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Deutsche Post hit by weak DHL Express US prospects

Deutsche Post, forecast flat operating profit for 2006 on Tuesday and gave a weak oulook for its DHL express division that sent shares sliding. The group said it expected 2006 operating profit at the express division to be unchanged from 2005, before an impairment loss on goodwill that brought the divisions profit down to just 11m last year. Shares fell 4.9 per cent to 21.65. Deutsche Post has grown through acquisitions, including of DHL and Airborne in 2002, to be the worlds largest logistics company. But it faces tough competition in the US from dominant rivals FedEx and UPS, and last month abandoned a target for DHLs US package delivery business to break even by the end of the year.

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Deutsche Post Posts Gain in 4Q Earnings

Deutsche Post AG, parent of the DHL express-delivery service, has said its fourth-quarter profit rose 25 percent but warned its operating profit likely would be flat this year because of the costs of integrating recent acquisitions.

Bonn, Germany-based Deutsche Post, which is the world’s largest global delivery company, earned 891 million euros (USD1.06 billion) in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, compared with 708 million euros in the year-ago period. The earnings mirrored the preliminary figures it released last month. Sales rose 5 percent to 12.08 billion euros (USD14.4 billion).

For the year, net profit rose 40 percent to 2.24 billion euros (USD2.67 billion) from 1.6 billion euros, while sales rose 3.3 percent to 44.59 billion euros (USD53.2 billion) from 43.17 billion euros.

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Deutsche Post sees 2006 EBIT at least 3.7 bln eur vs 3.755 bln yr-earlier

Deutsche Post AG said its 2006 EBIT will reach at least 3.7 bln eur, down from 3.755 bln eur last year due to stagnating sales at its mail division.

It said sales will exceed 60 bln eur this year, up from 44.594 bln eur.

The German mail carrier will pay out a 2005 dividend of 0.70 eur per share, up from 0.50 eur the year earlier.

Deutsche Post said the Mail division’s EBIT will remain stable at 2.0 bln eur.

At the Express division, EBIT is expected to reach 445 mln eur before impairment charges.

The Logistics division is expected to post a profit of around 500 mln eur, while Financial Services’ EBIT will reach at least 900 mln eur.

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3i leads the race for GBP 210 million logistics group

Private equity firm 3i is poised to acquire niche logistics company Marken from Deutsche Post for about GBP210m (EUR306 million). Sources said 3i is now in exclusive talks with Deutsche Post advisers UBS to buy Marken, part of Exel, after submitting a higher bid than rival contenders. Marken provides specialist courier services to the medical, pharmaceutical, media, professional, fashion and high technology industries. It is not clear why Deutsche Post and Exel have decided to offload Marken.

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Deutsche Post World Net further expands international mail network

Deutsche Post World Net is further expanding its international mail network: DHL Global Mail has reached an agreement with Yamato Holdings to form a joint venture in Japan for the Mail area. The new joint venture is the first of its kind in the country and will offer a full range of direct marketing services. DHL Global Mail, will hold 49 percent and Yamato Holdings 51 percent of the shares. Deutsche Post World Net is therefore the first foreign service provider to make a successful entry into the Japanese mail market. “With the joint venture, we are deepening our successful cooperation of many years with Yamato and are creating an excellent platform in order to make use of the enormous opportunities in the world’s second largest mail market,” said Klaus Knappik, Chairman of Deutsche Post World Net’s Divisional Board Mail International. “The new joint venture solidifies our position as the leading worldwide complete service provider in international mail logistics and is therefore another important step in the implementation of our international mail strategy.”

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