Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Tax Treatment of Year 2010 Dividend Distributions

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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Jan 28, 2011, 04:15 ET

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) announced today the tax treatment of its Year 2010 dividend distributions as described in the chart below. Shareholders are encouraged to consult with their own tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. distributions.

					25%
			Taxable	15%	Sec.1250
		Distributions	Ordinary	Capital	Capital	Return of
Security	CUSIP #	per Share	Dividend	Gain	Gain	Capital

Common
Stock	015271109	$1.40	77.2%	0.0%	0.0%	22.8%

Series C
Preferred
Stock	015271406	$2.09375	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Series D
Preferred
Stock	015271505	$1.75	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Landlord of Choice to the Life Science Industry®, is the largest owner and preeminent first-in-class REIT focused principally on cluster development through the ownership, operation, management, selective acquisition, redevelopment, and development of properties containing life science laboratory space. Alexandria is the leading provider of high-quality, environmentally sustainable real estate, technical infrastructure, and services to the broad and diverse life science industry. Client tenants include institutional (universities and independent not-for-profit institutions), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, product, service, and government agencies. Alexandria's primary business objective is to maximize stockholder value by providing its stockholders with the greatest possible total return based on a multi-faceted platform of internal and external growth. Alexandria's operating platform is based on the principle of "clustering" with assets and operations located adjacent to life science entities driving growth and technological advances within each cluster.

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