DHL 2015 Annual Report Download - page 163

Deutsche Post  Group —  Annual Report
e employees of companies acquired or disposed of during the year
under review were included rateably. Calculated as full-time equiva-
lents, the number of employees as at  December  amounted
to , (previous year: ,). e number of employees at
joint operations included in the consolidated nancial statements
amounted to  on a proportionate basis (previous year: ).
 Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses
 m
2014 2015
Amortisation of and impairment losses on intangible
assets, excluding impairment of goodwill 271 578
Depreciation of and impairment losses on property,
plant and equipment
Land and buildings (including leasehold
improvements) 174 179
Technical equipment and machinery 235 268
Other equipment, operating and oce
equipment 204 219
Vehicle fleet, transport equipment 216 233
Aircraft 281 187
1,110 1,086
1,381 1,664
Depreciation of and impairment losses
on investment property 0 1
Impairment of goodwill 0 0
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
losses 1,381 1,665
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses increased by
 million year-on-year to , million. is was attributable
to the impairment losses on the  transformation programme.
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses include im-
pairment losses of  million (previous year:  million) that
are attributable to the segments as follows:
Impairment losses
 m
2014 2015
Post - eCommerce - Parcel
Software 5 0
Property, plant and equipment 0 1
Express
Property, plant and equipment 107 13
Global Forwarding, Freight
Software 0 310
Supply Chain
Software 0 3
Property, plant and equipment 1 4
Corporate Center / Other
Software 5 0
Property, plant and equipment 2 3
Investment property 0 1
Impairment losses 120 335
 million of the impairment losses relates to the  transform-
ation programme. Of the impairment losses in the Corporate
Center / Other area,  million mainly relates to land and buildings.
As in the previous year, the impairment losses in the Express seg-
ment resulted mostly from aircra and aircra parts.
 Other operating expenses
 m
2014 2015
Expenses for advertising and public relations 391 429
Cost of purchased cleaning and security services 319 357
Travel and training costs 334 348
Insurance costs 268 335
Write-downs of current assets 249 302
Currency translation expenses 170 267
Warranty expenses, refunds and compensation
payments 245 266
Telecommunication costs 223 237
Other business taxes 219 231
Oce supplies 178 190
Consulting costs (including tax advice) 170 179
Entertainment and corporate hospitality expenses 151 169
Services provided by the Bundesanstalt für Post
und Telekommunikation (German federal post
andtelecommunications agency) 100 148
Expenses from derivatives 48 120
Customs clearance-related charges 88 114
Legal costs 61 107
Contributions and fees 87 95
Voluntary social benefits 80 83
Commissions paid 66 64
Monetary transaction costs 42 47
Losses on disposal of assets 56 46
Audit costs 32 38
Donations 21 24
Expenses from prior-period billings 24 14
Miscellaneous 452 530
Other operating expenses 4,074 4,740

Taxes other than income taxes are either recognised in the related
expense item or, if no specic allocation is possible, in other oper-
ating expenses.
Miscellaneous other operating expenses include a large num-
ber of smaller individual items.
 Net income from investments accounted for using the equity
method
 m
2014 2015
Net income from associates 5 2
Net income from joint ventures 0 0
Net income from investments accounted for
using the equity method 5 2
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Consolidated Financial Statements — NOTES — Income statement disclosures