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: December 6, 2017
 
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

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

 

Maryland

 

1-13374

 

33-0580106

 

 

 

 

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

11995 El Camino Real, San Diego, California 92130
 
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(858) 284-5000
 
(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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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Item 8.01  Other Events

 

On December 6, 2017, Realty Income Corporation (the “Company”) closed its offering of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.650% Notes due 2028, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% Notes due 2022 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.650% Notes due 2047 pursuant to a purchase agreement dated November 29, 2017 entered into by and between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., 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 3.650% Note due 2028

 

 

 

4.3

 

4.4

 

Form of 3.250% Note due 2022

 

Form of 4.650% Note due 2047

 

 

 

4.5

 

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 “3.650% Notes due 2028” and re-opening a series of securities entitled “3.250% Notes due 2022” and “4.650% Notes due 2047.”

 

 

 

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).

 



 

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 3.650% Note due 2028

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of 3.250% Note due 2022

 

 

 

4.4

 

Form of 4.650% Note due 2047.

 

 

 

4.5

 

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 “3.650% Notes due 2028” and re-opening a series of securities entitled “3.250% Notes due 2022” and “4.650% due 2047.”

 

 

 

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: December 6, 2017

REALTY INCOME CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER

 

 

Michael R. Pfeiffer

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary