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Realty Income Signs a Purchase Agreement to Acquire Approximately $250 Million of Properties in Sale-Leaseback Transaction

^{Published on 2010-10-06 17:42:51 - Market Wire}
 

ESCONDIDO, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income), the Monthly Dividend Company^®, (NYSE: O), announced today that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire 136 retail properties for approximately $250million under long-term, triple-net lease agreements. The properties are of a type the Company already has in its portfolio. While Realty Incomea™s acquisition of these properties is subject to a number of conditions, it is anticipated that the transaction should close within the next 90 days. If the transaction closes, Realty Income expects to fund the purchase price with borrowings under its acquisition credit facility and/or cash on hand. The Company also said it plans to disclose further information about this acquisition subsequent to its closing.

"We are pleased to have been able to sign this purchase agreement. This acquisition, if completed by year-end, will bring our total 2010 acquisitions to approximately $690million, and contribute to the continued stable stream of lease revenue from which we pay monthly dividends."

Commenting on this transaction, Tom A. Lewis, Chief Executive Officer stated, aWe are pleased to have been able to sign this purchase agreement. This acquisition, if completed by year-end, will bring our total 2010 acquisitions to approximately $690million, and contribute to the continued stable stream of lease revenue from which we pay monthly dividends.a

About the Company

Realty Income is The Monthly Dividend Company^®, a New York Stock Exchange real estate company dedicated to providing shareholders with dependable monthly income. To date, the Company has declared 483 consecutive monthly dividend payments throughout its 41-year operating history and increased the dividend 59 times since Realty Incomea™s listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1994. The monthly income is supported by the cash flow from more than 2,300 properties located in 49 states owned under long-term lease agreements with leading regional and national chains and other corporate entities. The Company is an active buyer of commercial properties nationwide.

Consistent with Realty Incomea™s disclosure policy, the Company does not disclose the lease rate on an individual tenant transaction. Lease rates, terms, and conditions are competitive in nature and are a major component of the Companya™s new business development program. The Company believes the disclosure of individual rate negotiations would be damaging to its competitive position and its ability to complete new property acquisitions. As in the past, Realty Income will announce its blended lease rate and lease terms, on a cumulative basis, in the Companya™s quarterly press release on operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical, are aforward-lookinga statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, which may cause the Companya™s actual future results to differ materially from expected results. These risks include, among others, general economic conditions, local real estate conditions, the availability of capital to finance planned growth, property acquisitions and the timing of these acquisitions, charges for property impairments, the outcome of any legal proceedings to which the Company is a party, and the profitability of the Companya™s subsidiary, Crest Net Lease, as described in the Companya™s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as reflections of the Companya™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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