Information regarding Agenda Item 5

Information in connection with agenda item no. 5 (“Resolution on the appointment of the auditor for the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements, and the auditor for any review of interim financial information“)

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main, have been appointed as the auditor for the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG since the merger of Hypo Real Estate Bank AG and DEPFA Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG to form Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG in 2009. KPMG had already worked in the same function for predecessor institutions of Hypo Real Estate Bank AG. The financial statements were signed by chartered accountants (Wirtschaftsprüfer) Mr Wiechens and, since the financial year 2012, Ms Schmidt. In the financial year 2015, Messrs Mock and Haider acted as chartered accountants, and in the financial year under review, Messrs Dielehner and Winner.
 
Based on the recommendation of its Audit Committee, the Supervisory Board proposes for the 2017 financial year that KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main, be appointed as

• the auditor for the annual financial statements (HGB) and the consolidated financial statements (IFRS) for the 2017 financial year; and
• the auditor for the review of any condensed set of interim consolidated financial statements and any Group interim management reports for the 2017 financial year, if and to the extent that they are subject to review. 

Mr Dielehner (who signed the Company’s financial statements in the financial years 2009 and 2016) and Mr Winner (who signed in the financial year 2016) are to be the responsible chartered accountants.