EDISON, N.J., Jan. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE: CLI) today announced the tax treatment of its 2013 dividends. The Company's total distribution of $1.50 per share of common stock (CUSIP #554489104) is to be classified for income tax purposes as follows:

          RECORD  PAYMENT          CASH   TAXABLE    TOTAL UNRECAPTURED         NONDIVIDEND

            DATE     DATE DISTRIBUTIONS  ORDINARY  CAPITAL SECTION 1250       DISTRIBUTIONS

                              PER SHARE DIVIDENDS     GAIN     GAIN (*) (RETURN OF CAPITAL)
    ---                       --------- ---------     ----      -------  ------------------

        01/04/13 01/11/13      $0.45000  $0.24141 $0.06150     $0.06150            $0.14709

        04/03/13 04/12/13       0.45000   0.24141  0.06150      0.06150             0.14709

        07/03/13 07/12/13       0.30000   0.16094  0.04100      0.04100             0.09806

        10/03/13 10/11/13       0.30000   0.16094  0.04100      0.04100             0.09806
        -------- --------       -------   -------  -------      -------             -------

                               $1.50000  $0.80470 $0.20500     $0.20500            $0.49030

          Totals
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* Included in Total Capital Gain

The fourth quarter 2013 distributions being made to shareholders of record as of January 6, 2014 are considered 2014 distributions for federal income tax purposes. Shareholders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation dividends.

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is a fully integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) providing management, leasing, development, construction and other tenant-related services for its class A real estate portfolio. Mack-Cali owns or has interests in 279 properties, consisting of 267 office and office/flex properties totaling approximately 31 million square feet and 12 multi-family rental properties containing over 3,600 residential units, all located in the Northeast. The properties enable the Company to provide a full complement of real estate opportunities to its diverse base of commercial and residential tenants.

Additional information on Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is available on the Company's website at www.mack-cali.com.

Statements made in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "plan," "potential," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading "Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are incorporated herein by reference. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.



    Contacts: Barry Lefkowitz              Ilene Jablonski

              Mack-Cali Realty Corporation Mack-Cali Realty Corporation

              Executive Vice President     Vice President of Marketing

              and Chief Financial Officer  (732) 590-1000

              (732) 590-1000

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