Realty Income Announces Common Stock Dividend Increase of 2.1% and Declares Preferred Stock Quarterly Dividend

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May 17, 2024, 16:05 ET

SAN DIEGO, May 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced it has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2625 per share from $0.2570 per share. The dividend is payable on June 14, 2024, to stockholders of record as of June 3, 2024. This is the 125^th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $3.150 per share as compared to the prior annualized dividend amount of $3.084 per share.

Realty Income Announces Common Stock Dividend Increase of 2.1% and Declares Preferred Stock Quarterly Dividend

"Realty Income's mission is to provide stockholders with a dependable monthly dividend that grows over time," said Sumit Roy, Realty Income's President and Chief Executive Officer. "This is the 107^th consecutive quarter that we have declared a dividend increase since our 1994 NYSE listing and represents the 647^th consecutive monthly dividend throughout our 55-year operating history. With the payment of the June dividend, stockholders will realize a 2.1% increase in the amount of the dividend as compared to the previous month. Today's increase reflects our confidence in the cash flow generating capabilities of our business."

Realty Income also announced it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3750 per share to holders of the Company's 6.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on June 28, 2024, to preferred stockholders of record as of June 14, 2024.

About Realty Income

Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is real estate partner to the world's leading companies. Founded in 1969, we invest in diversified commercial real estate and have a portfolio of over 15,450 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the U.K., and six other countries in Europe. We are known as "The Monthly Dividend Company^®," and have a mission to deliver stockholders dependable monthly dividends that grow over time. Since our founding, we have declared 647 consecutive monthly dividends and are a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats^® index for having increased our dividend for the last 25 consecutive years. Additional information about the company can be found at www.realtyincome.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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SOURCE Realty Income Corporation