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Jennifer Schröder

Hansa Meyer Global Group

Flughafenallee 26

28199 Bremen, Germany

Tel.: +49 (421) 3299734

E-mail: communications@hansameyer.com

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Content

BASIC INFORMATION About the Group

Profile Facts and Figures Management History Certifications

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Questions to the management

Business divisions PRESS RELEASES

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About the Group – Profile

Hansa Meyer Global Group

Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH is a parent company represented in numerous

countries by Hansa Meyer Global companies as majority shareholders. Since 2004,

Hannover Finanz GmbH has a share in the Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH (former-

ly HEGO Partner Holding GmbH).

Hansa Meyer Global has been a successfully operating project freight forwarding com-

pany and logistics expert for decades. The Group, as a transport architect, arranges

shipments of oversized and heavyweight goods. The numerous international subsidiar-

ies guarantee thorough understanding and knowledge of local infrastructure and market

conditions.

The aim of Hansa Meyer Global is to become one of most preferable employers in the

field of transport and project logistics with local operations based at the most strategic

venues of the world, in the next five years.

The core business of Hansa Meyer Global is global transportation of investment goods

(Projects Division), especially in the area of power plants and energy. Moreover, Hansa

Meyer Global Group has established, strengthened and developed the divisions of inter-

national container transport services (Forwarding Division) and air freight transport

(Airfreight Division) within the recent years.

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About the Group – Facts and Figures

Location of the Holding Flughafenallee 26

28199 Bremen, Germany

Website www.hansameyer.com

Holding foundation year 1988

Number of employees approximately 280 in the Group

Turnover more than Euro 100 million

Network & Partner more than branches at the most important strategic

locations worldwide in…

Asia: China, India, Indonesia, Philippines

Thailand, Vietnam

North and Middle America: USA, Mexico

Latin and South America: Brazil, Chile

Africa: Egypt

Europe: Germany

Memberships: DSLV (German Transport and Logistics Association)

Verein Bremer Spediteure (Association of Bremen Forwarders)

OAV (East Asian Association Bremen)

GBA (German Business Association in Vietnam)

NCBFAA (National Customs Broker & Forwarders Association

of America, Inc.)

ANIERM (National Association of Importers and Exporters of

Mexico)

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About the Group – Management

Jörg Knehe

Founder, Shareholder and Managing Director of Hansa Meyer Global Holding

GmbH

After working in various positions in global logistical companies, Jörg Knehe, to-

gether with his partners, founded Hansa Meyer

Transport GmbH in 1986 and in 1988 - HEGO Partner

Holding GmbH, which will operate under the name of

Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH from the begin-

ning of 2015. Between 2000 and 2014 Jörg Knehe

worked as a Managing Director of Hansa Meyer

Transport GmbH & Co. KG, an operational subsidiary.

Since 2005, Jörg Knehe has been working as a Man-

aging Director of Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH

(HEGO Partner Holding GmbH till 2014) and has been

responsible for strategic and corporate support of the overseas subsidiaries.

Jürn Schmidt

Managing Director of Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH and Hansa Meyer

Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG

A qualified forwarding agent and industrial engineer,

worked in different positions at the level of top man-

agement and Board of Directors in such companies as

Kuehne & Nagel, Hamburg, Haarmann, Hemmelrath &

Partner, Hamburg, Hangartner AG, Aarau / Switzerland

and WIS Security + Service GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne,

since 2011 has been working as a Managing Director of

Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH (formerly HEGO

Partner Holding GmbH), Bremen, and of some interna-

tional subsidiaries. Between 2004 and 2011, Jürn

Schmidt worked as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Hansa Meyer Global

Group.

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About the Group - History

01/2015: HEGO Partner Holding GmbH is renamed into Hansa Meyer Global

Holding GmbH.

07/2013: HEGO Partner Holding GmbH celebrates its 25th anniversary.

01/2013: Wilh. Loesch GmbH Germany merges with Hansa Meyer Global

Transport GmbH & Co. KG. Wilh. Loesch India now operates hereunder.

01/2012: Heiko Luikenga becomes a new Chairman of the Advisory Board of

HEGO Partner Holding GmbH.

10/2011: Jürn Schmidt is appointed a Managing Director of HEGO Partner Hold-

ing GmbH and Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG. He replaces

Norbert Giese, who joins the Advisory Board of HEGO Group.

01/2006: Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH & Co. KG and GTC Global Transport

GmbH & Co. KG merge to become Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co.

KG.

03/2005: Karl-Georg Gorski resigns as a Managing Director of HEGO Holding

GmbH for age reasons and joins the Advisory Board. He remains a shareholder

and partner to support the Group as a consultant.

Jörg Knehe is appointed the second Managing Director of HEGO Group.

06/2004: Hannover Finanz GmbH becomes a shareholder of HEGO Partner

Holding GmbH. An advisory board is established and Jürn Schmidt is appointed

its Chairman.

08/2002: Jürgen Hesper resigns as a Managing Director of HEGO for age rea-

sons and sells his shares. Norbert Giese is appointed a Managing Director of

HEGO Group.

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01/2000: Jörg Knehe and Norbert Giese take over the management of Hansa

Meyer Transport GmbH & Co. KG.

In 2000 Wilh. Loesch India Pvt. Ltd. is established in Mumbai.

11/1990: HEGO acquires Wilh. Loesch GmbH in Hamburg – a long-established

company, founded in 1884, which specializes in trade with India.

07/1988: Jürgen Hesper, Karl-Georg Gorski, as well as their junior partners Rolf

Krumbach, Jörg Knehe and Norbert Giese, found HEGO Partner Holding GmbH.

Then, Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH & Co. KG is set up as a startup company.

Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH is a General Partner.

HEGO Partner Holding GmbH becomes a holding company of Hansa Meyer

Transport GmbH & Co. KG, head office in Bremen, Germany, and GTC Global

Transport GmbH & Co. KG that is set up as startup, with the head office in

Duesseldorf, Germany.

10/1986: Karl-Georg Gorski, Jörg Knehe and Norbert Giese found Hansa Meyer

Transport GmbH.

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About the Group – Certifications

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Background information – Questions to the Managing Shareholder Joerg

Knehe and Managing Director Juern Schmidt

What is so special about Hansa Meyer Global? Hansa Meyer Global, as a transport architect, occupies a certain niche in the market. We focus on high volume and heavyweight goods. Our wide range of services that are provided by more than 20 offices around the world, lives up to very high quality standards with a clear commitment to customer orders. Although the company operates in more than a dozen countries, we have such a common corporate culture that ensures rapid exchange of information and efficient com-munication among the employees. What are the biggest challenges for project forwarders in the field of high and heavy in the next few years? One of the biggest challenges is continuous and forward focused recruitment of the best people in our niche market. Furthermore, we consider constant changes in the world economy as an opportunity rather than a threat. Finally, we must always anticipate changes in the world trade and supply flows and adjust our business accordingly. We reinforce our operations, e.g. our activities in Southeast Asia. Where will Hansa Meyer Global be in five years? We have stipulated our vision and goals clearly. We want to become one of the most attractive employers in the field of transport and project logistics and be present at the most strategically important venues of the world. We want to maintain our financial independence and, thus, foster our long-term invest-ment capacity.

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Business divisions

Receiving heavy goods for Phu My Power Plant in Vietnam (Projects Division)

International containers transport Airfreight consignment to Dallas, USA

(Forwarding Division) (Airfreight Division)

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Press Release

PM1 – Hansa Meyer reinforces the Management Team

Hansa Meyer reinforces the Management Team Internationally experienced project forwarder Henrique Wohltmann became a new

Director of Projects & Services in July

Bremen, July 4, 2014 – Henrique Wohltmann – a qualified logistics manager – has

been strengthening Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG Team since the

beginning of July. In his position as Director of Projects & Services with a focus on the

regions of Asia, India and South Africa, the 42-year-old Wohltmann will report directly to

the Managing Directors – Joerg Knehe and Juern Schmidt.

Henrique Wohltmann and Susanne Preussner will develop the project business division

within the framework of the company’s growth strategy. Mrs Preussner – also a Director

of Projects & Services at Hansa Meyer headquarters in Bremen – focuses on the Middle

East, North, Central and South America.

“Henrique Wohltmann is a recognized expert in the international project forwarding busi-

ness. Getting him on board helps us to further expand our business“, says Managing

Director Juern Schmidt.

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Press Release

PM2 - Hansa Meyer Global joins Advisory Board International Logistics of Jacobs Uni-

versity

Hansa Meyer Global Joins Advisory Board Inter-

national Logistics of Jacobs University Bremen Juern Schmidt, Managing Director of Bremen-based project forwarding company

Hansa Meyer Global, contributes his expertise to the private university’s Advisory

Board International Logistics

Bremen. 07. August 2014 – Juern Schmidt – an industrial engineer and, since 2011,

Managing Director of Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG, will support Ja-

cobs University’s Advisory Board International Logistics with his know-how and expertise

gained in various positions at international companies.

Hansa Meyer Global thereby strengthens the domestic – though highly internationally

oriented – university landscape by, for example, offering internships and personal men-

toring or advising on the focus of study programs within the department International

Logistics at Jacobs University. The Bremen-based company is already cooperating with

a research group from the International Logistics department on the issue of Neustädter

Port (Bremen) innovation.

Prof. Dr. Julia Bendul, Assistant Professor of Network Optimization in Production and

Logistics at Jacobs University, says: „In view of the challenges our university and our

department are facing, I am pleased to have an Advisory Board International Logistics

composed of dedicated business representatives at our side. Juern Schmidt is a big

asset for the Advisory Board. His many years of experience in the financial and logisti-

cal sectors will be of great advantage for setting up logistical study programs of our uni-

versity for the future and intensifying the cooperation between Bremen’s industry and

science.“

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Press Release

PM3 – Hansa Meyer creates vocational training positions

Hansa Meyer Global creates vocational training

positions Bremen-based project forwarding company trains assistant managers for forward-

ing and logistical services – best trainee 2014 awarded a prize

Bremen, August 21, 2014 – Bremen-based project logistic expert Hansa Meyer Global

welcomed three new trainees. These prospective forwarding and logistics managers

started on August 1 in Bremen and Hamburg. Herewith the specialist for large-volume

and heavy goods continues its long tradition of being a training company.

“It means a lot to Hansa Meyer Global to qualify its future employees in a profound way.

In general, we do offer employment contracts (unlimited) to our best apprentices,” says

Nadine Messinger, a Human Resources Manager. An overseas assignment in one of

more than 20 international locations of the globally-oriented project forwarder is a per-

spective after successful completion of the traineeship.

Corinna Reinhard – this final year’s best trainee – was granted a travel voucher. She will

continue studying at the BIHV in Bremen and Utrecht alongside with working for Hansa

Meyer Global.

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Hansa Meyer Global Trainees 2014 from left to right: Benedikt vom Lehn, Lisa Wozniak, Merle Aschenbrenner.

Nadine Messinger (Human Resources Manager)

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Press Release

PM4 – Hansa Meyer Global supports regional schools

Hansa Meyer Global supports regional schools Bremen-based project forwarding company promotes individual training opportu-

nities – integrated degree program

Bremen, November 19, 2014 – The Bremen-based project logistic expert Hansa Meyer

Global cooperates with highly professional regional schools. Since August 2014 the pro-

ject forwarding company has employed Maik Thomsen for a dual Bachelor study course

in the field of supply chain management.

Maik Thomsen is studying for three years at the school for international business and

supply chain management Bremen (HIWL). Each semester comprises a three months

study phase at the school and a practice phase in the company.

The 23 years old bachelor professional in the field of transport management and opera-

tions from Finnentrop (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is getting insight into opera-

tions and strategic planning of an international company and has an opportunity to study

in one of the numerous offices of Hansa Meyer Global around the world for one semes-

ter. The HIWL benefits from the Bremen-based group of companies in two ways: Hansa

Meyer Global pays for tuition fees and, on the other hand, Jürn Schmidt, Managing Di-

rector of Hansa Meyer Global, shares his expertise with the HIWL students on the occa-

sion of case-based lectures. The students appreciate the opportunity to get a real insight

into the business challenges based on practice-oriented lectures.

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Press Release

PM5 – Hansa Meyer Global sets course for the future

Hansa Meyer Global sets course for the future

A strategic and organizational course for the next decade - from HEGO Partner Holding to Hansa Meyer Global Holding Bremen, December 8, 2014 - HEGO Partner Holding GmbH, with its Hansa Meyer

Global subsidiaries, looking back on a multiple year track record of successful operation

and expertise in the field of project forwarding and logistics, introduces new strategic

and organizational arrangements for the next decade. Hansa Meyer Global as a

transport architect must be more strongly perceived worldwide as a brand name in the

field of large-volume and heavy goods shipment arrangements. Consequently, HEGO

Partner Holding GmbH will be renamed into Hansa Meyer Global Holding GmbH, within

the framework of a single-brand strategy, by January 2015.

Sales in Germany will be reinforced to be able to serve the customers in the European

market even better. The recognized competences allow to increasingly address new

industry sectors, such as EPCs and the oil & gas branch. The service portfolio in the

field of Turn-Key Logistical Concepts and European High and Heavy Transport will be

extended in order to become an even better partner for the customers. Expansion of

activities in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, shall em-

power the company to face the challenges and provide logistical solutions for the new

customers and markets.

Our core competencies in Germany will be based in Bremen and Dusseldorf. As it has

been long planned, Susanne Preussner and Henrique Wohltmann, internationally expe-

rienced managers in the field of project logistics, are together overtaking freight for-

warding management in Germany at the turn of the year. Jürn Schmidt will become the

sole Managing Director of Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG in January

2015. Jörg Knehe, as a Managing Shareholder, and Jürn Schmidt, as a Managing Direc-

tor, will continue to be responsible for the management of Hansa Meyer Global Holding

GmbH (previously HEGO Partner Holding GmbH).

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“We want Hansa Meyer Global to become one of most preferable employers in the field

of transport and project logistics with local operations based at the most strategic ven-

ues of the world, in the next five years,” says Managing Director Jürn Schmidt.

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Press Release

PM6 – Hansa Meyer Global supports organizations working for children

Hansa Meyer Global supports organizations working for children "Support Children" Project: Hansa Meyer Global supports Deutschen Kinderschutzbund Bremen (the German Association for Child Protection) with a donation – An additional donation to AVS & Friends Association

Bremen, December 16, 2014 - About two years ago, the management of Hansa Meyer

Global worked out the guidelines that have been set out in writing in the form of princi-

ples, values and objectives. The questions which go beyond the "classical business"

were raised during this process: "What means the most to us?" and "We are successful,

who we can we share our success with?". These discussions and reflections have

shown that children mean the most to Hansa Meyer Global. „Thank God, we are not

alone to realize it; but we, individually, have set ourselves to pay attention to this issue

and decided how to deal with it seriously by means of various supporting events, dona-

tions and other campaigns. We have, therefore, committed ourselves to support the or-

ganizations that work for protection, promotion and positive development of children,"

says Managing Director Jürn Schmidt. And thus, the project "Support Children" has orig-

inated. After Hansa Meyer Global had supported and promoted the Bremen Angel initia-

tive, SOS Children's Villages, Professor Hess Children's Hospital, and the Thai Hanseat-

ic School for Life, the company supported the German Association for Child Protection

in Bremen with a generous donation.

Andreas Bröcher, Managing Director of DKSB, thanked the Directors Jörg Knehe and

Jürn Schmidt. "The donation has been provided at the right time because we urgently

need new equipment for the therapy rooms of the counseling facilities," said Bröcher.

Each year more than 1,000 girls and boys need advisory services of the German Asso-

ciation for Child Protection. Besides child communication support materials, now, we can

also purchase a table for the therapy room which can be extended according to the size

of the group. Therapeutic tools also include a playhouse which helps the children to re-

tell their own life stories, as well as therapy dolls to encourage a dialogue.

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from left to right: Gisela Knigge (Board of DKSB), Jennifer Schröder (Hansa Meyer Global), An-

dreas Bröcher (Managing Director of DKSB), Jürn Schmidt (Hansa Meyer Global)

The citizens' initiative AVS & Friends also received a donation this year. Affected by his

own cancer experiences, Andreas von Salzen, the founder of the Association, has had

the great desire, since his recovery, to help cancer, and thereby financially distressed

patients and their families. His personal tragedy gave birth to such a successful citizens'

initiative of the Bremen middle class with a clear message: "Actions speak louder than

words!" Life with cancer requires a lot of strength and raises many questions, and, in

this, job, family and friends acquire different values.

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Press Release

PM7 – Hansa Meyer Global supports organizations working for children

Hansa Meyer Global strengthens Sales Team Bremen-based transport architect takes the sales offensive in Germany – market shares to be increased and new markets to be tapped

Bremen, April 8, 2015 – Hansa Meyer Global group of companies reinforces its sales

activities in Germany as part of the growth strategy. For this purpose the logistics expert

for oversized and heavyweight goods managed to recruit not only COO Henrique

Wohltmann, but also further high achievers.

Dino Rega who – prior to his engagement for Hansa Meyer Global – gained experience

in the field of High and Heavy Transports all over Europe for more than ten years broad-

ens this segment in his new company. Monika Beckfeld worked for a leading logistics

company for more than eight years before joining Hansa Meyer Global. She will be con-

centrating on the acquisition of new customers in the field of EPCs and the Oil-and-Gas

industry.

All in all the Sales Team in Germany has been newly structured. Johann Peter Knötig

will use his knowledge from the function as branch manager in Stuttgart for the sales

activities in the European market as well as Michael Mönning and Günter Siewert – both

Director Sales and employed at the project forwarder for many years.

“We are excellently positioned to serve the European market even better and to open up

new industry segments”, Managing Director Jürn Schmidt commenting on the realign-

ment of the sales division.