CommonWealth REIT Announces 2012 Dividend Allocation

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CommonWealth REIT (NYSE: CWH) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2012 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

Common Shares
				Dividend Allocation
				Per Share
							Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital
01/10/12	01/20/12	02/21/12	$0.50	$0.3086	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1914
04/05/12	04/23/12	05/24/12	$0.50	$0.3086	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1914
07/09/12	07/26/12	08/24/12	$0.50	$0.3086	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.1914
10/09/12	10/22/12	11/21/12	$0.25	$0.1543	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0957
		TOTALS:	$1.75	$1.0801	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.6699
			100.00%	61.72%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	38.28%

The CWH common share CUSIP number is 203233101. This information represents final income allocations.

Preferred C Shares
				Dividend Allocation
				Per Share
							Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital
01/10/12	02/01/12	02/15/12	$0.4453	$0.4453	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
04/05/12	05/01/12	05/15/12	$0.4453	$0.4453	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
07/09/12	08/01/12	08/15/12	$0.4453	$0.4453	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
		TOTALS:	$1.3359	$1.3359	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
			100.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

The CWH Series C preferred share CUSIP number is 203233309. This information represents final income allocations.

Preferred D Shares
				Dividend Allocation
				Per Share
							Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital
01/10/12	02/01/12	02/15/12	$0.4063	$0.4063	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
04/05/12	05/01/12	05/15/12	$0.4063	$0.4063	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
07/09/12	08/01/12	08/15/12	$0.4063	$0.4063	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
10/09/12	11/01/12	11/15/12	$0.4063	$0.4063	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
		TOTALS:	$1.6252	$1.6252	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
			100.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

The CWH Series D preferred share CUSIP number is 203233408. This information represents final income allocations.

Preferred E Shares
				Dividend Allocation
				Per Share
							Unrecaptured
Declaration	Record	Paid/Payable	Dividends	Ordinary	Qualified	Capital	Section 1250	Return of
Dates	Dates	Dates	Per Share	Income	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital
01/10/12	02/01/12	02/15/12	$0.4531	$0.4531	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
04/05/12	05/01/12	05/15/12	$0.4531	$0.4531	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
07/09/12	08/01/12	08/15/12	$0.4531	$0.4531	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
10/09/12	11/01/12	11/15/12	$0.4531	$0.4531	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
		TOTALS:	$1.8124	$1.8124	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
			100.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

The CWH Series E preferred share CUSIP number is 203233606. This information represents final income allocations.

CommonWealth REIT is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns office and industrial properties located throughout the United States. 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.