skip to content | skip to metanavigation | skip to language-switch and search form | skip to toolbox (printing and others)

Main navigation menu

skip to content | skip to main navigation-menu| skip to metanavigation | skip to language-switch and search form

Toolbox

Services

38. Equity attributable to Deutsche Post AG shareholders

back | next

skip to main navigation-menu | skip to metanavigation | skip to language-switch and search form | skip to toolbox (printing and others)

Content

The equity attributable to Deutsche Post AG shareholders in financial year 2007 amounted to €11,058 million (previous year: €11,220 million).

Dividends

Dividends paid to the shareholders of Deutsche Post AG are based on the unappropriated surplus of €1,338 million (previous year: €1,262 million) reported in the annual financial statements of Deutsche Post AG prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code. The amount of €251 million remaining after deduction of the planned total dividend of €1,087 million will be transferred to the retained earnings of Deutsche Post AG. €903 million were distributed for financial year 2006 and €359 million were transferred to retained earnings. The dividend is tax-exempt for shareholders resident in Germany. No capital gains tax (investment income tax) will be withheld on the distribution.