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8-K - FORM 8-K - MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORP | dividen8k102014.htm |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | October 1, 2014 |
Contact: Susan M. Jordan 732-577-9997 |
MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
DECLARES COMMON AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS
FREEHOLD, NJ, October 1, 2014…..On October 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NYSE:MNR) declared its quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s Common Stock of $0.15 per share payable December 15, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 17, 2014. The Company’s annual dividend rate on its Common Stock is $0.60 per share.
On October 1, 2014, the Board of Directors declared a dividend for the period commencing September 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014, of $0.4765625 per share on the Company’s 7.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock payable December 15, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 17, 2014. Series A preferred share dividends are cumulative and payable quarterly at an annual rate of $1.90625 per share.
Also on October 1, 2014, the Board of Directors declared a dividend for the period September 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014, of $0.4921875 per share on the Company’s 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock payable December 15, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 17, 2014. Series B preferred share dividends are cumulative and payable quarterly at an annual rate of $1.96875.
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation, founded in 1968 and one of the oldest public equity REITs in the U.S., specializes in net-leased industrial properties subject to long-term leases primarily to investment grade tenants. The Company is a fully integrated and self-managed real estate company, whose property portfolio consists of eighty-two properties located in twenty-eight states, containing a total of approximately 11.2 million rentable square feet. In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.
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