http://www.group.tnt.com/press/pressreleases/index.aspx TNT Press Releases http://www.group.tnt.com/press/494002/pressrelease.aspx Hoofddorp – Union members employed at TNT have approved the in-principle agreement on a new collective labour agreement (CLA) and a social plan. The social plan will be in effect until 31 December 2012 and the collective agreement will run from 1 April 2009 to 31 December 2011. The agreements concern all 31,000 TNT employees in the Netherlands, with the exception of the mail deliverers and Saturday delivery staff, who are covered by separate collective agreements. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=494002 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/493517/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam – TNT Express announces the worldwide launch of its new Express Import system which gives customers complete control over their import shipments. This web-based tool lets companies order the collection of import shipments from around 170 countries with quotations and billing in their local currency to better control shipping costs. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=493517 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/492967/pressrelease.aspx Guangzhou, China – TNT Hoau, TNT’s road distribution arm in China, today announced the completion of its nationwide day-definite road distribution network. During the past two months, TNT Hoau extended the coverage to Chengdu, Chongquing, Zhengzhou, Xian, Yantai and Xiamen. The company now offers guaranteed day-definite ground delivery to 26 of the biggest cities in the country, using 246 day-definite linehauls. The network covers 800 depots throughout China, with a large concentration in the major economic regions, including the Yangtze river delta, the Pearl River Delta, and the Bohai Bay. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=492967 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/491399/pressrelease.aspx TNT N.V. has published its 2009 fourth quarter and full year results. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=491399 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/490000/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT is expanding its e-commerce activities with the acquisition of e-fulfilment specialist TopPak. The parties signed an agreement to this effect today. With this acquisition, through its Parcel Service business, TNT is strengthening its position as market leader in the distribution market and adding an important link to its e-fulfilment service chain. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=490000 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:30:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/488695/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=488695 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:15:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/488485/pressrelease.aspx Hoofddorp, TNT and the trade unions have reached an in-principle agreement on the collective labour agreement (CLA) and the social plan. This agreement satisfies the starting points of the talks of both the trade unions and TNT Post. The TNT CLA will run from 1 April 2009 to 31 December 2011. All TNT employees in the Netherlands will receive a 0.7% pay rise as of 1 January 2010. A differentiation will be made from 1 April 2010 in the form of separate CLAs to be agreed for the entities TNT Post, TNT Express and TNT Post Parcel Service. A 1% rise has been agreed as of 1 January 2011 and 0.2% as of 1 October 2011 for the TNT Post entities (excluding TNT Post Parcel Service). New negotiations will shortly commence on separate CLAs for TNT Express and TNT Post Parcel Service to take effect on 1 April 2010. TNT Post and the trade unions will also set up a joint working group to explore a future-proof pension scheme for TNT Post. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=488485 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:30:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/488263/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam/Leipzig, Today the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, Germany, ruled that the ordinance on the postal minimum wage of EUR 9.80 is null and void. The basis for this decision is that the German State failed to give TNT Post in Germany the opportunity to make written comments prior to the issuance of the ordinance, as required by law. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=488263 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:40:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/487882/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT has today signed an agreement to sell DomiCall s.r.o., a Czech telemarketing company to a private enterprise active in the call centre business. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=487882 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:35:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/487129/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT Post Holding Deutschland GmbH has signed an agreement with Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co. KG, CITIPOST-Verbund-GmbH and Logistic-Mail-Factory (a company of Mediengruppe Pressedruck, Augsburg) to establish “mail alliance” in Germany. With this new alliance, TNT Post strengthens the existing co-operation with the mail distribution companies of leading German publishers. “mail alliance” will be operational as of 25 January 2010. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=487129 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:15:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/487130/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT has signed an agreement to sell, with immediate effect, its German unaddressed mail business (TNT Direktwerbung) to its current management team. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=487130 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:15:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/484873/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, Redmail, a joint venture between the Styria Media Group AG and TNT Post in Austria, today decided to create value by focussing on the regional delivery of newspapers and terminates its addressed mail business and part of its unaddressed mail business. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=484873 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/480588/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT Post has taken note of the announcement by Sandd and DHL Global Mail that they will be requesting summary proceedings to challenge the “Temporary decree on postal contract of employment”. TNT Post is urging the Dutch government not to relax the minimum social requirements agreed by all players when the Dutch postal market was liberalised. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=480588 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:20:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/479526/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, At its annual Analysts’ Meeting today TNT presents its new “Vision 2015” strategy. Furthermore a business update is given for 2009. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=479526 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:30:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/479367/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT is surprised and disappointed at the trade unions’ stance on the company’s collective labour agreement and social plan, as announced by the unions today. TNT sees no common ground whatsoever between the unions’ stance and the seriousness of the issues faced by TNT Post. Since 2007, the necessary cost savings have been extensively discussed with the unions. A recent study by research agency Ecorys, commissioned by the unions, reconfirmed that far-reaching cost measures are necessary to maintain the viability of the company. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=479367 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:55:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/478861/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, The annual report of international mail and express delivery company TNT has for the third time received the Henri Sijthoff Prize for best financial reporting. Dutch newspaper Het FD awards the prize annually to companies that distinguish themselves through their financial reporting. TNT also won the prize in 1996 and 2004. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=478861 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:55:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/475350/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT Express launched a new, cost effective road distribution solution in Europe called Direct Express. This new solution offers customers that ship high parcel volumes a faster, more flexible and reliable service by means of a direct connection to TNT’s domestic network in the destination country. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=475350 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/473212/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT N.V. has published its Q3 2009 results. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=473212 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/472813/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT Express will now provide its customers with online access to PoD signature images. It is a new standard feature of the company’s track and trace facility within its online and PC-based shipping tools myTNT, ExpressShipper, ExpressManager and ExpressConnect. Images are available from over 85 countries worldwide, including all mature express markets, emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, as well as many other destinations. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=472813 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/472554/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT sees a basis for further discussion in the proposals put forward by research agency Ecorys in its report, with cutbacks in conditions of employment remaining necessary to safeguard jobs. On behalf of the trade unions ABVAKABO FNV, BVPP and CNV Publieke Zaak, Ecorys looked into alternative solutions for the requisite cost savings at TNT Post. The unions commissioned the study after the in-principle agreement on the Operations Collective Labour Agreement was jointly rejected by the union members in late April 2009. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=472554 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:55:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/469163/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT organized the third Drive Me Challenge final on the illustrious MIRA track in the United Kingdom on September 30. Sixteen contestants, who were selected as the best local drivers through national pre-rounds, teamed up with operational managers for a fiercely competitive and good-spirited final round of this annual challenge. Drivers shed sweat and tears in their effort to win the coveted title of TNT’s fastest, most fuel efficient, safe and customer oriented driver in the year 2009. The teams from the Dutch TNT Post organization were the clear winners occupying the top three positions. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=469163 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/467367/pressrelease.aspx Hong Kong, Liege, TNT is enhancing its service capacity between China and Europe with the addition of a new dedicated B747-400ER freighter. Non-stop flights will operate between Hong Kong and TNT’s European air hub in Belgium. This allows for seamless connectivity with TNT’s leading air and road network for delivery throughout Europe. The company can thus offer its customers fast transit times, control and visibility over shipments moving between Asia and Europe, while optimising its costs and fleet utilisation. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=467367 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:45:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/465707/pressrelease.aspx Amersfoort, Night of Sustainability – Initiative takers Urgenda, TNT, Eneco and Tendris launch a tender for electronic vehicles. Together with the pioneering consortium partners ABN AMRO, Delta, Essent, Facilicom, the Municipality of Rotterdam, the Municipality of Leeuwarden, ING, JCDecaux, the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, NUON, Philips, Port of Rotterdam, the Province of Friesland and Triodos Bank today almost 3000 cars were ordered. For this purpose, a new independent purchasing consortium of Dutch companies and organisations has been established under the supervision of the Urgenda Foundation. The consortium's objective is to challenge car manufacturers to manufacture electronic transport on a large scale by creating a large scale, continuous and substantial demand. Companies and organisations are invited to participate in the tender. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=465707 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/463541/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, TNT NV was named today as global ‘Supersector leader’ for ‘Industrial Goods and Services’ (including ‘Industrial transportation’) of the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). Moreover, TNT earned the highest score of all companies included in the DJSI for the third consecutive year. These are the conclusions of a report published in Zurich by SAM, a sustainability investment specialist, which assessed the sustainability performance of over 1,000 listed companies. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=463541 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:45:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/460745/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, On 27 July 2009 TNT N.V. declared an interim dividend of € 0.18 per share, that is payable, at the shareholder’s election, either wholly in ordinary shares or wholly in cash. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=460745 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:30:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/453475/pressrelease.aspx TNT N.V. has published its 2009 Q2 and half year results. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=453475 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/450988/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, Last month TNT Post’s management and the Operations Works Council conducted a survey among the company’s operational staff. The survey asked some 23,000 employees for their views on a number of key issues regarding their future and that of the company. The results show that 74% of the 7,683 respondents would choose to forfeit working conditions in return for a job guarantee and/or a package of transitional measures. The company management and the Works Council will discuss the matter with the parties to the collective labour agreement. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=450988 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/448633/pressrelease.aspx Wuhan, China, TNT today inaugurated a road hub in Wuhan, Hubei Province, which will improve its road distribution network in central China. The regional hub will be managed by TNT’s wholly owned subsidiary TNT Hoau. The facility marks another milestone in the development of TNT’s Chinese domestic delivery arm, following the introduction of a day-definite ground service in February 2009. TNT plans to open 10 regional road hubs over the next five years to tap on China’s growing domestic economy, which is still expected to grow by at least 6.5% in 2009. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=448633 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:00 CET http://www.group.tnt.com/press/448386/pressrelease.aspx Amsterdam, Today TNT Post Germany strengthens its position by acquiring shares in the regional mail companies of the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group. TNT Post currently covers around 90% of Germany with a nationwide delivery network. For this network TNT works together with a lot of distribution partners and in key economic areas TNT has its own network covering around 26% of German households. With this strategic partnership TNT Post increases this coverage for the distribution of letter mail items to more than 40% of all German households and will benefit from further regional growth potential. Combining the local companies of Georg von Holtzbrinck with TNT Post’s expertise and national infrastructure will create a platform for further increase of market share and innovation. Both parties are convinced that this combination will deliver value for money for the customers. http://www.group.tnt.com/pressreleases/newsitem.aspx?key=448386 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:00:00 CET