$WPC
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2016 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000102537816000085 Filed on August 04, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2016 Q2	2015 Q2
Revenue	$217.3M	$238.1M
YoY Change	-8.74%	-6.05%
Cost Of Revenue	$33.50M	$31.30M
YoY Change	7.03%	-53.7%
Gross Profit	$183.8M	$206.8M
YoY Change	-11.12%	11.3%
Gross Profit Margin	84.6%	86.86%
Selling, General & Admin	$25.00M	$31.50M
YoY Change	-20.63%	16.24%
% of Gross Profit	13.6%	15.23%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$37.00M	$76.50M
YoY Change	-51.63%	-3.41%
% of Gross Profit	20.13%	36.99%
Operating Expenses	$91.50M	$96.60M
YoY Change	-5.28%	6.62%
Operating Profit	$92.30M	$110.2M
YoY Change	-16.24%	15.76%
Interest Expense	$46.75M	$47.69M
YoY Change	-1.97%	-0.08%
% of Operating Profit	50.65%	43.28%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$29.90M	-$25.78M
YoY Change	15.97%	-35.0%
Pretax Income	$26.67M	$81.92M
YoY Change	-67.44%	56.35%
Income Tax	-$8.217M	$15.01M
% Of Pretax Income	-30.81%	18.32%
Net Earnings	$51.66M	$63.35M
YoY Change	-18.45%	-2.15%
Net Earnings / Revenue	23.78%	26.61%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.48	$0.60
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.48	$0.59
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	106.3M shares	105.8M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	106.5M shares	106.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2016 Q2	2015 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$173.0M	$234.0M
YoY Change	-26.07%	8.84%
Cash & Equivalents	$173.3M	$233.6M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$230.0M	$411.0M
YoY Change	-44.04%	61.18%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$4.893B	$5.057B
YoY Change	-3.24%	15.85%
Goodwill	$640.6M	$687.1M
YoY Change	-6.77%	-1.69%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$286.8M	$263.4M
YoY Change	8.87%	24.71%
Other Assets	$276.0M	$0.00
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets	$8.453B	$8.557B
YoY Change	-1.22%	6.44%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$230.0M	$411.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$8.453B	$8.557B
Total Assets	$8.683B	$8.968B
YoY Change	-3.18%	8.12%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$271.0M	$313.0M
YoY Change	-13.42%	16.36%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$376.0M	$415.0M
YoY Change	-9.4%	15.28%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$4.642B	$4.545B
YoY Change	2.13%	19.67%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$128.0M	$172.0M
YoY Change	-25.58%	-17.7%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.770B	$4.717B
YoY Change	1.12%	17.72%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$376.0M	$415.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.770B	$4.717B
Total Liabilities	$5.219B	$5.219B
YoY Change	-0.01%	17.13%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings
YoY Change
Common Stock	$105.0K	$105.0K
YoY Change	0.0%	5.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$60.95M
YoY Change		0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares		1.044M shares
Shareholders Equity	$3.332B	$3.599B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$8.683B	$8.968B
YoY Change	-3.18%	8.12%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2016 Q2	2015 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$51.66M	$63.35M
YoY Change	-18.45%	-2.15%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$37.00M	$76.50M
YoY Change	-51.63%	-3.41%
Cash From Operating Activities	$124.3M	$135.2M
YoY Change	-8.06%	8.25%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$402.2M	-$64.60M
YoY Change	522.6%	16.82%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$93.40M	-$93.00M
YoY Change	-200.43%	-256.83%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$308.8M	-$157.5M
YoY Change	96.06%	-4037.5%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	94.70M	43.90M
YoY Change	115.72%	-139.06%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	124.3M	135.2M
Cash From Investing Activities	-308.8M	-157.5M
Cash From Financing Activities	94.70M	43.90M
Net Change In Cash	-89.80M	21.60M
YoY Change	-515.74%	30.91%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$124.3M	$135.2M
Capital Expenditures	-$402.2M	-$64.60M
Free Cash Flow	$526.5M	$199.8M
YoY Change	163.51%	10.88%

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	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Investment Real Estate GainsLossesOnSalesOfInvestmentRealEstate	1201000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	20951000	USD
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	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	3274000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	35429000	USD
	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	35429000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	99464000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	51661000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	109100000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	104304000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	95091000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	1.02
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	0.93
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	1.02
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	25995000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	31440000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	16990000	USD
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	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-7692000	USD
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Capital Net IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet	6226000	USD
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Restricted Cash IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCash	-6343000	USD
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	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	95642000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	46752000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	95147000	USD
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	us-gaap	Interest Income Related Party InterestIncomeRelatedParty	596000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Interest Income Related Party InterestIncomeRelatedParty	168000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Income Related Party InterestIncomeRelatedParty	362000	USD
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	us-gaap	Investment Advisory Management And Administrative Fees InvestmentAdvisoryManagementAndAdministrativeFees	101790000	USD
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	us-gaap	Investment Advisory Management And Administrative Fees InvestmentAdvisoryManagementAndAdministrativeFees	83683000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	5218606000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	8682571000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Line Of Credit LineOfCredit	793770000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Long Term Debt LongTermDebt	249853000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Management Fees Revenue ManagementFeesRevenue	15005000	USD
	us-gaap	Management Fees Revenue ManagementFeesRevenue	29618000	USD
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	99464000	USD
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	109100000	USD
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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	99122000	USD
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	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	-59410000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-65989000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-44208000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-30175000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-48776000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-33077000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivativesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	8869000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivativesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-2906000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	4000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	4000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	3335000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	426000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	4297000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Other Real Estate Revenue OtherRealEstateRevenue	8270000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Real Estate Revenue OtherRealEstateRevenue	15172000	USD
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Other Sales Revenue Net OtherSalesRevenueNet	838000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Sales Revenue Net OtherSalesRevenueNet	33379000	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	255000	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	385835000	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	4553000	USD
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	us-gaap	Proceeds From Collection Of Notes Receivable ProceedsFromCollectionOfNotesReceivable	293000	USD
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	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	105505000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	53171000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	114035000	USD
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	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Covenant Compliance DebtInstrumentCovenantCompliance	<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;">We were in compliance with all of these covenants at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div></div>
	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%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Recent Accounting Pronouncements</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;">In May 2014, the FASB issued</font><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. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for all entities by one year, until years beginning in 2018, with early adoption permitted but not before 2017, the original public company effective date. 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.</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;">In February 2015, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ASU 2015-02 amends the current consolidation guidance, including modification of the guidance for evaluating whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are VIEs or voting interest entities. The guidance does not amend the existing disclosure requirements for VIEs or voting interest model entities. The guidance, however, modified the requirements to qualify under the voting interest model. Under the revised guidance, ASU 2015-02 requires an entity to classify a limited liability company or a limited partnership as a VIE unless the partnership provides partners with either substantive kick-out rights or substantive participating rights over the managing member or general partner. Refer to the discussion in the Basis of Consolidation section above.</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;">In April 2015, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2015-03 changes the presentation of debt issuance costs, which were previously recognized as an asset, and requires that they be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. ASU 2015-03 does not affect the recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs. ASU 2015-03 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and retrospective application is required. We adopted ASU 2015-03 on January 1, 2016 and have disclosed the reclassification of our debt issuance costs in the Reclassifications section above.</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;">In September 2015, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805).</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ASU 2015-16 eliminates the requirement that an acquirer in a business combination account for measurement period adjustments retrospectively. Instead, an acquirer will recognize a measurement period adjustment during the period in which it determines the amount of the adjustment, including the effect on earnings of any amounts it would have recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within those fiscal years, early adoption is permitted and prospective application is required for adjustments that are identified after the effective date of this update. We elected to early adopt ASU 2015-16 and implemented the standard prospectively beginning July 1, 2015. The adoption and implementation of the standard did not have a material impact 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;">In February 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-02 outlines a new model for accounting by lessees, whereby their rights and obligations under substantially all leases, existing and new, would be capitalized and recorded on the balance sheet. For lessors, however, the accounting remains largely unchanged from the current model, with the distinction between operating and financing leases retained, but updated to align with certain changes to the lessee model and the new revenue recognition standard. The new standard also replaces existing sale-leaseback guidance with a new model applicable to both lessees and lessors. Additionally, the new standard requires extensive quantitative and qualitative disclosures. ASU 2016-02 is effective for U.S. GAAP public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years; for all other entities, the final lease standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early application will be permitted for all entities. The new standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition of the new guidance and provides for certain practical expedients. Transition will require application of the new model at the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. We are evaluating the impact of the new standard and have not yet determined if it will have a material impact on our business or 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;">In March 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-05, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Effect of derivative contract novations on existing hedge accounting relationships.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ASU 2016-05 clarifies that a change in counterparty to a derivative contract, in and of itself, does not require the dedesignation of a hedging relationship. ASU 2016-05 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted and entities have the option of adopting this guidance on a prospective basis to new derivative contracts or on a modified retrospective basis. We elected to early adopt ASU 2016-05 on January 1, 2016 on a prospective basis, and there was no impact 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;">In March 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-07, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-07 simplifies the transition to the equity method of accounting. ASU 2016-07 eliminates the requirement to apply the equity method of accounting retrospectively when a reporting entity obtains significant influence over a previously held investment. Instead the equity method of accounting will be applied prospectively from the date significant influence is obtained. The new standard should be applied prospectively for investments that qualify for the equity method of accounting in interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted, and we elected to early adopt this standard as of January 1, 2016. The adoption of this standard had no impact 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;">In March 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-09 amends Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Based Compensation to simplify various aspects of how share-based payments are accounted for and presented in the financial statements including (i) reflecting income tax effects of share-based payments through the income statement, (ii) allowing statutory tax withholding requirements at the employees’ maximum individual tax rate without requiring awards to be classified as liabilities and (iii) permitting an entity to make an accounting policy election for the impact of forfeitures on the recognition of expense. ASU 2016-09 is effective for public business entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within that reporting period, with early adoption permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-09 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;">In June 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-13 introduces a new model for estimating credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including loans receivable, held-to-maturity debt securities, and net investments in direct financing leases, amongst other financial instruments. ASU 2016-13 also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and expands the disclosure requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for losses. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early application of the guidance permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 on our consolidated financial statements.</font></div></div>
	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, a 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 generally requires each tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property.</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;">Originally founded in 1973, we reorganized as a REIT in September 2012 in connection with our merger with Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated. 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. On January 31, 2014, 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, merged with and into us, 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. Our shares of common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.”</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;">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 federal income taxation other than from our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, 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 Owned Real Estate 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;">Through our TRSs, we also earn revenue as the advisor to publicly-owned, non-listed REITs, which are sponsored by us 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;">,</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 and invest in similar properties. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</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 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;">: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 together 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. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we were also the advisor to Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, referred to as CWI 1, and Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated, or CWI 2, two publicly-owned, non-listed REITs that invest in lodging and lodging-related properties. We refer to CWI 1 and CWI 2 together as the CWI REITs and, together with 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, as the Managed REITs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s408806D789F7529CBA31B157D78EE7AE"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 3</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we also served as the advisor to Carey Credit Income Fund, or CCIF, a business development company, or BDC (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s60FC41508A355A9AB3816FC1A1723195"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 6</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). We refer to CCIF and the two feeder funds of CCIF, or the CCIF Feeder Funds, collectively as the Managed BDCs and, together with the Managed REITs, as the Managed Programs.</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;">On April 20, 2016, we formed a limited partnership, Carey European Student Housing Fund I, L.P., or CESH I, for the purpose of developing, owning, and operating student housing properties and similar investments in Europe. CESH I commenced fundraising in July 2016 through a private placement offering with an initial aggregate offering of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$100.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and a maximum offering of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$150.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The financial results and balances of CESH I were included in our consolidated financial statements during the three and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">six months ended June 30, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. We will continue to consolidate the financial activity of CESH I until the point at which it has sufficient equity to finance its operations.</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;">On May 4, 2016, we filed a registration statement with the SEC for Corporate Property Associates 19 – 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;">:19 – Global, a diversified non-traded REIT, for a capital raise of up to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$2.0 billion</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, which includes </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$500.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of shares allocated 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;">:19 – Global’s distribution reinvestment plan. 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;">:19 – Global’s registration statement remains subject to review by the SEC and state securities regulators, so there can be no assurances as to whether or when the related offering will commence. Through </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the financial activity of 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;">:19 – Global, which has no significant assets, liabilities, or operations, was included in our consolidated financial statements. We will continue to consolidate the financial activity of 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;">:19 – Global until the point at which it has sufficient equity to finance its operations.</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;">Owned Real Estate</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> — We own and invest in commercial properties principally in the United States, Europe, Australia, 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 through our ownership of shares of the Managed Programs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s60FC41508A355A9AB3816FC1A1723195"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 6</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="#s408806D789F7529CBA31B157D78EE7AE"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 3</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</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;">914</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">92.8 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet, substantially all of which were net leased to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">221</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> tenants, with an occupancy rate of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">98.8%</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 management revenue. We also earn asset management revenue from CCIF based on the average of its gross assets at fair value. We may 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 through our advisory agreements with certain of the Managed Programs, including in connection with providing liquidity events for the Managed REITs’ stockholders. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2016</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 collectively owned all or a portion of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">437</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;">49.5 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;">206</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;">99.8%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Managed REITs also had interests in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">174</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> operating properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">20.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet. We continue to explore alternatives for expanding our investment management operations beyond advising the existing Managed Programs. Any such expansion could involve the purchase of properties or other investments as principal, either for our owned portfolio or with the intention of transferring such investments to a newly-created fund. These new funds could invest primarily in assets other than net-lease real estate and could include funds raised through private placements, such as CESH I, or publicly-traded vehicles, either in the United States or internationally.</font></div></div>

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