Select Income REIT Files form S-11 to Permit Offering of Up to 22M Shares Owned by CommonWealth REIT

Select Income REIT

today announced the filing of a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to permit the possible public offering of up to all the common shares of SIR that are owned by CommonWealth REIT

. After the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC, CWH may sell all, some or none of the 22,000,000 common shares of SIR it owns. The book running manager listed for the possible offering of SIR common shares owned by CWH is BofA Merrill Lynch. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not