Crescent Real Estate Announces First Quarter Common and Preferred Share Dividends

Press Release: Crescent Real Estate Equities Company
April 15, 2002
FORT WORTH, TX -- Crescent Real Estate Equities Company (NYSE: CEI) Friday announced that its Board of Trust Managers has declared cash dividends of $0.375 per share for the Company's Common Shares and $0.422 per share for the Company's 6 3/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Shares for the quarter ended March 31, 2002. The dividends are equivalent to annualized dividends of $1.50 per share and $1.69 per share for common and preferred, respectively. The dividends are both payable May 15, 2002, to shareholders of record on April 30, 2002.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and manages some of the highest quality properties in the country. Its portfolio consists primarily of 73 office buildings totaling nearly 28 million square feet located in six states, as well as world-renowned luxury resorts and spas and upscale residential developments.

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Contact: 

     Crescent Real Estate Equities Company
     Investors:
     Jane E. Mody, 817/321-1086
        or
     Jerry R. Crenshaw, 817/321-1492
        or
     Keira B. Moody, 817/321-1412
        or
     Media:
     Sandra Porter, 817/321-1460