<p>2025 年 11 月 25 日- 下午 05:36</p>
<p>马里兰州贝塞斯达，2025 年 11 月 25 日（全球新闻通讯）-- Elme Communities（“Elme” 或 “公司”）（纽约证券交易所代码：ELME）今天宣布，其董事会已批准每股 14.67 美元的特别清算分配（“特别股息”）。特别股息将于 2026 年 1 月 7 日支付给截至 2025 年 12 月 22 日营业结束时的股东。</p>
<p>此次特别股息代表了公司在 2025 年 11 月 12 日宣布完成 Elme 的 19 个物业组合出售后的首次特别清算分配，并考虑了包括 2025 年 11 月 12 日签订的新定期贷款的净收益、偿还公司所有其他债务、支付与交易相关的费用和支出，以及与新定期贷款相关的托管和准备金的建立。特别股息的发放是根据公司之前获得股东批准的自愿出售和清算计划进行的。</p>
<p><strong>纽约证券交易所到期票据</strong></p>
<p>由于特别股息的支付超过公司普通股价格的 25%，纽约证券交易所（“NYSE”）已通知公司，其普通股将在 2025 年 12 月 22 日的记录日期至 2026 年 1 月 7 日的交易结束时以 “到期票据” 交易，代表从记录日期转让接收特别股息的权利，该日期为支付日期，也是 2026 年 1 月 8 日除息日之前的最后交易日（从 2025 年 12 月 22 日到 2026 年 1 月 7 日的这段时间称为 “股息权利期”）。到期票据要求普通股的卖方将应支付的特别股息交付给买方（“股息权利”）。</p>
<p>这意味着在股息权利期内购买 Elme 普通股的人有权获得特别股息，而在股息权利期内出售 Elme 普通股的人则无权获得特别股息。因此，如果投资者希望获得特别股息，投资者需要持有其 Elme 普通股，直到包括 2026 年 1 月 7 日的支付日期。2025 年 12 月 22 日的记录日期将用于确定普通股持有者的股息权利的到期票据追踪。</p>
<p>到期票据的义务通常由代表买方和卖方的经纪人之间结算。公司对到期票据的金额或处理没有任何义务。购买和出售公司普通股的买卖双方应在交易前咨询其经纪人，以确保他们理解纽约证券交易所的到期票据程序的影响。</p>
<p><strong>美国联邦所得税后果</strong></p>
<p>有关特别股息、任何额外清算分配以及公司的出售和清算计划的预期美国联邦所得税后果的信息已在 2025 年 9 月 24 日提交的最终代理声明中进行了总结。然而，所描述的税务处理可能会根据每位股东的具体情况而有所不同。</p>
<p><strong>关于 Elme Communities</strong></p>
<p>Elme Communities 是一家多户住宅房地产投资信托，拥有并运营华盛顿特区大都会区和亚特兰大大都会区的公寓。</p>
<p><strong>联系方式：</strong> Amy Hopkins</p>
<p>副总裁，投资者关系</p>
<p>电子邮件 <strong>:</strong> ahopkins@elmecommunities.com</p>
<p><strong>前瞻性和警示性声明</strong></p>
<p>新闻稿中的某些声明是 1995 年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》意义上的 “前瞻性声明”，涉及风险和不确定性。前瞻性声明与期望、信念、预测、未来计划和策略、预期事件或趋势以及类似的表达有关，这些事项并非历史事实。在某些情况下，您可以通过使用 “可能”、“将”、“应该”、“期望”、“打算”、“计划”、“预期”、“相信”、“估计”、“预测” 或 “潜在” 等前瞻性术语，或这些词语和短语的否定形式，或类似的词语或短语来识别前瞻性声明，这些都是对未来事件或趋势的预测，并且不单单与历史事项相关。这些声明涉及已知和未知的风险、不确定性以及其他因素，这些因素可能导致 Elme 的实际结果、表现或成就与这些前瞻性声明所表达或暗示的未来结果、表现或成就存在重大差异。可能导致 Elme 的实际结果、表现或成就与这些前瞻性声明所表达或暗示的未来结果、表现或成就存在重大差异的其他因素包括但不限于：额外清算分配的金额和时间的变化，包括由于意外的交易成本水平、延迟或终止的交易、清算成本或未支付或额外的负债和义务；转换为清算信托或其他清算实体的可能性；我们董事会终止销售和清算计划的能力；我们的居民、租户和商业伙伴对销售和清算计划的反应；由于正在进行的销售和清算计划可能导致的员工保留困难；可能对 Elme 及其受托人和其他与 Elme 最近完成的 19 个物业多户组合、未来物业销售和销售与清算计划相关的法律程序的结果；由于销售和清算计划引起的干扰可能会损害 Elme 的业务，包括当前的计划和运营；与 Elme 普通股市场价值相关的风险；与包含同意和/或其他条款的第三方合同相关的风险，这些条款可能会因销售和清算计划而触发；影响房地产行业和地方房地产市场的一般风险（包括但不限于 Elme 物业的市场价值和 Elme 剩余房地产投资的潜在流动性不足）；Elme 的一个或多个物业的销售是否可能被视为 1986 年《国内税收法》修订版下的禁止交易；Elme 维持其作为美国联邦所得税目的房地产投资信托的地位的能力；可能导致销售和清算计划终止的任何事件、变化或其他情况的发生；与一般房地产所有权及我们房地产资产特别相关的风险；一般经济和市场发展及条件；以及金融市场的波动性和不确定性。</p>
<p>上述因素的清单并不详尽。您应仔细考虑上述因素以及影响 Elme 业务的其他风险和不确定性，这些内容在 Elme 的 10-K 表格年度报告、10-Q 表格季度报告以及 Elme 不时向 SEC 提交的其他文件的 “风险因素” 部分中有所提及。这些文件识别并解决了可能导致实际事件和结果与前瞻性声明中包含的内容存在重大差异的其他重要风险和不确定性。前瞻性声明仅在作出时有效。虽然前瞻性声明反映了 Elme 的善意信念，但并不保证未来的表现。Elme 没有义务更新其前瞻性声明或风险因素，以反映新信息、未来事件或其他情况。</p>
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ELME

<p>Elme Communities 宣布将于 2026 年 1 月 7 日向 2025 年 12 月 22 日的股东支付每股 14.67 美元的特别清算分配。这是在出售 Elme 的 19 处物业组合并偿还债务之后进行的。纽约证券交易所的股票将在分红权期间以应付票据交易。请咨询经纪人以了解应付票据的程序。税务后果详见于 2025 年 9 月 24 日提交的最终委托书</p>

<p>11/25/2025 - 05:36 PM</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>2025 年 11 月 25 日- 下午 05:36</p>
</div><p>BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Elme Communities (“Elme” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ELME) today announced that its Board of Trustees has approved a special liquidating distribution of $14.67 per share (the “Special Dividend”). The Special Dividend will be paid on January 7, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 22, 2025.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>马里兰州贝塞斯达，2025 年 11 月 25 日（全球新闻通讯）-- Elme Communities（“Elme” 或 “公司”）（纽约证券交易所代码：ELME）今天宣布，其董事会已批准每股 14.67 美元的特别清算分配（“特别股息”）。特别股息将于 2026 年 1 月 7 日支付给截至 2025 年 12 月 22 日营业结束时的股东。</p>
</div><p>This Special Dividend represents the Company’s initial special liquidating distribution following the previously announced completion of Elme’s 19-property portfolio sale on November 12, 2025, and takes into account, among other things, net proceeds from a new term loan also entered into on November 12, 2025, repayment of all of the Company’s other indebtedness, payment of costs and expenses related to the transactions, and establishments of escrows and reserves in connection with the new term loan. The Special Dividend is being made in accordance with the Company’s voluntary Plan of Sale and Liquidation previously approved by its shareholders.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>此次特别股息代表了公司在 2025 年 11 月 12 日宣布完成 Elme 的 19 个物业组合出售后的首次特别清算分配，并考虑了包括 2025 年 11 月 12 日签订的新定期贷款的净收益、偿还公司所有其他债务、支付与交易相关的费用和支出，以及与新定期贷款相关的托管和准备金的建立。特别股息的发放是根据公司之前获得股东批准的自愿出售和清算计划进行的。</p>
</div><p><strong>NYSE Due Bills</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>纽约证券交易所到期票据</strong></p>
</div><p>Because the payment of the Special Dividend represents more than 25% of the price of the Company’s common shares, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) has advised the Company that its common shares will trade with “due bills” representing an assignment of the right to receive the Special Dividend from the record date of December 22, 2025 through the closing of trading on the NYSE on January 7, 2026, which is the payment date and the last day of trading before the January 8, 2026 ex-dividend date (this period of time from December 22, 2025 to January 7, 2026 representing the “Dividend Right Period”). Due bills obligate a seller of common shares to deliver the Special Dividend payable on such common shares to the buyer (the “Dividend Right”).</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>由于特别股息的支付超过公司普通股价格的 25%，纽约证券交易所（“NYSE”）已通知公司，其普通股将在 2025 年 12 月 22 日的记录日期至 2026 年 1 月 7 日的交易结束时以 “到期票据” 交易，代表从记录日期转让接收特别股息的权利，该日期为支付日期，也是 2026 年 1 月 8 日除息日之前的最后交易日（从 2025 年 12 月 22 日到 2026 年 1 月 7 日的这段时间称为 “股息权利期”）。到期票据要求普通股的卖方将应支付的特别股息交付给买方（“股息权利”）。</p>
</div><p>This means that persons who purchase Elme’s common shares during the Dividend Right Period are entitled to receive the Special Dividend, and persons who sell Elme’s common shares during the Dividend Right Period are not entitled to the Special Dividend. Accordingly, if an investor wishes to receive the Special Dividend, the investor will need to hold their Elme common shares through and including the payment date of January 7, 2026. The record date of December 22, 2025 will be used as the date for establishing the due bill tracking of the Dividend Right to the holder of common shares.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这意味着在股息权利期内购买 Elme 普通股的人有权获得特别股息，而在股息权利期内出售 Elme 普通股的人则无权获得特别股息。因此，如果投资者希望获得特别股息，投资者需要持有其 Elme 普通股，直到包括 2026 年 1 月 7 日的支付日期。2025 年 12 月 22 日的记录日期将用于确定普通股持有者的股息权利的到期票据追踪。</p>
</div><p>Due bill obligations are customarily settled between the brokers representing the buyers and the sellers of shares. The Company has no obligation for either the amount of the due bill or the processing of the due bill. Buyers and sellers of the Company’s common shares should consult their brokers before trading to be sure they understand the effect of NYSE’s due bill procedures.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>到期票据的义务通常由代表买方和卖方的经纪人之间结算。公司对到期票据的金额或处理没有任何义务。购买和出售公司普通股的买卖双方应在交易前咨询其经纪人，以确保他们理解纽约证券交易所的到期票据程序的影响。</p>
</div><p><strong>U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>美国联邦所得税后果</strong></p>
</div><p>Information regarding theexpected U.S.federal income tax consequences of the Special Dividend, any additional liquidating distributions, as well as the Plan of Sale and Liquidation of the Company, are summarized in the Definitive Proxy filed on September 24, 2025. However, the tax treatment described may vary depending on each shareholder’s particular situation.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>有关特别股息、任何额外清算分配以及公司的出售和清算计划的预期美国联邦所得税后果的信息已在 2025 年 9 月 24 日提交的最终代理声明中进行了总结。然而，所描述的税务处理可能会根据每位股东的具体情况而有所不同。</p>
</div><p><strong>About Elme Communities</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>关于 Elme Communities</strong></p>
</div><p>Elme Communities is a multifamily real estate investment trust that owns and operates apartment homes in the Washington, DC metro and the Atlanta metro.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Elme Communities 是一家多户住宅房地产投资信托，拥有并运营华盛顿特区大都会区和亚特兰大大都会区的公寓。</p>
</div><p><strong>Contact:</strong> Amy Hopkins</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>联系方式：</strong> Amy Hopkins</p>
</div><p>Vice President, Investor Relations</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>副总裁，投资者关系</p>
</div><p>E-Mail <strong>:</strong> ahopkins@elmecommunities.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>电子邮件 <strong>:</strong> ahopkins@elmecommunities.com</p>
</div><p><strong>Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>前瞻性和警示性声明</strong></p>
</div><p>Certain statements in press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Elme to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Additional factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Elme to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in the amount and timing of the additional liquidating distributions, including as a result of unexpected levels of transaction cost, delayed or terminated closings, liquidation costs or unpaid or additional liabilities and obligations; the possibility of converting to a liquidating trust or other liquidating entity; the ability of our board of trustees to terminate the Plan of Sale and Liquidation; the response of our residents, tenants and business partners to Plan of Sale and Liquidation; potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the on-going Plan of Sale and Liquidation; the outcome of legal proceedings that may be instituted against Elme, its trustees and others related to Elme’s recently completed 19-property multifamily portfolio, future property sales and the Plan of Sale and Liquidation; the risk that disruptions caused by or relating to the Plan of Sale and Liquidation will harm Elme’s business, including current plans and operations; risks relating to the market value of Elme’s common shares; risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the Plan of Sale and Liquidation; general risks affecting the real estate industry and local real estate markets (including, without limitation, the market value of Elme’s properties and potential illiquidity of Elme’s remaining real estate investments); whether or not the sale of one or more of Elme’s properties may be considered a prohibited transaction under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; Elme’s ability to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Plan of Sale and Liquidation; the risks associated with ownership of real estate in general and our real estate assets in particular; general economic and market developments and conditions; and volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>新闻稿中的某些声明是 1995 年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》意义上的 “前瞻性声明”，涉及风险和不确定性。前瞻性声明与期望、信念、预测、未来计划和策略、预期事件或趋势以及类似的表达有关，这些事项并非历史事实。在某些情况下，您可以通过使用 “可能”、“将”、“应该”、“期望”、“打算”、“计划”、“预期”、“相信”、“估计”、“预测” 或 “潜在” 等前瞻性术语，或这些词语和短语的否定形式，或类似的词语或短语来识别前瞻性声明，这些都是对未来事件或趋势的预测，并且不单单与历史事项相关。这些声明涉及已知和未知的风险、不确定性以及其他因素，这些因素可能导致 Elme 的实际结果、表现或成就与这些前瞻性声明所表达或暗示的未来结果、表现或成就存在重大差异。可能导致 Elme 的实际结果、表现或成就与这些前瞻性声明所表达或暗示的未来结果、表现或成就存在重大差异的其他因素包括但不限于：额外清算分配的金额和时间的变化，包括由于意外的交易成本水平、延迟或终止的交易、清算成本或未支付或额外的负债和义务；转换为清算信托或其他清算实体的可能性；我们董事会终止销售和清算计划的能力；我们的居民、租户和商业伙伴对销售和清算计划的反应；由于正在进行的销售和清算计划可能导致的员工保留困难；可能对 Elme 及其受托人和其他与 Elme 最近完成的 19 个物业多户组合、未来物业销售和销售与清算计划相关的法律程序的结果；由于销售和清算计划引起的干扰可能会损害 Elme 的业务，包括当前的计划和运营；与 Elme 普通股市场价值相关的风险；与包含同意和/或其他条款的第三方合同相关的风险，这些条款可能会因销售和清算计划而触发；影响房地产行业和地方房地产市场的一般风险（包括但不限于 Elme 物业的市场价值和 Elme 剩余房地产投资的潜在流动性不足）；Elme 的一个或多个物业的销售是否可能被视为 1986 年《国内税收法》修订版下的禁止交易；Elme 维持其作为美国联邦所得税目的房地产投资信托的地位的能力；可能导致销售和清算计划终止的任何事件、变化或其他情况的发生；与一般房地产所有权及我们房地产资产特别相关的风险；一般经济和市场发展及条件；以及金融市场的波动性和不确定性。</p>
</div><p>The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties that affect Elme’s businesses in the “Risk Factors” section of Elme’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents filed by Elme from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. While forward-looking statements reflect Elme’s good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. Elme undertakes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements or risk factors to reflect new information, future events, or otherwise.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>上述因素的清单并不详尽。您应仔细考虑上述因素以及影响 Elme 业务的其他风险和不确定性，这些内容在 Elme 的 10-K 表格年度报告、10-Q 表格季度报告以及 Elme 不时向 SEC 提交的其他文件的 “风险因素” 部分中有所提及。这些文件识别并解决了可能导致实际事件和结果与前瞻性声明中包含的内容存在重大差异的其他重要风险和不确定性。前瞻性声明仅在作出时有效。虽然前瞻性声明反映了 Elme 的善意信念，但并不保证未来的表现。Elme 没有义务更新其前瞻性声明或风险因素，以反映新信息、未来事件或其他情况。</p>
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