CLEVELAND, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) today announced the tax treatment of the company's 2016 dividends. The income allocations as they will be reported on Form 1099-DIV are shown in the table below:



    Class A Common Stock (CUSIP 345605109)
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    (amounts are per share)

                                                                                                                                                        Taxable

                                                     Ex-Dividend                                                              Distribution             Ordinary            Qualified               Capital              Unrecaptured               Return

                Record Date                             Date                             Payable Date                          Per Share                Income            Dividend (1)               Gain              1250 Gain (2)             Of Capital
                -----------                             ----                             ------------                          ---------                ------            -----------                ----               ------------             ----------


                              3/4/2016                            3/2/2016                             3/18/2016                           $0.160000            $0.101764                $0.100000           $0.058236                 $0.022175              $0.000000

                             6/10/2016                            6/8/2016                             6/24/2016                            0.060000             0.001764                 0.000000            0.058236                  0.022175               0.000000

                              9/2/2016                           8/31/2016                             9/16/2016                            0.060000             0.001764                 0.000000            0.058236                  0.022175               0.000000

                            12/12/2016                           12/8/2016                            12/23/2016                            0.060000             0.001764                 0.000000            0.058236                  0.022175               0.000000
                                                                                                                                          --------             --------                 --------            --------                  --------               --------


                                                                           Totals                                                        $0.340000            $0.107056                $0.100000           $0.232944                 $0.088700              $0.000000


    Class B Common Stock (CUSIP 345605208)
    -------------------------------------

    (amounts are per share)

                                                                                                                                                     Taxable

                                                     Ex-Dividend                                                              Distribution             Ordinary            Qualified               Capital              Unrecaptured               Return

                Record Date                             Date                             Payable Date                          Per Share                Income            Dividend (1)               Gain              1250 Gain (2)             Of Capital
                -----------                             ----                             ------------                          ---------                ------            -----------                ----               ------------             ----------


                              3/4/2016                            3/2/2016                             3/18/2016                           $0.160000            $0.101764                $0.100000           $0.058236                 $0.022175              $0.000000

                             6/10/2016                            6/8/2016                             6/24/2016                            0.060000             0.001764                 0.000000            0.058236                  0.022175               0.000000

                              9/2/2016                           8/31/2016                             9/16/2016                            0.060000             0.001764                 0.000000            0.058236                  0.022175               0.000000

                            12/12/2016                           12/8/2016                            12/23/2016                            0.060000             0.001764                 0.000000            0.058236                  0.022175               0.000000
                                                                                                                                          --------             --------                 --------            --------                  --------               --------


                                                                           Totals                                                        $0.340000            $0.107056                $0.100000           $0.232944                 $0.088700              $0.000000


         (1) The per share amount of the ordinary taxable income that should be classified as qualified dividends

         (2) The per share amount of the capital gain that represents unrecaptured 1250 income subject to a 25% tax rate for individuals

About Forest City
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. is a NYSE-listed national real estate company with $8.6 billion in total assets. The company is principally engaged in the ownership, development, management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.forestcity.net.

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