Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Webcast of 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Business Wire, May 06, 2009

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) will hold its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time. For shareholders and other interested parties who are unable to attend the meeting in person you can access the meeting with the dial-in information set forth below or there will be a live on-demand webcast available on WRIT’s website at www.writ.com in the Investor section under Presentations & Events. Following the meeting, the link will provide a replay of the presentation and will be available until May 29, 2009 at 11:59 PM.

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WRIT is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties in the greater Washington metro region. WRIT owns a diversified portfolio of 93 properties consisting of 28 office properties, 22 industrial/flex properties, 17 medical office properties, 14 retail centers, 12 multi-family properties and land for development. WRIT shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:WRE).

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the effect of the current credit and financial market conditions, the availability and cost of capital, fluctuations in interest rates, tenants' financial conditions, the timing and pricing of lease transactions, levels of competition, the effect of government regulation, the impact of newly adopted accounting principles, changes in general and local economic and real estate market conditions, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including our 2008 Form 10-K. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.