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Realty Income Corporation () is a real estate investment trust known as "''The Monthly Dividend Company''" for its practice of paying investor dividends on a monthly rather than quarterly basis. It is chartered in the state of Maryland and has its headquarters in San Diego, California. As of December 31, 2014, the company owns over 4,300 commercial real estate properties in 49 states, with a total market capitalization of approximately $16.1 billion.〔 In March 2015, the company was added to the S&P 500.〔 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/30/realty-income-grows-into-sp-500-index/〕 ==History== Realty Income Corporation was founded in 1969 by William E. Clark and Evelyn J. Clark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Realty Income Corp · 424B5 · On 5/2/97 )〕 Its first acquisition was a Taco Bell restaurant in early 1970. Initially, the company focused on acquiring properties from the Clarks’ development company, which engaged in land acquisition, construction, leasing, and sales of fast food restaurant properties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spotlight on Realty Income Corporation )〕 The company used cash to purchase the land needed for stores that required real estate to run, and then leased the property to the stores long term. The company did not use mortgages, and focused on picking chain stores and restaurants that had positive long-term prospects in terms of staying open. By 1992 the company had formed 22 partnerships, which controlled 628 properties and involved 68,000 individual partners. In 1994, Realty Income Corporation merged its various partnerships into a publicly traded company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the single letter "O" as its symbol. The company did not issue an IPO, but rather rolled all of its partnerships into one entity and issued stock to its partnership base. Only a few hundred partners chose not to participate. William E. Clark, Jr., retired as CEO in 1997, succeeded by Thomas A. Lewis, who was in turn succeeded by John Case in 2013. Clark remained as chairman until 2009 and was followed by Donald R. Cameron and then Michael D. McKee who is the current Chairman of the Board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Realty Income Corp (O:New York) )〕 In 2010 the company expanded its real estate holdings to include wineries in the Napa Valley. In 2012, the company announced the acquisition of American Realty Capital Trust (NASDAQ:ARCT) for $3.2B.〔http://seekingalpha.com/article/1796532-realty-income-does-bigger-mean-better〕 The deal closed in January 2013. Realty Income saw its 2013 revenues rise more than 61.2% as compared to 2012. In 2015 the company was included on the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index, for boosting its dividend 79 times over twenty years, and in seventy consecutive quarters. In March 2015, the company was added to the S&P 500.〔 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/30/realty-income-grows-into-sp-500-index/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Realty Income Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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