Realty Income April dividend increased

SAN DIEGO, March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.199 per share from $0.1985 per share. The dividend is payable on April 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2016. This is the 85^th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for April's dividend is March 30, 2016. The new monthly dividend amount represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.388 per share as compared to the previous annualized dividend amount of $2.382 per share.