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Brandywine Realty Trust Adjusts First Quarter 2004 Funds from Operations Calculation.


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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2004

No Impact on Earnings Per Share;

Re-Affirms Second Quarter and Full Year 2004 Guidance

Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is a real estate development trust (REIT) in the United States that buys, sells, leases and manages approximately 225 commercial properties, no more than 25 industrial parcels of land, mixed-use property, and over 200 acres of undeveloped  (NYSE NYSE

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) announced today a recalculation re·cal·cu·late  
tr.v. re·cal·cu·lat·ed, re·cal·cu·lat·ing, re·cal·cu·lates
To calculate again, especially in order to eliminate errors or to incorporate additional factors or data.
 of its funds from operations Funds From Operations (FFO)

Used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust operations; earnings with depreciation and amortization added back.
 (FFO FFO

See: Funds from operations
) and FFO per share amounts included in its press release dated April 22, 2004. This corrects a mathematical error that caused the Company's presentation of FFO and FFO per share to be inconsistent with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT NAREIT National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ), and relates to the Company's issuance of Series C and Series D perpetual preferred shares Preferred shares

Preferred shares give investors a fixed dividend from the company's earnings and entitle them to be paid before common shareholders. See: Preferred stock.
 and the redemption of the Series B Preferred Units. The impact was on the first quarter of 2004 only. The Company is reporting FFO of $33,064,000 or $0.68 per share. In accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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 with Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF EITF Emerging Issues Task Force
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") Topic D-42, the Company incurred a gain to FFO for the first quarter of $4.5 million associated with the redemption of Series B Preferred Units in February 2004. FFO excluding this gain was $28,564,000 or $0.59 per share.

The Company continues to affirm its previously issued 2004 Financial Outlook and continues to expect second quarter 2004 FFO per share to be $0.62 to $0.63 and Earnings per Share (EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. ) to be $0.22 to $0.23 and continues to expect full year 2004 FFO per share to be $2.60-$2.65 and EPS to be $1.10 to $1.15.

FFO represents a non-generally accepted accounting principal (GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
) financial measure. A table reconciling FFO to net income, the GAAP measure the Company believes to be most directly comparable is included in this release.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.


Estimates of future earnings per share and FFO per share and certain other statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others: the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, competition with other real estate companies for tenants, the potential loss or bankruptcy of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability of debt and equity financing Equity Financing

The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation.
, competition for real estate acquisitions and risks of acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including the cost of construction delays and cost overruns Noun 1. cost overrun - excess of cost over budget; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget"
cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
, unanticipated operating and capital costs, the Company's ability to obtain adequate insurance, including coverage for terrorist acts, dependence upon certain geographic markets, and general and local economic and real estate conditions, including the extent and duration of adverse changes that affect the industries in which the Company's tenants compete. Additional information on factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2003. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue un·true  
adj. un·tru·er, un·tru·est
1. Contrary to fact; false.

2. Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact.

3. Disloyal; unfaithful.
 because of subsequent events.

NON-GAAP SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL MEASURES

Funds from Operations (FFO)

FFO is a widely recognized measure of REIT REIT

See: Real Estate Investment Trust


REIT

See real estate investment trust (REIT).
 performance. Although FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure, the Company believes that information regarding FFO is helpful to shareholders and potential investors. The Company computes FFO in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not compute To perform mathematical operations or general computer processing. For an explanation of "The 3 C's," or how the computer processes data, see computer.  FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition, or that interpret the NAREIT definition differently than the Company. NAREIT defines FFO as net income (loss) before minority interest of unitholders (preferred and common) and excluding gains (losses) on sales of depreciable depreciable

Of, relating to, or being a long-term tangible asset that is subject to depreciation.
 operating property and extraordinary items (computed in accordance with GAAP); plus real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs), and after adjustment for unconsolidated joint ventures. The GAAP measure that the Company believes to be most directly comparable to FFO, net income, includes depreciation and amortization expenses, gains or losses on property sales and minority interest. In computing computing - computer  FFO, the Company eliminates substantially all of these items because, in the Company's view, they are not indicative of the results from the Company's property operations. To facilitate a clear understanding of the Company's historical operating results, FFO should be examined in conjunction with net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as presented in the financial statements included elsewhere in this release. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered to be an alternative to net income (loss) (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of the Company's financial performance or to be an alternative to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of the Company's liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available for the Company's cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions to shareholders.

Brandywine Realty Trust, with headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, PA and regional offices in Mount Laurel Laurel, cities, United States
Laurel.

1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870.
, NJ and Richmond, VA, is one of the Mid-Atlantic Region's largest full-service real estate companies. Brandywine owns, manages or has an ownership interest in 280 office and industrial properties, aggregating 20.3 million square feet.

Note: Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of debt and equity financing, competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  and the effects of general and local economic and real estate conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

                        BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST
                         FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS
      (unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)


                                                  Three Months Ended
                                                       March 31,
                                               -----------------------
                                                     2004        2003
                                               ----------- -----------

Reconciliation of Net Income to Funds from
 Operations (FFO):
Net income                                        $12,450     $13,917

Add (deduct):
  Minority interest attributable to continuing
   operations                                       1,254       2,315
  Net gain on sale of interests in real estate          -      (1,152)
  Minority interest attributable to
   discontinued operations                             15          55
  Net gain on disposition of discontinued
   operations                                        (204)       (561)
                                               ----------- -----------

Income before net gains on sales of interests
 in real estate and minority interest              13,515      14,574

Add:
  Depreciation:
    Real property                                  13,337      13,388
    Real estate ventures                              749         493
  Amortization of leasing costs                     2,301       1,640
  Perpetual Preferred Share distributions          (1,338)          -
  Redemption of Preferred Shares                    4,500           -
                                               ----------- -----------

Funds from operations (FFO)                       $33,064     $30,095
                                               =========== ===========

FFO, excluding Preferred Share redemption
 gain (1)                                         $28,564     $30,095
                                               =========== ===========

Number of weighted-average Common Shares       48,763,372  46,626,668
                                               =========== ===========

FFO per weighted-average Common Share - fully
 diluted                                            $0.68       $0.65
                                               =========== ===========

FFO per weighted-average Common Share - fully
 diluted, excluding redemption charge (1)           $0.59       $0.65
                                               =========== ===========


(1) Represents FFO excluding a gain of $4,500,000 related to Series B
Preferred Unit redemption in February 2004.
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