Investors Real Estate Trust Announces Distributions for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 and Announces Date of Annual Shareholder Meeting

MINOT, N.D., June 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IRET (NYSE: IRET) a real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, development, redevelopment and management of multifamily communities located primarily in select growth markets throughout the Midwest, today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a regular quarterly distribution of $0.07 per share/unit, payable on July 3, 2017 to common shareholders and unitholders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2017.  This distribution will be the 185^th consecutive quarterly distribution paid by IRET since its inception in 1970. 

Further, the Board of Trustees also declared a distribution of $0.496875 per share on the 7.95% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: IRET PRB), payable on July 3, 2017 to holders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2017. Series B preferred share distributions are cumulative and payable quarterly in arrears at an annual rate of $1.9875 per share.

Additionally, Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders shall be held at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at the Grand Hotel, 1505 North Broadway, Minot, North Dakota.  Shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 21, 2017 shall be entitled to notice of and to vote.

About IRET

IRET focuses on the acquisition, development, redevelopment and management of multifamily communities located primarily in select growth markets throughout the Midwest. As of January 31, 2017, IRET owned interests in 130 properties that were held for investment, consisting of: (1) 86 multifamily properties consisting of 12,813 units, and (2) 44 commercial properties, including 30 healthcare properties, containing a total of approximately 2.7 million square feet of leasable space. IRET's common shares and Series B preferred shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE symbols: IRET and IRETPRB, respectively). IRET's press releases and supplemental information are available on its website at www.iret.com or by contacting Investor Relations at 701-837-7104.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding IRET's plans and expectations with respect to its strategic transformation and the closing of the remaining sales of senior housing properties pursuant to two existing agreements, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from projected results.  Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to:  changes in operating costs; the effect of government regulation; the availability of capital; changes in general and local economic and real estate market conditions; IRET's ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions on attractive terms, or at all; IRET's ability to manage its current debt levels and repay or refinance its indebtedness upon maturity or other payment dates; IRET's ability to maintain financial covenant compliance under its debt agreements; fluctuations in interest rates; IRET's ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; competition; IRET's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; and those risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in IRET's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016.  We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events. 

CONTACT INFO

Investor Relations
Stephen Swett
phone: 701-837-7104
email: IR@iret.com

To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/investors-real-estate-trust-announces-distributions-for-the-first-quarter-of-fiscal-year-2018-and-announces-date-of-annual-shareholder-meeting-300470586.html

SOURCE IRET