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TY » Topics » Director Nominating Committee

This excerpt taken from the TY DEFA14A filed May 2, 2006.

Director Nominating Committee

Three Independent Directors

Identifies and evaluates candidates for the Board

Chaired by Ambassador Robert L. Shafer

Tri-Continental
Integrity and Quality of Directors

Nominees proposed by the Director Nominating Committee

Extensive experience in investments and business

General John R. Galvin: Independent TY director since 1995; Dean Emeritus of Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University; Formerly Supreme Allied Commander,
NATO, and Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command; Formerly Director
of Raytheon Co. and USLIFE Corporations; current independent member of Board of
investment companies of the Seligman Group of Funds.

William C. Morris: TY Director and Chairman of the Fund since 1988; Chairman of
J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated; Chairman Carbo Ceramics, Inc.; Former Senior
Officer of Lehman Brothers and its successor firms; President and CEO of the
Metropolitan Opera Association.

Ambassador Robert L. Shafer: Independent TY Director since 1991; Ambassador and
Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations;
former director of USLIFE Corporation and Vice President of Pfizer Inc.; current
independent member of Boards of investment companies of Seligman Group of Funds.

Tri-Continental
Dissident Director Candidates

Art Lipson: Controls Western Investment Hedge Fund Group (Mr. Lipson has
stated that his position in Tri-Continental is hedged)

Marlene Plumlee: Assistant Professor of Accounting at University of Utah (No
relevant Board experience)

Paul DeRosa: Principal at Mount Lucus Management Co., an asset management
firm and a Director of Intervest Bancshares Corp. (Nasdaq: IBCA)

ISS Corporate Governance Quotient for IBCA:

Index Score: 9.1% (bottom decile)

Industry Score: 2.4% (bottom decile)

Tri-Continental
Investment Results

This excerpt taken from the TY DEFA14A filed Apr 6, 2006.

Director Nominating Committee

Three Independent Directors

Identifies and evaluates candidates for the Board

Chaired by Ambassador Robert L. Shafer

Tri-Continental
Integrity and Quality of Directors

Nominees proposed by the Director Nominating Committee

Extensive experience in investments and business

General John R. Galvin: Independent TY director since 1995; Dean Emeritus of Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University; Formerly Supreme Allied Commander,
NATO, and Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command; Formerly Director
of Raytheon Co. and USLIFE Corporations; current independent member of Board of
investment companies of the Seligman Group of Funds.

William C. Morris: TY Director and Chairman of the Fund since 1988; Chairman of
J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated; Chairman Carbo Ceramics, Inc.; Former Senior
Officer of Lehman Brothers and its successor firms; President and CEO of the
Metropolitan Opera Association.

Ambassador Robert L. Shafer: Independent TY Director since 1991; Ambassador and
Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations;
former director of USLIFE Corporation and Vice President of Pfizer Inc.; current
independent member of Boards of investment companies of Seligman Group of Funds.

Tri-Continental
Dissident Director Candidates

Art Lipson: Controls Western Investment Hedge Fund Group (Mr. Lipson has
stated that his position in Tri-Continental is hedged)

Marlene Plumlee: Assistant Professor of Accounting at University of Utah (No
relevant Board experience)

Paul DeRosa: Principal at Mount Lucus Management Co., an asset management
firm and a Director of Intervest Bancshares Corp. (Nasdaq: IBCA)

ISS Corporate Governance Quotient for IBCA:

Index Score: 9.1% (bottom decile)

Industry Score: 2.4% (bottom decile)

Tri-Continental
Investment Results

EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

DEFA14A
May 2, 2006
DEFA14A
Apr 6, 2006

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