Spirit Realty shareholders approve Realty Income merger

Realty Income Corporation (O) and Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (SRC) announced that Spirit stockholders approved all of the proposals necessary for the closing of the previously announced merger pursuant to which Realty Income will acquire Spirit. No approval of Realty Income shareholders is required in connection with the merger. At the special meeting of Spirit stockholders held today, approximately 99.8% of the votes cast were voted in favor of the merger, which represented approximately 86.4% of the outstanding shares of Spirit common stock. The final voting results on the proposals voted on at the special meeting will be set forth in Spirit’s Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after certification by its inspector of election.