Government Properties Income Trust Announces 2012 Dividend Allocation

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE: GOV) 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
01/09/12	01/26/12	02/24/12	$	0.4200			0.3375			0.0000			0.0000			0.0000			0.0825
04/09/12	04/26/12	05/24/12	$	0.4200			0.3375			0.0000			0.0000			0.0000			0.0825
07/09/12	07/23/12	08/22/12	$	0.4200			0.3375			0.0000			0.0000			0.0000			0.0825
10/09/12	10/22/12	11/21/12	$	0.4300			0.3456			0.0000			0.0000			0.0000			0.0844
		TOTALS:	$	1.6900		$	1.3581		$	0.0000		$	0.0000		$	0.0000		$	0.3319
				100.00	%		80.36	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		19.64	%

GOV’s common share CUSIP number is 38376A103. This information represents final income allocations.

Government Properties Income Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns properties leased primarily to the U.S. Government and state governments located throughout the United States. GOV 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.