National Retail Properties Prices Offering Of $350M Of 3.30% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2023

National Retail Properties

(the "Company") today announced that it has priced its public offering of $350 million of 3.30% senior unsecured notes due April 15, 2023. The notes were offered at 99.259% of the principal amount with a yield to maturity of 3.388%. Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15, commencing October 15, 2013. The offering is expected to close on April 15, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility, to fund future property acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. RBC Capital Markets, LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC, are acting as senior co-managers for the offering. Capital One Southcoast, Inc. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, which are part of an effective shelf registration statement the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these documents, when available, may be obtained by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220, attn: Prospectus Department, telephone: 1-800-831-9146 or email: batprospectusdept@citi.com; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 222 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10038, attn: Prospectus Department, or email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. NC0675, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262, attn: Capital Markets Client Support, telephone: 1-800-326-5897 or email: cmClientsupport@wellsfargo.com. National Retail Properties, Inc. invests primarily in high-quality properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2012, the Company owned 1,622 properties in 47 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 19.2 million square feet. Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements. Forward-looking