W. P. Carey Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend to $0.9525 per Share

NEW YORK, March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. WPC reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.9525 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.81 per share.  Payable on April 15, 2015 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2015, this marks W. P. Carey's 56^th consecutive quarterly dividend increase.

W. P. Carey Inc.  
W. P. Carey Inc. WPC is a leading global net-lease REIT that provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit financing solutions for companies worldwide. At December 31, 2014, the Company had an enterprise value of approximately $11.1 billion. In addition to its owned portfolio of diversified global real estate, W. P. Carey manages a series of non-traded REITs with assets under management of approximately $9.2 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.
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Institutional Investors: 
Peter Sands 
W. P. Carey Inc.
212-492-1110
institutionalir@wpcarey.com

Individual Investors:
W. P. Carey Inc. 
212-492-8920
ir@wpcarey.com

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Ross & Lawrence
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