Laidlaw International Announces Receipt of Consents

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (June 21, 2005) --Laidlaw International, Inc. announced today that $384.4 million principal amount of the outstanding $403.5 million principal amount of its 10.75% Senior Notes due 2011 ("Notes") have been tendered on or prior to the consent deadline of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on June 20, 2005, pursuant to the previously announced consent solicitation and tender offer for the Notes, representing approximately 95.3% of the outstanding Notes. As a result of the consents and early tenders, Laidlaw International has received the requisite consents to execute a supplemental indenture relating to the Notes.

As part of the pending tender offer for the Notes, Laidlaw International was soliciting consents to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants included in the indenture under which the Notes were issued. The supplemental indenture relating to the Notes containing the proposed changes will be executed by Laidlaw International and the Trustee under the indenture, but it will not become operative until after the Notes tendered by the consent deadline are accepted for purchase and Laidlaw International makes payment for these Notes pursuant to the tender offer.

Laidlaw has engaged Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as dealer managers for the tender offer and solicitation agents for the consent solicitation. Questions regarding the tender offer and consent solicitation may be directed to Citigroup at 800-558-3745 or 212-723-6106 or UBS at 888-722-9555 ext. 4210 or 203-719-4210. Requests for documentation should be directed to D.F. King & Company at 800-431-9645 or 212-269-5550, the information agent for the tender offer and consent solicitation.

This announcement is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation to consent with respect to any of the Notes. The tender offer is being made solely by means of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation dated June 1, 2005, as amended.