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_                               Ernst J. Meyer, M.D.
_                                 174 School Street
_                           Belmont, Massachusetts 02478
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_                                   617-484-8109
_                             ernstmeyer@earthlink.net
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_           April 4, 2011
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_           re: Reference No: 00636782
_               Acct 53480000374
_               Ernst J Meyer Cust
_               Leah E Meyer
_               Uniform Transfer to Minors Act-MA
_               174 School St
_               Belmont MA 02478-3547
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_           Ms. Stephanie A. Leone
_           Columbia Management
_           Investor Services Corporation
_           P.O. Box 8099
_           Boston MA 02266-8099
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_           Dear Ms. Leone:
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_                The attached copy of a confirmation of March 25, 2011
_           shows you on that date to have transferred, pursuant to my
_           directions, 3122.566 shares of Tri-Continental Common stock
_           from Acct 08695880914 to Acct 53480000374.
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_                Subsequently, in a letter dated March 30, 2011, you
_           deny that the transfer was made, writing: "We are unable to
_           act, as the Stamp2000 Medallion Guarantee provided failed a
_           security scan due to an illegible stamp."
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_                You further write: "Please have Cambridge Trust Company
_           reguarantee your signatures." Permit me to ask why a single
_           illegible stamp should require the reguarantee of two
_           signatures. I placed a telephone call to your Client
_           Services Department, and after having to listen to many
_           minutes of recorded music, was finally informed by one
_           of your representatives that all three of the Medallion
_           Guarantee stamps failed the security test. Inasmuch as
_           one of the stamps was provided by Cambridge Savings Bank
_           as distinct from Cambridge Trust Company, probability
_           dictates that the technical failure should be sought in
_           your scanning equipment or in your scanning technique
_           rather than in the co-incidental failure of Medallion
_           Guarantees provided independently by two established
_           Cambridge banking institutions.
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_                Only a cursory inspection of the preprinted forms which
_           you require shows that when the Medallion stamp is placed in
_           the designated location, a printed legend:"Part 5 Return
_           Instructions" impinges on the bar code to be scanned, most
_           likely severely degrading the optical signal and quite
_           possibly responsible for the scanning failure. Perhaps blame
_           should be placed not on the officers of Cambridge Trust Co.
_           and Cambridge Savings Bank but on the designer of your
_           "Transfer for Request of Ownership Form" who failed to leave
_           sufficient space for the uncompromised display of the
_           critical bar code.
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_                Trips to the banks for securing legible Medallion
_           Guarantees are no trifling matter, not for my wife, 86 years
_           old, who is significantly crippled, nor for my son who must
_           take off time from work. I doubt that we are the only ones.
_           It is conceivable to me that your imperfect procedures cause
_           unjustifiable inconvenience and hardship on a sizeable class
_           of your customers. Please consider the possibility that you
_           have made a serious mistake. Please consider rescinding the
_           unauthorized transfer from Acct 53480000374 to Acct 08695880914
_           which you have fabricated to create the appearance that the
_           original transfer from from Acct 08695880914 to Acct 53480000374
_           had never been made.
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_                In the event that you choose not to comply with my
_           request, please return to me the originals of the Medallion
_           scans which you claim to be unable to scan.
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_                Thank you for your help.
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_                                                  Sincerely yours,
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_                                                  Ernst J. Meyer