Duke Realty Announces Early Tender Results of Its Debt Tender Offer

INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwired - Apr 2, 2015) - Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE: DRE), a leading industrial and medical office property REIT, today announced the early tender results of the previously announced tender offer (the "Tender Offer") of its operating partnership, Duke Realty Limited Partnership ("Duke Realty"), to purchase for cash for a combined aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest) of up to $500,000,000 (the "Maximum Tender Amount") its 8.25% Senior Notes due 2019 (CUSIP No.: 26441YAT4) (the "2019 Notes"), its 5.95% Senior Notes due 2017 (CUSIP No.: 26441YAM9) (the "2017 Notes"), its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (CUSIP No.: 26441YAU1) (the "2020 Notes"), its 6.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (CUSIP No.: 26441YAQ0) (the "2018 Notes") and its 4.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (CUSIP No.: 26441YAV9) (the "2022 Notes"). The 2019 Notes, the 2017 Notes, the 2020 Notes, the 2018 Notes and the 2022 Notes are referred to collectively as the "Securities."

The principal amount of each series of Securities that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 1, 2015 (the "Early Tender Date") is specified in the table below.

Title of Security	CUSIP Number	Principal Amount Outstanding	Tender Cap	Acceptance Priority Level	Principal Amount Tendered	Reference U.S. Treasury Security	Bloomberg Reference Page1	Early Tender Premium (per $1,000)	Fixed Spread (basis points)
8.25% Senior Notes due 2019	26441YAT4	$250,000,000	N/A	1	$120,462,000	1.375% due 2/29/2020	FIT1	$30.00	60
5.95% Senior Notes due 2017	26441YAM9	$450,000,000	$175,000,000	2	$192,817,000	0.50% due 2/28/2017	FIT1	$30.00	40
6.75% Senior Notes due 2020	26441YAU1	$250,000,000	N/A	3	$121,340,000	1.375% due 2/29/2020	FIT1	$30.00	80
6.50% Senior Notes due 2018	26441YAQ0	$300,000,000	N/A	4	$119,710,000	1.00% due 3/15/2018	FIT1	$30.00	55
4.375% Senior Notes due 2022	26441YAV9	$300,000,000	N/A	5	$91,918,000	2.00% due 2/15/2025	FIT1	$30.00	100

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1. The applicable page on Bloomberg from which the Dealer Managers will quote the bid-side prices of the applicable Reference U.S. Treasury Security.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Tender Offer, the amounts of each series of Securities that are purchased will be determined in accordance with the acceptance priority levels specified in the table above and on the cover page of the Offer to Purchase, dated March 19, 2015 (the "Offer to Purchase"), in the column entitled "Acceptance Priority Level" (the "Acceptance Priority Level"), with 1 being the highest Acceptance Priority Level and 5 being the lowest Acceptance Priority Level. In addition, no more than $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2017 Notes will be purchased (the "2017 Tender Cap").

Because the amount of the 2017 Notes tendered prior to the Early Tender Date exceeded the 2017 Tender Cap, it is expected that no additional 2017 Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date will be accepted for purchase, and any 2017 Notes not accepted, including 2017 Notes not accepted because of proration, will be returned promptly.

The Tender Offer is being made upon and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. The consideration to be paid in the Tender Offer for each series of Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase will be calculated in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to a fixed spread over the yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury Security specified in the Offer to Purchase (the "Total Consideration"). Holders of the Securities that validly tendered and did not withdraw their Securities on or prior to the Early Tender Date and whose Securities are accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Total Consideration, which includes an early tender premium of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities accepted for purchase (the "Early Tender Premium"). The Total Consideration will be determined at 2:00 p.m., New York City time, April 2, 2015 (the "Tender Offer Price Determination Date"), unless extended by Duke Realty.

Payments for Securities purchased will include accrued and unpaid interest from and including the last interest payment date applicable to the relevant series of Securities up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date for such Securities accepted for purchase. The settlement date for Securities that are validly tendered on or prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase is expected to be April 3, 2015, one business day following the scheduled Tender Offer Price Determination Date (the "Early Settlement Date"). As the Tender Offer was over-subscribed at the Early Tender Date, it is expected that, subject to the priorities and proration rules applicable to the Tender Offer, only Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of such date will be purchased in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer, and that no Securities tendered after the Early Tender Date will be purchased in the Tender Offer.

Duke Realty's obligation to accept for payment and to pay for the Securities validly tendered in the Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of general conditions described in the Offer to Purchase. Duke Realty's obligation was also subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the condition that Duke Realty must have completed the previously announced sale of its right, title and interest in a multi-city suburban office portfolio and have received the proceeds from such sale (the "Asset Sale Condition"), which condition was satisfied on April 1, 2015. Duke Realty reserves the right, subject to applicable law, to: (i) waive any and all conditions to the Tender Offer; (ii) extend or terminate the Tender Offer; (iii) increase or decrease the Maximum Tender Amount and/or increase, decrease or eliminate the 2017 Tender Cap; or (iv) otherwise amend the Tender Offer in any respect.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. The Information Agent and Tender Agent for the Tender Offer is D.F. King & Co., Inc. Copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and related offering materials are available by contacting the Information Agent at (866) 796-7184 (U.S. toll-free) and (212) 269-5550 (banks and brokers) or dre@dfking.com. Questions regarding the Tender Offer should be directed to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (800) 834-4666 (toll-free) or (212) 834-4811 (collect); or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) or (704) 410-4760 (collect). This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy or an offer to purchase or sell any securities. The Tender Offer is being made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal and only in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law.

About Duke Realty Corporation

Duke Realty Corporation owns, maintains an interest in or has under development approximately 153.2 million rentable square feet of industrial and office assets, including medical office, in 22 major U.S. metropolitan areas. Duke Realty Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol DRE and is listed on the S&P MidCap 400 Index. More information about Duke Realty Corporation is available at www.dukerealty.com

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