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                          At its meeting of 9 June 2008, the Board of Directors of Geodis appointed Jean-
 Louis Demeulenaere and Alain Picard as Deputy Chief Executive Officers
            on the recommendation of Pierre Blayau
                                                        Clichy, 9 June 2008

Appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Strategic Planning, 
Business Development and Operations, Jean-Louis Demeulenaere will now also head 
the Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Groupage and Full Truckload 
divisions.

Appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Finance, Alain 
Picard has also been appointed Senior Vice President in charge of Finance for 
SNCF's Transport & Logistics division.

Jean-Louis Demeulenaere, 56, graduated from École Supérieure de Commerce de 
Paris to begin his career at Société Générale. He then went on to work for 
major industrial groups Thomson, Alcatel and Shell, first within Corporate 
Finance and subsequently as a member of senior management. He joined Tailleur 
Industrie in 1993 and at the end of 1996 became Vice President of the Logistics 
division for Geodis, before being appointed Managing Director of Geodis 
Solutions in 2001. In June 2006, he was appointed Senior Vice President 
responsible for Strategic Planning and Business Development.

Alain Picard, 44, graduated from ESSEC to pursue a career in finance and 
purchasing. He held successive management positions at Rhône Poulenc, Valéo and 
PPR, going on to serve as Director of Financial Planning and Management Control 
for Moulinex. He then worked as Director of Budgets and Financial Planning for 
EDF, before joining Geodis in 2001 as Director of Management Control and 
Purchasing. Senior Vice President in charge of Finance and Purchasing since 
June 2006, he has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance since 
April 2007.



Geodis, one of Europe's leading logistics companies.       ISIN code:       FR0000038283
2007 revenue: €4.8 billion.                                Reuters code:    GEOD.PA
25,500 employees.                                          Bloomberg code:  GEO.FP
A network spanning 120 countries.

Contact: Véronique Piegts
7/9, allées de l'Europe - 92615 Clichy Cedex
Tel.: + 33 (0)1 56 76 27 05 - Fax: + 33(0) 1 56 76 26 34
Email: veronique.piegts@geodis.com
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