July 19, 2006
7/19/2006

PODS ® Inc., Announces the Opening of First Operations in Canada

Pinellas County, Florida – July 19, 2006 ---PODS Enterprises Inc. (“PODS”), a leading provider of mobile storage and moving solutions announced that they will begin operations in Canada by August 1, 2006. Initially, service will be available to almost 6 million people in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) as well as the surrounding areas of Hamilton, Guelph, Kitchener/Waterloo, St Catherine’s and Barrie. A complete listing of service areas is available on the PODS website at PODS.com (locations) or by contacting the PODS Call Center at 1-888-776-PODS.

Peter S. Warhurst, President and CEO of PODS, said, “This is truly a major step forward for PODS and we are very proud to be providing moving and storage services to our northern neighbors. Geographically, Canada is the logical location for PODS to enter into the international marketplace.”

John Nickles, Franchise Owner, added, “The greater Toronto area continues to grow rapidly and currently is home to almost 20% of Canada’s total population. The demographics that encompass our market area are a perfect fit to the PODS business model. We look forward to our opening.”

In 1998 PODS revolutionized the moving and storage industry by originating the concept of transporting mobile storage containers. The convenient cost-effective service is unique in that the patented hydraulic lift system (only available with PODS) is designed to significantly reduce shift in contents and securely transport PODS brand containers state to state or to a safe and secure warehouse.

Currently, the PODS network services over 200 million people in over 20,000 cities in 46 states in the US. The Company has serviced over 560,000 customer reservations accommodating over 72,000 cross-country relocations. There are approximately 106,000 PODS brand containers in service.