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<HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June&nbsp;30, 2006 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Suite 900</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Orlando, Florida</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Not applicable </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report.) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.01. Changes in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of National Retail Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), in accordance with sound corporate governance
practices, issued a request for proposals (the &#147;Audit RFP&#148;) to provide the Company with the opportunity to review other auditing firms as prospective independent registered public accounting firms and to consider the benefits and
detriments of changing independent registered public accounting firms. The Audit RFP was issued to several large public accounting firms in May, 2006. KPMG LLP (&#147;KPMG&#148;) was previously the principal independent registered public accounting
firm for the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On June&nbsp;30, 2006, the Audit Committee approved, and the Company dismissed KPMG as the Company&#146;s principal
independent registered public accounting firm effective upon completion of the review of the interim financial information included in the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006 and the filing of the Company&#146;s Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006 (the &#147;Effective Date&#148;). On the same date, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP to serve as the Company&#146;s principal independent registered public
accounting firm to audit the Company&#146;s financial statements for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2006 effective as of the Effective Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">KPMG&#146;s audit reports on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements for each of the two most recent fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 and 2004, and management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2005 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified
as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except for the report on the consolidated financial statements as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">KPMG&#146;s audit report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 and 2004, contained a separate paragraph stating that &#147;Effective January&nbsp;1, 2004, the Company
implemented Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No.&nbsp;46, revised December 2003, <I>Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities</I> (FIN 46R) and has restated all prior period consolidated financial statements to reflect its
adoption.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the audits of the two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through June&nbsp;30,
2006, there were no disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to KPMG&#146;s satisfaction, would have caused them to make
reference in connection with their reports to the subject matter of the disagreement. During that period and through June&nbsp;30, 2006, there were no &#147;reportable events,&#148; as defined in Item&nbsp;301(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company has provided KPMG with a copy of the foregoing disclosures. A copy of KPMG&#146;s letter addressed to Securities and Exchange Commission
stating whether it agrees with the above statements is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">During the Company&#146;s two most recent
fiscal years and though the date hereof, the Company did not consult Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that
might be rendered on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements, or any other matters or reportable events required to be disclosed under Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter of KPMG to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated July&nbsp;6, 2006 </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kevin B. Habicht</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: July&nbsp;6, 2006 </FONT></P>

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STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July&nbsp;6, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100 F Street, N.E. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Washington, DC 20549-7561 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We were previously principal accountants for National Retail Properties, Inc. (the Company) and,
under the date of February&nbsp;17, 2006, we reported on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 and 2004, and management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2005. On June&nbsp;30, 2006, we were notified that the client-auditor relationship with KPMG LLP will
cease upon completion of the review of the interim financial information included in the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006 and the filing of the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter then ended.&nbsp;We have read
the Company&#146;s statements included under Item&nbsp;4.01 of its Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;30, 2006, and we agree with such statements, except that we are not in a position to agree or disagree with the Company&#146;s statements in the first and
second sentences of the first paragraph, the last sentence of the second paragraph, or the last paragraph. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Very truly
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