Pricing Supplement W37
To underlying supplement No. 1 dated October 1, 2012,
prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2012 and
prospectus dated September 28, 2012
Deutsche Bank
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Registration Statement No. 333-184193
Dated September 19, 2014; Rule 424(b)(2)
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Structured
Investments
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Deutsche Bank AG
6,600 Call Warrants Linked to the EURO STOXX 50® Index Expiring September 22, 2017
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The call warrants (the “warrants”) are designed for investors who seek a leveraged return at expiration based on the increase, if any, in the EURO STOXX 50® Index (the “Index”). If the Final Level of the Index is less than or equal to the Strike Level, which is 100% of the Initial Level, the warrants will expire worthless and investors will lose their entire investment in the warrants. If the Final Level is greater than the Strike Level, investors will receive a cash payment upon expiration based on the performance of the Index. In this circumstance, investors will still lose some or a significant portion of their initial investment if the level of the Index does not increase sufficiently to offset the Warrant Premium. Any payment on the warrants is subject to the credit of the Issuer.
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The warrants are risky investments. The warrants will be exercised automatically on the Expiration Date, and you do not have the right to exercise your warrants prior to the Expiration Date. You will not be able to purchase the warrants unless you have an options-approved brokerage account. The warrants involve a high degree of risk and are not appropriate for investors who cannot sustain a total loss of their investment. You must be able to understand and bear the risk of an investment in the warrants, and you should be experienced with respect to options and option transactions.
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Unsecured contractual obligations of Deutsche Bank AG expiring September 22, 2017
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Minimum initial investment of $9,960.30 or 93 warrants, each with a Notional Amount of $1,000 (and then in increments of one warrant thereafter), resulting in an aggregate minimum Notional Amount of $93,000.
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The warrants priced on September 19, 2014 (the “Trade Date”) and are expected to settle on September 24, 2014 (the “Settlement Date”).
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Issuer:
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Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
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Index:
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The EURO STOXX 50® Index (Ticker: SX5E)
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Issue Price per Warrant:
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Equal to the Warrant Premium
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Warrant Premium:
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$107.10 per warrant (equal to 10.71% of the Notional Amount)
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Notional Amount:
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$1,000 per warrant
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Warrant Premium Percentage:
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10.71%, equal to the Warrant Premium divided by the Notional Amount
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Payment at Expiration:
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On the Expiration Date, the warrants will be automatically exercised and you will be entitled to receive a cash payment per warrant equal to the Cash Settlement Amount, which could be zero.
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Cash Settlement Amount:
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With respect to each warrant, the Cash Settlement Amount will be calculated as follows:
If the Final Level is greater than the Strike Level,
$1,000 x Index Strike Return
If the Final Level is less than or equal to the Strike Level, $0.
If the Final Level is less than or equal to the Strike Level, the Index Strike Return will be negative or zero and the warrants will expire worthless. If the level of the Index does not increase, you will lose your entire investment in the warrants. In addition, if the Final Level is not sufficiently greater than the Strike Level to offset the Warrant Premium, you will lose a portion of your initial investment. In order to receive a positive return on your investment, the Final Level must be greater than the Strike Level by a percentage greater than the Warrant Premium Percentage.
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Index Strike Return:
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Calculated as follows:
Final Level – Strike Level
Initial Level
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Initial Level:
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3,273.25, equal to the closing level of the Index on the Trade Date
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Final Level:
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The closing level of the Index on the Final Valuation Date
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Strike Level:
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3,273.25, equal to 100% of the Initial Level
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Trade Date:
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September 19, 2014
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Settlement Date:
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September 24, 2014
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Final Valuation Date†:
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September 19, 2017
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Expiration Date†:
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September 22, 2017
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Listing:
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The warrants will not be listed on any securities exchange.
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CUSIP/ISIN:
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25157U127 / US25157U1271
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Price to Public
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Fees(1)
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Proceeds to Issuer
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Per warrant
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$107.10
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$6.50
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$100.60
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Total
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$706,860.00
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$42,900.00
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$663,960.00
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(1)
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which we refer to as JPMS LLC, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will act as agents for the warrants. The agents will receive a fee from us of $6.50 per warrant. For more information see “Underwriting” in this pricing supplement.
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The warrants are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.
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Title of Each Class of Securities Offered
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Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
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Amount of Registration Fee
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Warrants
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$706,860.00
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$91.04
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September 19, 2014
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Underlying supplement No. 1 dated October 1, 2012:
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Prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2012:
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Hypothetical Final Level
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Percentage Change from Initial Level
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Hypothetical Index Strike Return
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Cash Settlement Amount
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Cash Settlement Amount minus Warrant Premium
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Cash Settlement Amount minus Warrant Premium as Percentage Return on Warrant Premium
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6,000.00
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100.00%
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100.00%
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$1,000.00
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$892.90
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833.71%
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5,700.00
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90.00%
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90.00%
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$900.00
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$792.90
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740.34%
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5,400.00
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80.00%
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80.00%
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$800.00
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$692.90
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646.97%
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5,100.00
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70.00%
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70.00%
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$700.00
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$592.90
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553.59%
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4,800.00
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60.00%
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60.00%
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$600.00
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$492.90
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460.22%
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4,500.00
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50.00%
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50.00%
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$500.00
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$392.90
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366.85%
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4,200.00
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40.00%
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40.00%
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$400.00
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$292.90
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273.48%
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3,900.00
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30.00%
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30.00%
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$300.00
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$192.90
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180.11%
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3,600.00
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20.00%
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20.00%
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$200.00
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$92.90
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86.74%
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3,450.00
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15.00%
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15.00%
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$150.00
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$42.90
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40.06%
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3,321.30
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10.71%
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10.71%
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$107.10
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$0.00
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0.00%
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3,300.00
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10.00%
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10.00%
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$100.00
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-$7.10
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-6.63%
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3,150.00
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5.00%
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5.00%
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$50.00
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-$57.10
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-53.31%
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3,075.00
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2.50%
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2.50%
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$25.00
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-$82.10
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-76.66%
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3,000.00
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0.00%
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0.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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2,700.00
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-10.00%
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-10.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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2,400.00
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-20.00%
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-20.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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2,100.00
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-30.00%
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-30.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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1,800.00
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-40.00%
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-40.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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1,500.00
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-50.00%
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-50.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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1,200.00
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-60.00%
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-60.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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900.00
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-70.00%
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-70.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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600.00
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-80.00%
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-80.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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300.00
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-90.00%
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-90.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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0.00
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-100.00%
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-100.00%
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$0.00
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-$107.10
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-100.00%
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UNCAPPED APPRECIATION POTENTIAL; LOSS OF ENTIRE INITIAL INVESTMENT IF THE LEVEL OF THE INDEX DOES NOT INCREASE — The warrants provide exposure to the performance of the Index if the Final Level is greater than the Strike Level by a percentage greater than the Warrant Premium Percentage of 10.71%. For example, if the closing level of the Index increases 30.00% from the Initial Level to the Final Level, investors will receive a Cash Settlement Amount of $300.00 at expiration, representing a gain of 180.11% of the initial investment of $107.10. If the Final Level is greater than the Strike Level but by a percentage less than the Warrant Premium Percentage, you will lose some or a significant portion of your initial investment. If the Final Level is less than or equal to the Strike Level, the warrants will expire worthless and you will lose your entire investment in the warrants. Any payment on the warrants at expiration is subject to our ability to satisfy our obligations as they become due. You should read this pricing supplement carefully and understand the terms of the warrants and the manner in which the Cash Settlement Amount is determined before deciding that an investment in the warrants is suitable for you.
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THE WARRANTS ARE SUITABLE ONLY FOR INVESTORS WITH OPTIONS-APPROVED ACCOUNTS — You will not be able to purchase the warrants unless you have an options-approved brokerage account. The warrants involve a high degree of risk and are not appropriate for every investor. You must be able to understand and bear the risk of an investment in the warrants, and you should be experienced with respect to options and option transactions.
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RETURN LINKED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EURO STOXX 50® INDEX — The return on the warrants, which may be positive, zero or negative, is linked to the performance of the EURO STOXX 50® Index as described herein. The EURO STOXX 50® Index is composed of the stocks of 50 major companies in the Eurozone. These companies include market sector leaders from within the 19 EURO STOXX® Supersector indices, which represent the Eurozone portion of the STOXX Europe 600® Supersector indices. The STOXX Europe 600® Supersector indices contain the 600 largest stocks traded on the major exchanges of 18 European countries. This is only a summary of the EURO STOXX 50® Index. For more information on the EURO STOXX 50® Index, including information concerning its composition, calculation methodology and adjustment policy, please see the section entitled “The EURO STOXX 50® Index” in the accompanying underlying supplement No. 1 dated October 1, 2012.
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MINIMUM INITIAL INVESTMENT — The minimum initial investment is $9,960.30 or 93 warrants, each with a Notional Amount of $1,000 (and then in increments of one warrant thereafter), resulting in an aggregate minimum Notional Amount of $93,000.
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TAX CONSEQUENCES — In the opinion of our special tax counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, the warrants will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as cash-settled options. Generally, (i) you will not recognize taxable income or loss with respect to a warrant prior to its exercise or lapse, other than pursuant to a taxable disposition, and (ii) the gain or loss on your warrant will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the warrant for more than one year.
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THE WARRANTS ARE A RISKY INVESTMENT AND THE WARRANTS WILL EXPIRE WORTHLESS IF THE FINAL LEVEL IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THE STRIKE LEVEL — The warrants are highly speculative and highly leveraged. If the Final Level is less than or equal to the Strike Level, the warrants will expire worthless and you will lose your entire investment in the warrants. The warrants are not suitable for investors who cannot sustain a total loss of their investment. You should be willing and able to sustain a total loss of your investment in the warrants.
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YOU MAY LOSE SOME OR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT EVEN IF THE FINAL LEVEL IS GREATER THAN THE STRIKE LEVEL — Even if the Final Level is greater than the Strike Level, you will lose some or a significant portion of your initial investment if the Final Level is greater than the Strike Level but by a percentage less than the Warrant Premium Percentage of 10.71%. In order for you to receive a Cash Settlement Amount greater than your initial investment, the Final Level must be greater than the Strike Level by a percentage greater than the Warrant Premium Percentage.
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THE WARRANTS ARE SUITABLE ONLY FOR INVESTORS WITH OPTIONS-APPROVED ACCOUNTS — You will not be able to purchase the warrants unless you have an options-approved brokerage account. The warrants involve a high degree of risk and are not appropriate for every investor. You must be able to understand and bear the risk of an investment in the warrants, and you should be experienced with respect to options and option transactions.
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THE WARRANTS DO NOT PROVIDE FOR ANY COUPON PAYMENTS OR VOTING RIGHTS — As a holder of the warrants, you will not receive any coupon payments, and you will not have any voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions or other rights that holders of the stocks composing the Index would have.
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PAYMENT(S) ON THE WARRANTS ARE SUBJECT TO OUR CREDITWORTHINESS — The warrants are unsecured contractual obligations of the Issuer, Deutsche Bank AG, and are not, either directly or indirectly, an obligation of any third party. Any payment(s) to be made on the warrants 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 our credit risk will likely have an adverse effect on the value of the warrants. As a result, the actual and perceived creditworthiness of Deutsche Bank AG will affect the value of the warrants and in the event Deutsche Bank AG were to default on its obligations you might not receive any amount(s) owed to you under the terms of the warrants and you could lose your entire investment.
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THE ISSUER’S ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE WARRANTS ON THE TRADE DATE WILL BE LESS THAN THE ISSUE PRICE OF THE WARRANTS — The Issuer’s estimated value of the warrants on the Trade Date (as disclosed on the cover of this pricing supplement) is less than the Issue Price of the warrants. The difference between the Issue Price and the Issuer’s estimated value of the warrants 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 warrants 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 warrants is determined by reference to our pricing models. Our internal pricing models are proprietary and rely in part on certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect. If at any time a third party dealer were to quote a price to purchase your warrants or otherwise value your warrants, that price or value may differ materially from the estimated value of the warrants determined by reference to our pricing models. This difference is due to, among other things, any difference in pricing models or assumptions used by any dealer who may purchase the warrants in the secondary market.
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INVESTING IN THE WARRANTS IS NOT THE SAME AS INVESTING IN THE INDEX AND YOUR RETURN ON THE WARRANTS, IF ANY, GENERALLY WILL NOT REFLECT ANY PAYMENTS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE STOCKS COMPOSING THE INDEX — Your return on the warrants, if any, will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned such stocks composing the Index and received any payments made with respect to the stocks composing the Index. If the Index increases sufficiently above the Strike Level on the Final Valuation Date, you will receive a percentage return on your initial investment that is greater than the percentage increase in the level of the Index from the Trade Date. However, unlike a direct investment in the stocks composing the Index, if the Index does not increase above the Strike Level on the Final Valuation Date, you will lose your entire investment in the warrants.
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THE INDEX REFLECTS THE PRICE RETURN OF THE STOCKS COMPOSING THE INDEX, NOT A TOTAL RETURN — The return on the warrants is based on the performance of the Index, which reflects the changes in the market prices of the stocks composing the Index. It is not, however, linked to a “total return” version of the Index, which, in addition to reflecting those price returns, would also reflect all dividends and other distributions paid on the stocks composing the Index. The return on the warrants will not include such a total return feature.
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THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTMENTS IN WARRANTS LINKED TO THE VALUES OF EQUITY SECURITIES ISSUED BY NON-U.S. COMPANIES — The Index includes component stocks that are issued by companies incorporated outside of the U.S. Because the component stocks also trade outside the U.S., the warrants are subject to the risks associated with non-U.S. securities markets. Generally, non-U.S. securities markets may be more volatile than U.S. securities markets, and market developments may affect non-U.S. securities markets differently than U.S. securities markets, which may adversely affect the value of the Index and the value of your warrants. Furthermore, there are risks associated with investments in warrants linked to the values of equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies. There is generally less publicly available information about non-U.S. companies than about those U.S. companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the SEC, and non-U.S. companies are subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements that differ from those applicable to U.S. reporting companies. In addition, the prices of equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies may be adversely affected by political, economic, financial and social factors that may be unique to the particular countries in which the non-U.S. companies are incorporated. These factors include the possibility of recent or future changes in a non-U.S. government’s economic and fiscal policies (including any direct or indirect intervention to stabilize the economy and/or securities market of the country of such non-U.S. government), the presence, and extent, of cross shareholdings in non-U.S. companies, the possible imposition of, or changes in, currency exchange laws or other non-U.S. laws or restrictions applicable to non-U.S. companies or investments in non-U.S. securities and the possibility of fluctuations in the rate of exchange between currencies. Moreover, certain aspects of a particular non-U.S. economy may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in important respects, such as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resources and self-sufficiency. Specifically, the stocks included in the Index are issued by companies located in countries within the Eurozone, some of which are and have been experiencing economic stress.
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WE ARE ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE UP THE INDEX — We are one of the companies that make up the Index. To our knowledge, we are not currently affiliated with any of the other companies the equity securities of which are represented in the Index. As a result, we will have no ability to control the actions of such other companies, including actions that could affect the value of the equity securities composing the Index, or your warrants. None of the other companies represented in the Index will be involved in the offering of the warrants in any way. Neither they nor we will have any obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the warrants in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of your warrants.
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THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INDEX WILL NOT BE ADJUSTED FOR CHANGES IN THE EURO RELATIVE TO THE U.S. DOLLAR — The Index is composed of stocks denominated in, and the level of the Index is calculated in, Euros. Because the level of the Index is calculated in Euros and not in U.S. dollars, the performance of the Index will not be adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the Euro. Therefore, if the Euro strengthens or weakens relative to the U.S. dollar over the term of the warrants, you will not receive any additional payment or incur any reduction in your return on the warrants at expiration.
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THE SPONSOR OF THE INDEX MAY ADJUST THE INDEX IN WAYS THAT AFFECT THE LEVEL OF THE INDEX, AND HAS NO OBLIGATION TO CONSIDER YOUR INTERESTS — The sponsor of the Index (the “Index Sponsor”) is responsible for calculating and maintaining the Index. The Index Sponsor can add, delete or substitute the Index components or make other methodological changes that could change the level of the Index. You should realize that the changing of Index components may affect the Index, as a newly added component may perform significantly better or worse than the component it replaces. Additionally, the Index Sponsor may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or dissemination of the Index. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of the warrants and the Cash Settlement Amount. The Index Sponsor has no obligation to consider your interests in calculating or revising the Index.
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THE WARRANTS ARE NON-STANDARDIZED OPTIONS — The warrants are not standardized options of the type issued by the Options Clearing Corporation (the “OCC”), a clearing agency regulated by the SEC. The warrants are unsecured contractual obligations of Deutsche Bank AG and will rank pari passu with all of our other unsecured contractual obligations and unsecured and unsubordinated debt, except for obligations required to be preferred by law. Thus, unlike purchasers of OCC standardized options, who have the credit benefits of guarantees and margin and collateral deposits by OCC clearing members to protect the OCC from a clearing member’s failure, investors in the warrants may look solely to Deutsche Bank AG for performance of its obligation to pay the Cash Settlement Amount, if any, upon the automatic exercise of the warrants. Additionally, the secondary market for the warrants, if any exists, is not expected to be as liquid as the market for OCC standardized options, and, therefore, sales of the warrants prior to the Expiration Date may yield a sale price that is lower than the theoretical value of the warrants based on the then-prevailing level of the Index. See also “The Warrants Will Not Be Listed and There Will Likely Be Limited Liquidity” below.
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THE TIME REMAINING TO THE EXPIRATION DATE MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET VALUE OF THE WARRANTS — A portion of the market value of a warrant at any time depends on the value of the Index at such time relative to the Strike Level and is known as the “intrinsic value” of the warrant. If the closing level of the Index is higher than the Strike Level at any time, the intrinsic value of the warrant is positive and the warrant is considered “in the money”; whereas, if the closing level of the Index is lower than the Strike Level at any time, the intrinsic value of the warrant is zero and the warrant is considered “out of the money.” Another portion of the market value of a warrant at any time prior to expiration depends on the length of time remaining until the Expiration Date and is known as the “time value” of the warrant. After the Trade Date, the time value of the warrant represents its entire value; thereafter, the time value generally diminishes until, at expiration, the time value of the warrant is zero. Assuming all other factors are held constant, the risk that the warrants will expire worthless will increase the more the closing level of the Index falls below the Strike Level and the shorter the time remaining until the Expiration Date. Therefore, the market value of the warrants will reflect
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THE WARRANTS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXERCISED ON THE EXPIRATION DATE — The warrants will be automatically exercised on the Expiration Date. Neither you nor we can exercise the warrants at any time prior to the Expiration Date. Accordingly, unless you sell the warrants prior to the Expiration Date, you will not be able to capture any beneficial changes in the levels of the Index prior to the Final Valuation Date. Further, you do not have a choice as to whether the warrants will be automatically exercised on the Expiration Date. Accordingly, you will not be able to benefit from any increase in the levels of the Index that occur after the Final Valuation Date.
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PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE INDEX OR STOCKS COMPOSING THE INDEX IS NO GUIDE TO FUTURE PERFORMANCE — The actual performance of the Index or stocks composing the Index over the term of the warrants, as well as any amount payable on the Expiration Date, may bear little relation to the historical closing levels of the Index or stocks composing the Index, and may bear little relation to the hypothetical return examples set forth elsewhere in this pricing supplement. We cannot predict the future performance of the Index or stocks composing the Index or whether the performance of the Index will result in the return of any of your investment.
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ASSUMING NO CHANGES IN MARKET CONDITIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS, THE PRICE YOU MAY RECEIVE FOR YOUR WARRANTS IN SECONDARY MARKET TRANSACTIONS WOULD GENERALLY BE LOWER THAN BOTH THE ISSUE PRICE AND THE ISSUER’S ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE WARRANTS ON THE TRADE DATE — The Issuer’s estimated value of the warrants on the Trade Date (as disclosed on the cover of this pricing supplement) is less than the Issue Price of the warrants. The Issuer’s estimated value of the warrants on the Trade Date does not represent the price at which we or any of our affiliates would be willing to purchase your warrants 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 warrants 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 warrants on the Trade Date. Our purchase price, if any, in secondary market transactions would be based on the estimated value of the warrants determined by reference to 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 warrants and then-prevailing market conditions. The price we report to financial reporting services and to distributors of our warrants 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 warrants 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.
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THE WARRANTS WILL NOT BE LISTED AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED LIQUIDITY —The warrants will not be listed on any securities exchange. There may be little or no secondary market for the warrants. We or our affiliates intend to act as market makers for the warrants but are not required to do so and may cease such market making activities at any time. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to sell the warrants when you wish to do so or at a price advantageous to you. Because we do not expect other dealers to make a secondary market for the warrants, the price at which you may be able to sell your warrants is likely to depend on the price, if any, at which we or our affiliates are willing to buy the warrants. If, at any time, we or our affiliates do not act as market makers, it is likely that there would be little or no secondary market in the warrants. If you have to sell your warrants prior to expiration, you may not be able to do so or you may have to sell them at a substantial loss.
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MANY ECONOMIC AND MARKET FACTORS WILL AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE WARRANTS — While we expect that, generally, the level of the Index will affect the value of the warrants more than any other single factor, the value of the warrants will be affected by a number of other factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:
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the expected volatility of the Index;
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the composition of the Index;
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the time remaining to the Expiration Date of the warrants;
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the market prices and dividend rates of the stocks composing the Index and changes that affect those stocks and their issuers;
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interest rates and yields in the market generally;
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geopolitical conditions and economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events that affect the Index or markets generally;
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supply and demand for the warrants; and
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our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated downgrades in our credit ratings.
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TRADING AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS BY US OR OUR AFFILIATES IN THE EQUITY AND EQUITY DERIVATIVE MARKETS MAY IMPAIR THE VALUE OF THE WARRANTS — We or one or more of our affiliates expect to hedge our exposure from the warrants by entering into equity and equity derivative transactions, such as over-the-counter options or exchange-traded instruments. Such trading and hedging activities may affect the price of the components included in the Index and/or the level of the Index, and therefore, make it less likely that you will receive a positive return on your investment in the warrants. It is possible that we or our affiliates could receive substantial returns from these hedging activities while the value of the warrants declines. We or our affiliates may also engage in trading in instruments linked to the Index on a regular basis as part of our general broker-dealer and other businesses, for proprietary accounts, for other accounts under management or to facilitate transactions for customers, including block transactions. We or our affiliates may also issue or underwrite other securities or financial or derivative instruments with returns linked or related to the Index. By introducing competing products into the marketplace in this manner, we or our affiliates could adversely affect the value of the warrants. Any of the foregoing activities described in this paragraph may reflect trading strategies that differ from, or are in direct opposition to, investors’ trading and investment strategies related to the warrants.
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WE, OUR AFFILIATES OR OUR AGENTS, OR JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. OR ITS AFFILIATES, MAY PUBLISH RESEARCH, EXPRESS OPINIONS OR PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH INVESTING IN OR HOLDING THE WARRANTS. ANY SUCH RESEARCH, OPINIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE LEVEL OF THE INDEX TO WHICH THE WARRANTS ARE LINKED OR THE VALUE OF THE WARRANTS — We, our affiliates or our agents, or JPMorgan Chase & Co. or its affiliates, may publish research from time to time on financial markets and other matters that could adversely affect the value of the warrants, or express opinions or provide recommendations that are inconsistent with purchasing or holding the warrants. Any research, opinions or recommendations expressed by us, our affiliates or our agents, or JPMorgan Chase & Co. or its affiliates, may not be consistent with each other and may be modified from time to time without notice. You should make your own independent investigation of the merits of investing in the warrants and the Index to which the warrants are linked.
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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST — We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection with the issuance of the warrants, including acting as Calculation Agent (as defined below), hedging our obligations under the warrants and determining the Issuer’s estimated value of the warrants on the Trade Date and the price, if any, at which we or our affiliates would be willing to purchase the warrants from you in secondary market transactions. In performing these roles, our economic interests and those of our affiliates are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the warrants. The Calculation Agent will determine, among other things, all values and levels required to be determined for the purposes of the warrants on any relevant date or time. The Calculation Agent will also be responsible for determining whether a Market Disruption Event (as defined below) has occurred. Any determination by the Calculation Agent could adversely affect the return on the warrants.
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a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of stocks then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index (or the relevant Successor Index) on the Relevant Exchanges for such securities for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such Relevant Exchanges; or
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a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of any Relevant Exchange as a result of which the reported trading prices for stocks then constituting 20% or more of the level of the Index (or the relevant Successor Index) during the one hour preceding the close of the principal trading session on such Relevant Exchange are materially inaccurate; or
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a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on any major securities market for trading in futures or options contracts or exchange traded funds related to the Index (or the relevant Successor Index) for more than two hours of trading during, or during the one hour period preceding the close of, the principal trading session on such market; or
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a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange or market;
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limitations pursuant to the rules of any Relevant Exchange similar to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by any other self-regulatory organization or any government agency of scope similar to NYSE Rule 80B as determined by the Calculation Agent) on trading during significant market fluctuations will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading;
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a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts or funds will, in each such case, constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts or exchange traded funds related to the Index; and
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a “suspension, absence or material limitation of trading” on any relevant exchange or on the primary market on which futures or options contracts or exchange traded funds related to the Index are traded will not include any time when such exchange or market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
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