W. P. Carey Announces Tax Treatment of 2017 Dividends

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Jan 29, 2018, 07:30 ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) announced the income tax treatment of dividends paid in 2017. Stockholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of W. P. Carey dividends.

CUSIP 92936U109
Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution Per Share	Ordinary Dividends	Capital Gain Distributions	Nondividend Distributions	Qualified Dividends⁽¹⁾	UnrecapturedSection 1250 Gain⁽²⁾
12/30/2016	1/13/2017	$ 0.990	$ 0.8072971	$ 0.0541205	$ 0.1285824	$ 0.0470283	$ 0.0143790
3/31/2017	4/17/2017	$ 0.995	$ 0.8113744	$ 0.0543939	$ 0.1292318	$ 0.0472659	$ 0.0144516
6/30/2017	7/14/2017	$ 1.000	$ 0.8154516	$ 0.0546672	$ 0.1298812	$ 0.0475034	$ 0.0145242
10/2/2017	10/16/2017	$ 1.005	$ 0.8195289	$ 0.0549405	$ 0.1305306	$ 0.0477409	$ 0.0145968
FORM 1099-DIV			1a	2a	3	1b	2b

(1)	Qualified Dividends is a subset of, and included in, the 2017 Taxable Ordinary Dividends amount.
(2)	Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain is a subset of, and included in, the 2017 Taxable Capital Gain Distributions amount.

W. P. Carey Inc.
Celebrating its 45^th anniversary, W. P. Carey Inc. is a leading internally-managed net lease REIT that provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit financing solutions primarily for companies in the U.S. and Europe. At September 30, 2017, the Company had an enterprise value of approximately $11.4 billion. In addition to its owned portfolio of diversified global real estate, W. P. Carey manages a series of investment programs with assets under management of approximately $13.2 billion. Its corporate finance-focused credit and real estate underwriting process is a constant that has been successfully leveraged across a wide variety of industries and property types. Furthermore, its portfolio of long-term leases with creditworthy tenants has an established history of generating stable cash flows, enabling it to deliver consistent and rising dividend income to investors for over four decades.
www.wpcarey.com

Institutional Investors:
Peter Sands
W. P. Carey Inc.
212-492-1110
[email protected]

Individual Investors:
W. P. Carey Inc.
212-492-8920
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Press Contact:
Guy Lawrence
Ross & Lawrence
212-308-3333
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