National Retail Properties (NNN) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.6 percent to $0.455 per share in 2016.

The 4.6% increase in the quarterly dividend marks the 27th consecutive annual dividend increase for NNN. National Retail Properties is one of only four publicly traded REITs and 96 publicly traded companies in America to have increased annual dividends for 27 or more consecutive years.

National Retail Properties (NNN) is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) formed in 1984. NNN acquires, owns, invests in and develops properties that are leased primarily to retail tenants under long-term net leases and are primarily held for investment. NNN’s strategy is to invest primarily in retail real estate that is typically well located within each local market for its tenants’ retail lines of trade.