U.S. Bank Voyager Announces Acceptance in Puerto Rico Through Agreement for Fuel Purchase at Esso Stations

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2005

HOUSTON -- U.S. Bank Voyager Fleet Systems has entered into an arrangement with Esso Puerto Rico to provide its customers with the ability to purchase fuel at participating Esso sites in Puerto Rico. Under the terms of this arrangement, Voyager customers will be issued an Esso Fleet Card that will be accepted at participating Esso retail gas stations located on the island. Esso will send transactional data to Voyager, and Voyager will combine these transactions into a single, consolidated billing statement for fleets using the Voyager system.

"Voyager is pleased to provide this value added service to our customers," said Michael Oleniczak, vice president of merchant sales and service at Voyager. "Our relationship with Esso Puerto Rico is part of our overall strategy to provide solutions for our customers with vehicles outside the continental United States," said Oleniczak.

Etienne Fraticelli, fleet card coordinator at Esso Puerto Rico, said, "We are committed to providing quality petroleum products to all commercial customers. We welcome the opportunity to work with Voyager's Fleet customers."

Petrolera Caribe is also participating in this program with card acceptance at its 15 locations in western Puerto Rico.

About Voyager

U.S. Bank Voyager Fleet Systems is a leading provider of the universal fleet fueling and maintenance card for over 1.5 million vehicles. Specifically designed to serve the needs of any size fleet, Voyager issues the Voyager Fleet Card, accepted at over 200,000 retail locations in all 50 states and provides comprehensive fleet management information services to commercial businesses and government agencies. Visit Voyager on the web at usbank.com/voyagerfleet.

Voyager is a wholly owned subsidiary of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB). With assets in excess of $207 billion, U.S. Bancorp is the 6th largest financial services holding company in the United States. U.S. Bancorp is home of the Five Star Service Guarantee, which assures customers of certain key banking benefits and services or customers will be paid for their inconvenience. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at www.usbank.com.