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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of<BR>
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;February&nbsp;3, 2006</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp; <B>450 South Orange Avenue</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code <B>(407)&nbsp;265-7348</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the unanimous recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of
Directors of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) has appointed G. Nicholas Beckwith
III as an independent member of the Board of Directors effective as of February&nbsp;3, 2006. Mr.
Beckwith is expected to be named to the Compensation Committee and to the Governance and Nominating
Committee of the Board of Directors. He will stand for reelection at the 2006 annual
meeting of the Company&#146;s stockholders.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Beckwith currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Arch Street
Management, LLC, a holding company. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of
BlackRock Liquidity Funds since 1999. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
Beckwith Machinery Company from 1996 through 2005.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dated: February&nbsp;7, 2006
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