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Annual Report for 1992 Deutsche Bank AG 1/1 Contents Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Deutsche Bank at a glance . 4 Taunusanlage 12, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 1 Letter to Shareholders . 5 Supervisory Board . 8 Advisory Board . .".. 9 Board of Managing Directors . 11 Report of the Board of Managing Directors General Economic Situation . 12 Management Report of Deutsche Bank AG . 15 Our Staff . 28 Annual Statement of Accountsfor 1992 of Deutsche Bank AG Annual Balance Sheet . 32 Profit and Loss Account . 34 Figures from the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account of Deutsche Bank AG . 36 This Annuiil Report Notes to the Annual Statement of Accounts . 38 is also published in (;erman, Frencti, Spaniski andJapanese Report of the Supervisory Board . 44 The full addresses of our branches and offices in Germany can be obtained from any Deutsche Table: Bank branch, subsidiary or affiliate. Upon reqiiest, Deutsche Bank - Your Partner Worldwide - we shall be pleased to send you a copy of the Group Companies and Affiliates . 46 "Directory ol Deutsche Bank Olfices". To order it, please use the reply card at ttie end Consolidated Statement of Accounts for 1992 of the Annual Revort. Report of the Group . 48 This papcr is env1totime17t-fr1endIy Consolidated Balance Sheet . , . 72 Cover: Consolidated Profit and Loss Account . 76 Gerhard Altenbourg, Figures from the Consolidated Hill in the Makiny, 1979. Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account . 78 mixed media, 27.5X 48.5 cm Shareholdings of Deutsche Bank AG . 81 Contemporary Art at Deutsche Bank . 91 Deutsche Bank at a glance Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG Group Balance sheet total ........................ Funds from outside sources ................ Total credit extended ...................... Capital and reserves ....................... (incl. pnrticipntory capital) Equity ratio .............................. Net interest income ....................... Net commission income ................... Staff and other operating expenses .......... Partial operating profit ..................... Operating profit .......................... Taxes ................................... Net income for the year .................... Net income per DM 50 share ............... Additions to revenue reserves ............... Withdrawals from reserves ................. Total dividend payment .................... Dividend per DM 50 share .................. Tax credit per DM 50 share ................. (tnr sliareholders with full Gerrrian tdx liability) ') excludiny rriitiority intcrcsts in prnfit Shareholders ............................. * * Staff .................................... 74. 256 7 1.400 Customers (excl. banks) .................... 8.45 m . 8.07 m . Offices .................................. 2. 146 1.944 dnniestic ............ 1.713 1.539 Iorf!i~;ln ................ 433 405 * iior dppli~dble .... .... Dear Shareholders, We closed the 1992 financial year with Group net narrowed slightly. In trading for own account, the income for the year of DM 1,830 m. This is an ad- previous year's level was well maintained. At 7.7% vance of 30% on the previous year's figure. We pro- the rise in staff and other operating expenses in Pose a distribution of DM 695 m. to the shareholders the Group sank by more than half compared with the of Deutsche Bank AG; this again corresponds to a previous year. dividend of DM 15 per DM 50 share. We allocated DM 809 m. of the profits earned in Balance sheet total close to DM 500 bn. the Group to revenue reserves; a further DM 342 m. will be added following approval by the respective The Group's consolidated balance sheet total rose General Meeting. again in 1992 by about DM 50 bn. to reach almost In 1992, operating profit in the Group rose by 7%to DM 500 bn. on the balance sheet date. Besides the DM 6,388 m. and at Deutsche Bank AG by 8% to first-time consolidation of the Deutscher Herold DM 4,610 m. The growth in earnings in the Group and Group, this growth resulted mainly from lending at the parent company stemsfrom a strong rise in net business. interest and commission income. The higher income Deutsche Bank AG's balance sheet total rose by in interest business is due to growth in average 9% to DM 334 bn.; total credit extended crossed the business volume, while the overall interest margin DM 200 bn. threshold for the first time. Development of operating profit 1982-1992 Development of balance sheet total 1982-1992 (in DM bn.) iiri DM bn i Deiitsche Bank Group D DRIITSC~RBank Groiip 0Deutsche Bank AG D Deutsche Bank AG 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1986 excluding special trarisdctiuri Capital and reserves strengthened further This participation is intended to preserve the character of the Gerling Group as the only major, Group capital and reserves, including participatory international German insurance company that is still capital, totalled DM 20,943 m. as at the end of the family-owned and to strengthen its role as a partner year. This is an increase of more than DM 2.7 bn. for German industry. compared with the previous year. In the area of equity finance, our activities in the old We achieved ratios of 5.4% for core capital and and new federal states were reorganized and 10.5% for total capital, thus exceeding the minimum incorporated under DBG Vermögensverwaltungs- capital ratios of 4% and 8% respectively as required gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main. To underpin internationally under the Basle capital adequacy this business, Partners from the insurance industry regulation. We will clearly meet the EC capital have been included in the circle of shareholders. In adequacy requirements as well. property leasing, we have been operating indepen- dently through our now wholly-owned subsidiary Provisioning measures in lending business Deutsche Immobilien Leasing GmbH, Düsseldorf, since October 1992 and, with 8 branches, have a The risks in national and international lending nationwide presence. business were again careful ly assessed and valued In London, the futures and options businesses in accordance with uniform criteria throughout the were merged into the new Group subsidiary DBMG Group. Futures & Options Ltd. In particular, we have The concentration of our activities in North - made adequate provision for all creditworthiness America under the roof of Deutsche Bank North risks America Holding Corp., New York, progressed as - formed appropriate collective adjustments for planned and included the takeover of the brokers C.J. latent risks Lawrence Inc., New York. - allowed for country risks for a total of 58 sovereign We now hold all the voting shares in the Australian states investment firm Bain & Company Ltd., Sydney. - valued securities holdings according to the strict "lower of cost and market" principle. Streamlining our organization Expansion of the Group In 1992 we continued to build up and expand our In the second half of the year under review, we technical infrastructure as planned. At home, we acquired a majority interest in Deutscher Herold AG, have concentrated our computer centres at a small Bonn. Deutscher Herold is an insurance group with a number of locations. Capital investment of long tradition and a good market positioning. Its DM 160 m. is planned for the new technical centre in activities are centred on life insurance business Leipzig. EDP services for European countries outside with private individuals and commercial clients. It Germany are now provided through a centre in Great also offers a wide range of composite insurance Britain. products. In addition, we tooka 30%stake in Gerling- Our network services were transferred to Konzern Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-AG, Cologne. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Netzwerkdienste mbH, Eschborn. This independent subsidiary not only Outlook supports all Group operations but also offers the We are aware that, owing to the general economic bank's value-added Services, such as Electronic situation, 1993 will be a difficult year. Nonetheless, Banking, to external clients. we aim to enhance our earning power further by In view of new, complex forms of financing on the seeking margin-oriented growth and, at the Same international markets the systems for processing, time, by limiting risks and reducing administrative authorizing and monitoring credit exposures are costs. being steadily extended. Frankfurt am Main, March 1993 Deutsche Bank AkliericjesellsctialI The Board of Managing Directors 1/ Carl L. von Boehm-Bezing Rolf-E. Breuer Horst Burgard Ulrich Cartellieri John A. Craven Michael Endres ~ilrn~rKopper Jürgen Krumnow Georg Krupp Ellen R. Schneider-Lenne Ulrich Weiss Herbert Zapp Honorary President Hermann J. Abs Frankfurt am Main Supervisory Board Dr. Heribald Närger Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG, Munich Dr. F. Wilhelm Christians, Chalrman Dr. Michael Otto Düsseldorf Chairman of the Board of Management of Oilo-Versand (GmbH & Co.), Hamburg Hagen Findeisen", Deputy Chairman Deutsche Bank AG, Hamburg Josef Pfaff* Deutsche Bank AG, Cologne Jürgen Bartoschek* Deutsche Bank AG, Fronkfuri am Mairi Gerhard Renner* Member of the National Executive Dr. Marcus Bierich of Deutsche Angestelllen-Gewerkschnll, Hamtiurg Chairman of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart Lorenz Schwegler* President of Gewerkschaft Dr. Robert Ehret Handel, Banken und Versicherungen, Düsseldorf Frnnkfurl arri Main Herbert Seebold* Dr Friedrich Karl Flick Deutsche Bank AG, Stuttgart Düsseldorf Dr. Wilfried Guth Dr. Günter Vogelsang Frarikfurt am Main Düsseldorf-Oberkassel Gerd Hirsbrunner* Lothar Wacker* Deutsche Bank