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Term Sheet Term Sheet No. 25478 To product supplement 8 deter/fitly34 2015, Registration Statement No. 333-206oly prospectus supplement datedMy31, 2015 and DatedSeptemberg. 2015; Rule 433 prospectus datectluhe31, 2015 Deutsche Bank Structured Deutsche Bank AG S Phoenix Autocaltable Securities Linked to the Common Stock of Apple Inc. due September 28, 2016 Investments General • The Phoenix Autocallable Securities (the "securities") are linked to the performance of the common stock of Apple Inc. (the "Underlying") and may pay a Contingent Coupon on a quarterly basis at a rate of 21.75% per annum. The Contingent Coupon will be payable on a Coupon Payment Date only if the Stock Price of the Underlying on the applicable Observation Date is greater than or equal to the Coupon Barrier, which is equal to 80.00% of the Initial Price. The Stock Price refers to (i) the Closing Price of the Underlying in the case of any Observation Date other than the final Observation Date and (ii) the Final Price (calculated in reference to the Averaging Dates as set forth below) in the case of the final Observation Date. • The securities will be automatically called if the Stock Price of the Underlying on any Observation Date is greater than or equal to the Initial Price. If the securities are automatically called, investors will receive a cash payment per $1,000 Face Amount of securities on the applicable Call Settlement Date equal to the Face Amount plusthe Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. The securities will cease to be outstanding following an Automatic Call and no Contingent Coupon will accrue or be payable following the Call Settlement Date. If the securities are not automatically called and the Final Price is greater than or equal to the Trigger Price (80.00% of the Initial Price), investors will receive a cash payment per $i,000 Face Amount of securities at maturity equal to the Face Amount plus the Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. However, investors should be willing to lose a significant portion or all of their initial investment if the securities are not automatically called and the Final Price is less than the Trigger Price. Any payment on the securities is subject to the credit of the Issuer. • Senior unsecured obligations of Deutsche Bank AG due September 28, 2016 • Minimum purchase of Sio,000. Minimum denominations of $1,000 (the "Face Amount") and integral multiples thereof. • The securities are expected to price on or about September n, 2015 (the "Trade Date") and are expected to settle on or about September 16, 2015 (the "Settlement Date"). Key Terms Issuer: Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch Issue Price: l00% of the Face Amount Underlying: Common stock of Apple Inc. (Ticker: AAPL) Contingent Coupon • If the Stock Price of the Underlying on any Observation Date is greater than or equal to the Coupon Barrier, Deutsche Feature: Bank AG will pay you the Contingent Coupon per St,000 Face Amount of securities applicable to such Observation Date on the related Coupon Payment Date. • If the Stock Price of the Underlying on any Observation Date is less than the Coupon Barrier, the Contingent Coupon per $i,000 Face Amount of securities applicable to such Observation Date will not be payable and Deutsche Bank AG will not make any payment to you on the related Coupon Payment Date. The Contingent Coupon will be a fixed amount based upon equal quarterly installments accrued at the Coupon Rate of 21.75% per annum. If the securities are automatically called prior to the last Averaging Date, the Contingent Coupon will be paid on the corresponding Call Settlement Date and no further amounts will be owed to you under the securities. Coupon Barrier: 80.00% of the Initial Price Observation Dates''': Quarterly on the dates set forth in the table below. Coupon Payment As set forth in the table below. For the final Observation Date, the related Coupon Payment Date will be the Maturity Date. Dates''': Coupon Rate: The Coupon Rate is 21.75% per annum. The table below sets forth each Observation Date, Coupon Payment Date, Call Settlement Date and Contingent Coupon applicable to such Observation Date. Coupon Payment Date Contingent Coupon Observation Date / Call Settlement Date (per $i,000 Face Amount of Securities) December 24, 2015 December 31, 2015 $54.375 March 24, 2016 March it 2016 554.975 June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 $54.375 September 28, 2016 (Maturity Date) 554.375 September 23, 2016 east Averaging Date) (Key Terms continuedon next page) Investing in the securities involves a number of risks. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 7 of the accompanying product supplement, page PS-5 of the accompanying prospectus supplement and page 12 of the accompanying prospectus and "Selected Risk Considerations" beginning on page 9 of this term sheet. The Issuer's estimated value of the securities on the Trade Date is approximately $967.70 to $987.70 per $s,000 Face Amount of securities, which is less than the Issue Price. Please see "Issuers Estimated Value of the Securities" on page 3 of this term sheet for additional information. By acquiring the securities, you will be bound by, and deemed to consent to, the imposition of any Resolution Measure (as defined below) by our competent resolution authority, which may include the write down of all, or a portion, of any payment on the securities. If any Resolution Measure becomes applicable to us, you may lose some or all of your investment in the securities. Please see "Resolution Measures" on page 4 of this term sheet for more information. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities or passed upon the accuracy or the adequacy of this term sheet or the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement or prospectus. My representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. Price to Public" Feeswo Proceeds to Issuer Per Security $i.000.00 $io.00 Souo.00 Total $ $ $ cal JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which we refer to as JPMS LLC, or one of its affiliates will act as placement agents for the securities. The placement agents will forgo fees for sales to fiduciary accounts. The total fees represent he amount that the placement agents receive from sales to accounts other than such fiduciary accounts. The placement agents will receive a fee from the Issuer that will not exceed $io.00 per Si,000 Face Amount of notes. w Please see "Supplemental Man of Distribution" in this term sheet for more information about fees. The securities are not bank deposits or savings accounts andare notinsured orguaranteedby the FederalDepositInsurance Corporation orany other U.S. or foreigngovernmentalagency orInstrumentality. JPMorgan Placement Agent September 9, 2015 EFTA01183366  (Key Terms continued frompreviouspage) Automatic Call: The securities will be automatically called if the Stock Price of the Underlying on any Observation Date is greater than or equal to the Initial Price. If the securities are automatically called, you will receive a cash payment per $1,000 Face Amount of securities on the related Call Settlement Date equal to the Face Amount plusthe Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. No Contingent Coupon will accrue or be payable following the related Call Settlement Date. Call Settlement Date": As set forth in the table above. For the final Observation Date, the Call Settlement Date will be the Maturity Date. Payment at Maturity: If the securities are not automatically called, the payment you will receive at maturity will depend on the performance of the Underlying on the Averaging Dates. • If the Final Price is greater than or equal to the Trigger Price, you will receive a cash payment per Stool) Face Amount of securities on the Maturity Date equal to the Face Amount plusthe Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. • If the Final Price is less than the Trigger Price, you will receive a cash payment per St000 Face Amount of securities calculated as follows: $1,000 + (Stoop x Underlying Return) If the FinalPrice is less than the TriggerPrice, the UnderlyingReturn willbe negative and, for each Sao° face Amount of securities, you willlose t00% ofthe Face Amount for every L00% by which theFinalPrice is less than theInitialPrice. In this circumstance, you wlI lose a significantportion or all ofyourInitialInvestment. Anypayment at maturity /s subject to the credit oftheIssuer. Underlying Return: The Underlying Return will be calculated as follows: Final Price — Initial Price Initial Price The UnderlyingReturn may bepositive, zero or negative. Trigger Price: 80.00% of the Initial Price Initial Price: The Closing Price of the Underlying on the Trade Date Final Price: The arithmetic average of the Closing Prices of the Underlying on each of the five Averaging Dates Stock Price: For any Observation Date other than the final Observation Date, the Closing Price of the Underlying. For the final Observation Date, the Final Price. Closing Price: On any trading day, the last reported sale price of one share of the Underlying on the relevant exchange multiplIedby the then-current Stock Adjustment Factor, as determined by the calculation agent. Stock Adjustment Initially to, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events affecting the Underlying. See Factor: "Description of Securities — Anti-Dilution Adjustments for Reference Stock" in the accompanying product supplement. Trade Date': September 11, 2015 Settlement Date': September 16.2015 Averaging Dates'•': September 19, 2016, September 20, 2016, September 21, 2016, September 22, 2016 and September 23, 2016 Maturity Date'•': September 28, 2016 Listing: The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange. CUSIP/ISIN: 25152RQ3o/ US25152RQ3o7 Subject to adjustment as described under "Description of Securities—Adjustments to Valuation Dates and Payment Dates" in the accompanying product supplement. If an Observation Date is postponed, the related Coupon Payment Date and Call Settlement Date, as applicable, will be postponed accordingly as described under "Description of Securities — Adjustments to Valuation Dates and Payment Dates" in the accompanying product supplement. In the event that we make any change to the expected Trade Date or Settlement Date, the Observation Dates, Coupon Payment Dates, Call Settlement Dates, Final Valuation Date and Maturity Date may be changed so that the stated term of the securities remains the same. EFTA01183367 Issuer's Estimated Value of the Securities The Issuer's estimated value of the securities is equal to the sum of our valuations of the following two components of the securities: (i) a bond and (ii) an embedded derivative(s). The value of the bond component of the securities is calculated based on the present value of the stream of cash payments associated with a conventional bond with a principal amount equal to the Face Amount of securities, discounted at an internal funding rate, which is determined primarily based on our market-based yield curve, adjusted to account for our funding needs and objectives for the period matching the term of the securities. The internal funding rate is typically lower than the rate we would pay when we issue conventional debt securities on equivalent terms. This difference in funding rate, as well as the agent's commissions, if any, and the estimated cost of hedging our obligations under the securities, reduces the economic terms of the securities to you and is expected to adversely affect the price at which you may be able to sell the securities in any secondary market. The value of the embedded derivative(s) is calculated based on our internal pricing models using relevant parameter inputs such as expected interest and dividend rates and mid-market levels of price and volatility of the assets underlying the securities or any futures, options or swaps related to such underlying assets. Our internal pricing models are proprietary and rely in part on certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect. The Issuer's estimated value of the securities on the Trade Date (as disclosed on the cover of this term sheet) is less than the Issue Price of the securities. The difference between the Issue Price and the Issuer's estimated value of the securities on the Trade Date is due to the inclusion in the Issue Price of the agent's commissions, if any, and the cost of hedging our obligations under the securities through one or more of our affiliates. Such hedging cost includes our or our affiliates' expected cost of providing such hedge, as well as the profit we or our affiliates expect to realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in providing such hedge. The Issuer's estimated value of the securities on the Trade Date does not represent the price at which we or any of our affiliates would be willing to purchase your securities in the secondary market at any time. Assuming no changes in market conditions or our creditworthiness and other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which we or our affiliates would be willing to purchase the securities from you in secondary market transactions, if at all, would generally be lower than both the Issue Price and the Issuer's estimated value of the securities on the Trade Date. Our purchase price, if any, in secondary market transactions will be based on the estimated value of the securities determined by reference to (i) the then-prevailing internal funding rate (adjusted by a spread) or another appropriate measure of our cost of funds and 00 our pricing models at that time, less a bid spread determined after taking into account the size of the repurchase, the nature of the assets underlying the securities and then-prevailing market conditions. The price we report to financial reporting services and to distributors of our securities for use on customer account statements would generally be determined on the same basis. However, during the period of approximately three months beginning from the Trade Date, we or our affiliates may, in our sole discretion, increase the purchase price determined as described above by an amount equal to the declining differential between the Issue Price and the Issuer's estimated value of the securities on the Trade Date, prorated over such period on a straight-line basis, for transactions that are individually and in the aggregate of the expected size for ordinary secondary market repurchases. 3 EFTA01183368 Resolution Measures On May 15, 2014, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union published a directive for establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms (commonly referred to as the "Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive"). The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive requires each member state of the European Union to adopt and publish by December 31, 2014 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. Germany has adopted the Recovery and Resolution Act (Sanierungs- and Abwicklungsgesetz or "Resolution Act"), which became effective on January 1, 2015. The Resolution Act may result in the securities being subject to any Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority if we become, or are deemed by our competent supervisory authority to have become, "non-viable" (as defined under the then applicable law) and are unable to continue our regulated banking activities without a Resolution Measure becoming applicable to us. By acquiring the securities, you will be bound by and deemed to consent to the provisions set forth in the accompanying prospectus, which we have summarized below. By acquiring the securities, you will be bound by and will be deemed to consent to the imposition of any Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority. Under the relevant resolution laws and regulations as applicable to us from time to time, the securities may be subject to the powers exercised by our competent resolution authority to: 0) write down, including to zero, any payment (or delivery obligations) on the securities; (ii) convert the securities into ordinary shares or other instruments qualifying as core equity tier i capital; and/or (iii) apply any other resolution measure, including (but not limited to) a transfer of the securities to another entity, an amendment of the terms and conditions of the securities or the cancellation of the securities. We refer to each of these measures as a "Resolution Measure." Furthermore, by acquiring the securities, you: • are deemed irrevocably to have agreed, and you will agree: ('i) to be bound by any Resolution Measure; 00 that you will have no claim or other right against us arising out of any Resolution Measure; and (iii) that the imposition of any Resolution Measure will not constitute a default or an event of default under the securities, under the senior indenture dated November 22, 2006 among us, law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as issuing agent, paying agent, authenticating agent and registrar, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"), or for the purpose of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"); • waive, to the fullest extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act and applicable law, any and all claims against the trustee and the paying agent for, agree not to initiate a suit against the trustee and the paying agent in respect of, and agree that neither the trustee nor the paying agent will be liable for, any action that the trustee or the paying agent takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the imposition of a Resolution Measure by our competent resolution authority with respect to the securities; and • will be deemed irrevocably to have (0 consented to the imposition of any Resolution Measure as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the competent resolution authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the securities and 00 authorized, directed and requested The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and any participant in DTC or other intermediary through which you hold such securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the imposition of any Resolution Measure with respect to the securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on your part or on the part of the trustee, paying agent, issuing agent, authenticating agent, registrar or calculation agent. Thisis onlya summary, formore information please see the accompanyingprospectus datedlulyp, 2015, including the risk factor "The securities may become subordinated to the claims ofother creditors, be written down, be convertedorbecome subject to otherresolution measures. Youmaylose part oral!ofyour investmentif any such measure becomes applicable to us." 4 EFTA01183369 Additional Terms Specific to the Securities You should read this term sheet together with product supplement B dated July 31, 2015, the prospectus supplement dated July 31, 2015 relating to our Series A global notes of which these securities are a part and the prospectus dated July 31, 2015. You may access these documents on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") at www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website): Product supplement B dated July 31, 2015: http://www.sec.gov/Archivesiedgar/data/1159508/000095010315oo6o59/crt_dp58181-424b2.pdf Prospectus supplement dated July 31, 2015: http://www.sec.gov/Archivesiedgar/data/1159508/000095010315oo6o48/crt-dp58161_424b2.pdf Prospectus dated July 31, 2015: http://www.sec.gov/Archivesiedgar/data/11595o8/000n9312515273165/d4o464d424b2.htm Our Central Index Key, or CIK, on the SEC website is 0001159508. As used in this term sheet, "we," "us" or "our" refers to Deutsche Bank AG, including, as the context requires, acting through one of its branches. This term sheet, together with the documents listed above, contains the terms of the securities and supersedes all other prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials including preliminary or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for implementation, sample structures, brochures or other educational materials of ours. You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in this term sheet and in "Risk Factors" in the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, as the securities involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities. We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisers before deciding to invest in the securities. Deutsche Bank AG has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this term sheet relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents relating to this offering that Deutsche Bank AG has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Deutsche Bank AG and this offering. You may obtain these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Deutsche Bank AG, any agent or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus, prospectus supplement, product supplement and this term sheet if you so request by calling toll-free 1-800- 311-4409- You may revoke your offer to purchase the securities at any time prior to the time at which we accept such offer by notifying the applicable agent. We reserve the right to change the terms of, or reject any offer to purchase, the securities prior to their issuance. We will notify you in the event of any changes to the terms of the securities, and you will be asked to accept such changes in connection with your purchase of any securities. You may also choose to reject such changes, in which case we may reject your offer to purchase the securities. 5 EFTA01183370 Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable on the Securities The tables and hypothetical examples set forth below are for illustrative purposes only. The actual returns applicable to a purchaser of the securities will be determined on the Observation Dates or on the Averaging Dates, as applicable. The following results are based solely on the hypothetical examples cited below. You should consider carefully whether the securities are suitable to your investment goals. If the securities are called: The following table illustrates the hypothetical payments on the securities (excluding any Contingent Coupon payment) upon an Automatic Call on each Observation Date. Payment upon an Automatic Call (per $1,000 Face Amount of Observation Date Call Settlement Date Securities) December 24, 2015 December 31, 2015 $1,000.00 March 24, 2016 March 31, 2016 $1,000.00 June 23, 2016 June 28, 2016 $1,000.00 September 23, 2016 (last Averaging September 28, 2016 (Maturity Date) $1,000.00 Date) If the securities are called on an Observation Date, the investor will receive a cash payment per $1,000 Face Amount of securities on the related Call Settlement Date equal to the Face Amount plus the Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. No Contingent Coupon will accrue or be payable following the Call Settlement Date. If the securities are not called: The table below illustrates the hypothetical Payments at Maturity per $1,000 Face Amount of securities for a hypothetical range of performances if the securities are not automatically called. The hypothetical Payments at Maturity set forth below reflect the Coupon Barrier of 80.00% of the Initial Price and the Trigger Price of 80.00% of the Initial Price for the Underlying. The actual Initial Price, Coupon Barrier and Trigger Price for the Underlying will be determined on the Trade Date. The following results are based solely on the hypothetical examples cited. You should consider carefully whether the securities are suitable to your investment goals. The numbers appearing in the table and examples below may have been rounded for ease of analysis and it has been assumed that no event affecting the Underlying has occurred during the term of the securities that would cause the calculation agent to adjust the Stock Adjustment Factor. Payment at Maturity Return on the Securities at (excluding any Contingent Maturity (excluding any Underlying Return (%) Coupon) ($) Contingent Coupon) (%) soo.00% N/A N/A 90.00% N/A N/A 80.00% N/A N/A 70.00% N/A N/A 60.00% N/A N/A 50.00% N/A N/A 40.00% N/A N/A 30.00% N/A N/A m00% N/A N/A io.00% NA NA ■ o.00% N/A -io.00% $1,000.00 o.00% -15.00% $1,000.00 o.00% $1,000.00 la I u -30.00% $700.00 -30.00% -40.00% $600.00 -40.00% -5o.00% $500.00 -5o.00% -6o.00% $400.00 -6o.00% -70.00% $300.00 -70.00% -80.00% $200.00 -80.00% -90.00% $100.00 -90.00% -loo.00% $o.00 -loo.00% 6 EFTA01183371 N/A: Not applicable because the securities will be automatically called if the Final Price is greater than or equal to the Initial Price. Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable on the Securities The following hypothetical examples illustrate how the payments on the securities set forth in the table above are calculated as well as how the payment of any Contingent Coupons will be determined. The examples below reflect the Coupon Rate of 21.75% per annum. Example 1: The Closing Price of the Underlying is no.00% of the Initial Price on the first Observation Date. Because the Closing Price of the Underlying on the first Observation Date is greater than the Initial Price, the securities are automatically called on the first Observation Date, and the investor will receive on the related Call Settlement Date a cash payment of $1,000.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities (excluding any Contingent Coupon). Because the Closing Price of the Underlying on the first Observation Date is greater than the Coupon Barrier (80.00°4 of the Initial Price), the investor will receive the Contingent Coupon on the Call Settlement Date. As a result, the investor will receive a total of $1,054.375 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities. Example 2: The Closing Prices of the Underlying are 90.00%, 6o.00% and u fo.00% of the Initial Price on the first, second and third Observation Dates. Because the Closing Price of the Underlying on the third Observation Date is greater than the Initial Price, the securities are automatically called on the third Observation Date, and the investor will receive on the related Call Settlement Date a cash payment of $1,000.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities (excluding any Contingent Coupon). Because the Closing Prices of the Underlying on the first and third Observation Dates are greater than the Coupon Barrier and the Closing Price of the Underlying on the second Observation Date is less than the Coupon Barrier, the investor will receive the Contingent Coupon on the first Coupon Payment Date and the Call Settlement Date, but not on the second Coupon Payment Date. As a result, the investor will receive a total of $1,108.75 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities. Example 3: The Closing Prices of the Underlying are 90.00%, 40.00% and 90.00% of the Initial Price on the first, second and third Observation Dates and the Final Price is no.00% of the Initial Price on the final Observation Date. Because the Final Price on the final Observation Date is greater than the Initial Price, the securities are automatically called on the final Observation Date, and the investor will receive on the Maturity Date a cash payment of $1,000.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities (excluding any Contingent Coupon). Because the Closing Prices of the Underlying on the first and third Observation Dates and the Final Price on the final Observation Date are greater than the Coupon Barrier and the Closing Price of the Underlying on the second Observation Date is less than the Coupon Barrier, the investor will receive the Contingent Coupon on the first and third Coupon Payment Dates and the Maturity Date, but not on the second Coupon Payment Date. As a result, the investor will receive a total of $1,163.125 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities. Example 4: The Closing Prices of the Underlying are 55.00%, 60.0o% and 90.00% of the Initial Price on the first, second, and third Observation Dates and the Final Price is 90.00% of the Initial Price on the final Observation Date. Because the Closing Prices of the Underlying on the first, second and third Observation Dates and the Final Price on the final Observation Date are less than the Initial Price, the securities are not automatically called. Because the Final Price is greater than the Trigger Price (80.00% of the Initial Price), the investor will receive on the Maturity Date a cash payment of $1,000.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities (excluding any Contingent Coupon). Because the Closing Price of the Underlying on the third Observation Date and the Final Price on the final Observation Date are greater than the Coupon Barrier and the Closing Prices of the Underlying on the first and second Observation Dates are less than the Coupon Barrier, the investor will receive the Contingent Coupon on the third Coupon Payment Date and the Maturity Date, but not on the first and second Coupon Payment Dates. As a result, the investor will receive a total of $1,108.75 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities. Example 5: The Closing Prices of the Underlying are 60.00%, 55.00% and 5o.00% of the Initial Price on the first, second and third Observation Dates and the Final Price is 40.0o% of the Initial Price on the final Observation Date, resulting in an Underlying Return of -6o.00%. Because the Closing Prices of the Underlying on the first, second and third Observation Dates and the Final Price on the final Observation Date are less than the Initial Price, the securities are not automatically called. Because the Final Price is less than the Trigger Price, the investor will receive on the Maturity Date a cash payment of $400.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities (excluding any Contingent Coupon), calculated as follows: $1,000 + ($1,000 x Underlying Return) $1,000 + ($1,000 x -6o.ocr/o) = $400.00 Because the Closing Prices of the Underlying on the first, second and third Observation Dates and the Final Price on the final Observation Date are less than the Coupon Barrier, the investor will not receive any Contingent Coupon over the entire term of the securities. As a result, the investor will receive only $400.00 per $1,000 Face Amount of securities. 7 EFTA01183372 Selected Purchase Considerations • THE SECURITIES MAY OFFER A HIGHER, THOUGH CONTINGENT, COUPON THAN THE YIELD ON DEBT SECURMES OF COMPARABLE MATURITY ISSUED BY US OR AN ISSUER WITH A COMPARABLE CREDIT RATING — The securities will pay Contingent Coupons that accrue at a rate of 21.75% per annum only if the Stock Price of the Underlying is greater than or equal to the Coupon Barrier on the relevant Observation Date. This rate may be higher than the yield received on debt securities of comparable maturity issued by us or an issuer with a comparable credit rating, but is subject to the risk that the Stock Price of the Underlying will be less than the Coupon Barrier on an Observation Date and the resulting forfeiture of the Contingent Coupon for the entire period, as well as the risk of losing a significant portion or all of your investment if the securities are not automatically called and the Final Price is less than the Trigger Price. Any payment on the securities is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due. • POTENTIAL EARLY EUTAS A RESULT OF AUTOMATIC CALL FEATURE — While the original term of the securities is approximately 12 months and two weeks, the securities will be automatically called before maturity if the Stock Price of the Underlying on any Observation Date is greater than or equal to the Initial Price, and you will receive a cash payment per $i,000 Face Amount of securities on the related Call Settlement Date equal to the Face Amount plusthe Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. No Contingent Coupon will accrue or be payable following the Call Settlement Date. • CONTINGENT COUPON PAYMENTS — Unless the securities are previously automatically called, Contingent Coupon payments, if any, will be paid in arrears on the relevant quarterly Coupon Payment Dates only if the Stock Price of the Underlying on the relevant Observation Date is greater than or equal to the Coupon Barrier. • LIMITED PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS — If the securities are not automatically called but the Final Price is greater than or equal to the Trigger Price, for each $i,000 Face Amount of securities, you will receive a cash payment at maturity equal to the Face Amount plus the Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date. However, if the securities are not automatically called and the Final Price is less than the Trigger Price, for each $i,000 Face Amount of securities, you will lose i.00% of the Face Amount for every i.00% by which the Final Price is less than the Initial Price. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the securities. • RETURN LINKED TO ME PERFORMANCE OF THE UNDERLYING — The securities are linked to the performance of the common stock of Apple Inc. (the "Underlying ) as described herein. For more information on the Underlying, please see "The Underlying" in this term sheet. • TAX CONSEQUENCES — Due to the lack of direct legal authority, there is substantial uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the securities. In determining our responsibilities for information reporting and withholding, if any, we intend to treat the securities as prepaid financial contracts that are not debt, with associated contingent coupons that constitute ordinary income and that, when paid to a non- U.S. holder, are generally subject to 30% (or lower treaty rate) withholding. Our special tax counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, has advised that while it believes this treatment to be reasonable, it is unable to conclude that it is more likely than not that this treatment will be upheld, and that other reasonable treatments are possible that could materially affect the timing and character of income or loss on your securities. If this treatment is respected, you generally should recognize short-term capital gain or loss on the taxable disposition of your securities (including retirement), unless you have held the securities for more than one year, in which case your gain or loss should be long-term capital gain or loss. However, it is likely that any sales proceeds that are attributable to the next succeeding contingent coupon after it has been fixed will be treated as ordinary income and also possible that any sales proceeds attributable to the next succeeding contingent coupon prior to the time it has been fixed will be treated as ordinary income. In 2007, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") released a notice requesting comments on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of "prepaid forward contracts" and similar instruments. The notice focuses in particular on whether beneficial owners of these instruments should be required to accrue income over the term of their investment. It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments; the relevance of factors such as the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; and the degree, if any, to which income (including any mandated accruals) realized by non-U.S. persons should be subject to withholding tax. While the notice requests comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially affect the tax consequences of an investment in the securities, possibly with retroactive effect. You should review carefully the section of the accompanying product supplement entitled "U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences." The preceding discussion, when read in combination with that section, constitutes the full opinion of our special tax counsel regarding the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning and disposing of the securities. 8 EFTA01183373  Under current law, the United Kingdom will not impose withholding tax on payments made with respect to the securities. For a discussion of certain German tax considerations relating to the securities, you should refer to the section in the accompanying prospectus supplement entitled "Taxation by Germany of Non-Resident Holders." You should consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities (including possible alternative treatments and the issues presented by the zoo7 notice), as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction. Selected Risk Considerations An investment in the securities involves significant risks. Investing in the securities is not equivalent to investing directly in the Underlying. In addition to these selected risk considerations, you should review the "Risk Factors" sections of the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus. • YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE SECUR ES MAY RESULT IN A LOSS — If the securities are not automatically called, you will receive a cash payment per $i,000 Face Amount of securities on the Maturity Date equal to the Face Amount plus the Contingent Coupon otherwise due on such date only if the Final Price is greater than or equal to the Trigger Price. However, if the Final Price is less than the Trigger Price, for each $i,000 Face Amount of securities, you will lose t00% of the Face Amount for every i.00% by which the Final Price is less than the Initial Price. In this circumstance, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment at maturity. Any payment on the securities is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due. • YOUR RETURN ON THE SECURITIES IS Lamm TO THE FACE AMOUNT PLUS CONTINGENT COUPONS OF ANY) AND YOU WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE UNDERLYING — The securities will not pay more than the Face Amount p/us any Contingent Coupons that may be due. You will not participate in any increase in the price of the Underlying even if the Final Price of the Underlying is greater than or equal to the Initial Price. The maximum payment upon an Automatic Call or Payment at Maturity will be the Face Amount per $1,000 Face Amount of securities (excluding any Contingent Coupons), regardless of any increase in the price of the Underlying, which may be significant. • YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY CONTINGENT COUPONS — Deutsche Bank AG will not necessarily make periodic coupon payments on the securities. If the Stock Price of the Underlying on any Observation Date is less than the Coupon Barrier, Deutsche Bank AG will not pay you the Contingent Coupon applicable to such Observation Date. If the Stock Price of the Underlying is less than the Coupon Barrier on each of the Observation Dates, Deutsche Bank AG will not pay you any Contingent Coupons during the term of, and you will not receive a positive return on, your securities. Generally, non-payment of Contingent Coupons coincides with a greater risk of loss of your initial investment in the securities, because the price of the Underlying tends to be lower than the Trigger Price. • REINVESTMENT RISK — If your securities are automatically called, the term of the securities may be reduced to as short as approximately three months and two weeks. There is no guarantee that you would be able to reinvest the proceeds from an investment in the securities at a comparable return for a similar level of risk in the event the securities are automatically called prior to the Maturity Date. • THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE CREDIT OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG— The securities are senior unsecured obligations of Deutsche Bank AG and are not, either directly or indirectly, an obligation of any third party. Any payment(s) to be made on the securities depends on the ability of Deutsche Bank AG to satisfy its obligations as they come due. An actual or anticipated downgrade in Deutsche Bank AG's credit rating or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking Deutsche Bank AG's credit risk will likely have an adverse effect on the value of the securities. As a result, the actual and perceived creditworthiness of Deutsche Bank AG will affect the value of the securities, and in the event Deutsche Bank AG were to default on its obligations or become subject to a Resolution Measure, you might not receive any amount(s) owed to you under the terms of the securities and you could lose your entire investment. • THE SECURITIES MAY BECOME SUBORDINATED TO THE CLAIMS OF OTHER CREDITORS, BE WRITTEN DOWN, BE CONVERTED OR BECOME SUBJECTTO OTHER RESOLUTION MEASURES. YOU MAY LOSE SOME OR ALL OF YOUR INVESTMENT IF ANY SUCH MEASURE BECOMES APPLICABLE TO US — On May 15, zo14, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union published the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive for establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms. The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive required each member state of the European Union to adopt and publish by December 31, zo1