Expected next dividend:
Dividend Announcement Date: 11/20/2009
Dividend Record Date: 12/14/2009
Dividend Pay Date: 1/4/2010
Dividend Amount: 0.11

Available in the spring of 2010, SenseAware is an open and adaptive sensor information sharing platform. It is a multi-modal solution that will serve customers who desire near real-time visibility and insight into their shipments. SenseAware will provide business decision makers the ability to collaborate on many types of information data across their global supply chain.

SenseAware is permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration to be used during flight on FedEx aircraft and will allow customers to monitor in-transit conditions during ground transportation.

A SenseAware device riding with a FedEx shipment can provide the following information:

- Precise temperature readings

- A shipment's exact location

- When a shipment is opened or if the contents have been exposed to light

- Real-time alerts and analytics between trusted parties regarding the above vital signs of a shipment

"One of the basic needs we saw was a sensor-based logistics industry that wasn't solidifying as quickly as we thought it should around useful sharing of sensor information," said Robert B. Carter, executive VP and chief information officer, FedEx. "We developed a point-of-view that sharing sensor information dynamically and in useful ways with supply chain partners proved too difficult, so we attacked this on a number of fronts and the result is SenseAware."

Available in 2010, FedEx said SenseAware will initially target the health care and life sciences industry. SenseAware was created through intensive research and beta-testing with customers within those industries. Pilot customers immediately recognized the benefits of the technology during an internal testing phase and realized the potential to shorten inventory turnaround time on closed loop shipments by having complete inbound visibility to all shipments.

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SOURCE: FedEx Corporation

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Expected next dividend:
Dividend Announcement Date: 11/20/2009
Dividend Record Date: 12/14/2009
Dividend Pay Date: 1/4/2010
Dividend Amount: 0.11