UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):  July 27, 2016

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
 
1-33292
 
20-3431375
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1100 Walnut, Ste. 3350, Kansas City, MO
 
64106
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(816) 875-3705
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 27, 2016, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors declared the Company’s 2016 second quarter dividend of $0.75 per share for the Company’s common stock and a 2016 second quarter dividend of $0.4609375 per depositary share for the Company’s 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
  d) Exhibits

  99.1 Press Release dated July 27, 2016
 

SIGNATURES

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.
 
 
CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC.
       
Dated:  July 27, 2016
By: 
/s/ David J. Schulte
 
  David J. Schulte  
  President and CEO  
 

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.
Description
                       
Press Release dated July 27, 2016