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein;
o)	the accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations;
p)	there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting any Deutsche Bank Entity or any of its properties which, if determined adversely to such Deutsche Bank Entity, would adversely affect the ability of such Deutsche Bank Entity to perform its obligations under this Agreement, any of the Agreements or, in the case of the Issuer, the Trust Preferred Securities and, to the best of each Deutsche Bank Entity’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated;
q)	none of the Deutsche Bank Entities, nor its affiliates, nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any jurisdiction referred to in Article 3 in any activity with respect to the issue and offering of the Trust Preferred Securities that is not permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction; and
r)	none of the Deutsche Bank Entities is and none, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, will be an “investment company,” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(2) The representations and warranties in this Agreement shall be repeated on the Closing Date and, if applicable, as of each Date of Delivery.

(3) Any certificate signed by the Trustees or the Guarantee Trustee or any officer of the Deutsche Bank Entities or any subsidiary of the Bank delivered to the Manager or to counsel for the Manager shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the relevant Deutsche Bank Entity to the Manager as to the matters covered thereby.

(4) Each of the Deutsche Bank Entities agrees to indemnify the Manager and its directors, officers and employees, and any affiliate of the Issuer or the Manager, against any loss, liability, cost, expense, claim or action (including all reasonable costs, charges or expenses paid or incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing) caused by any

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representation or warranty contained in, or repeated pursuant to, this Agreement being untrue or allegedly untrue.

ARTICLE 5
(COVENANTS OF THE DEUTSCHE BANK ENTITIES)

The Deutsche Bank Entities covenant with the Manager as follows:

(1) The Deutsche Bank Entities, subject to Article 5(2), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and, during the period beginning at the Time of Sale and ending on the later of the latest possible Date of Delivery or such date as in the opinion of counsel for the Manager the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with the sales by the Manager or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), will notify the Manager immediately, and confirm the notice in writing (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus relating to the Securities shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission to the Registration Statement, and (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information (except those relating to the offering of securities other than the Securities). The Deutsche Bank Entities, subject to Article 5(2), will notify the Manager immediately, and confirm the notice in writing (i) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any new registration statement relating to the Securities or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement (except those relating to the offering of securities other than the Securities) and (ii) if the Deutsche Bank Entities become the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Deutsche Bank Entities will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as they deem necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, will promptly file such prospectus. The Deutsche Bank Entities will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Bank shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(l)(i) of the Securities Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

(2) The Deutsche Bank Entities will give the Manager notice of their intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement

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relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, in each case relating to the Securities, whether pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, and the Deutsche Bank Entities will furnish the Manager with copies (which may be in electronic form) of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Manager or counsel for the Manager shall object. The Deutsche Bank Entities have given the Manager notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Time of Sale; the Deutsche Bank Entities will give the Manager notice of their intention to make any such filing from the Time of Sale to the latest possible Date of Delivery and will furnish the Manager with copies (which may be in electronic form) of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Manager or counsel for the Manager shall reasonably object. The Deutsche Bank Entities will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Manager, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Deutsche Bank Entities shall furnish the Manager with copies (which may be in electronic form) of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Manager or counsel to the Manager shall reasonably object.

(3) The Deutsche Bank Entities have furnished or will deliver to the Manager and counsel for the Manager, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto relating to the Securities (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Manager, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto relating to the Securities (without exhibits). The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Manager will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(4) The Deutsche Bank Entities have delivered to the Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as the Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Deutsche Bank Entities hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Deutsche Bank Entities will furnish to the Manager, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Manager may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Manager will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(5) The Deutsche Bank Entities will comply with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act and the Trust Indenture Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the

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Manager or for the Deutsche Bank Entities, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package in order that the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Deutsche Bank Entities will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Article 5(2), such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Deutsche Bank Entities will use their best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with respect to the Securities) and the Deutsche Bank Entities will furnish to the Manager such number of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Manager may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities) or the Statutory Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Deutsche Bank Entities will promptly notify the Manager and will promptly amend or supplement, at their own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(6) The Deutsche Bank Entities will use their best efforts, in cooperation with the Manager, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Manager may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof, provided, however, that no Deutsche Bank Entity shall be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction, in which it is not so qualified or so subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Deutsche Bank Entities will also supply the Manager with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Manager may request.

(7) The Deutsche Bank Entities will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to their securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Manager the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

(8) The Deutsche Bank Entities will use the net proceeds received by them from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds”.

(9) The Deutsche Bank Entities will use their best efforts to effect the listing of the Trust Preferred Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

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(10) During a period of 30 days from the date of the Prospectus, neither the Trust nor the Company nor any other subsidiary of the Bank that is similar to the Trust or the Company will, without the prior written consent of the Manager, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any Trust Preferred Security or any Company Class B Preferred Security or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Trust Preferred Securities or Company Class B Preferred Securities.

(11) The Deutsche Bank Entities, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.

(12) Each Deutsche Bank Entity represents and agrees that unless the Deutsche Bank Entities obtain the prior consent of the Manager, and the Manager represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Deutsche Bank Entities, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission, and each Deutsche Bank Entity and the Manager represents and agrees that Schedule A hereto is a complete list of all free writing prospectuses for which such consent was received, provided, however, that prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet in accordance with Article 5(2), the Manager is authorized to use the information with respect to the final terms of the Securities in communications conveying information relating to the offering to investors. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Deutsche Bank Entities and the Manager is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Deutsche Bank Entities represent that they have treated or agree that they will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and have complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

ARTICLE 6
(CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND PAYMENT)

(1) The obligations of the Manager to purchase the Trust Preferred Securities are subject to the following conditions precedent:

a)

On the Closing Date there have been no events making any of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect in any material respect as though they had been given and made on such date and the Deutsche Bank Entities shall have performed all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed on or before the Closing Date.

b)

The Registration Statement has become effective and on the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Securities Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Manager. The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule

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	424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). The Deutsche Bank Entities shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(l)(i) of the Securities Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
c)	The delivery of legal opinions to the Manager on the Closing Date in such form and with such contents as the Manager may reasonably require from (i) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, legal advisers to the Manager as to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States, (ii) Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Bank, the Issuer, the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust, as to the laws of the State of Delaware, (iii) Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, legal advisor to The Bank of New York Mellon in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and (iv) Group Legal Services of the Bank.
d)	The delivery of such certificates and other documents as the Manager may reasonably request.
e)	On the Closing Date, the Trust Preferred Securities shall be rated at least Baa2 by Moody’s Investor Service Inc., BBB+ by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, and A by Fitch Ratings, and the Deutsche Bank Entities shall have delivered to the Manager a letter dated the Closing Date, from each such rating agency, or other evidence satisfactory to the Deutsche Bank, confirming that the Trust Preferred Securities have such ratings, and since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in the rating assigned to the securities or any of the Deutsche Bank Entities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating agency,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any securities of any of the Deutsche Bank Entities.
f)	On the Closing Date, the Deutsche Bank Entities will have taken all steps necessary to apply for approval for listing on the New York Stock Exchange of the Trust Preferred Securities.
g)	The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(h)	If the Manager exercises its option to purchase all or any portion of the Option Trust Preferred Securities, the obligations of the Manager to purchase such Option Trust Preferred Securities on each Date of Delivery are subject to the accuracy, as of the Date of Delivery, of the representations and warranties of the Deutsche Bank Entities contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Deutsche Bank Entities, the Trustees or the Guarantee Trustee, or any subsidiary of the Bank

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delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof and to the performance by the Deutsche Bank Entities of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder.

(2) The “Closing Date” shall be 30 March 2010, or such other time and date as the Deutsche Bank Entities and the Manager shall agree in writing.

(3) On the Closing Date the Manager shall pay the purchase price as mentioned in Article 2(1) in same day funds into a U.S. $-denominated account to be named by the Issuer. In addition, if the Manager has exercised its option to purchase any or all of the Option Trust Preferred Securities, each payment of the purchase price for such Option Trust Preferred Securities, shall be made in same day funds into a U.S. $-denominated account to be named by the Issuer in same day funds into a U.S. $-denominated account to be named by the Issuer.

ARTICLE 7
(CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES)

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, the Manager may by notice to the Deutsche Bank Entities terminate this Agreement at any time before the time on the Closing Date (or with respect to the Manager’s exercise of any option for the purchase of Option Trust Preferred Securities on each Date of Delivery after the Closing Date, on such Date of Delivery) when payment would otherwise be due under this Agreement to the Issuer in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities if:

a)	if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Deutsche Bank Entities and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business;
b)	trading of any securities of, or guaranteed by, the Bank shall have been suspended or materially limited by the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority;
c)	a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe;
d)	a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in the State of New York or Germany shall have been declared by either federal or New York state authorities or by German authorities, as the case may be;
e)	there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States, Germany or in the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or any other calamity or crisis or any change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of

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	which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Manager, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Trust Preferred Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of Trust Preferred Securities; or
f)	if there has occurred a change or an official announcement by a competent authority of a forthcoming change in German taxation materially adversely affecting the Bank or the Guarantees or the transfer thereof or the imposition of exchange controls by the United States or Germany;

and, upon notice being given pursuant to this Article, the parties to this Agreement shall (except for the liability of the Deutsche Bank Entities in relation to expenses as provided in Article 7 and except for any liability arising before or in relation to such termination) be released and discharged from their respective obligations under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 8
(PARTIAL INVALIDITY)

Should any of the provisions of this Agreement be or become invalid in whole or in part, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in force. Invalid provisions shall, according to the intent and purpose of this Agreement, be replaced by such valid provisions which in their economic effect come as close as legally possible to that of the invalid provisions.

ARTICLE 9
(MISCELLANEOUS)

(1) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, immediately upon commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Deutsche Bank Entities (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Deutsche Bank Entities) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Deutsche Bank Entities relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “tax treatment” is the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the term “tax structure” includes any fact that may be relevant to understanding the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE 10
(APPLICABLE LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION)

(1)	This Agreement shall be subject to German law.
(2)	Non-exclusive place of jurisdiction shall be Frankfurt am Main.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this PURCHASE AGREEMENT to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
/s/ Matthias von Tiesenhausen Name: Matthias von Tiesenhausen	/s/ Jonathan Blake Name: Johnathan Blake
Title: Director	Title: Managing Director
DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL TRUST V
/s/ Joseph J. Rice Name: Joseph J. Rice	/s/ Richard W. Ferguson Name: Richard W. Ferguson
Title: Regular Trustee	Title: Regular Trustee
DEUTSCHE BANK CONTINGENT CAPITAL LLC V
/s/ Helmut Mannhardt Name: Helmut Mannhardt	/s/ Joseph J. Rice Name: Joseph J. Rice
Title: Director	Title: Vice President
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
/s/ Dennis Eisele Name: Dennis Eisele	/s/ Jacob Gearhart Name: Jacob Gearhart
Title: Director	Title: Director, Debt Syndicate

SCHEDULE A

1. Final Term Sheet, dated 12 March 2010, in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities as filed pursuant to Rule 433 on 12 March 2010.

EX-4.10

EXHIBIT 4.10

THIS NOTE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE, AND HAS NOT BEEN, REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS NOTE EVIDENCES OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE NOT INSURED BY THE U.S. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR BY ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

U.S. $120,000,000

8.05% PERPETUAL SUBORDINATED NOTE

     Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (the “Bank”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital LLC V (the “Company”), or registered assigns, the aggregate principal sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $120,000,000) (the “Principal Amount”) upon presentation and surrender hereof upon the redemption hereof, and to pay interest on the Principal Amount from and including the date of issue, at a rate and at such times as determined in accordance with the provisions herein until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment. This Security is one of the 8.05% Perpetual Subordinated Notes in the aggregate principal amount immediately following the issuance hereof of U.S. $1,385,000,025 (such Notes, as outstanding from time to time, the “Outstanding Securities”).

     1. Payments; Interest

     (a) Interest will be payable on the Principal Amount quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on June 30, 2010. Each such date is referred to herein as an “Interest Payment Date.” Interest payments payable on each Interest Payment Date will be calculated as provided below and will accrue from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including March 30, 2010, with respect to the first Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or date fixed for redemption (each such period, an “Interest Period”).

     Interest will be payable on the Principal Amount at a fixed rate of 8.05% per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The interest rate is referred to herein as the “Stated Rate.”

     Each calculation of the amount of interest due hereunder shall be made as if this Security represented 120,000 individual subordinated notes, each with a principal amount of U.S. $1,000.

     (b) Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the person in whose name this Security is registered on the register (each such person the “Holder” of this Security) maintained by the Bank for such purpose (the “Register”) at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, or, in the case of interest payable on a date fixed for redemption (the “Obligation Redemption Date”) that is not an Interest Payment Date, to the person in whose name this Security is registered on the Register at the close of business on the 15^th day (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the Obligation Redemption Date (each a “Regular Record Date”). Any interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Unpaid Interest Amounts”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the person registered in the Register on such Regular Record Date and may be paid to the person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of

business on any Business Day set as a special record date (“Special Record Date”) by the Bank for the payment of such Unpaid Interest Amounts. Unpaid Interest Amounts may be paid at any time in any lawful manner. “Regular Record Date” and “Special Record Date” are each referred to herein as the “Record Date”. As used herein, “Business Day” shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in New York City are required or authorized by law to close.

     (c) If any Interest Payment Date or Obligation Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of all amounts otherwise payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, without adjustment, interest or further payment as a result thereof.

     (d) Payments of interest and Additional Interest Amounts (as defined herein), if any, on this Security, including interest payable on the Obligation Redemption Date, will be made in immediately available funds in The City of New York, to the person in whose name this Security is registered on the Register on the related Record Date by wire transfer to a bank account designated by such person in a written notice received by the Bank prior to such Record Date.

     (e) The Principal Amount hereof will be paid in immediately available funds on the Obligation Redemption Date upon presentation and surrender of this Security, to the person in whose name this Security is registered on the Register on the related Record Date by wire transfer to a bank account designated by such person in a written notice received by the Bank prior to such Record Date.

     (f) Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Bank (or any agent of the Bank) may treat the person in whose name this Security is registered on the Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of, and interest and any Additional Interest Amounts on, this Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Security shall be overdue. The Bank shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.

     (g) No provision of this Security shall alter or impair the obligation of the Bank, which is direct, subordinated as provided herein, unconditional and unsecured, to pay the Principal Amount of, and interest and any Additional Interest Amounts on, this Security in accordance with and subject to the terms hereof at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

     2. Currency

     Payments of the Principal Amount of, and interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on this Security shall be made in United States Dollars or in such other coin or currency of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the United States. Until the date on which this Security shall have been delivered to the Bank for cancellation, or shall have become due and payable in full and a sum sufficient to pay all unpaid Principal Amount of and interest and any Additional Interest Amounts on this Security has been duly made available for payment and either paid or returned to the Bank as provided herein, the Bank shall at all times maintain an office or agency in the The City of New York, where this Security may be presented or surrendered for payment.

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     3. Status

     This Security is a direct, unsecured subordinated debt obligation of the Bank.

     Except with respect to an amount corresponding to the Tier 1 Percentage of the Trust Preferred Securities issued on or about March 30, 2010, if any, the claims for repayment of this Security upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Bank will rank (x) subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all senior and subordinated indebtedness and other liabilities of the Bank (including profit participation rights (Genussscheine)); (y) senior to all preference shares, Preferred Tier 1 Capital Securities and the common shares of the Bank and (z) pari passu with any instrument or contractual obligation of the Bank ranking junior to any of the instruments included in clause (x) above and senior to any of the instruments or contractual obligations of the Bank included in clause (y) above.

     Claims for repayment of this Security in an amount corresponding to the Tier 1 Percentage of the Trust Preferred Securities issued on or about March 30, 2010, if any, upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Bank will rank (x) subordinate and junior to all senior and subordinated debt obligations of the Bank that do not expressly rank on parity with the obligations of the Bank under the Guarantees, (y) on parity with the most senior ranking preference shares of the Bank, if any, and with its obligations under any guarantee or support agreement or undertaking relating to any preference shares or other instrument of any subsidiary of the Bank qualifying as consolidated Tier 1 capital of the Bank that does not expressly rank junior to the obligation of the Bank under the Guarantees and (z) senior to the Junior Securities.

     Pursuant to § 10, paragraph (5a) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz), if the Bank redeems or repays this Security prior to a date on which such redemption or repayment is permitted under the terms thereof, notwithstanding any agreements to the contrary, any amounts so paid to a Holder of this Security must be repaid to the Bank unless a statutory exemption (replacement of the Principal Amount with at least equivalent own funds or prior approval of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (“BaFin”)) applies.

     The Bank may not secure its obligations under this Security by any lien, security interest or other encumbrance on any property of the Bank or any other person, and except as permitted by applicable law, the Bank shall not, directly or indirectly, acquire for its own account, finance for the account of any other person the acquisition of, or accept as security for any obligation owed to it, any of this Security.

     The Holder agrees by its acceptance of this Security that it waives any and all rights it may have to set off claims under this Security against claims the Bank may have against it.

     “Tier 1 Qualification Election” means the election of the Bank on one or more occasions prior to June 30, 2013 to treat all or a portion of each and every Class B Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 as consolidated Tier 1 regulatory capital and as a consequence to replace, from and after the first day of the Payment Period during which such election occurs, specified terms of all or such portion of each and every Class B Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 and Trust Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 with terms specified to be then applicable.

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     “Tier 1 Percentage” means the Specified Increment of each Class B Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 with respect to which Tier 1 Qualification Elections have been made and the Specified Increment of each Trust Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 that is reclassified as a result of such Tier 1 Qualification Election, as applicable, in each case from and after the first day of the Interest Period during which such Tier 1 Qualification Election occurs.

     “Upper Tier 2 Percentage” means the portion of each Class B Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 with respect to which no Tier 1 Qualification Election has been made and the same portion of each Trust Preferred Security issued on or about March 30, 2010 that has not been reclassified pursuant to any Tier 1 Qualification Election.

     “Specified Increment” means the percentage of the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred Securities issued on or about March 30, 2010 or the Class B Preferred Securities issued on or about March 30, 2010, as applicable, to which a Tier 1 Qualification Election relates, which percentage may only be (a) zero or (b) 10% or an integral multiple thereof.

     “Preferred Tier 1 Capital Securities” of any person means each class of the most senior ranking preference shares of such person and any other instruments of such person (other than common shares) qualifying as Tier 1 regulatory capital and, if such person is the Bank, Preferred Tier 1 Subsidiary Securities.

     “Preferred Tier 1 Securities” means (i) each class of the most senior ranking preference shares of the Bank, if any, and (ii) preference shares or any other instrument of any subsidiary of the Bank subject to any guarantee or support agreement of the Bank which guarantee or support undertaking ranks on parity with the obligations of the Bank under the Guarantees.

     “Preferred Tier 1 Subsidiary Securities” means the most senior ranking preference shares and any other instruments of any person other than the Bank, which, in each case, qualify as Tier 1 regulatory capital and are subject to any agreement of the Bank that guarantees or otherwise provides support of such preference shares or other instruments.

     “Junior Securities” means (i) ordinary shares of common stock of the Bank, (ii) each class of preference shares of the Bank ranking junior to Preferred Tier 1 Securities of the Bank, if any, and any other instrument of the Bank ranking on parity with such preference shares or junior thereto and (iii) preference shares or any other instrument of any subsidiary of the Bank subject to any guarantee or support agreement of the Bank which guarantee or support undertaking ranks junior to the obligations of the Bank under the Guarantees.

     “Guarantees” means collectively (i) the agreement by the Bank with The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York) as class B preferred guarantee trustee for the benefit of the holders of any of the Class B Preferred Securities to guarantee payment, on a subordinated basis, of certain payments on the Class B Preferred Securities and (ii) the agreement by the Bank with The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York) as trust preferred guarantee trustee for the benefit of the holders of any of the Trust Preferred Securities to guarantee the payment, on a subordinated basis, of certain payments on the Trust Preferred Securities.

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     4. Redemption

     (a) The Bank may redeem this Security, in whole but not in part, upon at least 30 days’ prior notice, on any Interest Payment Date on or after June 30, 2018, provided the Bank has obtained any required regulatory approvals.

     (b) This Security may be redeemed by the Bank in whole but not in part, upon at least 30 days’ prior notice, at any time if both (i) a Special Redemption Event has occurred and the Company has decided to redeem its Class B Preferred Securities (the “Class B Preferred Securities”) in whole and (ii) the Bank has either (x) replaced the Principal Amount by paying in other, at least equivalent, own funds (haftendes Eigenkapital) within the meaning of the German Banking Act, or (y) obtained prior approval of the BaFin or any successor authority for such early redemption.

     (c) This Security may be redeemed by the Bank at any time in whole or in part, if it is replaced in whole or in such part, as applicable, with Substitute Obligations (as defined below), subject to Section 5 below.

     (d) Any redemption of this Security will be at a redemption price equal to the Principal Amount to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Obligation Redemption Date, and Additional Interest Amounts, if any.

     “Special Redemption Event” means (i) a Regulatory Event, (ii) a Tax Event or (iii) an Investment Company Act Event.

     “Regulatory Event” means that the Bank is notified by a relevant regulatory authority that, as a result of the occurrence of any amendment to, or change (including any change that has been adopted but has not yet become effective) in, the applicable banking laws of Germany (or any rules, regulations or interpretations thereunder, including rulings of the relevant banking authorities) or the guidelines of the Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for International Settlements, in each case effective after the date of the issuance of any of the Class B Preferred Securities, the Bank is not, or will not be, allowed to treat (i) the Upper Tier 2 Percentage of any of the Class B Preferred Securities, if any, as supplementary capital (Ergänzungskapital) or Upper Tier 2 regulatory capital or (ii) the Tier 1 Percentage of any of the Class B Preferred Securities, if any, as core capital (Kernkapital) or Tier 1 regulatory capital, in each case for capital adequacy purposes on a consolidated basis.

     “Tax Event” means (A) the receipt by the Bank of an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm or other tax adviser in the United States or Germany or, during any period in which any Substitute Obligations are outstanding, in the jurisdiction of residence of any obligor on such Substitute Obligations (or any jurisdiction from which payments are made) (each, a “Relevant Jurisdiction”) experienced in such matters, to the effect that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (ii) any judicial decision, official administrative pronouncement, published or private ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt such procedures or regulations) by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body (an “Administrative Action”), or (iii) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of such Administrative Action or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such Administrative Action that differs from the theretofore generally

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accepted position, in each case, by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is made known, which amendment, clarification or change is effective, or which Administrative Action, pronouncement or decision is announced, after the date of issuance of any of the Class B Preferred Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (a) the Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V (the “Trust”) or the Company is or will be subject to more than a de minimis amount of taxes, duties or other governmental charges, (b) the Trust or the Company would be obligated to pay additional amounts in respect of any of the Trust Preferred Securities or any of the Class B Preferred Securities, as applicable, the Bank would be obligated to pay additional amounts under the Trust Preferred Guarantee or the Class B Preferred Guarantee, as applicable, or an obligor on the Obligations would be obligated to pay Additional Interest Amounts, or (c) the Bank would be subject to tax on income of the Company under the rules of the German Foreign Tax Act (Aussensteuergesetz) except in cases where the capital payments may not be declared by the Company, or (B) a final determination has been made by the German tax authorities to the effect that the Bank, as obligor on the Obligations, may not, in the determination of its taxable income for the purposes of determining German corporate income tax in any year, deduct in full interest payments on the Obligations (except to the extent such interest payments are determined to be connected with income of a branch that is not subject to taxation in Germany). However, none of the foregoing will constitute a Tax Event if it may be avoided by the Bank, the Trust or the Company taking reasonable measures under the circumstances. “Obligations” means (i) the Outstanding Securities, (ii) an obligation, if any, issued by the Bank in connection with a notice to the Company to issue additional Class B Preferred Securities and having the same terms and conditions as the Outstanding Securities in all respects except for the issue date, the date from which interest accrues, the issue price and any other deviations required for compliance with applicable law and (iii) the Substitute Obligations, if any.

     “Investment Company Act Event” means that the Bank has requested and received an opinion of a nationally recognized U.S. law firm experienced in such matters to the effect that there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Company or the Trust is or will be considered an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a result of any judicial decision, pronouncement or interpretation (irrespective of the manner in which the same is made known), the adoption or amendment of any law, rule or regulation, or any notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt such law, rule or regulation) by any U.S. legislative body, court, governmental agency, or regulatory authority, in each case after the date of issuance of any of the Class B Preferred Securities.

     5. Substitution

     At any time, the Bank will have the right to (i) substitute another obligor on this Security, in whole or in part, which obligor will be either a branch of the Bank or a Subsidiary, or (ii) replace this Security, in whole or in part, with one or more Substitute Obligations.

     “Substitute Obligations” means a subordinated obligation issued in substitution for this Security by the Bank or a Subsidiary with the same aggregate principal amount and interest rate and payment dates as those of this Security and a maturity that is perpetual or is not earlier than May 9, 2038 and terms otherwise substantially identical to those of this Security, provided, that unless the Bank itself is the issuer of the Substitute Obligations, the Bank (which may act through a branch) guarantees on a subordinated basis, at least equal to the ranking of this Security, the obligations of the new substitute obligor;

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provided, in each case, that (a) the Bank has received the written opinion of a nationally recognized law firm in the United States that reinvestment in such Substitute Obligation will not adversely affect the “qualified dividend income” eligibility for purposes of Section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor legislation), of capital payments on any of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by the Trust (the “Trust Preferred Securities”), or cause the holders thereof to recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (b) such substitution or replacement does not result in a Special Redemption Event, and provided, further in each case that the Bank has obtained any required regulatory approvals.

     “Subsidiary” means a subsidiary (i) that is consolidated with the Bank for German bank regulatory purposes and (ii) of which the Bank owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than (x) fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock or other equity interest entitled ordinarily to vote in the election of the directors or other governing body (however designated) and (y) fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interest.

     6. Taxation

     Payments of interest and principal in respect of this Security and any repayment upon redemption thereof shall be payable free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied or collected by or on behalf of any Relevant Jurisdiction or by or on behalf of any political subdivision or authority therein or thereof having the power to tax (all such taxes herein called “Withholding Taxes”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law. In such event, the Bank shall pay as additional interest such amounts (“Additional Interest Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amount actually received by any Holder of this Security after such deduction or withholding for or on account of Withholding Taxes, shall equal the amounts such Holder would have received had no such Withholding Taxes been withheld or deducted from such payment; provided, that the foregoing obligation of the Bank to pay such Additional Interest Amounts shall not apply to any of the following:

     (i) any Withholding Tax which is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding;

     (ii) any tax imposed on the net income of the Holder or beneficial owner hereof (or of any Substitute Obligation) or that is payable by reason of the Holder or beneficial owner hereof (or of any Substitute Obligation) having some connection with any Relevant Jurisdiction other than by reason only of the mere holding or beneficial ownership of this Security (or of any Substitute Obligation);

     (iii) any Withholding Taxes which are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i) European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other European Union Directive or Regulation implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-27 November 2000 on the taxation of savings income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding entered into for the purpose of facilitating cooperation in the reporting and collection of savings income and to which (x) the United States, and (y) the European Union or Germany are parties, or (iii) any provision of law implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such Directive, Regulation, treaty or understanding;

     (iv) any Withholding Tax to the extent the same would not have been so imposed but for the presentation of this Security (or of any Substitute Obligation) for

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payment on a date more than 15 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; or

     (v) to the extent such deduction or withholding can be avoided or reduced if the holder or beneficial owner of any of the Trust Preferred Securities makes a declaration of non-residence or other similar claim for exemption to the relevant tax authority or complies with any reasonable certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement imposed by the relevant tax authority; provided, however, that the exclusion set forth in this clause shall not apply if the certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement would be materially more onerous (in form, procedure or the substance of information required to be disclosed) to the holder or the beneficial owner of Trust Preferred Securities than comparable information or other reporting requirements imposed under U.S. tax law, regulation and administrative practice (such as IRS Forms W-8 and W-9).

     7. Assignment

     (a) An assignment of any claims arising from this Security shall be valid only if the Holder gives notice of the assignment in writing, stating the name and address of the assignee (a “Notice of Assignment”) and surrenders the Security to the Bank. The parties to the assignment may agree that the assignment shall become effective at a later date, provided, however, that such agreement be specified in the Notice of Assignment for it to be effective against the Bank.

     (b) Upon receipt of the Notice of Assignment and the Security, the Bank shall promptly deliver a new Security to the assignee registered in the assignee’s name. The terms and conditions of the new registered security (the “New Security”) shall be identical to the terms and conditions of this Security, although the New Security may state the principal amount due to the assignee and identify the assignee as the Holder thereof as indicated in the Notice of Assignment.

     (c) If the Holder assigns claims only to some, but not all, of the Principal Amount of this Security, paragraph (b) of this Section 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Holder’s remaining claims after the assignment.

     8. Jurisdiction

     The Bank irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of this Security or of any security issued upon the registration of assignment hereof, or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to its obligations or liabilities arising out of or in connection with this Security may be brought in the courts in the City of New York and, until all amounts due and to become due in respect of this Security have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding for itself and in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

     9. Notices

     (a) All notices to the Bank under this Security shall be in writing and addressed to the Bank at Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, telecopier no. (+49) 69 910-35092; Attention: Group Treasury, and with a copy to Group Legal Services of the Bank, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main; or to such other address as the Bank may notify the registered Holder of this Security.

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     (b) Where this Security provides for notice to the Holder of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holder at his last address as it appears in the Register. Neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Security provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.

     (c) In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of this Security when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Security, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Bank shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice.

     10. Enforcement

     In the event the Bank shall fail to make any payment of interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, any Holder of the Outstanding Securities may bring an action or proceeding to enforce such payment, provided that the Bank is not in default in the payment of interest under any indebtedness to which this Security is subordinated pursuant to Section 3 hereof. The Holders of the Outstanding Securities shall have no right to accelerate payment of this Security in the case of a failure of the Bank to make any payment of principal of, interest on, or other amounts owing under, the Outstanding Securities or a failure to perform any other covenant of the Bank contained in the Outstanding Securities.

     11. Amendments and Modifications

     (a) This Security, the rights and obligations of the Bank hereunder and the rights of the Holder of this Security hereunder may be modified and amended, and any failure by the Bank to make any payment of interest and Additional Interest Amounts hereunder may be waived, in each case with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Outstanding Securities, provided that no such modification, amendment or waiver may, without the consent of Holders of 100% in aggregate Principal Amount of the Outstanding Securities (i) waive a failure to make any payment of interest or Additional Interest Amounts on, or change the stated maturity of the interest or Additional Interest Amount on, any Outstanding Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or change the obligation of the Bank to pay Additional Interest Amounts, or change any place where, or the coin or currency in which, any Outstanding Security or any interest or Additional Interest Amount thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to any Outstanding Security; (ii) reduce the percentage of Outstanding Securities the consent of whose Holders is required to modify or amend this Security or for the waiver of any past failure to make payments of interest or Additional Interest Amounts; (iii) modify the obligations of the Bank hereunder to maintain offices or agencies in Frankfurt am Main; (iv) modify the obligation of the Bank to pay amounts under this Security; or (v) modify the above provisions, except to provide that modification, amendment or waiver of other provisions of this Security shall not be effective as to any Outstanding Security without the consent of the Holder of such Outstanding Security.

     (b) This Security may also be amended or modified by the Bank, without the consent of the Holder of this Security (i) to add to the covenants of the Bank for the benefit of the Holder of this Security, (ii) to surrender any right or power conferred upon the

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Bank, (iii) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions of this Security which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Security, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holder of this Security in any material respect.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification of this Security may be made which (i) limits the subordination provisions of this Security pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) shortens the period prior to which the Bank can redeem this Security pursuant to Section 4.

     (d) Any amendment, modification or waiver of or to this Security and the rights and obligations of the Bank hereunder and the rights of the Holder of this Security hereunder in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be conclusive and binding upon the Holder of this Security, and of any securities issued upon the registration of assignment hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not the Holder shall have given its consent and whether or not notation of such amendment, modification or waiver is made upon this Security.

     12. Conditions Precedent

     The Bank hereby certifies and declares that all acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have happened precedent to the creation and issuance of this Security, and to constitute the same a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank enforceable in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed and have happened in due and strict compliance with all applicable law.

     13. Governing Law

     This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

     14. Headings

     Headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of the terms of this Security.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Security to be duly executed by two of its duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
By:	Name:
	Title:
By:
	Name:
	Title:

EX-5.3

EXHIBIT 5.3

[Letterhead of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.]

March 29, 2010

To Each of the Persons Listed on
    Schedule A Attached Hereto

          Re: Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital LLC V and
Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V     

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as special Delaware counsel for Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital LLC V, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.

          For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the following:

          (a) The Certificate of Formation of the Company, dated as of April 24, 2008, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on April 24, 2008 (the “LLC Certificate”);

          (b) The Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of April 24, 2008, entered into by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (the “Bank”);

          (c) The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 9, 2008, including the By-Laws of the Company attached thereto as Annex A, and including annexes B, C and D (the “LLC Agreement”);

          (d) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust (the “Trust Certificate”), as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on April 25, 2008;

          (e) The Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of April 24, 2008, entered into among the Company, as sponsor, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, as Delaware trustee, and The Bank of New York (now known as The Bank of New York Mellon), as property trustee;

          (f) The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of May 9, 2008, entered into among the Bank, the Company, as sponsor, the holders from time to time of Trust Securities (as defined therein), and the Trustees (as defined therein) (the “Trustees”);

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          (g) The Registration Statement on Form F-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2009, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form F-3 Registration Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2010 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), including a related prospectus and prospectus supplement (jointly, the “Prospectus”), relating to various securities including additional Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust being offered pursuant to the Prospectus (each, a “Trust Preferred Security” and collectively, the “Trust Preferred Securities”) and additional Preferred Securities of the Company to be purchased by the Trust with the proceeds of the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities (each, an “LLC Preferred Security” and collectively, the “LLC Preferred Securities”);

          (h) A form of Authentication Order to be entered into by the Trust;

          (i) A form of Global Trust Preferred Security Certificate to be entered into by the Trust;

          (j) A form of Certificate Evidencing Class B Preferred Securities to be entered into by the Company;

          (k) The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors and the Common Securityholder of the Company, dated as of March 10, 2010 (the “Consent”);

          (l) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Company, dated March 25, 2010, obtained from the Secretary of State; and

          (m) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated March 25, 2010, obtained from the Secretary of State.

          Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the LLC Agreement.

          For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (m) above. In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (m) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own, but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

          With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.

          For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the LLC Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the admission of members to, and the creation, operation, management and termination of, the Company, and that the LLC Agreement, the LLC Certificate and the Consent are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) that the Trust Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation, operation, management and termination of the Trust, and that the Trust Agreement and the Trust Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (iii)

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except to the extent provided in paragraphs 1 and 4 below, the due creation or the due organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction governing its creation or organization or formation, (iv) the legal capacity of natural persons who are signatories to the documents examined by us, (v) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents, (vi) the due authorization, execution, authentication and delivery by all parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vii) the acquisition of the LLC Preferred Securities by the Trust in connection with its purchase of LLC Preferred Securities, and the payment for the LLC Preferred Securities acquired by it, in accordance with the LLC Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, (viii) the receipt by each Person to whom a Trust Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (each a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) of a certificate substantially in the form of the trust preferred security certificate attached to the Trust Agreement as Exhibit A-1 and the payment for the Trust Preferred Securities acquired by it, in accordance with the Trust Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, (ix) that the books and records of the Company set forth the names and addresses of all persons and entities to be admitted as members of the Company and the dollar value of each member’s contributions to the Company, (x) that the LLC Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Trust in accordance with the LLC Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and (xi) that the Trust Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Holders in accordance with the Trust Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement (except for providing this opinion) and assume no responsibility for its contents, other than this opinion.

          This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws and blue sky laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder which are currently in effect.

          Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

          1. The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq .).

          2. The LLC Preferred Securities to be issued to the Trust will be duly authorized and validly issued and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, will be fully paid and nonassessable limited liability company interests in the Company.

          3. The Trust, as a member of the Company, shall not be obligated personally for any of the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise solely by reason of being a member of the Company, except as the Trust may be obligated

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to make payments provided for in the LLC Agreement and to repay any funds wrongfully distributed to it.

          4. The Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq .).

          5. The Trust Preferred Securities will be duly authorized by the Trust Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 6 below, fully paid and nonassessable interests in the Trust.

          6. The Holders, in their capacity as such, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Trust Agreement.

          We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s relying as to matters of Delaware law upon this opinion in connection with opinions to be rendered by them in connection with the Registration Statement. In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons or entities whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other person or entity for any purpose.

Very truly yours,
/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

EAM/JGL/CMM/LAD

SCHEDULE A

Deutsche Bank Capital Funding LLC V

Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust V

EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen& Hamilton llp

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DR. ROMINA POLLEY

RECHTSANWALTIN

DR. OLIVER SCHRÖDER

RECHTSANWALT

DR. MICHAEL BREMS

RECHTSANWALT

MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK BAR

March 29, 2010

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70
D-60486 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V

Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital LLC V

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as special United States counsel to Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the “Bank”) and Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust V, a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Trust”) and Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital LLC V, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company” and together with the Bank and the Trust, the “Deutsche Bank Entities”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of (a) registration statement No. 333-162195 on Form F-3 as amended as of its most recent effective date (March 11, 2010) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the offering from time to time, together or separately and in one or more series (if applicable), of (i) unsecured debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units of the Bank, (ii) trust preferred securities of the Trust and company preferred securities of the Company and (iii) subordinated guarantees of the Bank (the “Subordinated Guarantees”) issued in connection with the issuance of such trust preferred securities and company preferred securities, and (b) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act, a prospectus supplement dated March 12, 2010 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), accompanied by the prospectus included in the Registration Statement when it was filed, relating to the 4,800,000 8.05%Trust Preferred Securities (Liquidation Preference Amount $25 per Trust Preferred Security) offered by the Trust. Terms used and not defined in this opinion have the respective meanings given them in the Prospectus Supplement.

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          In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement including the form of Trust Preferred Securities included therein, the Amended & Restated LLC Agreement including the form of Company Preferred Securities included therein, the form of Initial Obligation and the Subordinated Guarantees. In addition, we have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of all such records of the Deutsche Bank Entities and such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below. In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed.

          Based on the foregoing, we hereby confirm to you that, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations – Income from the Class B Preferred Securities,” it is our opinion that, although there is no authority directly on point and therefore the matter is not completely free from doubt, the Initial Obligation will be treated as an equity interest in the Bank and the income received by the Company in respect thereof and allocated to U.S. holders will be treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and will be eligible to be treated as “qualified dividends” if the Bank is a “qualified foreign corporation” (as such terms are defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended).

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the use of our name in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. We assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
By	/s/ Ward A. Greenberg
	Ward A. Greenberg, a Partner