RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) announced today the tax characteristics of its 2014 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)
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                                       (Boxes 1a + 2a +3)                         (Box 1a)                              (Box 2a)                (Box 2b)                  (Box 3)

                                              GROSS                                TAXABLE                                TOTAL                  TOTAL                  NONDIVIDEND

              RECORD PAYABLE              DISTRIBUTION                            ORDINARY                            CAPITAL GAIN           UNRECAP SEC.              DISTRIBUTION

               DATE   DATE                  PER SHARE                             DIVIDEND                            DISTRIBUTION             1250 GAIN            (Return Of Capital)
               ----   ----                  ---------                             --------                            ------------             ---------            ------------------

    1/6/2014                 1/21/2014                   $0.150000                             $0.103560                           $0.004983              $0.004667                     $0.041457

    4/3/2014                 4/17/2014                   $0.150000                             $0.103560                           $0.004983              $0.004667                     $0.041457

    7/7/2014                 7/21/2014                   $0.150000                             $0.103560                           $0.004983              $0.004667                     $0.041457

    10/6/2014               10/20/2014                   $0.150000                             $0.103560                           $0.004983              $0.004667                     $0.041457


    Total                                                $0.600000                             $0.414240                           $0.019932              $0.018668                     $0.165828

    % of Total                                              100.0%                                69.0%                               3.3%                  0.0%                        27.7%

                                                      6.90% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (CUSIP 105368609)
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                                        (Boxes 1a + 2a +3)                         (Box 1a)                              (Box 2a)               (Box 2b)                   (Box 3)

                                               GROSS                                TAXABLE                                TOTAL                 TOTAL                   NONDIVIDEND

               RECORD PAYABLE              DISTRIBUTION                            ORDINARY                            CAPITAL GAIN           UNRECAP SEC.              DISTRIBUTION

                DATE   DATE                  PER SHARE                             DIVIDEND                            DISTRIBUTION            1250 GAIN             (Return Of Capital)
                ----   ----                  ---------                             --------                            ------------            ---------             ------------------

    3/30/2014                 4/15/2014                   $0.431250                             $0.411451                           $0.019799              $0.018543                          $0

    6/30/2014                 7/15/2014                   $0.431250                             $0.411451                           $0.019799              $0.018543                          $0

    9/30/2014                10/15/2014                   $0.431250                             $0.411451                           $0.019799              $0.018543                          $0

    12/30/2014                1/15/2015                   $0.431250                             $0.411451                           $0.019799              $0.018543                          $0


    Total                                                  $1.72500                             $1.645804                            $.079196               $.074172                          $0

    % of Total                                               100.0%                                95.4%                               4.6%                  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, leases and manages an urban, town center office portfolio comprising 286 properties and 34.1 million square feet as of December 31, 2014. 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, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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