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Williams Scotsman Acquires Hawaii Modular Space



    Williams Scotsman, Inc. (NASDAQ:WLSC) announced today a definitive
    agreement to acquire the assets of Honolulu-based Hawaii Modular Space
    and its sister company, Alaska Modular Space for a purchase price of
    $42.5 million and additional payments totaling $3 million, subject to
    the acquired companies' achievement of certain financial targets.
    Hawaii Modular operates three branch locations across the state, while
    Alaska Modular manages operations based in Anchorage. The purchased
    assets include 1,300 units, consisting of mobile offices, storage
    containers, classrooms and custom modular buildings and the related
    customer base.

    With one of the fastest growing economies in the United States,
    Hawaii offers an attractive venue for the expansion of Williams
    Scotsman's market presence and business model. Hawaii Modular's
    customer base, products and services, and overall market position
    represent a well developed operation with sustainable competitive
    advantage. In addition, the company's market focus, product
    applications, and customer mix complement Williams Scotsman's existing
    mainland U.S. operations. Furthermore, the venture into Alaska creates
    a natural extension of Williams Scotsman's established workforce camp
    business in Western Canada.

    "We view this latest acquisition as a further step toward an
    expanded platform of growth and opportunity into the U.S. marketplace,
    an ongoing goal of our company," commented Gerry Holthaus, Chairman,
    President and CEO of Williams Scotsman, Inc. "We expect the financial
    impact of this transaction to be $0.03 to $0.04 accretive to our 2007
    earnings per share guidance given during our February 9, 2007 earnings
    conference call."

    About Williams Scotsman International, Inc.

    Williams Scotsman International, Inc., through its subsidiaries,
    is a leading provider of mobile and modular space solutions for
    multiple industry sectors, including the Construction, Education,
    Commercial, Healthcare and Government markets. The company serves over
    30,000 customers, operating a fleet of over 115,000 modular space and
    storage units that are leased through a network of more than 100
    locations throughout North America and Spain. Williams Scotsman
    provides delivery, installation, and other services, and sells new and
    used mobile office products. Williams Scotsman also manages large
    modular building projects from concept to completion. Williams
    Scotsman is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:WLSC) headquartered in
    Baltimore, Maryland with operations in the United States, Canada,
    Mexico, and Spain. The company was selected to NASDAQ's Global Select
    Market for achieving high-quality listing standards among the
    marketplace. For additional information, visit the company's web site
    at www.willscot.com, call (410) 931-6066, or email to
    Michele.Cunningham@willscot.com.

    All statements other than statements of historical fact included
    in this press release are forward-looking statements and involve
    expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the
    future. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected
    in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it assumes no
    responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these
    forward-looking statements and gives no assurance that these
    expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that
    could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's
    expectations are disclosed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the
    Company's 10-K, 10-Q and other SEC filings, including, but not limited
    to, substantial leverage and its ability to service debt, changing
    market trends in its industry, general economic and business
    conditions including a prolonged or substantial recession, its ability
    to finance fleet and branch expansion and to locate and finance
    acquisitions, its ability to implement its business and growth
    strategy and maintain and enhance its competitive strengths, intense
    industry competition, availability of key personnel and changes in, or
    the failure to comply with, government regulations. The Company
    assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.