38 Assets held for sale and liabilities associated with assets held for sale

The amounts reported under these items relate mainly to the following matters:

 
€m
  Assets Liabilities
2007 2008 2007 2008
Deutsche Postbank Group 0 231,824 0 227,736
Deutsche Postbank Group – BHW Bank’s
credit card and sales financing business
565 0 44 0
DHL Express (France) SAS – land/buildings 26 0 0 0
Deutsche Post AG – real estate 18 31 0 0
DHL Supply Chain, Spain – buildings 0 15 0 0
Other 6 2 0 0
Assets held for sale, liabilities associated with assets held for sale 615 231,872 44 227,736

The Deutsche Postbank Group’s sale of the credit card and financing business of BHW Bank AG was completed in the first quarter of 2008. The acquirer was Landesbank Berlin. In the third quarter, the IT equipment reported in the course of the period as assets held for sale was reclassified as property, plant and equipment. At the end of July, it was announced that efforts to outsource the IT infrastructure to Hewlett-Packard Services had been discontinued.

The assets and liabilities of the Deutsche Postbank Group are presented as assets held for sale and liabilities associated with assets held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5.

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