Investors Real Estate Trust Announces 4th Quarter Fiscal 2008 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information
           

<p>MINOT, ND--(Marketwire - June 20, 2008) -  Investors Real Estate Trust (<exchange name="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</exchange>: <ticker name="IRETS">IRETS</ticker>)
(<exchange name="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</exchange>: <ticker name="IRETP">IRETP</ticker>) will announce 4th Quarter fiscal year 2008 Earnings in a
Press Release to be issued Monday, June 30, 2008, after the market close.
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The Conference Call for 4th Quarter Earnings is scheduled for Wednesday,
July 2, 2008 at 9:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time.  Conference Call access
information is as follows:

           

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