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ASP, BSP, CSP, and SLA Will Not Pursue Proposed Merger

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2005--The Board of Directors of American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc. (ASP), American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc.-II (BSP), American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc.-III (CSP), and American Select Portfolio Inc. (SLA) (together, the Funds), in consultation with U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, the investment adviser to the Funds, announced today that it will not pursue the previously proposed merger of the Funds into First American Strategic Real Estate Portfolio Inc., a real estate investment trust formed for purposes of the merger. The Board of Directors and U.S. Bancorp Asset Management are currently exploring other options, including the possibility of combining these four closed-end Funds into a single closed-end fund that would continue to be registered under the Investment Company Act.

Based in Minneapolis, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association, serves as the investment advisor to the First American Funds. It provides investment management services to individuals and institutions-including corporations, foundations, pension funds, public funds, and retirement plans-and has combined assets under management of more than $122 billion as of June 30, 2005.

U.S. Bank National Association is a separate entity and wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, the sixth-largest(a) financial services holding company in the United States as of June 30, 2005, and a leading provider of comprehensive banking, trust, investment and payment systems products and service. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp at usbank.com.

Investment products, including shares of closed-end funds, are not obligations of, or guaranteed by, any bank, including U.S. Bank or any U.S. Bancorp affiliate, nor are they insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency. An investment in such products involves investment risk, including possible loss of principal.

(a) Information provided by U.S. Bank Investor Relations.

CONTACT: U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc.
Investor Services, 800-677-FUND

SOURCE: U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc.

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