FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2017

Contact: Susan Jordan

732-577-9996

MONMOUTH REAL ESTATE ANNOUNCES TAX TREATMENT

FOR 2016 DISTRIBUTIONS

FREEHOLD, NJ, JANUARY 26, 2017……Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NYSE:MNR) today announced the tax treatment of its 2016 distributions. The following tables summarize, for income tax purposes, the nature of cash distributions paid to stockholders of Monmouth's common and preferred shares during the calendar year ended December 31, 2016.

Common - CUSIP 609720107

Shown as Dollars ($)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

$0.160000

$0.085183

$0.008424

$0.000000

$0.066393

6/15/16

$0.160000

$0.088488

$0.002543

$0.000000

$0.068969

9/15/16

$0.160000

$0.073326

$0.029522

$0.000000

$0.057152

12/15/16

$0.160000

$0.085886

$0.007173

$0.000000

$0.066941

TOTAL

$0.640000

$0.332883

$0.047662

$0.000000

$0.259455

Shown as a Percentage (%)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

$0.160000

53.239375 %

5.265000%

0%

41.495625%

6/15/16

$0.160000

55.305000%

1.589375%

0%

43.105625%

9/15/16

$0.160000

45.828750%

18.451250%

0%

35.720000%

12/15/16

$0.160000

53.678750%

4.483125%

0%

41.838125%

TOTAL

$0.640000

52.012969%

7.447187%

0%

40.539844%

7.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred - CUSIP 609720206

Shown as Dollars ($)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

$0.476563

$0.429947

$0.046616

$0.000000

$0.000000

6/15/16

$0.476563

$0.462134

$0.014429

$0.000000

$0.000000

9/15/16

$0.476563

$0.304773

$0.171790

$0.000000

$0.000000

12/15/16

$0.232990

$0.219848

$0.013142

$0.000000

$0.000000

TOTAL

$1.662679

$1.416702

$0.245977

$0.000000

$0.000000

Shown as a Percentage (%)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

$0.476563

90.218292%

9.781708%

0%

0%

6/15/16

$0.476563

96.972279%

3.027721%

0%

0%

9/15/16

$0.476563

63.952300%

36.047700%

0%

0%

12/15/16

$0.232990

94.359415%

5.640585%

0%

0%

TOTAL

$1.662679

85.205984%

14.794016%

0%

0%

7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred - CUSIP 609720305

Shown as Dollars ($)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

$0.492188

$0.444044

$0.048144

$0.000000

$0.000000

6/15/16

$0.492188

$0.477286

$0.014902

$0.000000

$0.000000

9/15/16

$0.492187

$0.314765

$0.177422

$0.000000

$0.000000

12/15/16

$0.492188

$0.464425

$0.027763

$0.000000

$0.000000

TOTAL

$1.968751

$1.700520

$0.268231

$0.000000

$0.000000

Shown as a Percentage (%)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

$0.492188

90.218372%

9.781628%

0%

0%

6/15/16

$0.492188

96.972295%

3.027705%

0%

0%

9/15/16

$0.492187

63.952280%

36.047720%

0%

0%

12/15/16

$0.492188

94.359269%

5.640731%

0%

0%

TOTAL

$1.968751

86.375562%

13.624438%

0%

0%

6.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred - CUSIP 609720404

Shown as Dollars ($)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

--

--

$0.000000

$0.000000

$0.000000

6/15/16

--

--

$0.000000

$0.000000

$0.000000

9/15/16

--

--

$0.000000

$0.000000

$0.000000

12/15/16

$0.331771

$0.313057

$0.018714

$0.000000

$0.000000

TOTAL

$0.331771

$0.313057

$0.018714

$0.000000

$0.000000

Shown as a Percentage (%)

Payment Date

Distributions Paid Per Share

Non-Qualifying Ord. Income (1a)

Total Long-Term Capital Gain (2a)

Unrecap Sec 1250 Gain

(2b)

Return of Capital (3)

3/15/16

--

0%

0%

0%

0%

6/15/16

--

0%

0%

0%

0%

9/15/16

--

0%

0%

0%

0%

12/15/16

$0.331771

94.359362%

5.640638%

0%

0%

TOTAL

$0.331771

94.359362%

5.640638%

0%

0%

DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN DISCOUNTS - Common - CUSIP 609720107

Discount Date

Fair Market Value ($)

Discount Price ($)

Discount on D/R ($)

1/15/2016

9.815

9.580

0.235

2/16/2016

10.595

10.070

0.525

3/15/2016

11.070

10.560

0.510

4/15/2016

11.665

11.100

0.565

5/16/2016

11.935

11.340

0.595

6/15/2016

12.755

12.160

0.595

7/16/2016

13.365

12.780

0.585

8/15/2016

13.750

13.140

0.610

9/15/2016

13.705

13.180

0.525

10/17/2016

13.375

12.710

0.665

11/15/2016

13.270

12.620

0.650

12/15/2016

13.945

13.440

0.505

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation, founded in 1968, is one of the oldest public equity REITs in the U.S. The Company specializes in single-tenant, net-leased industrial properties, subject to long-term leases, primarily to investment grade tenants. Monmouth Real Estate is a fully-integrated and self-managed real estate company, whose property portfolio consists of 100 properties containing a total of approximately 16.6 million rentable square feet, geographically diversified across 30 states. In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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