• Quarterly cash dividend raised to $1.046 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $4.184 per share
• 2021 AFFO guidance range of $4.79 to $4.93 per diluted share announced, including Real Estate AFFO of between $4.66 and $4.80 per diluted share and assuming full year investment volume totaling between $1.0 billion and $1.5 billion

Real Estate Portfolio

• Overall collection rate of 99% for 2020 fourth quarter rent due and 98% for January 2021 rent due
• Investment volume of $310.0 million during the fourth quarter, bringing total investment volume for 2020 to $825.9 million
• Investments totaling $203.1 million completed year to date in 2021
• Active capital investment projects of $189.7 million outstanding at year end, including $102.1 million scheduled to be completed in the remainder of 2021
• Gross disposition proceeds of $201.5 million during the fourth quarter, bringing total dispositions for 2020 to $381.2 million
• Portfolio occupancy of 98.5%
• Weighted-average lease term of 10.6 years

Balance Sheet and Capitalization

• Issued $500 million of 2.400% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2031

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY

"While we're pleased with our fourth quarter and full year results, which reflect the exceptional resiliency of our portfolio during the pandemic, we've remained focused on external growth, ending the year with a strong rebound in deal volume," said Jason Fox, Chief Executive Officer of W. P. Carey. "Given the strength of our near-term pipeline, continued appetite from companies to unlock value through sale leasebacks, our balance sheet flexibility and a supportive cost of capital, we're confident in our ability to generate significantly higher investment volume in 2021."

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS

Revenues

• Total Company: Revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2020 fourth quarter totaled $307.4 million, down 1.2% from $311.2 million for the 2019 fourth quarter.
• Real Estate: Real Estate revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2020 fourth quarter were $302.4 million, up 2.0% from $296.4 million for the 2019 fourth quarter, due primarily to higher lease revenues from net acquisitions, a stronger euro relative to the U.S. dollar and rent escalations. Lease termination and other revenues were higher during the 2019 fourth quarter, which included a significant lease-related recovery. Lower operating revenues reflected the disposition of a hotel operating property during the 2020 first quarter and lower occupancy at the Company's remaining hotel operating property due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Investment Management: Investment Management revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2020 fourth quarter were $5.0 million, down 66.4% from $14.9 million for the 2019 fourth quarter, due primarily to lower asset management revenues and reimbursable costs resulting from the management internalization by Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (CWI 1) and Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated (CWI 2) completed during the 2020 second quarter.

Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey

• Net income attributable to W. P. Carey for the 2020 fourth quarter was $134.6 million, up 4.0% from $129.4 million for the 2019 fourth quarter. Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey was $129.8 million, which increased due primarily to a higher aggregate gain on sale of real estate and the impact of net acquisitions, partly offset by a mark-to-market gain of $36.1 million for the Company's investment in shares of Lineage Logistics (a cold storage REIT) recognized during the prior year period and higher impairment charges. Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey was $4.8 million, which decreased due primarily to the cessation of Investment Management revenues and distributions previously earned from CWI 1 and CWI 2. Segment net income also reflects the full allocation of certain operating expenses to the Real Estate segment commencing in the 2020 second quarter.

Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

• AFFO for the 2020 fourth quarter was $1.20 per diluted share, down 6.3% from $1.28 per diluted share for the 2019 fourth quarter. The Real Estate segment generated AFFO (Real Estate AFFO) of $1.16 per diluted share, primarily reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which more than offset the accretive impact of net investments and rent escalations. The Investment Management segment generated AFFO of $0.04 per diluted share, reflecting the Company's continued move out of this business, primarily through the management internalization completed by CWI 1 and CWI 2 during the 2020 second quarter. Segment AFFO also reflects the full allocation of general and administrative expenses to the Real Estate segment commencing in the 2020 second quarter.

Note: Further information concerning AFFO and Real Estate AFFO, which are both non-GAAP supplemental performance metrics, is presented in the accompanying tables and related notes.

Dividend

• As previously announced, on December 9, 2020 the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.046 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $4.184 per share. The dividend was paid on January 15, 2021 to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2020.

FULL YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS

Revenues

• Total Company: Revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2020 full year totaled $1.21 billion, down 1.9% from $1.23 billion for the 2019 full year.
• Real Estate: Real Estate revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2020 full year totaled $1.18 billion, up 0.4% from $1.17 billion for the 2019 full year, due primarily to higher lease revenues from net acquisitions, rent escalations and a stronger euro relative to the U.S. dollar, which in aggregate more than offset the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rent collections. Lower operating revenues reflect the disposition of a hotel operating property during the 2020 first quarter and lower occupancy at the Company's remaining hotel operating property. Lease revenues and operating property revenues also reflect the impact of the conversion of certain self-storage operating properties to net leases commencing June 1, 2019. Lease termination and other revenues were higher during 2019, which included significant lease-related recoveries.
• Investment Management: Investment Management revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2020 full year totaled $31.3 million, down 47.7% from $59.9 million for the 2019 full year, due primarily to lower asset management revenues and reimbursable costs resulting from the merger and management internalization by CWI 1 and CWI 2.

Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey

• Net income attributable to W. P. Carey for the 2020 full year totaled $455.4 million, up 49.2% from $305.2 million for the 2019 full year. Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey was $459.5 million, which increased due primarily to a higher aggregate gain on sale of real estate, the impact of net acquisitions and lower interest expense. Net loss from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey was $4.2 million, which decreased due primarily to the cessation of Investment Management revenues and distributions previously earned from CWI 1 and CWI 2. Segment net income also reflects the full allocation of certain operating expenses to the Real Estate segment commencing in the 2020 second quarter.

Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

• AFFO for the 2020 full year was $4.74 per diluted share, down 5.2% from $5.00 per diluted share for the 2019 full year. The Real Estate segment generated AFFO of $4.60 per diluted share, primarily reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and to a lesser extent lower lease termination and other income, which in aggregate more than offset the accretive impact of net investments and rent escalations. The Investment Management segment generated AFFO of $0.14 per diluted share, reflecting the Company's continued move out of this business, primarily through the management internalization by CWI 1 and CWI 2 during the 2020 second quarter. Segment AFFO also reflects the full allocation of general and administrative expenses to the Real Estate segment commencing in the 2020 second quarter.

Note: Further information concerning AFFO and Real Estate AFFO, which are both non-GAAP supplemental performance metrics, is presented in the accompanying tables and related notes.

Dividend

• Dividends declared during 2020 totaled $4.17 per share, an increase of 0.7% compared to total dividends declared during 2019 of $4.14 per share.

AFFO GUIDANCE

• For the 2021 full year, the Company expects to report total AFFO of between $4.79 and $4.93 per diluted share, including Real Estate AFFO of between $4.66 and $4.80 per diluted share, based on the following key assumptions:

  (i) investments for the Company's Real Estate portfolio of between $1.0 billion and $1.5 billion;

  (ii) dispositions from the Company's Real Estate portfolio of between $250 million and $350 million; and

  (iii) total general and administrative expenses of between $79 million and $83 million.

Note: The Company does not provide guidance on net income. The Company only provides guidance on total AFFO (and Real Estate AFFO) and does not provide a reconciliation of this forward-looking non-GAAP guidance to net income due to the inherent difficulty in quantifying certain items necessary to provide such reconciliation as a result of their unknown effect, timing and potential significance. Examples of such items include impairments of assets, gains and losses from sales of assets, and depreciation and amortization from new acquisitions.

BALANCE SHEET AND CAPITALIZATION

Liquidity

• As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $2.1 billion of total liquidity, including $1.7 billion of capacity available on the Company's Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, available net proceeds under the forward sale agreements of $163 million, and cash and cash equivalents of $249 million.

Bond Issuance

• As previously announced, on October 14, 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.400% Senior Notes due February 1, 2031. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering to repay certain indebtedness, including amounts outstanding under the Company's unsecured revolving credit facility (which was used in part to repay secured mortgage debt outstanding), to fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

Forward Equity Offering

• The Company did not settle any forward sale agreements during the fourth quarter, leaving shares issued through the settlement of its forward sale agreements during 2020 unchanged at 2,951,791 shares for net proceeds of $199.7 million.
• As of December 31, 2020, the Company had the ability to settle the remaining 2,510,709 shares under the forward sale agreements by December 17, 2021, for anticipated net proceeds of approximately $163 million.

REAL ESTATE

COVID-19 Update on Rent Collections

• The Company received 99% of contractual base rent that was due in the 2020 fourth quarter and 98% of contractual base rent that was due in January 2021.

Investments

• During the 2020 fourth quarter, the Company completed investments totaling $310.0 million, consisting of seven acquisitions for $306.9 million in aggregate and one capital investment project at a cost of $3.1 million, bringing total investment volume for the year ended December 31, 2020 to $825.9 million.
• Year to date in 2021, the Company has completed investments totaling $203.1 million, consisting of three acquisitions totaling $149.3 million and the completion of two capital investment projects totaling $53.8 million.
• As of December 31, 2020, the Company had seven capital investment projects outstanding for an expected total investment of approximately $189.7 million, of which five projects totaling $155.9 million are currently scheduled to be completed during 2021, including the two projects completed year to date in 2021, discussed above.

Dispositions

• During the 2020 fourth quarter, the Company disposed of 14 properties for gross proceeds of $201.5 million, bringing total disposition proceeds for the year ended December 31, 2020 to $381.2 million.

Composition

• As of December 31, 2020, the Company's net lease portfolio consisted of 1,243 properties, comprising 144 million square feet leased to 350 tenants, with a weighted-average lease term of 10.6 years and an occupancy rate of 98.5%. In addition, the Company owned 19 self-storage operating properties and one hotel operating property, totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet.

W. P. Carey Inc.

W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with an enterprise value of approximately $19 billion and a diversified portfolio of operationally-critical commercial real estate that includes 1,243 net lease properties covering approximately 144 million square feet as of December 31, 2020. For nearly five decades, the company has invested in high-quality single-tenant industrial, warehouse, office, retail and self-storage properties subject to long-term net 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. www.wpcarey.com