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Pitney Bowes Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Results for 2007

  • Revenue growth of 8% for the quarter and 7% for the year
  • Adjusted earnings per diluted share of $.72 for the quarter and $2.72 per diluted share for the year
  • GAAP loss per diluted share of $.27 for the quarter and earnings per diluted share of $1.66 for the year
  • Free cash flow of $374 million for the quarter and $924 million for the year
  • Cash from operations of $364 million for the quarter and $ 1.1 billion for the year
  • Company reaffirms guidance of $2.80 to $2.90 for adjusted earnings per diluted share for 2008

STAMFORD, Conn., Feb 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today reported 2007 fourth quarter and annual financial results.

Revenue increased 8 percent for the quarter to $1.7 billion and 7 percent for the year to $6.1 billion. This compares with the company's guidance range of 6 to 9 percent growth for the quarter and 6 to 8 percent growth for the year.

The company's adjusted income from continuing operations was $157 million for the quarter and $601 million for the year. Adjusted income for the quarter and the year excludes charges related to the initiatives the company announced on November 15, 2007 to reduce costs, accelerate improvements in operational efficiency and transition its product line; an impairment of certain intangible assets; tax adjustments; and the alignment of MapInfo's accounting treatment for software revenue recognition with the company's policies. Adjusted income also excludes $10 million of income from discontinued operations for the quarter and $6 million of income for the year. On a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) basis, the company reported a net loss for the quarter of $58 million and net income of $367 million for the year.

Adjusted earnings per diluted share for the fourth quarter was $.72, which compares with the company's guidance of $.67 to $.71 and $.77 for the prior year. Adjusted earnings per diluted share for the year was $2.72, which compares with the company's guidance of $2.67 to $2.71 and $2.69 for the prior year. On a GAAP basis, the company reported a net loss per diluted share of $.27 for the fourth quarter, compared with earnings of $.71 per diluted share for the prior year. Earnings per diluted share for the year on a GAAP basis was $1.66, compared with $.47 for the prior year.

The company's results for the quarter and the year are further summarized in the table below:

                                Fourth Quarter       Full Year 2007
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Adjusted EPS                           $.72              $2.72
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Restructuring                        ($0.32)            ($0.32)
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Asset Impairments                    ($0.55)            ($0.56)
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Tax Adjustments                      ($0.15)            ($0.16)
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
MapInfo Accounting                   ($0.01)            ($0.05)
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Discontinued Operations               $0.05              $0.03
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
GAAP EPS                             ($0.27)             $1.66
----------------------------- ------------------- --------------------

Free cash flow for the quarter was $374 million. Free cash flow for the year was $924 million, which compares with the company's guidance of $625 million to $675 million. Free cash flow for the quarter and the year reflects lower utilization of cash for capital expenditures and working capital; lower tax payments; lower finance receivables; an increase in customer deposits for postage; and proceeds from the sale of one of the company's facilities.

The company generated $364 million in cash from operations for the quarter and $1.1 billion for the year.

During the quarter, the company used $72 million of cash for dividends and $120 million to repurchase 3.1 million of its shares. The remaining authorization for future share repurchases is $407 million. For the year, the company returned $289 million to shareholders through dividends and repurchased $400 million of its shares.

Commenting on the quarter and the year, President and CEO Murray D. Martin noted, "We anticipated the factors that affected our results for the quarter, and are pleased with the positive impact of the actions we have taken in response to current conditions. During the quarter, we also benefited from the ongoing demand by large enterprise customers for our expanded software solutions and the continued success of our mail services business. As a result, we exceeded our revised earnings expectations. We also achieved exceptionally strong levels of free cash flow, which gives us the financial flexibility to invest in the future and return cash to our shareholders.

While we faced several challenges in 2007, we believe the actions we took in the fourth quarter, and that we will continue to take in 2008, will position the company for sustained, long-term improvement in earnings and increased shareholder value. We have the world's most advanced mailing systems that are networkable and capable of accommodating a wide variety of postal rates and facilitating services that posts worldwide currently offer and will offer mailers in the future. We recognize the challenges ahead of us and have taken decisive actions to improve customer service, streamline our processes, and reduce our cost structure."

Business Segment Results

Mailstream Solutions includes worldwide revenue and related expenses from the sale, rental, and financing of mail finishing, mail creation, shipping, and production mail equipment; supplies; mailing and multi-vendor support services; payment solutions; and mailing and customer communication software.

In the fourth quarter, Mailstream Solutions revenue increased 4 percent to $1.2 billion and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) declined 4 percent to $329 million, when compared with the prior year.

Within Mailstream Solutions:

U.S. Mailing revenue declined 9 percent to $566 million and EBIT declined 7 percent to $228 million. As expected, the segment's revenue and EBIT for the quarter were adversely affected by lower equipment sales due to the wind-down of meter migration, a shift in the timing of revenue due to the postal rate case in the first half of the year, and weak economic conditions.

International Mailing revenue grew 12 percent to $305 million and EBIT decreased 4 percent to $46 million. International Mailing revenue growth benefited by about 12 percent from favorable currency translation but was adversely affected by lower equipment sales in Europe and Canada. As discussed in October, EBIT margin comparisons with the prior year were adversely affected by incremental expenses related to the outsourcing of the company's order and financial processing. However, the EBIT margin improved by 180 basis points when compared with the third quarter due to improved performance in the UK.

Worldwide revenue for Production Mail grew 6 percent to $190 million while EBIT declined 8 percent to $31 million. Revenue growth was driven by higher equipment placements in the U.S. and Asia; however, lower equipment sales in Europe and Canada offset this growth. Favorable currency translation contributed about 6 percent to growth. The EBIT margin declined due to the favorable effects of meter migration in the prior year.

Software revenue increased 95 percent to $122 million and EBIT increased 52 percent to $25 million. Results for the quarter were driven by demand for location intelligence and customer communication software and software solutions outside of the U.S. The acquisition of MapInfo contributed 62 percent to revenue growth and favorable currency translation contributed 6 percent. EBIT benefited from operating leverage resulting from the increase in revenue.

Mailstream Services includes worldwide revenue and related expenses from facilities management contracts, reprographics, document management, and other value-added services for targeted customer markets; mail services operations, which include presort mail services and cross-border mail services; and marketing services.

For the quarter, Mailstream Services reported revenue growth of 17 percent to $480 million, and EBIT increased 5 percent to $45 million, versus the prior year.

Within Mailstream Services:

Management Services revenue increased 12 percent to $309 million for the quarter and EBIT increased 1 percent to $22 million. The segment's revenue growth for the quarter benefited from the acquisition of a French-based business services company, which added about 9 percent to growth, and favorable currency translation, which added about 3 percent to growth. The segment's revenue and EBIT were adversely affected by continued weakness in legal solutions and slower business in government solutions.

Mail Services revenue grew 32 percent to $124 million and EBIT grew 60 percent to $21 million. Revenue growth was driven by both presort and cross-border mail services, while EBIT benefited from operating leverage from the increase in mail volume and increased operating efficiencies.

Marketing Services revenue increased 11 percent to $47 million as the segment's results benefited from acquisitions during the year, which added about 11 percent to revenue growth, and the continued expansion of marketing services programs. However, EBIT declined 70 percent to $2 million when compared with the prior year due to lower revenue and profit in the company's motor vehicle registration services program.

2008 Guidance

The company reaffirms the 2008 guidance it provided on November 15, 2007; it expects 2008 revenue growth in the range of 6 to 9 percent and adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations in the range of $2.80 to $2.90.

Adjusted earnings per diluted share excludes charges related to the initiatives that the company announced on November 15, 2007 to reduce costs, accelerate improvements in operational efficiency and transition its product line. The company anticipates that the restructuring and asset impairment charges in 2008 in connection with these initiatives will be in the range of $20 million to $100 million ($0.07 to $0.34 per diluted share). Adjusted earnings per diluted share also excludes the final $0.01 per share impact during the first quarter of 2008 for the alignment of MapInfo's accounting treatment for software revenue recognition with the company's policies.

On a GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share from continuing operations is expected to be in the range of $2.45 to $2.82.

The 2008 earnings guidance is summarized in the table below.

Continuing Operations               Full Year 2008    Full Year 2007
---------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------
Adjusted EPS                        $2.80 to $2.90         $2.72
---------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------
Restructuring & Asset Impairments  ($0.07 to $0.34)       ($0.87)
---------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------
Tax Adjustments                           N/A             ($0.16)
---------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------
MapInfo Accounting                      ($0.01)           ($0.05)
---------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------
GAAP EPS                            $2.45 to $2.82         $1.63
---------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------

The company also reaffirms its guidance for free cash flow for 2008 in the range of $600 million to $675 million.

Management of Pitney Bowes will discuss the company's results in a broadcast over the Internet today at 5:00 p.m. EST. Instructions for listening to the earnings results via the Web are available on the Investor Relations page of the company's web site at www.pb.com/investorrelations.

Pitney Bowes engineers the flow of communication. The company is a $6.1 billion global leader of mailstream solutions headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. For more information about the company, its products, services and solutions, visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Pitney Bowes has presented in this earnings release diluted earnings per share on an adjusted basis. Also, management has included a presentation of free cash flow on an adjusted basis, adjusted income from continuing operations, and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). Management believes this presentation provides a reasonable basis on which to present the adjusted financial information, and is provided to assist in investors' understanding of the company's results of operations. The company's financial results are reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, earnings per share, income from continuing operations, and free cash flow results are adjusted to exclude the impact of special items such as transition initiatives, restructuring charges, accounting adjustments and write downs of assets, which materially impact the comparability of the company's results of operations. Although transition initiatives and restructuring charges represent actual expenses to the company, these charges might mask the periodic income and financial and operating trends associated with our business. The use of free cash flow has limitations. GAAP cash flow has the advantage of including all cash available to the company after actual expenditures for all purposes. Free cash flow permits a shareholder insight into the amount of cash that management could have available for discretionary uses if it made different decisions about employing its cash. It adjusts for long-term commitments such as capital expenditures, as well as special items like cash used for restructuring charges, unusual tax payments and contributions to its pension funds. Of course, these items use cash that is not otherwise available to the company and are important expenditures. Management compensates for these limitations by using a combination of GAAP cash flow and free cash flow in doing its planning.

The adjusted financial information and certain financial measures such as EBIT are intended to be more indicative of the ongoing operations and economic results of the company. EBIT excludes interest payments and taxes, both cash items, and as a result, has the effect of showing a greater amount of earnings than net income. The company uses EBIT, in addition to net income and income from continuing operations, for purposes of measuring the performance of its unit management team. The interest rates and tax rates applicable to the company generally are outside the control of management, and it can be useful to judge performance independent of those variables.

The adjusted financial information should be viewed as a supplement to, rather than a replacement for, the financial results reported in accordance with GAAP. Further, our definition of this adjusted financial information may differ from similarly titled measures used by other companies.

Pitney Bowes has provided in supplemental schedules attached for reference adjusted financial information and a quantitative reconciliation of the differences between the adjusted financial measures with the financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, except with respect to our guidance because it would not be meaningful. Additional reconciliation of adjusted financial measures to financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP may be found at the company's web site www.pb.com/investorrelations in the Investor Relations section.

The information contained in this document is as of December 31, 2007. Quarterly results are preliminary and unaudited. This document contains "forward-looking statements" about our expected future business and financial performance. Pitney Bowes assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information or future events or developments. Words such as "estimate," "project," "plan," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. For us forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about possible restructuring charges and our future guidance, including our expected revenue in the fourth quarter and full year 2007, and our expected diluted earnings per share for the full year 2008. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: negative developments in economic conditions, including adverse impacts on customer demand, timely development and acceptance of new products or gaining product approval; successful entry into new markets; changes in interest rates; and changes in postal regulations, as more fully outlined in the company's 2006 Form 10-K Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the forward-looking statements are subject to change based on the timing and specific terms of any announced acquisitions or dispositions.

Note: Consolidated statements of income for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, and consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2007 and September 30, 2007 are attached.


                          Pitney Bowes Inc.
                  Consolidated Statements of Income
                             (Unaudited)
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(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

                    Three Months Ended         Twelve Months Ended
                          Dec 31,                    Dec 31,
                --------------------------- --------------------------
                    2007          2006          2007         2006
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------
Revenue from:
 Equipment sales$    373,670  $    412,883  $  1,335,538 $  1,372,566
 Supplies            101,281        89,182       393,478      339,594
 Software            122,440        62,801       346,020      202,415
 Rentals             186,697       194,811       739,130      785,068
 Financing           203,463       186,992       790,121      725,131
 Support
  services           196,318       187,157       760,915      716,556
 Business
  services           480,378       412,006     1,764,593    1,588,688
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

      Total
       revenue     1,664,247     1,545,832     6,129,795    5,730,018
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

Costs and
 expenses:
 Cost of
  equipment
  sales              215,027       207,707       696,900      693,535
 Cost of
  supplies            28,793        23,560       106,702       90,035
 Cost of
  software            27,724        10,625        82,097       42,951
 Cost of rentals      42,879        43,421       171,191      171,491
 Cost of support
  services           112,492       101,298       433,324      400,089
 Cost of
  business
  services           371,894       324,941     1,380,541    1,242,226
 Selling,
  general and
  administrative     513,871       470,641     1,907,160    1,764,260
 Research and
  development         47,301        40,959       185,665      165,368
 Interest, net        62,217        51,996       241,871      212,596
 Restructuring
  and asset
  impairments        259,713        18,590       264,013       35,999
 Other expense,
  net                      -        (3,022)        (380)       (3,022)
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

      Total
       costs and
       expenses    1,681,911     1,290,716     5,469,084    4,815,528
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

(Loss) income
 from continuing
 operations
 before income
 taxes               (17,664)      255,116       660,711      914,490

Provision for
 income taxes         45,656        87,782       280,222      335,004
Minority
 interest              4,838         4,013        19,242       13,827
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

(Loss) income
 from continuing
 operations          (68,158)      163,321       361,247      565,659

Discontinued
 operations           10,229        (4,048)        5,534     (460,312)
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

Net (loss)
 income         $    (57,929) $    159,273  $    366,781 $    105,347
                ============= ============= ============ =============

Basic earnings
 per share
  Continuing
   operations   $      (0.32) $       0.74  $       1.65 $       2.54
  Discontinued
   operations           0.05         (0.02)         0.03        (2.07)
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

  Net (loss)
   income       $      (0.27) $       0.72  $       1.68 $       0.47
                ============= ============= ============ =============

Diluted earnings
 per share
  Continuing
   operations   $      (0.31) $       0.73  $       1.63 $       2.51
  Discontinued
   operations           0.05         (0.02)         0.03        (2.04)
                ------------- ------------- ------------ -------------

  Net (loss)
   income       $      (0.27) $       0.71  $       1.66 $       0.47
                ============= ============= ============ =============

Average common
 and potential
 common shares
 outstanding     218,219,350   224,195,925   221,219,746  225,443,060
                ============= ============= ============ =============


Note: The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not
 equal the totals above due to rounding.


                          Pitney Bowes Inc.
                           Revenue and EBIT
                          Business Segments
                          December 31, 2007
                             (Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)
                                                                  %
                                           2007        2006     Change
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
Fourth Quarter
--------------------------------------

     Revenue
     ---------------------------------

     U.S. Mailing                       $  565,540  $  620,301    (9%)
     International Mailing                 305,473     271,639    12%
     Production Mail                       190,416     179,085     6%
     Software                              122,440      62,801    95%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
        Mailstream Solutions             1,183,869   1,133,826     4%

     Management Services                   308,889     275,631    12%
     Mail Services                         124,200      93,851    32%
     Marketing Services                     47,289      42,524    11%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
        Mailstream Services                480,378     412,006    17%

                                        ----------- ----------- ------
     Total Revenue                      $1,664,247  $1,545,832     8%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------

     EBIT (1)
     ---------------------------------

     U.S. Mailing                       $  227,799  $  245,841    (7%)
     International Mailing                  45,946      47,812    (4%)
     Production Mail                        30,503      33,063    (8%)
     Software                               24,569      16,161    52%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
        Mailstream Solutions               328,817     342,877    (4%)

     Management Services                    22,122      21,801     1%
     Mail Services                          20,603      12,885    60%
     Marketing Services                      2,481       8,253   (70%)
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
        Mailstream Services                 45,206      42,939     5%

                                        ----------- ----------- ------
     Total EBIT                         $  374,023  $  385,816    (3%)
                                        ----------- ----------- ------

     Unallocated amounts:
        Interest, net                      (62,217)    (51,996)
        Corporate expense                  (63,629)    (63,136)
        Restructuring and asset
         impairments                      (259,713)    (18,590)
        MapInfo purchase accounting         (3,172)          -
        Other items                         (2,956)      3,022
                                        ----------- -----------
     (Loss) income before income taxes     (17,664) $  255,116
                                        =========== ===========


 (1) Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excludes general
      corporate expenses, restructuring and asset impairments, MapInfo
      purchase accounting alignment and other items.


                          Pitney Bowes Inc.
                           Revenue and EBIT
                          Business Segments
                          December 31, 2007
                             (Unaudited)
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(Dollars in thousands)
                                                                  %
                                           2007        2006     Change
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
Year To Date
--------------------------------------

    Revenue
    ----------------------------------

    U.S. Mailing                        $2,346,431  $2,350,284     0%
    International Mailing                1,069,713   1,013,278     6%
    Production Mail                        603,038     575,353     5%
    Software                               346,020     202,415    71%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
       Mailstream Solutions              4,365,202   4,141,330     5%

    Management Services                  1,134,767   1,073,911     6%
    Mail Services                          458,983     369,765    24%
    Marketing Services                     170,843     145,012    18%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
       Mailstream Services               1,764,593   1,588,688    11%

                                        ----------- ----------- ------
    Total Revenue                       $6,129,795  $5,730,018     7%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------

    EBIT (1)
    ----------------------------------

    U.S. Mailing                        $  956,375  $  943,657     1%
    International Mailing                  162,257     179,377   (10%)
    Production Mail                         73,003      65,574    11%
    Software                                55,318      33,343    66%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
       Mailstream Solutions              1,246,953   1,221,951     2%

    Management Services                     76,051      83,169    (9%)
    Mail Services                           64,707      42,986    51%
    Marketing Services                       8,930      20,056   (55%)
                                        ----------- ----------- ------
       Mailstream Services                 149,688     146,211     2%

                                        ----------- ----------- ------
    Total EBIT                          $1,396,641  $1,368,162     2%
                                        ----------- ----------- ------

    Unallocated amounts:
       Interest, net                      (241,871)   (212,596)
       Corporate expense                  (210,544)   (208,099)
       Restructuring and asset
        impairments                       (264,013)    (35,999)
       MapInfo purchase accounting         (16,926)          -
       Other items                          (2,576)      3,022
                                        ----------- -----------
    Income before income taxes          $  660,711  $  914,490
                                        =========== ===========


(1) Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excludes general
     corporate expenses, restructuring and asset impairments, MapInfo
     purchase accounting alignment and other items.


                          Pitney Bowes Inc.
                     Consolidated Balance Sheets
                             (Unaudited)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Assets                                         12/31/07     09/30/07
------                                       ------------ ------------
Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents                   $   377,176  $   338,763
 Short-term investments, at cost which
  approximates market                             63,279       98,101
 Accounts receivable, less allowances:
      12/07 $49,324     09/07 $46,532            841,072      826,917
 Finance receivables, less allowances:
      12/07 $45,859     09/07 $44,220          1,498,486    1,492,149
 Inventories                                     197,962      257,086
 Other current assets and prepayments            258,411      257,670
                                             ------------ ------------

      Total current assets                     3,236,386    3,270,686
                                             ------------ ------------

Property, plant and equipment, net               627,918      664,592
Rental property and equipment, net               435,927      506,062
Long-term finance receivables, less
 allowances:
      12/07 $32,512     09/07 $33,476          1,533,773    1,574,072
Investment in leveraged leases                   249,191      248,850
Goodwill                                       2,299,858    2,197,015
Intangible assets, net                           457,188      479,767
Other assets                                     598,377      575,835
                                             ------------ ------------

Total assets                                 $ 9,438,618  $ 9,516,879
                                             ============ ============

Liabilities and stockholders' equity
------------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities    $ 1,965,567  $ 1,748,183
 Income taxes payable                             72,190      130,364
 Notes payable and current portion of
  long-term obligations                          953,767    1,102,053
 Advance billings                                540,254      541,988
                                             ------------ ------------

      Total current liabilities                3,531,778    3,522,588
                                             ------------ ------------

Deferred taxes on income                         671,081      523,976
Long-term debt                                 3,802,075    3,793,974
Other noncurrent liabilities                     406,216      454,971
                                             ------------ ------------

      Total liabilities                        8,411,150    8,295,509
                                             ------------ ------------

Preferred stockholders' equity in a
 subsidiary company                              384,165      384,165

Stockholders' equity:
 Cumulative preferred stock, $50 par
  value, 4% convertible                                7            7
 Cumulative preference stock, no par
  value, $2.12 convertible                         1,003        1,026
 Common stock, $1 par value                      323,338      323,338
 Capital in excess of par value                  252,185      250,079
 Retained earnings                             4,133,756    4,263,276
 Accumulated other comprehensive income           88,656       43,416
 Treasury stock, at cost                      (4,155,642)  (4,043,937)
                                             ------------ ------------

      Total stockholders' equity                 643,303      837,205
                                             ------------ ------------

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 9,438,618  $ 9,516,879
                                             ============ ============


                          Pitney Bowes Inc.
 Reconciliation of Reported Consolidated Results to Adjusted Results
                             (Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

                          Three months ended    Twelve months ended
                              December 31,           December 31,
                          -------------------- -----------------------
                            2007       2006       2007        2006
                          --------- ---------- ----------- -----------

GAAP income from
 continuing operations
 after income taxes, as
 reported                 $(68,158) $ 163,321  $  361,247  $  565,659
    Restructuring and
     asset impairments     190,156     11,898     192,628      23,039
    Tax adjustment          32,461          -      36,063      20,000
    MapInfo Purchase
     accounting              2,094          -      11,171           -
    Other items                233     (1,933)          4      (1,933)
                          --------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Income from continuing
 operations after income
 taxes, as adjusted       $156,786  $ 173,286  $  601,113  $  606,765
                          ========= ========== =========== ===========


GAAP diluted earnings per
 share from continuing
 operations, as reported  $  (0.31) $    0.73  $     1.63  $     2.51
    Restructuring and
     asset impairments        0.87       0.05        0.87        0.10
    Tax adjustment            0.15          -        0.16        0.09
    MapInfo Purchase
     accounting               0.01          -        0.05           -
    Other items               0.00      (0.01)       0.00       (0.01)
                          --------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Diluted earnings per share
 from continuing
 operations, as adjusted  $   0.72  $    0.77  $     2.72  $     2.69
                          ========= ========== =========== ===========


GAAP net cash provided by
 operating activities, as
 reported                 $363,700  $(622,365) $1,060,465  $ (286,575)
     Capital expenditures  (62,643)   (84,015)   (264,656)   (327,873)
     Proceeds from sale of
      training facility     29,608          -      29,608           -
     Reserve account
      deposits              36,160     18,390      62,666      28,780
     Restructuring
      payments and
      discontinued
      operations             7,300     11,972      35,831      68,407
     IRS/Capital Services
      tax payment                -    802,200           -   1,040,700
                          --------- ---------- ----------- -----------

Free cash flow, as
 adjusted                 $374,125  $ 126,182  $  923,914  $  523,439
                          ========= ========== =========== ===========


Note: The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the
 totals above due to rounding.

SOURCE: Pitney Bowes Inc.

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Editorial -
Sheryl Y. Battles, VP, Corp. Communications
203-351-6808
or
Financial -
Charles F. McBride, VP, Investor Relations
203-351-6349
www.pitneybowes.com