BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lamar Advertising co. shareholders will vote on the conversion to a Real Estate Investment Trust during a special meeting sometime in the fourth quarter.

The company tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/V1v4Bk ) the date of the meeting has not been set. As part of the conversion, Lamar plans to merge with the newly formed Lamar Advertising REIT Co.

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