FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
September 5, 2000

AKRON, Ohio – FedEx Custom Critical, Inc., North America’s largest time-specific, critical-shipment carrier, recently announced the winners of the annual President’s Club award for its independent sales contractors. 

The annual award, presented to the top five regional sales managers, is based on how well the contractors meet sales goals during the fiscal year. Winners of the 2000 President’s Club award are Bruce Bowman of Burlington, N.C.; Claude Colombo of Kingsport, Tenn.; Vince Fiorenza of York, Pa.; Kirk MacDonald of Sierra Madre, Calif.; and Laney Roseberry of Katy, Texas. Each regional sales manager will receive a commemorative President’s Club award and an all-expenses paid Caribbean cruise for two.

“The President’s Club winners epitomize professionalism in sales,” said John P. Palma, vice president of sales at FedEx Custom Critical. “They help to identify customers’ needs and recommend the FedEx Custom Critical services that meet customers’ special requirements and delivery deadlines.” 

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 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, providing 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 online.