Common use of About you Clause in Contracts

About you. 3.1 Unless we have written to you to inform you otherwise, we have classified you as a retail client. As a retail client you receive the highest level of protection under the FCA Rules. However for clients who are not individuals this does not necessarily mean that you will automatically be eligible to bring a claim under either any investor compensation schemes or ombudsman service. 3.2 If we have written to you to inform you that we will not be treating you as a retail client, for example informing you that we will be treating you as a professional client, you may ask us to treat you as a retail client but we have no obligation to do so. 3.3 As a retail client, you may have the right to elect to be re-categorised as a professional client (referred to as opting up). This right is available to private individual investors and other retail clients, such as local public authorities. Some retail clients elect to be re-categorised as professional clients, in spite of the lesser degree of protection, because they find it administratively convenient and it can help them access products which require more knowledge and experience. You have the right to request this either generally or in respect of a particular service, type of transaction or product. You must make any such request in writing to your usual Client Advisor. We will only accept such a request if we are permitted to do so in accordance with the criteria as stipulated in the FCA Rules (which require us to review your financial situation and your ability to bear the risk of a lesser degree of consumer protection). 3.4 If you request to opt up from retail to professional status we will inform you of any limitations that such a re-categorisation will entail, together with the scope of that re-categorisation. If, following such a request, you are categorised as a professional client, you must keep us informed of any change in your financial circumstances which may affect your categorisation as a professional client. We will provide you with further details about the kind of information which may be relevant to your categorisation and which you will need to provide to us. 3.5 If we notify you that we will treat you as a professional client, you may request to be treated as a retail client either generally or in relation to one or more particular services, or in relation to one or more types of transaction or product. 3.6 We may agree to treat you as an eligible counterparty for the provision of some of our Services if you fulfil certain criteria as stipulated in the FCA Rules (broadly which requires you to provide your express confirmation that you agree to be treated as an eligible counterparty and you are an undertaking which is either categorised as a per se professional client which meets particular quantitative tests, or is an elective professional client who requests such recategorisation in relation to certain services where you could be treated as a per se professional client). Please contact us for further details. 3.7 In order to receive our Services it is necessary for a Reference Account to be opened with DBUK or another Deutsche Bank Group Company. To open a Reference Account, an Account Opening Form needs to be submitted to us. No guarantees can be made by DBUK as to the length of time it will take for a Reference Account to be opened following the submission of the Account Opening Form.

About you. 3.1 Unless we have written to you to inform you otherwiseotherwise (either generally or in relation to a specific product or service), we have classified you as a retail client. As a retail client you receive the highest level of protection under the FCA Rules. However for clients who are not individuals this does not necessarily mean that you will automatically be eligible to bring a claim under either any investor compensation schemes or ombudsman service. 3.2 If we have written to you to inform you that we will not be treating you as a retail client, for example informing you that we will be treating you as a professional client, you may ask us to treat you as a retail client but we have no obligation to do so. 3.3 As a retail client, you may have the right to elect to be re-categorised as a professional client (referred to as opting up). This right is available to private individual investors and other retail clients, such as local public authorities. Some retail clients elect to be re-categorised as professional clients, in spite of the lesser degree of protection, because they find it administratively convenient and it can help them access products which require more knowledge and experience. You have the right to request this either generally or in respect of a particular service, type of transaction or product. You must make any such request in writing to your usual Client AdvisorRelationship Manager. We will only accept such a request if we are permitted to do so in accordance with the criteria as stipulated in the FCA Rules (which require us to review your financial situation and your ability to bear the risk of a lesser degree of consumer protection). 3.4 If you request to opt up from retail to professional status we will inform you of any limitations that such a re-categorisation will entail, together with the scope of that re-categorisation. If, following such a request, you are categorised as a professional client, you must keep us informed of any change in your financial circumstances which may affect your categorisation as a professional client. We will provide you with further details about the kind of information which may be relevant to your categorisation and which you will need to provide to us. 3.5 If we notify you that we will treat you as a professional client, you may request to be treated as a retail client either generally or in relation to one or more particular services, or in relation to one or more types of transaction or product. 3.6 We may agree to treat you as an eligible counterparty for the provision of some of our Services if you fulfil certain criteria as stipulated in the FCA Rules (broadly which requires you to provide your express confirmation that you agree to be treated as an eligible counterparty and you are an undertaking which is either categorised as a per se professional client which meets particular quantitative tests, or is an elective professional client who requests such recategorisation in relation to certain services where you could be treated as a per se professional client). Please contact us for further details. 3.7 In order to receive our Services it is necessary for a Reference Account to be opened with DBUK or another Deutsche Bank Group Company. To open a Reference Account, an Account Opening Form needs to be submitted to us. No guarantees can be made by DBUK as to the length of time it will take for a Reference Account to be opened following the submission of the Account Opening Form.

About you. 3.1 Unless we have written to you to inform you otherwise, we have classified you as a retail client. As a retail client you receive the highest level of protection under the FCA Rules. However for clients who are not individuals this does not necessarily mean that you will automatically be eligible to bring a claim under either any investor compensation schemes or ombudsman service. 3.2 If we have written to you to inform you that we will not be treating you as a retail client, for example informing you that we will be treating you as a professional client, you may ask us to treat you as a retail client but we have no obligation to do so. 3.3 As a retail client, you may have the right to elect to be re-categorised as a professional client (referred to as opting up). This right is available to private individual investors and other retail clients, such as local public authorities. Some retail clients elect to be re-categorised as professional clients, in spite of the lesser degree of protection, because they find it administratively convenient and it can help them access products which require more knowledge and experience. You have the right to request this either generally or in respect of a particular service, type of transaction or product. You must make any such request in writing to your usual Client Advisor. We will only accept such a request if we are permitted to do so in accordance with the criteria as stipulated in the FCA Rules (which require us to review your financial situation and your ability to bear the risk of a lesser degree of consumer protection). 3.4 If you request to opt up from retail to professional status we will inform you of any limitations that such a re-categorisation will entail, together with the scope of that re-categorisation. If, following such a request, you are categorised as a professional client, you must keep us informed of any change in your financial circumstances which may affect your categorisation as a professional client. We will provide you with further details about the kind of information which may be relevant to your categorisation and which you will need to provide to us. 3.5 If we notify you that we will treat you as a professional client, you may request to be treated as a retail client either generally or in relation to one or more particular services, or in relation to one or more types of transaction or product. 3.6 We may agree to treat you as an eligible counterparty for the provision of some of our Services if you fulfil certain criteria as stipulated in the FCA Rules (broadly which requires you to provide your express confirmation that you agree to be treated as an eligible counterparty and you are an undertaking which is either categorised as a per se professional client which meets particular quantitative tests, or is an elective professional client who requests such recategorisation in relation to certain services where you could be treated as a per se professional client). Please contact us for further details.professional 3.7 In order to receive our Services it is necessary for a Reference Account to be opened with DBUK or another Deutsche Bank Group Company. To open a Reference Account, an Account Opening Form needs to be submitted to us. No guarantees can be made by DBUK as to the length of time it will take for a Reference Account to be opened following the submission of the Account Opening Form.