CapLease, Inc. : CapLease Announces Tax Treatment of 2012 Dividends

January 25, 2013 at 04:30 pm

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CapLease, Inc. (NYSE: LSE) today announced the income tax treatment of its 2012 common and preferred stock dividend payments.

Common Stock

	Dividend Per Share	Record Date	Date of Payment	Total Ordinary Dividends	Nondividend Distributions (Return of Capital)
	$0.065	4/2/12	4/16/12	$0.00	$0.065
	$0.065	6/29/12	7/16/12	$0.00	$0.065
	$0.07	9/28/12	10/15/12	$0.00	$0.07
	$0.075	12/31/12	1/15/13	$0.00	$0.075
Totals	$0.275			$0.00	$0.275
Percent				0.00%	100.00%


Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

	Dividend Per Share	Record Date	Date of Payment	Total Ordinary Dividends	Nondividend Distributions (Return of Capital)
	$0.5078125	4/2/12	4/16/12	$0.00	$0.5078125
	$0.5078125	6/29/12	7/16/12	$0.00	$0.5078125
	$0.5078125	9/28/12	10/15/12	$0.00	$0.5078125
	$0.5078125	12/31/12	1/15/13	$0.00	$0.5078125
Totals	$2.0312500			$0.00	$2.0312500
Percent				0.00%	100.00%


Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

	Dividend Per Share	Record Date	Date of Payment	Total Ordinary Dividends	Nondividend Distributions (Return of Capital)
	$0.500174	6/29/12	7/16/12	$0.00	$0.500174
	$0.5234375	9/28/12	10/15/12	$0.00	$0.5234375
	$0.5234375	12/31/12	1/15/13	$0.00	$0.5234375
Totals	$1.547049			$0.00	$1.547049
Percent				0.00%	100.00%

As noted above, the entire fourth quarter 2012 dividend though paid in January 2013 is treated as having been received by stockholders and taxable for 2012.

About the Company:

CapLease, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that primarily owns and manages a diversified portfolio of single tenant commercial real estate properties subject to long-term leases to high credit quality tenants.