TORONTO, Dec. 21 /CNW/ – Student Transportation of America Ltd. (“STA”)
and Student Transportation of America ULC (“STA ULC”) today announced the
successful closing of their initial public offering of 11,604,140 income
participating securities (“IPSs”) at a price of $10.00 per IPS for gross
proceeds of C$116,041,400. In connection with this offering, STA ULC is also
selling, on a private placement basis, C$10,000,000 principal amount of
separate subordinated notes that are not in the form of IPSs. Upon closing,
STA and STA ULC acquired all of the issued and outstanding class A common
shares and preferred shares of Student Transportation of America Holdings,
Inc. (“STA Holdings”), representing an 85.1% interest in STA Holdings, and
STA Holdings owns all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Student
Transportation of America, Inc. The offering was underwritten by a syndicate
of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and including CIBC World Markets
Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., GMP Securities Ltd. and Scotia Capital
Inc.

The IPSs were listed and began trading today on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol STB.UN. The first monthly distribution is expected
to be paid on February 15, 2005 in respect of the period from closing to
January 31, 2005.

STA and STA ULC, through their subsidiaries, are the fifth largest
provider of school bus transportation services in the United States, having in
excess of 105 contracts with school districts in eleven states and a fleet of
over 2,900 vehicles.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation
of an offer to buy the IPSs in any jurisdiction. The IPSs offered have not
been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and may not be offered or sold within the United States of America.

For more information contact:

Contact:
Denis J. Gallagher
Chairman & CEO
Phone: 732-280-4200
Email: [email protected]