Deutsche Bank Appendix Non-Financial Report 2022 Reports of the independent auditor The assurance engagement performed by Ernst & Young (EY) relates exclusively to the German version of the sustainability report of the fiscal year 2022 of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main. The following text is a translation of the original German independent auditor’s report. Independent auditor’s report on a limited assurance engagement To Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main We have performed a limited assurance engagement on the sustainability report of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main (thereinafter referred to as the “Company”), which additionally comprises the chapters “Operating and financial review – Deutsche Bank Group” in the combined management report of the Company incorporated by reference and the note “Country-by-Country Reporting” in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company for fiscal year 2022 for the reporting period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 incorporated by reference (thereinafter referred to as the “sustainability report”). Our engagement did not include any disclosures for prior years and any references to further information outside of the sustainability report. Responsibilities of the executive directors The executive directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the sustainability report in accordance with the “GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards” (hereafter “GRI Standards”). These responsibilities of the Company’s executive directors include the selection and application of appropriate methods to prepare the sustainability report and making assumptions and estimates about individual disclosures of the Group that are reasonable in the circumstances. Furthermore, the executive directors are responsible for such internal control as the executive directors consider necessary to enable the preparation of a sustainability report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud (manipulation of the sustainability report) or error. Independence and quality assurance of the auditor’s firm We have complied with the German professional requirements on independence as well as other professional conduct requirements. Our audit firm applies the national legal requirements and professional pronouncements, in particular the BS WP/vBP (“Berufssatzung für Wirtschaftsprüfer/vereidigte Buchprüfer”: Professional Charter for German Public Accountants/German Sworn Auditors) and the IDW Standard on Quality Management in the Audit Firm (IDW QS 1) and accordingly maintains a comprehensive quality management system that includes documented policies and procedures with regard to compliance with professional ethical requirements, professional standards as well as relevant statutory and other legal requirements. Responsibilities of the auditor Our responsibility is to express a conclusion with limited assurance on the sustainability report based on our assurance engagement. We conducted our assurance engagement in accordance with International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 (Revised): “Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information“ issued by the IAASB. This standard requires that we plan and perform the assurance engagement to obtain limited assurance about whether the sustainability report of the Company has been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the GRI Standards. Not subject to our assurance engagement are other references to disclosures made outside the sustainability report, prior- year disclosures as well as the external sources of documentation or expert opinions mentioned in the sustainability report. In a limited assurance engagement, the scope procedures performed are less extensive than in a reasonable assurance engagement, and accordingly, a substantially lower level of assurance is obtained. The selection of the assurance procedures is subject to the professional judgment of the auditor. In the course of our assurance engagement we have, among other things, performed the following assurance procedures and other activities: – Gain an understanding of the structure of the Group’s sustainability organization and how to stakeholder engagement, 129