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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font color=black face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:18.0pt;">Current
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  <p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font color=black face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Date of report: </font><b><font color=black face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">May 3,
  2018<br>
  &nbsp;</font></b><font color=black face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">(Date of Earliest Event Reported)</font></p>
  
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  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
  
  
  
  
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  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-top:6.0pt;"><b><font face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Item 5.02&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Departure
  of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">On May 3, 2018, the Compensation
  Committee of the Board of Directors of Realty Income Corporation (the
  &#8220;Company&#8221;) took the following actions concerning the executive officers of the
  Company: </font></p>
  
  <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#8226;</font><font face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Neil M. Abraham, Executive Vice
  President, Chief Investment Officer, was appointed as Executive Vice President,
  Chief Strategy Officer of the Company, effective as of May 21, 2018.&#160; </font></p>
  
  <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Information about Mr.
  Abraham, including a biographical summary, information about positions and
  offices he has held with the Company, his compensation arrangements with the
  Company, and information about his business experience, may be found in the
  Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders on Schedule 14A filed on April 2, 2018.&#160; Effective May&nbsp;21,
  2018, Mark E. Hagan will assume the role of Executive Vice President, Chief
  Investment Officer.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;"><b><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Item 7.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Regulation
  FD Disclosure</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">On May 3, 2018, the
  Company issued a press release announcing the appointments of Mr. Abraham as
  Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Mr. Hagan as Executive
  Vice President, Chief Investment Officer. A copy of this press release is
  furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. </font></p>
  
  <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">The information in Item
  7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the information contained in
  Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section 18 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by
  reference into any of the Company&#8217;s filings under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any
  general incorporation language in any such filing.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-top:6.0pt;"><b><font face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial Statements and
  Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
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  Exhibits&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></p>
  
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  Press Release issued by the Company on May 3, 2018.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="times new roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="times new roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Dated: May 7, 2018</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="times new roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">REALTY INCOME CORPORATION</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="times new roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">/s/ MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="times new roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Michael R. Pfeiffer</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="times new roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Executive Vice President, General</font></p>
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  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 3,
  2018
  (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
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  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02         Departure
  of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  On May 3, 2018, the Compensation
  Committee of the Board of Directors of Realty Income Corporation (the
  "Company") took the following actions concerning the executive officers of the
  Company:
  •
  Neil M. Abraham, Executive Vice
  President, Chief Investment Officer, was appointed as Executive Vice President,
  Chief Strategy Officer of the Company, effective as of May 21, 2018.
  Information about Mr.
  Abraham, including a biographical summary, information about positions and
  offices he has held with the Company, his compensation arrangements with the
  Company, and information about his business experience, may be found in the
  Company's definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders on Schedule 14A filed on April 2, 2018.  Effective May 21,
  2018, Mark E. Hagan will assume the role of Executive Vice President, Chief
  Investment Officer.
  Item 7.01         Regulation
  FD Disclosure
  On May 3, 2018, the
  Company issued a press release announcing the appointments of Mr. Abraham as
  Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Mr. Hagan as Executive
  Vice President, Chief Investment Officer. A copy of this press release is
  furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
  The information in Item
  7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the information contained in
  Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by
  reference into any of the Company's filings under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any
  general incorporation language in any such filing.
  Item 9.01         Financial Statements and
  Exhibits.
  (d) 
  Exhibits
  99.1  
  Press Release issued by the Company on May 3, 2018.
  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, 2018
  REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER
  Michael R. Pfeiffer
  Executive Vice President, General
  Counsel and Secretary