Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) announced today that its Board of Trustees has declared a special, one-time cash distribution of $1.00 per common share which will be paid on October 18, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 29, 2022.
The company currently expects the tax character of the 2022 special cash distribution to be largely ordinary income. The company cannot provide any assurances that its current expectations will prove to be accurate. The actual tax characterization will be based on the company’s results of operations for the full year 2022. The company currently expects to announce the tax characterization of the 2022 distribution with its normal tax reporting in January 2023.
About Equity Commonwealth
Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) is a Chicago based, internally managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) with commercial office properties in the United States. EQC’s same property portfolio is comprised of 4 properties and 1.5 million square feet.
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