8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  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)              March 3, 2009

MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND                         001-33177                22-1897375

(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission        (IRS Employer

of incorporation)                 File Number)            Identification Number)

3499 Route 9N, Suite 3C, Freehold, NJ    07728

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (732) 577-9996

(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 Instructions

 A.2. below):

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Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 3, 2009, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (the Company) issued a press release announcing the share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to purchase up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate of the Company’s common stock.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)   Exhibits.

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Press Release dated March 3, 2009.

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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

                                /s/   Anna T. Chew

                                ANNA T. CHEW

                                Chief Financial Officer

     Date        March 3, 2009

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EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 3, 2009

Contact:

Susan Jordan

(732) 577-9996

MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

ANNOUNCES SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

Freehold, NJ, March 3, 2009…….The Board of Directors of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NASDAQ/MNRTA) approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to purchase up to $10 million in the aggregate of the Company’s common stock.

The share repurchase program is intended to be implemented through purchases made from time to time using a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or block trades, or by any combination of such methods, in accordance with applicable insider trading and other securities laws and regulations.

The size, scope and timing of any purchases will be based on business, market and other conditions and factors, including price, regulatory and contractual requirements or consents, and capital availability.

The repurchase program does not require the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and the program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion without prior notice.  Shares of stock repurchased under the program will be held as treasury shares.

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation, which was organized in 1968, is a publicly-owned real estate investment trust specializing in net-leased industrial properties.  The Company’s equity portfolio consists of fifty-seven industrial properties and one shopping center located in twenty-five states.  In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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