Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Tax Treatment Of Year 2013 Distributions

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Jan 31, 2014, 08:30 ET

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) announced today the tax treatment of its Year 2013 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.

				Dividends		Capital Gains
Ticker Symbol	Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution Per Share	Taxable Ordinary	Qualified (1)	Total Capital Gain	Unrecaptured Section 1250 (2)	Return of Capital (3)

ARE	12/31/12	1/15/13	$ 0.560000	$ 0.481040	$ −	$ 0.014000	$ −	$ 0.064960
ARE	3/28/13	4/15/13	0.600000	0.515400	−	0.015000	−	0.069600
ARE	6/28/13	7/15/13	0.650000	0.558350	−	0.016250	−	0.075400
ARE	9/30/13	10/15/13	0.680000	0.584120	−	0.017000	−	0.078880
Total Common Stock (Cusip # 015271109)			$ 2.490000	$ 2.138910	$ −	$ 0.062250	$ −	$ 0.288840
Percentage			100.0%	85.9%	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%	11.6%

N/A	12/31/12	1/15/13	$ 0.437500	$ 0.425250	$ −	$ 0.012250	$ −	$ −
N/A	3/28/13	4/15/13	0.437500	0.425250	−	0.012250	−	−
N/A	6/28/13	7/15/13	0.437500	0.425250	−	0.012250	−	−
N/A	9/30/13	10/15/13	0.437500	0.425250	−	0.012250	−	−
Total Series D Preferred Stock (Cusip # 015271505)			$ 1.750000	$ 1.701000	$ −	$ 0.049000	$ −	$ −
Percentage			100.0%	97.2%	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%

ARE−E	12/31/12	1/15/13	$ 0.403125	$ 0.391838	$ −	$ 0.011288	$ −	$ −
ARE−E	3/28/13	4/15/13	0.403125	0.391838	−	0.011288	−	−
ARE−E	6/28/13	7/15/13	0.403125	0.391838	−	0.011288	−	−
ARE−E	9/30/13	10/15/13	0.403125	0.391838	−	0.011288	−	−
Total Series E Preferred Stock (Cusip # 015271703)			$ 1.612500	$ 1.567350	$ −	$ 0.045150	$ −	$ −
Percentage			100.0%	97.2%	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%

(1) Qualified dividends are a subset of, and included in, the taxable ordinary dividend amount.
(2) Unrecaptured section 1250 gain is a subset of, and included in, the total capital gain amount.
(3) Represents a return of shareholder investment.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT"), is the largest and leading REIT focused principally on owning, operating, developing, redeveloping, and acquiring high-quality, sustainable real estate for the broad and diverse life science industry. Founded in 1994, Alexandria pioneered the laboratory niche and has become the leading life science real estate brand and dominant market presence in the top life science clusters, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Greater New York City, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle Park. Alexandria manages its properties through fully integrated regional and life science teams with unparalleled real estate and life science expertise. As the landlord of choice to the life science industry, Alexandria is known for its high-quality and diverse client tenant base. Alexandria has a proven and superior track record developing Class A laboratory/office assets in AAA cluster locations adjacent to leading academic medical research centers, offering highly creative amenities that drive client tenant productivity and foster innovation, and gathering its longstanding and expansive network in the life science community. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.