---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-073739"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "O"
cik: "0000726728"
company_name: "REALTY INCOME CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T19:30:04.198882+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Realty Income announces CFO Christie Kelly retirement; appoints Jonathan Pong as successor effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Christie Kelly to retire as EVP, CFO, Treasurer effective Dec 31, 2023.
- Jonathan Pong, currently Head of Corporate Finance, appointed CFO effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Kelly granted $471,250 in restricted stock as transition award, vesting Dec 31, 2023 subject to conditions.
- Pong joined Realty Income in 2014, previously VP at Robert W. Baird; holds CFA and CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-073739
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: O
- cik: 0000726728
- company_name: REALTY INCOME CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726728/000110465923073739/0001104659-23-073739-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726728/000110465923073739/tm2319390d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-073739
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-073739.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-073739.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christie Kelly departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at REALTY INCOME CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On June 22, 2023, Christie Kelly notified Realty Income Corporation (the “Company”) that she will retire from her service to the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726728/000110465923073739/0001104659-23-073739-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Pong was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at REALTY INCOME CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On June 22, 2023, the Company announced its appointment of Jonathan Pong as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective as of January 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726728/000110465923073739/0001104659-23-073739-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.