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Report of the
Supervisory Board
Company Organs
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The Supervisory Board performed the duties assigned
by legal mandate and statutes.In the 1999 financial year,
it held six meetings.
The management has regularly informed the Supervis-
ory Board in writing about developments in sales and
turnover and about the income situation of the com-
pany. The Supervisory Board was informed of all
important business transactions.All measures requiring
the approval of the Supervisory Board were discussed at
length. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board kept in
constant contact with the Chairman of the Board of
Management and was informed of all important busi-
ness transactions.
At the meetings held by the Supervisory Board, the
Board of Management gave a detailed account of the
development of the business and of the income of the
company and its business divisions. The Board of
Management answered all questions posed by the
Supervisory Board. In addition, numerous other
reports provided the Supervisory Board with compre-
hensive information about the company’s general situa-
tion as well as about issues of particular importance to
the development of the company. The topics discussed
at length by the Supervisory Board included a series of
interest acquisitions as part of the growth strategy of
Deutsche Post, approved by the Supervisory Board in
1997, as well as the Board of Management’s report on
the PREMIUM Program which is intended to ensure a
swift integration of the new companies and a successful
stock market flotation in the year 2000.
The General Committee of the Supervisory Board held
four meetings.The agendas included preparing the meet-
ings of the Supervisory Board with an in-depth discus-
sion of the key issues.At its two meetings, the Personnel
Committee discussed a range of human resources issues
including the Corporate Principles and the Management
Guideline as well as the corporate executives’develop-
ment. The Committee for Miscellaneous Affairs held six
meetings, intensively discussing and agreeing, inter alia,
upon the 1998 Annual Financial Statement, the salient
points ofthe 2000 business plan,the acquisition of parti-
cipating interests as well as the sale of commercial and
residential real estate.The Mediation Committee did not
meet in the year under review. This is in accord with
§ 27(3) of the Co-Determination Law.
The financial statements, the Consolidated Financial
Statements,the respective management reports,the Board
of Management’s report on relations with affiliated com-
panies (the Dependency Report) and the audit report
prepared by PwC Deutsche Revision AG in Düsseldorf
were made available to all members of the Supervisory
Board.
The auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on the
financial statements, incl. the Management Report, and
the Consolidated Financial Statements,incl. the Manage-
ment Report.
Report by the Supervisory Board on the 1999 Annual Report
Company Organs
Josef Hattig
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Born 1931. Following various posts including
assistant to the management and junior judical
officer, he joined the management at the Dort-
mund brewery Thier & Co. in 1965. In 1972, he
moved to the Bremen brewery Beck & Co. as
managing director, where he spent 25 years.
Since 1997 he has played an active role in
Federal State policy as a senator in Bremen,
first responsible for economic and European
affairs, and since July 1999 for regional
economy and ports. In addition to various
posts and functions, Josef Hattig is Chairman
of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG.
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Members of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel
Dr. Helmut Benno Staab (until Sept. 30, 1999)
Dr. G nter W. Tumm (until March 31, 2000)
Uwe Rolf D rken (as of June 1, 1999)
Wolfhard Bender (until March 31, 2000)
Dr. Hans-Dieter Petram
Prof. Dr. Wulf von Schimmelmann (as of Oct. 1, 1999)
Peter Wagner (as of June 1, 1999)
Horst Kissel (until March 31, 2000)
Walter Scheurle (as of April 1, 2000)
Dr. Edgar Ernst
as of April 1, 2000
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel Chairman
Dr. Hans-Dieter Petram MAIL Corporate Division
Uwe Rolf D rken EXPRESS Corporate Division
Prof. Dr. Wulf von Schimmelmann FINANCIAL SERVICES Corporate Division
Peter Wagner LOGISTICS Corporate Division
Walter Scheurle Personnel
Dr. Edgar Ernst Finance
Members of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG
Shareholders representatives:
Josef Hattig (Chairman)
Willem G. van Agtmael
Hero Brahms
Adolf Kracht
Prof. Dr. Ralf Kr ger (as of May 1, 1999)
Dr.-Ing. Manfred Lennings
Dr. Manfred Overhaus
Dr. Klaus Rauscher
Wilhelm Rawe (until April 30, 1999)
Prof. Dr. J rgen Richter
Ulrike Staake
Employees representatives
Kurt van Haaren (Deputy Chairman)
Petra Heinze
Henry Hillmann
Gabi Lips (until Oct. 31, 1999)
Pauline Mayer (until Feb. 29, 2000)
Walter Scheurle (until March 31, 2000)
Franz Schierer
Siegfried Schulze
Armin Stoffleth
Benita Unger (as of Nov. 24, 1999)
Erwin Wohlketzetter (until March 31, 2000)