TRADITIONAND INNOVATION

125 years ago, August Kuehne and Friedrich Nagel established a seaport freight forwarding company in Bremen under the name Kuehne + Nagel. What started with the transportation of natural products such as cotton, grain, wood, animal feed and sugar has

developed into one of the world’s leading logistics companies. With its global logistics network Kuehne + Nagel offers its customers

integrated and future-oriented logistics solutions.

FROM BREMEN TO THE BIG WIDE WORLD – THE LONG JOURNEY HAS BEEN WORTH IT.

K L A U S - M I C H A E L K U E H N E

Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Co-Shareholders

Over three family generations and a period of 125 years, Kuehne + Nagel has developed from modest beginnings to one of the world’s three largest logistics companies. This achievement is not only attributable to our corporate policy, which has always focused on healthy growth and economic efficiency, but above all to our many hard-working employees all around the world.

Even today, we still follow our basic principles of choosing our employees carefully, motivating them and enabling them to progress in the company. Over the years and decades, this has resulted in a team spirit that shapes our culture and is simply indispensable for a logistics company with a global presence, increasingly complex tasks and a cross-sectional function.

I owe my thanks to my grandfather and my father. They dedicated their lives to the weal and woe of Kuehne + Nagel and guided the company through good times and bad with a great sense of responsibility, entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and hard work.

As a result of this I, too, developed very close, emotional ties with the company. Since the early 1960s, I was privileged to play a decisive role in shaping its development and, together with an excellent management team, steer a successful course. Thus it was possible to achieve my goal of creating a global logistics network. In parallel to this, we have continually expanded our product portfolio and constantly improved the service quality. There had been crisis and setbacks, but we overcame these through hard work, commitment and good fortune.

In 2015, the company’s 125th anniversary year, we were pleased to see that Kuehne + Nagel stands on firm foundations and is seizing the opportunities offered by this globalised world with unabated momentum. The annual result clearly confirms this.

The management team is well established, the Board of Directors and the Management Board work successfully together. The entre-preneurial spirit that has shaped the company’s development over the last 125 years still prevails with a high level of responsibility and expertise, giving me the confidence that Kuehne + Nagel will continue to successfully maintain and expand its position as one of the globally leading logistics companies.

I would like to thank all employees for their valuable contributions to the company’s success. Special thanks also go to our customers around the world, without whose loyal business relations with Kuehne + Nagel we would not be where we are today.

I am delighted that many of our customers and business partners were able to celebrate our 125th anniversary with us within the scope of our Container Anniversary World Tour.

Yours sincerely

Klaus-Michael Kuehne

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HONG KONG

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2015-04-29TORONTO

2015-04-21NEW YORK

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The Container Anniversary World Tour was a key element of the The Container Anniversary World Tour was a key element of the Kuehne + Nagel 125Kuehne + Nagel 125thth anniversary celebrations. As a symbol of our anniversary celebrations. As a symbol of our company’s history the two 40-foot containers started their journey – company’s history the two 40-foot containers started their journey – like our company – in Bremen and visited all five continents before like our company – in Bremen and visited all five continents before

finally returning to Germany. On board was state-of-the-art equipment finally returning to Germany. On board was state-of-the-art equipment including information terminals for the presentation of our history, including information terminals for the presentation of our history,

service portfolio, innovations, as well as our people and career opportunities. service portfolio, innovations, as well as our people and career opportunities. The containers demonstrated to visitors around the world how The containers demonstrated to visitors around the world how Kuehne + Nagel uses innovative ideas to continually overcome Kuehne + Nagel uses innovative ideas to continually overcome

boundaries and enter new territory.boundaries and enter new territory.

The origins of Kuehne + Nagel began in Bremen in 1890 and it is from this city, 125 years later, that two containers equipped with

multimedia technology set out on a journey around the world. The combination of tradition and innovation has made the company

a global player in the logistics sector.

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2015-03-17

SHANGHAI

Shanghai is of great importance to Kuehne + Nagel. It was here that the company was the first international logistics provider to receive a Class A forwarder licence to operate a fully owned subsidiary back in 2004.

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BREMEN

Karl Gernandt, Klaus-Michael Kuehne, Bremen Mayor Jens Boehrnsen and Dr. Detlef Trefzger at the official start of the anniversary year.

2015-03-04

TOKYO

Since 1982 Kuehne + Nagel is operating in the Japanese financial metropolis. Today, the company is represented nationwide with ten offices and four logistics centres.

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HONG KONG

Already in 1965 Kuehne + Nagel opened its first office in Hong Kong. Today, the company is firmly estab- lished in the megacity and benefits from its early entrance to the market.

2015-06-02

UTRECHT

The strategically located city of Utrecht became one of Kuehne + Nagel’s first European branches outside of Germany.

2015-06-09

MILAN

Italy established itself as an important hub for overland transport operations to and from Germany and the Middle East at an early stage. The Italian Kuehne + Nagel company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.

2015-06-19

VIENNA

Kuehne + Nagel started operations in Austria in 1970. The company’s activities in Eastern Europe are also managed from Vienna.

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DUBAI

Kuehne + Nagel received its official trade licence for the United Arab Emirates in 1978. Today, the company operates out of state-of-the-art locations such as Dubai Logistics City.

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NEW YORK

Kuehne + Nagel commenced its business activities in the United States in 1966. The national company is now one of Kuehne + Nagel’s most successful ones.

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SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Kuehne + Nagel Chile was established in 1987. Today, the company is a market leader in the country’s seafreight sector and a leading provider of industry-specific solutions.

2015-04-29

TORONTO

Alfred Kuehne initiated the inter-nationalisation of Kuehne + Nagel in 1953 with the establishment of the Canadian company.

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HAMBURG

Kuehne + Nagel Germany’s head office is located in Hamburg’s HafenCity.

The anniversary activities ended with celebrations in the then still incomplete Elbe Philharmonic Hall.

Klaus-Michael Kuehne proudly presents the anniversary container to Hamburgs First Mayor Olaf Scholz.

The Kuehne + Nagel choir was a fantastic surprise at the anniversary gala.

After 43,000 nautical miles and 7,000 kilometres over land, the anniversary containers returned to Germany. During their journey, they brought history to life and provided insights into the modern world of Kuehne + Nagel – as a symbol of its corporate culture of being true to

heritage while always moving with the times.

ARRIVAL IN HAMBURG // 2015-07-01

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