WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust Announces September 2019 Distribution

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT") (TSX: WIR.U) (OTCQX: WPTIF) announced today that its Board of Trustees has declared a cash distribution for the month of September 2019 of US$0.0633 per unit. The distribution will be payable on October 15, 2019 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on September 30, 2019.

Distributions paid to Canadian unitholders (and other non-U.S. unitholders) generally will be subject to U.S. withholding tax. For a general summary of the taxation of distributions paid to Canadian unitholders, including information regarding U.S. withholding tax, please see the "Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations", "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" sections of the REIT's prospectus dated April 18, 2013, and "Risk Factors ? Tax-Related Risks" in the REIT's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2018, copies of which are available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.  Additional tax information regarding the REIT's distributions is also available on the REIT's website at www.wptreit.com.  Unitholders should consult their own tax advisors for advice with respect to the tax consequences of receiving a distribution from the REIT in their own circumstances.

About WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust

WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established pursuant to a declaration of trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT acquires, develops, manages and owns industrial properties located in the United States, with a particular focus on warehouse and distribution industrial real estate. As at June 30, 2019, WPT Industrial, LP (the REIT's operating subsidiary) indirectly owned a portfolio of properties across 17 states in the United States consisting of approximately 21.1 million square feet of gross leasable area, comprised of 70 industrial properties and one office property.

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