SAN DIEGO, Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income
Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend
Company®, today announced its Board of Directors has
declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash
dividend to $0.2205 per share from
$0.22 per share. The dividend is
payable on October 15, 2018 to
shareholders of record as of October 1,
2018. This is the 98th dividend increase since
Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date
for October's dividend is September 28, 2018. The new monthly
dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.646 per share as compared to the current
annualized dividend amount of $2.64
per share.
"We are pleased that our Board of Directors has once again
determined that we are able to increase the amount of the monthly
dividend we pay to our shareholders," said John P. Case, Chief Executive Officer of Realty
Income. "With the payment of the October dividend, we will have
made 579 consecutive monthly dividend payments and paid over
$5.7 billion in dividends throughout
our 49-year operating history."
About the Company
Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend
Company®, is an S&P 500 company dedicated to providing
shareholders with dependable monthly income. The company is
structured as a REIT, and its monthly dividends are supported by
the cash flow from over 5,400 real estate properties owned under
long-term lease agreements with regional and national commercial
tenants. To date, the company has declared 579 consecutive common
stock monthly dividends throughout its 49-year operating history
and increased the dividend 98 times since Realty Income's public
listing in 1994 (NYSE: O). Additional information about the company
can be obtained from the corporate website at
www.realtyincome.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press
release that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking"
statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, which may cause the company's actual future results to
differ materially from expected results. These risks include, among
others, general economic conditions, local real estate conditions,
tenant financial health, the availability of capital to finance
planned growth, continued volatility and uncertainty in the credit
markets and broader financial markets, property acquisitions and
the timing of these acquisitions, charges for property impairments,
and the outcome of legal proceedings to which the company is a
party, as described in the company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Consequently, forward-looking statements
should be regarded solely as reflections of the company's current
operating plans and estimates. Actual operating results may differ
materially from what is expressed or forecast in this press
release. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly release
the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements
that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date
these statements were made.
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SOURCE Realty Income Corporation