Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc.

A&P Gives Nod to Fujitsu for POS and Self-checkout Services

Three-year Deal Consolidates Chain-wide Service Across U.S. and Canada

Washington, D.C., February 13, 2005 — The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (NYSE: GAP) has selected Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. for a three-year services agreement covering all A&P's point-of-sale (POS) terminals, peripherals and U-Scan self-checkout systems in the U.S. and Canada.

The agreement includes on-site store maintenance, U-Scan equipment staging and integration, and installation and removal for all new store openings and closings as required. Fujitsu will provide services for IBM POS terminals and peripherals, IBM in-store processors and peripherals and Fujitsu U-Scan self-checkout lanes.

To date, A&P has deployed Fujitsu U-Scan self-checkout systems in approximately 165 stores across its chains in North America.

"Fujitsu has compiled a great services track record with A&P in Canada over the past several years, providing service for their multi-vendor hardware platforms," said Doug Wallace, senior vice president of client operations at Fujitsu. "When A&P decided to consolidate its services vendors under one organization, we modeled our proposal after the great success we have enjoyed in Canada. That history gave us a high degree of confidence that we could deliver both the quality of service and the guaranteed cost reductions for them over the term of the contract."

Founded in 1859, A&P, one of the nation's first supermarket chains, is today among North America's largest. The company operates 650 stores in 10 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada under the trade names A&P, Waldbaum's, The Food Emporium, Super Foodmart, Super Fresh, Farmer Jack, Sav-A-Center, Dominion, The Barn Markets, Food Basics and Ultra Food & Drug. Website: www.aptea.com.

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About Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc.

Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) and the IT "lifecycle solutions" provider for consumer transaction environments. The company collaborates with customers to relentlessly reduce their costs and improve their profitability. Fujitsu's offerings include multi-vendor infrastructure management services, point-of-sale hardware and software, mobile devices and self service systems including U-Scan. The company has some 1,500 employees in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Example customers include Canadian Tire, ChevronTexaco, Hannaford Bros., H.EB., Loblaws, Nordstrom, Payless ShoeSource, Regal Cinema, Ross Dress for Less, Staples, Stop & Shop and The TJX Companies, among others. The company also has a 50/50 joint venture with Retalix Ltd. (NASDAQ: RTLX) in StoreNext Retail Technologies LLC, the No. 1 supplier of retail technology to independent grocers and regional chains.
For more information, please see: us.fujitsu.com/retailing

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