Annual Meeting
The 39th Annual Meeting
of Shareholders will be held
Thursday, May 21, 2009
at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
222 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94104

Stock Exchange Listing
Shares of BRE Properties, Inc., are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRE (NYSE: BRE).

Independent Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP

Legal Counsel
Latham & Watkins

Shareholder Accounts & Services
Our transfer agent, BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, can assist you with a variety of shareholder-related services, including:

• Dividend reinvestment or direct stock purchase
• Transfer of stock to another person
• Change of address
• Dividend payment inquiries
• Lost stock certificates
• Additional administrative services

You can access your account information online, change your address and more with Investor ServiceDirect. Please visit bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd.

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 358015
Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8015
Toll-free number: 800.368.8392

Communication with Shareholders
We value our ongoing dialogue with our shareholders and are constantly striving to improve the quality of our communication and disclosure. You can share your thoughts about this review and request documents in the Investors section of our Web site, breproperties.com. Click on Request Information.

Investor Relations Department
BRE Properties, Inc.
525 Market Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
IR: 415.445.6550
Main: 415.445.6530
Fax: 415.445.6505
E-mail: ir@breproperties.com