Business & Finance
Business and Finance
Business and Finance
Thu, July 1, 2010 
NEWTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--As previously announced, CommonWealth REIT (NYSE: CWH) will begin trading at Market Open today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol aCWHa. CWH was formerly named HRPT Properties Trust and traded on the Exchange under the ticker aHRPa. The companya™s new website address is www.cwhreit.com.
Before the name and ticker change became effective today, the company implemented a common share combination by which the number of its common shares outstanding was reduced by three quarters: for every four existing common shares owned, shareholders received one new common share.
The tickers and CUSIP numbers for CommonWealth REITa™s publicly traded securities are listed below:
| Issue Name | Ticker Symbol | CUSIP # | ||||||
| Common shares | CWH | 203233-101 | ||||||
| Preferred Stock Series B | CWH-PB | 203233-200 | ||||||
| Preferred Stock Series C | CWH-PC | 203233-309 | ||||||
| Preferred Stock Series D | CWH-PD | 203233-408 | ||||||
| 7.50% Senior Notes due 2019 | CWH-N | 203233-507 |
CommonWealth REIT is a nationwide office and industrial real estate investment trust, or REIT. As of March 31, 2010, CWH owned 518 properties with 66.8 million square feet located in over 60 markets in 34 states and Washington, DC. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, 41% of the companya™s property net operating income (NOI) came from suburban office properties, 37% of NOI came from office properties located in central business districts and 22% of NOI came from industrial and other properties. CWH is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
