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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO</P>

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OF THE</P>

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June 7, 2012</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
    CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Maryland</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">001-33177</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">22-1897375</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 57%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Juniper Business Plaza, Suite 3-C</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">3499 Route 9 North</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Freehold, New Jersey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">07728</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(732) 577-9996</TD></TR>
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area code)</P>

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Since Last Report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.01 FD Disclosure.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant
to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), 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.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; font-size: 10pt">Exhibits.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press Release, dated June 7, 2012, concerning the closing of the underwritten public offering of the Series B Preferred Stock.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">Dated: June 7, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Anna T. Chew</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">Anna T. Chew</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">Interim Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 0">(d)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 0">Exhibits.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 0">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 0">Press Release, dated June 7, 2012, concerning the closing of the underwritten public offering of the Series B Preferred Stock.</TD></TR>
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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):
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)
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):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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.