Realty Income Declares 457th Consecutive Common Stock Monthly Dividend (Business Wire)

ESCONDIDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income), The Monthly Dividend Company® (NYSE:O - News ), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.138 per share, payable on August 15, 2008 to shareholders of record as of August 1, 2008. The dividend represents an annualized amount of $1.656 per share. The Board of Directors also declared dividends on the Company’s Monthly Income Class D and Class E preferred stock. The monthly dividends on the Class D and Class E preferred stocks are payable on August 15, 2008 to shareholders of record as of August 1, 2008. The monthly dividend amount on the Class D preferred stock is $0.1536459 per share, for an annualized amount of $1.84375 per share. The monthly dividend amount on the Class E preferred stock is $0.140625 per... [read full story]