Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation Increases and Extends its Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

FREEHOLD, N.J., Oct. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE: MNR), today announced that on September 30, 2016 it entered into a first amendment to its existing $130 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Facility") to exercise its existing $70 million accordion, increasing the Facility to $200 million.  The amendment also adds an additional $100 million accordion feature, bringing the total potential availability up to $300 million.  In addition, the amendment will extend the maturity date, which was set to mature in August 2019 to now mature in September 2020 and has a one-year extension option.  The Facility is syndicated with three banks led by BMO Capital Markets ("BMO"), as sole lead arranger, sole book runner, and Bank of Montreal as administrative agent, and includes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("J.P. Morgan") and RBC Capital Markets ("RBC") as co-syndication agents. 

Kevin Miller, CFO, commented, "We are very pleased to announce the increase and extension of our Facility.  This amendment to our Facility offers us significant liquidity as we continue to grow our unencumbered property portfolio and pay down higher interest rate mortgage debt.  In addition, this amendment to our Facility, along with our recent successful preferred equity offering, provides Monmouth with ample capital to help fund our acquisition pipeline.  We are very pleased with our long-term relationships and we look forward to continued success with our partners BMO, J.P Morgan and RBC."

About Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation

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 Investment Corporation is a fully-integrated and self-managed real estate company, whose property portfolio consists of ninety-nine properties located in thirty states, containing a total of approximately 16 million rentable square feet.  In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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