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[LETTERHEAD OF TIS MORTGAGE INVESTMENT COMPANY]
NEWS RELEASE
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FOR RELEASE: Immediately
DATE: July 1, 1999
CONTACT: John E. Castello
(415) 393-8000
TIS TO ADJOURN UNTIL JULY 15, 1999
ITS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1999 - TIS Mortgage Investment Company (Pacific Exchange:
TIS) today announced that it intends to convene, and then immediately adjourn
until July 15, 1999, the July 2, 1999 session of its annual meeting of
stockholders.
TIS had previously stated that it was postponing the July 2, 1999 session in
order to comply with a stipulated court order deferring the annual meeting until
July 15, 1999. TIS has subsequently concluded that, for purposes of Maryland
corporate law, it is preferable to convene and immediately adjourn the July 2,
1999 session. As announced earlier, the meeting will reconvene on July 15,
1999, at 9:00 a.m., at the Park Hyatt Hotel, located at 333 Battery Street, San
Francisco, California.
TIS Mortgage Investment Company is a San Francisco-based real estate investment
trust (REIT) that owns and operates apartment communities, located in
California's Central Valley, and shopping centers in San Francisco's North Bay
Sonoma County area, and also owns mortgage related assets.
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