H&R REIT News Releases

TSX SYMBOL: HR.UN

12/31/2008
H&R REIT ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY PARTIAL WAIVER OF ITS BLACKOUT POLICY

TORONTO, Ontario, December 31, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT"); TSX: HR.UN, HR.DB) announced today that its board of trustees has approved a temporary partial waiver of the REIT’s blackout policy that applies to trustees, officers and other applicable persons ("Restricted Parties").

12/23/2008
H&R REIT AGREES TO ISSUE $200 MILLION DEBENTURES AND DECREASES MONTHLY CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

TORONTO, Ontario, December 23, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT"; TSX: HR.UN, HR.DB) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited ("Fairfax"), pursuant to which Fairfax has agreed to purchase, at par on a private placement basis, $200 million of 11.5% debentures (the "Debentures") due on the fifth anniversary of the issue date with interest payable semi-annually (the "Private Placement").

11/13/2008
H&R REIT Increases Distributable Cash 6% in Third Quarter 2008

Toronto, Ontario, November 13, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR.UN; HR.DB) announced today that its distributable cash in the three months ended September 30, 2008 increased by 6% compared to the same period last year.

11/11/2008
H&R REIT To Report Third Quarter 2008 Results; Conduct Conference Call

Toronto, Ontario, November 11, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR.UN) plans to release its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at approximately 4:30pm (Eastern Standard Time). H&R management will host a conference call and webcast on Friday, November 14 at 9am to discuss the results and provide an update on its landmark development project in Calgary called The Bow.

10/1/2008
H&R REIT ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

TORONTO, Canada (October 1, 2008) - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (the “REIT”) (TSX: HR.UN) announced today that the internal reorganization (the “Reorganization”) of the REIT, which was approved by the REIT’s unitholders at a special meeting on September 19, 2008, has been successfully completed.

9/19/2008
H&R REIT ANNOUNCES APPROVAL BY UNITHOLDERS OF PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

TORONTO, Canada, (September 19, 2008) - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (the “REIT”) (TSX: HR.UN) announced today that the REIT’s unitholders approved an internal organization (the “Reorganization”) of the REIT which was previously announced by the REIT in its May 16, 2008 Press Release.

8/27/2008
H&R REIT CALLS SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED INTERNAL REORGANIZATION

TORONTO, Canada, (August 27, 2008) - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (the “REIT”) announces today that it has called a special meeting of unitholders for September 19, 2008 (the “Special Meeting”) to consider, among other things, an internal reorganization (the “Reorganization”) of the REIT which was previously announced by the REIT in its May 16, 2008 press release.

8/15/2008
H&R REIT Increases Distributable Cash 8% in Second Quarter 2008

Toronto, Ontario, August 7, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR.UN) announced today that its distributable cash increased by 8% (1% on a per-unit basis, basic) in the three months ended June 30, 2008 compared to the second quarter last year, primarily due to H&R’s property acquisitions and contractual rent escalations

8/5/2008
H&R REIT Announces Closure of Seven US Department Stores And Sale of Retail Property in Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, August 5, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR.UN) announced today that one of its retail tenants – Boscov Department Stores – has filed for protection with a United States bankruptcy court, and plans to close seven of its stores on properties owned by H&R.

7/2/2008
H&R REIT generates $72 million from sale of non-core assets

Toronto, Ontario, July 2, 2008 - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR.UN) has completed the sale of 11 retail properties comprising approximately 1.1 million square feet of leasable area.

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