Austrian Post

Austrian Post is the leading provider of mail shipping services in Austria. Austrian Post's main business activities include mail and parcel shipping services as well as the provision of financial services in cooperation with its partner of many years, BAWAG P.S.K. The business area "Postbus Services" ("Postautodienst") was retroactively spun off on January 1, 2000.

Business areas "Mail", "Branch Network", "Kurier.Express.Paket (KEP) and "Media Post" were restructured to meet market demands and have been consolidated into the "Mail", "Parcel & Logistics" and "Branch Network" Divisions.

Business purpose:

1. The provision of services and the creation of the necessary environment to allow the provision of services in the areas of
   
   1. postal services pursuant to the Postal Service Act (BGBL I 2009/123) as amended;
   2. parcel services;
   3. money services;
   4. other commercial services, provided that they do not interfere with the duties specified in items a) to c), including without limitation financial services pursuant to the Postal Savings Bank Act (Federal Law Gazette 458/1969) as amended, the transport of goods on motor vehicles registered for road traffic, as well as trading and selling merchandise of all kinds and marketing advertising spaces.
2. The provision of services in the areas of communications and information technology.
   Planning, building and maintaining as well as operating facilities for the purposes specified in paragraphs 1 and 2.
3. The company is entitled to engage in all business activities and to carry out all measures that are deemed necessary or useful for its business purpose, including without limitation the purchase of real estate for building branch offices or subsidiaries, both in Austria and abroad as well as the participation in other companies.

Business development – revenue and earnings

The year 2010 developed very satisfactorily for Austrian Post. This is reflected in the development of key performance indicators as well as the fact that the underlying strategy proved to be successful.

The trend towards declining addressed letter mail volumes was more than compensated by additional revenues, particularly in the parcel & logistics business. Total revenue of Austrian Post rose 0.3%, to EUR 2,351.1m, adjusted on a combarable basis to take account of the changed reporting of pre-paid telephone cards. Accordingly, the company’s business operations in 2010 returned to a growth path earlier than expected.

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of Austrian Post amounted to EUR 262.1m in 2010. Accordingly, the EBITDA margin was 11.1%, once again in the targeted range of 10-12%. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of Austrian Post improved by 5.0% to EUR 156.9m in 2010 due to the fact that the revenue drop was more than compensated by cost savings. The EBIT margin was 6.7%. The total free cash flow was EUR 153.6m. The dividend payment of EUR 1.60 per share represents a total dividend payout of EUR 108.1m.

Address:
Österreichische Post AG/Austrian Post
Corporate Headquarters
Haidingergasse 1
1030 Vienna
Austria

Telephone number within Austria: 0577 67 - 0
International telephone number: +43 577 67 - 0

Fax: +43 (0) 577 67 - 220

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Management Board:
Georg Pölzl - Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Rudolf Jettmar - Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Walter Hitziger - Member of the Management Board
DI Peter Umundum - Member of the Management Board

Supervisory Board:
Mag. Markus Beyrer (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Edith Hlawati (stellvertretende Vorsitzende)
Prof. Dr. Edgar Ernst
Chris E. Muntwyler
Mag. Günter Leonhartsberger
Elisabeth Stadler
Mag. Markus Pichler
Dr. Erich Hampel

Appointed to the supervisory board by the staff committee:
Helmut Köstinger
Martin Palensky
Andreas Schieder
Manfred Wiedner