Government Properties Income Trust Announces Quarterly Dividend on Common Shares
Government Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: GOV) today announced a regular quarterly cash distribution on its common shares of
$0.43 per common share ($1.72 per share per year). This distribution will be paid to GOV’s common shareholders of record as of the
close of business on July 24, 2017 and distributed on or about August 21, 2017.
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 managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR
Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, MA.
WARNING REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF
1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON GOV’S PRESENT BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE
STATEMENTS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SOME OF
WHICH ARE BEYOND GOV’S CONTROL. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT GOV’S DIVIDEND RATE WILL BE $0.43/SHARE PER QUARTER OR
$1.72/SHARE PER YEAR. A POSSIBLE IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT IS THAT GOV WILL CONTINUOUSLY PAY QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS OF $0.43/SHARE
PER QUARTER OR $1.72/SHARE PER YEAR IN THE FUTURE. GOV’S DIVIDEND RATES ARE SET AND RESET FROM TIME TO TIME BY GOV’S BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. THE GOV BOARD CONSIDERS MANY FACTORS WHEN SETTING DIVIDEND RATES INCLUDING GOV’S HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED INCOME,
NORMALIZED FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS, THE THEN CURRENT AND EXPECTED NEEDS AND AVAILABILITY OF CASH TO PAY GOV’S OBLIGATIONS,
DISTRIBUTIONS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE PAID TO MAINTAIN GOV’S TAX STATUS AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, GOV’S RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ITS INVESTMENT IN SELECT INCOME REIT AND OTHER FACTORS DEEMED RELEVANT BY GOV’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ITS
DISCRETION. ACCORDINGLY, FUTURE DIVIDEND RATES MAY BE INCREASED OR DECREASED AND THERE IS NO ASSURANCE AS TO THE RATE AT WHICH
FUTURE DIVIDENDS WILL BE PAID. FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON ANY
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.
Government Properties Income Trust
Christopher Ranjitkar, 617-796-8149
Director, Investor Relations
www.govreit.com
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