| Pension expense |  | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €m | Deutsche Post AG | Deutsche Postbank group | EXPRESS excluding DPAG | LOGISTICS excluding DPAG | Other | Total | Deutsche Post AG | Deutsche Postbank group | EXPRESS excluding DPAG | LOGISTICS excluding DPAG | Other | Total |
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||||
| Current service cost, excluding employee contributions | 91 | 11 | 63 | 21 | 16 | 202 | 102 | 17 | 68 | 19 | 7 | 213 |
| Interest cost | 389 | 38 | 46 | 23 | 0 | 496 | 359 | 37 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 471 |
| Expected return on plan assets | –49 | 0 | –44 | –27 | 0 | –120 | –51 | –3 | –59 | –16 | 0 | –129 |
| Recognized past service cost | 0 | –2 | –1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –15 | –5 | –5 | –25 |
| Amortized unrealized gains (–)/losses (+) | 5 | 0 | –1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 40 |
| Effects of curtailments | –389 | –32 | –57 | –3 | 0 | –481 | –427 | –13 | –4 | –2 | –16 | –462 |
| Effects of settlements | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Effects of asset limit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 28 |
| Other | 0 | 4 | –1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pension expense | 47 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 113 | –10 | 42 | 66 | 22 | 15 | 135 |