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MERIDIAN POINT REALTY TRUST '83
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MERIDIAN POINT REALTY TRUST '83
655 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 300
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
(415) 981-4900
September 16, 1998
To Our Shareholders:
You have received proxy materials for an Annual Meeting of Shareholders that we
called for September 22, 1998 to elect trustees and vote on a plan to liquidate
Trust '83. You have also received proxy materials from the Meridian '83
Shareholders' Committee for Growth soliciting your vote for their nominees who
are committed to converting the Trust into a perpetual-life real estate
investment trust. While their plans are sketchy at best, it appears the
Committee has in mind a merger with a company that owns self-storage facilities
or the direct purchase of self-storage facilities, including those controlled
by the Committee's nominees.
We, your Trustees, are proposing something entirely different, namely
liquidation of the Trust in accordance with the original plan and objectives. As
you know, we succeeded in selling the last property owned by the Trust and then
distributed a $3 per share special dividend. WE ARE NOW RECOMMENDING THAT YOU
VOTE FOR THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION WHICH WE ESTIMATE SHOULD RESULT IN YOU
RECEIVING A FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF FROM $0.50 TO $0.63 PER SHARE.
You might, as we have, ask yourself the key question, "WHY WOULD ANYONE BE GOING
TO A LOT OF TROUBLE TO GET ME TO VOTE AGAINST THE LIQUIDATION OF A COMPANY THAT
HAS SOLD OFF ALL ITS PROPERTIES?" The answer is that it is difficult, time
consuming and expensive to start a new public company from scratch. That is why
the Committee wants you to remain as a shareholder and to use the remaining
proceeds from sale of your last property to fund their new business. If they can
control the "shell" of Trust '83, they will have a sizable amount of cash and a
ready-made base of public shareholders. They need you to make that possible.
Do you want to retain your investment in Trust '83 if enters a new business
under the direction of new management? That is up to you. We simply want to be
certain that you clearly understand the choices. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU
VOTE USING THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD TO 1) REELECT THE CURRENT TRUSTEES WHO
DESIRE TO END THEIR SERVICE BY CARRYING OUT THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION AND 2)
APPROVE THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION.
Sincerely,
/s/ Herbert E. Stansbury, Jr.
Herbert E. Stansbury, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
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PROXY
MERIDIAN POINT REALTY TRUST '83
655 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94111
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned holder of shares of beneficial interest of Meridian Point Realty
Trust '83, a California business trust (the "Trust"), acknowledges receipt of a
copy of the Notice to Shareholders of Annual Meeting and the accompanying Proxy
Statement dated September 2, 1998 (the "Proxy Statement"), and revoking any
proxy heretofore given, hereby constitutes and appoints Lorraine O. Legg, Robert
E. Morgan, and Herbert E. Stansbury, Jr., and each of them, with full power of
substitution, as attorneys and proxies to appear and vote, as designated below,
all of the shares of beneficial interest of the Trust held of record by the
undersigned on August 4, 1998 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Trust
to be held at the Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California at
10:30 a.m. local time on September 22, 1998, or at any postponements or
adjournments thereof.
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FOR ALL WITHHOLD
(except as withheld) ALL
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1. Proposal No. 1 - To elect as Trustees of the Trust,
the Trust's nominees set forth below, which nominees,
if elected, shall serve as Trustees of the Trust until
the next annual meeting of shareholders or, if the proposal
to liquidate and dissolve (Proposal No. 2 below) is also
approved, until the completion of the liquidation and
dissolution of the Trust as described in the Proxy Statement. [ ] [ ]
For, except vote withheld from the following nominee(s): __________________________________
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Nominees: Peter O. Hanson, Lorraine O. Legg, Robert E. Morgan, James M. Pollak and Herbert E. Stansbury, Jr.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
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2. Proposal No. 2 - The Trust's proposal to liquidate
and dissolve the Trust pursuant to the Plan of
Complete Liquidation and Dissolution as described
in the Proxy Statement. [ ] [ ] [ ]
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
3. Proposal No. 3 - The Trust's proposal to approve
the selection of Arthur Andersen LLP as the
independent auditors for the Trust as described
in the Statement. [ ] [ ] [ ]
4. In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized
to vote upon such other business as may properly come
before the Annual Meeting.
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THE PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED. IF NO DIRECTION IS
MADE, IT WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES NOMINATED TO THE BOARD OF
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TRUSTEES, FOR THE PROPOSAL TO LIQUIDATE AND DISSOLVE THE TRUST, AND FOR THE
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RATIFICATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' SELECTION OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, AS THE
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR THE TRUST.
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PLEASE MARK AND DATE THIS PROXY AND
SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEAR(S)
HEREON.
If stock is held jointly all joint
owners must sign. Attorneys,
executors, administrators, trustees,
custodians, corporate officers,
guardians, or any others signing in a
representative capacity should give
their full title(s) as such. If there
is more than one trustee, all should
sign.
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