EX-99 2 ex99-1.txt EX. 99.1 - PRESS RELEASE [GRAPHIC OMITTED] RE: LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES TRUST ONE PENN PLAZA SUITE 4015 NEW YORK, NY 10119 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: AT THE COMPANY: AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD: Patrick Carroll Diane Hettwer Tim Grace Chief Financial Officer Analyst Inquiries Media Inquiries (212) 692-7200 (312) 640-6760 (312) 640-6667 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2005 LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES TRUST ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $786.0 MILLION PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION New York, NY - April 13, 2005 - Lexington Corporate Properties Trust (NYSE:LXP) ("Lexington"), a real estate investment trust, today announced that it has closed on the acquisition of a portfolio of twenty-seven properties from affiliates of Wells Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. and Wells-affiliated joint venture partners for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $786.0 million. Lexington acquired twenty-one of the properties for approximately $490.0 million with the remaining six acquired by affiliated joint venture programs. A description of the portfolio, the financing used to acquire the portfolio and a detailed list of the properties was attached to Lexington's February 28, 2005 press release. About Lexington Lexington is a real estate investment trust that owns and manages office, industrial and retail properties net-leased to major corporations throughout the United States and provides investment advisory and asset management services to investors in the net lease area. Lexington common shares closed Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at $22.35 per share. Lexington pays an annualized dividend of $1.44 per share. Additional information about Lexington is available at www.lxp.com This release contains certain forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors not under Lexington's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Lexington to be materially different from the results, performance, or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those factors and risks detailed in Lexington's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Lexington undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to those forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the occurrence of unanticipated events. Accordingly, there is no assurance that Lexington's expectations will be realized. ###