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Revenue and Earnings Development
Overview
e Group improved its operating performance in : Revenue rose by . to
, million, slightly in excess of our expectations. is rise is due in particular
to the successful integration of Exel in our logistics business and of BHW in the
Postbank Group. EBIT improved by . to , million, in line with expectations.
Whereas a large number of non-recurring income and expense items were recorded
in the previous year, relatively few such one-time factors occurred in , as has
already been reported in the course of the year.
In the MAIL Division, we recorded EBIT of, million, slightly in excess of our
target gure of  billion, thanks to eective cost management and foreign expansion.
is result was achieved despite the continuing decline in volumes in the domestic
mail business.
At  million, EBIT in our EXPRESS Division was within our target range of 
to  million. e monthly results for the second half of the year show that a
turnaround is now under way in the USA. Europe, Asia Pacic and the Emerging
Markets all recorded improvements in earnings.
e LOGISTICS Division continued its positive development this year while integrating
Exel, generating EBIT of  million, corresponding to our forecasts.
FINANCIAL SERVICES also maintained its existing trend: anks to Postbanks
ongoing strong operating performance, EBIT improved by . to , million,
despite the charges incurred in relation to the integration of BHW.
e new SERVICES segment recorded EBIT of – million. is gure also includes
one-time factors that cannot be allocated to individual divisions. Chief among these
were income of  million from the early redemption of the exchangeable bond on
Postbank stock and income of  million resulting from the positive outcome of
arbitration proceedings against Deutsche Telekom.
Earnings per share dropped to ., mainly due to the increase in nance costs
and minorities.
Selected indicators for results of operations
2005
restated 2006 +/–%
Revenue €m 44,594 60,545 35.8
Profit from operating activities (EBIT) €m 3,764 3,872 2.9
Return on sales1) %8.46.4
Consolidated net profit excluding minorities €m 2,235 1,916 –14.3
Earnings per share 1.99 1.60 19.6
1) EBIT/revenue.
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Revenue and Earnings Development