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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Business ...................................................................... 1
Overview ................................................................. 1
Operations ................................................................ 2
Products and Services ....................................................... 5
Technology ............................................................... 6
Sustainability .............................................................. 7
Sales and Marketing ........................................................ 7
Employees ................................................................ 8
Competition ............................................................... 8
Competitive Strengths ....................................................... 8
Government Regulation ..................................................... 10
Item 1A. Risk Factors ................................................................... 12
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments ...................................................... 17
Item 2. Properties ..................................................................... 17
Operating Facilities ......................................................... 17
Fleet ..................................................................... 18
Safety .................................................................... 19
Item 3. Legal Proceedings .............................................................. 19
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ................................... 19
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities ............................................................. 20
Shareowners Return Performance Graph ........................................ 21
Item 6. Selected Financial Data .......................................................... 22
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ..... 23
Liquidity and Capital Resources ............................................... 35
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates ...................................... 43
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk ............................. 49
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data ........................................ 51
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting ....................................................... 51
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm .......................... 52
Consolidated Balance Sheets ................................................. 53
Statements of Consolidated Income ............................................ 54
Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income ............................... 54
Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows ......................................... 55
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ...................................... 56
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure ..... 107
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures ......................................................... 108
Item 9B. Other Information .............................................................. 108
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance ............................... 109
Item 11. Executive Compensation ......................................................... 110
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters ..................................................................... 110
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ................ 110
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services ............................................. 111
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ......................................... 112