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PREIT Schedules Third Quarter 2010 Conference Call for Thursday, November 4, 2010

^{Published on 2010-10-14 05:05:40 - Market Wire}
 

PHILADELPHIA--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI) intends to release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010 before market trading begins on Thursday, November 4, 2010.

Management has scheduled a conference call for 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 4, 2010, to review the Companya™s third quarter results, market trends, and future outlook. To listen to the call, please dial (877) 941-2068 (domestic) or (480) 629-9712 (international), at least five minutes before the scheduled start time, and provide conference ID number 4375896. Investors can also access the call in a "listen only" mode via the Internet at the Company website, [ www.preit.com ], or at [ www.viavid.net ]. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download the necessary software to listen to the Internet broadcast. Financial and statistical information expected to be discussed on the call will also be available on the Companya™s website.

For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a replay of the call will be available through November 18, 2010 at (877) 870-5176 (domestic) or (858) 384-5517 (international), (Replay reservation number: 4375896). The online archive of the Internet broadcast will be available for 14 days following the call.

About Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, founded in 1960 and one of the first equity REITs in the U.S., has a primary investment focus on retail shopping malls. Currently, the Company's portfolio consists of 49 properties, including 38 shopping malls, 8 strip and power centers, and three development properties. The Company's properties are located in 13 states in the eastern half of the United States, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. The operating retail properties have approximately 34 million total square feet of space. PREIT is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Company's website can be found at [ www.preit.com ]. PREIT is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol PEI.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain aforward-looking statementsa within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans, strategies, anticipated events, trends and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements reflect PREITa™s current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that might cause future events, achievements or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Moreover, PREITa™s business might be affected by uncertainties affecting real estate businesses generally as well as the following, among other factors: PREITa™s substantial debt and high leverage ratio; constraining leverage, interest and tangible net worth covenants under the 2010 Credit Facility, as well as capital application provisions and limits on PREITa™s ability to pay distributions on its common shares; PREITa™s ability to refinance its existing indebtedness when it matures on favorable terms, or at all; PREITa™s ability to raise capital, including through the issuance of equity or equity-related securities if market conditions are favorable, through joint ventures or other partnerships, through sales of properties, or through other actions; PREITa™s short- and long-term liquidity position; the effects on PREIT of dislocations and liquidity disruptions in the capital and credit markets; the current economic downturn and its effect on employment, consumer confidence and consumer spending; tenant business and solvency and leasing decisions and the value and potential impairment of PREITa™s properties; and PREITa™s ability to maintain and increase property occupancy, sales and rental rates, including at recently redeveloped properties. Additionally, there can be no assurance that PREITa™s actual results will not differ significantly from the estimates set forth in press releases or other disclosures. Investors are also directed to consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in documents PREIT has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and, in particular, PREIT's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. PREIT does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.

Additional information about PREIT is available on [ www.preit.com ].