Select Income REIT Announces 2012 Dividend Allocation

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Select Income REIT (NYSE: SIR) 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
07/09/12	07/24/12	08/20/12	$0.4900	$0.4900	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
10/09/12	10/22/12	11/19/12	$0.4200	$0.4200	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
		TOTALS:	$0.9100	$0.9100	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000	$0.0000
			100.00%	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

SIR’s common share CUSIP number is 81618T100. This information represents final income allocations.

Select Income REIT is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns properties that are primarily net leased to single tenants. SIR is headquartered in Newton, MA.

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.