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programmes, whereas margin pressure and transformation costs had a noticeable impact on the
Global Forwarding, Freight division. Overall, we achieved positive results and our shareholders
should benet from this. At the Annual General Meeting we shall propose a dividend of .
pershare for . Forecasts for  indicate that the global economy will continue to experience
regional variations and only demonstrate moderate growth on the whole. We expect consolidated
 to reach . billion to . billion in nancial year . e Post - eCommerce - Parcel
division is likely to contribute at least . billion to this gure. Compared with the previous year,
weexpect anadditional improvement in overall earnings to . billion to . billion in the 
divisions. eCorporate Center / Other result is projected to remain at around −. billion.
eearnings forecast that we presented for  remains unchanged.
“We reached the targets
weset for 2014.”
WE HAVE COMMITTED PEOPLE. More than , people work for Deutsche Post 
Grouparound the world. at makes us one of the largest employers and trainers – a responsibility
of which I am more than conscious. For this reason, I am all the more pleased that it’s not only
ourcustomers who are increasingly satised with our performance, it’s also our employees. We
systematically survey our employees across the entire Group on an annual basis. During the past
sixyears, favourable answers to the key performance indicator, Employee Engagement, has risen
from   to . Our employees are not only committed to their workplace, but to their commu-
nities as well. e high number of participants in our annual Global Volunteer Day demonstrates
their deep commitment to voluntary work. It is also wonderful to see our employees donate to
helptheir colleagues in need.
 WE SERVE A GREATER PURPOSE. Everything we do brings people closer together − through
mail and parcel deliveries, express shipments, goods transported by road, rail, air and ocean,
andthe warehouses we operate. We connect people, and in doing so, improve their lives. is is
ourcommitment – no more and no less. Indeed, it’s one of the many reasons why I’m proud of
Deutsche Post  Group.
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