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CommonWealth REIT Announces Quarterly Common and Preferred Dividends

^{Published on 2010-07-07 02:40:56 - Market Wire}
 

NEWTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--CommonWealth REIT (NYSE: CWH) today announced its quarterly common and preferred dividends. On June 15, 2010, the company announced a name change from HRPT Properties Trust to CommonWealth REIT, a ticker change from HRP to CWH, a 1-for-4 reverse stock split, and an increase in its quarterly common dividend per share. CWHa™s quarterly common and preferred dividends are as follows:

Common Dividends
A common dividend of $0.50 per Common Share will be paid with respect to the results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, to holders of record of Common Shares as of the close of business on July 26, 2010, and will be distributed on or about August 25, 2010.

Series B Preferred Dividends
A distribution of $0.5469 per Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share will be paid on or about August 16, 2010, to holders of record of Series B Preferred Shares at the close of business on August 1, 2010.

Series C Preferred Dividends
A distribution of $0.4453 per Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share will be paid on or about August 16, 2010, to holders of record of Series C Preferred Shares at the close of business on August 1, 2010.

Series D Preferred Dividends
A distribution of $0.4063 per Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Share will be paid on or about August 16, 2010, to holders of record of Series D Preferred Shares at the close of business on August 1, 2010.

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. CWH is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange.No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.