TNT Logistics North America Raises $342,000 For World Food Programme In 2005

TNT Logistics North America announced it raised $342,000 in the U.S., Canada and Mexico during calendar 2005 for the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP). These dollars were collected on behalf of WFP as part of a series of fundraising initiatives undertaken by TNT employees. This is one-third higher than the amount raised the previous year. In the past three years, TNT Logistics North America has raised more than $750,000 on WFP's behalf.

The dollars raised by TNT employees are earmarked for WFP's Global School Feeding Campaign, which has been able to demonstrate the value of tying nutrition with education and health, producing long-term benefits for pupils, their families and the communities where they live. Through fundraising efforts, TNT strives to raise cash and awareness for this campaign between its global workforce and business partners.

"For 2005, most of our fundraising efforts in North America were targeted at assisting the WFP relief initiatives in Nicaragua," aid Fred Griffiths, vice president of purchasing and disbursements, and team leader for WFP participation by TNT's North American business unit. "Each TNT business unit has elected to focus its attention on certain areas of the world where help is needed most and Nicaragua is one of those areas."

Set up in 1963, the World Food Program is the United Nation's frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In 2004, WFP fed 113 million people in 80 countries, including most of the world's refugees and internally displaced people. WFP is the largest provider of nutritious meals to poor school children and through its School Feeding program aims to ensure the world's 300 million undernourished children are educated. Providing a nutritious meal at school is a simple but concrete way to give poor children a chance to learn and thrive. It costs 19 cents a day to feed a child at school and yet the benefits are invaluable. For more information on WFP, please visit www.wfp.org.

About TNT Logistics North America
TNT Logistics North America is a business unit of TNT Logistics, a leading global logistics provider. TNT designs, implements and operates complex supply chain solutions on a national, regional or global scale for medium to large enterprises. Through its freight forwarding unit, TNT provides air and sea freight services within an international network. TNT exploits technology to achieve optimization, integration and visibility throughout the supply chain. The company focuses on a diverse range of market sectors including automotive, tires, general industry, fast moving consumer goods/retail, rail and utilities.

TNT Logistics employs 40,000 people, who are operating in 40 countries, managing over 91 million square feet of warehouse space. In 2004, TNT Logistics reported sales of $5.38 billion. The TNT Logistics North America web site address is: www.tntlogistics.us. TNT Logistics is a division of TNT N.V. The TNT web site is: http://www.tnt.com/group.