GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS December 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., local time Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 100 Newton, Massachusetts 02458 Upon arrival, please present photo identification at the registration desk. This special meeting of shareholders of Government Properties Income Trust will address the following items of business: 1. Approval of the issuance of common shares of beneficial interest of Government Properties Income Trust, in the merger of Select Income REIT with and into GOV MS REIT, a Maryland real estate investment trust that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Government Properties Income Trust, with GOV MS REIT as the surviving entity in the merger, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 14, 2018, as it may be amended from time to time, by and among Government Properties Income Trust, GOV MS REIT and Select Income REIT; and 2. Approval of the adjournment of the special meeting of shareholders of Government Properties Income Trust from time to time, if necessary or appropriate, including to solicit additional proxies in favor of the share issuance if there are insufficient votes at the time of such adjournment to approve such proposal. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2. E52268-S77189 GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300 Newton, MA 02458 Proxy Important Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials: The proxy materials for this special meeting of shareholders of Government Properties Income Trust (the “Company”), including the Company’s joint proxy statement/prospectus, are available on the internet. To view the proxy materials or authorize a proxy online or by telephone, please follow the instructions on the reverse side hereof. This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of Government Properties Income Trust. The undersigned shareholder of the Company hereby appoints Jennifer B. Clark and Adam D. Portnoy, or either of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend this special meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held at Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 100, Newton, Massachusetts 02458 on December 20, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., local time, and any postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all the votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast at the meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned at the meeting with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally present at the meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which includes the notice of this special meeting of shareholders, each of which is incorporated herein by reference, and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the special meeting. THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST AS INSTRUCTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS EXECUTED, BUT NO INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2. ADDITIONALLY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST BY THE PROXIES, IN THEIR DISCRETION, ON ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY POSTPONEMENT OR ADJOURNMENT THEREOF. See reverse for instructions on how to authorize a proxy. (If you noted any Address Changes/Comments above, please mark the corresponding box on the reverse side.) Address Changes/Comments:
