Love to Speak at United Way International's 2006 World Assembly

LANHAM, Md., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced that Jon Love, president of Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, has been re-elected to the Board of the United Way International (UWI) and will serve as Secretary of the Board. Mr. Love joined the UWI Board in 2001.

Mr. Love also will give the introductory address at UWI's 2006 World Assembly, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia from May 2 - 5.

"I am honored to continue my participation on the Board of the United Way International," said Mr. Love. "Pitney Bowes is a long-time advocate of corporate social responsibility, and we share the United Way's vision to better our communities by working in partnership to identify social issues and solve problems that have an impact on where we work and live.

"It is also my pleasure to be representing Pitney Bowes at the World Assembly, the bi-annual global gathering of government officials, business leaders, volunteers and others who share a common goal to improve their respective communities and to enhance social investment worldwide," he added.

Mr. Love was appointed president of Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, which helps federal agencies achieve their mission-critical objectives by delivering world-class mail, document management and logistics solutions, in March 2005. Since then, Mr. Love and his team have had great success in winning several high profile contracts with a variety of civilian and military agencies of the government.

Prior to Pitney Bowes, Mr. Love was with Robbins-Gioia, HCI Technologies, Lucent Technologies, Avaya and AT&T. He began his career with AT&T in 1983. Mr. Love also serves on the Board of the United Service Organizations (USO) for the Washington, DC Metro Area.

About Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes provides the world's most comprehensive suite of mailstream software, hardware, services and solutions to help companies manage their flow of mail, documents and packages to improve communication. Pitney Bowes, with $5.6 billion in annual revenue, takes an all-inclusive view of its customers' operations, helping organizations of all sizes enjoy the competitive advantage that comes from an optimized mailstream. The company's 86 years of technological leadership have produced many major mailstream innovations, and it is consistently on the Intellectual Property Owners Association's list of top U.S. patent holders. With approximately 35,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes services more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations. More information about the company can be found at http://www.pb.com.

     Contact:  Colette Cote
               Pitney Bowes Inc.
               203-351-6132
               colette.cote@pb.com


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