UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(701) 837-4738

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Investors Real Estate Trust (the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to update the Selected Financial Data, Management's Discussion and Analysis and historical consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012 (Part II, Items 6, 7 and 8, respectively, and Item 15, incorporated by reference in Item 8). Historical information was updated solely for discontinued operations. No sections of the 2012 Form 10-K other than those identified above are being updated by this filing.  Information in the 2012 Form 10-K is generally stated as of April 30, 2012, and this filing does not reflect any subsequent information or events other than the updating of historical information for discontinued operations. Without limiting the foregoing, this filing does not purport to update Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the 2012 Form 10-K for any other information, uncertainties, transactions, risks, events or trends occurring or known to management. More current information is included in other Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Current Report on Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with the 2012 Form 10-K, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended July 31, 2012 and October 31, 2012 and other Company filings. Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K contain the revised and updated financial information and are incorporated herein by reference; the Company has included the entire text of the affected sections.

Discontinued Operations

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 the Company sold two multi-family residential properties in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, respectively, and classified a third multi-family residential property in Fargo, North Dakota, as held for sale. All three properties met the criteria for classification as discontinued operations.

In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, revenues and expenses associated with these operations have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 2012, that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2012.

Under SEC regulations, the same discontinued classification is also required for previously-issued financial statements for each of the years presented in our 2012 Form 10-K, even though the financial statements relate to periods prior to the discontinued classification.  This reclassification has no effect on our reported net income for any reporting period.

(d)

Exhibits

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Date: December 10, 2012