United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

Current Report

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report: July 16, 2013
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

600 La Terraza Boulevard, Escondido, California 92025-3873
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(760) 741-2111
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A
(former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01                                 Other Events

 

On July 16, 2013, Realty Income Corporation (the “Company”) closed its offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.650% Notes due 2023 pursuant to a purchase agreement dated July 9, 2013 entered into by and between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters.

 

Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

4.1	Indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed on October 28, 1998 and dated October 27, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2	Form of 4.650% Note due 2023.
4.3	Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture dated October 28, 1998 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee, establishing a series of securities entitled “4.650% Notes due 2023.”
5.1	Opinion of Venable LLP.
5.2	Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1	Consent of Venable LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2	Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2 hereto).

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: July 16, 2013	REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER
		Michael R. Pfeiffer
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.	Description
4.1	Indenture dated as of October 28, 1998 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed on October 28, 1998 and dated October 27, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2	Form of 4.650% Notes due 2023.
4.3	Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture dated October 28, 1998 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee, establishing a series of securities entitled “4.650% Notes due 2023.”
5.1	Opinion of Venable LLP.
5.2	Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1	Consent of Venable LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2	Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2 hereto).