NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexington (NYSE: LXP) announced final income allocations of its 2009 dividend on its common shares and preferred shares as they will be reported on Form 1099-DIV.

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    Common Shares
    -------------

                                                   Total Ordinary
                                    Total          Dividends (1)
                                    -----       -------------------
                                Distributions
       Record       Payable       Per Share
       ------       -------     -------------
        Date         Date
        ----         ----
    12/31/2008     01/15/2009           $0.18             $0.097940
    03/26/2009     04/24/2009           $0.18             $0.097940
    06/30/2009     07/30/2009           $0.18             $0.097940
    09/25/2009     10/16/2009           $0.18             $0.097940
    Form 1099 - Div Box                                      1a


                                     Unrecaptured
                     Total Capital   Section 1250
                          Gain           Gain
      Qualified                                        Nondividend
     Dividends (2)  Distributions                   Distributions(3)
    -------------   -------------    ------------   ----------------
         $0.001100        $0             $0             $0.08206
         $0.001100        $0             $0             $0.08206
         $0.001100        $0             $0             $0.08206
         $0.001100        $0             $0             $0.08206
          1b              2a             2b                 3


    Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares
    -----------------------------------------------

                                     Total          Total
                                     -----          -----
                                Distributions
       Record       Payable        Per Share       Ordinary
       ------       -------     --------------     --------
        Date         Date                        Dividends(1)
        ----         ----                        -----------
    01/30/2009     02/17/2009        $0.503125      $0.503125
    04/30/2009     05/15/2009        $0.503125      $0.503125
    07/31/2009     08/17/2009        $0.503125      $0.503125
    10/30/2009     11/16/2009        $0.503125      $0.503125
    Form 1099 - Div Box                               1a


                     Total Capital
                         Gain
                     Distributions    Unrecaptured
                     -------------    ------------
      Qualified                                          Nondividend
     Dividends (2)                    Section 1250    Distributions(3)
    -------------                     ------------   ----------------
                                          Gain
                                          ----
         $0.005664          $0               $0                 $0
         $0.005664          $0               $0                 $0
         $0.005664          $0               $0                 $0
         $0.005664          $0               $0                 $0
          1b                2a               2b                  3


    Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares
    ------------------------------------------------

                                    Total           Total
                                    -----           -----
                               Distributions
      Record       Payable        Per Share       Ordinary
      ------       -------     --------------     --------
       Date         Date                        Dividends(1)
       ----         ----                         -----------
    01/30/2009    02/17/2009        $0.812500       $0.812500
    04/30/2009    05/15/2009        $0.812500       $0.812500
    07/31/2009    08/17/2009        $0.812500       $0.812500
    10/30/2009    11/16/2009        $0.812500       $0.812500
    Form 1099 - Div Box                              1a


                     Total Capital
                         Gain
                     Distributions    Unrecaptured
                     -------------    ------------
      Qualified                                           Nondividend
     Dividends (2)                    Section 1250     Distributions(3)
    -------------                     ------------     ----------------
                                          Gain
                                          ----
         $0.009146          $0                $0                  $0
         $0.009146          $0                $0                  $0
         $0.009146          $0                $0                  $0
         $0.009146          $0                $0                  $0
          1b                2a                2b                   3


    Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares
    -----------------------------------------------

                                     Total          Total
                                     -----          -----
                                Distributions
       Record       Payable        Per Share      Ordinary
       ------       -------     --------------    --------
        Date         Date                        Dividends(1)
        ----         ----                        -----------
    12/31/2008     01/15/2009        $0.471875      $0.471875
    03/31/2009     04/15/2009        $0.471875      $0.471875
    06/30/2009     07/15/2009        $0.471875      $0.471875
    09/30/2009     10/15/2009        $0.471875      $0.471875
    Form 1099 - Div Box                              1a
    -------------------                              ---


                        Total
                       Capital
                         Gain
                    Distributions  Unrecaptured
                    -------------  ------------
      Qualified
      Dividends                                      Nondividend
          (2)                      Section 1250   Distributions(3)
    -------------                  ------------   ----------------
                                       Gain
                                       ----
        $0.005312        $0             $0                 $0
        $0.005312        $0             $0                 $0
        $0.005312        $0             $0                 $0
        $0.005312        $0             $0                 $0
         1b              2a             2b                  3
         ---             ---            ---               ---


    (1) .99970% of Total Ordinary Dividends (Box1a) is Excess Inclusion
    Income.
    (2) Qualified Dividends (Box 1b) are a subset of, and are included in, the
    Total Ordinary Dividends reported in Box 1a.
    (3)  Return of Capital.

ABOUT LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST

Lexington Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust that owns, invests in, and manages office, industrial and retail properties net-leased to major corporations throughout the United States and provides investment advisory and asset management services to investors in the net lease area. Lexington shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "LXP". Additional information about Lexington is available on-line at www.lxp.com or by contacting Lexington Realty Trust, Investor Relations, One Penn Plaza, Suite 4015, New York, New York 10119-4015.

This release contains certain forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors not under Lexington's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Lexington to be materially different from the results, performance, or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the headings "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" in Lexington's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 2, 2009 and other periodic reports filed with the SEC. Copies of the periodic reports Lexington files with the SEC are available on Lexington's website at www.lxp.com. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe Lexington's future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words "believes," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates," "projects", "is optimistic" or similar expressions. Lexington undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to those forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the occurrence of unanticipated events. Accordingly, there is no assurance that Lexington's expectations will be realized.

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