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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;27, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>GERMANY<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>NOT APPLICABLE<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70<BR>
60486 Frankfurt am Main<BR>
Germany<BR>
011-49-69-910-00<BR>
(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Deutsche Bank Equity Plan</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full Title of the Plan)</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><BR>
<B>Peter Sturzinger<BR>
Deutsche Bank Americas, c/o Office of the Secretary<BR>
60 Wall Street<BR>
New York, New York 10005<BR>
(212)&nbsp;250-2500<BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>with copies to:</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Robert J. Raymond, Esq. <BR>
Cleary Gottlieb Steen &#038; Hamilton LLP <BR>
One Liberty Plaza <BR>
New York, NY 10006<BR>
(212)&nbsp;225-2000</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Legal Department<BR>
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft<BR>
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70<BR>
60486 Frankfurt am Main<BR>
Germany<BR>
011-49-69-910-00</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated file <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller Reporting Company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Name</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Plan</B></TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deutsche Bank Equity Plan</DIV></TD>

    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Ordinary shares, no par value</TD>

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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">20,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$60.925</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,218,500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">86,879.05</TD>
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    <TD>Together with an indeterminate number of ordinary shares that may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Deutsche Bank Equity Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of the outstanding
ordinary shares of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (the &#147;Registrant&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), with respect to ordinary shares issuable pursuant to awards not yet granted under the
Plan and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the ordinary shares of the
Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;21, 2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y85666exv4w3.htm">EX-4.3</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y85666exv4w4.htm">EX-4.4</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register securities to be issued
under the Deutsche Bank Equity Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to the Plan, certain employees of
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) and its subsidiaries have been granted the
right to receive ordinary shares, no par value, of the Registrant, subject to the satisfaction of
applicable vesting conditions.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F (Registration No.&nbsp;001-15242), for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March&nbsp;16, 2010 (the
&#147;Annual Report&#148;), including the description of the Registrant&#146;s share capital contained in Item&nbsp;10:
Additional Information &#151; Memorandum and Articles of Association in the Annual Report and Note &#091;30&#093;
&#151; Common Shares to the Registrant&#146;s consolidated financial statements included therein; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s Reports on Form 6-K dated April&nbsp;27, 2010,
May&nbsp;10, 2010, June&nbsp;15, 2010, July&nbsp;23, 2010
and July&nbsp;27, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) subsequent to the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto,
which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding
the foregoing, excluded from incorporation by reference herein are
any portions of the documents described in the preceding paragraphs
that consist of disclosure of the credit ratings of the Registrant,
other than disclosure that is related only to changes to a credit
rating, the liquidity of the Registrant, the cost of funds for the
Registrant or the terms of agreements that refer to credit
ratings.</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any
statement so modified or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable, because the Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares are registered under Section&nbsp;12 of
the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under German law, a corporation may indemnify its officers, and, under certain circumstances,
German labor law requires a stock corporation to do so. However, a corporation may not, as a
general matter, indemnify members of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board. A German stock
corporation may, however, purchase directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance. The insurance may be
subject to any mandatory restrictions imposed by German law. In addition, German law may permit a
corporation to indemnify a member of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board for attorneys&#146;
fees incurred if such member is the successful party in a suit in a country, like the United
States, where winning parties are required to bear their own costs, if German law would have
required the losing party to pay the member&#146;s attorneys&#146; fees had the suit been brought in Germany
and for attorneys&#146; fees incurred in connection with other proceedings.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Members of the Registrant&#146;s Supervisory Board and Management Board and officers of the
Registrant will be covered by customary liability insurance, including insurance against
liabilities under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan provides that neither the Registrant nor any committee appointed by the Management
Board to administer the Plan shall have any liability with respect to any claim, loss, liability or
expense incurred in connection with the Plan.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit&nbsp;Table in Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K):
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>English translation of Articles of Association of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1, 2007 through
January&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1, 2008 through
January&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1, 2009 through
January&nbsp;31, 2010</TD>
</TR>




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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1, 2010</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG AG Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Frankfurt, Germany on the 27th day of July, 2010.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Dr. Josef Ackermann
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Dr. Josef Ackermann&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairperson of the Management Board&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Dr. Hugo Banziger
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Dr. Hugo Banziger&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Member of the Management Board&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Mathias Otto and Joseph C. Kopec, acting jointly, with full power to act as
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 27th day of July, 2010.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Josef Ackermann
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Dr.&nbsp;Josef Ackermann)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairperson of the Management Board<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stefan Krause
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Stefan Krause)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and<br>
Member of the Management Board<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Hugo Banziger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Dr.&nbsp;Hugo Banziger)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Member of the Management Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hermann-Josef Lamberti
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Hermann-Josef Lamberti)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Member of the Management Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael Cohrs
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Michael Cohrs)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Member of the Management Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J&#252;rgen Fitschen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(J&#252;rgen Fitschen)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Member of the Management Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anshuman Jain
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Anshuman Jain)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Member of the Management Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rainer Neske
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Rainer Neske)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Member of the Management Board</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Martin Edelmann
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Managing Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Martin Edelmann)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter Sturzinger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Deutsche Bank Americas<br></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Peter Sturzinger)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Office of the Secretary
(Authorized Representative in the United States)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">English translation of Articles
of Association of the Registrant
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;20-F
(Registration No.
001-15242) filed by the
Registrant with the
Commission on March&nbsp;16,
2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan
Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1,
2007 through January&nbsp;31, 2008
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.8 to
Post-Effective Amendment
No.&nbsp;1, filed by the
Registrant on August&nbsp;17,
2007, to the Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
(Registration No.
333-132673) filed by the
Registrant with the
Commission on March&nbsp;24,
2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan
Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1,
2008 through January&nbsp;31, 2009
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan
Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1,
2009 through January&nbsp;31, 2010
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Deutsche Bank Equity Plan &#151; Plan
Rules&nbsp;Effective from February&nbsp;1,
2010
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;20-F
(Registration No.
001-15242) filed by the
Registrant with the
Commission on March&nbsp;16,
2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG AG
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft,
Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2010
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
GERMANY
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
NOT APPLICABLE
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
011-49-69-910-00
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Peter Sturzinger
Deutsche Bank Americas, c/o Office of the Secretary
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 250-2500
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
with copies to:
Robert J. Raymond, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
(212) 225-2000
Legal Department
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
011-49-69-910-00
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated file
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller Reporting Company
o
(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount to Be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Name
Title of Securities
Registered
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
of Plan
to be Registered
(1)
Share (2)
Price
Registration Fee
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan
Ordinary shares, no par value
20,000,000
$60.925
$1,218,500,000
$
86,879.05
(1)
Together with an indeterminate number of ordinary shares that may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Deutsche Bank Equity Plan (the "Plan")
as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of the outstanding
ordinary shares of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (the "Registrant").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), with respect to ordinary shares issuable pursuant to awards not yet granted under the
Plan and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the ordinary shares of the
Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 21, 2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.3
EX-4.4
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register securities to be issued
under the Deutsche Bank Equity Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to the Plan, certain employees of
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (the "Registrant") and its subsidiaries have been granted the
right to receive ordinary shares, no par value, of the Registrant, subject to the satisfaction of
applicable vesting conditions.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof:
(i) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F (Registration No. 001-15242), for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March 16, 2010 (the
"Annual Report"), including the description of the Registrant's share capital contained in Item 10:
Additional Information — Memorandum and Articles of Association in the Annual Report and Note [30]
— Common Shares to the Registrant's consolidated financial statements included therein; and
(ii) The
Registrant's Reports on Form 6-K dated April 27, 2010,
May 10, 2010, June 15, 2010, July 23, 2010
and July 27, 2010.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto,
which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, excluded from incorporation by reference herein are
any portions of the documents described in the preceding paragraphs
that consist of disclosure of the credit ratings of the Registrant,
other than disclosure that is related only to changes to a credit
rating, the liquidity of the Registrant, the cost of funds for the
Registrant or the terms of agreements that refer to credit
ratings.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any
statement so modified or
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superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable, because the Registrant's ordinary shares are registered under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under German law, a corporation may indemnify its officers, and, under certain circumstances,
German labor law requires a stock corporation to do so. However, a corporation may not, as a
general matter, indemnify members of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board. A German stock
corporation may, however, purchase directors' and officers' insurance. The insurance may be
subject to any mandatory restrictions imposed by German law. In addition, German law may permit a
corporation to indemnify a member of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board for attorneys'
fees incurred if such member is the successful party in a suit in a country, like the United
States, where winning parties are required to bear their own costs, if German law would have
required the losing party to pay the member's attorneys' fees had the suit been brought in Germany
and for attorneys' fees incurred in connection with other proceedings.
Members of the Registrant's Supervisory Board and Management Board and officers of the
Registrant will be covered by customary liability insurance, including insurance against
liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Plan provides that neither the Registrant nor any committee appointed by the Management
Board to administer the Plan shall have any liability with respect to any claim, loss, liability or
expense incurred in connection with the Plan.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
4.1
English translation of Articles of Association of the Registrant
4.2
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan Rules Effective from February 1, 2007 through
January 31, 2008
4.3
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan Rules Effective from February 1, 2008 through
January 31, 2009
4.4
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan Rules Effective from February 1, 2009 through
January 31, 2010
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4.5
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan Rules Effective from February 1, 2010
23.1
Consent of KPMG AG Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore,
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unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Frankfurt, Germany on the 27th day of July, 2010.
DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
By:
/s/ Dr. Josef Ackermann
Dr. Josef Ackermann
Chairperson of the Management Board
/s/  Dr. Hugo Banziger
Dr. Hugo Banziger
Member of the Management Board
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Mathias Otto and Joseph C. Kopec, acting jointly, with full power to act as
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 27th day of July, 2010.
Signature
Title
/s/ Dr. Josef Ackermann
(Dr. Josef Ackermann)
Chairperson of the Management Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Stefan Krause
(Stefan Krause)
Chief Financial Officer and
Member of the Management Board
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Dr. Hugo Banziger
(Dr. Hugo Banziger)
Member of the Management Board
/s/ Hermann-Josef Lamberti
(Hermann-Josef Lamberti)
Member of the Management Board
/s/ Michael Cohrs
(Michael Cohrs)
Member of the Management Board
/s/ Jürgen Fitschen
(Jürgen Fitschen)
Member of the Management Board
/s/ Anshuman Jain
(Anshuman Jain)
Member of the Management Board
/s/ Rainer Neske
(Rainer Neske)
Member of the Management Board
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Signature
Title
/s/ Martin Edelmann
Managing Director
(Martin Edelmann)
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Peter Sturzinger
Deutsche Bank Americas
(Peter Sturzinger)
Office of the Secretary
(Authorized Representative in the United States)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
English translation of Articles
of Association of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 1.1 to the
Registrant's 2009 Annual
Report on Form 20-F
(Registration No.
001-15242) filed by the
Registrant with the
Commission on March 16,
2010
4.2
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan
Rules Effective from February 1,
2007 through January 31, 2008
Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.8 to
Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1, filed by the
Registrant on August 17,
2007, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.
333-132673) filed by the
Registrant with the
Commission on March 24,
2006
4.3
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan
Rules Effective from February 1,
2008 through January 31, 2009
Filed herewith
4.4
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan
Rules Effective from February 1,
2009 through January 31, 2010
Filed herewith
4.5
Deutsche Bank Equity Plan — Plan
Rules Effective from February 1,
2010
Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registrant's 2009 Annual
Report on Form 20-F
(Registration No.
001-15242) filed by the
Registrant with the
Commission on March 16,
2010
23.1
Consent of KPMG AG
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft,
Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
Filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on signature pages