Tender Offer for Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PDM) Expires June 15, 2010

MORAGA, CA--(Marketwire - June 8, 2010) -  Certain Purchasers affiliated with MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP (which are identified in the tender offer) have announced that the tender offer for Class A and Class B-1, B-2, and B-3 Shares (the "Shares") of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PDM) is set to expire next week, June 15, 2010. The Purchasers are offering to purchase up to 200,000 Shares each of Class A, Class B-1, Class B-2, and Class B-3 for $17, $14, $13, and $12 per Share, respectively. Shareholders wishing to tender their Shares must do so by instructing their broker to tender their shares (if held in "street name") or by completing an Assignment Form and mailing or faxing it to MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP by the Expiration Date, June 15, 2010. The Assignment Form is available at http://www.mpfi.com/Tenders/piedmont_office_realty_trust/assignment_form.pdf.

Shareholders should read the Offer to Purchase and the related materials carefully because they contain important information. Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, the Offer to Purchase, the Letter to Shareholders, the Assignment Form, and other documents that the company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at the commission's website at www.sec.gov. Shareholders also may obtain a copy of these documents, without charge, from our website at www.mpfi.com (click on MPF Tenders), or by calling toll free at 800-854-8357. If you wish to tender your Shares, and your Shares are held in your brokerage account, you need to instruct your broker to tender your Shares.

Contact Information:

Contact:
Christine Simpson
800-854-8357 x. 1024
MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP
1640 School Street, Suite 100
Moraga, California 94556