2003 YEAR-END TAX REPORTING -- UPDATES TO LISTING OF RIC RECIPIENTS OF REIT INFORMATION

[16695] October 24, 2003 TO: ACCOUNTING/TREASURERS MEMBERS No. 43-03 BANK AND TRUST ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 12-03 BROKER/DEALER ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 30-03 CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY MEMBERS No. 84-03 OPERATIONS MEMBERS No. 32-03 TAX MEMBERS No. 57-03 TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 96-03 RE: 2003 YEAR-END TAX REPORTING -- UPDATES TO LISTING OF RIC RECIPIENTS OF REIT INFORMATION As in prior years, the Institute has undertaken to update the contact information for persons at ICI-member firms that would like to access real estate investment trust (REIT) year- end tax information on a free internet home page maintained by Wall Street Concepts (WSC) on behalf of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (called “RIC recipients of REIT information”). To provide access to its internet home page, we would expect WSC to issue passwords by e-mail to all RIC recipients of REIT information.1 ACTION REQUESTED: The 2002 listing of RIC recipients of REIT information is attached for your review. Please make any required deletions, additions or corrections to the list and provide them to the Institute’s Ezella Wynn by e-mail (ewynn@ici.org), fax (202/326-5841) or regular mail no later than Thursday, November 6, 2003. Catherine Barré Associate Counsel Attachment Note: Not all recipients receive the attachments. To obtain copies of the attachments, please visit our members website (http://members.ici.org) and search for memo 16695, or call the ICI Library at (202) 326-8304 and request the attachments for memo 16695. 1 The Institute will distribute the detailed procedures for accessing 2003 REIT year-end tax information on the WSC internet home page as soon as they are provided by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and WSC. 2 Attachment (in .pdf format)