CommonWealth REIT Announces Quarterly Preferred Dividends

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CommonWealth REIT (NYSE: CWH) today announced its regular quarterly preferred dividends as follows:

Series D Preferred Dividends

A distribution of $0.4063 per Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Share will be paid on or about November 15, 2012, to holders of record of Series D Preferred Shares at the close of business on November 1, 2012.

Series E Preferred Dividends

A distribution of $0.4531 per Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share will be paid on or about November 15, 2012, to holders of record of Series E Preferred Shares at the close of business on November 1, 2012.

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 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.

CommonWealth REIT
Timothy A. Bonang, 617-796-8222
Vice President, Investor Relations
or
Carlynn Finn, 617-796-8222
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
www.cwhreit.com

Source: CommonWealth REIT