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Base Prospectus 30 June 2014 This document constitutes the base prospectus of Deutsche Annington Finance B.V. in respect of non-equity securities within the meaning of Art. 22 para 6 no. 4 of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 809/2004 of 29 April 2004, as amended, (Non-Equity Securities) for the purpose of article 5.4 of the Directive 2003/71/EC (the Prospectus Directive), as amended by Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus). Deutsche Annington Finance B.V. (incorporated in The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability) as Issuer and Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (incorporated in Germany as a European Company (Societas Europaea)) as Guarantor EUR 5,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme The Base Prospectus has been approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the CSSF) which is the Luxembourg competent authority for the purposes of the approval of the Base Prospectus under the Luxembourg law on prospectuses for securities (loi relative aux prospectus pour valeurs mobilières) dated 10 July 2005 (the Luxembourg Prospectus Law) transposing under Luxembourg law the Prospectus Directive. By approving this Base Prospectus, the CSSF does not give any undertaking as to the economical and financial soundness of the operation or the quality or solvency of the Issuer or the Guarantor. The Issuer has requested the CSSF to provide the competent authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), the Republic of Austria (Austria) and The Netherlands with a certificate of approval attesting that this Base Prospectus has been drawn up in accordance with the Luxembourg Prospectus Law. The Issuer may request the CSSF to provide competent authorities in additional host member states within the European Economic Area with such notification. By approving a prospectus, the CSSF shall give no undertaking as to the economic and financial soundness of the operation or the quality or the solvency of the Issuer or Guarantor pursuant to Article 7(7) of the Luxembourg Law. This Base Prospectus will be published in electronic form together with all documents incorporated by reference on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu). Application has been made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for debt instruments to be issued under the EUR 5,000,000,000 debt issuance programme (the Programme) and described in this Base Prospectus (the Notes) up to the expiry of 12 months after the date of approval of this Base Prospectus to be listed on the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the Official List) and to be admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market (the Regulated Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange), which is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments. Notes issued under the Programme may also be listed and traded on an alternative stock exchange or may not be listed at all. The maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding under the Programme will not exceed EUR 5,000,000,000. The payments of all amounts due in respect of Notes issued by the Issuer will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Guarantor. Arranger J.P. Morgan Dealers Commerzbank J.P. Morgan Société Générale Corporate & Investment UniCredit Bank Banking RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT Deutsche Annington Finance B.V. (the Issuer) and Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (the Guarantor and, together with all consolidated subsidiaries, Deutsche Annington or the Deutsche Annington Group or the Group) are solely responsible for the information given in this Prospectus. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor hereby declares that, having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, the information contained in this Prospectus for which it is responsible, is, to the best of its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. NOTICE This Prospectus should be read and construed with any supplement thereto and with any other documents incorporated by reference and, in relation to any Series (as defined herein) of Notes, should be read and construed together with the relevant Final Terms (as defined herein). Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor has confirmed to the Dealers (as defined herein) that this Prospectus is true and accurate in all material respects and is not misleading; that any opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and based on reasonable assumptions; that there are no other facts with respect to the Issuer and the Guarantor, the omission of which would make this Prospectus as a whole or any statement herein or opinions or intentions expressed herein misleading in any material respect; and that all reasonable enquiries have been made to verify the foregoing. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor has undertaken with the Dealers to prepare a supplement to this Prospectus or a new prospectus in the event that any significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in this Prospectus, which is capable of affecting the assessment of the Notes, arises or is noted after the date of this Prospectus. No person has been authorized by the Issuer or the Guarantor to give any information or to make any representation not contained in or not consistent with this Prospectus or any other document entered into in relation to the Programme or any information supplied by any Issuer or the Guarantor or such other information as is in the public domain and, if given or made, such information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Dealers or any individual Dealer. No representation or warranty is made or implied by the Dealers or any of their respective affiliates, and neither the Dealers nor any of their respective affiliates make any representation or warranty or accept any responsibility, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Prospectus. This Prospectus is valid for 12 months from the date of its approval and this Prospectus and any supplement hereto as well as any Final Terms reflect the status as of their respective dates of issue. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor the offering, sale or delivery of any Note shall, in any circumstances, create any implication that the information contained in this Prospectus is true subsequent to the date upon which this Prospectus has been published or most recently amended or supplemented or that there has been no adverse change in the financial position of the Issuer since the date hereof or, as the case may be, the date upon which this Prospectus has been most recently supplemented or the balance sheet date of the most recent financial statements which are deemed to be incorporated into this Prospectus by reference or that any other information supplied in connection with the Programme is correct at any time subsequent to the date on which it is supplied or, if different, the date indicated in the document containing the same. This document may only be communicated or caused to be communicated in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) does not apply. 0097049-0000010 FR:15352358.10 2 The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from such registration. The Notes will include Notes in bearer form that are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. See "Subscription and Sale — Selling Restrictions". The distribution of this Prospectus and the respective Final Terms as well as the offering, sale, and delivery of the Notes in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this Prospectus or any Final Terms come are required by the Issuer and the Dealers to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. For a description of certain restrictions on offers, sales and deliveries of Notes and on the distribution of this Prospectus or any Final Terms and other offering material relating to the Notes, see "Subscription and Sale — Selling Restrictions". Neither this Prospectus nor any supplement(s) thereto nor any Final Terms may be used for the purpose of an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorized or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. Neither this Prospectus nor any supplement(s) thereto nor the Final Terms constitute an offer or an invitation to subscribe for or purchase any Notes and should not be considered as a recommendation by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Dealer that any recipient of this Prospectus or any Final Terms should subscribe for or purchase any Notes. Each recipient of this Prospectus or the Final Terms shall be taken to have made its own investigation and appraisal of the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer and the Guarantor. IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUE OF ANY TRANCHE OF NOTES, THE DEALER OR DEALERS (IF ANY) NAMED AS THE STABILISING MANAGER(S) (OR PERSONS ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY STABILISING MANAGER(S)) IN THE APPLICABLE FINAL TERMS MAY OVER ALLOT NOTES OR EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WITH A VIEW TO SUPPORTING THE MARKET PRICE OF THE NOTES AT A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL.