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 6, 2014
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

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:

 

[   ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

[   ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

[   ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

[   ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 5.07        Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a)  On May 6, 2014, Realty Income Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of March 6, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 207,612,524 common shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(b)  The results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

Proposal 1 considered at the Annual Meeting was the election of seven directors to serve until the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

All of management’s nominees for directors as listed in the proxy statement were elected with the following share vote:

 

		Voted For		Voted Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Kathleen R. Allen, Ph.D.		109,575,094		1,454,690		677,937		74,910,887
John P. Case		110,322,330		669,875		715,516		74,910,887
A. Larry Chapman		109,800,966		1,194,688		712,067		74,910,887
Priya Cherian Huskins		110,189,715		802,927		715,079		74,910,887
Michael D. McKee		109,228,712		1,768,339		710,670		74,910,887
Gregory T. McLaughlin		109,747,380		1,232,268		728,073		74,910,887
Ronald L. Merriman		109,127,046		1,871,562		709,113		74,910,887

 

Proposal 2 considered at the Annual Meeting was the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2014.  This proposal was approved, with 182,888,290 shares voted for, 2,527,832 shares voted against, and 1,202,486 shares representing abstentions.  No broker non-votes resulted from the vote on this proposal.

 

Proposal 3 considered at the Annual Meeting was the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  This proposal was approved, with 102,652,445 shares voted for, 5,938,416 shares voted against, 3,116,860 shares representing abstentions and 74,910,887 shares representing broker non-votes.

 

(c)  Not applicable.

 

(d)  Not applicable.

 

 

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 7, 2014	REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER
		Michael R. Pfeiffer
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary