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Deutsche Post  Group —  Annual Report
Managing conflicts of interest
None of the Supervisory Board members hold positions on the governing bodies of, or provide consult-
ancy services to, the Group’s main competitors. e Supervisory Board has not been informed of any
conicts of interest aecting individual members during the year under review.
Company in compliance with all  recommendations
In December , the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board issued an unqualied Declar-
ation of Conformity pursuant to section  of the AktG, which was also published on the company’s
website. e declarations from previous years are also available on the website. In nancial year ,
Deutsche Post  complied with all recommendations of the Government Commission for the , as
amended on  June . We also intend to continue to comply with all recommendations of the 
as amended on  May , together with all the suggestions except broadcasting the full  on the
internet. Further information regarding corporate governance within the company and the remuneration
report can be found in the Corporate Governance Report (page  .).
 annual and consolidated financial statements audited
e auditors appointed by the , PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellscha Wirtschasprüfungs-
gesellscha (PwC), Düsseldorf, conducted an audit of the annual and consolidated nancial statements
for nancial year , including the respective management reports, and issued unqualied audit opinions.
PwC also reviewed 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,
including the appropriation of the net retained prot as proposed by the Board of Management, at the
nancial statements meeting held on  March . All Supervisory Board members received copies of
the annual and consolidated nancial statements, auditors’ reports and the Board of Management’s pro-
posal for the appropriation of the net retained prot well in advance of the nancial statements meeting.
e documents were discussed in detail with the Board of Management in the presence of the auditors.
e auditors reported on the audit ndings and also took questions and provided additional information.
e Supervisory Board concurred with the results of the audit and approved the annual and consolidated
nancial statements for nancial year , as recommended by the Finance and Audit Committee. No
objections were raised on the basis of the nal outcome of the examination by the Supervisory Board and
the Finance and Audit Committee of the annual and consolidated nancial statements, the management
reports and the proposal for the appropriation of the net retained prot. e Supervisory Board endorsed
the Board of Management’s proposal for the appropriation of the net retained prot and the payment of
a dividend of  . per share.
We would like to thank the Board of Management and all employees for their genuine commitment
and all their hard work. eir eorts in  have helped us to advance the implementation of “Strategy
”.
Bonn,  March 
e Supervisory Board
Wulf von Schimmelmann
Chairman
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