M. Wolfe Contract Quotations

There are a lot of things in that contract that are a bit disturbing.

We expect the company to continue to pick up momentum through the fourth quarter and 2003 with the Teamster contract further behind them and as the economy improves, ... We expect consensus EPS for 2003 to come down toward our $2.46.

Our sense is that the rejection was more a statement of employee sentiment in the airline industry rather than a statement regarding overall labor relations between UPS and the Teamsters. However, we believe UPS would want to put this contract to bed before focusing on the national Teamster contract.