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[letterhead]
Lutin & Company
575 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone (212) 605-0335
Facsimile (212) 605-0325
April 26, 2004
By telecopier: 510-251-7601
Mr. Thomas B. Crowley, Jr.
Crowley Maritime Corporation
155 Grand Avenue
Oakland, California 94612
Dear Mr. Crowley:
As indicated in my telephone message, I will be conducting a
“Forum” for shareholders of Crowley Maritime Corporation, as described in
the accompanying summary, and will welcome any questions you may have about
it.
I hope you and other members of the company's board of directors
will participate actively, and will also welcome the involvement of any
company employees. It should be emphasized that the Forum is open to all
shareholder interests, including the beneficiaries of trusts or employee
pension plans that hold shares. Anyone providing me with an email address
will be included in Forum distributions.
As we proceed, I will submit information requests to you unless
you direct me to someone else. It should be understood that any information
requested from the company would be for possible use by Forum participants
in their investment decisions. In this context you should know that I have
no ownership interest in any securities of Crowley Maritime Corporation, and
that I will not be soliciting proxies. I therefore assume that you and your
colleagues will give me the same information you would give anyone else who
asks the same question, without preferential treatment of either. It is not
my intention to seek confidential information, and I will expect as well as
respect your advice if any of my inquiries cannot be answered for that
reason.
Please feel free to call me about anything relating to the
Forum. I'll welcome your suggestions to make the program as valuable as
possible to the company’s directors as well as to its shareholders.
Sincerely yours,
Gary Lutin
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