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: May 1, 2003

 

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

 

Maryland

 

1-13374

 

33-0580106

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

220 West Crest Street, Escondido, California 92025-1707

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(760) 741-2111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

None

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

 

 



 

Item 7.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:

 

 

 

99.1   Press release dated May 1, 2003

 

 

Item 9.

Regulation FD Disclosure (Information provided under Item 12 -

 

Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition).

 

Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 33-8216, dated March 27, 2003, the information provided herein is being furnished under Item 12 of Form 8-K.

 

On May 1, 2003, we issued a press release, which sets forth our results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.  A copy of our press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  This information shall not be deemed “filed” for any purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

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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: May 2, 2003

REALTY INCOME CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/  MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER

 

 

Michael R. Pfeiffer, Esq.

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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