Realty Income Declares 74th Common Stock Monthly Dividend

Realty Income Corporation

today announced its board of directors has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.1821667 per share from $0.1818542 per share. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2014 to shareholders of record as of January 2, 2014. This is the 74th dividend increase since Realty Income went public in 1994. The new monthly dividend amount represents an annualized dividend amount of approximately $2.186 per share as compared to the previous annualized dividend amount of approximately $2.182 per share. The company continues its long-term policy of declaring and paying dividends on a monthly, rather than on a quarterly, basis. r