National Retail Properties Announces Common Dividend

Orlando, FL, April 15, 2013 - The Board of Directors of National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN), a real estate investment trust, declared a quarterly dividend of 39.5 cents per share payable May 15, 2013 to common shareholders of record on April 30, 2013.

The dividend represents an annualized rate of $1.58 per share.  National Retail Properties is one of only four publicly traded REITs and 104 publicly traded companies in America to have increased annual dividends for 23 or more consecutive years.

National Retail Properties invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2012, the company owned 1,622 Investment Properties in 47 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 19.2 million square feet.

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