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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-084934
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240801
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240801

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMREP CORP.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000006207
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LAND SUBDIVIDERS & DEVELOPERS (NO CEMETERIES) [6552]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	05 Real Estate & Construction
		IRS NUMBER:				590936128
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OK
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04702
		FILM NUMBER:		241167332

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		850 WEST CHESTER PIKE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 205
		CITY:			HAVERTOWN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19083
		BUSINESS PHONE:		610-487-0905

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		850 WEST CHESTER PIKE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 205
		CITY:			HAVERTOWN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19083

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMREP CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN REALTY & PETROLEUM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19671019
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5in; text-align: right">August 1, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">To Our Owners:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Our
headline financial results for 2024 included $</FONT>51.4 <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">million in revenues, $10.7 million in net cash
provided by operating activities and $6.7 million in net income. Highlights of the year included:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Core Businesses</U>: We generated developed residential land sale revenues of $18.5 million and our
homebuilding segment closed on the sale of 36 homes with $17.2 million in revenues. This performance took place in an operating environment
with mortgage rates at 20-year highs and input costs at sustained high levels. During 2024, we continued to moderate the number and scope
of our active land development projects and delayed proceeding with certain new land development projects due to market headwinds and
uncertainty, entitlement delays and infrastructure availability.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Other Property</U>: We generated undeveloped land sale revenues of $7.8 million, which included the
sale of our land inventory in <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Brighton, </FONT>Colorado. We generated developed commercial land
sale revenues of $550,000 with sales of 1.5 acres of developed commercial land in New Mexico.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Pension</U>: We terminated our defined benefit pension plan and the liabilities
thereunder were assumed by an insurance company</FONT> through an annuity purchase.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Taxes</U>: We utilized $1.5 million of our $12.5 million deferred tax asset, leaving $11.0 million
of deferred tax assets available to reduce future income taxes that would otherwise be payable.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Inventory and Investment Assets</U>: We increased our real estate inventory and investment assets by
$756,000 in connection with the production of finished residential lots and homes and acquisitions of land to supplement our current land
holdings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Cash Position</U>: Our cash position as of April 30, 2024 was $29.7 million. We were able to limit
our debt financing needs by relying on cash flow from operations and available cash.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We encourage you to read our annual report on
Form 10-K to understand the details of these results.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Our core areas of focus today are to monetize
our land assets in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and to become a leading homebuilder in the Rio Rancho area. We categorize our land assets, which
we sell both to third party homebuilders and to our own homebuilding operations, based on contiguous ownership and availability of entitlements
or infrastructure as follows:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Land where we have high contiguous ownership:</U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">entitlements or infrastructure</FONT></B><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">: These properties
include existing and planned residential subdivisions and commercial properties and are in various stages of readiness for monetization,
ranging from ready for immediate sale to multiple years of required work prior to sale. We also target expanding our inventory of property
in this category through strategic land acquisitions.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>AMREP
CORPORATION</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><BR>
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">850 West Chester Pike, Suite 205 &#9679; Havertown, Pennsylvania
19083</FONT></P>

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<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">entitlements or infrastructure</FONT></B><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">: The majority of
these properties are expected to be used for residential purposes, but may be a significant distance from infrastructure required for
a subdivision (requiring significant commitments from us, local government and infrastructure authorities), may be dependent on the completion
of other projects or may require the acquisition of additional lots to fill-in ownership gaps in order to have a viable subdivision.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; color: black">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Land where we have low contiguous ownership: </U></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">o</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Scattered lots near power and water infrastructure</B>:
We have made continuing efforts to systematically monetize these lots through our internal homebuilding operations and through strategic
sales.</TD>
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We aim to sell these lots in their as-is condition. The pace of sales of such lots is slow given the lack of demand in the market.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">A significant limiting factor for the monetization
of our land assets is the number of expected residential building permits that can be reasonably achieved each year in Rio Rancho and
the percentage of those permits we would expect to be situated on our lots or in one of our subdivisions. For example, single family residential
permits in Rio Rancho averaged 812 homes per year during the 5 most recent calendar years of 2019 through 2023 and 660 homes per year
during the 10 most recent calendar years of 2014 through 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The systematic monetization of our land assets
matches our continued focus on delivering sustainable and growing profitability that will benefit long-term holders of our common stock.
As we have said in the past, our strategy is to be a leading New Mexico real estate company focused on sustainable long-term success and
profitability through careful advance planning and meticulous project execution.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We continue to leverage our talented and highly
dedicated team of employees to expand our operations through homebuilding, land development and other value-added real estate capabilities.
Our strategy and operations are intended to generate strong future returns on capital and maximize per share equity value on a long-term
basis.</P>

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