TruckersB2B To Offer Driver Phone Card Program

    INDIANAPOLIS--March 28, 2001--Celadon Group's TruckersB2B, Inc., has signed an agreement with Comdata Telecommunications Services, Inc. and its parent company, Comdata Corporation, to market Comdata's Answer Plus telephone services to over 9,000 member fleets. This agreement will give the drivers of over 320,000 tractors the opportunity to use Comdata's Comchek(R) fuel card to make long distance telephone calls while they are on the road.
    Michael Dunlap, EVP and Chief Operating Officer of TruckersB2B, Inc. said, "We are excited about the addition of Comdata's telephone services. Answer Plus phone services will allow the driver to make telephone calls at competitive rates using the same card that is used to purchase fuel and manage cash. We feel that the Comdata telephone service will be a popular product due to its convenience, ease of use and affordability."
    "We think TruckersB2B members will find added value in their memberships through Comdata Answer Plus phone services," said Frank Adelman, Executive Vice President, Comdata Transportation Services. "This agreement provides one-card driver convenience for cash and telecommunications, and it strengthens our commitment to create dynamic business partnerships with other industry suppliers."

    Comdata (www.comdata.com) is redefining the movement of money and information through technology for businesses, customers and employees. A leading provider of transaction and information services, Comdata has been an industry innovator since the company was founded in 1969. Comdata provides Comchek(R) credit and debit processing and reporting for commercial fleets and merchants, electronic cash and gift card services for retailers, chip card programs for governmental agencies and fuel management systems. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., Comdata employs nearly 2,000 people throughout the United States and Canada. Comdata is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ceridian Corporation .

    TruckersB2B is an Internet-based "Business-to-Business" provider of pre-negotiated savings to its members on fuel, tires, freight finding, insurance, and other products and services purchased by small and medium-sized trucking companies and private fleets. TruckersB2B aggregates the volume purchasing capability of its members to achieve a lower cost of goods and services than could usually be obtained by its members individually. The discounts and rebates are provided to TruckersB2B members by leading vendors who are seeking to increase their sales volume and market share by utilizing the TruckersB2B "eMember Marketing" program to complement their traditional marketing methods.

    Celadon Group's wholly owned subsidiary, Celadon E-Commerce, Inc., is the majority owner of TruckersB2B, Inc. Please visit the company's website at www.truckersb2b.com or www.celadontrucking.com

    The discussion set forth above as well as oral statements made by officers of Celadon Group relating thereto, may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such comments are based upon information currently available to management and management's perception thereof as of the date of this press release. Actual results of Celadon Group's operations could materially differ from those forward-looking statements. Such differences could be caused by a number of factors including, but not limited to, potential adverse affects of regulation; changes in competition and the effects of such changes; increased competition; changes in fuel prices; changes in economic, political or regulatory environments; changes in the availability of a stable labor force; the ability of Celadon Group to hire drivers meeting company standards; changes in management strategies; environmental or tax matters; and risks described from time to time in reports filed by Celadon Group with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers should take these factors into account in evaluating any such forward-looking statements.

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