GETTY REALTY CORP /DE/
DEFS14A, 1998-01-09
PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS & TERMINALS
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                                  SCHEDULE 14A
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                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
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                PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.   )
 
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                               GETTY REALTY CORP.
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                                   GETTY LOGO
 
                               GETTY REALTY CORP.
                              125 JERICHO TURNPIKE
                            JERICHO, NEW YORK 11753
 
                   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
                         TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 30, 1998
 
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
GETTY REALTY CORP.
 
     A special meeting of stockholders (the "Getty Special Meeting") of Getty
Realty Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Getty"), will be held on January 30, 1998
at 10:00 a.m. local time, at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 270 Park Avenue, 11th
Floor, New York, New York 10017, for the following purposes, which will be more
fully described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus which will follow
shortly, as well as to transact such other business as may properly come before
the Getty Special Meeting:
 
     1. To consider and vote on a proposal to approve and adopt the Agreement
        and Plan of Reorganization and Merger, dated as of December 16, 1997
        (the "Merger Agreement"), by and between Getty and Power Test Investors
        Limited Partnership, a New York limited partnership ("PTI"), pursuant to
        which, among other things, (i) PTI and Getty will become wholly owned
        subsidiaries of Getty Realty Holding Corp., a newly formed holding
        company organized under the laws of the State of Maryland ("Holdings"),
        and PTI will then be dissolved as a matter of law; (ii) each outstanding
        share of common stock of Getty will be converted into the right to
        receive one share of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Holdings
        ("Holdings Common Stock") (or converted into the right to receive cash,
        in lieu of fractional shares); (iii) each outstanding unit of limited
        partnership interest of PTI will be converted into the right to receive
        0.44 share of Series A Participating Convertible Redeemable Preferred
        Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Holdings ("Holdings Preferred
        Stock"), each share of which will be convertible into 1.1312 shares of
        Holdings Common Stock (or converted into the right to receive cash, in
        lieu of fractional shares); (iv) each outstanding unit of general
        partnership interest of PTI will be converted into the right to receive
        0.44 share of Holdings Preferred Stock (or converted into the right to
        receive cash, in lieu of fractional shares); and (v) the name of
        Holdings will be changed to "Getty Realty Corp."; and
 
     2. To consider and vote on a proposal to approve and adopt the Holdings
        1998 Stock Option Plan (the "1998 Stock Option Plan").
 
     Approval of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement requires (i) the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Getty Common Stock,
and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Getty
Common Stock not held or directly or indirectly controlled by Messrs. Leo
Liebowitz, Milton Safenowitz, Milton Cooper and their spouses and affiliated
trusts (collectively, the "Principal Holders") present in person or represented
by proxy and voting at the Getty Special Meeting. Approval and adoption of the
1998 Stock Option Plan requires the approval of a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Getty Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy and
voting at the Getty Special Meeting.
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     The close of business on January 9, 1998 has been fixed by the Board of
Directors of Getty as the record date for determination of the stockholders of
Getty entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Getty Special Meeting or any
postponements and/or adjournments thereof. A complete list of stockholders
entitled to vote at the Getty Special Meeting will be available for examination,
for proper purposes, during ordinary business hours, at the offices of Latham &
Watkins, 885 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, beginning ten days before
the Getty Special Meeting and continuing through the Getty Special Meeting.

                                          BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                
                                          RANDI YOUNG FILIP 
                                          Randi Young Filip
                                          Corporate Secretary
 
Jericho, New York
January 9, 1998
 
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                  WE ARE NOT SOLICITING A PROXY AT THIS TIME.
                   YOU WILL RECEIVE PROXY MATERIALS SHORTLY.
      PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN ANY PROXY OR STOCK CERTIFICATES AT THIS TIME.


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