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FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONGROUP PROFILEGROUP INFORMATIONGROUP MANAGEMENT REPORTCONSOLIDATED FINANCIALSTATEMENTSADDITIONAL INFORMATION31No pension commitments exist regarding the members of the Supervisory Board.The members of the Supervisory Boards did not receive any compensation duringthe year under review for any personally provided services.GROUP PROFILEGroup governanceThe business portfolio of Deutsche Bahn Group (DB Group) is primarily organizedinto nine business units. Following the restructuring that took place during the yearunder review, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) manages the DB Netze Track, DB NetzeEnergy and DB Netze Stations business units directly. The remaining six business unitsfall under the management of our fully owned subsidiary, DB Mobility Logistics AG(DB ML AG). Within our Group’s structure, DB AG and DB ML AG both function asmanagement holding companies that lead the Group. Very close cooperation betweenthe Management Boards of DB AG and DB ML AG is ensured by an integration committeeas well as by the fact that both corporations share the same Chairman of theBoard of Management and CFO. This helps to ensure that synergies between theindividual companies can continue to be realized. The business units are responsiblefor the conduct of our business operations. Our structure is rounded out by centralgroup and service functions, some of which are performed by DB AG and some of whichare performed by DB ML AG .DB AG has been a stock corporation established in accordance with German lawsince it was first founded in 1994, and therefore has separate management and supervisorystructures. Information pertaining to the main companies owned directly orindirectly by DB AG, as well as the companies we hold stakes in, is shown in the notesto the consolidated financial statements .More details on page 47See cover for organizationalstructureMore details on page 239 ff.Our marketsDB Group provides national and international services to target markets reflecting ourGroup brand proposition of “Mobility–Networks –Logistics.” We are active aroundthe world in over 130 countries and in all of the important economic regions.Since the passage of the 1994 German Rail Reform Act we have completed extensiverestructuring and efficiency-enhancing measures as well as comprehensive modernizationprograms to make DB Group a strong performing business enterprise. We striveto achieve further gains in our revenues and financial strength in all of our relevantmarkets by convincing our customers of the high quality of our services.