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Monmouth Real Estate  
Investment Corporation
2018 Annual Report

Publicly traded since 1968, Monmouth 
is one of the oldest REITs in the world. 
We are also one of the most specialized. 
By focusing exclusively on single-tenant, 
net-leased industrial properties on long-
term leases to investment-grade tenants, 
we have delivered superior investment 
returns throughout the business cycle. Over 
our long history, we have put together a 
high-quality industrial property portfolio 
with an all-star tenant roster that includes: 
Amazon, Anheuser-Busch, Beam Suntory, 
Cardinal Health, Coca-Cola, FedEx, 
GE, Home Depot, International Paper, 
National Oilwell Varco, Sherwin-Williams, 
Siemens, ULTA Cosmetics, and United 
Technologies. Because 80% of our rental 
revenue is derived from long-term leases 
to investment-grade tenants, our earnings 
quality is among the highest in the REIT 
industry. Through the acquisition of seven 
brand new built-to-suit properties this past 
year, our gross leasable area increased by 
2.7 million square feet and now comprises 
113 properties containing 21.6 million 
square feet, geographically diversified 
across 30 states.

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2018 Annual ReportBalancing
Forces

“Of everything that moves, the 
space which it acquires is as 
great as that which it leaves.”

Leonardo da Vinci

January 2019

Dear Fellow 
Shareholders,

Welcome to Monmouth Real Estate Investment 
Corporation’s Fiscal 2018 Annual Report. As I 
reflect upon our outstanding year gone by, and 
contemplate our very bright future, I think it is 
appropriate to begin with a reality check of sorts, 
to better understand where we fit within the 
grand scheme of things.

We are living in an age of widespread disruption. 
Today, reality distortion fields can be seen in 
abundance. For while the best way to predict the 
future may indeed be to invent it yourself, a newly 
created future can only truly endure if it remains 
in harmony with the balancing forces of nature.

Whether the subject is art, science, commerce, or 
value creation itself, fundamental adherence to 
these laws will be tested again and again, revealing 
for all to see that which is of lasting value, and 
that which is not.

Fiscal 2018 marked our 51st year as a public REIT. 
Our longevity is a testament to our conservative 
principles and our sound business model. It has been  
ten years since the global markets witnessed the 
end of The Great Moderation and experienced the 
biggest downturn since The Great Depression. The 
decades of stability from the mid-80’s through 2007 
ultimately transitioned into The Global Financial 
Crisis. “Stability is destabilizing,” observed the late 
economist Hyman Minsky. People are all too willing 
to go further and further out on a limb, blinded 
to their own blindness, in search of alpha. To state 
the painfully obvious, human nature cannot help 
itself from exhibiting irrational behavior at times. 
Because it is impossible to say with complete 
certainty what the future will bring, we have always 
positioned Monmouth to be a conservative company, 
one that will endure and prosper in good times 
and in bad, and prosper we have.

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment CorporationDuring Fiscal 2018,  
the Company’s many  
accomplishments  
include the following:

 • Increased our common stock dividend 
by 6.3% to $0.68,

 • Generated FFO per share growth of 18.7% 
to $0.89,

 • Generated AFFO per share growth 
of 14.5% to $0.87,

 • Increased our Gross Revenue by 23.5% 
to $152.3 million,

 • Increased our Net Operating Income by 
19.3% to $114.8 million,

 • Acquired 2.7 million square feet of high-
quality industrial space for $282.3 million, 
comprising seven brand-new Class A 
properties, all leased long-term, of which 
85% is leased to  investment-grade tenants,

 • Completed two expansions for 
approximately $3.5 million, resulting 
in ten-year lease extensions for both 
properties,

 • Maintained a  sector- leading occupancy 
rate of 99.6% at fiscal yearend, representing 
our third consecutive year with above 
99% occupancy,

 • Extended our  weighted- average lease 
maturity from 7.9 years to 8.1 years,

 • Achieved an 8% total shareholder return 
for fiscal 2018, versus a 4% total return 
for the MSCI US REIT Index,

 • Increased our total market capitalization 
by 17% to $2.5 billion at fiscal yearend,

 • Raised approximately $90.0 million in 
equity through our Dividend Reinvestment 
and Stock Purchase Plan,

 • Raised approximately $41.0 million 
in gross proceeds through our Preferred 
Stock ATM Program,

 • Extended our  weighted- average debt 
maturity to 11.7 years at fiscal yearend,

 • Generated 13% year-over-year growth 
in our Gross Leasable Area to 21.2 million 
rentable square feet,

 • Reduced our  weighted- average interest 
rate on our fixed-rate debt from 4.2% 
to 4.1%,

 • Entered into commitments to purchase 
three Class A, build-to-suit properties 
comprising approximately 745,000 square 
feet, all leased long-term to  investment-
grade tenants,

 • Renewed 11 of the 16 leases comprising 
1.1 million square feet that were scheduled 
to expire in fiscal 2018,

 • Excluding one short term renewal, the 
ten renewals resulted in a  weighted-
average lease term of 6.8 years, and rental 
increases of 4.1% on a GAAP basis and 
2.8% on a cash basis,

 • Subsequent to yearend, completed an 
offering of 9.2 million shares of common 
stock, generating gross proceeds of 
$138.0 million, and

 • Subsequent to yearend, purchased 
two new Class A built-to-suit properties, 
comprising 474,000 square feet for 
$113.1 million.

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2018 Annual ReportThere is irony in the fact that Monmouth, as one 
of the oldest REITs in the world, should still be 
one of the smaller companies. But this is simply 
because with a clear preference for quality over 
quantity, we march at our own tempo. We do not 
strive to be the biggest company, simply a better 
one. We have been able to achieve transformative 
growth over the past six years by more than 
doubling our Gross Leasable Area, without 
sacrificing our high- quality standards. Because 
this growth was accomplished through the 
acquisition of brand-new Class A, built-to-suit 
properties, today Monmouth owns the youngest 
and most state-of-the-art property portfolio in the 
industrial REIT sector. This year our acquisition 
volume totaled $282.3 million, consisting of 
seven brand-new Class A, built-to-suit properties 
comprising 2.7 million square feet, with 85% of 
the total square footage leased to  investment-grade 
tenants. We have assembled a modern industrial 
property portfolio that contains large amounts of 
excess land to accommodate future growth. Our 
tenants have made substantial investments in the 
infrastructure of these buildings. These are smart, 
highly automated industrial assets that are  mission- 
critical to our tenants’ operations.

The past few years have seen unprecedented 
demand for industrial property portfolios. At the 
turn of the century we predicted that with the 
widespread growth of ecommerce our property 
type would gain market share from the traditional 
retail sector. Since that time, our prophecy has been 
coming true, and today the industrial real estate 
sector is on fire. In our admittedly biased opinion, 
Monmouth’s high- quality industrial portfolio is 
second to none. There are several factors that bear 
this out. First and foremost is our highly specialized 
focus. We invest solely in  single- tenant industrial 
properties, subject to long-term net leases of ten 
years or more, to  investment-grade tenants. Our 
all-star tenant roster currently includes: Amazon, 
 Anheuser-Busch, Beam Suntory, Coca-Cola, FedEx, 
GE, Home Depot, International Paper, National 
Oilwell Varco, Shaw Industries,  Sherwin- Williams, 
Siemens, ULTA Cosmetics, United Technologies, 
and other high- quality companies. To take our 
investment criteria to an even higher level, these 
properties must be well- located, the building 
construction needs to be Class A, and the acreage 
needs to be ample. Given such a stringent focus, 
it is no wonder that we have never been able to 
acquire a portfolio ourselves. The reason being our 
portfolio is the only one in existence that meets 
all these requirements. Built one high- quality 
asset at a time, our property portfolio comprises 
113 properties totaling 21.6 million square feet, 
geographically diversified across 30 states.

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation 
 
 
 
With 80% of our total rental revenue derived from 
 investment-grade tenants, and the remaining 
20% also generated from very strong companies, 
Monmouth provides some of the  highest- quality 
earnings around. Our tenants deliver resilient 
income streams day after day, week after week, 
and year after year. But no one on earth delivers 
quite like our largest tenant, FedEx. Ever since  
the acquisition of our first property leased to 
FedEx in Richland, Mississippi, back in 1994,  
we have been amazed at the caliber of this  
company. While they still reside in our Richland 
facility, we now own 61 properties leased to 
FedEx, comprising 10.5 million total square 
feet, representing 48% of our gross leasable area. 
People were once concerned that the invention 
of the facsimile machine would curtail FedEx’s 
growth. Then it was the advent of the high-speed 
scanner that would supposedly slow them down. 
These concerns were unwarranted. FedEx’s growth  
continued unabated because these devices needed 
to be delivered as well. Today, all of the goods on 
Planet Earth can be ordered from a device sitting 
right in your pocket, and no one can get them to 
you as fast and reliably as FedEx can.

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2018 Annual ReportLocation...

In making real estate investment decisions, three 
of the primary considerations should always be 
location, location, location. One hundred percent 
of Monmouth’s portfolio is based right here in the 
continental United States. America has by far the 
largest and most dynamic economy in the world. 
The rest of the world greatly desires access to our 
markets, and we have no intention of allowing our 
focus to stray elsewhere. We have the world’s reserve 
currency, the most reliable rule of law, and the 
best  higher- education institutions. Our population 
growth and real GDP growth are consistently among 
the highest in the developed world. Extraordinary 
real estate investments are hard to find. It is best to 
look in extraordinary locations.

The Global  
Economy

South 
Korea
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1.93%

Japan

$4.87T
6.13%

China

$12.24T
15.4%

India
$2.6T
3.27%

Russia
$1.58T
1.99%

Germany

$3.68T
4.63%

United States
$19.39T
24.4%

United 
Kingdom
$2.62T
3.30%

France
$2.58T
3.25%

Brazil
$2.06T
2.59%

Canada
$1.65T
2.08%

Italy
$1.93T
2.44%

Australia
$1.32T
1.67%

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment CorporationLocation  
Location...

The growth in global trade has created efficiencies 
of scale that have steadily reduced shipping costs 
for decades, despite the increased costs of fuel, 
labor, environmental compliance, and terminal 
fees. Fifty years ago, the cost of ocean shipping was 
approximately 15% of the value of shipped goods. 
Today, it’s less than 1%. As a result, imports plus 
exports in the U.S. have grown exponentially and 
now represent over a $4 trillion market. Surrounded 
by two peaceful neighbors and two great oceans, 
America’s location is ideal. However, there was a 
severe bottleneck for goods coming in through the 
West Coast ports that caused expensive disruptions 
to the global supply chain. The recent completion 
of the Panama Canal expansion in June of 2016 has 
resulted in diverting in-bound traffic from the West 
Coast ports to those on the East Coast. Tonnage 
moving through the expanded Panama Canal is up 
over 30%. Accordingly, Monmouth has been building 
up a large presence along the Gulf and Eastern 
seaports. We have assets in Houston, Corpus Christi, 
New Orleans, Mobile, Tampa, Fort Myers, Miami, 
Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, and Newark. 
Today, as a result of the recently completed Panama 
Canal expansion, these are among the  fastest- 
growing ports in the world.

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2018 Annual ReportLocation  
Location  
Location!

As you can see, Monmouth has put together a 
portfolio of very well- located industrial assets that 
are poised to benefit for decades to come. With 
over 70% of the U.S. population residing east of the 
Mississippi River, coupled with shipping container 
growth on the East Coast ports solidly outpacing 
that on the West Coast ports, our assets are clearly 
on the path of future progress. Zooming in closer 
on our strategic locations, you will find that our 
assets are positioned near major seaports, major 
intermodal ports that help serve these seaports, 
interstate highways, international airports, and 
manufacturing plants that are integral to our 

tenants’ operations. We also focus on investing 
in  business- friendly states. Florida and Texas 
consistently rank as two of the most  business-
friendly states in the nation, and it is no coincidence 
that these states represent two of our largest 
concentrations. Our occupancy rate continues to 
rank as the highest in the industrial REIT sector. 
In fact, we are now enjoying our fourth consecutive 
year with above 99% occupancy. Location, location, 
location is the time- tested mantra, and our virtually 
fully- occupied portfolio best illustrates the  mission-
critical nature of our ideally positioned assets.

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment CorporationIn fiscal 2018, 8% of our gross leasable area, 
representing 16 leases totaling approximately 
1.5 million square feet, was scheduled to expire. 
Eleven of the 16 leases were renewed this year, 
representing 1.1 million total square feet, giving us 
a 69% tenant retention rate. Excluding one short-
term renewal, these ten renewals have an average 
term of 6.8 years and resulted in an increase in 
our  weighted- average lease rate of 4.1% on a GAAP 
basis and 2.8% on a cash basis. Of the remaining 
five properties scheduled to expire this past year, 
three were sold, generating substantial gains; 
one was re- tenanted; and one is currently vacant. 
The overall U.S. industrial market continues to 
perform exceptionally well. It has now enjoyed 
9.5 consecutive years of positive net absorption and 
counting. Both occupancy rates and rental rates 
have risen to record levels.

Monmouth’s Funds from Operations (FFO) for 
fiscal 2018 were $69.8 million, or $0.89 per diluted 
share, as compared to $54.4 million, or $0.75 per 
diluted share, a year ago, representing an 18.7% 
increase in FFO per share. A primary focus of ours 
is on growing our recurring earnings, or what is 
commonly referred to as Adjusted Funds from 
Operations (AFFO). AFFO excludes gains or losses 
on the sale of real estate and gains or losses on the 
sale of REIT securities, as well as lease termination 
income and the effects of  straight-lined rent 
adjustments. Therefore, we believe AFFO serves 
as the best proxy for recurring cash earnings. Over 
the past three-year period, our AFFO per share 
growth has averaged 14%. This year, our AFFO 
per diluted share increased to $0.87 from $0.76 in 
the prior year, representing a 14.5% increase. This 
strong and consistent AFFO per share growth 
has allowed us to raise our common stock dividend 
twice in the last three years. Our AFFO dividend 
payout ratio this year was 78%. Given our high- 
quality tenant base, coupled with our 8.1 year 
 weighted- average lease maturity, and our net-lease 
structure, this 22% cushion provides for a very safe, 
well- protected dividend.

Occupancy

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The hyperactive trading patterns brought on by 
the advent of computers replacing humans in 
investment  decision- making has represented a 
turn for the worse. As the adjacent chart clearly 
illustrates, an investment in Monmouth’s common 
stock 12 years ago, assuming the reinvestment of 
dividends, has generated a total return of 218.58%. 
These excellent results represent outperformance of 
over 3x versus the REIT index. Because real estate 
is a cyclical asset class with cycles that run for many 
years, I encourage all REIT investors to slow down, 
take a long-term view, and never underestimate the 
power of compound earnings.

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For Monmouth to survive and thrive these past 
51 years, maintaining a strong balance sheet has 
been essential. Because we have used this protracted 
period of historically low interest rates to reduce our 
cost of capital throughout our capital structure and 
to extend our debt maturities as far out as possible, 
our balance sheet today is stronger than ever before. 
Our total market capitalization was $2.5 billion at 
fiscal yearend, representing a 17% increase over the 
prior year. Our capital structure at fiscal yearend is 
composed of $1.36 billion in equity capitalization, 
$898 million in debt, and $287 million in perpetual 
preferred capital. Eighty percent of our total debt 
is fixed-rate, with a  weighted- average interest 
rate of 4.1% and a  weighted- average maturity of 
11.7 years. This represents one of the longest debt 
maturity schedules in the entire REIT sector, and 
coupled with our $287 million in 6.125% preferred 
equity going out in perpetuity, our long-term debt 

maturities are very well- balanced with our long-
term assets. Additionally, at fiscal yearend we 
held $154.9 million in marketable REIT securities, 
or liquid real estate as we like to think of it, 
representing 8% of our undepreciated assets.

In fiscal 2018, we raised approximately $90 million 
in equity capital through our Dividend Reinvestment 
and Stock Purchase Plan (DRIP). Of this amount, 
a total of $12.9 million in dividends was reinvested 
this year, representing a 24% participation rate 
in our dividend reinvestment plan. Investors who 
participate in our DRIP can enhance their returns 
by reinvesting their dividends and achieving 
a compounded return. This has historically 
proven to be a very reliable program to help 
fund our growth. During the year we also raised 
$41.0 million in gross proceeds through our 6.125% 
Series C Perpetual Preferred Stock ATM program. 

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2018 Annual Report 
 
Real Estate is a long-term asset class and financing 
it with perpetual preferred stock is as long-term as it 
gets. Subsequent to our fiscal yearend, we completed 
our first common stock offering since 2014. This 
offering generated $138 million in gross proceeds. 
Looking ahead, Monmouth is very well capitalized to 
continue to execute our qualitative growth strategy.

The Digital Revolution has produced many 
advancements for society at large, perhaps none 
greater than the globalization of trade. Total trade, 
imports plus exports, has grown in the U.S. from 
$50 billion annually in the late 1960’s to over 
$4 trillion today. Because imports require more 
long-term warehouse and distribution space than 
exports, one could argue that industrial real estate 
investors don’t mind, or perhaps even prefer, large 
trade deficits. However, that would be missing 
the bigger picture. Reciprocal trade agreements 
beget more trade, which translates into more jobs, 
more prosperity, and peace. Overt mercantilism 
is a problem. Unfair trade policies are counter-
productive and disruptive. Whether it’s Japan in 
the 1990’s or our $300 billion trade deficit with 
China today, balancing forces will ultimately 
prevail by moving the global supply chain to regions 
that are more willing to conduct commerce in a 
 reciprocal manner.

A major balancing force that has recently emerged 
is the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing. This 
technological breakthrough has allowed the U.S. 
to become the largest producer of natural gas and 
one of the largest producers of oil in the world. 
Given the  energy-rich nature of our country, it now 
makes sense to increase the amount of domestic 
manufacturing. However, one need not fear that 
we will be moving backward from a globalized 
economy to an isolated one. The technological 
advancements brought on by the Digital Revolution 
have been far too great for that to happen. 
The Internet has connected billions of people 
throughout our planet in real time. In the future, 
billions more will have access. Globalization has 
become our  manifest destiny.

Basically, there are only two kinds of investors: 
Those that don’t know, and those that don’t know 
they don’t know. And then, in a group all to himself, 
there’s Jim Grant, the  interest-rate yogi. Given the 
uncertainty in attempting to predict the future, it 
all comes down to probabilistic judgments that 
separate the gifted from the rest. Disruptive forces, 
caused by trillions of dollars conjured out of thin 
air and pumped into the system globally, will be 
with us for many years to come. Nobody seemed to 
mind this free money when it created a bull market 
in virtually everything. Surely you still remember 
the Orwellian days when people cheered bad 
economic reports and fretted over strong data. The 
fear being that good news might induce the Fed to 
stop holding the pedal to the metal. However, Jim 
wisely cautions that, “It is hoping for an asymmetric 
miracle to assume that the forces of Quantitative 
Tightening will be substantially weaker than the 
forces of Quantitative Easing.” Increased inflation 
appears to be the endgame that our Central Bank 
desires. The problem is that we may end up with 
much more inflation than they wish for. As we have 
seen throughout many cycles, real estate investment 
is one of the few safe harbors from this cruelest tax 
of all. In an inflationary environment, rents will 
reset higher, as rising land values and increased 
construction costs will require it. This is precisely 
what is taking place in the industrial real estate 
sector today, and I suspect that it will spread to 
other property types in the not-too- distant future.

Ecommerce sales continue to grow rapidly, 
 averaging a 15% compound annual growth rate 
since the turn of the century. While Monmouth 
was early in seeing the benefits that Internet sales 
would bring to the industrial property sector, this 
year I’d like to focus on what has become for the 
Digital Retail Sector, the most highly unprofitable 
part of the supply chain, “The Last Mile.” In the 
good old days, the last mile was represented by 
the brick-and- mortar retail shopping centers, and 
consumers would have to make this leg of the 
journey themselves. Today, “free shipping” has 
become the norm, and not just for getting the goods 
to the end consumer, but also for picking up and 
processing the costly returns. As ecommerce market 

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation– 13 –

2018 Annual Reportshare has increased, currently representing 19% of 
total retail sales (excluding food, fuel, and autos), the 
difficulties in dealing with these mounting returns 
has become very disruptive for Amazon and the 
other giant etailers. It is not unusual to see product 
returns in excess of 30% for goods such as apparel, 
and this is driving fulfillment costs through the 
roof. Thus far, investors have been valuing growth 
over profitability for these giant digital disruptors. 
However, at some point something will have to 
give. We have invariably seen that balancing forces 
will ultimately appear, and someone will have to 
pick up the tab. For there can never be a free lunch 
for everyone.

Speaking of free lunch, legend has it that Nobel 
Prize- winning economist Milton Friedman was 
giving a presentation when some heckler yelled out, 
“Hey Milton, if you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?” 
Without missing a beat, Milton responded, “If you’re 
so rich, why aren’t you smart?” This story reminds 
me of our public markets today. The widespread 
proliferation of Exchange Traded Funds and Index 
Funds has resulted in just a handful of institutions 
owning a large percentage of the  publicly- traded 
universe. By replacing the more expensive human 
brainpower with low-cost computers, these 
institutions have been able to attract trillions of 
dollars of hard- earned capital. Today, the scales 
are tilted far in the direction of passive investment 
strategies. Will balancing forces emerge and 
tilt these scales back in the direction of human 
 decision- making? Do opportunities still abound for 
active, old- school value investors?

A major highlight for me this past year, and a great 
honor that I will always cherish for the rest of my 
life, occurred when I got to meet the one and only 
Warren Buffett at a small real estate gathering in 
Omaha. I was able to speak with him one-on-one 
for a bit, and later he fielded questions from the 
audience. He was incredibly gracious and as you 
can imagine his wisdom runs deep. Someone 
asked Mr. Buffett if he ever considered retiring. 
The Oracle responded that he sees his life’s work as 
a canvas upon which he is painting a picture that 
can never be completed. He said that he enjoys 
looking at it, and that he is always trying to improve 
and perfect it. His poetic answer reminded me of 
two people.

One of them is the great Renaissance artist and 
inventor Leonardo da Vinci. For it was Da Vinci 
who said:

“Art is never finished,
only abandoned.”

Leonardo da Vinci would carry his great works with 
him constantly and refine them whenever he felt 
truly inspired.

The other person is my father, Eugene Landy, our 
Founder and Chairman. Eugene Landy formed 
this Company over 50 years ago when I was just 
six years old, and he is still going strong today. 
All my life I have watched him working tirelessly, 
concentrating carefully, successfully creating 
tremendous value from the most meager origins. 
Monmouth is his canvas, his masterpiece, and I can 
assure you that it will never be abandoned, for he 
is our inspiration.

To my teammates, I am truly honored to be a part 
of this hardworking, industrious group. It is so 
rewarding to observe the growth in our individual 
and collective talents year after year. Our game 
plan was executed so well this past year. For this to 
happen, requires a complete trust in one another. 
Everyone upheld their end of the bargain, performed 
their role with great focus, and left it all out there 
on the proverbial field. So, thank you once again for 
sharing the vision and making it so.

To our directors, thank you for your strong oversight. 
As you know, good decisions compound over time 
into extraordinary results. Your understanding and 
appreciation of our simple business model and our 
time- tested philosophy have resulted in a long-term 
track record that we should all be very proud of. 
Thank you for looking after Monmouth with such 
care and for being a balancing force throughout.

To our shareholders, the irreplaceable nature of 
savings and the sanctity of capital have our utmost 
respect. We are eternally grateful to you, our loyal 
long-term shareholders, for the faith that you have 
shown in us. Your continued faith is increasingly 
rare in this ordinary world of ours, and it is 
something that we will never take for granted. 
Thank you for being an integral part of Monmouth.

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment CorporationLastly, the seas of change have recently been 
swirling away from President Calvin Coolidge’s 
ideal that: “The business of America is business,” 
toward new ideals in which societal concerns take 
precedence. Because of everything that moves, even 
that which moves from our collective minds to our 
collective hearts, the space that is vacated is as great 
as that which is acquired. We must be careful to 
understand the ramifications of not only the newly 
created space, but of the newly created void as well. 
I believe that Coolidge fully understood the most 
direct and effective path for lifting society up to a 
higher standard of living. And, of course, that was 
what he was trying to create all along.

Here’s to prosperity and peace in the New Year.

Sincerely,

Michael P. Landy
President and Chief Executive Officer

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2018 Annual Report 
Consistent
Growth

Gross 
Assets

Gross  
Revenue

$2.0

$1.8

$1.6

$1.4

$1.2

$1.0

$0.8

$0.6

$0.4

$0.2

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FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

$152.3

$123.3

$103.4

$68.6

$81.5

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

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FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

$0.87

$0.76

$0.70

$0.52

$0.57

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FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

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Adjusted 
Funds from 
Operations

2018 Annual Report 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property
Locations

MREIC owns 113 properties. 
As of January 2019 our gross 
leasable area is 21.6 million 
square feet, geographically 
diversified across 30 states.

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation– 19 –

2018 Annual ReportFeatured 
Properties

FedEx
Dallas, TX 
352,000 SF

Amazon
Oklahoma City, OK 
300,000 SF

B. Braun
Daytona Beach, FL 
400,000 SF

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment CorporationCoca-Cola
Phoenix, AZ 
283,500 SF

Beam Suntory
Lexington, KY 
600,000 SF

Milwaukee Tool
Memphis, TN 
862,000 SF

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2018 Annual ReportThis annual report is Monmouth’s 
official log charting our voyage 
to date.

It has been my privilege to 
serve as your Chairman of the 
Board. Our experienced Board 
of Directors have supported and 
participated with the executive 
team led by our President, 
Michael Landy, in building a 
first-class organization and 
portfolio of properties.

Our focus is always on long-
term performance. We prosper 

based on strong relationships 
that have been built over 
decades. Our tenants and the 
merchant builders who create our 
investment opportunities know 
that our word is always good. 
Character and good governance 
are in the best interests of all.

The future decades will require 
tremendous investment in our 
nation’s infrastructure. There 
will be great demand for roads, 
bridges, tunnels, seaports, 
intermodal ports, and airports. 
Land will command premium 

values. Monmouth Real Estate 
Investment Corporation has 
planned very well for the future 
and our well-located properties 
should continue to serve the 
global markets for decades 
to come.

Eugene W. Landy
Founder and Chairman  
of the Board

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation– 23 –

2018 Annual ReportFinancial 
Highlights

The following is a calendar yearend common stock review:

Year

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Share 
Volume

Opening 
Price ($)

Closing 
Price ($)

Dividend 
Paid ($)

Appreciation 
(Depreciation)

Total  
Return

114,711,400 

80,472,400

80,440,900

53,003,500

58,753,100

17.80

15.24

10.46

11.07

9.09

12.40

17.80

15.24

10.46

11.07

0.68

0.65

0.64

0.61

0.60

-30.3%

-26.4%

16.8%

21.9%

45.7%

53.5%

-5.5%

0.3%

21.8%

29.2%

The shares of common stock of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation are traded on the New York 
Stock Exchange (NYSE:MNR).

The following is a 5-year dividend payment and Core FFO analysis:

Fiscal Year Ended September 30

Core Funds From Operations ($)

Dividends Per Share ($)

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

69,841,849

57,088,302

50,270,633

35,276,535

29,482,323

0.68

0.64

0.64

0.60

0.60

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Monmouth Real Estate Investment CorporationDirectors
Kiernan Conway
Director of Research and 
Corporate Engagement 
Alabama Center of Real Estate 

Brian H. Haimm
Chief Financial Officer and 
Chief Operating Officer 
Ascend Capital Group  
International, LLC

Daniel D. Cronheim
Attorney-at-Law 
President 
David Cronheim Mortgage Corp.

Catherine B. Elflein
Senior Director — Risk Management 
Celgene Corporation

Neal Herstik
Attorney-at-Law 
Gross, Truss & Herstik, PC

Matthew I. Hirsch
Attorney-at-Law 
Law Office of Matthew I. Hirsch

Eugene W. Landy
Founder and Chairman of the  
Board

Michael P. Landy
President and Chief Executive  
Officer

Samuel A. Landy
Attorney-at-Law, President and 
Chief Executive Officer 
UMH Properties, Inc.

Kevin S. Miller
Chief Financial and Accounting  
Officer, and Treasurer

Gregory T. Otto
Maritime Consultant 
Entegra Systems

Scott L. Robinson
Managing Director 
Oberon Securities

Stephen B. Wolgin
Managing Director 
U.S. Real Estate Advisors, Inc.

Officers and Management
Eugene W. Landy
Founder and Chairman of the  
Board

Michael P. Landy
President and Chief Executive  
Officer

Kevin S. Miller
Chief Financial and Accounting 
Officer, and Treasurer

Allison Nagelberg
General Counsel

Michael D. Prashad
In House Counsel

Richard Molke
Vice President of Asset Management

Susan M. Jordan
Vice President of Investor Relations

Katie Rytter
Controller

Allison Viscardi
Senior Property Manager

Crystal Glas
Executive Assistant

Yulia Hatch
Senior Accountant

Laura Teman
Assistant Controller

Ashley Tripodi
Assistant Property Manager

Tia-Lyn M. Fritze
Investor Relations Associate

Matthew R. Santonocito
Information Technology Manager

Corporate Information
Transfer Agent & 
Corporate Office
Registrar
3499 Route 9 North 
Freehold, NJ 07728
American Stock Transfer 
& Trust Company 
6201 15th Avenue 
Brooklyn, NY 11219

Independent Auditors
PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP 
665 Fifth Avenue 
New York, NY 10022

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A Public REIT Since 1968

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3499 Route 9 North 
Freehold, New Jersey 07728 
732.577.9996