BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - According to a press report, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) wants to use state-owned Deutsche Post shares for the so-called share pension. To build up a capital stock, part of the securities should be transferred to the special fund, "Table Media" reported (Monday). The target starting sum for the capital stock already announced by Lindner and called "Generation Capital" is ten billion euros. The federal government holds a good 20 percent of the shares in Deutsche Post AG via the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), which also corresponds to around ten billion euros according to the current stock market value.

However, the company fears that the management of the planned "generational capital" could come under pressure to sell a large block of Post shares in order to avoid a cluster risk, the medium reported, citing company circles. If the sale were to actually take place, the stock could come under pressure. According to information from company and ministry circles, other company shareholdings would rather not be considered for such a maneuver. Deutsche Telekom is considered part of the critical infrastructure and Commerzbank would currently yield too little./he