Following the merger of O and VEREIT, Realty income shareholders will receive one share of the new spinoff company for every ten shares of Realty income owned.
This means that you receive an additional $2.50 in value for each Realty income share owned
$25 / 10 = $2.50
Price of Orion shares / Number of Realty Shares needed to get one = Realty Income value received per O share in the new company.
We are still awaiting more details regarding the event from our intermediary IB. Still, as soon as we have more information we’ll make sure to update you timely and reflect the event accordingly.
Realty Income decided to merge with VEREIT and split off the office real estate of the combined company. This is done by publicly listing this new entity holding the office real estate. Such a process is called a spin-off.
The spin-off is called Orion Office REIT and is given to all Realty Income holders who held the stock before November 2nd.
For every 10 Realty Income shares held before November 2nd you received 1 share of Orion, they’re two entirely separate companies now. You can sell or buy whichever you want.
The Orion Office spin-off is to be distributed by a special dividend to all Realty Income shareholders, which was expected to occur several days ago, on the 12th of November.