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Cogdell Spencer Inc. Announces Characteristics of 2009 Dividend

Saturday, January 23, 2010 General News
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 22 Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA) announced today the tax characteristics of its 2009 dividends. We are releasing this information to assist those required to distribute Form 1099s on the Company's dividend. This release is based on an estimate of "earnings and profits" as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. No material change in these classifications is expected.
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During 2009, the Company paid two quarterly dividends of $0.225 per share and two quarterly dividends of $0.10 per share, totaling $0.65 per share for the year. The dividends of $0.65 per share are classified for income tax purposes as 61.5% taxable ordinary dividend and 38.5% return of capital. Shareholders generally benefit from the return of capital by deferring income taxes on that portion of the distribution until a share is sold or otherwise transferred. No portion of the dividends constitutes "qualified dividends" eligible for the reduced rates on dividends pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The Company urges its stockholders to consult with their own tax advisors with respect to the federal, state and local income tax consequences of these dividends.
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About Cogdell Spencer Inc.

Charlotte-based Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA) is a fully-integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") that invests in specialty office buildings for the medical profession, including medical offices and ambulatory surgery and diagnostic centers. The Company focuses on the ownership, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and management of strategically located medical office buildings and other healthcare related facilities in the United States of America. The Company has been built around understanding and addressing the full range of specialized real estate needs of the healthcare industry. Learn more about Cogdell Spencer Inc. and its subsidiaries at www.cogdell.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements reflect the Company's views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that may contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to the following: market trends; our ability to obtain future financing arrangements; our ability to renew ground leases; our ability to comply with financial covenants in our debt instruments; defaults by tenants; and changes in the reimbursement available to our tenants by government or private payors. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be realized. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Cogdell Spencer Inc.
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