First Real Estate Investment Trust Of New Jersey, Inc 8-K, filed Jan 17, 2025
First Real Estate Investment Trust Of New Jersey, Inc. (FREVS)
About this 8-K
First Real Estate Investment Trust Of New Jersey, Inc filed this 8-K on January 17, 2025, reporting on events of January 16, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
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Section 8 - Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 16, 2025, the Board of Directors of First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc. (“FREIT” or the “Trust”) declared a first quarter dividend of $0.08 per share on the Common Stock of the Trust to holders of record of said shares at the close of business on February 28, 2025. The payment date for the dividend is March 14, 2025. The Board of Directors will continue to evaluate the dividend on a quarterly basis and there can be no assurance that dividends will be declared for any future period. In addition, the amount of the dividend declared on January 16, 2025 is not necessarily indicative of the amount of any dividends that may be declared in the future.
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This current report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “expect,” “plan,” “will,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “believe,” “guidance,” “approximately,” “anticipate,” “may,” “should,” “seek” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions of management. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that you should not rely on as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data and/or methods which may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to realize them. The following risks and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to: industry and economic conditions; FREIT’s ability to satisfy the conditions to closing and complete a proposed transaction; FREIT’s dependence upon its external manager to conduct its business and achieve its investment objectives; unknown liabilities acquired in connection with acquired properties or interests in real estate-related entities; general risks affecting the real estate industry and local real estate markets (including, without limitation, the market value of FREIT’s properties, potential illiquidity of FREIT’s remaining real estate investments, condemnations, and potential damage from natural disasters); the financial performance of FREIT’s tenants; the impact of any financial, accounting, legal or regulatory issues or litigation that may affect the Trust and its major tenants; volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets, including potential fluctuations in the consumer price index; risks associated with FREIT’s failure to maintain status as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and other additional risks discussed in FREIT’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. FREIT expressly disclaims any responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. | |
| Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: January 17, 2025