Deutsche Bank Appendix Non-Financial Report 2022 Reports of the independent auditor 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 any matters have come to our attention that cause us to believe that the Company’s non-financial statement is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with Section 340a (1a) in conjunction with Sections 289c to 289e HGB and Section 340i (5) HGB in conjunction with Section 315c HGB and Article 8 EU Taxonomy Regulation and the Delegated Acts adopted thereunder as well as the interpretation by the executive directors disclosed in section “Sustainable Finance” of the non- financial statement. Not subject to our assurance engagement are other references to disclosures made outside the non- financial statement, prior-year disclosures as well as the external sources of documentation or expert opinions mentioned in the non-financial statement. In a limited assurance engagement, the 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, – Inquiries of the executive directors and relevant employees involved in the preparation of the non-financial statement about the preparation process, about the internal control system related to this process, and about disclosures in the non-financial statement, – Inquiries of the employees regarding the selection of topics for the non-financial statement, the risk assessment and the policies of the Company and the Group for the topics identified as material, – Inquiries of employees responsible for data capture and consolidation about the data capture and compilation methods as well as internal controls to the extent relevant for the assurance of the disclosures in the non-financial statement, – Identification of likely risks of material misstatement in the non-financial statement, – Inspection of the relevant documentation of the systems and processes for collecting, aggregating and validating the data from the relevant functions in the reporting period, – Analytical procedures on selected disclosures in the non-financial statement at the level of the Company and the Group, – Evaluation of the process to identify the economic activities taxonomy-eligible as well as the corresponding disclosures in the non-financial statement, and – Evaluation of the presentation of the non-financial statement. In determining the disclosures in accordance with Article 8 EU Taxonomy Regulation, the executive directors are required to interpret undefined legal terms. Due to the immanent risk that undefined legal terms may be interpreted differently, the legal conformity of their interpretation and, accordingly, our assurance engagement thereon are subject to uncertainties. Assurance conclusion Based on the assurance procedures performed and the evidence obtained, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the non-financial statement of the Company for the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with Section 340a (1a) in conjunction with Sections 289c to 289e HGB and Section 340i (5) HGB in conjunction with Section 315c HGB and Article 8 of EU Taxonomy Regulation and the Delegated Acts adopted thereunder as well as the interpretation by the executive directors as disclosed in section “Sustainable Finance”. We do not express an assurance conclusion on the other references to disclosures made outside the non-financial statement, prior-year disclosures or the external sources of documentation or expert opinions mentioned in the non-financial. Restriction of use We draw attention to the fact that the assurance engagement was conducted for the Company’s purposes and that the report is intended solely to inform the Company about the results of the assurance engagement. As a result, it may not be suitable for another purpose than the aforementioned. Accordingly, the report is not intended to be used by third parties for making (financial) decisions based on it. Our responsibility is to the Company alone. We do not accept any responsibility to third parties. Our assurance conclusion is not modified in this respect. 127