Excelsior Funds (EXBIX) DEFA14A Additional proxy soliciting materials

UNITED STATES
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EXCELSIOR FUNDS, INC.
EXCELSIOR TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS, INC.
EXCELSIOR FUNDS TRUST

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To:	Regional Heads
From:	Leo Grohowski
	Mary Martinez
	Jay Springer
Date:	February 22, 2007
Subject:	Excelsior Proxy

As you are aware, Excelsior shareholders have been sent a proxy which asks them to approve new investment management contracts with US Trust. This is necessary because of the impending sale to Bank of America. There are no changes to the terms of the contracts, only the change in ownership. A second letter was sent to shareholders on February 20^th encouraging them to vote for the proxy. It is important that shareholders vote all proxies because a 50% vote in favor is required for each individual fund. Attached are files containing a listing of the clients in your region who have retained their proxy voting rights and have not yet voted. We need the CROs to contact all clients who own Excelsior shares and encourage them to vote in favor of this proxy.

The shareholder meeting is on March 30^th, so it is critical that we contact clients as soon as possible.

Attached is the letter that will be sent to clients. The actual proxy can be viewed at the Excelsior web site www.excelsiorfunds.com. Also attached is an internal document describing the proxy that can be used as additional background for the calls.

Please follow up with your CROs to make sure they follow through with this critical task.