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[Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation logo]
| Office: | Mailing Address: |
| Suite 9000 | P.O. Box 5062 |
| One O’Hare Centre | Rosemont, Il 60017-5062 |
October 27, 2000
DEAR FELLOW STOCKHOLDER:
Your Board of Directors wants to alert you that Edward A. Burkhardt, former Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Central, has started a consent solicitation in an attempt to seize control of your Company — without offering you any value for your shares. Mr. Burkhardt, who was removed by your Board of Directors in 1999, has formed a group (the “Burkhardt Group”) that will be contacting stockholders and asking them to sign consent forms to remove, without cause, your entire Board of Directors and replace your experienced, qualified directors with Mr. Burkhardt’s own hand-picked nominees. Your Board of Directors is unanimously opposed to the Burkhardt Group’s solicitation.
You may expect to be approached by the Burkhardt Group, or their agents, in their attempts to get you to sign their white consent card. Your Company’s consent revocation materials relating to the solicitation are in preparation and will be mailed to you shortly. We caution you against inadvertently signing a white consent card for the Burkhardt Group or taking any other action which might not be in your own best interests.
We regret that your Company is faced with a disruptive and costly consent process but we assure you that your Board is and will continue to act vigorously to protect your best interests. Again, we caution you NOT to sign any white consent card or other materials you may receive from the Burkhardt Group.
As further information becomes known we will keep you updated. On behalf of your Board of Directors, thank you for your interest and continued support.
| Sincerely, |
| /s/ Thomas F. Power, Jr. | /s/ Robert H. Wheeler | |
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THOMAS F. POWER, JR. President and Chief Executive Officer |
ROBERT H. WHEELER Chairman of the Board of Directors |
This information was furnished on behalf of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation, its Board of Directors and Management. Information regarding the participants in Wisconsin Central’s consent revocation solicitation and their interest in such solicitation may be obtained by reviewing Wisconsin Central’s preliminary consent revocation materials as first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 26, 2000. Wisconsin Central will shortly be sending you definitive consent revocation materials which you should read as they contain important information. You may obtain a copy of Wisconsin Central’s preliminary consent revocation materials filed on form PREC14A and, when filed, our definitive consent revocation materials, free of charge at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Wisconsin Central will also provide you with a copy of its materials without charge. Please contact D.F. King at the toll-free number provided below.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please call D.F. King & Co., Inc.,
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