PostNL press releases

Q1 2012 Results

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:30:00 +0100

The Hague

Announcement conversion rate final dividend 2011

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:00 +0100

The Hague – On 24 April 2012, PostNL N.V. declared a final dividend 2011 of € 0.193 per ordinary share, that is payable fully in ordinary shares. The final dividend 2011 includes the pass-through of the final dividend received from the stake in TNT Express. The total 2011 dividend amounts to €0.407 per ordinary share, of which €0.214 per ordinary share has been paid as an interim dividend.

100 Years of the Netherlands Open Air Museum – Paying homage to daily life – on a postage stamp

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:30:00 +0100

Arnhem – PostNL today presents the 100 Years of the Netherlands Open Air Museum (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum) stamp sheet. The centenary is celebrating a hundred years of paying homage to daily life. It was precisely a century ago that the Netherlands Open Air Museum Foundation was established at Arnhem’s concert hall, Musis Sacrum. Pieter-Matthijs Gijsbers, Adelheid Ponsioen and Jan Vaessen, current and former directors of the museum, were today presented with the first stamp sheet by PostNL’s Rene Bergschneider.

Resolutions Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:15:00 +0100

The Hague – Today, PostNL N.V.’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) adopted the 2011 financial statements and determined the dividend over 2011 at € 0.407 per ordinary share, of which € 0.214 per ordinary share has been paid as an interim dividend. The final dividend of € 0.193 will be fully payable in ordinary shares.

Mail deliverer Hans bikes 13,000 kilometres for charity

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:15:00 +0100

The Hague – After biking for 248 days in total, mail deliverer Hans Jansen arrived in Chikwawa (Malawi) yesterday. He started out on his "bike trip" from his home in Vlissingen in southwestern Netherlands on 15 August last year and, in the eight months since, he has cycled 13,000 kilometres. His aim has been to collect as much money as possible to donate to the World Food Programme’s school meals initiative in Malawi. In total he has raised nearly €18,000, enough to pay for over 90,000 school meals in Malawi.

CEO PostNL – Harry Koorstra resigns

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:40:00 +0100

The Hague – PostNL announces that Harry Koorstra, CEO of PostNL, has decided to resign his position with immediate effect.

TNT Post Parcels rolls out 230 handhelds in Belgium

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:30:00 +0100

Hoofddorp / Vilvoorde – TNT Post Parcels, part of PostNL Parcels, has completed a major upgrade of its IT environment with the introduction of 230 handheld terminals in Belgium. Thanks to this, customers can now track their parcel online anytime of the day.

PostNL Parcels wins Zalando

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:30:00 +0100

The Hague – PostNL Parcels has won a contract to deliver Zalando orders in the Netherlands. Zalando is one of the fastest growing online Fashion retailers in the Dutch market. PostNL Parcels will handle both delivery and return shipments. The contract will become effective in the end of the second quarter of 2012.

Omega Pharma extends its contract with PostNL Parcels Belgium

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0100

The Hague / Turnhout – Omega Pharma, a leading player on the Belgian market for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and personal care products, has extended its contract with trans-o-flex Belgium for another three years. Trans-o-flex Belgium, whose upcoming acquisition by PostNL was recently announced, has been the distributor for Omega Pharma’s business-to-business consignments in Belgium since 1987. The contract involves the handling of 15,000 pallets and 500,000 parcels annually.

PostNL launches mobile telephony per second

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:30:00 +0100

The Hague – Today, PostNL extends the range it offers at its PostNL Post Offices to include a prepaid mobile service. The company will start selling SIM card packages and Combi packages, featuring a mobile phone and a SIM card, in 2,000 post offices in the Netherlands. PostNL Mobiel’s telephone services are easy on the pocket, simple and reliable.

PostNL officially launches Dutch Country Houses stamp series with Keukenhof Castle

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0100

The Hague / Amersfoort – PostNL, together with the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency, today officially launched the Dutch Country Houses stamp series. The first sheetlet in this series features the Keukenhof Castle in Lisse. The first stamp sheetlet was presented to Lisse-born musical performer, singer and presenter Bastiaan Ragas at Keukenhof Castle by Annerie Lekkerkerker, Retail Director at PostNL Marketing & Sales, and Erik Kleijn, Head of Heritage Structures at the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency.

Stamps encourage visits to Amsterdam

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:00 +0100

The Hague – PostNL today issued its Europe 2012 and Netherlands 2012 stamps, the theme of which is ‘Visit’. These stamp sheetlets explore the theme of ‘the waters of Amsterdam’ and encourage Europeans to visit Amsterdam. The sheetlet with stamps for destinations in the Netherlands is called ‘Bezoek Amsterdam’ while the name of the sheetlet with stamps for destinations in the rest of Europe is a translation of this: ‘Visit Amsterdam’.

PostNL provides further update on use of expected proceeds sale stake in TNT Express

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:40:00 +0100

The Hague – Following recent publications on the news wires, PostNL provides a further update on the use of the expected proceeds from the sale of the stake in TNT Express.

Some mail delay in and around Amsterdam due to power failure

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:15:00 +0100

The Hague – Today residents in and around Amsterdam will only receive some of their mail, and in some cases none at all. The cause is a power failure over night in the Sloterdijk area of Amsterdam, which also affected the PostNL sorting centre.

PostNL has signed an irrevocable undertaking with UPS in support of UPS' offer for TNT Express

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:10:00 +0100

The Hague – Today United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) and TNT Express N.V. (“TNT Express”) jointly announced that they have reached agreement by entering into a Merger Protocol on an all-cash public offer by UPS for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of TNT Express (the "TNT Shares") at an offer price of € 9.50 for each TNT Share (the “Offer”).

PostNL to acquire Dutch and Belgian trans-o-flex activities from Austrian Post

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:30:00 +0100

PostNL Parcels gains a strong B2B market position in the Netherlands and Belgium
Austrian Post gets a sustainable solution through this new logistics partnership in the Benelux

The Hague / Vienna – PostNL Parcels has agreed to acquire the Dutch and Belgian activities of the trans-o-flex Group, owned by Austrian Post. With this acquisition PostNL Parcels immediately gains a strong market position on the Belgian business to business (B2B) market while strengthening its position on the Dutch market for multi-colli shipments, for example palletised consignments. Both parties have agreed not to communicate any financial details about the transaction.

PostNL’s delivery location in Culemborg and Vianen to close