First global Logistics Service Center for Life Sciences

DHL Danzas Air & Ocean, the world’s leading air and ocean freight provider and part of Deutsche Post World Net, and Lufthansa Cargo, the largest airfreight company on the international market, founded the new joint-venture company LifeConEx. Based in Miramar, Florida, the company will start on April 1, 2005 and will be the only industry-specific provider of integrated end-to-end temperature controlled transportation solutions for the Life Science Industry. DHL Danzas Air & Ocean and Lufthansa Cargo are migrating their Life Sciences competence in temperature-controlled logistics into the new company LifeConEx. With LifeConEx, the new company will be in a position to offer a new level of service standards to leading companies of the Life Sciences industry that integrates logistics solutions for their primary distribution to numerous destinations around the world, focusing on temperature-controlled end-to-end transportation along the supply chain. Customers of the life sciences industry cover pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare services including medical devices. They will benefit considerably from the seamless end-to-end logistics service. The integration of standardized processes and systems provided by the parent companies of LifeConEx will result in a higher rank of delivery performance and reduction of preventable service failures for temperature-sensitive products. The joint venture with a dedicated team of specialists will improve order to deliver cycle times and help customers to reduce the total supply chain costs. Primary distribution of the life sciences industry represents shipments of raw materials to plant sites, inter-company shipments of finished goods or works in progress, and also finished goods to affiliate sites. LifeConEx will provide dedicated resources and tools for process-oriented shipment management, consultative support, expertise for packaging, and live monitoring. A unique IT platform will warrant more visibility and proactive control over logistics events and milestones that are critical to temperature sensitive products transportation. Renato Chiavi, COO of DHL Danzas Air & Ocean and Chairman of LifeConEx, said: “It is the first company to virtually integrate the operating standards of the airline, ground handling and freight forwarding service providers to create more value for shippers of life sciences products.” The integrated approach model will reduce many of the hand-over risks and improve the physical handling quality, data integrity and overall supply chain processes. LifeConEx will be an airline carrier-neutral provider of air forwarding services using DHL Danzas Air & Ocean systems and services. The new company will initially be operating from the key markets US and Europe. Dr. Andreas Otto, member of the Executive Board for Marketing and Sales at Lufthansa Cargo and Vice Chairman of LifeConEx, commented: “We are aiming to become the most recognized brand as a trusted and premium service provider for the life sciences industry. We want to be the first choice for customers when they ship temperature-controlled products.” The Management of LifeConEx will be led by Robert Krautheim as CEO (coming from DHL Danzas Air & Ocean) and Michael Vorwerk as COO (coming from Lufthansa Cargo). For further information contact: DHL Danzas Air & Ocean Communication Manager Daniela Peter Tel. +41 (0)61 274 71 38 Fax +41 (0)61 274 71 98 Email: Daniela.Peter@dhl.com www.dhl.com Lufthansa Cargo AG Corporate Communications Nils Haupt Tel.: +49/69/696-91123 Fax: +49/69/696-91185 eMail: nils.haupt@dlh.de www.lufthansa-cargo.com About DHL With annual revenues of nearly Euro 22 billion in 2003, DHL is the global market leader of the international express and logistics industry, specializing in providing innovative and customized solutions from a single source. DHL offers expertise in express, air and ocean freight, overland transport and logistics solutions, combined with worldwide coverage and an in-depth understanding of local markets. DHL's international network links more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. Over 160,000 employees are dedicated to providing fast and reliable services that exceed customers' expectations. DHL is 100% owned by Deutsche Post World Net. For more information on DHL, please visit www.dhl.com. About Lufthansa Cargo Lufthansa Cargo AG was established in 1994 as an autonomous company within the Lufthansa Group. With a transport volume of more than 1.75 million tonnes of freight and mail and 7.96 billion revenue tonne kilometres in 2004 as well as a global market share of 7 per cent, the company currently employs around 5,000 staff worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo's core competency is the airport-to-airport business.