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Important information for DHL Group suppliers

We would like to give you a clear overview of what the modernization of our group structure means for our cooperation. Upon entry of the hive down in the commercial register of the current Deutsche Post AG, which is planned for the second half of 2026, the entire Post & Parcel Germany division – including all existing contracts – will automatically be transferred by operation of statutory laws to the future Deutsche Post AG (partial universal succession).

The future Deutsche Post AG will remain a central component of our portfolio and your reliable customer. As the transfer of the contract is not taking place on a contractual basis but by operation of statutory laws, no action on your part is required for the legal transfer to take effect.

What you should know:

  • The hive down only affects contracts with the former Deutsche Post AG. Contracts that you have concluded with DHL Paket GmbH, Deutsche Post Immobilien GmbH or other subsidiaries will remain unchanged and will continue to apply as before with these companies.
  • Even after the hive down, invoices to the future Deutsche Post AG will continue to be settled via the group-wide in-house bank and its accounts with the future DHL AG on behalf of and for the account of the new company. After the renaming, DHL AG will be visible to you as the company providing the services.
  • For vendor management purposes, the future Deutsche Post AG requires information regarding payments from the previous company. Conversely, the previous company requires information regarding contract amendments or terminations by the new company. The two companies will therefore regularly exchange the necessary data on a regular basis. Further information on data protection can be found a group.dhl.com/data-protection.

Overview of the most important Q&A

If you have a contract with the former Deutsche Post AG under which you provide services both to the Post & Parcel Germany division and to other divisions such as DHL Express, DHL Freight Forwarding, DHL eCommerce or DHL Supply Chain, the following applies:

The current company (under the name DHL AG in the future) shall remain the contractual partner; there will be no full transfer to the future Deutsche Post AG.

Only the purchase, order or usage rights of the Post & Parcel Germany division under this agreement that were previously exercised by the current company will be transferred to the future Deutsche Post AG.

From the second half of 2026, following the hive down and renaming: As the transfer of subscription rights, order rights or rights of use occurs (automatically) by operation of statutory laws and not on a contractual basis, no further legal action is required on your end. However, we would ask you to switch order, delivery and invoicing processes you previously directed to the Post & Parcel Germany division to the future Deutsche Post AG once the hive down takes effect (we will provide separate information regarding this matter) in order to also adapt the system side to the changed legal situation. If you accept purchase orders, orders, other declarations from the future Deutsche Post AG or payments initiated by the future Deutsche Post AG and direct invoices to this company, we assume that everything is in order and the contract transfer has been successful.

The entire contract with all rights and obligations will be transferred by law to the future Deutsche Post AG, which will become your sole contractual partner after the hive down has taken effect.

From the second half of 2026, following the hive down and renaming: As the transfer shall take place (automatically) by operation of statutory laws and not on a contractual basis, you do not need to take any further legal action. However, we would ask you to switch your ordering, delivery and invoicing processes to the future Deutsche Post AG after the hive down takes effect (we will provide separate information regarding this matter) in order to also adapt the system side to the changed legal situation. If you accept purchase orders, orders, other declarations from the future Deutsche Post AG or payments initiated by the future Deutsche Post AG and direct the invoices to thus company, we assume that everything is in order and the contract transfer has been successful.

For you as a DHL Group supplier, the modernization of the group structure will not affect your business operations. All previous contacts within the divisions will remain the same. Furthermore, all existing contracts will continue to apply on the basis of universal succession.

Despite the change to the order layout (POs), no new purchase orders will be sent out in order to avoid duplicate deliveries or services. All previous orders remain valid and the order numbers must be indicated on the invoices as usual.

The order numbers can be recognized by their system:.

·   At GeT/Deutsche Post AG they have 10 digits and start with 9

·   at NGeP Coupa/DHL AG, they also have 10 digits but start with 6.

Changes to existing orders made after the target date will be sent in the new PO layout.

Information on the new group structure