Third quarter operating income up 8.9% on last year (TNT)

CEO Peter Bakker:
“TNT’s Board of Management is pleased with the results of the third quarter. Operating income grew by 8.9% fueled by new records in Express both in terms of revenue growth and the Q3 margin level. The Mail operating margin was in line with the outlook but Mail Netherlands saw ‘above trend’ volume decreases in this quarter. We confirm the full-year outlook for TNT.

The completion of the sale of our Logistics division – for which all approvals have now been obtained – is still expected before the year end. Part of the earlier-indicated costs related to the sale of Logistics was booked in the third quarter results. Good strategic progress has been achieved with the acquisition of a road express operator in India and further accelerated growth of EMN. To further focus our business on operating networks, we announce today our intention to exit Freight Management.

All-in-all, we are satisfied with the strategic progress and the structural improvements in our operating performance made so far this year.”