Statement re: TNT Not Participating in Sales Pr...

TNT N.V.
                  

TNT today announces that it is not participating in the sales process launched
by the Belgian Government to sell a minority stake in Belgian De Post/La Poste
('DP/LP'). TNT has stated in the past that, under the right conditions it would
be interested in a stake in the DP/LP. TNT has now stopped investigating the
possibilities to enter into a partnership.

TNT's European mail expansion strategy focuses on stepping into attractive
postal markets, by building up its own networks and by creating alliances with
the incumbent postal operators. TNT carefully plans and decides which method of
market entry will deliver the best results for each country, given the speed of
liberalization, the structure of the market and the attractiveness of the
privatization opportunity.

So far, through its European Mail Networks, TNT has successfully built up
networks in eight European countries and is achieving accelerated growth. Volume
growth in EMN is countering the declines in the addressed Dutch mail volumes.
With an innovative and creative strategy in specific countries, TNT is reshaping
the European postal industry and challenging the incumbent postal operators.

TNT will also continue to look closely at opportunities to acquire, under the
right conditions, stakes in postal operators.

TNT N.V. is a global provider of mail, express and logistics services. The group
employs over 160,000 people in 63 countries and serves over 200 countries. For
2004 the company reported sales of € 12.6 billion. TNT N.V. is publicly listed
on the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, New York, London and Frankfurt.


For further information, please contact: 
Daphne Andriesse 
Senior Press Officer
TNT Group Media Relations 
Tel: + 31 20 500 6224 
Mobile: [phone] 
E-mail: [e-mail]