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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Meeting Type:       Annual

       
   

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For holders as of:

  

5/5/09

10:00 a.m., Mountain Time

3/9/09

 

       
 

 

 

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DCT Corporate Headquarters

518 17th Street, Suite 800

Denver, Colorado 80202

 

     
          
          
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

       

 

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                        Voting items            

 

            

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR proposals 1 and 2.

   
                  

1.       Election of the following nominees as directors (Terms expire in 2010)

 

          Nominees:

      
 

    01)

    Thomas G. Wattles   

   06)

    Tripp H. Hardin      
 

    02)

    Philip L. Hawkins   

   07)

    James R. Mulvihill      
      03)    Phillip R. Altinger       08)    John C. O’Keefe      
      04)    Thomas F. August       09)    Bruce L. Warwick      
      05)    John S. Gates, Jr.            

2.      Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2009

   

3.      At the discretion of such proxies on any other matter that properly may come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof

   

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