First orange mailbox in January – TPG Post becomes TNT Post on 15 May 2006

As of 1 January 2006 TPG Post will begin converting its red icons in the Netherlands likemailboxes, staffwear, vehicles and buildings to the orange of the new TNT Post corporate identity

The company will take advantage of natural replacements to make the changeover. This will allowcompletion of the corporate identity operation within a three-year period with a limitedinvestment. Most corporate identity changes will be in place in January 2009. The gradual changewill limit costs.

Each year 4,500 orange mailboxes

The new corporate identity is being introduced at a time when the company is already in theprocess of installing new-style red mailboxes in an operation launched 2003. About 5,300 of thenew-style red mailboxes have been fitted in the Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Dordrechtand Amersfoort regions. Another 13,000 old-style red double-slot mailboxes and 2,600 redsingle-slot mailboxes are in service all over the Netherlands. The company’s schedule for replacingthe red mailboxes is:

– from January 2006 to December 2008, the company will install 4,500 new-style orange mailboxeseach year, starting January 2006;
– a sticker bearing the TNT Post logo will be affixed to the old-style red-mailboxes in 2006;
– the 5,300 installed new-style red mailboxes will be provided with a new red flap with theTNT Post logo in 2006;
– in 2009 and 2010, the 5,300 new-style red mailboxes and the single-slot mailboxes will bethe last to be replaced by the orange models

The company has the following plan for implementing the new corporate identity for staffwear,equipment, vehicles and buildings:

– The most prominent items of staffwear will be replaced in 2006 (i.e. the all-season jacket,polo sweater and cap worn by postmen and women); the other garments will follow from 2007;
– Cancellation stamps and shoulder bags will be replaced from 2006 onwards; RoodRunners (newcarrier bicycles) will be provided with a sticker with the new TNT Post logo in 2006; bicyclesaddlebags will be replaced according to the normal replacement schedule (within 8 to 12 years);
– 570 new vehicles ordered to replace old ones have so far been delivered in the new liveryin 2005. A sticker with the TNT Post logo will be affixed to red vehicles in 2006; some of thetrailers of the Transport division will remain red until 2010;
– The head office of TPG Post will get a facelift in 2006. Starting the same year, the TPGPost Service Points and the post offices of Postkantoren BV will be adapted to the new corporateidentity. The Business Points and other buildings will be adapted in 2007.

Change of name logical step in fulfilling international ambition

The TPG group officially became TNT on 8 April 2005. A logical effect is that TPG Post willchange its name to TNT Post on 15 May 2006. A global company calls for a global brand. TNT is abrand that enjoys an international reputation as fast and innovative and it will make the groupmore easily recognisable internationally. TPG Post is a truly European postal company that operatesnetworks in eight European countries. The rebranding has cost benefits. The group will be able toconclude large-scale joint procurement contracts, combine investments for advertising and unifycorporate identity. As the corporate identity will be phased in, the costs will be contained. HarryKoorstra, the Board of Management member responsible for the Mail division, explained, “Gradualintroduction will give our customers and our employees time to get used to orange as our companycolour. We are changing our name and colour, but we will remain the same quality company for ourcustomers”.