Pitney Bowes (PBI)

U.S. Pension Plan

The following assumptions relate to our U.K. qualified pension plan, which is our largest foreign plan. We determine our discount rate for the U.K. retirement benefit plan by using a model that discounts each year’s estimated benefit payments by an applicable spot rate. These spot rates are derived from a yield curve created from a large number of high quality corporate bonds. Accordingly, our discount rate assumption was 6.3% at December 31, 2008 and 5.8% at December 31, 2007. The rate of compensation increase assumption reflects our actual experience and best estimate of future increases. Our estimate of the rate of compensation increase was 4.3% at December 31, 2008 and 4.7% at December 31, 2007. Our expected return on plan assets is determined based on historical portfolio results, the plan’s asset mix and future expectations of market rates of return on the types of assets in the plan. Our expected return on plan assets assumption was 7.25% in 2008 and 7.75% at December 31, 2007.

U.K. Pension Plan

Delayed recognition principles

In accordance with SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions, actual pension plan results that differ from our assumptions and estimates are accumulated and amortized over the estimated future working life of the plan participants and will therefore affect pension expense recognized and obligations recorded in future periods. We also base our net pension expense primarily on a market related valuation of plan assets. In accordance with this approach, we recognize differences between the actual and expected return on plan assets primarily over a five-year period and as a result future pension expense will be impacted when these previously deferred gains or losses are recorded. See the new accounting pronouncements below for the effect of SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Pension and Other Post Retirement Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R).

U.S. Pension Plan

Each of Messrs. Critelli, Martin and Nolop and Mses. Mayes and Torsone participate in the U.S. Pension Plan. Effective September 1,1997, the company revised the U.S. Pension Plan such that the benefit payable under the plan is no longer a function solely of years of service and final average earnings. Under the revised formula, employees receive annual credits of a percentage of their earnings. The annual percentage ranges from 2% to 10%, plus an additional 2% to 6% of such earnings in excess of the social security wage base, and increases as the sum of age and years of service increases. “Earnings” for purposes of the plan, means the average of the five highest consecutive annual pay amounts (base salary plus annual incentive) during a participant’s service with the company. An employee will be 100% vested in his U.S. Pension Plan account after five years of service.

In connection with the adoption of the revisions to the U.S. Pension Plan, all participants who qualified under a prescribed formula, including certain of the Named Executive Officers, are eligible for certain “grandfather” and transition provisions that are intended to avoid undue impairment of any participant’s pension as a result of the new formula. Certain long-service participants may be entitled to receive their benefit computed under the old formula, if such amount is greater than that computed under the new formula.

Under the qualified U.S. Pension Plan, employees receive retirement benefits each year based on compensation up to a maximum of $210,000 for 2005. The Named Executive Officers who participate in the U.S. Pension Plan are also eligible to accrue supplemental pension benefits, which vest after five years of service. Pension amounts for compensation above $210,000 are accrued under the nonqualified Supplemental Pension Plan based on the same formula used under the qualified plan for other employees. The aggregate benefits payable to an executive officer under both the qualified U.S. Pension Plan and the nonqualified Supplemental Pension Plan are subject to the following general limit: years of credited service multiplied by 16.5% of five-year average pay. Neither the Executive Compensation Committee nor the board has granted any special “credits” to any of the Named Executive Officers under the Supplemental Pension Plan, and all payout obligations are based solely upon the actual periods of service to the company of the respective Named Executive Officers. The annual pension benefit to which each of the Named Executive Officers participating in the U.S. pension plans would be entitled had he or she retired on December 31, 2005 (disregarding any limitation on vesting), expressed as a life annuity beginning at age 65 is as follows: $953,544 for Mr. Critelli; $244,833 for Mr. Martin; $40,188 for Mr. Nolop; $14,715 for Ms. Mayes; and $107,433 for Ms. Torsone. Other than Ms. Mayes, who joined the company in 2003, all of the Named Executive Officers are fully vested in their pension benefit.

U.K. Pension Plan

Mr. Keddy participates in a pension plan maintained for U.K. employees. Under the plan formula, employees accrue 1/80th of their Pensionable Pay, for purposes of the U.K. plan, for each year of service. “Pensionable Pay” for purposes of the plan, is the average of the highest three consecutive years of pay (base pay plus bonus) out of the last ten consecutive years of employment.

The annual pension benefit to which Mr. Keddy would be entitled had he retired on December 31, 2005, expressed as a life annuity beginning at age 65 is $149,338. Mr. Keddy is fully vested in his pension benefit.