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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):  July 18, 2012

  


      MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION      

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-33177

(State or Number) other jurisdiction

Number)

22-1897375

(I.R.S. Employer

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)


________________________________________________________________________________


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 18, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of a 102,594 square foot industrial building in Waco, Texas for $8,733,000.  

The information in this report and the exhibit attached hereto is being furnished, not filed, for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

99.1

Press release, dated July 18, 2012.




















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:  July 18, 2012

By: /s/ Kevin S. Miller

 

Kevin S. Miller

 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer