Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Bank is the market leader in supporting global registered shares, an innovative concept in cross-border equities. The global registered share is an equity that is listed and traded on a number of different stock exchanges around the world, including a major US exchange. Global registered share programs are normally set up by non-US corporations which have a major presence in the US and an interest in making their shares easily accessible to US investors and investors in other countries. In 1998 Deutsche Bank set up the first ever global registered share program and has worked on the majority of programs set up ( www.db.com )