NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE: GOV) today announced the results of its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which was held earlier today as follows.

John L. Harrington was re-elected as an Independent Trustee by a plurality of all shares voted.

Adam D. Portnoy was re-elected as a Managing Trustee by a plurality of all shares voted.

Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as GOV's independent registered public accounting firm.

GOV is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns properties located throughout the United States that are majority leased to the U.S. Government and other government tenants. GOV is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

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