Common Stock

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Common Stock [Abstract]

Common Stock

Common Stock:

In February 2012, NNN filed a shelf registration statement with the Commission which permits the issuance by NNN of an indeterminate amount of debt and equity securities.

In September 2011, NNN filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus contained in its February 2009 shelf registration statement and issued 9,200,000 shares (including 1,200,000 shares in connection with the underwriters' over allotment) of common stock at a price of $26.07 per share and received net proceeds of $229,451,000. In connection with this offering, NNN incurred stock issuance costs totaling approximately $10,393,000, consisting primarily of underwriters' fees and commissions, legal and accounting fees and printing expenses.

In December 2011, NNN filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus contained in its February 2009 shelf registration statement and issued 8,050,000 shares (including 1,050,000 shares in connection with the underwriters' over allotment) of common stock at a price of $25.75 per share and received net proceeds of $198,228,000. In connection with this offering, NNN incurred stock issuance costs totaling approximately $9,060,000, consisting primarily of underwriters' fees and commissions, legal and accounting fees and printing expenses.

In May 2012, NNN established an at-the-market (“ATM”) equity program which allows NNN to sell up to an aggregate of 9,000,000 shares of common stock from time to time over the next three years. The following outlines the common stock issuances pursuant to the ATM for the year ended December 31:

	2012
Shares of common stock	4,282,298
Average price per share	$	29.64
Net proceeds	126,947,000
Stock issuance costs (1)	2,145,000

⁽¹⁾ Stock issuance costs consist primarily of underwriters' fees and commissions, and legal and accounting fees.

Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan. In February 2012, NNN filed a shelf registration statement with the Commission for its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (“DRIP”) which permits the issuance by NNN of 16,000,000 shares of common stock. The following outlines the common stock issuances pursuant to the DRIP for the years ended December 31:

	2012		2011		2010
Shares of common stock	2,101,644		3,745,896		793,759
Net proceeds	$	56,102,000	$	93,451,000	$	17,623,000