Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

$ 184

$ 203

$ 222

Relative Peer TSR | Unrestricted Share Awards

138

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

552

608

666

Absolute/Index TSR | Restricted Share Awards

368

171

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

^[1]

201

230

100

Absolute/Index TSR | Unrestricted Share Awards

^[1]

151

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

^[1]

602

690

299

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

^[1]

$ 401

$ 194

$ 0

LTIP

Weighting for performance measurement based on select peer companies

0.50

Weighting for performance measurement on FTSE NAREIT Diversified Index

50.00%

Performance evaluated on absolute total shareholder return

50.00%

Performance evaluated on relative total shareholder return

50.00%

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The performance conditions for the 2019 and 2018 awards were evaluated based on 50% on TSR relative to a defined population of peer companies and 50% on TSR relative to the FTSE NAREIT Diversified Index. The performance condition for the 2017 awards was evaluated based 50% on absolute TSR and 50% on relative TSR.

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