Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

A. Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “O.” The following table shows the high and low sales prices per share for our common stock as reported by the NYSE, and distributions declared per share of common stock for the periods indicated.

(1) Common stock cash distributions are declared monthly by us based on financial results for the prior months. At December 31, 2020, a distribution of $0.2345 per common share had been declared and was paid in January 2021.

B. There were approximately 9,500 registered holders of record of our common stock as of December 31, 2020. We estimate that our total number of stockholders is approximately 735,000 when we include both registered and beneficial holders of our common stock.

C. During the fourth quarter of 2020, the following shares of stock were withheld for state and federal payroll taxes on the vesting of employee stock awards, as permitted under the 2012 Incentive Award Plan of Realty Income Corporation:

• 102 shares of stock, at a weighted average price of $61.73, in October 2020;

• 6,018 shares of stock, at a weighted average price of $64.39, in November 2020; and

• 83 shares of stock, at a weighted average price of $60.40, in December 2020.