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:  August 27, 2013

 

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 1.01        Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On August 27, 2013, Realty Income Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amendment dated August 19, 2013 (the “Second Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2012, as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of May 31, 2013, among the Company, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sole Lead Arranger and sole Bookrunner, Bank of America, N.A. and Regions Bank, as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and U.S. Bank National Association, as Documentation Agents (the “Credit Agreement”).

 

The Second Amendment (i) modifies the definition of Gross Asset Value to change how certain property acquisitions are calculated, (ii) modifies the definition of Unencumbered Asset to include properties held by Guarantors that are not wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company and (iii) amends Section 8.14(a) to require that certain subsidiaries that are not wholly owned by the Company become guarantors if other conditions in the Credit Agreement are met.

 

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment is not, and does not purport to be, complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Second Amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03                                 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

10.1   The Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 19, 2013 (executed August 27, 2013).

 

 

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: August 28, 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
10.1	The Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 19, 2013 (executed August 27, 2013).