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  <div><a name="s99ECD94CF91A5C04882332544D123CFE"></a></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">United States</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&#160;8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font 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text: Document
  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:
  April 22, 2019
  (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 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))
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
  Emerging growth company
  o
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
  o
  Item 7.01
  Regulation of FD Disclosure.
  On April 22, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing its entry into an agreement to acquire £429 million of properties located in the United Kingdom from J Sainsbury PLC. A copy of the 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 April 22, 2019
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press release issued by the Company on April 22, 2019
  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: April 25, 2019
  REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ MICHAEL R. PFEIFFER
  Michael R. Pfeiffer
  Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary