UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2012

 

 

MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Maryland		001-33177		22-1897375
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission File		(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Number)		Identification No.)

 

 

Juniper Business Plaza, Suite 3-C
3499 Route 9 North
Freehold, New Jersey		07728
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

 

(732) 577-9996

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 7.01 FD Disclosure.

 

On June 7, 2012, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation issued a press release announcing the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of shares of its 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. A total of 2,000,000 shares of such Series B Preferred Stock were issued and sold in the offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

	(d)	Exhibits.
Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1	Press Release, dated June 7, 2012, concerning the closing of the underwritten public offering of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

	MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Dated: June 7, 2012	By:	/s/ Anna T. Chew
		Anna T. Chew
		Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

	(d)	Exhibits.
Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1	Press Release, dated June 7, 2012, concerning the closing of the underwritten public offering of the Series B Preferred Stock.