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alstria office REIT-AG: alstria office REIT-AG has been included in the new Deutsche Börse REITs segment

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alstria office REIT-AG has been included in the new Deutsche Börse REITs
segment

• Deutsche Börse launches German REITs segment and indices
• Icebreaker alstria office is the first German REIT in the new segment

Hamburg, 7 November 2007 - alstria office REIT-AG (alstria office), an
internally managed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), has been included
in the new Deutsche Börse REITs Segment and indices as the first German
REIT. alstria office is a company, which is solely focused on acquiring,
owning and managing office real estate in Germany. The new REITs segment
has been launched by the stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse today.

Olivier Elamine, CEO of alstria office, commented: 'We are delighted to be
the first company included in the Deutsche Börse REITs Segment and are
proud to lead the field of this new asset class in Germany. The REIT-status
is merely a new tax status for us, as we do not change our strategy or our
view of the German office market. The new tax-status provides us with
enormous flexibility in the active management of the company and allows us
to offer sellers with the benefit of the exit-tax without having to bear
the risks attached to the pre-REIT regime. We will welcome all other
companies to join us in this segment.'

Deutsche Börse will be using the segment and the indices to raise the
profile of German REITs as an asset class in stock exchange trading and
calculating two independent REIT indices. The All Share index covers all
REITs on the Prime Standard and General Standard and is accessible for
German and foreign REITs. The REIT 'RX' selection index contains the 20
largest and most liquid REITs from the Prime Standard.

Rainer Riess, Managing Director Cash Market Development of Deutsche Börse,
about the inclusion of alstria office in the new segment: 'We are delighted
to start the REITs-Segment with alstria office REIT-AG which is paving the
way for more G-REITs. It will raise the profile of this new asset class for
investors and analysts alike.'

About alstria office

alstria office REIT-AG (alstria office) is a real estate company which is
solely focused on acquiring, owning and managing office real estate in
Germany. alstria office was founded in January 2006 and its headquarters
are based in Hamburg.

alstria office owns a diversified portfolio of properties across attractive
German office real estate markets. Its current portfolio comprises 70
properties with an aggregate lettable space of approximately 777,000 sqm
and is valued at approximately Euro 1.6 billion. This includes an office
building in the city centre of Munich for which a binding sale and purchase
agreement has been signed on 4 May 2007.

alstria office intends to expand its portfolio significantly in the
upcoming years as part of a sustainable growth strategy based on selective
investments and active asset and portfolio management as well as on
establishing and maintaining good relationships with its key customers and
decision makers.

For further information, please see: www.alstria.com

Disclaimer

This release constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities. The securities have already been sold.

This release and the information contained herein are not for distribution
in or into the United States of America and must not be distributed to U.S.
persons (as defined in Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended ('Securities Act')) or to publications with a general circulation
in the United States. This release does not constitute an offer or
invitation to purchase any securities in the United States. The securities
of Alstria Office AG have not been registered under the Securities Act and
may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to U.S.
persons absent registration or an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of
securities in the United States of America.

This document is directed only at persons (i) who are outside the United
Kingdom or (ii) who have professional experience in matters relation to
investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the
'Order') or (iii) who fall within Article 49(2) (a) to (d) ('High net worth
companies, unincorporated associations etc.') of the order (all such
persons together being referred to as 'relevant persons'). Any person who
is not a relevant person must not act or reply on this communication or any
of its contents. Any investment or investment activity to which this
communication relates is available only to relevant persons and will be
engaged in only with relevant persons. This document is not directed at
private customers, as defined by the Financial Services Authority in the
UK, who should not rely on this communication.

Dr. Charlotte Brigitte Looß
Manager Public Relations & Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 – 40 – 226 341 329
Fax: +49 – 40 – 226 341 310
Email: bloos@alstria.de

07.11.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: alstria office REIT-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: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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