Deutsche Bank expects to report litigation costs of approximately EUR 1.5 billion for Q1 2015

Frankfurt am Main, 23-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) today announced that it expects to report litigation costs of approximately EUR 1.5 billion for the first quarter 2015. The majority of these litigation costs are not tax-deductible. Despite these costs Deutsche Bank will be profitable in the first quarter and will report near record revenues.

Deutsche Bank will give further details upon publishing its unaudited first quarter 2015 financial results.

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