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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
website. e declarations from previous years can also be viewed on this website. In the  nancial
year, Deutsche Post  complied with all the recommendations of the Government Commission on 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-
prüfungs gesellscha (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 Supervisory
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, of the manage-
ment reports and of 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 Supervisory 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 employees for their great commitment
and ongoing eort to safeguarding the company’s continued success. e Supervisory Board is condent
that the Group is well on the way to ensuring that it remains protable in the long term, building on its
strong position in the market.
Bonn,  March 
e Supervisory Board
Wulf von Schimmelmann
Chairman
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