Reminder: Delivery of annual custody account statements via CBF File Service

Clients of Clearstream Banking¹ receive annual custody account statements in electronic form within the context of the annual portfolio reconciliation pursuant to number 11 paragraph 3 of the "Anforderung an die Ordnungsmäßigkeit des Depotgeschäfts und der Erfüllung von Wertpapierlieferungsverpflichtungen" ("Requirement in terms of the regularity of the custody business and the fulfilment of securities delivery obligations").

With the provision of electronic statements, Clearstream Banking informs you about the status of your securities holdings at the end of the year in a form that enables you also to compare these with your inhouse securities holdings electronically.

These annual custody account statements are available as an electronic file as part of the CBF File Service which can be accessed via Clearstream Xact Web Portal. With the respective access right, you will be in a position to obtain your information.

Detailed information on the scope the CBF File Service and details about the presentation of the annual custody account statements can be found in Announcement D22076.

Applying for access right

To comply with regulatory requirements, we request that you contact the Xact Administrator for access to be granted to the interested department (for example, internal auditing or controls) - if not already done. Questions related to the CBF File Service Download functionality for the annual account statements can be addressed to the YES - Next Generation Support team.

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1. This Announcement is published by Clearstream Banking AG (CBF), registered office at Mergenthalerallee 61, 65760 Eschborn, Germany, registered with the Commercial Register of the District Court in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, under number HRB 7500.