W. P. Carey Announces 2018 Tax Treatment of Dividends

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Jan 28, 2019, 07:30 ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) announced the income tax treatment of dividends reported on Form 1099-DIV for 2018. Stockholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of W. P. Carey dividends.

CUSIP 92936U109

FORM 1099-DIV			Box 1a	Box 2a	Box 3	Box 1b	Box 2b	Box 5
Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution Per Share	Ordinary Dividends	Capital Gain Distributions	Nondividend Distributions	Qualified Dividends⁽¹⁾	Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain⁽²⁾	Section 199A Dividends⁽³⁾
12/29/17	1/16/18	$1.0100	$0.8715873	$0.1384127	---	$0.0544876	$0.0822517	$0.8170997
3/29/18	4/16/18	$1.0150	$0.8759021	$0.1390979	---	$0.0547574	$0.0826589	$0.8211447
6/29/18	7/16/18	$1.0200	$0.8802169	$0.1397831	---	$0.0550271	$0.0830661	$0.8251898
10/1/18	10/15/18	$1.0250	$0.8845317	$0.1404683	---	$0.0552969	$0.0834733	$0.8292348
12/31/18⁽⁴⁾	1/15/19	$0.2754	$0.2376552	$0.0377409	---	$0.0148571	$0.0224275	$0.2227981

(1)	Qualified Dividends is a subset of, and included in, the Taxable Ordinary Dividends amount.
(2)	Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain is a subset of, and included in, the Taxable Capital Gain Distributions amount.
(3)	Section 199A Dividends is a subset of, and included in, the Taxable Ordinary Dividends amount.
(4)	A portion of the $1.03 per share dividend paid on 1/15/19 has been applied to the 2018 tax year. The remainder will be taxed in 2019. Reallocations may not total Distribution Per Share due to rounding.

W. P. Carey Inc.
W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs and with an enterprise value of approximately $17 billion and a diversified portfolio of operationally-critical commercial real estate that includes 1,186 net lease properties covering approximately 133 million square feet. For over four decades the company has invested in high-quality single-tenant industrial, warehouse, office and retail properties subject to long-term leases with built-in rent escalators. Its portfolio is located primarily in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe and is well-diversified by tenant, property type, geographic location and tenant industry.

Institutional Investors:
Peter Sands
W. P. Carey Inc.
212-492-1110
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Individual Investors:
W. P. Carey Inc.
212-492-8920
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Media Contact:
Guy Lawrence
Ross & Lawrence
212-308-3333
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