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- PostNL N.V. provides mail, parcels, and e-commerce logistics services primarily in the Netherlands and Benelux region; collects, transports, sorts, and delivers letters, printed matter, parcels, documents, and freight; offers data and document management, direct marketing, fulfilment, and cross-border solutions through platforms like Spring Global Delivery Solutions, Postcon in Germany, and Nexive in Italy; and supports e-commerce with automated parcel lockers, international distribution hubs, and partner carriers to over 200 countries. The company operates through segments including Mail in the Netherlands, E-commerce, Platforms, and PostNL Other, with geographic focus on the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, rest of Europe, and worldwide markets; targets businesses, webshops, consumers, and public sector via universal postal obligations and commercial propositions. Founded in 1998 as successor to KPN's postal division and formerly known as TNT N.V. until the 2011 name change and TNT Express spin-off, PostNL N.V. is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. In September 2025, PostNL announced its Breakthrough 2028 strategy, splitting the Parcels segment into E-commerce and Platforms as of January 2026, targeting revenue above €4,000 million, normalised EBIT over €175 million, free cash flow exceeding €75 million, and ROIC above 12% by 2028 through out-of-home network expansion to 3,600 lockers, AI-driven innovations, and international growth; it also opened a fulfilment centre in Mannheim, Germany in November 2025, completed a tender offer for €195 million of 2026 notes, and advanced automated parcel locker utilisation to 50% with expansions like in-store units at Hoogvliet supermarkets.