Acquisitions and divestments

Since 1998, we have made a number of acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and strategic alliances in order to meet our strategic objectives. The following press releases give more information about each of these. We have included them in chronological order with the year, country and division they relate to.

Acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and strategic alliances
Press release	Year	Country	Division
TNT Post in Germany broadens household coverage through a strategic partnership with the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group	2009	Germany	Mail
TNT to acquire Brazilian delivery partner Expresso Araçatuba	2009	Brazil	Express
TNT announces changes to shareholder structure Spring Global Mail	2009	UK/Singapore	Mail
TNT acquires LIT Cargo of Chile	2009	Chile	Express
TNT Post acquires stake in Nordwest-Mail GmbH (CITIPOST Bremen) - Systematic expansion of collaboration with publishing houses	2007	Germany	Mail
TNT Post reinforces position as leading postal company in Germany - Strategic partnership with Süddeutscher Verlag and Ippen Publishing Group	2007	Germany	Mail
TNT completes acquisition of Hoau	2007	China	Express
TNT acquires Mercúrio, the express market leader in Brazil	2007	Brazil	Express
TNT sells Freight Management to GEODIS	2006	Netherlands	Freight Management
TNT acquires Speedage to build leading position in domestic express market India	2006	India	Express
TNT reaches agreement to sell its logistics division to Apollo Management, L.P.	2006	Netherlands	Logistics
TNT in advanced negotiations to acquire Hoau, China's leading domestic freight and parcels operator	2005	China	Express
TNT to acquire leading Spanish domestic express distribution company TG+	2005	Spain	Express
TNT and Cosco enter strategic partnership to jointly develop China and Asia Pacific logistics business	2005	China	Express
TNT sells GlobalCollect to management and private equity providers	2005	Netherlands	Group
Japan Post and TNT join forces	2005	Japan	Mail
TNT acquires print and mailing house Euro Mail	2005	Netherlands	Mail
TNT Express acquires Slovenian domestic express distribution company 'Door-to-Door'	2005	Slovenia	Express
TPG and Essent join forces in customer contact	2004	Netherlands	Mail
TPG completes acquisition of global freight forwarder Wilson	2004	Sweden	Logistics
TPG acquires majority share in Prime Vision	2003	Netherlands	Mail
Korea Post and TPG join forces in strategic co-operation	2003	Korea	Mail
TPG acquires Italian print & mail company	2003	Italy	Mail
Fiat auto appoints joint venture of TNT Logistics and Arvil as sole operator	2003	Italy	Logistics
TPG acquires DocVision, a leading document management company	2003	Netherlands	Mail
China Post and TPG join forces in strategic partnership	2003	China	Mail
TPG acquires German unaddressed mail distributor blitzpunkt	2003	Germany	Mail
TPG expands unaddressed Mail Network in Germany	2003	Germany	Mail
TPG acquires majority stake in leading direct marketing company in the Czech Republic and Slovakia	2002	Czech Republic	Mail
TPG expands partnership with CTT Correios (Portuguese Post Office)	2002	Portugal	Mail
TPG and Correos de Chile sign joint cooperation	2002	Chile	Mail
TPG acquires a leading Italian pre-mail handling company Cerilly	2002	Italy	Mail
TPG acquires French logistics group Transports Nicolas	2002	France	Logistics
TPG acquires fashion distributor Bleckmann Group	2001	Netherlands	Express
TNT Lojistik acquires Turkish logistics company	2001	Turkey	Logistics
TPG and Hermes form alliance in German mail market	2001	Germany	Mail
TPG and Poste Italiane sign strategic alliance	2001	Italy	Mail
TPG to acquire leading Domestic Express company of Thailand	2001	Thailand	Express
TPG acquires Italian Logistics and Transport company ALS	2001	Italy	Logistics
TPG acquires CD: a leading Mail distributor in the UK	2001	United Kingdom	Mail
TPG part of consortium which proposes to acquire Renault's Logistics arm	2001	France	Logistics
TPG to acquire Lason UK	2001	United Kingdom	Mail
TPG and P&TLuxembourg agree on a Joint Venture	2000	Luxembourg	Express
TPG sets up Automotive Logistics joint venture in China	2000	China	Logistics
TPG, British Post Office and Singapore Post sign Joint Venture agreement	2000	UK/Singapore	Mail
TPG acquires French Logistics company - Barlatier	2000	France	Logistics
TPG acquires German based Schrader Group	2000	Germany	Logistics
TNT Post Group N.V. acquires French logistics company	2000	France	Logistics
Cooperation between TPG and Kintetsu World Express	1999	Japan	Express
Worldwide co-operation between TPG and the Swiss Post	1999	Switzerland	Mail
TNT Post Group N.V. acquires leading express company in France	1998	France	Express

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