diff --git a/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/ObjectModels/SourceCode/CodeElements/CodeReturnElement.cs b/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/ObjectModels/SourceCode/CodeElements/CodeReturnElement.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaf3d4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/ObjectModels/SourceCode/CodeElements/CodeReturnElement.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace UniversalEditor.ObjectModels.SourceCode.CodeElements
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Returns the specified expression, e.g. "return _xx;" (C#) or "Return _xx" (VB).
+	/// </summary>
+	public class CodeReturnElement : CodeElement
+	{
+		private CodeElementReference mvarExpression = null;
+		public CodeElementReference Expression { get { return mvarExpression; } set { mvarExpression = value; } }
+
+		public CodeReturnElement(CodeElementReference expression) {
+			mvarExpression = expression;
+		}
+
+		public override object Clone ()
+		{
+			CodeReturnElement clone = new CodeReturnElement (mvarExpression);
+			return clone;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment.csproj b/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment.csproj
index a2443ee8..63e0d74a 100644
--- a/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment.csproj
+++ b/CSharp/Plugins/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment/UniversalEditor.Plugins.SoftwareDevelopment.csproj
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DataFormats\SourceCode\GoCodeDataFormat.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataFormats\SourceCode\Java\JavaClassDataFormat.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataFormats\SourceCode\VisualBasicNETCodeDataFormat.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ObjectModels\SourceCode\CodeElements\CodeReturnElement.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Libraries\UniversalEditor.Core\UniversalEditor.Core.csproj">