The European Commission said earlier Deutsche Post will have to repay between 500 million euros ($649 million) and 1 billion euros in aid to German authorities that European Union competition regulators found breached state aid rules.
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To put that into perspective it’s market capitalisation at the time of writing is quoted at 15.1 billion.
Edited to add a link to a more recent article including an excerpt from a DHL statement, a part of which says:
The liquidity of the Group will be temporarily affected by the payment, but will continue to remain solid.