AmREIT, Inc., a Houston-based real estate company that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, released the tax status of dividends paid on its common stock for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The following table presents the federal income tax status of the dividends paid on both the Class A and Class B shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2013:

                                           

Record
Date

   

Payable
Date

   

Total
Distribution
Per Share
(Note A)

   

Taxable
Ordinary
Dividend (Box
1a)

   

Qualified
Dividends
(Box 1b)

   

Capital Gain
Distribution
(Box 2a)

   

Un-
recaptured
Section 1250
Gain
(Box 2b)

   

Return of
Capital -
Non-
Taxable
(Box 3)

3/19/2013     3/29/2013     $ 0.2000     $ 0.14693     $ 0.00000     $ 0.05307     $ 0.03639     $ 0.00000
6/18/2013     6/28/2013     $ 0.2000     $ 0.14693     $ 0.00000     $ 0.05307     $ 0.03639     $ 0.00000
9/20/2013     9/30/2013     $ 0.2000     $ 0.14693     $ 0.00000     $ 0.05307     $ 0.03639     $ 0.00000
12/20/2013     12/31/2013     $ 0.2000     $ 0.14693     $ 0.00000     $ 0.05307     $ 0.03639     $ 0.00000
                           

About AmREIT, Inc.

AmREIT has one of the highest quality grocery and drugstore anchored retail portfolios in the REIT sector. AmREIT's 29 year-old established platform has localized acquisition, operation and redevelopment expertise in the most densely populated and affluent submarkets of five of the top markets in the U.S.: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and Atlanta. AmREIT's management team has in-depth knowledge and extensive relationship advantages within its markets. AmREIT's portfolio was 95.2% leased as of September 30, 2013, and its top five tenants include Kroger, Landry's, CVS/Pharmacy, H-E-B, and Publix. AmREIT also has access to an acquisition pipeline through its value add joint ventures, including three leading institutional investors who partner with the company as local experts. AmREIT's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AMRE." For more information, please visit www.amreit.com.

AmREIT
Chad C. Braun, (713) 850-1400
cbraun@amreit.com