8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2021

NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	001-11290	56-1431377
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

450 South Orange Avenue Suite 900 Orlando, Florida	32801
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (407) 265-7348

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	NNN	New York Stock Exchange
5.200% Series F Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value	NNN/PF	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). ☐

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 28, 2021, National Retail Properties, Inc., issued a press release announcing that it will webcast its 2021 Annual Meeting of stockholders, to be held on May 12, 2021 at 8:30 a.m., in order to minimize risk of COVID-19 to stockholders, employees and the community. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	News release issued by National Retail Properties, Inc., dated April 28, 2021.
104.1	Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC.
By:	/s/ Kevin B. Habicht
Name:	Kevin B. Habicht
Title:	Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer,
	Assistant Secretary and Treasurer

Dated: April 28, 2021

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

For information contact:

Kevin B. Habicht

Chief Financial Officer

(407) 265-7348

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 28, 2021

NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC. ANNOUNCES

WEBCAST OF ITS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS;

URGES STOCKHOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY

Orlando, Florida, April 28, 2021 - National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN), a real estate investment trust, announced today that it will webcast its Annual Meeting of stockholders on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:30 a.m., to minimize risk from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to stockholders, employees and the community. The company strongly encourages all stockholders to access the meeting via the live webcast rather than attend the meeting in person.

Stockholders may access the Annual Meeting via webcast at https://agm.issuerdirect.com/NNN. Instructions on how to ask questions following the business portion of the Annual Meeting will be provided on the webcast at the web address provided above.

Stockholders will not be able to vote or revoke their proxy through the webcast, nor participate actively other than to participate in the Q&A session after completion of the business portion of the Annual Meeting. To ensure that all votes are counted at the Annual Meeting, the Company strongly encourages stockholders to vote their shares in one of the manners indicated in the previously distributed proxy materials, or through their broker, bank or other nominee’s voting instruction form.

450 S. Orange Ave., Suite 900 | Orlando, FL 32801 (800) NNN-REIT | www.nnnreit.com                       

National Retail Properties invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned 3,143 properties in 48 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 32.5 million square feet and with a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.7 years. NNN is one of only three publicly traded REITs and 86 publicly traded companies in America to have increased annual dividends for 31 or more consecutive years. For more information on the company, visit www.nnnreit.com.

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