TNT Awarded as a Best Employer in China

China, April 29th 2005 - TNT, the leading global provider of Express, Logistics, and Mail services, has been named one of China's Top 10 Employers in Best Employers in Asia 2005, a study conducted by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources outsourcing and consulting firm, in partnership with 21st Century Business Herald.

A total of 244 companies with nearly 70,000 employees in Asia participated in the Best Employers in Asia 2005 study. Participants came from eight markets in the region China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan.  In China, 78 qualifyable organizations employing 24,000 employees participated in this study.

The Best Employers in Asia 2005 study rated companies on the following criteria: 1) consistently inspire employees; 2) appreciate the value of each employee and encourage them to work with a sense of achievement; 3) are socially responsible and have implemented a sustainable development strategy. In addition to ranking high in the above criteria, TNT was also awarded because of its strong financial performance; employee's high trust and confidence in management; efforts in employee training and a corporate culture that inspires high impact performance.

"We are greatly honored," said Ken McCall, CEO of TNT China, "We feel this is a recognition of our people management strategy, a strategy that not only drives our long term development but also enhances the professional skills of our employees. Being named as a Top 10 employer in China shows how our employees have a high level of job satisfaction, a strong sense of social responsibility and our company enjoys positive corporate reputation. All these things will help TNT develop more dynamically."

While introducing the latest technologies to its existing Logistics, Express, Direct Marketing services into China, TNT also has been active in developing local talent. In July 2004, TNT kicked off a "China University Undergraduate Internship" campaign. The program is an opportunity for young Chinese talent to learn about international logistics management and it promotes cross cultural communication between China and the Netherlands. Under this programme, four outstanding university students were selected and were sent to TNT headquarters in the Netherlands to receive training. As a long-term plan, this programme aims to train up to 20 top university students each year. In November last year, TNT unveiled its new China University partnership with Shanghai Jiaotong University. The partnership is aimed at utilizing each institution's comparative advantages to train local talent in China's fast-developing logistics industry.

Through a strategic partnership with United Nations'World Food Programme (WFP), TNT inspires employees to be socially responsible. The partnership has also enhanced TNT's image as a socially responsible company. Since 2002, TNT has been in a long-term partnership with WFP to raise awareness and funds for WFP's fight against global hunger. As a part of the programme, TNT and WFP initiate "Walk the World" event, an annual global fundraising initiative aims to raise money for food and education for poor children. In China, TNT donated all the funds raised from  Walk the World for WFP's  School Feeding Programme in China's Gansu province. The programme gives hungry school children essential food in return for attending school and in addition provides money to help schools improve their infrastructure and teacher training.

In the wake of the devastating tsunamis in South and South-East Asia, TNT offered its resources to help the WFP in their emergency relief operations. These include support in transporting required materials to affected areas; providing warehouse space for temporary storage of emergency equipment and food; providing help to coordinate

warehousing and transportation efforts.

Established in 1946, TNT has developed into a leading global provider of Express, Logistics and Mail services over the past 60 years, and is a member of the Global Fortune 500. TNT is the world's first Express and Logistics company to be recognized as a "Investor in People". In 2003, TNT was named one of the Top 10 most admired companies in Europe by Fortune Magazine and a Top 10 Best Company to Work for in China. For consecutive 6 years, TNT has been named one of the Top 10 most admired companies in the Express and Logistics category by Fortune Magazine. In China, TNT presently offers integrated business solutions, from regular door-to-door Express services to integrated Supply Chain management and Direct Marketing.

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TNT is the leading global provider of Express, Logistics and Mail services. The group employs around 161,000 people in 64 countries and serves over 200 countries. TNT provides customers with integrated business solutions covering the entire range of services, from direct marketing solutions, to door-to-door delivery services and supply chain management. The company focuses on a diverse range of market sectors including automotive, electronics, consumer goods, utilities and telecommunications, publishing and media. As a Global Fortune 500 company, TNT is headquartered in the Netherlands and publicly listed in the Amsterdam, New York, London and Frankfurt stock exchanges. The global revenues in 2004 are 12.6 billion Euros.

TNT Express has the biggest air and road delivery network in Europe and provides fast, reliable door-to-door express delivery service for more than 200 countries internationally with 187 million times deliveries annually. As the second largest logistics provider globally, TNT Express is the first logistics provider which was authorized ISO in agreement and management. And also, TNT is the world's leading third party logistics provider to the automotive industry and a key provider of Logistics services to the electronics and pharmaceuticals sectors.  TPG Post is a market leader in international business mail that has been established for over 200 years.  It runs mail networks in seven European countries and deals with 7 billion mails every year.

TNT provides integrated business solutions in China through three main business sectors such as Mail services, Logistics and Express, which covers from Direct Marketing solutions, door-to-door delivery services and Supply Chain management. It currently employs over 3,000 skilled professionals across its network of 25 branches and services more than 500 cities in China.  TNT China has developed over 2,000 service stations and currently operates seven gateways to China which includes: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian, Hangzhou, Xiamen and Shenzhen

Through the JV, Anji – TNT Automotive Logistics Co., Ltd., set up with Shanghai Automotive Industry Sales Corporation, TNT China has become the largest third party automotive logistics provider in China

For more information, reporters may contact:

Ivy Wang

TNT China
Tel: 86 (21) 5352 4688 Ext. 6411
Fax : 86 (21) 6340 3657
Ivy.wang@tnt.com

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Publication date: 31 Nov 2008 12:08