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Equity Commonwealth Announces $150 Million Share Repurchase Authorization<\/b><\/p>\n

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nEquity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) today announced that its Board of Trustees authorized the repurchase, from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, of up to an additional $150 million of its outstanding common shares under the company\u2019s existing share repurchase program. The company still has $120 million remaining under its prior authorization that expires on June 30, 2023.<\/p>\n

\nYear-to-date through June 13, 2023 the company has not repurchased any shares.<\/p>\n

\nPurchases made pursuant to the program will be made from time to time, at the company\u2019s discretion, in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or through other manners as permitted by federal securities laws. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined by the company and will be subject to economic and market conditions, stock price, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.<\/p>\n

About Equity Commonwealth<\/b><\/p>\n

\nEquity 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\u2019s portfolio is comprised of 4 properties totaling 1.5 million square feet.<\/p>\n

Regulation FD Disclosures<\/b><\/p>\n

\nWe use any of the following to comply with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD: press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, or our website. We routinely post important information on our website at www.eqcre.com<\/a>, including information that may be deemed to be material. We encourage investors and others interested in the company to monitor these distribution channels for material disclosures.<\/p>\n

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\nSome of the statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are intended to be made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology, including but not limited to, \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201ccould,\u201d \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cexpects,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cplans,\u201d \u201canticipates,\u201d \u201cbelieves,\u201d \u201cestimates,\u201d \u201cpredicts,\u201d or \u201cpotential\u201d or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.<\/p>\n

\nThe forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect our current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause our actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause our future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled \u201cRisk Factors\u201d in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.<\/p>\n

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Equity Commonwealth Announces $150 Million Share Repurchase Authorization CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) today announced that its Board of Trustees authorized the repurchase, from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, of up to an additional $150 million of its outstanding common shares under the company\u2019s existing share repurchase program. The company still has $120 million remaining under its prior authorization that expires on June 30, 2023. Year-to-date through June 13, 2023 the company has not repurchased any shares. Purchases made pursuant to the program will be made from time to time, at the company\u2019s discretion, in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or through other manners as permitted by federal securities laws. The timing, manner, price and … <\/p>\n

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