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Changes in revenue, other operating income and operating expenses .
m + / – %
Revenue
59,230
4.6
• Growth trends in the German parcel and international
express businesses remain intact.
• Revised terms of the contract leads to million
reduction.
• Increase of , million due to currency effects.
Other operating income 2,394 18.8 • Includes income from the sale of equity investments.
• Significant rise in income from currency translation.
Materials expense
33,170
3.5
• Rise due mainly to exchange rate movements.
• Organic decline due to lower oil price.
• Revised terms of the contract leads to million
reduction.
Staff costs 19,640 8.0 • Most of the rise due to exchange rate movements.
• Increase in the number of employees.
Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment losses
1,665
20.6
• Includes impairment losses of million in relation
to.
• Prior-year figure included impairment losses on aircraft
and aircraft parts of million.
Other operating expenses 4,740 16.3 • Sharp rise in currency translation expenses.
Consolidated at . billion
Prot from operating activities declined by . to , million (previous
year: , million). In the fourth quarter, increased from million to
million. Net nance costs improved from million to million, mainly
because changed interest rates led to a decline in nance costs. At , million, prot
before income taxes for the year under review was down signicantly compared with
the previous year (, million). With a slight increase in the tax rate, income taxes
decreased by million to million.
Net profit and earnings per share down
Consolidated net prot for the period declined from , million to , million.
Of this amount, , million is attributable to shareholders of Deutsche Post and
million to non-controlling interest holders. Earnings per share also decreased, with
basic earnings per share down from . to . and diluted earnings per share
declining from . to ..
Dividend of . per share proposed
Our nance strategy calls for a payout of to of net prots as dividends as a
general rule. At the Annual General Meeting on May , the Board of Management
and the Supervisory Board will therefore propose a dividend of . per share for
nan cial year (previous year: .) to shareholders. e distribution ratio based
upon the consolidated net prot for the period attributable to Deutsche Post share-
holders amounts to . . Adjusted for one-o eects, as decribed in table ., the
distribution ratio amounts to . . e net dividend yield based upon the year-end
closing price ofour shares is . . e dividend will be distributed on May and
is tax-free forshareholders resident in Germany. It does not entitle recipients to a tax
refund or a taxcredit.
Consolidated .
m
2,411
2,965
Total dividend and dividend
per no-parvalue share .
m
725
0.60
786
0.65
846
0.70
846
0.70
0.80
968 1,030
0.85
1,031
0.85
1
Dividend per no-par value share
1 Proposal.
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Group Management Report — REPORT ON ECONOMIC POSITION — Results of operations