If you are the shareholder of record your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (AST). If this is the case, you receive your dividend check from AST Shareowner Services. Therefore, you will need to contact AST directly at (866) 703-9065 to sell your shares in the open market.
If you are a beneficial owner, your shares are held in a brokerage account, or by a bank or other holder of record and you will receive your dividend check from that respective institution. Therefore, you will need to contact that institution directly to sell your shares in the open market.
Please note that Spirit Realty Capital does not engage in private sales of its common stock. As such, all shareholders must sell their shares in one of the two manners listed above.