Moody’s reviews for downgrade Deutsche Bank’s ratings 

Moody’s Investors Service has placed on review for possible downgrade the ratings of Deutsche Bank AG (“Deutsche Bank”) and affiliates, including the bank’s long-term deposit rating of A2, its senior unsecured debt rating of Baa1, its standalone baseline credit assessment (“BCA”) of baa3, its counterparty risk assessment of A2(cr), as well as its short term ratings and short term counterparty risk assessment of Prime-1 and Prime-1(cr), respectively.

Also placed on review for downgrade were the long-term ratings of US- based Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation and its trust company affiliates, considering the close linkages of the franchise value of these operations to those of the parent Deutsche Bank. Principal ratings affected include the long-term deposit ratings of A1, issuer ratings of Baa1, the standalone baseline credit assessments of a3, and the counterparty risk assessments of A2(cr) and Prime-1(cr). The Prime-1 short-term deposit ratings of the trust companies were affirmed.

For Deutsche Bank’s subsidiary Deutsche Postbank AG, Moody’s placed the entity’s main ratings on review for downgrade, with the exception of the bank’s ba1 BCA which was unaffected by today’s rating action. The Postbank ratings placed on review for downgrade include the bank’s A2 long-term deposits ratings, its (P)Baa1 senior unsecured programme rating, the bank’s Prime-1 short-term debt and deposits ratings and the A2(cr)/P-1(cr) counterparty risk assessment. Each of these ratings benefit from one notch of affiliate support, based on the BCA of Deutsche Bank.

Source: Moodys

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