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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003

OR

For the transition period from                                          to                                         

Commission file number 0-30287

WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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FORM 10-Q

WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(A Georgia Public Limited Partnership)

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WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(A Georgia Public Limited Partnership)

BALANCE SHEETS

See accompanying notes.

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WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(A Georgia Public Limited Partnership)

STATEMENTS OF INCOME

See accompanying notes.

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WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(A Georgia Public Limited Partnership)

STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002 AND

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003 (UNAUDITED)

See accompanying notes.

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WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(A Georgia Public Limited Partnership)

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

See accompanying notes.

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WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

(A Georgia Public Limited Partnership)

CONDENSED NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2003 (UNAUDITED)

(a) Organization and Business

Wells Real Estate Fund XII, L.P. (the “Partnership”) is a Georgia public limited partnership having Leo F. Wells, III and Wells Partners, L.P. (“Wells Partners”), a Georgia non-public limited partnership, as the General Partners. The Partnership was formed on September 15, 1998 for the purpose of acquiring, developing, constructing, owning, operating, improving, leasing and otherwise managing income-producing commercial properties for investment purposes. Upon subscription, limited partners elect to have their units treated as Cash Preferred units or Tax Preferred units. Thereafter, the limited partners have the right to change their prior elections to have some or all of their units treated as Cash Preferred units or Tax Preferred units one time during each quarterly accounting period. The limited partners may vote to, among other things: (a) amend the partnership agreement, subject to certain limitations, (b) change the business purpose or investment objectives of the Partnership, (c) remove a General Partner, (d) elect a new General Partner, (e) dissolve the Partnership, and (f) approve a sale involving all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, subject to certain limitations. The majority vote on any of the matters described above will bind the Partnership without the concurrence of the General Partners. Each limited partnership unit has equal voting rights regardless of class.

On March 22, 1999, the Partnership commenced a public offering of up to $70,000,000 of limited partnership units pursuant to a Registration Statement on filed Form S-11 under the Securities Act of 1933. The Partnership commenced active operations on June 1, 1999 upon receiving and accepting subscriptions for 125,000 units. The offering was terminated on March 21, 2001 at which time the Partnership had sold 2,688,861 Cash Preferred units and 872,258 Tax Preferred units for $10 per unit held by a total of 1,227 and 106 Cash Preferred and Tax Preferred limited partners, respectively. As of March 31 2003, the Partnership had paid a total of $1,246,391 in acquisition and advisory fees and acquisition expenses, $4,451,400 in selling commissions and organization and offering expenses, and had invested $5,300,000 in Fund XI-XII-REIT Associates and $24,613,401 in Fund XII-REIT Associates.

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The Partnership owns interests in all of its real estate assets through joint ventures with other Wells entities. As of March 31, 2003, the Partnership owned interests in the following seven properties through the affiliated

joint ventures listed below:

Each of the aforementioned properties was acquired on an all cash basis. For further information regarding the foregoing joint ventures and properties, refer to the report filed for the Partnership on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

(b) Basis of Presentation

The financial statements of the Partnership have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X, and in accordance with such rules and regulations, do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The quarterly statements have not been examined by independent auditors. However, in the opinion of the General Partners, the statements for the unaudited interim periods presented include all adjustments that are of a normal and recurring nature and necessary to fairly present the results for these periods. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of full year results. For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes included in the Partnership’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

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(c) Allocation of Net Income, Net Loss, and Gain on Sale

For purposes of determining allocations per the Partnership agreement, net income is defined as net income recognized by the Partnership, excluding deductions for depreciation and amortization. Net income, as defined, of the Partnership will be allocated each year in the same proportions that net cash from operations is distributed to the limited partners holding Class A units and the general partners. To the extent the Partnership’s net income in any year exceeds net cash from operations, it will be allocated 99% to the limited partners and 1% to the general partners.

Net loss, depreciation, amortization, and cost recovery deductions for each fiscal year will be allocated as follows: (a) 99% to the limited partners holding tax preferred units and 1% to the general partners until their capital accounts are reduced to zero, (b) then to any partner having a positive balance in his/her capital account in an amount not to exceed such positive balance, and (c) thereafter to the general partners.

Gain on the sale or exchange of the Partnership’s properties will be allocated generally in the same manner that the net proceeds from such sale are distributed to partners after the following allocations are made, if applicable: (a) allocations made pursuant to the qualified income offset provisions of the partnership agreement, (b) allocations to partners having negative capital accounts until all negative capital accounts have been restored to zero, and (c) allocations to limited partners holding tax preferred units in amounts equal to the deductions for depreciation, amortization, and cost recovery previously allocated to them with respect to the specific partnership property sold, but not in excess of the amount of gain on sale recognized by the Partnership with respect to the sale of such property.

(d) Distribution of Net Cash From Operations

As defined by the partnership agreement, cash available for distribution is distributed quarterly to the limited partners as follows:

No distributions will be made to the limited partners holding Tax Preferred Units.

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(e) Distribution of Sale Proceeds

Upon the sale of properties, the net sale proceeds will be distributed in the following order:

(a) Basis of Presentation

As of March 31, 2003, the Partnership owned interests in seven properties through its ownership in the Joint Ventures. The Partnership does not have control over the operations of the Joint Ventures; however, it does exercise significant influence. Accordingly, the Partnership’s investments in the Joint Ventures are recorded using the equity method of accounting, whereby original investments are recorded at cost and subsequently adjusted for contributions, distributions and net income (loss) attributable to the Partnership. For further information regarding investments in joint ventures, see the report filed for the Partnership on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

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(b) Summary of Operations

The following information summarizes the operations of the Joint Ventures in which the Partnership held

ownership interests for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively:

In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” which clarifies the application of Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements,” relating to consolidation of certain entities. FIN 46 will require the identification of the Partnership’s participation in variable interest entities (VIEs), which are defined as entities with a level of invested equity that is not sufficient to fund future activities to permit them to operate on a stand alone basis, or whose equity holders lack certain characteristics of a controlling financial interest. For entities identified as VIEs, FIN 46 sets forth a model to evaluate potential consolidation based on an assessment of which party to the VIE, if any, bears a majority of the exposure to its expected losses, or stands to gain from a majority of its expected returns. FIN 46 is effective for all new VIEs created or acquired after January 31, 2003. For VIEs created or acquired prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 must be applied for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. FIN 46 also sets forth certain disclosures regarding interests in VIEs that are deemed significant, even if consolidation is not required. As the Joint Ventures do not fall under the definition of VIEs provided above, the Partnership does not believe that the adoption of FIN 46 will result in the consolidation of any previously unconsolidated entities.

In August 2001, SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (effective beginning January 1, 2002) was issued. SFAS No. 144 addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment of long-lived assets and for long-lived assets to be disposed of and supersedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of”. Among other factors, SFAS No. 144 establishes criteria beyond that previously specified in SFAS No. 121 to determine when a long-lived asset is to be considered held for sale. We believe that the adoption of SFAS No. 144 will not have a significant impact on the Partnership’s financial statements.

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Management and Leasing Fees

Wells Management Company, Inc., (“Wells Management”), an affiliate of the General Partners, receives compensation for supervising the management and leasing of the Partnership’s properties owned through joint ventures equal to the lesser of (a) fees that would be paid to a comparable outside firm or (b) 4.5% of the gross revenues generally paid over the life of the lease plus a separate competitive fee for the one-time initial lease-up of newly constructed properties generally paid in conjunction with the receipt of the first month’s rent. In the case of commercial properties which are leased on a long-term net basis (ten or more years), the maximum property management fee from such leases shall be 1% of the gross revenues generally paid over the life of the leases except for a one-time initial leasing fee of 3% of the gross revenues on each lease payable over the first five full years of the original lease term. For the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, the properties in which the partnership owns interests paid management and leasing fees to Wells Management of $103,902 and $100,574, respectively.

Administration Reimbursements

Wells Capital, Inc., and affiliate of the General Partners, performs certain administrative services for the Partnership, such as accounting and other partnership administration, and incurs the related expenses. Such expenses are allocated among the various Wells Real Estate Funds based on time spent on each fund by individual administrative personnel. For the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, the Partnership reimbursed $11,223 and $9,343, respectively, to Wells Capital, Inc. and its affiliates for these services.

Conflicts of Interests

The General Partners are also general partners of other Wells Real Estate Funds. As such, there may exist conflicts of interest where the general partners in their capacity as general partners of other Wells Real Estate Funds may be in competition with the Partnership in connection with property acquisitions or for tenants in similar geographic markets.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying financial statements and notes thereto.

(a) Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including discussion and analysis of the financial condition of the Partnership, anticipated capital expenditures required to complete certain projects, amounts of cash distributions anticipated to be distributed to limited partners in the future and certain other matters. Readers of this Report should be aware that there are various factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made in this report, including construction costs which may exceed estimates, construction delays, lease-up risks, inability to obtain new tenants upon the expiration of existing leases, and the potential need to fund tenant improvements or other capital expenditures out of operating cash flows.

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(b) Results of Operations

Gross Revenues

Gross revenues of the Partnership decreased to $429,373 for the three months ended March 31, 2003, from $448,373 for the three months ended March 31, 2002, primarily due to the corresponding decrease in equity in income of joint ventures described below.

Equity In Income of Joint Ventures

Gross Revenues of Joint Ventures

Gross revenues of the joint ventures in which the Partnership holds interests decreased in 2003, as compared to 2002, primarily due to the vacancy of the EYBL CarTex Building for the entire first quarter of 2003, offset by the property tax refund received from the tax authority for the EYBL CarTex Building in 2003.

The sole tenant of the EYBL CarTex Building vacated the premises in November 2002, ceased making rental payments in December 2002, and dissolved as a corporation with the Secretary of State of South Carolina effective December 31, 2002. Until the EYBL CarTex Building is released, gross revenues and net income of Fund XI-XII-REIT Associates are anticipated to remain at levels comparable with the first quarter of 2003, thereby lowering gross revenues allocable to the Partnership with respect to its interest in this joint venture in 2003, as compared to 2002.

Expenses of Joint Ventures

The expenses of the joint ventures in which the Partnership holds an interest increased in 2003, as compared to 2002, primarily due to an increases in (i) administrative salaries incurred in connection with evaluating various strategical operating scenarios for the period following the expiration of the Cort lease in October 2003, (ii) operating and maintenance costs for the EYBL CarTex Building as a result of the vacancy described above; EYBL CarTex is obligated under a triple-net lease, whereby the tenant was responsible for paying all building and common area maintenance costs directly, and (iii) accounting and legal fees incurred in connection with changing independent auditors in 2002, offset by (iv) the recovery of doubtful accounts receivable due from Gartner for property tax expense reimbursements in 2003, which were reserved in 2002.

Expenses

Expenses of the Partnership increased to $35,367 for 2003, as compared to $22,318 for 2002, primarily due to additional Tennessee partnership franchise and excise taxes in the amount of $13,200 that were incurred in the first quarter of 2003. As a result, net income of the Partnership was $394,006 and $426,055 for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

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(c) Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

Net cash flows from operating activities were $(31,336) and $(23,490) used for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, primarily due to the increase in expenses for the Partnership described above.

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Net cash flows from investing activities decreased to $671,076 for the three months ended March 31, 2003, as compared to $687,112 for the three months ended March 31, 2002. The 2003 decrease from 2002 resulted primarily from the decreased in distributions received from joint ventures, primarily from Fund XI-XII-REIT Associates due to the vacancy of the EYBL CarTex Building discussed above.

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

Net cash flows from financing activities remained relatively stable at $660,541 used for the three months ended March 31, 2003, as compared to $660,372 used for the three months ended March 31, 2002.

Distributions

The Partnership made distributions to the limited partners holding Cash Preferred units of $0.22 per unit and $0.24 per unit for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Such distributions have been made from net cash from operations and distributions received from investments in joint ventures. Distributions accrued for the first quarter of 2003 to the Limited Partners holding Cash Preferred Units were paid in May 2003. No cash distributions were made to Limited Partners holding Tax Preferred Units.

The cash flows generated from the Partnership’s interest in joint ventures and, accordingly, distributions to limited partners holding Cash Preferred Units are anticipated to decline until the EYBL CarTex building is re-leased to one or more suitable replacement tenants. There can be no assurance when any such suitable replacement tenant or tenants will be located or at what rental rates this building will be re-leased. During 2002, EYBL CarTex generated cash flows of approximately $380,000, of which approximately $65,000 was attributable to the Partnership.

Capital Resources

The Partnership is an investment vehicle formed for the purpose of acquiring, owning and operating income-producing real properties and has invested all of its funds available for investment. Accordingly, it is unlikely that the Partnership will acquire interests in any additional properties. Other than those mentioned above, the General Partners are unaware of any specific need requiring capital resources.

(d) Related Party Transactions and Agreements

The Partnership and its joint ventures have entered into agreements with Wells Capital, Inc., the general partner of Wells Partners, L.P., and its affiliates, whereby the Partnership or its joint ventures pay certain fees or reimbursements to Wells Capital, Inc. or its affiliates (e.g. property management and leasing fees, administrative salary reimbursements, etc.). See Note 4 to the

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Partnership’s financial statements included in this report for a discussion of the various related party transactions, agreements, and fees.

(e) Inflation

The real estate market has not been affected significantly by inflation in the past three years due to the relatively low inflation rate. However, there are provisions in the majority of tenant leases, which would protect the Partnership from the impact of inflation. These provisions include reimbursement billings for operating expense pass-through charges, real estate tax and insurance reimbursements on a per square foot basis, or in some cases, annual reimbursement of operating expenses above a certain per square foot allowance. There is no assurance, however, that the Partnership would be able to replace existing leases with new leases at higher base rental rates.

(f) Application of Critical Accounting Policies

The Partnership’s accounting policies have been established to conform with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. If management’s judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions had been different, it is possible that different accounting policies would have been applied; thus, resulting in a different presentation of the financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact comparability of the Partnership’s results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses.

Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that management considers to be critical in that they may require complex judgment in their application or require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain.

Investment in Real Estate Assets

Management is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of its depreciable assets. Management considers the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives. These assessments have a direct impact on net income. The estimated useful lives of the Joint Ventures’ assets by class are as follows:

In the event that management uses inappropriate useful lives or methods for depreciation, the Partnership’s net income would be misstated.

Valuation of Real Estate Assets

Management continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of the real estate assets in which the Partnership has an ownership interest, either directly or through investments in joint ventures, may not be recoverable. When indicators of

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potential impairment are present which indicate that the carrying amounts of real estate assets may not be recoverable, management assesses the recoverability of the real estate assets by determining whether the carrying value of the real estate assets will be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In the event that such expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, management adjusts the real estate assets to the fair value and recognizes an impairment loss. Management has determined that there has been no impairment in the carrying value of real estate assets held by the Partnership to date.

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Projections of expected future cash flows requires management to estimate future market rental income amounts subsequent to the expiration of current lease agreements, property operating expenses, discount rates, the number of months it takes to re-lease the property, and the number of years the property is held for investment. The use of inappropriate assumptions in the future cash flow analysis would result in an incorrect assessment of the property’s future cash flows and fair value, and could result in the overstatement of the carrying value of real estate assets held by the joint ventures and net income of the Partnership.

Since the Partnership does not borrow any money, make any foreign investments or invest in any market risk sensitive instruments, it is not subject to risks relating to interest rates, foreign current exchange rate fluctuations or the other market risks contemplated by Item 305 of Regulation S-K.

Within the 90 days prior to the date of this report, the Partnership carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management of Wells Capital, Inc., the corporate general partner of the General Partner of the Partnership, including the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that evaluation, the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

There were no significant changes in the Partnership’s internal controls or other factors that could significantly affect such controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

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PART II.     OTHER INFORMATION

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Leo F. Wells, III, certify that:

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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Douglas P. Williams, certify that:

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EXHIBIT INDEX

TO

FIRST QUARTER FORM 10-Q

OF

WELLS REAL ESTATE FUND XII, L.P.

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