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. Individual pension commitments under the new system in 

Total contribution
for 2008
Pension account
balance as
at 31 Dec. 2008
Service cost for pension obligation
Financial year 2008
Hermann Ude1) 465,3612) 486,149 133,647
Bruce Edwards1) 134,063 140,052 137,565
 Member of the Board of Management since  March .
 Including starting balance of  , to replace his previous pension commitment.
Benefi ts of former Board of Management members
Bene ts paid to former members of the Board of Management or their surviving
dependants amounted to  . million in  nancial year  (previous year:  . mil-
lion).  e de ned bene t obligations  for current pensions calculated under 
amount to  . million (previous year:  . million).
Supervisory Board remuneration
In accordance with Article  of the Articles of Association of Deutsche Post 
as adopted by the , the annual remuneration of the members of the Superviso-
ry Board comprises a  xed component, a short-term performance-related component
and a performance-related component with a long-term incentive e ect.
 e  xed component amounts to  ,, and the short-term performance-related
component to   for every  . by which the consolidated net pro t per share ex-
ceeds the amount of  . in the  nancial year in question. In , the consolidated net
pro t per share was  . and therefore exceeded the amount of  . once by  ..
For  nancial year , the members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to annual
performance-related remuneration with a long-term incentive e ect of   for every
  by which the consolidated net pro t per share for  nancial year  exceeds the con-
solidated net pro t per share for  nancial year .  e amount received may not ex-
ceed  ,.  e remuneration will fall due for payment at the end of the  .
 e chairman of the Supervisory Board receives double the remuneration, and his
deputy one and half times the remuneration.  e chairman of a Supervisory Board
committee also receives double the remuneration, whilst a member of a committee re-
ceives one and a half times the remuneration.  is does not apply to members of the
Mediation and Nomination Committee. Persons who only serve on the Supervisory
Board and its committees for part of the year receive corresponding compensation on
a pro rata basis.  e members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to claim out-of-
pocket expenses incurred in the exercise of their o ce. Any value added tax on the
Supervisory Board remuneration and out-of-pocket expenses is reimbursed. In additi-
on, each member of the Supervisory Board attending a meeting receives an attendance
allowance of   for each plenary meeting of the Supervisory Board or committee
meeting.
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