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HRPT Properties Trust Announces Quarterly Preferred Dividends

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Friday, January 9th 2009 at 13:52 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-01-09 13:52:31 by Market Wire}  

NEWTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE: HRP) today announced its regular quarterly preferred dividends as follows:

Series B Preferred Dividends

A distribution of $0.5469 per Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share will be paid on or about February 17, 2009, to holders of record of Series B Preferred Shares at the close of business on February 1, 2009.

Series C Preferred Dividends

A distribution of $0.4453 per Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share will be paid on or about February 17, 2009, to holders of record of Series C Preferred Shares at the close of business on February 1, 2009.

Series D Preferred Dividends

A distribution of $0.4063 per Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Share will be paid on or about February 17, 2009, to holders of record of Series D Preferred Shares at the close of business on February 1, 2009.

HRPT Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns office buildings located throughout the United States. HRP is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.