alstria office REIT-AG

Registration Form • Oct 11, 2007

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Ad-hoc | 11 October 2007 11:02

Alstria Office AG: registration as REIT-stock corporation

Alstria Office AG / Miscellaneous

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Alstria Office AG (alstria), a real estate company which is solely focused
on acquiring, owning and managing office real estate in Germany, has been
registered with the commercial register as a REIT-stock corporation (Real
Estate Investment Trust) today and changed its corporate name into alstria
office REIT-AG. In future, the shares of Alstria shall be traded in the
REITs Segment of the Deutsche Börse AG.

REIT-stock corporations are exempt from corporate income and trade tax. The
tax exemption of alstria office REIT-AG takes effect retroactively on 1
January 2007. Sellers transferring real estate assets to a REIT-stock
corporation may under certain conditions benefit from the so called 'exit
tax'. This is a 50% reduction of the tax base for income respectively trade
tax as well as for corporate income tax regarding capital gains from such
transfer.

alstria office REIT-AG
Fuhlentwiete 12
20355 Hamburg
ISIN: DE000A0LD2U1
WKN: AOLD2U

listed:
Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Regulated Market (Prime Standard)

Please find further information at www.alstria.com

Public relations:
Utta Tuttlies
Tel: +49 - 40 - 22 63 41 340
E-Mail: ututtlies@alstria.de

Investor Relations:
Christian Falkowski
Tel : +49 – 40 – 22 63 41 345
E-Mail: cfalkowski@alstria.de

11.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: Alstria Office AG
Fuhlentwiete 12
20355 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 226 341 300
Fax: +49 (0)40 226 341 310
E-mail: info@alstria.de
Internet: www.alstria.de
ISIN: DE000A0LD2U1
WKN: A0LD2U
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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