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e company’s Board of Management changed as follows: Walter Scheurle stepped down from the
Board of Management on  April . Angela Titzrath took over the position of Board Member for
Human Resources and Labour Director on  May .
Managing conflicts of interest
No conicts of interest arose during the reporting year.
Company in compliance with all recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code
In December , the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board submitted an unqualied
Declaration of Conformity pursuant to section  of the AktG and published it on the company’s web-
site. e declarations from previous years can also be viewed on this website. In the  nancial year,
Deutsche Post  complied with all recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code,
as amended on  May , and also intends to comply with the recommendations of the code, as
amended on  May . e Corporate Governance Report (page  .) contains further information
on corporate governance within the company and the remuneration report.
Annual and consolidated financial statements audited
e auditors appointed by the , PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellscha Wirtschas-
prüfungsgesellscha (PwC), Düsseldorf, audited the annual and consolidated nancial statements for the
 nancial year, including the respective management reports, and issued unqualied audit opinions.
PwC also conducted the review of the quarterly nancial reports and the interim report for the rst half
of the year.
Following a detailed preliminary assessment by the Finance and Audit Committee, the Super visory
Board reviewed the annual and consolidated nancial statements and the management reports for the
 nancial year at the nancial statements meeting held on  March . e review included the
Board of Management’s proposal for the appropriation of the unappropriated surplus. e auditors’
reports were made available to all Supervisory Board members and were discussed in detail with the
Board of Management and the auditors in attendance. e Supervisory Board concurred with the results
of the audit and approved the annual and consolidated nancial statements for the  nancial year.
Based on the nal outcome of the examination of the annual and consolidated nancial statements, on
the management reports and on the proposal for the appropriation of the unappropriated surplus by the
Supervisory Board and the Finance and Audit Committee, there are no objections to be raised. e Super-
visory Board endorses the Board of Management’s proposal for the appropriation of the unappropriated
surplus and the payment of a dividend of . per share.
We would like to thank the Board of Management and all the Group’s employees for their excellent
work in a volatile environment. e Supervisory Board is condent that the company is well on the way
to achieving the goals set out in Strategy .
Bonn,  March 
e Supervisory Board
Wulf von Schimmelmann
Chairman
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