Last week Franz said to expect an announcement in a "few short weeks", suggesting at the next scheduled supervisory meeting or a specially called one. I got the impression talking to him that March would be the time frame leaving 2 months for transition. DB getting their bits in a bind a bit. Doubtful that DWS is going to start unloading LH shares because the CEO has not been announced 3-4 months in advance. Franz also stated time and time again during his presentations last week that he was not involved with the supervisory board with their vetting process for the next CEO.