103rd Common Stock Monthly Dividend Increase Declared By Realty Income

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 17, 2019 /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 $0.227 per share from $0.2265 per share. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of October 1, 2019. This is the 103^rd dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for October's dividend is September 30, 2019. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.724 per share as compared to the current annualized dividend amount of $2.718 per share.

"We remain committed to our company's mission of paying dependable monthly dividends to our shareholders that increase over time," said Sumit Roy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Realty Income. "Our Board of Directors has once again determined that we are able to increase the amount of the monthly dividend to our shareholders, marking the 103^rd increase since our company's public listing in 1994. With the payment of the October dividend, we will have made 591 consecutive monthly dividend payments throughout our 50-year operating history."