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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 (Date of earliest event reported)
August 9, 2002
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 1-13374 33-0580106
(State or other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) Identification Number)
220 West Crest Street, 92025
Escondido, CA (Zip Code)
(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)
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ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On August 9, 2002, the Registrant filed its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Accompanying the Quarterly Report is the certification of Thomas A.
Lewis, the Registrant's Chief Executive Officer, and Paul M. Meurer, the
Registrant's Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as created
by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The text of each certification
is set forth below:
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as created by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned officers of Realty Income
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify, to his
best knowledge, that:
(i) the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the
quarterly period ended June 30, 2002, (the "Report") fully complies with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(ii)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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Thomas A. Lewis
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Paul M. Meurer
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the
Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be
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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SIGNATURES
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.
Realty Income Corporation
Date: August 9, 2002 By: /s/ Gregory J. Fahey
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Gregory J. Fahey
Vice President, Controller
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