$WPC
W. P. Carey Inc. Stock $wpc

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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000102537814000045 Filed on November 06, 2014

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
Revenue	$248.8M	$197.0M	$132.6M
YoY Change	79.0%	48.58%	103.1%
Cost Of Revenue	$57.20M	$35.60M	$33.90M
YoY Change	69.23%	5.01%	54.79%
Gross Profit	$191.1M	$161.4M	$98.70M
YoY Change	81.65%	63.53%	108.67%
Gross Profit Margin	76.8%	81.93%	74.44%
Selling, General & Admin	$37.60M	$28.20M	$23.60M
YoY Change	19.37%	19.49%	-18.34%
% of Gross Profit	19.68%	17.47%	23.91%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$73.30M	$72.70M	$50.70M
YoY Change	69.68%	43.39%	585.14%
% of Gross Profit	38.36%	45.04%	51.37%
Operating Expenses	$99.10M	$87.80M	$54.10M
YoY Change	55.57%	62.29%	47.41%
Operating Profit	$92.00M	$73.60M	$44.60M
YoY Change	121.69%	65.02%	320.75%
Interest Expense	-$34.70M	$46.53M	$26.26M
YoY Change	35.02%	77.19%	234.76%
% of Operating Profit	-37.72%	63.23%	58.88%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$1.600M	-$40.07M	-$14.30M
YoY Change	-159.26%	180.1%	-159.15%
Pretax Income	$35.90M	$28.77M	$26.66M
YoY Change	229.36%	7.89%	196.03%
Income Tax	$6.400M	$901.0K	$5.391M
% Of Pretax Income	17.83%	3.13%	20.22%
Net Earnings	$32.27M	$27.34M	$18.51M
YoY Change	40.18%	47.72%	615.07%
Net Earnings / Revenue	12.97%	13.88%	13.96%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.31	$0.27	$0.27
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.30	$0.27	$0.27
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	104.0M shares	100.3M shares	68.40M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		101.1M shares	69.40M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$199.0M	$530.0M	$94.00M
YoY Change	68.64%	463.83%	-60.34%
Cash & Equivalents	$198.7M	$530.3M	$93.62M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$233.0M	$556.0M	$136.0M
YoY Change	55.33%	308.82%	-49.06%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$4.833B	$4.413B	$2.429B
YoY Change	105.4%	81.68%	3.58%
Goodwill	$692.4M	$702.8M	$328.0M
YoY Change	97.72%	114.28%	-3.13%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$249.4M	$218.1M	$558.0M
YoY Change	-52.94%	-60.91%	-2.99%
Other Assets	$7.000M	$0.00	$18.00M
YoY Change	-91.95%	-100.0%
Total Long-Term Assets	$8.415B	$7.945B	$4.590B
YoY Change	85.82%	73.09%	1.66%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$233.0M	$556.0M	$136.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$8.415B	$7.945B	$4.590B
Total Assets	$8.648B	$8.501B	$4.726B
YoY Change	84.84%	79.87%	-1.17%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$294.0M	$280.0M	$282.0M
YoY Change	102.76%	-0.71%	2.17%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$394.0M	$379.0M	$353.0M
YoY Change	84.98%	7.37%	1.73%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$4.089B	$3.819B	$2.176B
YoY Change	97.82%	75.51%	1.87%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$175.0M	$193.0M
YoY Change	16.67%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.264B	$4.012B	$2.176B
YoY Change	92.33%	84.38%	1.87%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$394.0M	$379.0M	$353.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.264B	$4.012B	$2.176B
Total Liabilities	$4.752B	$4.487B	$2.529B
YoY Change	92.47%	77.45%	1.87%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings
YoY Change
Common Stock	$104.0K	$105.0K	$69.00K
YoY Change	50.72%	52.17%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$60.95M	$60.95M	$60.27M
YoY Change	1.12%	1.12%	141.08%
Treasury Stock Shares	1.044M shares	1.044M shares
Shareholders Equity	$3.751B	$3.863B	$1.929B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$8.648B	$8.501B	$4.726B
YoY Change	84.84%	79.87%	-1.17%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$32.27M	$27.34M	$18.51M
YoY Change	40.18%	47.72%	615.07%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$73.30M	$72.70M	$50.70M
YoY Change	69.68%	43.39%	585.14%
Cash From Operating Activities	$121.9M	$108.6M	$74.80M
YoY Change	97.89%	45.19%	275.88%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$668.5M	-$172.5M	-$70.10M
YoY Change	3259.3%	146.08%	1744.74%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$17.80M	$87.00M	$9.500M
YoY Change	-110.3%	815.79%	-78.89%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$686.3M	-$85.50M	-$60.70M
YoY Change	-548.86%	40.86%	-247.33%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	244.0M	302.0M	14.40M
YoY Change	-227.35%	1997.22%	-89.39%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	121.9M	108.6M	74.80M
Cash From Investing Activities	-686.3M	-85.50M	-60.70M
Cash From Financing Activities	244.0M	302.0M	14.40M
Net Change In Cash	-320.4M	325.1M	28.50M
YoY Change	-1499.13%	1040.7%	-85.52%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$121.9M	$108.6M	$74.80M
Capital Expenditures	-$668.5M	-$172.5M	-$70.10M
Free Cash Flow	$790.4M	$281.1M	$144.9M
YoY Change	869.82%	94.0%	511.39%

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	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Recent Accounting Requirements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following Accounting Standards Updates, or ASUs, promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board are applicable to us:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2014-12, Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2014-12 provides guidance on share-based payment awards, in which a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite vesting period be treated as a performance condition. ASU 2014-12 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-12 on our consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2014-09</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model requiring a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount reflecting the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 does not apply to our lease revenues, but will apply to reimbursed tenant costs and revenues generated from our operating properties and our Investment Management business. Additionally, this guidance modifies disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. ASU 2014-09 is effective beginning in 2017, and early adoption is not permitted. In adopting ASU 2014-09, companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements and have not yet determined the method by which we will adopt the standard in 2017.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2014-08 changes the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. A discontinued operation may include a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity, or a business. Under this new guidance, a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a “strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results.” The new guidance also requires disclosures including pre-tax profit or loss and significant gains or losses arising from dispositions that represent an “individually significant component of an entity,” but do not meet the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations under ASU 2014-08. In the ordinary course of business we sell properties, which, under prior accounting guidance, we generally reported as discontinued operations; however, under ASU 2014-08, such property dispositions typically would not meet the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations. We elected to early adopt ASU 2014-08 prospectively for all dispositions after December 31, 2013. Consequently, individually significant properties that were sold or classified as held-for-sale during 2014 were not reclassified to discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements, but have been disclosed in </font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#sA98BB2E41C85904D6FDBD09190C55ACF"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 15</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> to the consolidated financial statements. By contrast, and as required by the new guidance, the results for the current and prior year period reflect as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements all dispositions and assets classified as held-for-sale through December 31, 2013 that were deemed under the prior accounting guidance to be discontinued operations, as well as those assets classified as held-for-sale as part of the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 Merger. This ASU did not have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations for any of the periods presented. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit when a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2013-11 requires an entity to present an unrecognized tax benefit relating to a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward as a reduction to a deferred tax asset, except in certain situations. To the extent the net operating loss carryforward, similar tax loss or tax credit carryforward is not available as of the reporting date under the governing tax law to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of the tax position, or the governing tax law does not require the entity to use and the entity does not intend to use the deferred tax asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented as a liability and should not net with a deferred tax asset. ASU 2013-11 became effective for us at the beginning of 2014. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 did not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.</font></div></div>
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	us-gaap	Dilutive Securities DilutiveSecurities	77000	USD
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	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurements Valuation Techniques FairValueMeasurementsValuationTechniques	•Discount rates applied to the estimated net operating income of each property ranged from approximately 4.75% to 15.25%;•Discount rates applied to the estimated residual value of each property ranged from approximately 4.75% to 14.00%;•Residual capitalization rates applied to the properties ranged from approximately 5.00% to 12.50%;•The fair market value of the property level debt was determined based upon available market data for comparable liabilities and by applying selected discount rates to the stream of future debt payments; and•Discount rates applied to the property level debt cash flows ranged from approximately 1.80% to 8.75%.
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	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets To Be Disposed Of ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf	0	USD
	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets To Be Disposed Of ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf	6366000	USD
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	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	0	USD
	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	6291000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	74809000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	173016000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments Net Of Dividends Or Distributions IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions	22138000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	11175000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	3050000	USD
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	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Business and Organization</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">W. P. Carey Inc., or W. P. Carey, is, together with its consolidated subsidiaries and predecessors, a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that provides long-term financing via sale-leaseback and build-to-suit transactions for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio. We invest primarily in commercial properties domestically and internationally. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, primarily on a triple-net lease basis, which requires each tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. Through our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, we also earn revenue as the advisor to publicly-owned, non-listed REITs under the Corporate Property Associates, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, brand name, which invest in similar properties. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we were the advisor to Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global, and Corporate Property Associates 18 – Global Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global. We were also the advisor to Corporate Property Associates 16 – Global Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 – Global, until its merger with us on January 31, 2014. We refer to CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 – Global, CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global, and CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global as the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> REITs. We are also the advisor to Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, or CWI, a publicly-owned, non-listed REIT that invests in lodging and lodging-related properties, which is referred to as, together with CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> REITs, the Managed REITs.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Originally founded in 1973, we reorganized as a REIT in September 2012 in connection with our merger with Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:15. We refer to that merger as the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:15 Merger. Our shares of common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.”</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On January 31, 2014, CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 – Global merged with and into us based on a merger agreement, dated as of July 25, 2013, which we refer to as the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 Merger (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#sF9F88319C171B7B98851D0918E49EE95"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 3</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). In September 2014, we completed a public offering of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4,600,000</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> shares of our common stock, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$0.001</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> par value per share, at a price of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$64.00</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> per share (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#sD92EB0CB4909556E5EABD091903002F2"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 13</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Section 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, we are not generally subject to United States, or U.S., federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, as well as other factors. We hold all of our real estate assets attributable to our Real Estate Ownership segment under the REIT structure, while the activities conducted by our Investment Management segment subsidiaries have been organized under TRSs.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Reportable Segments</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Real Estate Ownership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> — We own and invest in commercial properties principally in the U.S., the European Union and Asia that are then leased to companies, primarily on a triple-net lease basis. We have also invested in several operating properties, such as lodging and self-storage properties. We earn lease revenues from our wholly-owned and co-owned real estate investments that we control. In addition, we generate equity income through co-owned real estate investments that we do not control and our investments in the shares of the Managed REITs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s15731C96C949FF45F31AD0918ED53F2D"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 7</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). Through our special member interests in the operating partnerships of the Managed REITs, we also participate in their cash flows (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s0639B27EBFBF1EA9D57DD0918E8A59A2"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 4</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, our owned portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">688</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, substantially all of which were net leased to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">215</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> tenants, with an occupancy rate of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">98.1%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and totaled approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">80.8 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet. Collectively, at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global and CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global owned all or a portion of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">384</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, including certain properties in which we have an ownership interest. Substantially all of these properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">40.9 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet, were net leased to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">150</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> tenants, with an average occupancy rate of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.9%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global, CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global, and CWI also had interests in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">105</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> operating properties for an aggregate of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">11.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Investment Management</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> — Through our TRSs, we structure and negotiate investments and debt placement transactions for the Managed REITs, for which we earn structuring revenue, and manage their portfolios of real estate investments, for which we earn asset-based management revenue. We earn disposition revenue when we negotiate and structure the sale of properties on behalf of the Managed REITs, and we may also earn incentive revenue and receive other compensation in connection with providing liquidity events for the Managed REITs’ stockholders. We are currently considering alternatives for expanding our investment management operations by raising funds in addition to the existing Managed REITs, although there can be no assurance that we will pursue any of these initiatives. These new funds could invest primarily in assets other than net-lease real estate and could include funds raised through publicly traded vehicles, either in the U.S. or internationally.</font></div></div>
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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

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