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( BW)(PA-FEDEX-GROUND)(FDX) FedEx Ground Safety Director Receives Top ATA Honor; Company Awarded President's Trophy for Best Safety Program

    Business Editors

    PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000--Ron Joseph, vice president of transportation, safety and maintenance for FedEx Ground, was recently named Safety Director of the Year by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), a national trade group for the transportation industry. At the same time, the safety program he manages was honored for being among the best in the country. For the second time in five years, FedEx Ground received the prestigious President's Trophy.
    A day-one employee with the company and its first safety director, Joseph created the company's safety program in 1985 when FedEx Ground, the second largest small-package ground carrier in North America, was founded. In 1996, FedEx Ground became the first transportation company with a team of drivers comprised entirely of independent contractors to win the ATA President's Trophy.
    "Ron has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to safety throughout his years with the company," said Daniel J. Sullivan, FedEx Ground founder, president and chief executive officer. "He has taken every opportunity to advance the cause of safety throughout the company, ensuring its place at the very top of our corporate priorities. I am pleased to see Ron recognized in this manner by his peers, and I am very proud of our entire team for their tremendous efforts in safety.
    "It's an honor for me to work with such a dedicated team of employees and contractors who make safety a priority every day," Joseph said. "Both awards are a testament to their incredible work and dedication."
    The ATA presents the Safety Director of the Year award to the safety professional in the trucking industry chosen the most outstanding as voted by past winners. Entrants are judged on their career accomplishments. The President's Trophy is presented annually for a company's overall safety program.
    Under Joseph's leadership, FedEx Ground has built a solid history of safety achievements. Most notable among these are more than 40 first place awards in individual state contests; nine national safety awards in ATA National Truck and Industrial Safety Contests; the President's Trophy in 1996 and 2000; and the election of nine FedEx Ground contractors to the America's Road Team, the ATA's elite team of ambassadors whose charter is to promote highway safety to the public. Don Nehring, based in Memphis, is the current Road Team member representing FedEx Ground.
    FedEx Ground is the second-largest small-package ground carrier in North America, with an automated network of 370 distribution hubs and local pick-up-and-delivery terminals supported by a team of 35,000 employees and contractors throughout the United States and Canada. The company reported annual revenue of $2 billion in fiscal year 2000.
    With annual revenues of $19 billion, FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) is the premier global provider of transportation, logistics, e-commerce and supply chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Logistics, an integrated logistics, technology and transportation-solution company; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation solutions. More than 2.5 million customers are connected electronically through the FedEx information network and approximately two-thirds of its U.S. domestic transactions are now handled on-line.

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