Dividends (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Common Stock, Dividends Paid

The following presents the characterization for tax purposes of common stock dividends per share paid to stockholders for the years ended December 31:

	2016		2015		2014
Ordinary dividends	$	1.513705	$	1.363294	$	1.306992
Qualified dividends	—		0.019005		0.006212
Capital gain	—		0.007806		0.008603
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain	—		0.011055		0.015362
Nontaxable distributions	0.266295		0.308840		0.312831
	$	1.780000	$	1.710000	$	1.650000

Preferred Stock, Dividends Paid

The following presents the characterization for tax purposes of Series D, E and F Preferred Stock dividends per share and dividends declared and paid to stockholders for the year ended December 31:

	Series F(3)		Series E(2)						Series D(1)
	2016		2016		2015		2014		2016		2015		2014
Ordinary dividends	$	0.231111	$	1.425000	$	1.385670	$	1.393700	$	1.656250	$	1.610538	$	1.619870
Qualified dividends	—		—		0.020141		0.005738		—		0.023409		0.006670
Capital gain	—		—		0.007937		0.009177		—		0.009225		0.010666
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain	—		—		0.011252		0.016385		—		0.013078		0.019044
Dividend paid per share	$	0.231111	$	1.425000	$	1.425000	$	1.425000	$	1.656250	$	1.656250	$	1.656250
Dividends declared and paid	$	3,189	$	16,387	$	16,387	$	16,387	$	19,047	$	19,047	$	19,047

Common Stock

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Schedule of Dividends Declared and Paid

The following table outlines the dividends declared and paid for NNN's common stock for the years ended December 31 (in thousands, except per share data):

	2016		2015		2014
Dividends	$	257,007	$	228,699	$	204,157
Per share	1.780		1.710		1.650