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Dr Frank Appel
Chief Executive Officer
Deutsche Post AG
March , financial year
In Chinese culture, red is the colour of wealth and good luck. So by tradition, red
envelopes contain happy news, New Year’s wishes and small gi s.
Last summer I too came back from China – a country in which we have been operating
with our business for more than years – with many favourable impressions.
During my several-week stay there, I was impressed with the dynamic of the country
and the energy and initiative shown by its people. China is a good example of the great
potential that emerging markets o er a logistics company such as ours.
anks to our presence in the world’s growth markets, the divisions performed
particularly dynamically in nancial year and played a key role in increasing
our consolidated revenue by . to . billion. In the division, revenues were
up again signi cantly in the parcel business, which helped to compensate for slight
volume declines in the mail business. Consolidated improved by nearly to
. billion. In the fourth quarter, growth was even more pronounced.
e fact that external factors had a negative impact on our business makes this per-
formance all the more satisfying. During the year, our liquidity situation su ered from
two signi cant one-time charges from an additional payment and a demand by
the European Commission for repayment of state aid. Furthermore, the global economy
grew only slightly and economic output in the euro zone even saw a decline.
Given these developments, at the Annual General Meeting we shall propose that a
dividend per share of . be paid to you as in the previous year. e distribution
ratio of . re ects our dividend policy of paying out to of adjusted net
pro t as dividends as a general rule.
I am very pleased to see that the progress we made in is now evident in the
perform ance of our share price. Our shares performed much better than the for
the second year in a row and, with an annual yield of . , are amongst the top ten
on the index.