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[The following pages supplement materials filed by John A. Williams with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2003]
Protect your Post Properties Investment
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George R. Puskar
Roy E. Barnes
Frank Bryant
Paul J. Dolinoy
Thomas J.A. Lavin [photo]
GEORGE R. PUSKAR
George R. Puskar retired in June 2000 after 33 years in the real estate
industry. Mr. Puskar was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Equitable Real
Estate Investment Management, Inc., which was one of the world's most
diversified real estate organizations with over $36 billion in assets under
management and was ranked as the leading manager of United States pension real
estate assets. He was elected an officer of Equitable in 1977 and President of
Equitable Real Estate in 1984.
Over the years, Mr. Puskar has been active in numerous real estate organizations
and has served on the Boards of NRC (National Realty Committee), ICSC
(International Council of Shopping Centers), NACREIF (National Council of Real
Estate Investment Fiduciaries), and U.L.I. (Urban Land Institute). From 1993
until 1997, Mr. Puskar was also a Board member of Carr-America Real Estate
Investment Trust. Currently, Mr. Puskar serves on the Board of Directors and
Investment Committee of I-Star Financial, a NYSE listed real estate investment
trust with a $4.3 billion portfolio of assets.
Effective May 14, 2003, Mr. Puskar anticipates that he will be elected to the
Board of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, a self-managed real estate investment
trust with a national portfolio of community and neighborhood shopping centers
totaling approximately $3.7 billion in assets. He is currently Chairman of
Solutions Manufacturing, Inc., a manufacturer of electronic components based in
Rockledge, Florida, and he is active as a Vice-Chairman of World Team Sports, an
organization that specializes in unique athletic events with teams built around
disabled athletes.
[photo]
ROY E. BARNES
Roy E. Barnes is the immediate past Governor of the State of Georgia, having
served in that office from January 1999 until January 2003. During his term as
Governor, Governor Barnes also served as the Chairman of the Southern Regional
Education Board, Chairman of the Southern Governor's Association and Chairman of
the Education Commission of the States. Governor Barnes is presently donating
six months of his time as a full-time volunteer at Atlanta Legal Aid, which
provides free legal services to the poor and elderly in civil matters.
In addition to his long career as a public servant, Governor Barnes has also
conducted a successful law practice for many years, and he has been actively
involved in business, especially banking. He served on the Board of Directors of
First National Bank of Cobb County in the mid-1970's and was one of the
organizers of Cobb Savings and Loan Association and Community Bank and Trust
(later named Georgia State Bank). Governor Barnes also served as a Director of
Alcovy Banking Company, and, together with his brother, founded an extended stay
motel chain that operates under the name Efficiency Lodge, Inc. Governor Barnes
was recently awarded the 2003 John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award by the
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
FRANK BRYANT
Frank Bryant has over 40 years of experience in the public and private real
estate markets. Mr. Bryant is a former Executive Vice President of, and officer
in charge, of the real estate division of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company,
and the former senior real estate lending officer of Manufacturers Hanover
Corporation. During his tenure with Manufacturers Hanover, Mr. Bryant arranged
acquisition, construction or permanent financing for a number of prominent
sites, including, among others: World Financial Center, New York, New York, Bank
of America Plaza, New York, New York, Hilton Hotel and Towers, Chicago,
Illinois, Trump Plaza, New York, New York and Merchandise Mart, Atlanta,
Georgia. Mr. Bryant is currently active in entrepreneurial real estate
investments with an emphasis on senior housing and health care. He was a member
of the Real Estate Advisory Committee of the New York State Common Retirement
Fund for 24 years.
Mr. Bryant has been Chairman of the Community Preservation Fund and Co-Chairman
of the Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council of the American Hotel and
Motel Association. He was a founding member of the Real Estate Center of the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has served on the boards of
other organizations, including the Real French Corporation, RB Asset Inc., Real
Estate Board of New York, Urban Land Institute, Prudential Realty Trust, New
York University Real Estate Institute and the Realty Foundation of New York.
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PAUL J. DOLINOY
Paul J. Dolinoy has over 31 years of real estate and investment management
experience. He retired in June 2000 as President of Lend Lease Real Estate
Investments, Inc., one of the largest real estate investment managers in the
world, with over $38 billion in real estate and commercial mortgages under
management for institutional and private clients in the United States. Prior to
Lend Lease's acquisition of Equitable Real Estate in 1997, Mr. Dolinoy served in
various executive officer capacities with Equitable since 1978, including Senior
Executive Vice President and head of Equitable Real Estate Institutional
Advisors, which provided real estate investment management service to
institutional investors.
Following his retirement and until January 2002, Mr. Dolinoy served as Chairman
of the Lend Lease Portfolio Assurance Committee, as a member of Lend Lease's
Prime Property Fund Investor Council and as a Senior Consultant to Lend Lease.
Currently he serves as Board Chairman of the J. P. Morgan United States Real
Estate Income and Growth Fund, as a member of the New York State Teachers'
Retirement System Real Estate Advisory Committee and as a Consultant to General
Motors Acceptance Corporation Institutional Advisors. Mr. Dolinoy has served on
various boards and committees including the Pension Real Estate Association
Board and Executive Committee and Equitable Real Estate's Executive and
Investment Committees.
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THOMAS J.A. LAVIN
Thomas J.A. Lavin is an independent real estate advisor and consultant with 30
years of experience in the public and private real estate capital markets. From
1999 to 2002, Mr. Lavin ran the commercial mortgage lending operation at
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. where he was responsible for all aspects of a
$19 billion portfolio and $3 billion in annual originations. From 1997-99, Mr.
Lavin was a managing director of Citicorp Securities, where he was responsible
for origination of all major securitized and syndicated real estate financings.
In 1995 and 1996, he advised on the sale of over $2 billion in commercial
property sales for several clients.
From 1992-95, he was managing director and head of the real estate investment
banking group of Smith Barney. During his tenure, the group raised $8.3 billion
of capital principal in common equity for REITs. In 1991-92, he was President of
Weatherall, Green & Smith US, the U.S. branch of a global real estate consulting
company, where he developed acquisition opportunities for the firm's European
clients. From 1986-90, he was head of the real estate investment banking group
at The First Boston Corporation. He is a Council Chairperson for the Urban Lane
Institute and is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable of New York University.
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April 14, 2003
JOHN A. WILLIAMS PROPOSES NEW CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS FOR POST
PROPERTIES, NOMINATES NEW CANDIDATE TO INDEPENDENT SLATE OF DIRECTORS
April 9, 2003
STATEMENT OF JOHN A. WILLIAMS IN RESPONSE TO POST PROPERTIES ANNOUNCEMENT
April 8, 2003
JOHN A. WILLIAMS FILES PRELIMINARY PROXY FOR ELECTION OF INDEPENDENT SLATE TO
POST PROPERTIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SCHEDULE 13D
April 7, 2003
JOHN A. WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO SOLICIT PROXIES FOR ELECTION
OF INDEPENDENT SLATE TO POST PROPERTIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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April 14, 2003
RESTORING VALUE AND INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN POST PROPERTIES