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These excerpts taken from the UPS 10-K filed Feb 27, 2009.

Products and Services

Our goal is to provide our customers with easy-to-use products and services. We seek to streamline their shipment processing and integrate critical transportation information into their own business processes, helping them create supply chain efficiencies, better serve their customers and improve their cash flows. These products and services support LTL and air freight shipments, as well as small package transportation. UPS offers a variety of technology solutions for automated shipping, visibility and billing. We believe we have the most comprehensive suite of such services in the industry.

Global Small Package.    Our global small package portfolio consists of a spectrum of export and domestic services. Export services are those provided for packages crossing a country’s borders, while domestic services are for packages that stay within the borders of a single country. We provide domestic services in 23 major countries outside the United States. This portfolio includes guaranteed delivery options to major cities around the world. We handle packages that weigh up to 150 pounds and are up to 165 inches in combined length and girth. We offer same-day pickup of air and ground packages. We also offer worldwide customs clearance service for any mode of transportation.

Additional products that provide enhanced shipping, visibility, billing and returns services are available to customers who require customized package solutions.

Our enhanced, data-driven package pick-up and delivery technology is the basis for new services introduced in 2007. For example, UPS introduced a unique paperless invoice service for international small package shippers that integrates order processing, shipment preparation and commercial invoice data and then transmits that data to customs offices across the globe, eliminating the need for paper commercial invoices. Another new offering, UPS Returns, is the first industry offering that facilitates international commerce for any size customer by simplifying package returns to 98 countries or territories. Package recipients can obtain international return labels and commercial invoices via e-mail, local post or from a UPS driver picking up the return package.

We provide our customers with easy access to UPS. There are almost 150,000 domestic and international access points to UPS. These include: 38,800 branded drop-boxes, 1,000 UPS Customer Centers, 6,000 independently owned and operated The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.® locations worldwide, 2,800 alliance partner locations, 13,200 Authorized Shipping Outlets and commercial counters, and 87,000 UPS drivers who can accept packages given to them.

Supply Chain Services.    Our freight forwarding and logistics businesses meet customers’ supply chain needs through a comprehensive portfolio of services, including:

 

   

Freight Forwarding: international air, full container load (“FCL”) and less than container load (“LCL”) ocean, rail and ground freight for all size shipments utilizing UPS and other carriers, and multimodal transportation network management.

 

   

Logistics and Distribution: supply chain management, distribution center design, planning and management, order fulfillment, inventory management, receiving and shipping, critical parts logistics, reverse logistics and cross docking.

 

   

International Trade Management: customs brokerage and international trade consulting.

 

   

Industry-specific Solutions: for healthcare, retail, high tech, automotive, industrial manufacturing and government customers.

 

 

 

UPS CapitalSM provides asset-based lending, global trade finance and export-import lending services.

In 2008, UPS launched a new, simplified global portfolio for shipping air freight, with guaranteed day-specific, door-to-door service as well as non-guaranteed service options.

 

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Freight Services.    UPS Freight provides LTL services through a network of owned and leased service centers and carrier partnerships. UPS Freight also provides our customers with truckload and dedicated truckload transportation solutions. Since expanding into the freight transport market, we have enhanced our value proposition through improvements in technology, operations and the customer experience. In 2007, we integrated all freight products, into our small package visibility systems, enabling shippers to view the status of package and freight shipments from a single web page. Since mid-2007, UPS Freight has accelerated transit times on over 12,000 lanes. Significant service and reliability improvements for freight transportation enabled us to implement a no-fee, guaranteed delivery service in early 2008 and expand it to Canadian deliveries later in the year.

Products and Services

STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Our goal is to provide our customers with easy-to-use products and services. We seek to streamline their shipment processing and integrate critical
transportation information into their own business processes, helping them create supply chain efficiencies, better serve their customers and improve their cash flows. These products and services support LTL and air freight shipments, as well as
small package transportation. UPS offers a variety of technology solutions for automated shipping, visibility and billing. We believe we have the most comprehensive suite of such services in the industry.

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Global Small Package.    Our global small package portfolio consists of a spectrum of export and domestic services. Export
services are those provided for packages crossing a country’s borders, while domestic services are for packages that stay within the borders of a single country. We provide domestic services in 23 major countries outside the United States. This
portfolio includes guaranteed delivery options to major cities around the world. We handle packages that weigh up to 150 pounds and are up to 165 inches in combined length and girth. We offer same-day pickup of air and ground packages. We also offer
worldwide customs clearance service for any mode of transportation.

Additional products that provide enhanced shipping, visibility,
billing and returns services are available to customers who require customized package solutions.

Our enhanced, data-driven package
pick-up and delivery technology is the basis for new services introduced in 2007. For example, UPS introduced a unique paperless invoice service for international small package shippers that integrates order processing, shipment preparation and
commercial invoice data and then transmits that data to customs offices across the globe, eliminating the need for paper commercial invoices. Another new offering, UPS Returns, is the first industry offering that facilitates international commerce
for any size customer by simplifying package returns to 98 countries or territories. Package recipients can obtain international return labels and commercial invoices via e-mail, local post or from a UPS driver picking up the return package.

We provide our customers with easy access to UPS. There are almost 150,000 domestic
and international access points to UPS. These include: 38,800 branded drop-boxes, 1,000 UPS Customer Centers, 6,000 independently owned and operated The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">®
locations worldwide, 2,800 alliance partner locations, 13,200 Authorized Shipping Outlets and commercial counters, and 87,000 UPS drivers who can accept packages given to them.

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Supply Chain Services.    Our freight forwarding and logistics businesses meet customers’ supply chain needs through a
comprehensive portfolio of services, including:

 







  

Freight Forwarding: international air, full container load (“FCL”) and less than container load (“LCL”) ocean, rail and ground freight
for all size shipments utilizing UPS and other carriers, and multimodal transportation network management.

 







  

Logistics and Distribution: supply chain management, distribution center design, planning and management, order fulfillment, inventory management, receiving
and shipping, critical parts logistics, reverse logistics and cross docking.

 







  

International Trade Management: customs brokerage and international trade consulting.

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Industry-specific Solutions: for healthcare, retail, high tech, automotive, industrial manufacturing and government customers.


 







 

 

UPS CapitalSMSIZE="2"> provides asset-based lending, global trade finance and export-import lending services.

In 2008, UPS launched a
new, simplified global portfolio for shipping air freight, with guaranteed day-specific, door-to-door service as well as non-guaranteed service options.

 


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Freight Services.    UPS Freight provides LTL services through a network of
owned and leased service centers and carrier partnerships. UPS Freight also provides our customers with truckload and dedicated truckload transportation solutions. Since expanding into the freight transport market, we have enhanced our value
proposition through improvements in technology, operations and the customer experience. In 2007, we integrated all freight products, into our small package visibility systems, enabling shippers to view the status of package and freight shipments
from a single web page. Since mid-2007, UPS Freight has accelerated transit times on over 12,000 lanes. Significant service and reliability improvements for freight transportation enabled us to implement a no-fee, guaranteed delivery service in
early 2008 and expand it to Canadian deliveries later in the year.

These excerpts taken from the UPS 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008.

Products and Services

Our goal is to provide our customers with easy-to-use products and services. We seek to streamline their shipment processing and integrate critical transportation information into their own business processes, helping them create supply chain efficiencies, better serve their customers and improve their cash flows. These products and services support LTL and air freight shipments, as well as small package transportation. UPS offers a variety of technology solutions for automated shipping, visibility and billing. We believe we have the most comprehensive suite of such services in the industry.

 

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Global Small Package.    Our global small package portfolio consists of air and ground services for package delivery to over 200 countries, providing delivery within one-to-two business days to the world’s major business centers. We offer a spectrum of export and domestic services. Export services are those provided for packages crossing a country’s borders, while domestic services are for packages that stay within the borders of a single country. We provide domestic services in 23 major countries outside the United States. This portfolio includes guaranteed delivery options to major cities around the world. We handle packages that weigh up to 150 pounds and are up to 165 inches in combined length and girth. We offer same-day pickup of air and ground packages. We also offer worldwide customs clearance service for any mode of transportation.

Additional products that provide enhanced shipping, visibility, billing and returns services are available to customers who require customized package solutions.

Our enhanced, data-driven package pick-up and delivery technology is the basis for new services introduced in 2007. For example, UPS Delivery Intercept enables a shipper to reroute a package while it is in transit. And UPS Proactive Response provides support to customers who require even greater control of their shipments. Shipments sent using this service are constantly monitored from pickup to delivery, watching for problems or delays, at which point prearranged intervention steps commence.

We provide our customers with easy access to UPS. There are approximately 150,000 domestic and international access points to UPS. These include: nearly 40,000 branded drop-boxes, more than 1,000 UPS Customer Centers, over 5,800 independently owned and operated The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.® locations worldwide (over 4,400 in the U.S.), more than 2,400 alliance partner locations, in excess of 15,000 Authorized Shipping Outlets and commercial counters, and more than 85,000 UPS drivers who can accept packages given to them.

Supply Chain Services.    Our freight forwarding and logistics businesses meet customers’ supply chain needs through a comprehensive portfolio of services, including:

 

   

Freight Forwarding: international air, full container load (“FCL”) and less than container load (“LCL”) ocean, rail and ground freight for all size shipments utilizing UPS and other carriers, and multimodal transportation network management.

 

   

Logistics and Distribution: supply chain management, distribution center design, planning and management, order fulfillment, inventory management, receiving and shipping, critical parts logistics, reverse logistics and cross docking.

 

   

International Trade Management: customs brokerage and international trade consulting.

 

   

Industry-specific Solutions: for healthcare, retail, high tech, automotive, industrial manufacturing and government customers.

 

 

 

UPS CapitalSM provides asset-based lending, global trade finance and export-import lending services.

Freight Services.    UPS Freight provides LTL services through a network of owned and leased service centers and carrier partnerships. UPS Freight also provides our customers with truckload and dedicated truckload transportation solutions. Since expanding into the freight transport market, we have enhanced our value proposition through improvements in technology, operations and the customer experience. These efforts have resulted in expanded market presence, despite a challenging economic environment. Significant service and reliability improvements for freight transportation enabled us to implement a no-fee, guaranteed delivery service in early 2008.

Products and Services

FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our goal is to provide our customers with easy-to-use products and services. We seek to streamline their shipment processing and integrate critical transportation information into their own business processes, helping
them create supply chain efficiencies, better serve their customers and improve their cash flows. These products and services support LTL and air freight shipments, as well as small package transportation. UPS offers a variety of technology
solutions for automated shipping, visibility and billing. We believe we have the most comprehensive suite of such services in the industry.

 


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Global Small Package.    Our global small package portfolio consists of air
and ground services for package delivery to over 200 countries, providing delivery within one-to-two business days to the world’s major business centers. We offer a spectrum of export and domestic services. Export services are those provided
for packages crossing a country’s borders, while domestic services are for packages that stay within the borders of a single country. We provide domestic services in 23 major countries outside the United States. This portfolio includes
guaranteed delivery options to major cities around the world. We handle packages that weigh up to 150 pounds and are up to 165 inches in combined length and girth. We offer same-day pickup of air and ground packages. We also offer worldwide customs
clearance service for any mode of transportation.

Additional products that provide enhanced shipping, visibility, billing and
returns services are available to customers who require customized package solutions.

Our enhanced, data-driven package pick-up and
delivery technology is the basis for new services introduced in 2007. For example, UPS Delivery Intercept enables a shipper to reroute a package while it is in transit. And UPS Proactive Response provides support to customers who require even
greater control of their shipments. Shipments sent using this service are constantly monitored from pickup to delivery, watching for problems or delays, at which point prearranged intervention steps commence.

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:3px;line-Height:95%; vertical-align:top">We provide our customers with easy access to UPS. There are approximately 150,000 domestic and
international access points to UPS. These include: nearly 40,000 branded drop-boxes, more than 1,000 UPS Customer Centers, over 5,800 independently owned and operated The UPS Store® and
Mail Boxes Etc.® locations worldwide (over 4,400 in the U.S.), more than 2,400 alliance partner locations, in excess of 15,000 Authorized Shipping Outlets and commercial counters, and more
than 85,000 UPS drivers who can accept packages given to them.

Supply Chain Services.    Our freight forwarding
and logistics businesses meet customers’ supply chain needs through a comprehensive portfolio of services, including:

 







  

Freight Forwarding: international air, full container load (“FCL”) and less than container load (“LCL”) ocean, rail and ground freight
for all size shipments utilizing UPS and other carriers, and multimodal transportation network management.

 







  

Logistics and Distribution: supply chain management, distribution center design, planning and management, order fulfillment, inventory management, receiving
and shipping, critical parts logistics, reverse logistics and cross docking.

 







  

International Trade Management: customs brokerage and international trade consulting.

STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> 







  

Industry-specific Solutions: for healthcare, retail, high tech, automotive, industrial manufacturing and government customers.


 







 

 

UPS CapitalSMSIZE="2"> provides asset-based lending, global trade finance and export-import lending services.

Freight
Services.
    UPS Freight provides LTL services through a network of owned and leased service centers and carrier partnerships. UPS Freight also provides our customers with truckload and dedicated truckload transportation
solutions. Since expanding into the freight transport market, we have enhanced our value proposition through improvements in technology, operations and the customer experience. These efforts have resulted in expanded market presence, despite a
challenging economic environment. Significant service and reliability improvements for freight transportation enabled us to implement a no-fee, guaranteed delivery service in early 2008.

FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Technology

Technology is the backbone of everything we do at UPS. It is at the heart of customer
access to the company.

 







  

UPS.com processes over 15 million package tracking transactions daily. A growing number of those tracking requests now come from customers in countries
that have wireless access to UPS tracking information.

 


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Package tracking, pickup requests, rate quotes, account opening, wireless registration, drop-off locator, transit times and supply ordering services are all
available at customers’ desktops or laptops. The site also displays full domestic and international service information and allows customers to process outbound shipments as well as return labels for their customers.

 







  

Businesses in a number of countries also can download UPS OnLine Tools SM to their own websites for direct use by their customers. This allows users to
access the information they need without leaving our customers’ websites.

 







  

In 2007, we integrated all freight products, including international air freight forwarding shipments, into our small package visibility systems. Now a shipper can
view the status of package and freight shipments from a single web page.

Technology is also the foundation for process
improvements within UPS that enhance productivity, improve efficiency and reduce costs. The most comprehensive improvement to our U.S. small package handling facilities was completed in 2007. This multi-year effort re-engineered our domestic
business, based on a data-driven platform, and included software, hardware and process changes. It enables a package center to produce an optimized dispatch plan for every driver and detailed loading instructions for every vehicle before center
employees handle any packages. This plan reduces mileage driven, resulting in substantial savings in fuel usage. The re-engineered system provides the basis for unique customer-focused services based on the customer-specific data which powers the
system.

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