Dear Mr Nkenu,

Thank you for your email of 20 March 2014 regarding the tree planting exercise you are planning to hold to support Tunza Eco-Generation, the Environmental Networking Platform for Children and Youth by Samsung Engineering and UNEP. You ask if KLM could sponsor your initiative. Having carefully reviewed your request I regret to inform you that KLM will be unable to make a contribution.

KLM receives hundreds of requests for support every week, ranging from the donation of money, tickets or cargo capacity, to the publication of advertisements. The number of appeals is in fact so great that we have had to impose a strict sponsorship policy, based on a number of binding criteria. This policy allows us to support several worthy causes annually, in the areas of medical care, the environment, and the arts. KLM supports WNF, the Dutch branch of WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).

That means we have to turn down a lot of projects, many of which have very laudable aims. The sheer volume of requests, as well as the economic situation, forces us to make choices, even if the plea is limited to a small contribution or only a few tickets.

I fully understand that our decision will come as a disappointment to you, but I hope I have given you some insight into the nature of our sponsorship policy. I wish you all the best.

Yours sincerely,

KLM CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Ms Gees-Ineke Smit

Sponsoring Consultant

For more information, please visit our website:http://www.klm.com/corporate/en/topics/sponsoring/