Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person intends to engage with David H. Lesser, the Issuer's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Issuer's Board of Trustees (the "Board"), as well as other members of the Issuer's Board, to discuss the Issuer's governance and its plans with respect to its wholly owned subsidiary, Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad. The Reporting Person may engage with the Issuer with respect to joining the Board and/or identifying other strategic individuals to join the Board, and to the extent he is unable to reach an agreement with the Issuer regarding the foregoing, the Reporting Person may seek to nominate such individuals to the Board. The Reporting Person may consider, explore and/or develop plans and/or make proposals (whether preliminary or firm) with respect to, among other things, the matters set forth above, potential improvements in the Issuer's governance, including a governance and compliance audit, and the strategy and plans of the Issuer, including transactions in which the Reporting Person may seek to participate and potentially engage. In addition to the matters set forth above, the Reporting Person may engage with the Issuer's management and Board with respect to a broad range of governance, compliance, operational and strategic matters and to communicate with other shareholders or other third parties, including advisers and service providers regarding any of the foregoing. The Reporting Person may exchange information with any such persons pursuant to appropriate confidentiality or similar agreements which may include customary standstill provisions. The Reporting Person may also take steps to explore and prepare for various plans and actions, and propose transactions, before forming an intention to engage in such plans or actions or proceed with such transactions. The Reporting Person intends to review his investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis and depending on various factors, including without limitation, the Issuer's governance, compliance with its responsibilities to its shareholders, its financial position and strategic direction, the outcome of any discussions referenced above, overall market conditions, other available investment opportunities, and the availability of securities of the Issuer at prices that would make the purchase or sale of such securities desirable, the Reporting Person may in the future take such actions with respect to his investment in the Issuer on terms and at such times as he deems appropriate. These actions may include, without limitation, acquiring additional shares of Common Stock or disposing of some or all of his holdings of Common Stock, including through a trading plan created under Rule 10b5-1(c) or otherwise, on such terms and at such times as the Reporting Person may deem advisable. In addition, the Reporting Person may, at any time and from time to time, (i) review or reconsider his position and/or change his purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto and (ii) propose or consider one or more of the actions described in subparagraphs (a)-(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.