RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) announced today the tax characteristics of its 2010 distributions. The tax reporting will be done on Form 1099-DIV and shareholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to the specific tax treatment of dividends. The characteristics of the company's distributions are as follows:

             Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (CUSIP 105368203)
             ------------------------------------------------------

                             (Boxes 1a + 2a
                                   +3)        (Box 1a)
                             ---------------  --------
                                  GROSS       TAXABLE
                                  -----       -------
      RECORD     PAYABLE      DISTRIBUTION    ORDINARY
      ------     -------      ------------    --------
       DATE        DATE         PER SHARE     DIVIDEND
       ----        ----         ---------     --------
    1/6/2010     1/20/2010         $0.150000  $0.150000
    4/5/2010     4/19/2010         $0.150000  $0.150000
    7/6/2010     7/20/2010         $0.150000  $0.150000
    10/5/2010   10/18/2010         $0.150000  $0.150000

      Total                        $0.600000  $0.600000
       % of
       Total                           100.0%     100.0%


                  (Box 2a)         (Box 3)
                  --------         -------
                   TOTAL         NONDIVIDEND
                   -----         -----------
      RECORD   CAPITAL GAIN     DISTRIBUTION
      ------   ------------     ------------
                                  (Return Of
       DATE    DISTRIBUTION        Capital)
       ----    ------------      -----------
    1/6/2010              $0                $0
    4/5/2010              $0                $0
    7/6/2010              $0                $0
    10/5/2010             $0                $0

      Total               $0                $0
       % of
       Total             0.0%              0.0%

     7.50% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (CUSIP 105368401)
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------

                              (Boxes 1a +
                                 2a +3)     (Box 1a)
                               -----------  --------
                                 GROSS      TAXABLE
                                 -----      -------
      RECORD      PAYABLE    DISTRIBUTION   ORDINARY
      ------      -------    ------------   --------
       DATE         DATE       PER SHARE    DIVIDEND
       ----         ----       ---------    --------
    3/30/2010     4/15/2010      $0.468750  $0.468750
    6/30/2010     7/15/2010      $0.468750  $0.468750
    9/30/2010    10/15/2010      $0.468750  $0.468750
    12/30/2010    1/18/2011      $0.468750  $0.468750

      Total                      $1.875000  $1.875000
       % of
       Total                         100.0%     100.0%


                   (Box 2a)         (Box 3)
                   --------         -------
                    TOTAL         NONDIVIDEND
                    -----         -----------
      RECORD    CAPITAL GAIN      DISTRIBUTION
      ------    ------------      ------------
                                   (Return Of
       DATE     DISTRIBUTION        Capital)
       ----     ------------      -----------
    3/30/2010              $0                 $0
    6/30/2010              $0                 $0
    9/30/2010              $0                 $0
    12/30/2010             $0                 $0

      Total                $0                 $0
       % of
       Total              0.0%               0.0%

    7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (CUSIP 105368500)
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                              (Boxes 1a +
                                 2a +3)     (Box 1a)
                               -----------  --------
                                 GROSS      TAXABLE
                                 -----      -------
      RECORD      PAYABLE    DISTRIBUTION   ORDINARY
      ------      -------    ------------   --------
       DATE         DATE       PER SHARE    DIVIDEND
       ----         ----       ---------    --------
    3/30/2010     4/15/2010      $0.460938  $0.460938
    6/30/2010     7/15/2010      $0.460938  $0.460938
    9/30/2010    10/15/2010      $0.460938  $0.460938
    12/30/2010    1/18/2011      $0.460938  $0.460938

       Total                     $1.843752  $1.843752
       % of
       Total                         100.0%     100.0%


                   (Box 2a)          (Box 3)
                   --------          -------
                    TOTAL          NONDIVIDEND
                    -----          -----------
      RECORD    CAPITAL GAIN      DISTRIBUTION
      ------    ------------      ------------
                                    (Return Of
       DATE     DISTRIBUTION         Capital)
       ----     ------------       -----------
    3/30/2010              $0                  $0
    6/30/2010              $0                  $0
    9/30/2010              $0                  $0
    12/30/2010             $0                  $0

       Total               $0                  $0
       % of
       Total              0.0%                0.0%

A full tax report is available on our website at www.brandywinerealty.com - Investor Relations - 1099 Reporting.

About Brandywine Realty Trust

Brandywine Realty Trust is one of the largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the United States. Organized as a real estate investment trust and operating in select markets, Brandywine owns, develops, manages and has ownership interests in a primarily Class A, suburban and urban office portfolio comprising 312 properties and 34.1 million square feet, including 233 properties and 25.6 million square feet owned on a consolidated basis and 49 properties and 4.6 million square feet in 15 unconsolidated real estate ventures. For more information, please visit www.brandywinerealty.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of debt and equity financing, competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs and the effects of general and local economic and real estate conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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