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Deutsche Post World Net Annual Report 2007
€m 2006 2007
Cost of raw materials, consumables and supplies,
and of goods purchased and held for resale
Fuel 669 934
Aircraft fuel 571 601
Packaging material 223 397
Goods purchased and held for resale 128 1,295
Offi ce supplies 102 100
Spare parts and repair materials 69 90
Other expenses 100 112
1,862 3,529
Cost of purchased services
Transportation costs 19,757 18,450
Cost of temporary staff 1,690 2,469
Expenses from non-cancellable leases 1,297 1,709
Expenses from cancellable leases 497 508
Other lease expenses (incidental expenses) 346 173
Maintenance costs 953 1,130
IT services 916 896
Commissions paid 294 313
Other purchased services 1,029 1,311
26,779 26,959
Materials expense 28,641 30,488
e increase in materials expense was a result of the expansion of the
LOGISTICS and EXPRESS divisions’ business activities, in particular
in the Europe and Asia Paci c regions. e increase in the expense for
goods purchased and held for resale relates to the procurement logistics
for the NHS (see Note 9). An amount of € million of the expenses for
materials related to TSO. Other purchased services include a number of
individual items.
€m 2006 2007
Interest expense on liabilities 3,566 4,315
Interest expense on securitised liabilities 833 587
Interest expense on subordinated debt 253 280
Commission expense 214 244
Other interest expenses 842 961
Expenses from banking transactions 5,708 6,387
12 Staff costs/employees
€m 2006 2007
Wages, salaries and compensation 15,281 15,200
of which expenses for options under the stock
option plans 29 14
of which expenses for SARs under the stock
option plans 2 2
of which expenses from SAR Plan 2006/LTIP 14 21
Social security contributions 2,198 2,252
Retirement benefi t expenses 1,137 1,019
Staff costs 18,616 18,471
Sta costs include an amount of million relating to the acquisition
of TSO.
Retirement benefit expenses include million (previous year:
million) relating to contributions by Deutsche Post AG and
million (previous year: million) relating to contributions by
Deutsche Postbank AG to Bundes-Pensions-Service für Post und Tele-
kommunikation e.V. Further details can be found in Note .
Sta costs relate mainly to wages, salaries and compensation, as well as
all other bene ts paid to employees of the Group for their services in the
year under review. Social security contributions relate in particular to
statutory social security contributions paid by employers.
Retirement bene t expenses relate to current and former employees or
their surviving dependants. ese expenses consist of additions to pen-
sion provisions, employer contributions to supplementary occupational
pension plans and retirement bene t payments by employers for their
employees.
e average number of employees of Deutsche Post World Net in the
year under review, classi ed by employee group, was as follows:
2006 2007
Hourly workers and salaried employees 440,203 459,162
Civil servants 62,560 61,172
Trainees 4,878 4,469
Employees 507,641 524,803
e number of full-time equivalents as at December was ,
employees ( December : , employees). e employees of
companies acquired or disposed of during the year under review were
included ratably. e employees of the joint venture companies have
been included proportionately.
13 Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses
€m 2006 2007
Amortisation of intangible assets,
excluding the impairment of goodwill 479 587
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Land and buildings 285 508
Technical equipment and machinery 343 499
Other equipment, operating and offi ce
equipment, vehicle fl eet 558 629
Aircraft 106 126
Advance payments 0 6
1,292 1,768
Depreciation/amortisation
of other non-current assets 0 2
1,771 2,357
Impairment of goodwill 0 0
Depreciation, amortisation and
impairment losses 1,771 2,357