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TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS COMPANY
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TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS COMPANY
205 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
(312) 228-4500
DEAR STOCKHOLDER:
You are cordially invited to the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Technology Solutions Company. The meeting will be held at the offices of Bank
of America Illinois, 231 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60697 on
Wednesday, April 28, 1999, starting at 10:00 a.m., local time.
The matters to be considered at the meeting are described in the accompanying
Proxy Statement. Regardless of your plans for attending in person, it is
important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Therefore, please
complete, sign, date and return your proxy card in the enclosed, post-paid
envelope. This will enable you to vote on the business to be transacted
whether or not you attend the meeting.
We hope that you can attend the 1999 Annual Meeting, but in any event, please
vote your shares by signing and returning your proxy card.
Sincerely,
[SIGNATURE]
WILLIAM H. WALTRIP
CHAIRMAN
April 5, 1999
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The following is substituted for all of the information set forth on page 16
of the Proxy Statement:
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the Company's cumulative total stockholder return
with the S&P Computer Software and Services Index (the "S&P Computer Index") and
with The Nasdaq Stock Market-Registered Trademark- U.S. Index (the "Nasdaq
Index") for the period beginning May 31, 1993 and ending December 31, 1998,
representing the Company's last five full fiscal years and the Transition
Period. The comparison is based on the assumption that $100.00 was invested on
May 31, 1993 in each of the Company's Common Stock, the S&P Computer Index and
the Nasdaq Index.
Note: The stock price performance shown below is not necessarily indicative
of future price performance.
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May 31, 1993 May 31, 1994 May 31, 1995 May 31, 1996 May 31, 1997 May 31, 1998 Dec. 31, 1998
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TSC $ 100 $ 56 $ 89 $ 337 $ 518 $ 647 $ 345
S&P Computer Index $ 100 $ 120 $ 169 $ 236 $ 394 $ 512 $ 745
Nasdaq Index $ 100 $ 105 $ 125 $ 182 $ 205 $ 261 $ 326
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(1) Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends.
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