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Deutsche Bank AG (NY) Share Decrease In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 05/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices, effective at the close of trading on Monday, August 9, 2004:
  • Deutsche Bank AG (NY) (Germany, NYSE: DB, CUSIP: D18190898, Sedol: 2803025) shares will decrease by 38,000,000 shares to 543,854,246 shares. The share decrease comes at the conclusion of the share buyback and cancellation of shares by the company.
Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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