For Immediate Release: June 19, 2000

AKRON, Ohio – Truck owner operators interested in expedited transportation opportunities with FedEx Custom Critical can submit their qualifications over the Internet in the newly expanded recruiting section of the company’s web site at www.fedexcustomcritical.com. FedEx Custom Critical is North America’s largest time-specific, critical-shipment carrier. Its fleet is made up entirely of independent owner operators and the individuals who drive for them.

"We want to make it as easy as possible for owner operators to learn more about expedited trucking opportunities at FedEx Custom Critical,” said Virginia Albanese, managing director of service and safety. “With our expanded site, owner operators can easily contact us and submit their qualifications when it’s most convenient for them.”

On the company’s newly expanded recruiting site, visitors can learn more about revenue opportunities, vehicle specifications and requirements to become a contractor affiliated with FedEx Custom Critical. The company contracts with owner operators of tractor-trailers, straight trucks, cargo vans and minivans.

To submit their qualifications, users simply visit the Owner Operators section of www.fedexcustomcritical.com, then click the “Contract With Us” link.

FedEx Custom Critical provides exclusive-use, time-specific, non-stop, door-to-door shipping service throughout the U.S. and Canada and within Europe. Among its divisions are White Glove Services®, for shipments that require special care in handling, and CharterAir ®, which offers an array of expedited air solutions to meet customers’ critical delivery times. FedEx Custom Critical is an operating subsidiary of FedEx Corp.

With annual revenues of $18 billion, FedEx Corp. 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 Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; FedEx Logistics, an integrated logistics, technology and transportation-solution company; FedEx Trade Networks Inc., providing customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation solutions; and Viking Freight, the leading regional freight carrier in the western United States. 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 online.