W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1025378. Latest filing source: 0001025378-26-000036.
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Business
Read WPC's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read WPC's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,716,485,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-11 |
| Net income | 466,359,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-11 |
| Assets | 17,990,232,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-11 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-11. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001025378.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 941,533,000 | 848,302,000 | 885,732,000 | 1,232,766,000 | 1,209,319,000 | 1,331,524,000 | 1,479,086,000 | 1,741,358,000 | 1,583,018,000 | 1,716,485,000 |
| Net income | 267,747,000 | 277,289,000 | 411,566,000 | 305,243,000 | 455,359,000 | 409,988,000 | 599,139,000 | 708,334,000 | 460,839,000 | 466,359,000 |
| Operating cash flow | 546,797,000 | 520,659,000 | 509,166,000 | 812,077,000 | 801,538,000 | 926,479,000 | 1,003,556,000 | 1,073,432,000 | 1,833,112,000 | 1,282,319,000 |
| Dividends paid | 416,655,000 | 431,182,000 | 440,431,000 | 704,396,000 | 726,955,000 | 764,281,000 | 835,257,000 | 916,530,000 | 765,146,000 | 790,032,000 |
| Assets | 8,453,954,000 | 8,231,402,000 | 14,183,039,000 | 14,060,918,000 | 14,707,636,000 | 15,480,630,000 | 18,102,035,000 | 17,976,783,000 | 17,535,024,000 | 17,990,232,000 |
| Liabilities | 5,027,849,000 | 4,819,052,000 | 7,352,984,000 | 7,112,745,000 | 7,829,267,000 | 7,897,179,000 | 9,093,391,000 | 9,269,786,000 | 9,100,900,000 | 9,856,090,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 3,301,667,000 | 3,192,261,000 | 6,824,278,000 | 6,941,929,000 | 6,876,713,000 | 7,581,785,000 | 8,993,646,000 | 8,700,435,000 | 8,429,695,000 | 8,118,257,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 155,482,000 | 162,312,000 | 217,644,000 | 196,028,000 | 248,662,000 | 165,427,000 | 167,996,000 | 633,860,000 | 640,373,000 | 155,329,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 28.44% | 32.69% | 46.47% | 24.76% | 37.65% | 30.79% | 40.51% | 40.68% | 29.11% | 27.17% |
| Return on equity | 8.11% | 8.69% | 6.03% | 4.40% | 6.62% | 5.41% | 6.66% | 8.14% | 5.47% | 5.74% |
| Return on assets | 3.17% | 3.37% | 2.90% | 2.17% | 3.10% | 2.65% | 3.31% | 3.94% | 2.63% | 2.59% |
| Liabilities / equity | 1.52 | 1.51 | 1.08 | 1.02 | 1.14 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.21 |
Industry Peer Context
Net margin peer context
ROE peer context
ROA peer context
Financial Charts
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Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-04-29. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001025378.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-Q1 | 2012-03-31 | 0.30 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2012-Q2 | 2012-06-30 | 0.77 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2012-Q3 | 2012-09-30 | 0.06 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2013-Q1 | 2013-03-31 | 0.20 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2013-Q2 | 2013-06-30 | 0.62 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2013-Q3 | 2013-09-30 | 0.27 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2014-Q1 | 2014-03-31 | 1.25 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2014-Q2 | 2014-06-30 | 0.64 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2014-Q3 | 2014-09-30 | 0.27 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2015-Q1 | 2015-03-31 | 0.34 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2015-Q2 | 2015-06-30 | 0.59 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2015-Q3 | 2015-09-30 | 0.20 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 452,578,000 | 144,620,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 448,553,000 | 125,040,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 412,437,000 | 144,294,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 389,798,000 | 159,223,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 389,672,000 | 142,895,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 397,383,000 | 111,698,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 406,165,000 | 47,023,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 409,858,000 | 125,824,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 430,777,000 | 51,220,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 431,303,000 | 140,996,000 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 444,547,000 | 148,319,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 454,509,000 | 176,302,000 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
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Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001025378-26-000078.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. This item also provides our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results. Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the 2025 Annual Report and subsequent reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Refer to Item 1 of the 2025 Annual Report for a description of our business.
Financial Highlights
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we completed the following (as further described in the consolidated financial statements):
Real Estate
Investments
•We acquired seven investments totaling $514.7 million (Note 4, Note 5).
•We completed two construction projects totaling $30.6 million (Note 4).
•We funded approximately $2.5 million for construction loans for projects in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 (Note 5, Note 7).
Dispositions
•We disposed of 19 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $156.7 million, including our 11 remaining self-storage operating properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $73.0 million (Note 14).
Financing and Capital Markets Transactions
•On February 17, 2026, we offered 6,900,000 shares of common stock through our Equity Forwards, for gross proceeds of approximately $496.8 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we settled a portion of our Equity Forwards by delivering 3,450,000 shares of common stock to certain forward purchasers for net proceeds of $247.1 million. As of March 31, 2026, 3,450,000 shares remained outstanding under our Equity Forwards for available proceeds of approximately $243.9 million (Note 12).
•At March 31, 2026, 6,258,496 shares remained outstanding under our ATM Forwards for available proceeds of approximately $409.6 million (Note 12).
•On February 24, 2026, we completed an underwritten public offering of €1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes, comprising the following tranches (Note 10):
◦€500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2031, at a price of 99.249% of par value; and
◦€500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.750% Senior Notes due 2035, at a price of 98.500% of par value.
•In March 2026, we repaid our €500 million of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (Note 10).
•On March 11, 2026, we amended our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility to replace the €215.0 million EUR Term Loan due 2028, which was repaid in February 2026, with a new C$347.3 million term loan maturing on February 14, 2028 (our “CAD Term Loan due 2028”) of an equivalent notional amount and under the same terms, definitions, and extension options (Note 10).
Dividends to Stockholders
In March 2026, we declared cash dividends totaling $0.930 per share (Note 12).
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| W. P. Carey 3/31/2026 10-Q – 33 |
Consolidated Results
(in thousands, except shares)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Total revenues | $ | 454,509 | $ | 409,858 | ||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | 176,302 | 125,824 | ||||
| Dividends declared | 208,931 | 196,598 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities (a) | 283,236 | 273,213 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (462,762) | (173,870) | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 210,987 | (581,194) | ||||
| Supplemental financial measures (b): | ||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) | 288,657 | 257,820 | ||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 221,618,296 | 220,720,310 |
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(a)Amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 include $10.2 million and $16.3 million, respectively, of proceeds from the sales of net investments in sales-type leases (Note 5). Such proceeds are included within Net cash provided by operating activities in accordance with ASC 842, Leases.
(b)We consider Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a supplemental measure that is not defined by GAAP (a “non-GAAP measure”), to be an important measure in the evaluation of our operating performance. See Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.
Revenues
Total revenues increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to net investment activity and rent escalations, partially offset by lower operating property revenues as a result of self-storage operating property dispositions (Note 14).
Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey
Net income attributable to W. P. Carey increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to higher gains from remeasurement of foreign debt, a lower non-cash allowance for credit loss on finance leases, higher gain on sale of real estate (Note 14), and the accretive impact of net investment activity, partially offset by higher impairment charges (Note 8).
AFFO
AFFO increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to the accretive impact of net investment activity, rent escalations, and higher other-leased related income, partially offset by higher interest expense.
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| W. P. Carey 3/31/2026 10-Q – 34 |
Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio comprises operationally-critical, commercial real estate assets net leased to tenants located primarily in the United States and Europe. We invest in high-quality single tenant industrial, warehouse, and retail properties subject to long-term net leases with built-in rent escalators. Portfolio information is provided on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise noted below, to better illustrate the economic impact of our various net-leased jointly owned investments. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts.
Portfolio Summary
| Net-leased Properties | March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABR (in thousands) | $ | 1,583,792 | $ | 1,553,312 | ||
| Number of net-leased properties | 1,703 | 1,682 | ||||
| Number of tenants | 374 | 371 | ||||
| Total square footage (in thousands) | 185,333 | 183,498 | ||||
| Occupancy | 98.1 | % | 98.0 | % | ||
| Weighted-average lease term (in years) | 12.1 | 12.0 | ||||
| Operating Properties | ||||||
| Number of operating properties: | 5 | 16 | ||||
| Number of self-storage operating properties (a) | — | 11 | ||||
| Number of hotel operating properties | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Number of student housing operating properties | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Number of countries | 25 | 25 | ||||
| Total assets (in thousands) | $ | 18,200,021 | $ | 17,990,232 | ||
| Net investments in real estate (in thousands) | 15,614,171 | 15,469,174 |
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| Acquisition volume (in millions) (b) | $ | 517.1 | $ | 275.1 | ||
| Construction projects completed (in millions) | 30.6 | — | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate | 1.1703 | 1.0519 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/British pound sterling exchange rate | 1.3475 | 1.2590 |
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(a)During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we sold our 11 remaining self-storage operating properties (Note 14).
(b)Amount for the three months ended March 31, 2025 includes $1.2 million of funding for a construction loan accounted for as an equity investment (Note 7). Amount for the three months ended March 31, 2025 includes $5.0 million to acquire a 47.50% ownership interest in that equity investment (Note 7). Amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 include $2.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively, of funding for two construction loans accounted for as secured loans receivable (Note 5). Amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 include $22.3 million and $91.9 million, respectively, of sale-leasebacks classified as loans receivable (Note 5).
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| W. P. Carey 3/31/2026 10-Q – 35 |
Net-Leased Portfolio
The tables below represent information about our net-leased portfolio at March 31, 2026 on a pro rata basis and, accordingly, exclude all operating properties. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts and ABR.
Top Ten Tenants by ABR
(dollars in thousands)
| Tenant | Description | Number of Properties | ABR | ABR Percent | Weighted-Average Lease Term (Years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Space Storage | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. leased to publicly traded self-storage REIT | 43 | $ | 42,578 | 2.7 | % | 23.4 | |||||||
| Apotex (a) | Pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing properties in the Greater Toronto Area leased to generic drug manufacturer | 11 | 33,448 | 2.1 | % | 17.0 | ||||||||
| Life Time Fitness | Health and fitness facilities in the U.S. leased to premium athletic club operator | 12 | 32,450 | 2.0 | % | 7.6 | ||||||||
| Metro Italia (b) | Business-to-business retail stores in Italy leased to cash and carry wholesaler | 18 | 28,833 | 1.8 | % | 5.1 | ||||||||
| Fortenova (b) | Grocery stores and one warehouse in Croatia leased to European food retailer | 19 | 28,622 | 1.8 | % | 8.1 | ||||||||
| OBI (b) | Retail properties in Poland leased to German DIY retailer | 26 | 27,286 | 1.7 | % | 7.9 | ||||||||
| Fedrigoni (b) | Industrial and warehouse facilities in Germany, Italy and Spain leased to global manufacturer of premium packaging and labels | 16 | 24,970 | 1.6 | % | 17.7 | ||||||||
| TI Automotive (a) (c) | Automotive parts manufacturing properties in the U.S., Canada and Mexico leased to OEM supplier | 20 | 24,675 | 1.6 | % | 18.9 | ||||||||
| Eroski (b) | Grocery stores and warehouses in Spain leased to Spanish food retailer | 63 | 24,045 | 1.5 | % | 10.0 | ||||||||
| Nord Anglia | K-12 private schools in Orlando, Miami and Houston leased to international day and boarding school operator | 3 | 23,599 | 1.5 | % | 18.5 | ||||||||
| 231 | $ | 290,506 | 18.3 | % | 13.7 |
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(a)ABR from these properties is denominated in U.S. dollars.
(b)ABR amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
(c)Of the 20 properties leased to TI Automotive, nine are located in Canada, six are located in Mexico, and five are located in the United States.
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| W. P. Carey 3/31/2026 10-Q – 36 |
Portfolio Diversification by Geography
(in thousands, except percentages)
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Latest 10-K MD&A
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. This item also provides our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report and the matters described under Item 1A. Risk Factors. Please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023. Refer to Item 1. Business for a description of our business.
Financial Highlights
During the year ended December 31, 2025, we completed the following (as further described in the consolidated financial statements):
Real Estate
Investments
•We acquired 31 investments totaling $2.0 billion (Note 5, Note 6).
•We completed three construction projects at a cost totaling $68.9 million (Note 5).
•We acquired a 47.50% ownership interest in the partnership that owns the Las Vegas Retail Complex for $5.0 million (Note 8). In addition, we funded approximately $3.2 million for a construction loan on this project during the year ended December 31, 2025. Through December 31, 2025, we have funded $250.9 million (Note 6, Note 8).
•We committed to fund 11 construction projects totaling $277.3 million (on a consolidated basis). We currently expect to complete the projects in 2026 and 2027 (Note 5, Note 6).
Dispositions
•We disposed of 128 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $1.5 billion, including (i) 63 self-storage operating properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $772.2 million, and (ii) one student housing operating property for proceeds, net of selling costs, of $77.8 million (Note 16).
Financing and Capital Markets Transactions
•In February 2025, we repaid our $450 million of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 at maturity (Note 11).
•On March 31, 2025, we refinanced our €500.0 million Unsecured Term Loan due 2029, extending the maturity date by three years to April 2029. In conjunction with this refinancing, we executed variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps that fix the floating rate component of the per annum interest rate at 2.00% through the end of 2027, for a total annual interest rate of approximately 2.80% as of December 31, 2025 (inclusive of the current spread) (Note 11).
•On March 31, 2025, we executed variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps that fix the floating rate component of the per annum interest rate on our £270.0 million GBP Term Loan due 2028 at 3.92% through the end of 2027, for a total annual interest rate of approximately 4.72% as of December 31, 2025 (inclusive of the current spread) (Note 11).
•On July 10, 2025, we completed an underwritten public offering of $400.0 million of 4.650% Senior Notes due 2030, at a price of 99.088% of par value. These 4.650% Senior Notes due 2030 have a five-year term and are scheduled to mature on July 15, 2030 (Note 11).
•We sold 6,258,496 shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2025 through our ATM Forwards at a weighted-average gross price of $67.53 per share, for anticipated gross proceeds of approximately $422.6 million as of December 31, 2025. As of the date of this Report, all of these shares of common stock sold through our ATM Forwards remain unsettled (Note 13).
•We repaid non-recourse mortgage debt outstanding totaling $265.1 million with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.5% (Note 11).
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 24 |
Dividends to Stockholders
We declared cash dividends totaling $3.620 per share, comprised of four quarterly dividends per share of $0.890, $0.900, $0.910, and $0.920.
Consolidated Results
(in thousands, except shares)
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Total revenues | $ | 1,716,485 | $ | 1,583,018 | ||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | 466,359 | 460,839 | ||||
| Dividends declared | 799,907 | 770,426 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities (a) | 1,282,319 | 1,833,112 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (960,140) | (1,133,892) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (761,710) | (688,468) | ||||
| Supplemental financial measures (b): | ||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) | 1,098,243 | 1,035,945 | ||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 221,112,343 | 220,520,457 |
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(a)Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 include $200.2 million and $806.8 million, respectively, of proceeds from the sales of net investments in sales-type leases (primarily the Grupo Memora portfolio sold during 2025 and the U-Haul and State of Andalusia portfolios sold during 2024) (Note 6). Such proceeds are included within Net cash provided by operating activities in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, Leases.
(b)We consider Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a supplemental measure that is not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (a “non-GAAP measure”), to be an important measure in the evaluation of our operating performance. See Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.
Revenues
Total revenues increased in 2025 as compared to 2024, primarily due to net investment activity and rent escalations, partially offset by lower operating property revenues as a result of self-storage operating property dispositions (Note 16).
Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey
Net income attributable to W. P. Carey increased in 2025 as compared to 2024, primarily due to a higher gain on sale of real estate, lower unrealized losses recognized on our investment in shares of Lineage (Note 9), and the accretive impact of net investment activity, partially offset by higher losses from remeasurement of foreign debt, a gain on change in control of interests recognized in connection with the purchase of the remaining interest in a jointly owned investment during 2024 (Note 8), and higher impairment charges (Note 9).
AFFO
AFFO increased in 2025 as compared to 2024, primarily due to the impact of net investment activity and rent escalations.
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 25 |
Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio is comprised of operationally-critical, commercial real estate assets net leased to tenants located primarily in the United States and Europe. We invest in high-quality single tenant industrial, warehouse, and retail properties subject to long-term net leases with built-in rent escalators. Portfolio information is provided on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise noted below, to better illustrate the economic impact of our various net-leased jointly owned investments. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts.
Portfolio Summary
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net-leased Properties | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| ABR (in thousands) | $ | 1,553,312 | $ | 1,337,172 | ||
| Number of net-leased properties | 1,682 | 1,555 | ||||
| Number of tenants | 371 | 355 | ||||
| Total square footage (in thousands) | 183,498 | 176,420 | ||||
| Occupancy | 98.0 | % | 98.6 | % | ||
| Weighted-average lease term (in years) | 12.0 | 12.3 | ||||
| Operating Properties | ||||||
| Number of operating properties: | 16 | 84 | ||||
| Number of self-storage operating properties | 11 | 78 | ||||
| Number of hotel operating properties | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Number of student housing operating properties | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Occupancy (self-storage operating properties) | 87.6 | % | 89.6 | % | ||
| Number of countries (a) | 25 | 26 | ||||
| Total assets (in thousands) | $ | 17,990,232 | $ | 17,535,024 | ||
| Net investments in real estate (in thousands) | 15,469,174 | 14,580,475 |
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Acquisition volume (in millions) (b) | $ | 2,038.5 | $ | 1,477.0 | ||
| Construction projects completed (in millions) | 68.9 | 87.0 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate | 1.1295 | 1.0820 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/British pound sterling exchange rate | 1.3178 | 1.2781 |
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(a)We sold all of our investments in Norway during 2025 (Note 16).
(b)Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 include $3.2 million and $16.3 million, respectively, of funding for a construction loan accounted for as an equity method investment (Note 8). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2025 includes $5.0 million to acquire a 47.5% ownership interest in that equity investment (Note 8). Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 include $3.9 million and $31.9 million, respectively, of funding for two construction loans accounted for as secured loans receivable (Note 6). Amounts for the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 include $370.0 million and $238.6 million, respectively, of sale-leasebacks classified as loans receivable (Note 6). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes the purchase of the remaining interest in a jointly owned investment for $10.5 million (Note 8).
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 26 |
Net-Leased Portfolio
The tables below represent information about our net-leased portfolio at December 31, 2025 on a pro rata basis and, accordingly, exclude all operating properties. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts and ABR.
Top Ten Tenants by ABR
(dollars in thousands)
| Tenant | Description | Number of Properties | ABR | ABR Percent | Weighted-Average Lease Term (Years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Space Storage | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. leased to publicly traded self-storage REIT | 43 | $ | 41,332 | 2.7 | % | 23.7 | |||||||
| Apotex (a) | Pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing properties in the Greater Toronto Area leased to generic drug manufacturer | 11 | 33,448 | 2.2 | % | 17.2 | ||||||||
| Life Time Fitness | Health and fitness facilities in the U.S. leased to premium athletic club operator | 12 | 32,450 | 2.1 | % | 7.9 | ||||||||
| Metro Italia (b) | Business-to-business retail stores in Italy leased to cash and carry wholesaler | 19 | 30,893 | 2.0 | % | 4.4 | ||||||||
| Fortenova (b) | Grocery stores and one warehouse in Croatia leased to European food retailer | 19 | 28,404 | 1.8 | % | 8.3 | ||||||||
| OBI (b) | Retail properties in Poland leased to German DIY retailer | 26 | 27,524 | 1.8 | % | 5.3 | ||||||||
| Fedrigoni (b) | Industrial and warehouse facilities in Germany, Italy and Spain leased to global manufacturer of premium packaging and labels | 16 | 25,517 | 1.6 | % | 17.9 | ||||||||
| TI Automotive (formerly ABC Technologies) (a) (c) | Automotive parts manufacturing properties in the U.S., Canada and Mexico leased to OEM supplier | 21 | 25,313 | 1.6 | % | 19.2 | ||||||||
| Eroski (b) | Grocery stores and warehouses in Spain leased to Spanish food retailer | 63 | 24,104 | 1.5 | % | 10.2 | ||||||||
| Nord Anglia | K-12 private schools in Orlando, Miami and Houston leased to international day and boarding school operator | 3 | 23,599 | 1.5 | % | 18.7 | ||||||||
| Total | 233 | $ | 292,584 | 18.8 | % | 13.5 |
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(a)ABR from these properties is denominated in U.S. dollars.
(b)ABR amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
(c)Of the 21 properties leased to TI Automotive (formerly ABC Technologies), nine are located in Canada, six are located in the United States, and six are located in Mexico.
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 27 |
Portfolio Diversification by Geography
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Region | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||||||
| Midwest | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | $ | 66,036 | 4.3 | % | 9,455 | 5.2 | % | ||||||
| Ohio | 45,660 | 2.9 | % | 8,218 | 4.5 | % | |||||||
| Indiana | 43,362 | 2.8 | % | 6,251 | 3.4 | % | |||||||
| Michigan | 27,158 | 1.7 | % | 4,486 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 22,515 | 1.4 | % | 3,410 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 58,624 | 3.8 | % | 7,141 | 3.9 | % | |||||||
| Total Midwest | 263,355 | 16.9 | % | 38,961 | 21.3 | % | |||||||
| South | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 93,471 | 6.0 | % | 11,702 | 6.4 | % | |||||||
| Florida | 44,548 | 2.9 | % | 3,633 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Tennessee | 39,281 | 2.5 | % | 4,572 | 2.5 | % | |||||||
| Georgia | 30,302 | 2.0 | % | 4,529 | 2.5 | % | |||||||
| Alabama | 23,484 | 1.5 | % | 3,607 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 29,031 | 1.9 | % | 3,072 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Total South | 260,117 | 16.8 | % | 31,115 | 17.1 | % | |||||||
| East | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 41,210 | 2.7 | % | 8,852 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Pennsylvania | 32,527 | 2.1 | % | 3,385 | 1.8 | % | |||||||
| Kentucky | 29,768 | 1.9 | % | 4,485 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Massachusetts | 28,681 | 1.8 | % | 1,344 | 0.7 | % | |||||||
| New Jersey | 27,506 | 1.8 | % | 1,118 | 0.6 | % | |||||||
| New York | 23,080 | 1.5 | % | 2,287 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| South Carolina | 19,531 | 1.3 | % | 4,413 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 37,266 | 2.4 | % | 5,359 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Total East | 239,569 | 15.5 | % | 31,243 | 16.8 | % | |||||||
| West | |||||||||||||
| California | 76,277 | 4.9 | % | 5,375 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Arizona | 22,548 | 1.5 | % | 2,372 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| Nevada | 17,861 | 1.1 | % | 485 | 0.3 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 67,330 | 4.3 | % | 6,761 | 3.7 | % | |||||||
| Total West | 184,016 | 11.8 | % | 14,993 | 8.2 | % | |||||||
| United States Total | 947,057 | 61.0 | % | 116,312 | 63.4 | % | |||||||
| International | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 78,315 | 5.0 | % | 9,941 | 5.4 | % | |||||||
| The Netherlands | 68,092 | 4.4 | % | 6,847 | 3.7 | % | |||||||
| Poland | 65,529 | 4.2 | % | 8,448 | 4.6 | % | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 62,845 | 4.1 | % | 4,848 | 2.7 | % | |||||||
| Canada (c) | 59,680 | 3.8 | % | 5,737 | 3.1 | % | |||||||
| Germany | 48,061 | 3.1 | % | 5,304 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Spain | 42,550 | 2.7 | % | 4,251 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Croatia | 29,330 | 1.9 | % | 2,063 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| France | 28,203 | 1.8 | % | 2,149 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Mexico (d) | 27,686 | 1.8 | % | 4,328 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Denmark | 27,613 | 1.8 | % | 3,002 | 1.6 | % | |||||||
| Other (e) | 68,351 | 4.4 | % | 10,268 | 5.6 | % | |||||||
| International Total | 606,255 | 39.0 | % | 67,186 | 36.6 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,553,312 | 100.0 | % | 183,498 | 100.0 | % |
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 28 |
Portfolio Diversification by Property Type
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Property Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | $ | 595,868 | 38.3 | % | 83,756 | 45.6 | % | ||||||
| Warehouse | 390,917 | 25.2 | % | 65,676 | 35.8 | % | |||||||
| Retail (f) | 348,039 | 22.4 | % | 22,855 | 12.5 | % | |||||||
| Other (g) | 218,488 | 14.1 | % | 11,211 | 6.1 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,553,312 | 100.0 | % | 183,498 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes square footage for any vacant properties.
(b)Other properties within Midwest include assets in Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Other properties within South include assets in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Other properties within East include assets in Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, West Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine. Other properties within West include assets in Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Montana, Hawaii, Idaho, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
(c)$50.4 million (84.4%) of ABR from properties in Canada is denominated in U.S. dollars, with the balance denominated in Canadian dollars.
(d)All ABR from properties in Mexico is denominated in U.S. dollars.
(e)Includes assets in Lithuania, Slovakia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Mauritius, Portugal, Austria, Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Estonia, and Hungary.
(f)Includes automotive dealerships.
(g)Includes ABR from tenants with the following property types: education facility, specialty, self-storage (net lease), laboratory, research and development, hotel (net lease), office, and land.
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 29 |
Portfolio Diversification by Tenant Industry
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Industry Type (a) | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packaged Foods & Meats | $ | 149,136 | 9.6 | % | 18,625 | 10.2 | % | ||||||
| Food Retail | 146,151 | 9.4 | % | 10,704 | 5.8 | % | |||||||
| Home Improvement Retail | 96,221 | 6.2 | % | 11,937 | 6.5 | % | |||||||
| Auto Parts & Equipment | 81,819 | 5.3 | % | 12,148 | 6.6 | % | |||||||
| Automotive Retail | 78,203 | 5.0 | % | 7,079 | 3.9 | % | |||||||
| Education Services | 60,532 | 3.9 | % | 2,747 | 1.5 | % | |||||||
| Air Freight & Logistics | 51,599 | 3.3 | % | 7,982 | 4.3 | % | |||||||
| Pharmaceuticals | 48,155 | 3.1 | % | 3,076 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Leisure Facilities | 43,423 | 2.8 | % | 1,958 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Industrial Machinery | 41,888 | 2.7 | % | 5,716 | 3.1 | % | |||||||
| Self-Storage REITs | 41,332 | 2.7 | % | 3,170 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers | 39,646 | 2.6 | % | 5,318 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Trading Companies & Distributors | 37,752 | 2.4 | % | 8,663 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Building Products | 31,086 | 2.0 | % | 6,653 | 3.6 | % | |||||||
| Other Specialty Retail | 28,953 | 1.9 | % | 3,227 | 1.8 | % | |||||||
| Paper Products | 25,517 | 1.6 | % | 4,458 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Specialty Chemicals | 24,409 | 1.6 | % | 4,303 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Diversified Support Services | 24,000 | 1.5 | % | 2,372 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| Construction Materials | 23,574 | 1.5 | % | 3,781 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Food Distributors | 20,621 | 1.3 | % | 1,552 | 0.8 | % | |||||||
| Construction Machinery | 19,645 | 1.3 | % | 2,528 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail | 19,404 | 1.3 | % | 1,624 | 0.9 | % | |||||||
| Passenger Ground Transportation | 18,970 | 1.2 | % | 850 | 0.5 | % | |||||||
| Commodity Chemicals | 16,848 | 1.1 | % | 2,517 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Hotels & Resorts | 16,556 | 1.1 | % | 1,073 | 0.6 | % | |||||||
| Diversified Metals | 16,289 | 1.0 | % | 3,290 | 1.8 | % | |||||||
| Other (64 industries, each 1% ABR) (b) | 351,583 | 22.6 | % | 46,147 | 25.1 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,553,312 | 100.0 | % | 183,498 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Industry classification is based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) framework.
(b)Includes square footage for vacant properties.
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 30 |
Lease Expirations
(dollars and square footage in thousands)
| Year of Lease Expiration (a) | Number of Leases Expiring | Number of Tenants with Leases Expiring | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 20 | $ | 44,906 | 2.9 | % | 5,972 | 3.3 | % | ||||||||||
| 2027 | 44 | 28 | 60,395 | 3.9 | % | 6,326 | 3.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2028 | 45 | 27 | 67,268 | 4.3 | % | 7,419 | 4.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2029 | 62 | 35 | 79,275 | 5.1 | % | 8,675 | 4.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2030 | 32 | 26 | 39,625 | 2.6 | % | 3,793 | 2.1 | % | |||||||||||
| 2031 | 46 | 27 | 81,501 | 5.2 | % | 9,356 | 5.1 | % | |||||||||||
| 2032 | 45 | 23 | 54,804 | 3.5 | % | 7,244 | 4.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2033 | 32 | 25 | 83,537 | 5.4 | % | 11,790 | 6.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2034 | 59 | 27 | 96,161 | 6.2 | % | 9,464 | 5.2 | % | |||||||||||
| 2035 | 24 | 20 | 78,145 | 5.0 | % | 8,805 | 4.8 | % | |||||||||||
| 2036 | 45 | 21 | 66,933 | 4.3 | % | 7,891 | 4.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2037 | 44 | 21 | 63,514 | 4.1 | % | 8,618 | 4.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2038 | 46 | 13 | 28,148 | 1.8 | % | 2,766 | 1.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2039 | 100 | 27 | 75,293 | 4.9 | % | 11,372 | 6.2 | % | |||||||||||
| Thereafter (2039) | 302 | 115 | 633,807 | 40.8 | % | 70,247 | 38.3 | % | |||||||||||
| Vacant | — | — | — | — | % | 3,760 | 2.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Total | 945 | $ | 1,553,312 | 100.0 | % | 183,498 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Assumes tenants do not exercise any renewal options or purchase options.
Terms and Definitions
Pro Rata Metrics — The portfolio information above contains certain metrics prepared on a pro rata basis. We refer to these metrics as pro rata metrics. We have certain investments in which our economic ownership is less than 100%. On a full consolidation basis, we report 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of those investments that are deemed to be under our control or for which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary, even if our ownership is less than 100%. Also, for all other jointly owned investments, which we do not control, we report our net investment and our net income or loss from that investment. On a pro rata basis, we generally present our proportionate share, based on our economic ownership of these jointly owned investments, of the portfolio metrics of those investments. Multiplying each of our jointly owned investments’ financial statement line items by our percentage ownership and adding or subtracting those amounts from our totals, as applicable, may not accurately depict the legal and economic implications of holding an ownership interest of less than 100% in our jointly owned investments.
ABR — ABR represents contractual minimum annualized base rent for our net-leased properties and reflects exchange rates as of December 31, 2025. If there is a rent abatement, we annualize the first monthly contractual base rent following the free rent period. ABR is not applicable to operating properties and is presented on a pro rata basis.
Results of Operations
We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality, and number of our properties. We focus our efforts on accretive investing and improving portfolio quality through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals, or selectively selling assets in order to increase value in our real estate portfolio.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 31 |
Revenues
The following table presents revenues (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | ||||||||
| Real Estate Revenues | ||||||||||
| Lease revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Existing net-leased properties | $ | 1,301,431 | $ | 1,240,374 | $ | 61,057 | ||||
| Recently acquired net-leased properties | 159,994 | 39,998 | 119,996 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties sold or held for sale | 17,779 | 51,416 | (33,637) | |||||||
| Total lease revenues (including reimbursable tenant costs) | 1,479,204 | 1,331,788 | 147,416 | |||||||
| Income from finance leases and loans receivable | 90,948 | 73,262 | 17,686 | |||||||
| Operating property revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Operating properties sold, held for sale, or reclassified to net-leased properties | 60,117 | 91,926 | (31,809) | |||||||
| Existing operating properties | 51,751 | 54,635 | (2,884) | |||||||
| Recently acquired operating properties | 663 | 252 | 411 | |||||||
| Total operating property revenues | 112,531 | 146,813 | (34,282) | |||||||
| Other lease-related income | 24,561 | 20,334 | 4,227 | |||||||
| Investment Management Revenues | ||||||||||
| Asset management revenue | 4,957 | 6,597 | (1,640) | |||||||
| Other advisory income and reimbursements | 4,284 | 4,224 | 60 | |||||||
| $ | 1,716,485 | $ | 1,583,018 | $ | 133,467 |
Lease Revenues
“Existing net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2024 and that were not sold, held for sale, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases during the periods presented. For the periods presented, there were 1,120 existing net-leased properties, including 12 self-storage properties that converted from operating properties to net leases during 2024 and four self-storage properties that converted from operating properties to net leases during 2025 (Note 5, Note 8).
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, lease revenues from existing net-leased properties increased due to the following items (in millions):
__________
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 32 |
(a)Excludes fixed minimum rent increases, which are reflected as straight-line rent adjustments within lease revenues.
(b)Includes (i) higher lease revenues of $9.7 million from 16 self-storage operating properties that were converted to net leases in 2024 and 2025 (Note 5, Note 8) and (ii) higher lease revenues of $1.1 million as a result of a lease restructuring for 27 existing net-leased self-storage properties that was executed on September 1, 2024.
(c)During the first quarter of 2024, we entered into a lease restructuring with our tenant Hellweg, which included (i) abated rent from January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024 and (ii) a reduction in annual base rent. In addition, these amounts reflect a decrease in lease revenues of $0.6 million related to lease terminations during the third quarter of 2025 at certain properties leased to Hellweg.
“Recently acquired net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service subsequent to December 31, 2023 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. Since January 1, 2024, we acquired 52 investments (comprising 444 properties).
“Net-leased properties sold or held for sale” include:
•64 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2025;
•one net-leased property classified as held for sale at December 31, 2025, which was sold in January 2026 (Note 18); and
•175 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 16.
Income from Finance Leases and Loans Receivable
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, income from finance leases and loans receivable increased due to the following items (in millions):
__________
(a)We sold our U-Haul and State of Andalusia portfolios during the first quarter of 2024. Such investments were previously reclassified to net investments in sales-type leases during 2023 (Note 6).
(b)Properties comprising $2.3 million of this decrease were sold subsequent to their reclassification to operating leases during the reporting period.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| W. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 33 |
Operating Property Revenues and Expenses
“Operating properties sold, held for sale, or reclassified to net-leased properties” includes:
•one hotel operating property sold during 2024;
•three self-storage operating properties that were reclassified to net-leased properties during 2024;
•four self-storage operating properties that were reclassified to net-leased properties during 2025;
•63 self-storage operating properties sold during 2025; and
•one student housing operating property sold during 2025.
“Existing operating properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2024 and that were not sold, held for sale, or reclassified to net-leased properties during the periods presented. For the periods presented, we recorded operating property revenues from 15 existing operating properties, comprised of ten self-storage operating properties, four hotel operating properties, and one student housing operating property. For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, operating property revenues from these properties decreased, primarily due to lower occupancy at our hotel operating properties.
“Recently acquired operating properties” include one self-storage operating property acquired during 2024 (Note 5).
Other Lease-Related Income
Other lease-related income is described in Note 5.
Asset Management Revenue
During the periods presented, we earned asset management revenue from (i) NLOP and (ii) Carey European Student Housing Fund I, L.P. (“CESH”) (Note 4). Asset management revenues from NLOP and CESH are expected to decline as assets are sold (CESH owns one remaining build-to-suit project).
Other Advisory Income and Reimbursements
Other advisory income and reimbursements are comprised of (i) fixed administrative fees earned from NLOP and (ii) reimbursable costs from CESH (Note 4).
Operating Expenses
Depreciation and Amortization
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily due to the impact of net investment activity, partially offset by accelerated amortization of intangible assets in connection with certain lease restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2024.
General and Administrative
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, general and administrative expenses increased by $1.7 million, primarily due to higher bonus expense and compensation expense, partially offset by lower professional fees.
Impairment Charges — Real Estate
Our impairment charges on real estate are described in Note 9.
Property Expenses, Excluding Reimbursable Tenant Costs
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, increased by $4.1 million, primarily due to tenant vacancies (which resulted in property expenses no longer being reimbursable) and higher real estate taxes at certain properties.
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Stock-Based Compensation Expense
For a description of our equity plans and awards, please see Note 14.
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, stock-based compensation expense decreased by $1.0 million, primarily due to the modification of restricted share units (“RSUs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”) in connection with an executive departure in 2024 totaling $1.1 million and a reduction in expense of $0.3 million resulting from the separation of certain employees, partially offset by increases in expense from changes in projected PSU payouts of $0.4 million.
Merger and Other Expenses
For the year ended December 31, 2024, merger and other expenses are primarily comprised of the write-off of a value added tax receivable that was previously recorded in connection with an international investment.
Other Income and Expenses, and Provision for Income Taxes
Interest Expense
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, interest expense increased by $13.9 million, primarily due to higher outstanding balances and interest rates on our Senior Unsecured Notes and Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, partially offset by lower interest rates on our Unsecured Term Loans and the reduction of our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at or close to maturity a total of $480.2 million of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.5% since January 1, 2024 (Note 11).
The following table presents certain information about our outstanding debt (dollars in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Average outstanding debt balance | $ | 8,529,460 | $ | 7,948,034 | ||
| Weighted-average interest rate | 3.2 | % | 3.2 | % |
Other Gains and (Losses)
Other gains and (losses) primarily consists of gains and losses on (i) the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, (ii) foreign currency exchange rate movements (except those foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt instruments that were designated as net investment hedges (Note 10)), (iii) changes in the non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases, and (iv) extinguishment of debt. The timing and amount of such gains or losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation.
The following table presents other gains and (losses) (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | Change | ||||||||
| Other Gains and (Losses) | ||||||||||
| Non-cash unrealized losses related to a decrease in the fair value of our investment in shares of Lineage (Note 9) | $ | (103,394) | $ | (134,002) | $ | 30,608 | ||||
| Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains on foreign currency exchange rate movements (a) | (97,723) | 11,491 | (109,214) | |||||||
| Change in allowance for credit losses on finance receivables (Note 6) | (27,186) | (27,629) | 443 | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized (losses) gains on non-hedging derivatives | (2,953) | 1,913 | (4,866) | |||||||
| Gain on repayment of secured loan receivable (b) | — | 10,650 | (10,650) | |||||||
| Other | (851) | (411) | (440) | |||||||
| $ | (232,107) | $ | (137,988) | $ | (94,119) |
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(a)Remeasurement of certain monetary assets and liabilities that are held by our subsidiaries in currencies other than their functional currency are included in other gains and (losses), including certain foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt instruments that are not designated as net investment hedges. This includes foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans to our foreign subsidiaries that are scheduled for settlement.
(b)We acquired a secured loan receivable with a fair value of $13.3 million in our merger with a former affiliate, Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, in October 2018, for which the outstanding principal of $24.0 million was fully repaid to us in March 2024 (Note 6). Therefore, we recorded a $10.7 million gain on repayment of this secured loan receivable during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net
Gain on sale of real estate, net, consists of gains and losses on (i) the sale of properties that were disposed of, net of taxes, (ii) properties subject to the exercise of a purchase option, (iii) properties subject to a purchase agreement resulting in a lease modification during the reporting period, or (iv) properties included in assets held for sale and subject to a revised estimated purchase price, as more fully described in Note 5, Note 6, and Note 16.
Earnings from Equity Method Investments
Our equity method investments are more fully described in Note 8. The following table presents earnings from equity method investments (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | Change | ||||||||
| Earnings from Equity Method Investments | ||||||||||
| Earnings from Las Vegas Retail Complex | $ | 13,349 | $ | 13,168 | $ | 181 | ||||
| Earnings from Kesko Senukai (a) | 3,855 | 686 | 3,169 | |||||||
| Earnings from Harmon Retail Center | 805 | 855 | (50) | |||||||
| Earnings from Johnson Self Storage (b) | — | 3,217 | (3,217) | |||||||
| $ | 18,009 | $ | 17,926 | $ | 83 |
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(a)Increase is primarily due to higher rent collections at these retail properties, where certain rents were previously disputed and subsequently collected.
(b)On September 1, 2024, we acquired the remaining 10% controlling interest in the Johnson Self Storage jointly owned investment, bringing our ownership interest to 100%. Following this acquisition, we no longer recognize equity income from this consolidated investment (Note 8).
Non-Operating Income
Non-operating income primarily consists of interest income on our cash deposits, realized gains and losses on derivative instruments, and dividends from equity securities.
The following table presents non-operating income (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | Change | ||||||||
| Non-Operating Income | ||||||||||
| Dividends from our investment in Lineage (Note 9) | $ | 11,294 | $ | 7,899 | $ | 3,395 | ||||
| Interest income on our cash deposits (a) | 6,345 | 31,816 | (25,471) | |||||||
| Realized (losses) gains on foreign currency collars (Note 10) | (688) | 12,521 | (13,209) | |||||||
| $ | 16,951 | $ | 52,236 | $ | (35,285) |
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(a)Decrease for the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024 is due to lower cash deposit balances as a result of investment activity and debt repayments.
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Gain on Change in Control of Interests
On September 1, 2024, we acquired the remaining interest in an investment in which we already had a joint interest and accounted for under the equity method. Due to the change in control of this jointly owned investment, we recorded a gain on change in control of interests of $31.8 million reflecting the difference between our carrying value and the fair value of our previously held equity interest. Subsequent to this acquisition, we consolidated this wholly owned investment (Note 8).
Provision for Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2025 as compared to 2024, provision for income taxes increased by $0.2 million, primarily due to the impact of strengthening foreign currencies and international property acquisitions, partially offset by the impact of international lease restructurings.
Net (Income) Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
For the year ended December 31, 2025, Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests includes a noncontrolling interest’s $6.0 million share of a gain on sale of real estate recognized in connection with the disposition of a consolidated joint venture (Note 16).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash During the Year
We use the cash flow generated from our investments primarily to meet our operating expenses, service debt, and fund dividends to stockholders. Our cash flows fluctuate periodically due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things: the timing of our equity and debt offerings; the timing of purchases and sales of real estate; the timing of the repayment of mortgage loans, our Senior Unsecured Notes, and our Unsecured Term Loans; the timing of our receipt of lease revenues; the timing and amount of other lease-related payments; the timing of settlement of foreign currency transactions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; and the timing of distributions from equity method investments. Despite these fluctuations, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, proceeds from term loans or other bank debt, proceeds from dispositions of properties, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, such as issuances of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 13), in order to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the period are described below.
Operating Activities — Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $550.8 million during 2025 as compared to 2024, primarily due to significantly lower proceeds received from the sales of net investments in sales-type leases (Note 6), partially offset by an increase in cash flow generated from net investment activity, scheduled rent increases at existing properties, and leasing activity.
Investing Activities — Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales) and funding for build-to-suit activities and other capital expenditures on real estate.
Financing Activities — Our financing activities are generally comprised of borrowings and repayments under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loans, issuances and repayments of the Senior Unsecured Notes, payments of non-recourse mortgage loans, issuances of common equity, and payments of dividends to stockholders.
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Summary of Financing
The table below summarizes our Senior Unsecured Notes, our non-recourse mortgages, and our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, | ||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Carrying Value | ||||||
| Fixed rate: | ||||||
| Senior Unsecured Notes, net (a) | $ | 6,950,261 | $ | 6,505,907 | ||
| Unsecured Term Loans, net subject to interest rate swaps (a) | 944,663 | 517,524 | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages, net (a) (c) | 140,646 | 401,821 | ||||
| 8,035,570 | 7,425,252 | |||||
| Variable rate: | ||||||
| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility | 435,417 | 55,448 | ||||
| Unsecured Term Loans, net (a) | 251,703 | 558,302 | ||||
| 687,120 | 613,750 | |||||
| $ | 8,722,690 | $ | 8,039,002 | |||
| Percent of Total Debt | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 92 | % | 92 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 8 | % | 8 | % | ||
| 100 | % | 100 | % | |||
| Weighted-Average Interest Rate at End of Year | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 3.1 | % | 3.2 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 3.4 | % | 4.7 | % | ||
| Total debt | 3.1 | % | 3.3 | % |
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(a)Aggregate debt balance includes unamortized discount, net, totaling $39.2 million and $39.3 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and unamortized deferred financing costs totaling $30.1 million and $30.9 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
(b)Includes non-recourse mortgages subject to variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps totaling $46.0 million and $43.5 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Cash Resources
At December 31, 2025, our cash resources consisted of the following:
•cash and cash equivalents totaling $155.3 million. Of this amount, $130.7 million, at then-current exchange rates, was held in foreign subsidiaries, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts;
•funds totaling $80.9 million that are held by an intermediary and have been designated for future tax-deferred like-kind exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (“1031 Exchange”) transactions (Note 2);
•our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, with available capacity of $1.6 billion (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $1.1 million);
•available proceeds under our ATM Forwards of approximately $412.2 million (Note 13); and
•unleveraged properties that had an aggregate asset carrying value of approximately $15.2 billion at December 31, 2025, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties.
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We may also access the capital markets through additional debt (denominated in both U.S. dollars and euros) and equity offerings, as well as term loans and other bank debt.
Our cash resources can be used for working capital needs and other commitments and may be used for future investments.
Cash Requirements and Liquidity
As of December 31, 2025, we had (i) $155.3 million of cash and cash equivalents, (ii) $80.9 million of funds that are held by an intermediary and have been designated for future 1031 Exchange transactions (Note 2), (iii) approximately $1.6 billion of available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $1.1 million), and (iv) available proceeds under our ATM Forwards of approximately $412.2 million (Note 13). As of December 31, 2025, scheduled debt principal payments total $979.8 million during 2026 and $597.9 million during 2027 (Note 11).
During the next 12 months following December 31, 2025 and thereafter, we expect that our significant cash requirements will include:
•paying dividends to our stockholders;
•funding acquisitions of new investments (Note 5);
•funding future capital commitments (Note 5) and tenant improvement allowances;
•making scheduled principal and balloon payments on our debt obligations, including €500 million of senior notes due in April 2026 and $350 million of senior notes due in October 2026 (Note 11);
•making scheduled interest payments on our debt obligations (future interest payments total $1.3 billion, with $270.7 million due during the next 12 months; interest on unhedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual variable interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2025); and
•other normal recurring operating expenses.
We expect to fund these cash requirements through cash generated from operations, cash received from dispositions of properties, the use of our cash reserves or unused amounts on our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (as described above), proceeds from term loans or other bank debt, issuances and settlements of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 13), and potential issuances of additional debt or equity securities.
Our liquidity could be adversely affected by an unanticipated disruption to our operating cash flow, which could include interrupted rent collections or greater-than-anticipated operating expenses. To the extent that our working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, mortgage loan proceeds, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities to meet these needs.
Certain amounts disclosed above are based on the applicable foreign currency exchange rate at December 31, 2025.
New Tax Legislation
Effective July 4, 2025, certain changes to U.S. tax law were approved that may impact us and our stockholders. Among other changes, this legislation (i) permanently extended the 20% deduction for “qualified REIT dividends” for individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers under Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) increased the percentage limit under the REIT asset test applicable to TRSs from 20% to 25% for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and (iii) increased the base on which the 30% interest deduction limit under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code applies by excluding depreciation, amortization, and depletion from the definition of “adjusted taxable income” (i.e. based on EBITDA rather than EBIT) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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Environmental Obligations
In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we have required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that these properties were in substantial compliance with federal, state, and foreign environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills, or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. We believe that the ultimate resolution of any environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations. We record environmental obligations within Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of potential environmental risks.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Below is a summary of certain critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Please also refer to our accounting policies described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Note 2.
Accounting for Acquisitions
In accordance with the guidance for business combinations and asset acquisitions, we recognize the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquired entity. When we acquire properties with leases classified as operating leases, we allocate the purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values.
The tangible assets consist of land, buildings, and site improvements. The intangible assets and liabilities include the above- and below-market value of leases and the in-place leases, which includes the value of tenant relationships. The recorded allocations of tangible and intangible assets incorporate discount rates, capitalization rates, interest rates, market rents, leasing commissions, and certain other assumptions and estimates. We use considerable judgment in developing such assumptions and estimates, and significant increases or decreases in these key assumptions and estimates would result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement of the real estate assets being acquired.
Impairments of Real Estate
For real estate assets held for investment and related intangible assets in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether an asset is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the property’s asset group to the estimated future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the property’s asset group will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property’s asset group. The undiscounted cash flow analysis requires us to make our best estimate of market rents, residual values, and holding periods. We estimate market rents and residual values using market information from outside sources such as third-party market research, external appraisals, broker quotes, or recent comparable sales.
As our investment objective is to hold properties on a long-term basis, holding periods used in the undiscounted cash flow analysis are generally ten years, but may be less if our intent is to hold a property for less than ten years. Depending on the assumptions made and estimates used, the future cash flow projected in the evaluation of long-lived assets and associated intangible assets can vary within a range of outcomes. We consider the likelihood of possible outcomes in determining our estimate of future cash flows and, if warranted, we apply a probability-weighted method to the different possible scenarios. If the future net undiscounted cash flow of the property’s asset group is less than the carrying value, the carrying value of the property’s asset group is considered not recoverable. We then measure the impairment loss as the excess of the carrying value of the property’s asset group over its estimated fair value.
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Supplemental Financial Measures
In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP supplemental financial measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we use Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and AFFO, which are non-GAAP measures defined by our management. We believe that these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of FFO and AFFO and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.
Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a non-GAAP measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure, when used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP, to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental non-GAAP measure. FFO is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in December 2018. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from the sale of certain real estate, impairment charges on real estate or other assets incidental to the company’s main business, gains or losses on changes in control of interests in real estate, and depreciation and amortization from real estate assets; and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.
We also modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to adjust GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, such as amortization of real estate-related intangibles, deferred income tax benefits and expenses, straight-line rent and related reserves, other non-cash rent adjustments, non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases, stock-based compensation, non-cash environmental accretion expense, amortization of discounts and premiums on debt, and amortization of deferred financing costs. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. Additionally, we exclude non-core income and expenses, such as gains or losses from extinguishment of debt, gains or losses on the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, merger and acquisition expenses, spin-off expenses, and income and expenses associated with our captive insurance company. We also exclude realized and unrealized gains/losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (other than those realized on the settlement of foreign currency derivatives), which are not considered fundamental attributes of our business plan and do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO. We exclude these items from GAAP net income to arrive at AFFO because they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process and excluding these items provides investors with a view of our portfolio performance over time and makes it more comparable to other REITs. AFFO also reflects adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. We use AFFO as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals, evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies, and determine executive compensation.
We believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider because we believe it will help them better assess the sustainability of our operating performance without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations. However, there are limits on the usefulness of AFFO to investors. For example, impairment charges and unrealized foreign currency exchange rate losses that we exclude may become actual realized losses upon the ultimate disposition of the properties in the form of lower cash proceeds or other considerations. We use our FFO and AFFO measures as supplemental financial measures of operating performance. We do not use our FFO and AFFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net income computed under GAAP, alternatives to net cash provided by operating activities computed under GAAP, or indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
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FFO and AFFO were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 466,359 | $ | 460,839 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 518,414 | 485,088 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net | (193,793) | (74,822) | ||||
| Impairment charges — real estate | 70,367 | 43,595 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (a) | — | (31,849) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (b) | 8,400 | 11,871 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (c) (d) | 5,716 | (379) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 409,104 | 433,504 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | 875,463 | 894,343 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Other (gains) and losses (e) | 232,107 | 137,988 | ||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments | (75,589) | (80,899) | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 39,894 | 40,894 | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 19,172 | 18,845 | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 11,488 | 26,144 | ||||
| Tax benefit — deferred and other | (10,885) | (4,245) | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 2,315 | 2,303 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (f) | 2,247 | 4,457 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (b) | 2,374 | (3,531) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (c) | (343) | (354) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 222,780 | 141,602 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,098,243 | $ | 1,035,945 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 875,463 | $ | 894,343 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,098,243 | $ | 1,035,945 |
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(a)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 represents a gain recognized on the remaining interest in an investment acquired during the third quarter of 2024, which we had previously accounted for under the equity method (Note 8).
(b)Equity income, including amounts that are not typically recognized for FFO and AFFO, is recognized within Earnings from equity method investments on the consolidated statements of income. This represents adjustments to equity income to reflect FFO and AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(c)Adjustments disclosed elsewhere in this reconciliation are on a consolidated basis. This adjustment reflects our FFO or AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(d)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2025 includes a noncontrolling interest’s $6.0 million share of a gain on sale of real estate (Note 16).
(e)Primarily comprised of gains and losses on the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, foreign currency exchange rate movements, changes in the non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases, and extinguishment of debt. Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 include mark-to-market unrealized losses for our investment in shares of Lineage of $103.4 million and $134.0 million, respectively (Note 9).
(f)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 is primarily comprised of the write-off of a value added tax receivable that was previously recorded in connection with an international investment.
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While we believe that FFO and AFFO are important supplemental measures, they should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indication of a company’s operating performance. These non-GAAP measures should be used in conjunction with net income as defined by GAAP. FFO and AFFO, or similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs, may not be comparable to our FFO and AFFO measures.
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MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001025378-25-000031.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. This item also provides our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report and the matters described under Item 1A. Risk Factors. Please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 for discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022. Refer to Item 1. Business for a description of our business.
Financial Highlights
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we completed the following (as further described in the consolidated financial statements):
Real Estate
Investments
•We acquired 29 investments totaling $1.4 billion (Note 6).
•We completed five construction projects at a cost totaling $87.0 million (Note 6).
•We funded approximately $16.3 million for a construction loan to build a retail complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the year ended December 31, 2024. Through December 31, 2024, we have funded $247.7 million (Note 9).
•We entered into agreements to fund construction loans for projects in Las Vegas, Nevada, and funded $31.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 (Note 7).
•We committed to fund four construction projects totaling $95.8 million. We currently expect to complete the projects in 2025 and 2026 (Note 6).
•We acquired the remaining 10.0% controlling interest in a jointly owned investment for $10.5 million, bringing our ownership interest to 100%. In addition, we converted the nine self-storage properties that comprised this investment from operating properties to net leases, as described below under Leasing Transactions (Note 9).
Dispositions
•We disposed of 176 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $1.2 billion, including (i) our portfolio of 78 U-Haul properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $464.1 million, (ii) 78 properties sold under the Office Sale Program for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $524.8 million, and (iii) 20 additional properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $227.4 million (Note 14).
Leasing Transactions
•On September 1, 2024, we entered into net lease agreements with Extra Space Storage, Inc. (“Extra Space”) for certain self-storage properties previously classified as operating properties. As a result, on September 1, 2024, we converted 12 self-storage operating properties to net leases (Note 6, Note 9). In connection with these agreements, we also amended the terms of the existing net lease agreements with Extra Space on 27 properties, extending the term to 25 years and resetting ABR higher to a total of $26.2 million commencing on September 1, 2024. As a result of these transactions, Extra Space became our largest tenant by ABR, with 39 properties under net leases generating ABR totaling $35.6 million.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 24 |
Financing and Capital Markets Transactions
•In April 2024, we repaid our $500 million of 4.6% Senior Notes due 2024 at maturity (Note 12).
•On May 16, 2024, we completed an underwritten public offering of €650.0 million of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2032, at a price of 99.526% of par value. These 4.25% Senior Notes due 2032 had an initial 8.2-year term and are scheduled to mature on July 23, 2032 (Note 12).
•On June 28, 2024, we completed an underwritten public offering of $400.0 million of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2034, at a price of 98.843% of par value. These 5.375% Senior Notes due 2034 had an initial 10.0-year term and are scheduled to mature on June 30, 2034 (Note 12).
•In July 2024, we repaid our €500 million of 2.25% Senior Notes due 2024 at maturity (Note 12).
•In September 2024, we executed an amendment to our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility to incorporate a sustainability-linked feature that provides for interest rate and facility fee adjustments if certain key performance indicators, primarily related to emissions reduction targets, are met.
•On November 19, 2024, we completed an underwritten public offering of €600.0 million of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2034 at a price of 98.880% of par value. These 3.700% Senior Notes due 2034 had an initial 10.0-year term and are scheduled to mature on November 19, 2034 (Note 12).
•We repaid non-recourse mortgage debt outstanding totaling $215.1 million with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.5% (Note 12).
Dividends to Stockholders
We declared cash dividends totaling $3.490 per share, comprised of four quarterly dividends per share of $0.865, $0.870, $0.875, and $0.880.
Consolidated Results
(in thousands, except shares)
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Total revenues | $ | 1,583,018 | $ | 1,741,358 | ||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | 460,839 | 708,334 | ||||
| Dividends declared | 770,426 | 880,605 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities (a) | 1,833,112 | 1,073,432 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (1,133,892) | (905,883) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (688,468) | 292,562 | ||||
| Supplemental financial measures (b): | ||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) | 1,035,945 | 1,118,267 | ||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 220,520,457 | 215,760,496 |
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(a)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes $806.8 million of proceeds from the sales of net investments in sales-type leases (U-Haul and State of Andalusia portfolios) (Note 7). Such proceeds are included within Net cash provided by operating activities in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, Leases.
(b)We consider Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a supplemental measure that is not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (a “non-GAAP measure”), to be an important measure in the evaluation of our operating performance. See Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.
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Revenues
Total revenues decreased in 2024 as compared to 2023, primarily due to lower lease revenues (substantially as a result of the Spin-Off and the Office Sale Program (Note 1)) and lower operating property revenues (substantially as a result of dispositions of hotel operating properties) (Note 6).
Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey
Net income attributable to W. P. Carey decreased in 2024 as compared to 2023, primarily due to lower gain on sale of real estate, non-cash unrealized losses recognized on our investment in shares of Lineage (a cold storage REIT) during 2024 (Note 10), and the impact of the Spin-Off and the Office Sale Program, partially offset by lower impairment charges and a gain on change in control of interests recognized in connection with the purchase of the remaining interest in a jointly owned investment during 2024 (Note 9).
AFFO
AFFO decreased in 2024 as compared to 2023, primarily due to the impact of the Spin-Off and Office Sale Program.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 26 |
Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio is comprised of operationally-critical, commercial real estate assets net leased to tenants located primarily in the United States and Northern and Western Europe. We invest in high-quality single tenant industrial, warehouse, and retail properties subject to long-term net leases with built-in rent escalators. Portfolio information is provided on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise noted below, to better illustrate the economic impact of our various net-leased jointly owned investments. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts.
Portfolio Summary
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net-leased Properties | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
| ABR (in thousands) | $ | 1,337,172 | $ | 1,339,352 | ||
| Number of net-leased properties | 1,555 | 1,424 | ||||
| Number of tenants | 355 | 336 | ||||
| Total square footage (in thousands) | 176,420 | 172,668 | ||||
| Occupancy | 98.6 | % | 98.1 | % | ||
| Weighted-average lease term (in years) | 12.3 | 11.7 | ||||
| Operating Properties | ||||||
| Number of operating properties: | 84 | 96 | ||||
| Number of self-storage operating properties (a) | 78 | 89 | ||||
| Number of hotel operating properties (b) | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Number of student housing operating properties | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Occupancy (self-storage operating properties) | 89.6 | % | 90.3 | % | ||
| Number of countries | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Total assets (in thousands) | $ | 17,535,024 | $ | 17,976,783 | ||
| Net investments in real estate (in thousands) | 14,580,475 | 14,913,899 |
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Acquisition volume (in millions) (c) | $ | 1,477.0 | $ | 1,264.2 | ||
| Construction projects completed (in millions) | 87.0 | 60.7 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate | 1.0820 | 1.0813 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/British pound sterling exchange rate | 1.2781 | 1.2433 |
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(a)During the third quarter of 2024, we entered into net lease agreements for certain self-storage properties previously classified as operating properties. As a result, during the third quarter of 2024, we reclassified 12 self-storage properties from operating properties to net leases (Note 6, Note 9). In addition, we acquired one self-storage operating property during 2024 (Note 6).
(b)We sold one hotel operating property during 2024 (Note 6, Note 17).
(c)Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 include $16.3 million and $38.2 million, respectively, of funding for a construction loan accounted for as an equity method investment (Note 9). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes $238.6 million of sale-leasebacks classified as loans receivable (Note 7). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes $31.9 million of funding for two construction loans accounted for as secured loans receivable (Note 7). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes the purchase of the remaining interest in a jointly owned investment for $10.5 million (Note 9).
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 27 |
Net-Leased Portfolio
The tables below represent information about our net-leased portfolio at December 31, 2024 on a pro rata basis and, accordingly, exclude all operating properties. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts and ABR.
Top Ten Tenants by ABR
(dollars in thousands)
| Tenant/Lease Guarantor | Description | Number of Properties | ABR | ABR Percent | Weighted-Average Lease Term (Years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Space Storage, Inc. | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. leased to publicly traded self-storage REIT | 39 | $ | 35,557 | 2.7 | % | 24.7 | |||||||
| Apotex Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. (a) | Pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing properties in the Greater Toronto Area leased to generic drug manufacturer | 11 | 32,473 | 2.4 | % | 18.2 | ||||||||
| Metro Cash & Carry Italia S.p.A. (b) | Business-to-business retail stores in Italy leased to cash and carry wholesaler | 19 | 27,045 | 2.0 | % | 3.8 | ||||||||
| ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. (a) (c) | Automotive parts manufacturing properties in the U.S., Canada and Mexico leased to OEM supplier | 23 | 24,978 | 1.9 | % | 18.3 | ||||||||
| Hellweg Die Profi-Baumärkte GmbH & Co. KG (b) (d) | Retail properties in Germany leased to German DIY retailer | 35 | 24,555 | 1.8 | % | 19.2 | ||||||||
| Fortenova Grupa d.d. (b) | Grocery stores and one warehouse in Croatia leased to European food retailer | 19 | 23,861 | 1.8 | % | 9.3 | ||||||||
| OBI Group (b) | Retail properties in Poland leased to German DIY retailer | 26 | 23,749 | 1.8 | % | 6.4 | ||||||||
| Nord Anglia Education, Inc. | K-12 private schools in Orlando, Miami and Houston leased to international day and boarding school operator | 3 | 22,963 | 1.7 | % | 18.7 | ||||||||
| Fedrigoni S.p.A (b) | Industrial and warehouse facilities in Germany, Italy and Spain leased to global manufacturer of premium packaging and labels | 16 | 22,190 | 1.7 | % | 18.9 | ||||||||
| Eroski Sociedad Cooperativa (b) | Grocery stores and warehouses in Spain leased to Spanish food retailer | 63 | 20,716 | 1.5 | % | 11.2 | ||||||||
| Total | 254 | $ | 258,087 | 19.3 | % | 15.3 |
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(a)ABR from these properties is denominated in U.S. dollars.
(b)ABR amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
(c)Of the 23 properties leased to ABC Technologies Holdings Inc., nine are located in Canada, eight are located in the United States, and six are located in Mexico.
(d)During the first quarter of 2024, we entered into a lease restructuring with Hellweg Die Profi-Baumärkte GmbH & Co. KG (“Hellweg”), which included (i) abated rent from January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024, (ii) a €4.0 million reduction in annual base rent, and (iii) a seven-year lease extension, with a new lease maturity of February 2044.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 28 |
Portfolio Diversification by Geography
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Region | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||||||
| Midwest | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | $ | 63,397 | 4.7 | % | 9,945 | 5.6 | % | ||||||
| Ohio | 42,184 | 3.2 | % | 8,375 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Indiana | 36,337 | 2.7 | % | 6,107 | 3.5 | % | |||||||
| Michigan | 25,466 | 1.9 | % | 4,600 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 19,437 | 1.5 | % | 3,340 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 50,953 | 3.8 | % | 7,227 | 4.1 | % | |||||||
| Total Midwest | 237,774 | 17.8 | % | 39,594 | 22.5 | % | |||||||
| East | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 41,271 | 3.1 | % | 8,783 | 5.0 | % | |||||||
| Pennsylvania | 32,182 | 2.4 | % | 3,416 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| South Carolina | 22,902 | 1.7 | % | 5,307 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Kentucky | 22,553 | 1.7 | % | 4,485 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| New York | 21,944 | 1.7 | % | 2,284 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| New Jersey | 18,711 | 1.4 | % | 954 | 0.5 | % | |||||||
| Massachusetts | 16,584 | 1.2 | % | 1,188 | 0.7 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 33,821 | 2.5 | % | 5,157 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Total East | 209,968 | 15.7 | % | 31,574 | 17.9 | % | |||||||
| South | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 81,425 | 6.1 | % | 10,438 | 5.9 | % | |||||||
| Florida | 38,690 | 2.9 | % | 3,295 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Georgia | 24,436 | 1.8 | % | 4,293 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Tennessee | 24,334 | 1.8 | % | 4,004 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Alabama | 23,269 | 1.7 | % | 3,430 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 17,770 | 1.3 | % | 2,422 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Total South | 209,924 | 15.6 | % | 27,882 | 15.8 | % | |||||||
| West | |||||||||||||
| California | 62,270 | 4.7 | % | 5,463 | 3.1 | % | |||||||
| Arizona | 21,005 | 1.6 | % | 2,269 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| Utah | 14,542 | 1.1 | % | 2,021 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 57,617 | 4.3 | % | 5,105 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Total West | 155,434 | 11.7 | % | 14,858 | 8.4 | % | |||||||
| United States Total | 813,100 | 60.8 | % | 113,908 | 64.6 | % | |||||||
| International | |||||||||||||
| The Netherlands | 60,091 | 4.5 | % | 7,054 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Poland | 59,110 | 4.4 | % | 8,455 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Italy | 57,179 | 4.3 | % | 8,183 | 4.6 | % | |||||||
| Canada (c) | 54,697 | 4.1 | % | 5,450 | 3.1 | % | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 49,882 | 3.7 | % | 4,505 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Germany | 49,013 | 3.7 | % | 5,840 | 3.3 | % | |||||||
| Spain | 34,383 | 2.6 | % | 3,073 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Croatia | 24,665 | 1.8 | % | 2,063 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Denmark | 24,060 | 1.8 | % | 3,002 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| France | 21,725 | 1.6 | % | 1,679 | 1.0 | % | |||||||
| Mexico (d) | 21,716 | 1.6 | % | 3,604 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (e) | 67,551 | 5.1 | % | 9,604 | 5.4 | % | |||||||
| International Total | 524,072 | 39.2 | % | 62,512 | 35.4 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,337,172 | 100.0 | % | 176,420 | 100.0 | % |
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 29 |
Portfolio Diversification by Property Type
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Property Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | $ | 484,660 | 36.2 | % | 75,903 | 43.0 | % | ||||||
| Warehouse | 366,555 | 27.4 | % | 66,670 | 37.8 | % | |||||||
| Retail (f) | 292,425 | 21.9 | % | 22,527 | 12.8 | % | |||||||
| Other (g) | 193,532 | 14.5 | % | 11,320 | 6.4 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,337,172 | 100.0 | % | 176,420 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes square footage for any vacant properties.
(b)Other properties within Midwest include assets in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Other properties within East include assets in Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland, West Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine. Other properties within South include assets in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Other properties within West include assets in Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Hawaii, Idaho, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
(c)$49.5 million (90.5%) of ABR from properties in Canada is denominated in U.S. dollars, with the balance denominated in Canadian dollars.
(d)All ABR from properties in Mexico is denominated in U.S. dollars.
(e)Includes assets in Lithuania, Belgium, Hungary, Norway, Mauritius, Slovakia, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Latvia, Japan, Finland, and Estonia.
(f)Includes automotive dealerships.
(g)Includes ABR from tenants with the following property types: education facility, self-storage (net lease), specialty, laboratory, office, research and development, hotel (net lease), and land.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 30 |
Portfolio Diversification by Tenant Industry
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Industry Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Stores (a) | $ | 298,058 | 22.3 | % | 34,225 | 19.4 | % | ||||||
| Consumer Services | 121,466 | 9.1 | % | 6,978 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Beverage and Food | 112,918 | 8.4 | % | 15,539 | 8.8 | % | |||||||
| Automotive | 92,184 | 6.9 | % | 13,845 | 7.8 | % | |||||||
| Grocery | 82,197 | 6.1 | % | 7,534 | 4.3 | % | |||||||
| Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals | 71,688 | 5.4 | % | 6,549 | 3.7 | % | |||||||
| Durable Consumer Goods | 65,600 | 4.9 | % | 14,408 | 8.2 | % | |||||||
| Containers, Packaging, and Glass | 58,083 | 4.3 | % | 9,967 | 5.7 | % | |||||||
| Capital Equipment | 55,544 | 4.2 | % | 9,534 | 5.4 | % | |||||||
| Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber | 46,756 | 3.5 | % | 8,083 | 4.6 | % | |||||||
| Cargo Transportation | 45,223 | 3.4 | % | 7,659 | 4.3 | % | |||||||
| Construction and Building | 45,219 | 3.4 | % | 8,262 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Hotel and Leisure | 40,904 | 3.1 | % | 2,084 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Non-Durable Consumer Goods | 39,051 | 2.9 | % | 8,139 | 4.6 | % | |||||||
| High Tech Industries | 35,963 | 2.7 | % | 5,542 | 3.1 | % | |||||||
| Business Services | 31,795 | 2.4 | % | 3,415 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Metals | 24,677 | 1.8 | % | 4,565 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Wholesale | 17,124 | 1.3 | % | 2,994 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 52,722 | 3.9 | % | 7,098 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,337,172 | 100.0 | % | 176,420 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes automotive dealerships.
(b)Includes ABR from tenants in the following industries: aerospace and defense, insurance, telecommunications, sovereign and public finance, environmental industries, media: advertising, printing, and publishing, oil and gas, consumer transportation, forest products and paper, banking, and electricity. Also includes square footage for vacant properties.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 31 |
Lease Expirations
(dollars and square footage in thousands)
| Year of Lease Expiration (a) | Number of Leases Expiring | Number of Tenants with Leases Expiring | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 17 | $ | 24,162 | 1.8 | % | 3,734 | 2.1 | % | ||||||||||
| 2026 | 34 | 25 | 53,964 | 4.0 | % | 7,893 | 4.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2027 | 44 | 27 | 63,867 | 4.8 | % | 7,303 | 4.1 | % | |||||||||||
| 2028 | 41 | 25 | 53,839 | 4.0 | % | 4,465 | 2.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2029 | 62 | 35 | 76,122 | 5.7 | % | 9,451 | 5.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2030 | 36 | 31 | 38,852 | 2.9 | % | 4,227 | 2.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2031 | 40 | 23 | 73,370 | 5.5 | % | 9,095 | 5.2 | % | |||||||||||
| 2032 | 37 | 20 | 36,448 | 2.7 | % | 5,326 | 3.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2033 | 29 | 22 | 77,058 | 5.8 | % | 11,776 | 6.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2034 | 56 | 24 | 82,731 | 6.2 | % | 9,436 | 5.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2035 | 21 | 17 | 38,156 | 2.9 | % | 6,706 | 3.8 | % | |||||||||||
| 2036 | 45 | 19 | 76,117 | 5.7 | % | 11,007 | 6.2 | % | |||||||||||
| 2037 | 39 | 17 | 35,153 | 2.6 | % | 6,454 | 3.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2038 | 48 | 15 | 26,365 | 2.0 | % | 2,812 | 1.6 | % | |||||||||||
| Thereafter (2038) | 345 | 118 | 580,968 | 43.4 | % | 74,250 | 42.1 | % | |||||||||||
| Vacant | — | — | — | — | % | 2,485 | 1.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Total | 899 | $ | 1,337,172 | 100.0 | % | 176,420 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Assumes tenants do not exercise any renewal options or purchase options.
Terms and Definitions
Pro Rata Metrics — The portfolio information above contains certain metrics prepared on a pro rata basis. We refer to these metrics as pro rata metrics. We have certain investments in which our economic ownership is less than 100%. On a full consolidation basis, we report 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of those investments that are deemed to be under our control or for which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary, even if our ownership is less than 100%. Also, for all other jointly owned investments, which we do not control, we report our net investment and our net income or loss from that investment. On a pro rata basis, we generally present our proportionate share, based on our economic ownership of these jointly owned investments, of the portfolio metrics of those investments. Multiplying each of our jointly owned investments’ financial statement line items by our percentage ownership and adding or subtracting those amounts from our totals, as applicable, may not accurately depict the legal and economic implications of holding an ownership interest of less than 100% in our jointly owned investments.
ABR — ABR represents contractual minimum annualized base rent for our net-leased properties and reflects exchange rates as of December 31, 2024. If there is a rent abatement, we annualize the first monthly contractual base rent following the free rent period. ABR is not applicable to operating properties and is presented on a pro rata basis.
Results of Operations
Effective January 1, 2024, we no longer separately analyze our business between real estate operations and investment management operations, and instead view the business as one reportable segment. As a result of this change, we have conformed prior period segment information to reflect how we currently view our business (Note 1).
We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality, and number of our properties. We focus our efforts on accretive investing and improving portfolio quality through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals, or selectively selling assets in order to increase value in our real estate portfolio.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 32 |
Revenues
The following table presents revenues (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||
| Real Estate Revenues | ||||||||||
| Lease revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Existing net-leased properties | $ | 1,164,619 | $ | 1,129,414 | $ | 35,205 | ||||
| Recently acquired net-leased properties | 152,243 | 65,201 | 87,042 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases | 14,926 | 232,761 | (217,835) | |||||||
| Total lease revenues (including reimbursable tenant costs) | 1,331,788 | 1,427,376 | (95,588) | |||||||
| Income from finance leases and loans receivable | 73,262 | 107,173 | (33,911) | |||||||
| Operating property revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Existing operating properties | 111,170 | 111,545 | (375) | |||||||
| Operating properties recently reclassified from net-leased properties or recently acquired | 29,696 | 24,690 | 5,006 | |||||||
| Operating properties sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to net-leased properties | 5,947 | 44,022 | (38,075) | |||||||
| Total operating property revenues | 146,813 | 180,257 | (33,444) | |||||||
| Other lease-related income | 20,334 | 23,333 | (2,999) | |||||||
| Investment Management Revenues | ||||||||||
| Asset management revenue | 6,597 | 2,184 | 4,413 | |||||||
| Other advisory income and reimbursements | 4,224 | 1,035 | 3,189 | |||||||
| $ | 1,583,018 | $ | 1,741,358 | $ | (158,340) |
Lease Revenues
“Existing net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2023 and that were not sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases during the periods presented. For the periods presented, there were 1,104 existing net-leased properties, including 12 self-storage properties that converted from operating properties to net leases during the third quarter of 2024 (Note 6, Note 9).
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For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, lease revenues from existing net-leased properties increased due to the following items (in millions):
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(a)Excludes fixed minimum rent increases, which are reflected as straight-line rent adjustments within lease revenues.
(b)During the first quarter of 2024, we entered into a lease restructuring with our tenant Hellweg, which included (i) abated rent from January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024, (ii) a reduction in annual base rent, and (iii) the reclassification of 13 properties leased to this tenant from direct financing leases to operating leases (Note 7).
(c)Includes (i) lease revenues of $3.5 million from 12 self-storage operating properties that were converted to net leases on September 1, 2024 (Note 6, Note 9) and (ii) an increase in lease revenues of $1.5 million as a result of a lease restructuring for 27 existing net-leased self-storage properties that was executed on September 1, 2024.
“Recently acquired net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service subsequent to December 31, 2022 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. Since January 1, 2023, we acquired 37 investments (comprised of 342 properties).
“Net-leased properties sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases” include:
•175 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2024;
•23 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2023;
•a portfolio of 12 net-leased hotel properties that converted to operating properties in the first quarter of 2023 upon expiration of the master lease with the Marriott Corporation, after which we began recognizing operating property revenues and expenses from these properties (eight of these properties were sold during the third and fourth quarters of 2023 and one property was sold during the second quarter of 2024);
•two net-leased properties that were reclassified to net investments in sales-type leases in the third quarter of 2024, since we agreed to sell the properties to the tenant, resulting in a lease modification; following this transaction, we began recognizing earnings from these properties within Income from finance leases and loans receivable in the consolidated financial statements (these properties were sold in January 2025 (Note 19)); and
•59 net-leased properties derecognized in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 3).
Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 17.
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Income from Finance Leases and Loans Receivable
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, income from finance leases and loans receivable decreased due to the following items (in millions):
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(a)We sold our U-Haul and State of Andalusia portfolios during the first quarter of 2024. Such investments were previously reclassified to net investments in sales-type leases during 2023 (Note 7).
(b)Amount is primarily related to a lease restructuring we entered into with our tenant Hellweg during the first quarter of 2024, which resulted in the reclassification of 13 properties leased to this tenant from direct financing leases to operating leases (Note 7).
(c)Represents interest income from a secured loan receivable of $15.0 million that we provided in connection with a property disposition in June 2024, which was repaid in full in September 2024 (Note 7).
Operating Property Revenues and Expenses
“Existing operating properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2023 and that were not sold, held for sale, or reclassified to net-leased properties during the periods presented. For the periods presented, we recorded operating property revenues from 75 existing operating properties, comprised of 72 self-storage operating properties, two student housing operating properties, and one hotel operating property.
“Operating properties recently reclassified from net-leased properties or recently acquired” include (i) three net-leased hotel properties that converted to operating properties in the first quarter of 2023 (after which we began recognizing operating property revenues and expenses from these properties), (ii) five self-storage operating properties acquired during 2023, and (iii) one self-storage operating property acquired during 2024 (Note 6).
“Operating properties sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to net-leased properties” are comprised of (i) nine hotel operating properties sold during 2023 and 2024, (ii) a parking garage attached to a net-leased property that was derecognized in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 3), and (iii) three self-storage operating properties that were reclassified to net-leased properties during 2024 (Note 6).
Other Lease-Related Income
Other lease-related income is described in Note 6.
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Asset Management Revenue
During the periods presented, we earned asset management revenue from (i) NLOP (upon closing of the Spin-Off on November 1, 2023) and (ii) Carey European Student Housing Fund I, L.P. (“CESH”) (Note 5). Asset management revenues from NLOP and CESH are expected to decline as assets are sold (CESH owns one remaining build-to-suit project).
Other Advisory Income and Reimbursements
Other advisory income and reimbursements are comprised of (i) fixed administrative fees earned from NLOP (upon closing of the Spin-Off on November 1, 2023) and (ii) reimbursable costs from CESH (Note 5).
Operating Expenses
Depreciation and Amortization
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, depreciation and amortization expense decreased primarily due to the impact of the Spin-Off (Note 3), the Office Sale Program, and other dispositions, partially offset by the impact of property acquisition activity and certain tenant vacancies (amortization of intangible assets for such properties was accelerated upon vacancy).
General and Administrative
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, general and administrative expenses increased by $2.6 million, primarily due to higher compensation expense and employee benefits expense.
Property Expenses, Excluding Reimbursable Tenant Costs
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, increased by $5.2 million, primarily due to the release of real estate taxes accrued for a cash basis tenant during 2023. The tenant was previously not current on real estate taxes due, and repaid the outstanding amount in the second quarter of 2023.
Impairment Charges — Real Estate
Our impairment charges on real estate are described in Note 10.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
For a description of our equity plans and awards, please see Note 15.
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, stock-based compensation expense increased by $6.4 million, primarily due to (i) changes in projected performance share units (“PSUs”) payouts of $4.4 million, (ii) the modification of restricted share units (“RSUs”) and PSUs in connection with an executive departure totaling $1.1 million, and (iii) the higher value of RSUs granted in 2024 compared to those RSUs that vested in 2024 totaling $1.0 million.
Merger and Other Expenses
For the year ended December 31, 2024, merger and other expenses are primarily comprised of the write-off of a value added tax receivable that was previously recorded in connection with an international investment.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, merger and other expenses are primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the Spin-Off, which was completed in November 2023 (Note 3).
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Other Income and Expenses, and Provision for Income Taxes
Interest Expense
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, interest expense decreased by $14.5 million, primarily due to (i) lower outstanding balances on our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, (ii) the reduction of our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at or close to maturity a total of $583.0 million of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.7% since January 1, 2023, and (iii) the derecognition of non-recourse mortgage loans with an aggregate carrying value totaling $164.7 million in connection with the Spin-Off on November 1, 2023, partially offset by (i) our Unsecured Term Loan due 2026 that we entered into in April 2023 (Note 12) and (ii) higher outstanding balances and interest rates on our Senior Unsecured Notes.
The following table presents certain information about our outstanding debt (dollars in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Average outstanding debt balance | $ | 7,948,034 | $ | 8,404,466 | ||
| Weighted-average interest rate | 3.2 | % | 3.2 | % |
Other Gains and (Losses)
Other gains and (losses) primarily consists of gains and losses on (i) the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, (ii) extinguishment of debt, (iii) foreign currency exchange rate movements (except those foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt instruments that were designated as net investment hedges (Note 11)), and (iv) changes in the non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases. The timing and amount of such gains or losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation.
The following table presents other gains and (losses) (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||
| Other Gains and (Losses) | ||||||||||
| Non-cash unrealized losses related to a decrease in the fair value of our investment in shares of Lineage (Note 10) | $ | (134,002) | $ | — | $ | (134,002) | ||||
| Change in allowance for credit losses on finance receivables (Note 7) (a) | (27,629) | (29,074) | 1,445 | |||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency exchange rate movements (b) | 11,491 | (5,454) | 16,945 | |||||||
| Gain on repayment of secured loan receivable (c) | 10,650 | — | 10,650 | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains (losses) on non-hedging derivatives | 1,913 | (3,918) | 5,831 | |||||||
| (Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt | (205) | 2,940 | (3,145) | |||||||
| Other | (206) | (678) | 472 | |||||||
| $ | (137,988) | $ | (36,184) | $ | (101,804) |
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(a)As a result of the declining financial position of one of our top ten tenants, we recognized a $28.8 million non-cash allowance for credit loss during the year ended December 31, 2023, based on our expectation of collecting lower rents going forward.
(b)Remeasurement of certain monetary assets and liabilities that are held by our subsidiaries in currencies other than their functional currency are included in other gains and (losses). This includes foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans to our foreign subsidiaries that are scheduled for settlement. Beginning in the first quarter of 2023, our intercompany loans subject to remeasurement were hedged by certain of our foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt that we de-designated as net investment hedges.
(c)We acquired a secured loan receivable with a fair value of $13.3 million in our merger with a former affiliate, Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, in October 2018, for which the outstanding principal of $24.0 million was fully repaid to us in March 2024 (Note 7). Therefore, we recorded a $10.7 million gain on repayment of this secured loan receivable during the year ended December 31, 2024.
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Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net
Gain on sale of real estate, net, consists of gains and losses on the sale of properties that were (i) disposed of, (ii) subject to the exercise of a purchase option, (iii) subject to a purchase agreement resulting in a lease modification during the reporting period or (iv) included in assets held for sale and subject to a revised estimated purchase price during the reporting period, as more fully described in Note 6, Note 7, and Note 17.
Non-Operating Income
Non-operating income primarily consists of interest income on our cash deposits, realized gains and losses on derivative instruments, and dividends from equity securities.
The following table presents non-operating income (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||
| Non-Operating Income | ||||||||||
| Interest income on our cash deposits (a) | $ | 31,816 | $ | 6,957 | $ | 24,859 | ||||
| Realized gains on foreign currency collars (Note 11) | 12,521 | 14,485 | (1,964) | |||||||
| Dividends from our investment in Lineage (Note 10) | 7,899 | — | 7,899 | |||||||
| $ | 52,236 | $ | 21,442 | $ | 30,794 |
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(a)Increase for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023 is due to higher cash deposit balances as a result of proceeds from issuances of Senior Unsecured Notes (Note 12), the Spin-Off, the Office Sale Program, and other dispositions.
Gain on Change in Control of Interests
On September 1, 2024, we acquired the remaining interest in an investment in which we already had a joint interest and accounted for under the equity method. Due to the change in control of this jointly owned investment, we recorded a gain on change in control of interests of $31.8 million reflecting the difference between our carrying value and the fair value of our previously held equity interest. Subsequent to this acquisition, we consolidated this wholly owned investment (Note 9).
Earnings from Equity Method Investments
Our equity method investments are more fully described in Note 9. The following table presents earnings from equity method investments (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||
| Earnings from Equity Method Investments | ||||||||||
| Earnings from Las Vegas Retail Complex | $ | 13,168 | $ | 12,763 | $ | 405 | ||||
| Earnings from Johnson Self Storage (a) | 3,217 | 4,572 | (1,355) | |||||||
| Earnings from Harmon Retail Center | 855 | 855 | — | |||||||
| Earnings from Kesko Senukai (b) | 686 | 1,385 | (699) | |||||||
| $ | 17,926 | $ | 19,575 | $ | (1,649) |
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(a)On September 1, 2024, we acquired the remaining 10% controlling interest in the Johnson Self Storage jointly owned investment, bringing our ownership interest to 100%. Following this acquisition, we no longer recognize equity income from this consolidated investment (Note 9).
(b)Decrease is due to higher interest expense as a result of refinancing the non-recourse mortgage loan encumbering the properties during the second quarter of 2024.
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Provision for Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to 2023, provision for income taxes decreased by $12.3 million, primarily due to (i) the impact of international lease restructurings during 2024, (ii) the impact of international office property dispositions, and (iii) the release of deferred tax assets in connection with the tax restructuring of certain international properties during 2023, partially offset by a deferred tax benefit recognized during 2023 related to an impairment charge recorded on a foreign property.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash During the Year
We use the cash flow generated from our investments primarily to meet our operating expenses, service debt, and fund dividends to stockholders. Our cash flows fluctuate periodically due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things: the timing of our equity and debt offerings; the timing of purchases and sales of real estate; the timing of the repayment of mortgage loans, our Senior Unsecured Notes, and our Unsecured Term Loans; the timing of our receipt of lease revenues; the timing and amount of other lease-related payments; the timing of settlement of foreign currency transactions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; and the timing of distributions from equity method investments. Despite these fluctuations, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, proceeds from term loans or other bank debt, proceeds from dispositions of properties (including the Office Sale Program (Note 1)), and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, such as issuances of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 14), in order to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the period are described below.
Operating Activities — Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $759.7 million during 2024 as compared to 2023, primarily due to $806.8 million of proceeds received from the sales of net investments in sales-type leases during 2024 (Note 7), partially offset by the impact of the Spin-Off and Office Sale Program (Note 1).
Investing Activities — Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales) and funding for build-to-suit activities and other capital expenditures on real estate. We also received $24.0 million in 2024 from the repayment of a loan receivable (Note 7).
Financing Activities — Our financing activities are generally comprised of borrowings and repayments under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loans, issuances and repayments of the Senior Unsecured Notes, payments of non-recourse mortgage loans, issuances of common equity, and payments of dividends to stockholders.
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Summary of Financing
The table below summarizes our Senior Unsecured Notes, our non-recourse mortgages, and our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, | ||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Carrying Value | ||||||
| Fixed rate: | ||||||
| Senior Unsecured Notes (a) | $ | 6,505,907 | $ | 6,035,686 | ||
| Unsecured Term Loans subject to interest rate swaps (a) (b) | 517,524 | 549,109 | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a) (c) | 401,821 | 513,863 | ||||
| 7,425,252 | 7,098,658 | |||||
| Variable rate: | ||||||
| Unsecured Term Loans (a) | 558,302 | 576,455 | ||||
| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility | 55,448 | 403,785 | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a) | — | 65,284 | ||||
| 613,750 | 1,045,524 | |||||
| $ | 8,039,002 | $ | 8,144,182 | |||
| Percent of Total Debt | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 92 | % | 87 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 8 | % | 13 | % | ||
| 100 | % | 100 | % | |||
| Weighted-Average Interest Rate at End of Year | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 3.2 | % | 2.9 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 4.7 | % | 5.1 | % | ||
| Total debt | 3.3 | % | 3.2 | % |
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(a)Aggregate debt balance includes unamortized discount, net, totaling $39.3 million and $31.8 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and unamortized deferred financing costs totaling $30.9 million and $21.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(b)The interest rate swaps on these Unsecured Term Loans expired on December 31, 2024, after which the Unsecured Term Loans incur interest at a variable rate.
(c)Includes non-recourse mortgages subject to variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps totaling $43.5 million and $45.0 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Cash Resources
At December 31, 2024, our cash resources consisted of the following:
•cash and cash equivalents totaling $640.4 million. Of this amount, $141.9 million, at then-current exchange rates, was held in foreign subsidiaries, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts;
•funds totaling $14.6 million that are held by an intermediary and have been designated for future tax-deferred like-kind exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (“1031 Exchange”) transactions (Note 2);
•our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, with available capacity of $1.9 billion (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $4.9 million); and
•unleveraged properties that had an aggregate asset carrying value of approximately $13.6 billion at December 31, 2024, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties.
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We may also access the capital markets through additional debt (denominated in both U.S. dollars and euros) and equity offerings, as well as term loans and other bank debt.
Our cash resources can be used for working capital needs and other commitments and may be used for future investments.
Cash Requirements and Liquidity
As of December 31, 2024, we had (i) $640.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, (ii) $14.6 million of funds that are held by an intermediary and have been designated for future 1031 Exchange transactions (Note 2), and (iii) approximately $1.9 billion of available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $4.9 million). As of December 31, 2024, scheduled debt principal payments total $669.5 million during 2025 and $1.5 billion during 2026 (Note 12).
During the next 12 months following December 31, 2024 and thereafter, we expect that our significant cash requirements will include:
•paying dividends to our stockholders;
•funding acquisitions of new investments (Note 6);
•funding future capital commitments (Note 6) and tenant improvement allowances;
•making scheduled principal and balloon payments on our debt obligations, including $450 million of senior notes that were repaid in February 2025 (Note 19);
•making scheduled interest payments on our debt obligations (future interest payments total $1.3 billion, with $246.9 million due during the next 12 months; interest on unhedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual variable interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2024); and
•other normal recurring operating expenses.
We expect to fund these cash requirements through cash generated from operations, cash received from dispositions of properties, the use of our cash reserves or unused amounts on our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (as described above), proceeds from term loans or other bank debt, issuances of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 14), and potential issuances of additional debt or equity securities.
Our liquidity could be adversely affected by an unanticipated disruption to our operating cash flow, which could include interrupted rent collections or greater-than-anticipated operating expenses. To the extent that our working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, mortgage loan proceeds, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities to meet these needs.
Certain amounts disclosed above are based on the applicable foreign currency exchange rate at December 31, 2024.
Environmental Obligations
In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we have required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that these properties were in substantial compliance with federal, state, and foreign environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills, or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. We believe that the ultimate resolution of any environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations. We record environmental obligations within Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of potential environmental risks.
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Critical Accounting Estimates
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Below is a summary of certain critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Please also refer to our accounting policies described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Note 2.
Accounting for Acquisitions
In accordance with the guidance for business combinations and asset acquisitions, we recognize the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquired entity. When we acquire properties with leases classified as operating leases, we allocate the purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values.
The tangible assets consist of land, buildings, and site improvements. The intangible assets and liabilities include the above- and below-market value of leases and the in-place leases, which includes the value of tenant relationships. The recorded allocations of tangible and intangible assets incorporate discount rates, capitalization rates, interest rates, market rents, leasing commissions, and certain other assumptions and estimates. We use considerable judgment in developing such assumptions and estimates, and significant increases or decreases in these key assumptions and estimates would result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement of the real estate assets being acquired.
Impairments of Real Estate
For real estate assets held for investment and related intangible assets in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether an asset is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the property’s asset group to the estimated future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the property’s asset group will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property’s asset group. The undiscounted cash flow analysis requires us to make our best estimate of market rents, residual values, and holding periods. We estimate market rents and residual values using market information from outside sources such as third-party market research, external appraisals, broker quotes, or recent comparable sales.
As our investment objective is to hold properties on a long-term basis, holding periods used in the undiscounted cash flow analysis are generally ten years, but may be less if our intent is to hold a property for less than ten years. Depending on the assumptions made and estimates used, the future cash flow projected in the evaluation of long-lived assets and associated intangible assets can vary within a range of outcomes. We consider the likelihood of possible outcomes in determining our estimate of future cash flows and, if warranted, we apply a probability-weighted method to the different possible scenarios. If the future net undiscounted cash flow of the property’s asset group is less than the carrying value, the carrying value of the property’s asset group is considered not recoverable. We then measure the impairment loss as the excess of the carrying value of the property’s asset group over its estimated fair value.
Supplemental Financial Measures
In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP supplemental financial measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we use Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and AFFO, which are non-GAAP measures defined by our management. We believe that these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of FFO and AFFO and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.
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Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a non-GAAP measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure, when used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP, to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental non-GAAP measure. FFO is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in December 2018. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from the sale of certain real estate, impairment charges on real estate or other assets incidental to the company’s main business, gains or losses on changes in control of interests in real estate, and depreciation and amortization from real estate assets; and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.
We also modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to adjust GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, such as amortization of real estate-related intangibles, deferred income tax benefits and expenses, straight-line rent and related reserves, other non-cash rent adjustments, non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases, stock-based compensation, non-cash environmental accretion expense, amortization of discounts and premiums on debt, and amortization of deferred financing costs. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. Additionally, we exclude non-core income and expenses, such as gains or losses from extinguishment of debt, gains or losses on the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, merger and acquisition expenses, and spin-off expenses. We also exclude realized and unrealized gains/losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (other than those realized on the settlement of foreign currency derivatives), which are not considered fundamental attributes of our business plan and do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO. We exclude these items from GAAP net income to arrive at AFFO as they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process and excluding these items provides investors a view of our portfolio performance over time and makes it more comparable to other REITs. AFFO also reflects adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. We use AFFO as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals, evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies, and determine executive compensation.
We believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider as we believe it will help them to better assess the sustainability of our operating performance without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations. However, there are limits on the usefulness of AFFO to investors. For example, impairment charges and unrealized foreign currency losses that we exclude may become actual realized losses upon the ultimate disposition of the properties in the form of lower cash proceeds or other considerations. We use our FFO and AFFO measures as supplemental financial measures of operating performance. We do not use our FFO and AFFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net income computed under GAAP, or as alternatives to net cash provided by operating activities computed under GAAP, or as indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
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FFO and AFFO were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 460,839 | $ | 708,334 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 485,088 | 571,750 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net (a) | (74,822) | (315,984) | ||||
| Impairment charges — real estate (b) | 43,595 | 86,411 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (c) | (31,849) | — | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) | 11,871 | 11,381 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (e) | (379) | (666) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 433,504 | 352,892 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | 894,343 | 1,061,226 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Other (gains) and losses (f) | 137,988 | 36,184 | ||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments | (80,899) | (71,869) | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 40,894 | 34,504 | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 26,144 | 34,164 | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 18,845 | 20,544 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (g) | 4,457 | 4,954 | ||||
| Tax benefit — deferred and other | (4,245) | (199) | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 2,303 | 1,735 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) | (3,531) | (2,535) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (e) | (354) | (441) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 141,602 | 57,041 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,035,945 | $ | 1,118,267 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 894,343 | $ | 1,061,226 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,035,945 | $ | 1,118,267 |
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(a)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes (i) a gain on sale of real estate of $176.2 million recognized upon the reclassification of a portfolio of 78 net-lease self-storage properties to net investments in sales-type leases and (ii) a gain on sale of real estate of $59.1 million recognized upon the reclassification of a portfolio of 70 office properties located in Spain to net investments in sales-type leases (Note 7).
(b)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes an impairment charge of $47.3 million recognized on the 59 properties contributed to NLOP in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 1, Note 10).
(c)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 represents a gain recognized on the remaining interest in an investment acquired during the third quarter of 2024, which we had previously accounted for under the equity method (Note 9).
(d)Equity income, including amounts that are not typically recognized for FFO and AFFO, is recognized within Earnings from equity method investments on the consolidated statements of income. This represents adjustments to equity income to reflect FFO and AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(e)Adjustments disclosed elsewhere in this reconciliation are on a consolidated basis. This adjustment reflects our FFO or AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(f)Primarily comprised of gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, foreign currency exchange rate movements, and changes in the non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases. Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes a mark-to-market unrealized loss for our investment in shares of Lineage of $134.0 million (Note 10).
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 44 |
(g)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2024 is primarily comprised of the write-off of a value added tax receivable that was previously recorded in connection with an international investment. Amount for the year ended December 31, 2023 is primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 1, Note 3).
While we believe that FFO and AFFO are important supplemental measures, they should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indication of a company’s operating performance. These non-GAAP measures should be used in conjunction with net income as defined by GAAP. FFO and AFFO, or similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs, may not be comparable to our FFO and AFFO measures.
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| W. P. Carey 2024 10-K – 45 |
FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001025378-24-000037.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. This item also provides our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results. The discussion also breaks down the financial results of our business by segment to provide a better understanding of how these segments and their results affect our financial condition and results of operations.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report and the matters described under Item 1A. Risk Factors. Please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. Refer to Item 1. Business for a description of our business.
Significant Developments
Strategic Office Exit
In September 2023, we announced a plan to exit the office assets within our portfolio by (i) spinning-off 59 office properties into NLOP, so that it became a separate publicly-traded REIT, and (ii) implementing the Office Sale Program, which is targeted to be completed in the first half of 2024.
NLOP Spin-Off
On November 1, 2023, we completed the Spin-Off of 59 office properties into NLOP, as described in further detail in Note 3. Following the closing of the Spin-Off, NLOP operates as a separate publicly-traded REIT, for which we serve as advisor pursuant to the NLOP Advisory Agreements executed in connection with the Spin-Off.
Office Sale Program
In addition to the Spin-Off, 87 of our office properties will be sold under the Office Sale Program, which is targeted to be completed in the first half of 2024. These properties generated ABR totaling approximately $76 million as of the date of the Office Sale Program announcement. Seventy-nine of the 87 office properties have been sold as of the date of this Report, for gross proceeds of approximately $608.1 million (Note 19).
Financial Highlights
During the year ended December 31, 2023, we completed the following (as further described in the consolidated financial statements):
Real Estate
Investments
•We acquired 16 investments totaling $1.2 billion (Note 6).
•We completed three construction projects at a cost totaling $60.7 million (Note 6).
•We funded approximately $38.2 million for a construction loan to build a retail complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the year ended December 31, 2023. Through December 31, 2023, we have funded $231.4 million (Note 9).
•We committed to fund four redevelopment or expansion projects totaling $84.1 million. We currently expect to complete the projects in 2024 and 2025 (Note 6).
•We entered into a purchase agreement to acquire four retail (car wash) facilities in the United States for approximately $20.3 million, which is expected to be completed in 2024.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 25 |
Dispositions
•We disposed of 31 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $446.4 million, including eight properties sold under the Office Sale Program for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $216.9 million (Note 17). Eight of the properties sold were hotel operating properties. These dispositions exclude properties contributed to NLOP in the Spin-Off (Note 3).
Financing and Capital Markets Transactions
•In April 2023, we entered into a new €500.0 million unsecured term loan maturing on April 2026, which was drawn in full at closing. In conjunction with the closing of this Unsecured Term Loan due 2026, we executed variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps that fix the total per annum interest rate at 4.34% through the end of 2024. The Unsecured Term Loan due 2026 was incorporated into the Senior Unsecured Credit Facility in December 2023 (Note 12).
•In December 2023, we amended and restated our multi-currency Senior Unsecured Credit Facility to (i) increase the capacity of our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility from $1.8 billion to $2.0 billion and extend the maturity of this facility by four years to February 14, 2029, and (ii) refinance our £270.0 million GBP Term Loan due 2028 and our €215.0 million EUR Term Loan due 2028 by extending the maturity date of each term loan by three years to February 14, 2028, with an option to extend these term loans by up to an additional year, subject to certain customary conditions. As of December 31, 2023, the aggregate principal amount (of revolving and term loans) available under the Senior Unsecured Credit Facility was able to be increased up to an amount not to exceed the U.S. dollar equivalent of $4.35 billion, subject to the conditions to increase set forth in our credit agreement (Note 12).
•We settled in full our ATM Forwards by delivering 7,826,840 shares of common stock for net proceeds of approximately $634 million (Note 14).
•We reduced our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at maturity a total of $368.0 million of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.9% (Note 12).
Dividends to Stockholders
We declared cash dividends totaling $4.067 per share, comprised of four quarterly dividends per share of $1.067, $1.069, $1.071, and $0.860. Our fourth quarter dividend of $0.860 per share reflects both our strategic exit from the office assets within our portfolio (announced on September 21, 2023) and a lower payout ratio.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 26 |
Consolidated Results
(in thousands, except shares)
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Revenues from Real Estate | $ | 1,738,139 | $ | 1,468,101 | ||
| Revenues from Investment Management | 3,219 | 10,985 | ||||
| Total revenues | 1,741,358 | 1,479,086 | ||||
| Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey | 704,837 | 591,603 | ||||
| Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey | 3,497 | 7,536 | ||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | 708,334 | 599,139 | ||||
| Dividends declared | 880,605 | 859,655 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 1,073,432 | 1,003,556 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (905,883) | (1,052,531) | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 292,562 | 57,887 | ||||
| Supplemental financial measures (a): | ||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) — Real Estate | 1,115,013 | 1,042,782 | ||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) — Investment Management | 3,254 | 17,816 | ||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) | 1,118,267 | 1,060,598 | ||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 215,760,496 | 200,427,124 |
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(a)We consider Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a supplemental measure that is not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (a “non-GAAP measure”), to be an important measure in the evaluation of our operating performance. See Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.
Revenues
Real Estate revenue increased in 2023 as compared to 2022, primarily due to higher lease revenues (substantially as a result of property acquisition activity and rent escalations, as well as the net-leased properties we acquired in the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 4)) and higher operating property revenues (primarily from the operating properties we acquired in the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 and the 12 hotel properties that converted from net-lease to operating properties during the first quarter of 2023), partially offset by the impact of the Spin-Off (Note 3) and lower other lease-related income (Note 6).
Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey
Net income attributable to W. P. Carey increased in 2023 as compared to 2022. Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey increased primarily due to higher gain on sale of real estate and the impact of real estate acquisitions (including from properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022) (Note 6, Note 17), partially offset by higher interest expense, non-cash unrealized gains recognized on certain investments in equity securities during the prior year (Note 10), higher impairment charges and allowance for credit losses (Note 10), and the impact of the Spin-Off (Note 3). Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey decreased primarily due to the cessation of fees and distributions previously earned from CPA:18 – Global prior to the CPA:18 Merger. We also recognized an impairment charge on goodwill within our Investment Management segment during the prior year (Note 8). In addition, we recognized a gain on change in control of interests during the prior year in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4).
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 27 |
AFFO
AFFO increased in 2023 as compared to 2022, primarily due to investment activity and rent escalations, partially offset by higher interest expense and the impact of the Spin-Off (Note 1, Note 3).
Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio is comprised of operationally-critical, commercial real estate assets net leased to tenants located primarily in the United States and Northern and Western Europe. We invest in high-quality single tenant industrial, warehouse, retail, and self-storage (net lease) properties subject to long-term leases with built-in rent escalators. Portfolio information is provided on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise noted below, to better illustrate the economic impact of our various net-leased jointly owned investments. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts.
Portfolio Summary
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net-leased Properties | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| ABR (in thousands) | $ | 1,339,352 | $ | 1,381,899 | ||
| Number of net-leased properties | 1,424 | 1,449 | ||||
| Number of tenants | 336 | 392 | ||||
| Total square footage (in thousands) | 172,668 | 175,957 | ||||
| Occupancy | 98.1 | % | 98.8 | % | ||
| Weighted-average lease term (in years) | 11.7 | 10.8 | ||||
| Operating Properties | ||||||
| Number of operating properties: | 96 | 87 | ||||
| Number of self-storage operating properties | 89 | 84 | ||||
| Number of hotel operating properties (a) | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Number of student housing operating properties | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Occupancy (self-storage operating properties) | 90.3 | % | 91.0 | % | ||
| Number of countries | 26 | 26 | ||||
| Total assets (in thousands) | $ | 17,976,783 | $ | 18,102,035 | ||
| Net investments in real estate (in thousands) | 14,913,899 | 15,488,898 |
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Acquisition volume (in millions) (b) | $ | 1,264.2 | $ | 1,265.5 | ||
| Construction projects completed (in millions) | 60.7 | 148.1 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate | 1.0813 | 1.0540 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/British pound sterling exchange rate | 1.2433 | 1.2373 |
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(a)During the first quarter of 2023, the master lease expired on certain hotel properties previously classified as net-leased properties, which converted to operating properties. As a result, during the year ended December 31, 2023, we reclassified 12 consolidated hotel properties from net leases to operating properties (Note 6). We sold eight of these hotel operating properties during the third and fourth quarters of 2023 (Note 17).
(b)Amounts for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 include $38.2 million and $89.5 million, respectively, of funding for a construction loan (Note 9). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 excludes properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes $19.8 million of sale-leasebacks classified as loans receivable (Note 7).
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 28 |
Net-Leased Portfolio
The tables below represent information about our net-leased portfolio at December 31, 2023 on a pro rata basis and, accordingly, exclude all operating properties. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts and ABR.
Top Ten Tenants by ABR
(dollars in thousands)
| Tenant/Lease Guarantor | Description | Number of Properties | ABR | ABR Percent | Weighted-Average Lease Term (Years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-Haul Moving Partners Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP (a) | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. | 78 | $ | 38,751 | 2.9 | % | 0.2 | |||||||
| State of Andalusia (b) (c) | Government office properties in Spain | 70 | 32,539 | 2.4 | % | 11.0 | ||||||||
| Apotex Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. (d) | Pharmaceutical R&D and advanced manufacturing properties in Canada | 11 | 31,528 | 2.3 | % | 19.2 | ||||||||
| Metro Cash & Carry Italia S.p.A. (b) | Business-to-business wholesale stores in Italy and Germany | 20 | 30,352 | 2.3 | % | 4.5 | ||||||||
| Hellweg Die Profi-Baumärkte GmbH & Co. KG (b) | Do-it-yourself retail properties in Germany | 35 | 30,182 | 2.2 | % | 13.2 | ||||||||
| Extra Space Storage, Inc. | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. | 27 | 25,036 | 1.9 | % | 20.3 | ||||||||
| OBI Group (b) | Do-it-yourself retail properties in Poland | 26 | 24,857 | 1.9 | % | 7.4 | ||||||||
| ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. (d) (e) | Automotive component manufacturing properties in North America | 23 | 24,251 | 1.8 | % | 19.3 | ||||||||
| Fortenova Grupa d.d. (b) | Grocery stores and warehouses in Croatia | 19 | 22,367 | 1.7 | % | 10.3 | ||||||||
| Nord Anglia Education, Inc. | K-12 private schools in the U.S. | 3 | 22,245 | 1.7 | % | 19.7 | ||||||||
| Total | 312 | $ | 282,108 | 21.1 | % | 11.8 |
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(a)Mercury Partners, LP (a related party of U-Haul Moving Partners Inc.) provided notice that it intends to exercise its option to repurchase the 78 properties it is leasing during the first quarter of 2024 (Note 7).
(b)ABR amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
(c)In January 2024, we sold this portfolio of properties (Note 19).
(d)ABR from these properties is denominated in U.S. dollars.
(e)Of the 23 properties leased to ABC Technologies Holdings Inc., nine are located in Canada, eight are located in the United States, and six are located in Mexico.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 29 |
Portfolio Diversification by Geography
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Region | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||||||
| South | |||||||||||||
| Texas | $ | 86,296 | 6.4 | % | 11,274 | 6.5 | % | ||||||
| Florida | 42,710 | 3.2 | % | 3,816 | 2.2 | % | |||||||
| Georgia | 27,542 | 2.1 | % | 4,333 | 2.5 | % | |||||||
| Tennessee | 24,161 | 1.8 | % | 3,921 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Alabama | 22,270 | 1.7 | % | 3,353 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 16,288 | 1.2 | % | 2,402 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Total South | 219,267 | 16.4 | % | 29,099 | 16.8 | % | |||||||
| Midwest | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | 57,057 | 4.3 | % | 10,164 | 5.9 | % | |||||||
| Ohio | 33,767 | 2.5 | % | 6,947 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Indiana | 29,727 | 2.2 | % | 5,137 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Michigan | 24,103 | 1.8 | % | 4,241 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 16,624 | 1.2 | % | 3,074 | 1.8 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 52,296 | 3.9 | % | 7,713 | 4.5 | % | |||||||
| Total Midwest | 213,574 | 15.9 | % | 37,276 | 21.6 | % | |||||||
| East | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 35,530 | 2.7 | % | 8,156 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Pennsylvania | 30,459 | 2.3 | % | 3,374 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| New York | 20,556 | 1.5 | % | 2,262 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| South Carolina | 19,208 | 1.4 | % | 4,952 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Kentucky | 18,130 | 1.4 | % | 2,983 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Massachusetts | 16,836 | 1.3 | % | 1,255 | 0.7 | % | |||||||
| New Jersey | 13,680 | 1.0 | % | 797 | 0.5 | % | |||||||
| Virginia | 13,623 | 1.0 | % | 1,761 | 1.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 24,145 | 1.8 | % | 3,799 | 2.2 | % | |||||||
| Total East | 192,167 | 14.4 | % | 29,339 | 17.0 | % | |||||||
| West | |||||||||||||
| California | 60,741 | 4.5 | % | 5,889 | 3.4 | % | |||||||
| Arizona | 20,133 | 1.5 | % | 2,664 | 1.5 | % | |||||||
| Utah | 14,522 | 1.1 | % | 2,021 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 53,631 | 4.0 | % | 4,776 | 2.8 | % | |||||||
| Total West | 149,027 | 11.1 | % | 15,350 | 8.9 | % | |||||||
| United States Total | 774,035 | 57.8 | % | 111,064 | 64.3 | % | |||||||
| International | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 73,065 | 5.5 | % | 6,535 | 3.8 | % | |||||||
| Spain | 68,077 | 5.1 | % | 5,862 | 3.4 | % | |||||||
| The Netherlands | 62,775 | 4.7 | % | 7,054 | 4.1 | % | |||||||
| Poland | 59,988 | 4.5 | % | 8,158 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Canada (c) | 50,861 | 3.8 | % | 5,087 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 48,505 | 3.6 | % | 4,432 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Italy | 42,238 | 3.1 | % | 5,381 | 3.1 | % | |||||||
| Denmark | 25,053 | 1.9 | % | 3,002 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Croatia | 23,200 | 1.7 | % | 2,063 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| France | 21,745 | 1.6 | % | 1,679 | 1.0 | % | |||||||
| Lithuania | 13,569 | 1.0 | % | 1,640 | 1.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (d) | 76,241 | 5.7 | % | 10,711 | 6.2 | % | |||||||
| International Total | 565,317 | 42.2 | % | 61,604 | 35.7 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,339,352 | 100.0 | % | 172,668 | 100.0 | % |
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 30 |
Portfolio Diversification by Property Type
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Property Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | $ | 432,256 | 32.3 | % | 68,962 | 39.9 | % | ||||||
| Warehouse | 353,781 | 26.4 | % | 64,724 | 37.5 | % | |||||||
| Retail (e) | 278,526 | 20.8 | % | 21,124 | 12.2 | % | |||||||
| Office | 72,067 | 5.4 | % | 5,202 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Self Storage (net lease) | 63,786 | 4.7 | % | 5,810 | 3.4 | % | |||||||
| Other (f) | 138,936 | 10.4 | % | 6,846 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,339,352 | 100.0 | % | 172,668 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes square footage for any vacant properties.
(b)Other properties within South include assets in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Other properties within Midwest include assets in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Other properties within East include assets in Maryland, Connecticut, West Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine. Other properties within West include assets in Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
(c)$46.8 million (92.1%) of ABR from properties in Canada is denominated in U.S. dollars, with the balance denominated in Canadian dollars.
(d)Includes assets in Mexico, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Mauritius, Slovakia, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Latvia, Japan, and Estonia.
(e)Includes automotive dealerships.
(f)Includes ABR from tenants with the following property types: education facility, specialty, laboratory, hotel (net lease), research and development, and land.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 31 |
Portfolio Diversification by Tenant Industry
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Industry Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Stores (a) | $ | 306,553 | 22.9 | % | 37,151 | 21.5 | % | ||||||
| Consumer Services | 127,118 | 9.5 | % | 8,288 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Beverage and Food | 110,599 | 8.3 | % | 15,759 | 9.1 | % | |||||||
| Automotive | 95,700 | 7.1 | % | 14,502 | 8.4 | % | |||||||
| Grocery | 83,227 | 6.2 | % | 7,406 | 4.3 | % | |||||||
| Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals | 72,079 | 5.4 | % | 6,656 | 3.9 | % | |||||||
| Cargo Transportation | 60,993 | 4.6 | % | 9,122 | 5.3 | % | |||||||
| Containers, Packaging, and Glass | 49,844 | 3.7 | % | 8,580 | 5.0 | % | |||||||
| Capital Equipment | 49,300 | 3.7 | % | 8,053 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Durable Consumer Goods | 47,361 | 3.5 | % | 10,240 | 5.9 | % | |||||||
| Construction and Building | 47,206 | 3.5 | % | 9,036 | 5.2 | % | |||||||
| Sovereign and Public Finance | 43,424 | 3.2 | % | 3,368 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Hotel and Leisure | 42,030 | 3.1 | % | 2,053 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber | 32,779 | 2.5 | % | 5,929 | 3.4 | % | |||||||
| Non-Durable Consumer Goods | 32,680 | 2.4 | % | 6,805 | 3.9 | % | |||||||
| Business Services | 28,054 | 2.1 | % | 2,983 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| High Tech Industries | 23,614 | 1.8 | % | 2,624 | 1.5 | % | |||||||
| Metals | 22,765 | 1.7 | % | 4,347 | 2.5 | % | |||||||
| Telecommunications | 14,030 | 1.1 | % | 1,500 | 0.9 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 49,996 | 3.7 | % | 8,266 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,339,352 | 100.0 | % | 172,668 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes automotive dealerships.
(b)Includes ABR from tenants in the following industries: wholesale, aerospace and defense, insurance, banking, environmental industries, oil and gas, media: advertising, printing, and publishing, consumer transportation, forest products and paper, and electricity. Also includes square footage for vacant properties.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 32 |
Lease Expirations
(dollars and square footage in thousands)
| Year of Lease Expiration (a) | Number of Leases Expiring | Number of Tenants with Leases Expiring | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (b) | 29 | 23 | $ | 60,324 | 4.5 | % | 7,886 | 4.6 | % | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 36 | 17 | 45,090 | 3.4 | % | 5,767 | 3.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 37 | 28 | 59,834 | 4.5 | % | 8,502 | 4.9 | % | |||||||||||
| 2027 | 43 | 26 | 62,571 | 4.7 | % | 7,149 | 4.1 | % | |||||||||||
| 2028 | 41 | 25 | 57,892 | 4.3 | % | 4,669 | 2.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2029 | 56 | 29 | 75,809 | 5.7 | % | 9,218 | 5.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2030 | 29 | 26 | 36,051 | 2.7 | % | 3,941 | 2.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2031 | 35 | 19 | 66,987 | 5.0 | % | 8,345 | 4.8 | % | |||||||||||
| 2032 | 38 | 19 | 41,613 | 3.1 | % | 5,799 | 3.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2033 | 30 | 23 | 76,477 | 5.7 | % | 10,797 | 6.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2034 (c) | 50 | 19 | 94,644 | 7.1 | % | 9,188 | 5.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2035 | 19 | 16 | 35,500 | 2.6 | % | 5,885 | 3.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2036 | 45 | 19 | 71,427 | 5.3 | % | 10,958 | 6.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2037 | 26 | 13 | 61,555 | 4.6 | % | 6,441 | 3.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Thereafter (2037) | 259 | 108 | 493,578 | 36.8 | % | 64,885 | 37.6 | % | |||||||||||
| Vacant | — | — | — | — | % | 3,238 | 1.9 | % | |||||||||||
| Total | 773 | $ | 1,339,352 | 100.0 | % | 172,668 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Assumes tenants do not exercise any renewal options or purchase options.
(b)Includes ABR of $38.8 million from a tenant (U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP) that provided notice of its intention to exercise its option to repurchase the 78 properties it is leasing during the first quarter of 2024 (Note 7).
(c)Includes ABR of $32.5 million from a portfolio of 70 properties leased to State of Andalusia that was sold in January 2024 (Note 19).
Terms and Definitions
Pro Rata Metrics —The portfolio information above contains certain metrics prepared on a pro rata basis. We refer to these metrics as pro rata metrics. We have certain investments in which our economic ownership is less than 100%. On a full consolidation basis, we report 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of those investments that are deemed to be under our control or for which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary, even if our ownership is less than 100%. Also, for all other jointly owned investments, which we do not control, we report our net investment and our net income or loss from that investment. On a pro rata basis, we generally present our proportionate share, based on our economic ownership of these jointly owned investments, of the portfolio metrics of those investments. Multiplying each of our jointly owned investments’ financial statement line items by our percentage ownership and adding or subtracting those amounts from our totals, as applicable, may not accurately depict the legal and economic implications of holding an ownership interest of less than 100% in our jointly owned investments.
ABR — ABR represents contractual minimum annualized base rent for our net-leased properties and reflects exchange rates as of December 31, 2023. If there is a rent abatement, we annualize the first monthly contractual base rent following the free rent period. ABR is not applicable to operating properties.
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Results of Operations
We operate in two reportable segments: Real Estate and Investment Management. We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality, and number of properties in our Real Estate segment. We focus our efforts on accretive investing and improving portfolio quality through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals, or selectively selling assets in order to increase value in our real estate portfolio. Through our Investment Management segment, we earn fees and other income from the management of NLOP and CESH. Refer to Note 18 for tables presenting the comparative results of our Real Estate and Investment Management segments.
Real Estate
Revenues
The following table presents revenues within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | Change | ||||||||
| Real Estate Revenues | ||||||||||
| Lease revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Existing net-leased properties | $ | 1,016,871 | $ | 952,472 | $ | 64,399 | ||||
| Recently acquired net-leased properties | 152,892 | 42,974 | 109,918 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger | 58,531 | 25,928 | 32,603 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases | 199,082 | 280,243 | (81,161) | |||||||
| Total lease revenues (including reimbursable tenant costs) | 1,427,376 | 1,301,617 | 125,759 | |||||||
| Income from finance leases and loans receivable | 107,173 | 74,266 | 32,907 | |||||||
| Operating property revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Operating properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger | 94,657 | 39,194 | 55,463 | |||||||
| Operating properties sold or held for sale | 33,491 | 815 | 32,676 | |||||||
| Operating properties recently reclassified from net-leased properties or recently acquired | 30,571 | — | 30,571 | |||||||
| Existing operating properties | 21,538 | 19,221 | 2,317 | |||||||
| Total operating property revenues | 180,257 | 59,230 | 121,027 | |||||||
| Other lease-related income | 23,333 | 32,988 | (9,655) | |||||||
| $ | 1,738,139 | $ | 1,468,101 | $ | 270,038 |
Lease Revenues
“Existing net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2022 and that were not sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases during the periods presented. For the periods presented, there were 947 existing net-leased properties.
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For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, lease revenues from existing net-leased properties increased due to the following items (in millions):
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(a)Excludes fixed minimum rent increases, which are reflected as straight-line rent adjustments within lease revenues.
(b)Primarily comprised of higher reimbursable maintenance costs at certain properties.
“Recently acquired net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service subsequent to December 31, 2021 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. Since January 1, 2022, we acquired 34 investments (comprised of 196 properties) and placed two properties into service.
“Net-leased properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger” on August 1, 2022 (Note 4) consisted of 28 net-leased properties that were not sold, held for sale, or derecognized during the periods presented.
“Net-leased properties sold, held for sale, derecognized, or reclassified to operating properties or sales-type leases” include:
•23 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2023;
•two net-leased properties classified as held for sale at December 31, 2023, both of which were sold in January 2024 (Note 6, Note 19);
•23 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2022;
•a portfolio of 12 net-leased hotel properties that converted to operating properties in the first quarter of 2023 upon expiration of the master lease with the Marriott Corporation, after which we began recognizing operating property revenues and expenses from these properties (Note 6) (eight of these properties were sold during the third and fourth quarters of 2023);
•portfolios of (i) 78 net-leased self-storage properties that were reclassified to net investments in sales-type leases in the first quarter of 2023, since the tenant provided notice of its intention to exercise its option to repurchase the properties, and (ii) 70 net-leased office properties that were reclassified to net investments in sales-type leases in the fourth quarter of 2023, since we agreed to sell the portfolio to the tenant, resulting in a lease modification; following these transactions, we began recognizing earnings from these properties within Income from finance leases and loans receivable in the consolidated financial statements; and
•59 net-leased properties derecognized in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 3).
Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 17.
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Income from Finance Leases and Loans Receivable
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, income from finance leases and loans receivable increased due to the following items (in millions):
Operating Property Revenues and Expenses
“Operating properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger” consisted of 65 self-storage properties and two student housing properties, which contributed operating property revenues, depreciation and amortization, and operating property expenses since August 1, 2022, the date of the CPA:18 Merger December 31, 2023 (Note 4).
“Operating properties sold or held for sale” are comprised of (i) the eight hotel operating properties sold during the year ended December 31, 2023 and (ii) a parking garage attached to a net-leased property that was derecognized in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 3).
“Operating properties recently reclassified from net-leased properties or recently acquired” include (i) four net-leased hotel properties that converted to operating properties in the first quarter of 2023 (after which we began recognizing operating property revenues and expenses from these properties (Note 6)) and (ii) five self-storage operating properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2023 (Note 6).
“Existing operating properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2022 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. For the periods presented, we recorded operating property revenues from 11 existing operating properties, comprised of ten self-storage operating properties (which excludes nine self-storage properties accounted for under the equity method) and one hotel operating property. For our hotel operating property, revenues and expenses increased by $2.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, reflecting higher occupancy.
Other Lease-Related Income
Other lease-related income is described in Note 6.
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Operating Expenses
Depreciation and Amortization
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, depreciation and amortization expense for net-leased properties and self-storage operating properties increased primarily due to the impact of net acquisition activity (including properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4)), partially offset by the impact of the Spin-Off (Note 3).
General and Administrative
All general and administrative expenses are recognized within our Real Estate segment.
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, general and administrative expenses increased by $7.1 million, primarily due to higher compensation expense, increased employee benefits expense, increased professional fees and expenses resulting from the assets acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4), and no longer receiving reimbursements from CPA:18 – Global.
Impairment Charges — Real Estate
Our impairment charges on real estate are described in Note 10.
Property Expenses, Excluding Reimbursable Tenant Costs
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, decreased by $6.3 million, primarily due to the release of real estate taxes accrued for a cash basis tenant during the current year. The tenant was previously not current on real estate taxes due, and repaid the outstanding amount in the second quarter of 2023. This decrease was partially offset by the recovery of property taxes in the prior year period due to a successful court ruling and higher property expenses related to certain properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
For a description of our equity plans and awards, please see Note 15. Stock-based compensation expense is fully recognized within our Real Estate segment.
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, stock-based compensation expense increased by $1.7 million, primarily due to higher amortization of restricted share units, partially offset by the impact of changes in the projected payout for performance share units.
Merger and Other Expenses
For the year ended December 31, 2023, merger and other expenses are primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the Spin-Off, which was completed in November 2023 (Note 3).
For the year ended December 31, 2022, merger and other expenses are primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4), which was completed in August 2022.
Other Income and Expenses, and Provision for Income Taxes
Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net
Gain on sale of real estate, net, consists of gains and losses on the sale of properties that were (i) disposed of, (ii) subject to the exercise of a purchase option, or (iii) subject to a purchase agreement resulting in a lease modification during the reporting period, as more fully described in Note 6, Note 7, and Note 17.
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Interest Expense
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, interest expense increased by $72.7 million, primarily due to (i) an increase of $35.6 million related to non-recourse mortgage loans assumed in the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 4), (ii) higher outstanding balances and interest rates on our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, (iii) our Unsecured Term Loan due 2026 that we entered into in April 2023 (Note 12), and (iv) two senior unsecured notes issuances totaling $334.8 million (based on the exchange rate of the euro on the dates of issuance) with a weighted-average interest rate of 3.6% completed in September 2022, partially offset by the reduction of our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at or close to maturity a total of $483.1 million of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.8% since January 1, 2022 (Note 12).
The following table presents certain information about our outstanding debt (dollars in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Average outstanding debt balance | $ | 8,404,466 | $ | 7,392,208 | ||
| Weighted-average interest rate | 3.2 | % | 2.7 | % |
Non-Operating Income
Non-operating income primarily consists of realized gains and losses on derivative instruments, dividends from equity securities, and interest income on our loans to affiliates and cash deposits.
The following table presents non-operating income within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | Change | ||||||||
| Non-Operating Income | ||||||||||
| Realized gains on foreign currency collars (Note 11) | $ | 14,485 | $ | 24,058 | $ | (9,573) | ||||
| Interest income related to our loans to affiliates and cash deposits | 6,944 | 1,011 | 5,933 | |||||||
| Cash dividends from our investment in Lineage Logistics (Note 10) | — | 4,308 | (4,308) | |||||||
| Cash dividends from our investment in preferred shares of WLT (Note 10) | — | 912 | (912) | |||||||
| $ | 21,429 | $ | 30,289 | $ | (8,860) |
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Earnings from Equity Method Investments in Real Estate
Our equity method investments in real estate are more fully described in Note 9. The following table presents earnings from equity method investments in real estate (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | Change | ||||||||
| Earnings from Equity Method Investments in Real Estate | ||||||||||
| Existing Equity Method Investments: | ||||||||||
| Earnings from Las Vegas Retail Complex (a) | $ | 12,763 | $ | 10,077 | $ | 2,686 | ||||
| Earnings from Johnson Self Storage | 4,572 | 4,334 | 238 | |||||||
| Earnings from Kesko Senukai (b) | 1,385 | 3,908 | (2,523) | |||||||
| Earnings from Harmon Retail Center | 855 | 1,051 | (196) | |||||||
| 19,575 | 19,370 | 205 | ||||||||
| Equity Method Investments Consolidated after the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4): | ||||||||||
| Proportionate share of impairment charge recognized on Bank Pekao (Note 10) | — | (4,610) | 4,610 | |||||||
| Other | — | 1,461 | (1,461) | |||||||
| — | (3,149) | 3,149 | ||||||||
| $ | 19,575 | $ | 16,221 | $ | 3,354 |
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(a)Increase is due to funding of this construction loan since January 1, 2022, which has an interest rate of 6.0%.
(b)Decrease is primarily due to higher rent collections at these retail properties during the prior year, where certain rents were previously disputed and subsequently collected.
Other Gains and (Losses)
Other gains and (losses) primarily consists of gains and losses on (i) the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, (ii) extinguishment of debt, and (iii) foreign currency exchange rate movements, as well as changes in the allowance for credit losses on finance receivables. The timing and amount of such gains or losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation. Certain of our foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt instruments were designated as net investment hedges during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Therefore, no gains and losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements were recognized on the remeasurement of such instruments during those periods (Note 11).
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The following table presents other gains and (losses) within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | Change | ||||||||
| Other Gains and (Losses) | ||||||||||
| Change in allowance for credit losses on finance receivables (Note 7) (a) | $ | (29,074) | $ | 14,363 | $ | (43,437) | ||||
| Net realized and unrealized losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (b) | (5,458) | (26,866) | 21,408 | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized losses on non-hedging derivatives | (3,918) | (898) | (3,020) | |||||||
| Gain on extinguishment of debt | 2,940 | 1,301 | 1,639 | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in common shares of WLT (Note 10) | — | 49,233 | (49,233) | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics (Note 10) | — | 38,582 | (38,582) | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in preferred shares of WLT (Note 10) | — | 18,688 | (18,688) | |||||||
| Gain on repayment of secured loan receivable (c) | — | 10,613 | (10,613) | |||||||
| Adjustment to insurance receivable acquired as part of a prior merger (d) | — | (9,358) | 9,358 | |||||||
| Other | (917) | 1,491 | (2,408) | |||||||
| $ | (36,427) | $ | 97,149 | $ | (133,576) |
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(a)As a result of the declining financial position of one of our top ten tenants, we recognized a $28.8 million allowance for credit loss during the year ended December 31, 2023, based on our expectation of collecting lower rents going forward.
(b)Remeasurement of certain monetary assets and liabilities that are held by our subsidiaries in currencies other than their functional currency are included in other gains and (losses). This includes foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans to our foreign subsidiaries that are scheduled for settlement. Beginning in the first quarter of 2023, our intercompany loans subject to remeasurement were hedged by certain of our foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt that we de-designated as net investment hedges.
(c)We acquired a secured loan receivable with a fair value of $23.4 million in our merger with a former affiliate, Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, in October 2018 (“CPA:17 Merger”), for which the outstanding principal of $34.0 million was fully repaid to us in September 2022 (Note 7). Therefore, we recorded a $10.6 million gain on repayment of this secured loan receivable.
(d)This insurance receivable was acquired in the CPA:17 Merger.
Gain on Change in Control of Interests
In connection with the CPA:18 Merger, during the year ended December 31, 2022, we acquired the remaining interests in four investments in which we already had a joint interest and accounted for under the equity method. Due to the change in control of these four jointly owned investments, we recorded a gain on change in control of interests of $11.4 million reflecting the difference between our carrying values and the preliminary estimated fair values of our previously held equity interests on August 1, 2022. Subsequent to the CPA:18 Merger, we consolidated these wholly owned investments (Note 4).
Provision for Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to 2022, provision for income taxes within our Real Estate segment increased by $23.0 million, primarily due to (i) higher current taxes as a result of rent increases driven by CPI adjustments at existing international properties, (ii) deferred tax benefits recognized during the prior year period related to the release of valuation allowances on certain foreign properties, and (iii) the impact of international property acquisitions.
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Investment Management
We earn revenue as the advisor to the Managed Programs and NLOP. For the periods presented, we acted as advisor to the following Managed Programs: CPA:18 – Global (through August 1, 2022) and CESH. Upon completion of the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 4), the advisory agreement with CPA:18 – Global was terminated, and we ceased earning revenue from CPA:18 – Global. We have acted as advisor to NLOP since the Spin-Off on November 1, 2023 (Note 3).
We no longer raise capital for new or existing funds. We act as the advisor to CESH and currently expect to do so through the end of its life cycle. We also act as the advisor to NLOP pursuant to the NLOP Advisory Agreements (Note 1, Note 5).
Revenues
The following table presents revenues within our Investment Management segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | Change | ||||||||
| Investment Management Revenues | ||||||||||
| Asset management revenue | ||||||||||
| NLOP | $ | 1,245 | $ | — | $ | 1,245 | ||||
| CESH | 939 | 1,511 | (572) | |||||||
| CPA:18 – Global | — | 6,956 | (6,956) | |||||||
| 2,184 | 8,467 | (6,283) | ||||||||
| Other advisory income and reimbursements | ||||||||||
| NLOP | 667 | — | 667 | |||||||
| 667 | — | 667 | ||||||||
| Reimbursable costs from affiliates | ||||||||||
| CESH | 368 | 478 | (110) | |||||||
| CPA:18 – Global | — | 2,040 | (2,040) | |||||||
| 368 | 2,518 | (2,150) | ||||||||
| $ | 3,219 | $ | 10,985 | $ | (7,766) |
Asset Management Revenue
During the periods presented, we earned asset management revenue from (i) NLOP (since the Spin-Off on November 1, 2023 (Note 3)) based on an annual fee of $7.5 million, which will be proportionately reduced following the disposition of a portfolio property, (ii) CESH based on its gross assets under management at fair value, and (iii) CPA:18 – Global (prior to the CPA:18 Merger) based on the value of its real estate-related assets under management. For 2023, we received asset management revenue from NLOP and CESH in cash. Asset management revenues from NLOP and CESH are expected to decline as assets are sold.
Other Advisory Income and Reimbursements
Under the advisory agreement with NLOP, we earn a base administrative amount of approximately $4.0 million annually, for certain administrative services, including day-to-day management services, investor relations, accounting, tax, legal, and other administrative matters, paid in cash.
Operating Expenses
Impairment Charges — Investment Management Goodwill
Our impairment charges on Investment Management goodwill are more fully described in Note 10.
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Other Income and Expenses, and (Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
Gain on Change in Control of Interests
In connection with the CPA:18 Merger, during the year ended December 31, 2022, we recognized a gain on change in control of interests of $22.5 million within our Investment Management segment related to the difference between the carrying value and the preliminary estimated fair value of our previously held equity interest in shares of CPA:18 – Global’s common stock (Note 4).
Earnings from Equity Method Investments in the Managed Programs
The following table presents the details of our earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs (Note 9) (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs: | ||||||
| Distributions of Available Cash from CPA:18 – Global (a) | $ | — | $ | 8,746 | ||
| Earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs (a) | — | 4,542 | ||||
| Earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs | $ | — | $ | 13,288 |
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(a)As a result of the completion of the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 4), we no longer recognize equity income from our investment in shares of common stock of CPA:18 – Global or receive distributions of Available Cash (as defined in CPA:18 – Global’s partnership agreement) from CPA:18 – Global.
Benefit from (Provision for) Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2023 we recorded a benefit from income taxes of $0.4 million, compared to a provision for income taxes of $6.3 million recognized during the year ended December 31, 2022, within our Investment Management segment. During 2022, in connection with the CPA:18 Merger, we incurred one-time current taxes upon the recognition of taxable income associated with the accelerated vesting of shares previously issued by CPA:18 – Global to us for asset management services performed.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash During the Year
We use the cash flow generated from our investments primarily to meet our operating expenses, service debt, and fund dividends to stockholders. Our cash flows fluctuate periodically due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things: the timing of our equity and debt offerings; the timing of purchases and sales of real estate; the timing of the repayment of mortgage loans, our Senior Unsecured Notes, and our Unsecured Term Loans; the timing of our receipt of lease revenues; the timing and amount of other lease-related payments; the timing of settlement of foreign currency transactions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; and the timing of distributions from equity method investments. We no longer receive certain fees and distributions from CPA:18 – Global following the completion of the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 4). Despite these fluctuations, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, proceeds from term loans or other bank debt, proceeds from dispositions of properties (including expected proceeds from the exercise of purchase options and the Office Sale Program (Note 1)), and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, such as issuances of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 14), in order to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the period are described below.
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Operating Activities — Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $69.9 million during 2023 as compared to 2022, primarily due to an increase in cash flow generated from net investment activity (including properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4)) and scheduled rent increases at existing properties, partially offset by higher interest expense and the impact of the Spin-Off (Note 3).
Investing Activities — Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales) and funding for build-to-suit activities and other capital expenditures on real estate. We also received $28.0 million from repayments of loans receivable and $10.5 million in distributions from equity method investments.
Financing Activities — Our financing activities are generally comprised of borrowings and repayments under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loans, issuances and repayments of the Senior Unsecured Notes, payments and prepayments of non-recourse mortgage loans, issuances of common equity, and payments of dividends to stockholders. In addition to these types of transactions, during the year ended December 31, 2023, we received $343.9 million in proceeds in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 3).
Summary of Financing
The table below summarizes our Senior Unsecured Notes, our non-recourse mortgages, and our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, | ||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Carrying Value | ||||||
| Fixed rate: | ||||||
| Senior Unsecured Notes (a) | $ | 6,035,686 | $ | 5,916,400 | ||
| Unsecured Term Loans subject to interest rate swaps (a) | 549,109 | — | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a) (b) | 513,863 | 907,303 | ||||
| 7,098,658 | 6,823,703 | |||||
| Variable rate: | ||||||
| Unsecured Term Loans (a) | 576,455 | 552,539 | ||||
| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility | 403,785 | 276,392 | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a): | ||||||
| Floating interest rate mortgage loans | 65,284 | 213,958 | ||||
| Amount subject to interest rate caps | — | 11,156 | ||||
| 1,045,524 | 1,054,045 | |||||
| $ | 8,144,182 | $ | 7,877,748 | |||
| Percent of Total Debt | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 87 | % | 87 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 13 | % | 13 | % | ||
| 100 | % | 100 | % | |||
| Weighted-Average Interest Rate at End of Year | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 2.9 | % | 2.9 | % | ||
| Variable rate (c) | 5.1 | % | 3.5 | % | ||
| Total debt | 3.2 | % | 3.0 | % |
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(a)Aggregate debt balance includes unamortized discount, net, totaling $31.8 million and $35.9 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and unamortized deferred financing costs totaling $21.5 million and $26.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
(b)Includes non-recourse mortgages subject to variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps totaling $45.0 million and $83.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
(c)The impact of our interest rate swaps and caps is reflected in the weighted-average interest rates.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 43 |
Cash Resources
At December 31, 2023, our cash resources consisted of the following:
•cash and cash equivalents totaling $633.9 million. Of this amount, $203.1 million, at then-current exchange rates, was held in foreign subsidiaries, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts;
•our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, with available capacity of $1.6 billion (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $6.5 million); and
•unleveraged properties that had an aggregate asset carrying value of approximately $13.6 billion at December 31, 2023, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties.
We may also access the capital markets through additional debt (denominated in both U.S. dollars and euros) and equity offerings, as well as term loans and other bank debt.
Our cash resources can be used for working capital needs and other commitments and may be used for future investments.
Cash Requirements and Liquidity
As of December 31, 2023, we had (i) $633.9 million of cash and cash equivalents and (ii) approximately $1.6 billion of available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $6.5 million). Our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility includes (i) a $2.0 billion Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (scheduled to mature on February 14, 2029), (ii) our Unsecured Term Loans due 2028 totaling $576.5 million outstanding (scheduled to mature on February 14, 2028), and (iii) our Unsecured Term Loan due 2026 totaling $549.1 million outstanding (scheduled to mature on April 24, 2026), as of December 31, 2023 (Note 12). As of December 31, 2023, scheduled debt principal payments total $1.3 billion during 2024 and $707.3 million during 2025 (Note 12).
During the next 12 months following December 31, 2023 and thereafter, we expect that our significant cash requirements will include:
•paying dividends to our stockholders;
•funding acquisitions of new investments (Note 6);
•funding future capital commitments (Note 6) and tenant improvement allowances;
•making scheduled principal and balloon payments on our debt obligations, including (i) $500 million of senior notes due in April 2024 and (ii) €500 million of senior notes due in July 2024 (Note 12);
•making scheduled interest payments on our debt obligations (future interest payments total $939.6 million, with $229.4 million due during the next 12 months; interest on unhedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual variable interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2023); and
•other normal recurring operating expenses.
We expect to fund these cash requirements through cash generated from operations, cash received from dispositions of properties, the use of our cash reserves or unused amounts on our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (as described above), proceeds from term loans or other bank debt, issuances of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 14), and potential issuances of additional debt or equity securities. We may also choose to prepay certain of our non-recourse mortgage loan obligations, depending on our capital needs and market conditions at that time.
Our liquidity could be adversely affected by unanticipated costs and greater-than-anticipated operating expenses. To the extent that our working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, mortgage loan proceeds, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities to meet these needs.
Certain amounts disclosed above are based on the applicable foreign currency exchange rate at December 31, 2023.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 44 |
Environmental Obligations
In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that our properties were in substantial compliance with federal, state, and foreign environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills, or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. We believe that the ultimate resolution of any environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations. We record environmental obligations within Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of potential environmental risks.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Below is a summary of certain critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Please also refer to our accounting policies described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Note 2.
Accounting for Acquisitions
In accordance with the guidance for business combinations and asset acquisitions, we recognize the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquired entity. When we acquire properties with leases classified as operating leases, we allocate the purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values.
The tangible assets consist of land, buildings, and site improvements. The intangible assets and liabilities include the above- and below-market value of leases and the in-place leases, which includes the value of tenant relationships. The recorded allocations of tangible and intangible assets incorporate discount rates, capitalization rates, interest rates, market rents, leasing commissions, and certain other assumptions and estimates. We use considerable judgment in developing such assumptions and estimates, and significant increases or decreases in these key assumptions and estimates would result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement of the real estate assets being acquired.
Impairments of Real Estate
For real estate assets held for investment and related intangible assets in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether an asset is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the property’s asset group to the estimated future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the property’s asset group will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property’s asset group. The undiscounted cash flow analysis requires us to make our best estimate of market rents, residual values, and holding periods. We estimate market rents and residual values using market information from outside sources such as third-party market research, external appraisals, broker quotes, or recent comparable sales.
As our investment objective is to hold properties on a long-term basis, holding periods used in the undiscounted cash flow analysis are generally ten years, but may be less if our intent is to hold a property for less than ten years. Depending on the assumptions made and estimates used, the future cash flow projected in the evaluation of long-lived assets and associated intangible assets can vary within a range of outcomes. We consider the likelihood of possible outcomes in determining our estimate of future cash flows and, if warranted, we apply a probability-weighted method to the different possible scenarios. If the future net undiscounted cash flow of the property’s asset group is less than the carrying value, the carrying value of the property’s asset group is considered not recoverable. We then measure the impairment loss as the excess of the carrying value of the property’s asset group over its estimated fair value.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 45 |
Supplemental Financial Measures
In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP supplemental financial measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we use Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and AFFO, which are non-GAAP measures defined by our management. We believe that these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of FFO and AFFO and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.
Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a non-GAAP measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure, when used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP, to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental non-GAAP measure. FFO is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in December 2018. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from the sale of certain real estate, impairment charges on real estate or other assets incidental to the company’s main business, gains or losses on changes in control of interests in real estate, and depreciation and amortization from real estate assets; and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.
We also modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to adjust GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, such as amortization of real estate-related intangibles, deferred income tax benefits and expenses, straight-line rent and related reserves, other non-cash rent adjustments, non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases, stock-based compensation, non-cash environmental accretion expense, amortization of discounts and premiums on debt, and amortization of deferred financing costs. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. Additionally, we exclude non-core income and expenses, such as gains or losses from extinguishment of debt, merger and acquisition expenses, and spin-off expenses. We also exclude realized and unrealized gains/losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (other than those realized on the settlement of foreign currency derivatives), which are not considered fundamental attributes of our business plan and do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO. We exclude these items from GAAP net income to arrive at AFFO as they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process and excluding these items provides investors a view of our portfolio performance over time and makes it more comparable to other REITs that are currently not engaged in acquisitions, mergers, and restructuring, which are not part of our normal business operations. AFFO also reflects adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. We use AFFO as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals, evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies, and determine executive compensation.
We believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider as we believe it will help them to better assess the sustainability of our operating performance without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations. However, there are limits on the usefulness of AFFO to investors. For example, impairment charges and unrealized foreign currency losses that we exclude may become actual realized losses upon the ultimate disposition of the properties in the form of lower cash proceeds or other considerations. We use our FFO and AFFO measures as supplemental financial measures of operating performance. We do not use our FFO and AFFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net income computed under GAAP, or as alternatives to net cash provided by operating activities computed under GAAP, or as indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 46 |
Consolidated FFO and AFFO were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 708,334 | $ | 599,139 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 571,750 | 500,764 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net (a) | (315,984) | (43,476) | ||||
| Impairment charges — real estate (b) | 86,411 | 39,119 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (c) (d) | — | (33,931) | ||||
| Impairment charges — Investment Management goodwill (e) | — | 29,334 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (f) (g) | 11,381 | 15,155 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (h) | (666) | (491) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 352,892 | 506,474 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | 1,061,226 | 1,105,613 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments | (71,869) | (54,431) | ||||
| Other (gains) and losses (i) | 36,184 | (96,038) | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 34,504 | 32,841 | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 34,164 | 41,390 | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 20,544 | 17,203 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (j) | 4,954 | 19,387 | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 1,735 | 1,931 | ||||
| Tax expense (benefit) — deferred and other | (199) | (3,759) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (g) | (2,535) | (2,770) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (h) | (441) | (769) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 57,041 | (45,015) | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,118,267 | $ | 1,060,598 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,061,226 | $ | 1,105,613 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,118,267 | $ | 1,060,598 |
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 47 |
FFO and AFFO from Real Estate were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 704,837 | $ | 591,603 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 571,750 | 500,764 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net (a) | (315,984) | (43,476) | ||||
| Impairment charges — real estate (b) | 86,411 | 39,119 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (c) | — | (11,405) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (f) (g) | 11,381 | 15,155 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (h) | (666) | (491) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 352,892 | 499,666 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | 1,057,729 | 1,091,269 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments | (71,869) | (54,431) | ||||
| Other (gains) and losses (i) | 36,427 | (97,149) | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 34,504 | 32,841 | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 34,164 | 41,390 | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 20,544 | 17,203 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (j) | 4,954 | 19,384 | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 1,735 | 1,931 | ||||
| Tax benefit — deferred and other | (199) | (8,164) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (g) | (2,535) | (723) | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (h) | (441) | (769) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 57,284 | (48,487) | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 1,115,013 | $ | 1,042,782 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 1,057,729 | $ | 1,091,269 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 1,115,013 | $ | 1,042,782 |
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 48 |
FFO and AFFO from Investment Management were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 3,497 | $ | 7,536 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Impairment charges — Investment Management goodwill (e) | — | 29,334 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (d) | — | (22,526) | ||||
| Total adjustments | — | 6,808 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | 3,497 | 14,344 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Other (gains) and losses (i) | (243) | 1,111 | ||||
| Tax expense — deferred and other | — | 4,405 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses | — | 3 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (g) | — | (2,047) | ||||
| Total adjustments | (243) | 3,472 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 3,254 | $ | 17,816 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 3,497 | $ | 14,344 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 3,254 | $ | 17,816 |
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(a)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes (i) a gain on sale of real estate of $176.2 million recognized upon receiving notice of the exercise of a purchase option for a portfolio of 78 net-lease self-storage properties and the reclassification of the investment to net investments in sales-type leases and (ii) a gain on sale of real estate of $59.1 million recognized upon entering into an agreement to sell our portfolio of 70 office properties located in Spain to the tenant occupying the properties and the reclassification of the investment to net investments in sales-type leases (Note 7).
(b)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes an impairment charge of $47.3 million recognized on the 59 properties contributed to NLOP in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 1, Note 10).
(c)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 represents a gain recognized on the remaining interests in four investments acquired in the CPA:18 Merger, which we had previously accounted for under the equity method (Note 4).
(d)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 represents a gain recognized on our previously held interest in shares of CPA:18 – Global common stock in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4).
(e)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 represents an impairment charge recognized on goodwill within our Investment Management segment, since future Investment Management cash flows are expected to be minimal (Note 8, Note 10).
(f)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes our $4.6 million proportionate share of an impairment charge recognized on an equity method investment in real estate (Note 9).
(g)Equity income, including amounts that are not typically recognized for FFO and AFFO, is recognized within Earnings (losses) from equity method investments on the consolidated statements of income. This represents adjustments to equity income to reflect FFO and AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(h)Adjustments disclosed elsewhere in this reconciliation are on a consolidated basis. This adjustment reflects our FFO or AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(i)Primarily comprised of gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, and foreign currency exchange rate movements, as well as non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases.
(j)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2023 is primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the Spin-Off (Note 1, Note 3). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 is primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 4).
While we believe that FFO and AFFO are important supplemental measures, they should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indication of a company’s operating performance. These non-GAAP measures should be used in conjunction with net income as defined by GAAP. FFO and AFFO, or similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs, may not be comparable to our FFO and AFFO measures.
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| W. P. Carey 2023 10-K – 49 |
FY 2022 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001025378-23-000035.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. This item also provides our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results. The discussion also breaks down the financial results of our business by segment to provide a better understanding of how these segments and their results affect our financial condition and results of operations.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report and the matters described under Item 1A. Risk Factors. Please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. Refer to Item 1. Business for a description of our business.
Significant Developments
Board of Directors Change
On December 12, 2022, we announced that Ms. Elisabeth Stheeman, age 58, was appointed to our Board. Please see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2022 for additional information.
Financial Highlights
During the year ended December 31, 2022, we completed the following (as further described in the consolidated financial statements):
Real Estate
CPA:18 Merger
On August 1, 2022, we completed the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3).
•We acquired full or partial ownership interests in 42 properties in the CPA:18 Merger (including seven properties in which we already owned a partial ownership interest), substantially all of which were triple-net leased with a weighted-average lease term of 7.0 years, an occupancy rate of 99.3%, and an estimated ABR totaling $81.0 million. We also acquired 65 self-storage operating properties and two student housing operating properties totaling 5.1 million square feet. The related property-level debt was comprised of non-recourse mortgage loans with an aggregate consolidated fair value of approximately $900.2 million with a weighted-average annual interest rate of 5.1% as of August 1, 2022.
•We issued the following to CPA:18 – Global stockholders as part of the merger consideration: (i) 13,786,302 shares of our common stock of approximately $1.2 billion, (ii) $3.00 per share of cash consideration totaling approximately $423.3 million, and (iii) cash of $0.1 million paid in lieu of issuing any fractional shares of our common stock.
•Lease revenues and operating property revenues from properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger were $42.7 million and $39.2 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2022.
•We recognized a Gain on change in control of interests of $33.9 million in connection with the CPA:18 Merger during the year ended December 31, 2022, of which $11.4 million was attributable to our Real Estate segment and $22.5 million was attributable to our Investment Management segment.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 23 |
Investments
•We acquired 23 investments totaling $1.2 billion (Note 5, Note 6).
•We completed six construction projects at a cost totaling $148.1 million (Note 5).
•We funded approximately $89.5 million for a construction loan to build a retail complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the year ended December 31, 2022. Through December 31, 2022, we have funded $193.2 million (Note 8).
•We committed to fund six build-to-suit or redevelopment projects totaling $20.3 million. We currently expect to complete the projects in 2023 (Note 5).
Dispositions
•We disposed of 23 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $234.7 million (Note 16).
•In January 2022, WLT redeemed in full our 1,300,000 shares of its preferred stock for gross proceeds of $65.0 million (Note 9).
•In October 2022, we received $82.6 million in cash proceeds as a result of certain private real estate funds’ acquisition of all outstanding shares of WLT common stock. As of the date of acquisition, we owned 12,208,243 shares of WLT common stock. Upon completion of this transaction, we have no remaining interest in WLT (Note 9).
Financing and Capital Markets Transactions
•In April 2022, we increased the Term Loan to £270.0 million and the Delayed Draw Term Loan to €215.0 million, thereby increasing the total capacity of our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility to approximately $2.4 billion. We used the approximately $300 million of proceeds from this increase in the capacity of our Unsecured Term Loans to partially repay amounts outstanding under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (Note 11).
•On May 2, 2022, we established a $1.0 billion ATM Program, under which we may issue shares directly or defer delivery to a later date through our ATM Forwards (Note 13).
•We issued 2,740,295 shares of our common stock under our prior ATM Program at a weighted-average price of $80.79 per share, for net proceeds of $218.1 million (Note 13).
•We settled our remaining Equity Forwards by delivering 3,925,000 shares of common stock for net proceeds of $284.3 million (Note 13).
•As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $530.0 million of available proceeds under our ATM Forwards (Note 13).
•On September 28, 2022, we completed a private placement of (i) €150 million of 3.41% Senior Notes due 2029, which have a seven-year term and are scheduled to mature on September 28, 2029, and (ii) €200 million of 3.70% Senior Notes due 2032, which have a ten-year term and are scheduled to mature on September 28, 2032 (Note 11).
Investment Management
•Upon completion of the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3), we ceased earning advisory fees and other income previously earned when we served as advisor to CPA:18 – Global. During the year ended December 31, 2022, through the date of the CPA:18 Merger, such fees and other income from CPA:18 – Global totaled $17.9 million. Investment Management fees and other income are expected to be minimal going forward.
Dividends to Stockholders
We declared cash dividends totaling $4.242 per share, comprised of four quarterly dividends per share of $1.057, $1.059, $1.061, and $1.065.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 24 |
Consolidated Results
(in thousands, except shares)
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Revenues from Real Estate | $ | 1,468,101 | $ | 1,312,126 | ||
| Revenues from Investment Management | 10,985 | 19,398 | ||||
| Total revenues | 1,479,086 | 1,331,524 | ||||
| Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey | 591,603 | 384,766 | ||||
| Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey | 7,536 | 25,222 | ||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | 599,139 | 409,988 | ||||
| Dividends declared | 859,655 | 781,626 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 1,003,556 | 926,479 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (1,052,531) | (1,566,727) | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 57,887 | 557,048 | ||||
| Supplemental financial measures (a): | ||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) — Real Estate | 1,042,782 | 896,139 | ||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) — Investment Management | 17,816 | 25,352 | ||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) | 1,060,598 | 921,491 | ||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 200,427,124 | 183,127,098 |
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(a)We consider Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a supplemental measure that is not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (a “non-GAAP measure”), to be an important measure in the evaluation of our operating performance. See Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.
Revenues
Real Estate revenue increased in 2022 as compared to 2021, primarily due to higher lease revenues (substantially as a result of property acquisition activity and rent escalations, as well as the net-leased properties we acquired in the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 3), partially offset by the impact of the weakening euro and British pound sterling) and higher operating property revenues (primarily from the operating properties we acquired in the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 3)), partially offset by lower other lease-related income (Note 5).
Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey
Net income attributable to W. P. Carey increased in 2022 as compared to 2021. Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey increased primarily due to a lower loss on extinguishment of debt (Note 11), non-cash unrealized gains recognized on our investment in common shares of WLT (Note 9), and the impact of real estate acquisitions, partially offset by higher interest expense and the impact of the weakening euro and British pound sterling. In addition, we recognized non-cash unrealized gains on our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics during both the current and prior year (Note 9). Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey decreased primarily due to an impairment charge recognized on goodwill within our Investment Management segment (Note 9). In addition, we recognized a gain on change in control of interests during the current year in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3).
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 25 |
AFFO
AFFO increased in 2022 as compared to 2021, primarily due to investment activity and rent escalations, higher other lease-related income (on an AFFO basis), and the accretive impact of the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3), partially offset by the impact of the weakening euro and British pound sterling and higher interest expense.
Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio is comprised of operationally-critical, commercial real estate assets net leased to tenants located primarily in the United States and Northern and Western Europe. We invest in high-quality single tenant industrial, warehouse, office, retail, and self-storage (net lease) properties subject to long-term leases with built-in rent escalators. Portfolio information is provided on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise noted below, to better illustrate the economic impact of our various net-leased jointly owned investments. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts.
Portfolio Summary
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net-leased Properties | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| ABR (in thousands) | $ | 1,381,899 | $ | 1,247,764 | ||
| Number of net-leased properties (a) | 1,449 | 1,304 | ||||
| Number of tenants | 392 | 352 | ||||
| Total square footage (in thousands) | 175,957 | 155,674 | ||||
| Occupancy | 98.8 | % | 98.5 | % | ||
| Weighted-average lease term (in years) | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||||
| Operating Properties | ||||||
| Number of operating properties: (b) | 87 | 20 | ||||
| Number of self-storage operating properties | 84 | 19 | ||||
| Number of student housing operating properties | 2 | — | ||||
| Number of hotel operating properties | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Occupancy (self-storage operating properties) | 91.0 | % | 95.3 | % | ||
| Number of countries (c) | 26 | 24 | ||||
| Total assets (in thousands) | $ | 18,102,035 | $ | 15,480,630 | ||
| Net investments in real estate (in thousands) | 15,488,898 | 13,037,369 |
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Acquisition volume (in millions) (d) | $ | 1,265.5 | $ | 1,627.9 | ||
| Construction projects completed (in millions) | 148.1 | 88.2 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate | 1.0540 | 1.1830 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/British pound sterling exchange rate | 1.2373 | 1.3755 |
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(a)We acquired 35 net-leased properties (in which we did not already have an ownership interest) in the CPA:18 Merger in August 2022 (Note 3).
(b)We acquired 65 self-storage properties, one student housing property, and one student housing development project in the CPA:18 Merger in August 2022 (Note 3).
(c)We acquired investments in Belgium during the year ended December 31, 2022. We acquired an investment in Mauritius in connection with the CPA:18 Merger in August 2022 (Note 3).
(d)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 excludes properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3). Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include $19.8 million and $217.0 million, respectively, of sale-leasebacks classified as loans receivable (Note 6). Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include $89.5 million and $103.7 million, respectively, of funding for a construction loan (Note 8).
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 26 |
Net-Leased Portfolio
The tables below represent information about our net-leased portfolio at December 31, 2022 on a pro rata basis and, accordingly, exclude all operating properties. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts and ABR.
Top Ten Tenants by ABR
(dollars in thousands)
| Tenant/Lease Guarantor | Description | Number of Properties | ABR | ABR Percent | Weighted-Average Lease Term (Years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-Haul Moving Partners Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. | 78 | $ | 38,751 | 2.8 | % | 1.3 | |||||||
| State of Andalucía (a) | Government office properties in Spain | 70 | 29,271 | 2.1 | % | 12.0 | ||||||||
| Metro Cash & Carry Italia S.p.A. (a) | Business-to-business wholesale stores in Italy and Germany | 20 | 27,512 | 2.0 | % | 5.8 | ||||||||
| Hellweg Die Profi-Baumärkte GmbH & Co. KG (a) | Do-it-yourself retail properties in Germany | 35 | 27,250 | 2.0 | % | 14.2 | ||||||||
| Extra Space Storage, Inc. | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. | 27 | 22,957 | 1.7 | % | 21.3 | ||||||||
| OBI Group (a) | Do-it-yourself retail properties in Poland | 26 | 22,266 | 1.6 | % | 7.8 | ||||||||
| Marriott Corporation (b) | Net lease hotel properties in the U.S. | 18 | 21,350 | 1.6 | % | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Nord Anglia Education, Inc. | K-12 private schools in the U.S. | 3 | 20,981 | 1.5 | % | 20.7 | ||||||||
| Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | Distribution facilities in the U.S. | 29 | 19,851 | 1.4 | % | 10.1 | ||||||||
| Eroski Sociedad Cooperativa (a) | Grocery stores and warehouses in Spain | 63 | 19,705 | 1.4 | % | 13.2 | ||||||||
| Total | 369 | $ | 249,894 | 18.1 | % | 10.1 |
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(a)ABR amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
(b)ABR for this tenant includes $16.1 million from a lease that expired in January 2023. Upon lease expiration, these properties were converted from net lease properties to operating properties.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 27 |
Portfolio Diversification by Geography
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Region | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||||||
| South | |||||||||||||
| Texas | $ | 115,176 | 8.3 | % | 12,609 | 7.2 | % | ||||||
| Florida | 54,064 | 3.9 | % | 4,544 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Georgia | 28,411 | 2.1 | % | 4,721 | 2.7 | % | |||||||
| Tennessee | 25,545 | 1.8 | % | 4,136 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Alabama | 20,072 | 1.5 | % | 3,334 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 14,529 | 1.1 | % | 2,237 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| Total South | 257,797 | 18.7 | % | 31,581 | 18.0 | % | |||||||
| Midwest | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | 75,252 | 5.5 | % | 10,864 | 6.2 | % | |||||||
| Minnesota | 34,977 | 2.5 | % | 3,686 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Indiana | 29,312 | 2.1 | % | 5,222 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Michigan | 28,311 | 2.1 | % | 4,705 | 2.7 | % | |||||||
| Ohio | 28,303 | 2.0 | % | 6,181 | 3.5 | % | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 18,126 | 1.3 | % | 3,276 | 1.8 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 42,430 | 3.1 | % | 6,230 | 3.5 | % | |||||||
| Total Midwest | 256,711 | 18.6 | % | 40,164 | 22.8 | % | |||||||
| East | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 38,333 | 2.8 | % | 8,302 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Pennsylvania | 32,169 | 2.3 | % | 3,527 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| New York | 19,373 | 1.4 | % | 2,257 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| Kentucky | 18,638 | 1.4 | % | 3,063 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| South Carolina | 18,556 | 1.3 | % | 4,949 | 2.8 | % | |||||||
| Massachusetts | 18,209 | 1.3 | % | 1,387 | 0.8 | % | |||||||
| New Jersey | 15,735 | 1.1 | % | 943 | 0.5 | % | |||||||
| Virginia | 14,652 | 1.1 | % | 1,854 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 25,029 | 1.8 | % | 3,884 | 2.2 | % | |||||||
| Total East | 200,694 | 14.5 | % | 30,166 | 17.1 | % | |||||||
| West | |||||||||||||
| California | 64,977 | 4.7 | % | 6,417 | 3.6 | % | |||||||
| Arizona | 30,417 | 2.2 | % | 3,437 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 64,897 | 4.7 | % | 6,994 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Total West | 160,291 | 11.6 | % | 16,848 | 9.6 | % | |||||||
| United States Total | 875,493 | 63.4 | % | 118,759 | 67.5 | % | |||||||
| International | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 71,304 | 5.2 | % | 7,020 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| Spain | 63,779 | 4.6 | % | 5,187 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Poland | 63,552 | 4.6 | % | 8,631 | 4.9 | % | |||||||
| The Netherlands | 55,666 | 4.0 | % | 7,054 | 4.0 | % | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 51,977 | 3.8 | % | 4,766 | 2.7 | % | |||||||
| Italy | 26,884 | 1.9 | % | 2,541 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Denmark | 23,526 | 1.7 | % | 3,039 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| France | 19,920 | 1.4 | % | 1,679 | 1.0 | % | |||||||
| Croatia | 19,475 | 1.4 | % | 2,063 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Canada | 16,337 | 1.2 | % | 2,492 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Norway | 15,533 | 1.1 | % | 753 | 0.4 | % | |||||||
| Other (c) | 78,453 | 5.7 | % | 11,973 | 6.8 | % | |||||||
| International Total | 506,406 | 36.6 | % | 57,198 | 32.5 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,381,899 | 100.0 | % | 175,957 | 100.0 | % |
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 28 |
Portfolio Diversification by Property Type
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Property Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | $ | 366,777 | 26.5 | % | 62,521 | 35.6 | % | ||||||
| Warehouse | 333,713 | 24.1 | % | 63,192 | 35.9 | % | |||||||
| Office | 239,941 | 17.4 | % | 16,703 | 9.5 | % | |||||||
| Retail (d) | 231,839 | 16.8 | % | 20,290 | 11.5 | % | |||||||
| Self Storage (net lease) | 61,708 | 4.5 | % | 5,810 | 3.3 | % | |||||||
| Other (e) | 147,921 | 10.7 | % | 7,441 | 4.2 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,381,899 | 100.0 | % | 175,957 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes square footage for any vacant properties.
(b)Other properties within South include assets in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Other properties within Midwest include assets in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Other properties within East include assets in Maryland, Connecticut, West Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine. Other properties within West include assets in Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Montana.
(c)Includes assets in Lithuania, Mexico, Finland, Belgium, Hungary, Mauritius, Slovakia, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Japan, Latvia, and Estonia.
(d)Includes automotive dealerships.
(e)Includes ABR from tenants with the following property types: hotel (net lease), education facility, laboratory, specialty, fitness facility, research and development, student housing (net lease), theater, funeral home, restaurant, land, and parking.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 29 |
Portfolio Diversification by Tenant Industry
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Industry Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Stores (a) | $ | 283,868 | 20.5 | % | 36,457 | 20.7 | % | ||||||
| Consumer Services | 110,969 | 8.0 | % | 8,067 | 4.6 | % | |||||||
| Beverage and Food | 105,906 | 7.7 | % | 15,759 | 9.0 | % | |||||||
| Automotive | 85,966 | 6.2 | % | 13,477 | 7.7 | % | |||||||
| Grocery | 79,516 | 5.8 | % | 8,363 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Cargo Transportation | 63,473 | 4.6 | % | 9,550 | 5.4 | % | |||||||
| Hotel and Leisure | 57,132 | 4.1 | % | 3,060 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals | 55,806 | 4.0 | % | 5,557 | 3.2 | % | |||||||
| Capital Equipment | 55,593 | 4.0 | % | 8,459 | 4.8 | % | |||||||
| Business Services | 48,375 | 3.5 | % | 4,113 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Containers, Packaging, and Glass | 46,942 | 3.4 | % | 8,266 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Durable Consumer Goods | 46,761 | 3.4 | % | 10,300 | 5.9 | % | |||||||
| Construction and Building | 46,583 | 3.4 | % | 9,235 | 5.2 | % | |||||||
| Sovereign and Public Finance | 42,578 | 3.1 | % | 3,560 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| High Tech Industries | 36,027 | 2.6 | % | 3,574 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Insurance | 30,862 | 2.2 | % | 2,024 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber | 29,935 | 2.2 | % | 5,254 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Non-Durable Consumer Goods | 26,374 | 1.9 | % | 6,244 | 3.5 | % | |||||||
| Banking | 23,894 | 1.7 | % | 1,426 | 0.8 | % | |||||||
| Metals | 18,673 | 1.4 | % | 3,259 | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Telecommunications | 16,839 | 1.2 | % | 1,686 | 1.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 69,827 | 5.1 | % | 8,267 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,381,899 | 100.0 | % | 175,957 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes automotive dealerships.
(b)Includes ABR from tenants in the following industries: media: broadcasting and subscription, aerospace and defense, wholesale, media: advertising, printing, and publishing, oil and gas, utilities: electric, environmental industries, consumer transportation, forest products and paper, electricity, and real estate. Also includes square footage for vacant properties.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 30 |
Lease Expirations
(dollars and square footage in thousands)
| Year of Lease Expiration (a) | Number of Leases Expiring | Number of Tenants with Leases Expiring | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (b) | 36 | 30 | $ | 54,228 | 3.9 | % | 5,500 | 3.1 | % | ||||||||||
| 2024 (c) | 41 | 35 | 90,330 | 6.6 | % | 11,230 | 6.4 | % | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 53 | 32 | 61,241 | 4.4 | % | 7,068 | 4.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 46 | 36 | 64,074 | 4.7 | % | 9,081 | 5.1 | % | |||||||||||
| 2027 | 57 | 33 | 82,953 | 6.0 | % | 8,906 | 5.1 | % | |||||||||||
| 2028 | 46 | 28 | 69,298 | 5.0 | % | 5,589 | 3.2 | % | |||||||||||
| 2029 | 57 | 29 | 68,802 | 5.0 | % | 8,337 | 4.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2030 | 34 | 29 | 73,128 | 5.3 | % | 6,165 | 3.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2031 | 37 | 21 | 70,249 | 5.1 | % | 8,749 | 5.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2032 | 41 | 22 | 44,204 | 3.2 | % | 6,200 | 3.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2033 | 31 | 24 | 81,864 | 5.9 | % | 11,377 | 6.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2034 | 49 | 18 | 83,347 | 6.0 | % | 8,638 | 4.9 | % | |||||||||||
| 2035 | 14 | 14 | 29,388 | 2.1 | % | 4,957 | 2.8 | % | |||||||||||
| 2036 | 49 | 19 | 84,795 | 6.1 | % | 13,524 | 7.7 | % | |||||||||||
| Thereafter (2036) | 261 | 107 | 423,998 | 30.7 | % | 58,555 | 33.3 | % | |||||||||||
| Vacant | — | — | — | — | % | 2,081 | 1.2 | % | |||||||||||
| Total | 852 | $ | 1,381,899 | 100.0 | % | 175,957 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Assumes tenants do not exercise any renewal options or purchase options.
(b)Includes ABR of $16.1 million from a tenant (Marriott Corporation) with a lease that expired in January 2023. Upon lease expiration, these properties were converted from net lease properties to operating properties.
(c)Includes ABR of $38.8 million from a tenant (U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP) that holds an option to repurchase the 78 properties it is leasing in April 2024. There can be no assurance that such repurchase will be completed.
Rent Collections
Through the date of this Report, we received from tenants over 99.3% of contractual base rent that was due during the fourth quarter of 2022 (based on contractual minimum ABR as of September 30, 2022).
Terms and Definitions
Pro Rata Metrics —The portfolio information above contains certain metrics prepared on a pro rata basis. We refer to these metrics as pro rata metrics. We have a number of investments, usually with our affiliates, in which our economic ownership is less than 100%. On a full consolidation basis, we report 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of those investments that are deemed to be under our control or for which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary, even if our ownership is less than 100%. Also, for all other jointly owned investments, which we do not control, we report our net investment and our net income or loss from that investment. On a pro rata basis, we generally present our proportionate share, based on our economic ownership of these jointly owned investments, of the portfolio metrics of those investments. Multiplying each of our jointly owned investments’ financial statement line items by our percentage ownership and adding or subtracting those amounts from our totals, as applicable, may not accurately depict the legal and economic implications of holding an ownership interest of less than 100% in our jointly owned investments.
ABR — ABR represents contractual minimum annualized base rent for our net-leased properties and reflects exchange rates as of December 31, 2022. If there is a rent abatement, we annualize the first monthly contractual base rent following the free rent period. ABR is not applicable to operating properties.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 31 |
Results of Operations
We operate in two reportable segments: Real Estate and Investment Management. We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality, and number of properties in our Real Estate segment. We focus our efforts on accretive investing and improving portfolio quality through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals, or selectively selling assets in order to increase value in our real estate portfolio. Through our Investment Management segment, we expect to continue to earn fees and other income from the management of the CESH portfolio until it reaches the end of its life cycle. Refer to Note 17 for tables presenting the comparative results of our Real Estate and Investment Management segments.
Real Estate
Revenues
The following table presents revenues within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | Change | ||||||||
| Real Estate Revenues | ||||||||||
| Lease revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Existing net-leased properties | $ | 1,110,502 | $ | 1,103,945 | $ | 6,557 | ||||
| Recently acquired net-leased properties | 140,431 | 53,687 | 86,744 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger | 36,040 | — | 36,040 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties sold or held for sale | 14,644 | 19,806 | (5,162) | |||||||
| Total lease revenues (including reimbursable tenant costs) | 1,301,617 | 1,177,438 | 124,179 | |||||||
| Income from direct financing leases and loans receivable | 74,266 | 67,555 | 6,711 | |||||||
| Operating property revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Operating properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger | 39,193 | — | 39,193 | |||||||
| Existing operating properties | 20,037 | 13,478 | 6,559 | |||||||
| Total operating property revenues | 59,230 | 13,478 | 45,752 | |||||||
| Other lease-related income | 32,988 | 53,655 | (20,667) | |||||||
| $ | 1,468,101 | $ | 1,312,126 | $ | 155,975 |
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 32 |
Lease Revenues
“Existing net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2021 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. For the periods presented, there were 1,108 existing net-leased properties.
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, lease revenues from existing net-leased properties increased due to the following items (in millions):
__________
(a)Excludes fixed minimum rent increases, which are reflected as straight-line rent adjustments within lease revenues.
(b)Primarily related to (i) straight-line rent adjustments and (ii) write-offs of above/below-market rent intangibles.
“Recently acquired net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service subsequent to December 31, 2020 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. Since January 1, 2021, we acquired 48 investments (comprised of 192 properties and six land parcels under buildings that we already own) and placed three properties into service.
“Net-leased properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger” on August 1, 2022 (Note 3) consisted of 38 net-leased properties, which contributed five months of lease revenue, depreciation and amortization, and property expenses during the year ended December 31, 2022.
“Net-leased properties sold or held for sale” include (i) 23 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2022; (ii) three net-leased properties classified as held for sale at December 31, 2022, one of which was sold in January 2023 (Note 5, Note 18); and (iii) 24 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2021. Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 16.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 33 |
Income from Direct Financing Leases and Loans Receivable
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, income from direct financing leases and loans receivable decreased due to the following items (in millions):
Operating Property Revenues and Expenses
“Operating properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger” on August 1, 2022 (Note 3) consisted of 65 self-storage properties and two student housing properties, which contributed five months of operating property revenues, depreciation and amortization, and operating property expenses during the year ended December 31, 2022.
“Existing operating properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2021 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. For the periods presented, we recorded operating property revenues from 11 existing operating properties, comprised of ten self-storage operating properties (which excludes nine self-storage properties accounted for under the equity method) and one hotel operating property. For our hotel operating property, revenues and expenses increased by $4.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, reflecting higher occupancy as the hotel’s business recovers from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Other Lease-Related Income
Other lease-related income is described in Note 5.
Operating Expenses
Depreciation and Amortization
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, depreciation and amortization expense for net-leased properties and self-storage operating properties increased primarily due to the impact of net acquisition activity (including properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3)), partially offset by the weakening of foreign currencies (primarily the euro and British pound sterling) in relation to the U.S. dollar between the periods.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 34 |
General and Administrative
All general and administrative expenses are recognized within our Real Estate segment.
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, general and administrative expenses increased by $7.1 million, primarily due to higher compensation expense, increased professional fees resulting from the CPA:18 Merger, and higher travel costs.
Property Expenses, Excluding Reimbursable Tenant Costs
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, increased by $2.9 million, primarily due to due to tenant vacancies during 2021 and 2022 (which resulted in property expenses no longer being reimbursable) and property expenses incurred on acquisitions since January 1, 2021 (Note 3).
Impairment Charges
Our impairment charges are described in Note 9.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
For a description of our equity plans and awards, please see Note 14. Stock-based compensation expense is fully recognized within our Real Estate segment.
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, stock-based compensation expense increased by $8.0 million, primarily due to changes in the projected payout for performance share units.
Merger and Other Expenses
For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, merger and other expenses are primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3) and/or reversals of estimated liabilities for German real estate transfer taxes that were previously recorded in connection with mergers in prior years.
Other Income and (Expenses), and (Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
Interest Expense
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, interest expense increased by $22.3 million, primarily due to (i) $20.1 million of interest expense incurred from August through December 2022 related to non-recourse mortgage loans assumed in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3), (ii) higher outstanding balances and interest rates on our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, and (iii) five senior unsecured notes issuances totaling $1.7 billion (based on the exchange rate of the euro on the dates of issuance for our euro-denominated senior unsecured notes) with a weighted-average interest rate of 2.1% completed since January 1, 2021, partially offset by (i) the weakening of foreign currencies (primarily the euro and British pound sterling) in relation to the U.S. dollar between the periods and (ii) the reduction of our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at or close to maturity a total of $892.9 million of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.8% since January 1, 2021.
The following table presents certain information about our outstanding debt (dollars in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Average outstanding debt balance | $ | 7,392,208 | $ | 6,906,997 | ||
| Weighted-average interest rate | 2.7 | % | 2.6 | % |
The weighted-average interest rate for our debt instruments as of December 31, 2022 increased to 3.0% as compared to 2.5% as of December 31, 2021, and is expected to be further impacted by rising interest rates over the next year.
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Other Gains and (Losses)
Other gains and (losses) primarily consists of gains and losses on (i) the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, (ii) extinguishment of debt, and (iii) foreign currency exchange rate movements. The timing and amount of such gains or losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation. All of our foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt instruments were designated as net investment hedges during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Therefore, no gains and losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements were recognized on the remeasurement of such instruments during those periods (Note 10).
The following table presents other gains and (losses) within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Change | ||||||||
| Other Gains and (Losses) | ||||||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in common shares of WLT (Note 9) | $ | 49,233 | $ | — | $ | 49,233 | ||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics (Note 9) | 38,582 | 76,312 | (37,730) | |||||||
| Net realized and unrealized losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (a) | (26,866) | (15,608) | (11,258) | |||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in preferred shares of WLT (Note 9) | 18,688 | — | 18,688 | |||||||
| Change in allowance for credit losses on finance receivables (Note 6) | 14,363 | (266) | 14,629 | |||||||
| Gain on repayment of secured loan receivable (b) | 10,613 | — | 10,613 | |||||||
| Adjustment to insurance receivable acquired as part of a prior merger (c) | (9,358) | — | (9,358) | |||||||
| Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt (d) | 1,301 | (75,339) | 76,640 | |||||||
| Other | 593 | 1,225 | (632) | |||||||
| $ | 97,149 | $ | (13,676) | $ | 110,825 |
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(a)We make certain foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans to a number of our foreign subsidiaries, most of which do not have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. Remeasurement of foreign currency intercompany transactions that are scheduled for settlement, consisting primarily of accrued interest and amortizing loans, are included in other gains and (losses).
(b)We acquired a secured loan receivable with a fair value of $23.4 million in our merger with a former affiliate, Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, in October 2018 (“CPA:17 Merger”), for which the outstanding principal of $34.0 million was fully repaid to us in September 2022 (Note 6). Therefore, we recorded a $10.6 million gain on repayment of this secured loan receivable.
(c)This insurance receivable was acquired in the CPA:17 Merger.
(d)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 is related to the prepayment of mortgage loans (primarily comprised of prepayment penalties totaling $45.2 million) and redemption of the €500.0 million of 2.0% Senior Notes due 2023 in March 2021 (primarily comprised of a “make-whole” amount of $26.2 million related to the redemption) (Note 11).
Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net
Gain on sale of real estate, net, consists of gain on the sale of properties that were disposed of during the reporting period. Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 16.
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Non-Operating Income
Non-operating income primarily consists of realized gains and losses on derivative instruments, dividends from equity securities, and interest income on our loans to affiliates and cash deposits.
The following table presents non-operating income within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Change | ||||||||
| Non-Operating Income | ||||||||||
| Realized gains on foreign currency collars (Note 10) | $ | 24,058 | $ | 2,357 | $ | 21,701 | ||||
| Cash dividend from our investment in Lineage Logistics (Note 9) | 4,308 | 6,438 | (2,130) | |||||||
| Interest income related to our loans to affiliates and cash deposits | 1,011 | 90 | 921 | |||||||
| Cash dividends from our investment in preferred shares of WLT (Note 9) | 912 | 4,893 | (3,981) | |||||||
| $ | 30,289 | $ | 13,778 | $ | 16,511 |
Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method Investments in Real Estate
Our equity method investments in real estate are more fully described in Note 8. The following table presents earnings (losses) from equity method investments in real estate (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Change | ||||||||
| Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method Investments in Real Estate | ||||||||||
| Existing Equity Method Investments: | ||||||||||
| Earnings from Las Vegas Retail Complex | $ | 10,077 | $ | 3,017 | $ | 7,060 | ||||
| Earnings from Johnson Self Storage (a) | 4,334 | 2,460 | 1,874 | |||||||
| Earnings from Kesko Senukai (b) | 3,908 | 841 | 3,067 | |||||||
| Earnings from Harmon Retail Center | 1,051 | 1,108 | (57) | |||||||
| Losses from WLT (c) | — | (10,790) | 10,790 | |||||||
| 19,370 | (3,364) | 22,734 | ||||||||
| Equity Method Investments Consolidated after the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3): | ||||||||||
| Proportionate share of impairment charge or other-than-temporary impairment charge recognized on Bank Pekao (Note 8, Note 9) | (4,610) | (13,220) | 8,610 | |||||||
| Earnings from Fortenova Grupa d.d. (d) | 136 | 1,542 | (1,406) | |||||||
| Other-than-temporary impairment charge on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Note 8, Note 9) | — | (6,830) | 6,830 | |||||||
| Other | 1,325 | 2,223 | (898) | |||||||
| (3,149) | (16,285) | 13,136 | ||||||||
| $ | 16,221 | $ | (19,649) | $ | 35,870 |
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(a)Increase is primarily due to higher occupancy and unit rates at these self-storage facilities.
(b)Increase is primarily due to higher rent collections at these retail properties, where certain rents were previously disputed and subsequently collected.
(c)Loss for 2021 is primarily due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on WLT’s operations. We recorded losses from this investment on a one quarter lag. This investment was reclassified to equity securities at fair value within Other assets, net on our consolidated balance sheets in January 2022 (Note 9).
(d)Amount for 2021 reflects our proportionate share of a gain recognized on the sale of one of the properties in this portfolio.
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(Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021, provision for income taxes within our Real Estate segment decreased by $7.3 million, primarily due to (i) deferred tax benefits totaling $3.5 million recognized during 2022 related to the release of valuation allowances on certain foreign properties, (ii) trade taxes of $1.8 million recognized during 2021 as a result of the completion of a tax review on a portfolio of properties in Germany, and (iii) tax benefits of $0.7 million recognized on certain foreign properties during 2022 as a result of a tax court ruling.
Investment Management
We earn revenue as the advisor to the Managed Programs. For the periods presented, we acted as advisor to the following Managed Programs: CPA:18 – Global (through August 1, 2022), CWI 1 and CWI 2 (through April 13, 2020), and CESH. Upon completion of the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 3), the advisory agreement with CPA:18 – Global was terminated, and we ceased earning revenue from CPA:18 – Global. The CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger closed on April 13, 2020, and as a result, CWI 2 was renamed Watermark Lodging Trust, Inc., for which we provided certain services pursuant to a transition services agreement, which was terminated on October 13, 2021 (Note 4).
We no longer raise capital for new or existing funds, but we currently expect to continue managing CESH and earn the various fees described below through the end of its life cycle (Note 1, Note 4).
Revenues
The following table presents revenues within our Investment Management segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Change | ||||||||
| Investment Management Revenues | ||||||||||
| Asset management and other revenue | ||||||||||
| CPA:18 – Global | $ | 6,956 | $ | 12,528 | $ | (5,572) | ||||
| CESH | 1,511 | 2,835 | (1,324) | |||||||
| 8,467 | 15,363 | (6,896) | ||||||||
| Reimbursable costs from affiliates | ||||||||||
| CPA:18 – Global | 2,040 | 2,874 | (834) | |||||||
| CESH | 478 | 878 | (400) | |||||||
| WLT | — | 283 | (283) | |||||||
| 2,518 | 4,035 | (1,517) | ||||||||
| $ | 10,985 | $ | 19,398 | $ | (8,413) |
Asset Management and Other Revenue
During the periods presented, we earned asset management revenue from (i) CPA:18 – Global (prior to the CPA:18 Merger) based on the value of its real estate-related assets under management and (ii) CESH based on its gross assets under management at fair value. For 2022, we received asset management fees from (i) CPA:18 – Global in shares of its common stock through February 28, 2022; effective as of March 1, 2022, we receive asset management fees from CPA:18 – Global in cash in light of the CPA:18 Merger, which closed on August 1, 2022 (Note 3), and (ii) CESH in cash. Asset management revenues from CESH are expected to decline as assets are sold.
Operating Expenses
Impairment Charges — Investment Management Goodwill
Our impairment charges on Investment Management goodwill are more fully described in Note 9.
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Other Income and Expenses, and (Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
Earnings from Equity Method Investments in the Managed Programs
The following table presents the details of our earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs (Note 8) (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs: | ||||||
| Distributions of Available Cash from CPA:18 – Global (a) | $ | 8,746 | $ | 7,345 | ||
| Earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs (a) (b) | 4,542 | 1,475 | ||||
| Earnings from equity method investments in the Managed Programs | $ | 13,288 | $ | 8,820 |
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(a)As a result of the completion of the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 3), we no longer recognize equity income from our investment in shares of common stock of CPA:18 – Global or receive distributions of Available Cash from CPA:18 – Global.
(b)The increase for the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to 2021 was primarily due to an increase of $3.1 million from our investment in shares of CPA:18 – Global.
(Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2022 we recorded a provision for income taxes of $6.3 million, compared to a benefit from income taxes of $0.2 million recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021, within our Investment Management segment. During 2022, in connection with the CPA:18 Merger, we incurred one-time current taxes upon the recognition of taxable income associated with the accelerated vesting of shares previously issued by CPA:18 – Global to us for asset management services performed.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash During the Year
We use the cash flow generated from our investments primarily to meet our operating expenses, service debt, and fund dividends to stockholders. Our cash flows fluctuate periodically due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things: the timing of our equity and debt offerings; the timing of purchases and sales of real estate; the timing of the repayment of mortgage loans and receipt of lease revenues; the timing and amount of other lease-related payments; the timing of settlement of foreign currency transactions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; and the timing of distributions from equity method investments. We no longer receive certain fees and distributions from CPA:18 – Global following the completion of the CPA:18 Merger on August 1, 2022 (Note 3). Despite these fluctuations, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, proceeds from dispositions of properties, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, such as issuances of common stock through our ATM Forwards (Note 13), in order to meet these needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the period are described below.
Operating Activities — Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $77.1 million during 2022 as compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in cash flow generated from net investment activity (including properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3)) and scheduled rent increases at existing properties. These increases were partially offset by higher interest expense and merger expenses recognized during the current year related to the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3).
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Investing Activities — Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales) and funding for build-to-suit activities and other capital expenditures on real estate. In connection with the CPA:18 Merger, we paid $423.4 million in cash consideration, and acquired $331.1 million of cash and restricted cash. We received $147.6 million of proceeds from the redemption of WLT preferred stock and cash exchanged for WLT common stock (Note 9). In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2022, we used $26.0 million to fund short-term loans to the Managed Programs, all of which were repaid during that period (Note 4). We also received $7.1 million in distributions from equity method investments.
Financing Activities — Our financing activities are generally comprised of borrowings and repayments under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loans, issuances of the Senior Unsecured Notes, payments and prepayments of non-recourse mortgage loans, and payments of dividends to stockholders. In addition to these types of transactions, during the year ended December 31, 2022, we received (i) $284.3 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our Equity Forwards (Note 14) and (ii) $218.1 million in net proceeds from the issuance of shares under our prior ATM Program (Note 14).
Summary of Financing
The table below summarizes our Senior Unsecured Notes, our non-recourse mortgages, and our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, | ||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Carrying Value | ||||||
| Fixed rate: | ||||||
| Senior Unsecured Notes (a) | $ | 5,916,400 | $ | 5,701,913 | ||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a) | 824,270 | 235,898 | ||||
| 6,740,670 | 5,937,811 | |||||
| Variable rate: | ||||||
| Unsecured Term Loans (a) | 552,539 | 310,583 | ||||
| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility | 276,392 | 410,596 | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a): | ||||||
| Floating interest rate mortgage loans | 213,958 | 53,571 | ||||
| Amount subject to interest rate swaps and caps | 94,189 | 79,055 | ||||
| 1,137,078 | 853,805 | |||||
| $ | 7,877,748 | $ | 6,791,616 | |||
| Percent of Total Debt | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 86 | % | 87 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 14 | % | 13 | % | ||
| 100 | % | 100 | % | |||
| Weighted-Average Interest Rate at End of Year | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 2.9 | % | 2.7 | % | ||
| Variable rate (b) | 3.6 | % | 1.1 | % | ||
| Total debt | 3.0 | % | 2.5 | % |
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(a)Aggregate debt balance includes unamortized discount, net, totaling $35.9 million and $30.9 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and unamortized deferred financing costs totaling $26.0 million and $28.8 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(b)The impact of our interest rate swaps and caps is reflected in the weighted-average interest rates.
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Cash Resources
At December 31, 2022, our cash resources consisted of the following:
•cash and cash equivalents totaling $168.0 million. Of this amount, $96.6 million, at then-current exchange rates, was held in foreign subsidiaries, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts;
•our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, with available capacity of $1.5 billion (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $0.6 million);
•available proceeds under our ATM Forwards of approximately $530.0 million; and
•unleveraged properties that had an aggregate asset carrying value of approximately $13.1 billion at December 31, 2022, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties.
We may also access the capital markets through additional debt (denominated in both U.S. dollars and euros) and equity offerings.
Our cash resources can be used for working capital needs and other commitments and may be used for future investments.
Cash Requirements and Liquidity
As of December 31, 2022, we had (i) $168.0 million of cash and cash equivalents, (ii) approximately $1.5 billion of available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $0.6 million), and (iii) available proceeds under our ATM Forwards of approximately $530.0 million. Our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility includes a $1.8 billion Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loans outstanding totaling $552.5 million as of December 31, 2022 (Note 11), and is scheduled to mature on February 20, 2025. As of December 31, 2022, scheduled debt principal payments total $456.7 million through December 31, 2023 and $1.7 billion through December 31, 2024, and our Senior Unsecured Notes do not start to mature until April 2024 (Note 11).
During the next 12 months following December 31, 2022 and thereafter, we expect that our significant cash requirements will include:
•paying dividends to our stockholders; (which we expect to be higher, following the issuance of 13,786,302 shares of our common stock in the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3));
•funding acquisitions of new investments (Note 5);
•funding future capital commitments and tenant improvement allowances (Note 5);
•making scheduled principal and balloon payments on our debt obligations (Note 11);
•making scheduled interest payments on our debt obligations (future interest payments total $927.7 million, with $231.6 million due during the next 12 months; interest on unhedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual variable interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2022); and
•other normal recurring operating expenses.
We expect to fund these cash requirements through cash generated from operations, cash received from dispositions of properties, the use of our cash reserves or unused amounts on our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (as described above), issuances of common stock through our ATM Program (Note 13), and potential issuances of additional debt or equity securities. We may also choose to prepay certain of our non-recourse mortgage loan obligations, depending on our capital needs and market conditions at that time.
Our liquidity could be adversely affected by unanticipated costs, greater-than-anticipated operating expenses, and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. To the extent that our working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, mortgage loan proceeds, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities to meet these needs.
Certain amounts disclosed above are based on the applicable foreign currency exchange rate at December 31, 2022.
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Environmental Obligations
In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that our properties were in substantial compliance with federal, state, and foreign environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills, or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. We believe that the ultimate resolution of any environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations. We record environmental obligations within Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of potential environmental risks.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Those accounting policies that require significant estimation and/or judgment are described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Note 2.
Supplemental Financial Measures
In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP supplemental financial measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we use Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and AFFO, which are non-GAAP measures defined by our management. We believe that these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of FFO and AFFO and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.
Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a non-GAAP measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure, when used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP, to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental non-GAAP measure. FFO is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in December 2018. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property, impairment charges on real estate or other assets incidental to the company’s main business, gains or losses on changes in control of interests in real estate, and depreciation and amortization from real estate assets; and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments are calculated to reflect FFO.
We also modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to adjust GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, such as amortization of real estate-related intangibles, deferred income tax benefits and expenses, straight-line rent and related reserves, other non-cash rent adjustments, non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and direct financing leases, stock-based compensation, non-cash environmental accretion expense, amortization of discounts and premiums on debt, and amortization of deferred financing costs. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. Additionally, we exclude non-core income and expenses, such as gains or losses from extinguishment of debt, and merger and acquisition expenses. We also exclude realized and unrealized gains/losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (other than those realized on the settlement of foreign currency derivatives), which are not considered fundamental attributes of our business plan
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and do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO. We exclude these items from GAAP net income to arrive at AFFO as they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process and excluding these items provides investors a view of our portfolio performance over time and makes it more comparable to other REITs that are currently not engaged in acquisitions, mergers, and restructuring, which are not part of our normal business operations. AFFO also reflects adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. We use AFFO as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals, evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies, and determine executive compensation.
We believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider as we believe it will help them to better assess the sustainability of our operating performance without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations. However, there are limits on the usefulness of AFFO to investors. For example, impairment charges and unrealized foreign currency losses that we exclude may become actual realized losses upon the ultimate disposition of the properties in the form of lower cash proceeds or other considerations. We use our FFO and AFFO measures as supplemental financial measures of operating performance. We do not use our FFO and AFFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net income computed under GAAP, or as alternatives to net cash provided by operating activities computed under GAAP, or as indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
Consolidated FFO and AFFO were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 599,139 | $ | 409,988 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 500,764 | 470,554 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net | (43,476) | (40,425) | ||||
| Impairment charges — real estate | 39,119 | 24,246 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (a) (b) | (33,931) | — | ||||
| Impairment charges — Investment Management goodwill (c) | 29,334 | — | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) (e) | 15,155 | 32,213 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (f) | (491) | (16) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 506,474 | 486,572 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | 1,105,613 | 896,560 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Other (gains) and losses (g) | (96,038) | 12,885 | ||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments (h) | (54,431) | (83,267) | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 41,390 | 53,585 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 32,841 | 24,881 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (i) | 19,387 | (4,546) | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 17,203 | 13,523 | ||||
| Tax benefit — deferred and other | (3,759) | (5,967) | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 1,931 | 1,709 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (e) | (2,770) | 12,152 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (f) | (769) | (24) | ||||
| Total adjustments | (45,015) | 24,931 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,060,598 | $ | 921,491 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,105,613 | $ | 896,560 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 1,060,598 | $ | 921,491 |
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FFO and AFFO from Real Estate were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 591,603 | $ | 384,766 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 500,764 | 470,554 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net | (43,476) | (40,425) | ||||
| Impairment charges — real estate | 39,119 | 24,246 | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (a) (b) | (11,405) | — | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) (e) | 15,155 | 32,213 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (f) | (491) | (16) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 499,666 | 486,572 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | 1,091,269 | 871,338 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Other (gains) and losses (g) | (97,149) | 13,676 | ||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments (h) | (54,431) | (83,267) | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 41,390 | 53,585 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 32,841 | 24,881 | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (i) | 19,384 | (4,597) | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 17,203 | 13,523 | ||||
| Tax benefit — deferred and other | (8,164) | (4,938) | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 1,931 | 1,709 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (e) | (723) | 10,253 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (f) | (769) | (24) | ||||
| Total adjustments | (48,487) | 24,801 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 1,042,782 | $ | 896,139 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 1,091,269 | $ | 871,338 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 1,042,782 | $ | 896,139 |
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 44 |
FFO and AFFO from Investment Management were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 7,536 | $ | 25,222 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Impairment charges — Investment Management goodwill (c) | 29,334 | — | ||||
| Gain on change in control of interests (a) (b) | (22,526) | — | ||||
| Total adjustments | 6,808 | — | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | 14,344 | 25,222 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Tax expense (benefit) — deferred and other | 4,405 | (1,029) | ||||
| Other (gains) and losses (g) | 1,111 | (791) | ||||
| Merger and other expenses | 3 | 51 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (e) | (2,047) | 1,899 | ||||
| Total adjustments | 3,472 | 130 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 17,816 | $ | 25,352 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 14,344 | $ | 25,222 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 17,816 | $ | 25,352 |
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(a)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 represents a gain recognized on the remaining interests in four investments acquired in the CPA:18 Merger, which we had previously accounted for under the equity method (Note 3).
(b)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 represents a gain recognized on our previously held interest in shares of CPA:18 – Global common stock in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3).
(c)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 represents an impairment charge recognized on goodwill within our Investment Management segment, since future Investment Management cash flows are expected to be minimal (Note 7, Note 9).
(d)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes our $4.6 million proportionate share of an impairment charge recognized on an equity method investment in real estate (Note 8). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes a non-cash other-than-temporary impairment charge of $6.8 million recognized on an equity method investment in real estate (Note 9)
(e)Equity income, including amounts that are not typically recognized for FFO and AFFO, is recognized within Earnings (losses) from equity method investments on the consolidated statements of income. This represents adjustments to equity income to reflect FFO and AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(f)Adjustments disclosed elsewhere in this reconciliation are on a consolidated basis. This adjustment reflects our FFO or AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(g)Primarily comprised of gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, and foreign currency exchange rate movements, as well as non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and direct financing leases.
(h)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes an adjustment to exclude $37.8 million of lease termination fees received from a tenant, as such amount was determined to be non-core income (Note 5).
(i)Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are primarily comprised of costs incurred in connection with the CPA:18 Merger (Note 3) and/or reversals of estimated liabilities for German real estate transfer taxes that were previously recorded in connection with mergers in prior years.
While we believe that FFO and AFFO are important supplemental measures, they should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indication of a company’s operating performance. These non-GAAP measures should be used in conjunction with net income as defined by GAAP. FFO and AFFO, or similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs, may not be comparable to our FFO and AFFO measures.
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| W. P. Carey 2022 10-K – 45 |
FY 2021 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001025378-22-000041.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. This item also provides our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results. The discussion also breaks down the financial results of our business by segment to provide a better understanding of how these segments and their results affect our financial condition and results of operations.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report and the matters described under Item 1A. Risk Factors. Please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 for discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. Refer to Item 1. Business for a description of our business.
Significant Developments
COVID-19
We continue to actively engage in discussions with our tenants regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business operations, liquidity, and financial position. Through the date of this Report, we have received from tenants over 99.8% of contractual base rent due during the fourth quarter of 2021 (based on contractual minimum annualized base rent (“ABR”) as of September 30, 2021). Given the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to predict its effect on our tenants’ continued ability to pay rent. Therefore, information provided in this Report regarding rent collections should not serve as an indication of expected future rent collections.
Financial Highlights
During the year ended December 31, 2021, we completed the following (as further described in the consolidated financial statements):
Real Estate
Investments
•We acquired 28 investments totaling $1.5 billion (Note 4, Note 5).
•We completed four construction projects at a cost totaling $88.2 million (Note 4).
•We entered into an agreement to fund a construction loan of approximately $224.9 million for a retail complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through December 31, 2021, we have funded $103.7 million (Note 7).
•We committed to fund six build-to-suit or expansion projects totaling $63.5 million (based on the exchange rate of the euro at December 31, 2021, as applicable). We currently expect to complete the projects in 2022 and 2023 (Note 4).
Dispositions
•As part of our active capital recycling program, we disposed of 24 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $163.6 million (Note 15).
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 22 |
Financing and Capital Markets Transactions
•On February 25, 2021, we completed an underwritten public offering of $425.0 million of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2033, at a price of 98.722% of par value. These 2.250% Senior Notes due 2033 have a 12.1-year term and are scheduled to mature on April 1, 2033 (Note 10).
•On March 8, 2021, we completed an underwritten public offering of €525.0 million of 0.950% Senior Notes due 2030, at a price of 99.335% of par value, issued by our wholly owned finance subsidiary, WPC Eurobond B.V., and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by us. These 0.950% Senior Notes due 2030 have a 9.2-year term and are scheduled to mature on June 1, 2030. We used the net proceeds from this offering to redeem the €500.0 million of 2.0% Senior Notes due 2023, for which we paid a “make-whole” amount of $26.2 million (based on the exchange rate of the euro as of the date of redemption) (Note 10).
•On October 15, 2021, we completed an underwritten public offering of $350.0 million of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2032, at a price of 99.048% of par value, in our inaugural green bond offering. These 2.450% Senior Notes due 2032 have a 10.3-year term and are scheduled to mature on February 1, 2032. We intend to fully allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from this offering to the financing and refinancing, in whole or in part, of one or more recently completed or future eligible green projects (as defined in the prospectus supplement for the offering) (Note 10).
•On June 7, 2021, we offered 6,037,500 shares of common stock through our June 2021 Equity Forwards, for gross proceeds of approximately $454.6 million. In addition, on August 9, 2021, we offered 5,175,000 shares of common stock through our August 2021 Equity Forwards, for gross proceeds of approximately $403.7 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we settled portions of our Equity Forwards by delivering 9,798,209 shares of common stock to certain forward purchasers for net proceeds of $697.0 million. As of December 31, 2021, 3,925,000 shares remained outstanding under our Equity Forwards (Note 12).
•We issued 4,690,073 shares of our common stock under our ATM Program at a weighted-average price of $73.42 per share, for net proceeds of $340.0 million (Note 12).
•We reduced our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at or close to maturity a total of $777.8 million of non-recourse mortgage loans (including prepayment penalties totaling $45.2 million) with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.8% (Note 10).
Investment Management
Assets Under Management
•As of December 31, 2021, we managed total assets of approximately $2.7 billion on behalf of CPA:18 – Global and CESH. We expect that the vast majority of our Investment Management earnings going forward will be generated from asset management fees and our ownership interests in CPA:18 – Global and CESH.
Dividends to Stockholders
We declared cash dividends totaling $4.205 per share, comprised of four quarterly dividends per share of $1.048, $1.050, $1.052, and $1.055.
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 23 |
Consolidated Results
(in thousands, except shares)
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Revenues from Real Estate | $ | 1,312,126 | $ | 1,177,997 | ||
| Revenues from Investment Management | 19,398 | 31,322 | ||||
| Total revenues | 1,331,524 | 1,209,319 | ||||
| Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey | 384,766 | 459,512 | ||||
| Net income (loss) from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey | 25,222 | (4,153) | ||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | 409,988 | 455,359 | ||||
| Dividends declared | 781,626 | 732,020 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 926,479 | 801,538 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (1,566,727) | (539,932) | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 557,048 | (210,713) | ||||
| Supplemental financial measures (a): | ||||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) — Real Estate | 896,139 | 804,175 | ||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) — Investment Management | 25,352 | 24,911 | ||||
| Adjusted funds from operations attributable to W. P. Carey (AFFO) | 921,491 | 829,086 | ||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 183,127,098 | 174,839,428 |
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(a)We consider Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), a supplemental measure that is not defined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (a “non-GAAP measure”), to be an important measure in the evaluation of our operating performance. See Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.
Revenues
Real Estate revenue increased in 2021 as compared to 2020, primarily due to higher lease revenues (substantially as a result of property acquisition activity, the strengthening euro and British pound sterling, and the positive impact on rent collections as businesses recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by property dispositions) and higher lease termination and other income (Note 4). Investment Management revenue decreased in 2021 as compared to 2020, primarily due to lower asset management revenue and reimbursable costs earned from the Managed Programs following the termination of our advisory agreements in connection with the closing of the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger on April 13, 2020 (Note 3).
Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey
Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey decreased in 2021 as compared to 2020, primarily due to a higher loss on extinguishment of debt (Note 10), a lower aggregate gain on sale of real estate (Note 15), and a deferred tax benefit as a result of the release of a deferred tax liability relating to our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics during the prior year (Note 14), partially offset by the impact of real estate acquisitions, the positive impact on rent collections as businesses recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and lower interest expense. In addition, we recognized non-cash unrealized gains on our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics during both the current and prior year (Note 8). Net income from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey increased in 2021 as compared to 2020, primarily due to other-than temporary impairment charges on our equity method investments in CWI 1 and CWI 2 during the prior year period (Note 8), partially offset by a non-cash net gain recognized on the redemption of our special general partner interests in CWI 1 and CWI 2 in connection with the WLT management internalization in April 2020 (Note 3), as well as the cessation of revenues previously earned from CWI 1 and CWI 2.
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 24 |
AFFO
AFFO increased in 2021 as compared to 2020, primarily due to higher lease revenues from net investment activity, lower interest expense, and the positive impact on rent collections as businesses recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by lower Investment Management revenues due to the WLT management internalization in April 2020 (Note 3).
Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio is comprised of operationally-critical, commercial real estate assets net leased to tenants located primarily in the United States and Northern and Western Europe. We invest in high-quality single tenant industrial, warehouse, office, retail, and self-storage (net lease) properties subject to long-term leases with built-in rent escalators. Portfolio information is provided on a pro rata basis, unless otherwise noted below, to better illustrate the economic impact of our various net-leased jointly owned investments. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts.
Portfolio Summary
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| ABR (in thousands) | $ | 1,247,764 | $ | 1,183,217 | ||
| Number of net-leased properties | 1,304 | 1,243 | ||||
| Number of operating properties (a) | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Number of tenants (net-leased properties) | 352 | 350 | ||||
| Total square footage (net-leased properties, in thousands) | 155,674 | 144,259 | ||||
| Occupancy (net-leased properties) | 98.5 | % | 98.5 | % | ||
| Weighted-average lease term (net-leased properties, in years) | 10.8 | 10.6 | ||||
| Number of countries (b) | 24 | 25 | ||||
| Total assets (in thousands) | $ | 15,480,630 | $ | 14,707,636 | ||
| Net investments in real estate (in thousands) | 13,037,369 | 12,386,572 |
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Acquisition volume (in millions) (c) | $ | 1,627.9 | $ | 661.4 | ||
| Construction projects completed (in millions) | 88.2 | 171.2 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate | 1.1830 | 1.1410 | ||||
| Average U.S. dollar/British pound sterling exchange rate | 1.3755 | 1.2834 |
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(a)At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, operating properties consisted of 19 self-storage properties (of which we consolidated ten, with an average occupancy of 95.3% at December 31, 2021), and one hotel property, with an average occupancy of 45.2% for the year ended December 31, 2021 (due to the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic).
(b)We sold our only remaining investment in Belgium during 2021.
(c)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes $217.0 million of sale-leasebacks classified as loans receivable (Note 5). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes $103.7 million of funding for a construction loan (Note 7).
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 25 |
Net-Leased Portfolio
The tables below represent information about our net-leased portfolio at December 31, 2021 on a pro rata basis and, accordingly, exclude all operating properties. See Terms and Definitions below for a description of pro rata amounts and ABR.
Top Ten Tenants by ABR
(dollars in thousands)
| Tenant/Lease Guarantor | Description | Number of Properties | ABR | ABR Percent | Weighted-Average Lease Term (Years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-Haul Moving Partners Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. | 78 | $ | 38,751 | 3.1 | % | 2.3 | |||||||
| State of Andalucía (a) | Government office properties in Spain | 70 | 29,490 | 2.4 | % | 13.0 | ||||||||
| Hellweg Die Profi-Baumärkte GmbH & Co. KG (a) | Do-it-yourself retail properties in Germany | 35 | 28,388 | 2.3 | % | 15.2 | ||||||||
| Metro Cash & Carry Italia S.p.A. (a) | Business-to-business wholesale stores in Italy and Germany | 20 | 28,087 | 2.2 | % | 6.8 | ||||||||
| Pendragon PLC (a) | Automotive dealerships in the United Kingdom | 69 | 23,852 | 1.9 | % | 8.4 | ||||||||
| OBI Group (a) | Do-it-yourself retail properties in Poland | 26 | 22,635 | 1.8 | % | 8.4 | ||||||||
| Marriott Corporation | Net lease hotel properties in the U.S. | 18 | 21,100 | 1.7 | % | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Extra Space Storage, Inc. | Net lease self-storage properties in the U.S. | 27 | 20,688 | 1.6 | % | 22.3 | ||||||||
| Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | Distribution facilities in the U.S. | 29 | 19,851 | 1.6 | % | 11.1 | ||||||||
| Nord Anglia Education, Inc. | K-12 private schools in the U.S. | 3 | 19,473 | 1.6 | % | 21.7 | ||||||||
| Total | 375 | $ | 252,315 | 20.2 | % | 10.4 |
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(a)ABR amounts are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 26 |
Portfolio Diversification by Geography
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Region | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||||||
| South | |||||||||||||
| Texas | $ | 103,805 | 8.3 | % | 11,869 | 7.6 | % | ||||||
| Florida | 51,231 | 4.1 | % | 4,460 | 2.9 | % | |||||||
| Georgia | 23,875 | 1.9 | % | 3,512 | 2.3 | % | |||||||
| Tennessee | 22,057 | 1.8 | % | 3,291 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Alabama | 18,456 | 1.5 | % | 3,085 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 15,675 | 1.2 | % | 2,356 | 1.5 | % | |||||||
| Total South | 235,099 | 18.8 | % | 28,573 | 18.4 | % | |||||||
| Midwest | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | 59,840 | 4.8 | % | 8,328 | 5.3 | % | |||||||
| Minnesota | 32,138 | 2.6 | % | 3,225 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Indiana | 26,940 | 2.1 | % | 4,734 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| Ohio | 18,306 | 1.5 | % | 3,921 | 2.5 | % | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 16,086 | 1.3 | % | 3,245 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Michigan | 15,076 | 1.2 | % | 2,599 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 32,401 | 2.6 | % | 5,073 | 3.3 | % | |||||||
| Total Midwest | 200,787 | 16.1 | % | 31,125 | 20.0 | % | |||||||
| East | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 35,813 | 2.9 | % | 8,098 | 5.2 | % | |||||||
| Pennsylvania | 30,790 | 2.4 | % | 3,673 | 2.4 | % | |||||||
| New Jersey | 22,809 | 1.8 | % | 1,235 | 0.8 | % | |||||||
| Massachusetts | 22,187 | 1.8 | % | 1,407 | 0.9 | % | |||||||
| New York | 17,630 | 1.4 | % | 2,221 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| South Carolina | 14,840 | 1.2 | % | 4,087 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 47,109 | 3.8 | % | 8,009 | 5.1 | % | |||||||
| Total East | 191,178 | 15.3 | % | 28,730 | 18.4 | % | |||||||
| West | |||||||||||||
| California | 70,052 | 5.6 | % | 6,537 | 4.2 | % | |||||||
| Arizona | 29,784 | 2.4 | % | 3,365 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 60,892 | 4.9 | % | 6,333 | 4.1 | % | |||||||
| Total West | 160,728 | 12.9 | % | 16,235 | 10.4 | % | |||||||
| United States Total | 787,792 | 63.1 | % | 104,663 | 67.2 | % | |||||||
| International | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 61,843 | 5.0 | % | 5,099 | 3.3 | % | |||||||
| Germany | 61,465 | 4.9 | % | 6,440 | 4.1 | % | |||||||
| Poland | 58,799 | 4.7 | % | 7,959 | 5.1 | % | |||||||
| Spain | 56,099 | 4.5 | % | 4,708 | 3.0 | % | |||||||
| The Netherlands | 56,044 | 4.5 | % | 6,948 | 4.5 | % | |||||||
| Italy | 26,364 | 2.1 | % | 2,386 | 1.5 | % | |||||||
| France | 20,328 | 1.6 | % | 1,685 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Denmark | 17,724 | 1.4 | % | 2,559 | 1.7 | % | |||||||
| Croatia | 16,901 | 1.4 | % | 1,726 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Canada | 14,084 | 1.1 | % | 2,213 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Other (c) | 70,321 | 5.7 | % | 9,288 | 6.0 | % | |||||||
| International Total | 459,972 | 36.9 | % | 51,011 | 32.8 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,247,764 | 100.0 | % | 155,674 | 100.0 | % |
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 27 |
Portfolio Diversification by Property Type
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Property Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage (a) | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | $ | 322,284 | 25.8 | % | 54,221 | 34.8 | % | ||||||
| Warehouse | 297,942 | 23.9 | % | 54,793 | 35.2 | % | |||||||
| Office | 243,741 | 19.5 | % | 16,151 | 10.4 | % | |||||||
| Retail (d) | 220,016 | 17.6 | % | 19,139 | 12.3 | % | |||||||
| Self Storage (net lease) | 59,438 | 4.8 | % | 5,810 | 3.7 | % | |||||||
| Other (e) | 104,343 | 8.4 | % | 5,560 | 3.6 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,247,764 | 100.0 | % | 155,674 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes square footage for any vacant properties.
(b)Other properties within South include assets in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Other properties within Midwest include assets in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Other properties within East include assets in Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Connecticut, West Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine. Other properties within West include assets in Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Nevada, Hawaii, New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska.
(c)Includes assets in Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Mexico, Hungary, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Slovakia, Japan, Latvia, and Estonia.
(d)Includes automotive dealerships.
(e)Includes ABR from tenants with the following property types: education facility, hotel (net lease), laboratory, fitness facility, theater, student housing (net lease), restaurant, and land.
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 28 |
Portfolio Diversification by Tenant Industry
(in thousands, except percentages)
| Industry Type | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Stores (a) | $ | 272,627 | 21.9 | % | 34,040 | 21.9 | % | ||||||
| Consumer Services | 102,202 | 8.2 | % | 7,850 | 5.0 | % | |||||||
| Automotive | 81,158 | 6.5 | % | 12,310 | 7.9 | % | |||||||
| Beverage and Food | 78,613 | 6.3 | % | 10,182 | 6.5 | % | |||||||
| Grocery | 72,546 | 5.8 | % | 7,714 | 5.0 | % | |||||||
| Cargo Transportation | 63,845 | 5.1 | % | 9,491 | 6.1 | % | |||||||
| Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals | 60,465 | 4.8 | % | 5,372 | 3.5 | % | |||||||
| Construction and Building | 50,279 | 4.0 | % | 9,005 | 5.8 | % | |||||||
| Business Services | 47,045 | 3.8 | % | 4,018 | 2.6 | % | |||||||
| Capital Equipment | 44,766 | 3.6 | % | 7,387 | 4.7 | % | |||||||
| Durable Consumer Goods | 44,001 | 3.5 | % | 9,951 | 6.4 | % | |||||||
| Hotel and Leisure | 41,141 | 3.3 | % | 2,214 | 1.4 | % | |||||||
| Sovereign and Public Finance | 39,327 | 3.2 | % | 3,241 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Containers, Packaging, and Glass | 38,627 | 3.1 | % | 6,538 | 4.2 | % | |||||||
| High Tech Industries | 31,197 | 2.5 | % | 3,315 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Insurance | 25,764 | 2.1 | % | 1,749 | 1.1 | % | |||||||
| Banking | 19,935 | 1.6 | % | 1,247 | 0.8 | % | |||||||
| Metals | 16,203 | 1.3 | % | 3,119 | 2.0 | % | |||||||
| Non-Durable Consumer Goods | 15,696 | 1.3 | % | 5,250 | 3.4 | % | |||||||
| Aerospace and Defense | 15,459 | 1.2 | % | 1,357 | 0.9 | % | |||||||
| Telecommunications | 15,274 | 1.2 | % | 1,479 | 0.9 | % | |||||||
| Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber | 14,282 | 1.1 | % | 1,853 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
| Media: Broadcasting and Subscription | 13,120 | 1.1 | % | 784 | 0.5 | % | |||||||
| Wholesale | 12,758 | 1.0 | % | 2,005 | 1.3 | % | |||||||
| Other (b) | 31,434 | 2.5 | % | 4,203 | 2.7 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 1,247,764 | 100.0 | % | 155,674 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Includes automotive dealerships.
(b)Includes ABR from tenants in the following industries: media: advertising, printing, and publishing, oil and gas, environmental industries, consumer transportation, forest products and paper, real estate, and electricity. Also includes square footage for vacant properties.
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Lease Expirations
(dollars and square footage in thousands)
| Year of Lease Expiration (a) | Number of Leases Expiring | Number of Tenants with Leases Expiring | ABR | ABR Percent | Square Footage | Square Footage Percent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | $ | 29,669 | 2.4 | % | 1,982 | 1.3 | % | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 31 | 28 | 46,810 | 3.8 | % | 5,405 | 3.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2024 (b) | 45 | 39 | 96,501 | 7.7 | % | 12,403 | 8.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 60 | 29 | 63,961 | 5.1 | % | 7,417 | 4.8 | % | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 40 | 29 | 57,615 | 4.6 | % | 8,219 | 5.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2027 | 56 | 32 | 83,964 | 6.7 | % | 8,847 | 5.7 | % | |||||||||||
| 2028 | 40 | 22 | 60,495 | 4.8 | % | 4,568 | 2.9 | % | |||||||||||
| 2029 | 50 | 23 | 55,310 | 4.4 | % | 6,702 | 4.3 | % | |||||||||||
| 2030 | 27 | 23 | 65,876 | 5.3 | % | 5,642 | 3.6 | % | |||||||||||
| 2031 | 66 | 16 | 73,930 | 5.9 | % | 8,642 | 5.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2032 | 38 | 18 | 53,114 | 4.3 | % | 7,098 | 4.6 | % | |||||||||||
| 2033 | 28 | 22 | 77,386 | 6.2 | % | 10,159 | 6.5 | % | |||||||||||
| 2034 | 47 | 15 | 74,503 | 6.0 | % | 7,765 | 5.0 | % | |||||||||||
| 2035 | 14 | 14 | 26,944 | 2.2 | % | 4,906 | 3.1 | % | |||||||||||
| Thereafter (2035) | 223 | 97 | 381,686 | 30.6 | % | 53,632 | 34.4 | % | |||||||||||
| Vacant | — | — | — | — | % | 2,287 | 1.5 | % | |||||||||||
| Total | 790 | $ | 1,247,764 | 100.0 | % | 155,674 | 100.0 | % |
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(a)Assumes tenants do not exercise any renewal options or purchase options.
(b)Includes ABR of $38.8 million from a tenant (U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP) that holds an option to repurchase the 78 properties it is leasing in April 2024. There can be no assurance that such repurchase will be completed.
Terms and Definitions
Pro Rata Metrics —The portfolio information above contains certain metrics prepared on a pro rata basis. We refer to these metrics as pro rata metrics. We have a number of investments, usually with our affiliates, in which our economic ownership is less than 100%. On a full consolidation basis, we report 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of those investments that are deemed to be under our control or for which we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary, even if our ownership is less than 100%. Also, for all other jointly owned investments, which we do not control, we report our net investment and our net income or loss from that investment. On a pro rata basis, we present our proportionate share, based on our economic ownership of these jointly owned investments, of the portfolio metrics of those investments. Multiplying each of our jointly owned investments’ financial statement line items by our percentage ownership and adding or subtracting those amounts from our totals, as applicable, may not accurately depict the legal and economic implications of holding an ownership interest of less than 100% in our jointly owned investments.
ABR — ABR represents contractual minimum annualized base rent for our net-leased properties and reflects exchange rates as of December 31, 2021. If there is a rent abatement, we annualize the first monthly contractual base rent following the free rent period. ABR is not applicable to operating properties.
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Results of Operations
We operate in two reportable segments: Real Estate and Investment Management. We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality, and number of properties in our Real Estate segment. We focus our efforts on accretive investing and improving portfolio quality through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals, or selectively selling assets in order to increase value in our real estate portfolio. Through our Investment Management segment, we expect to continue to earn fees and other income from the management of the portfolios of the remaining Managed Programs until those programs reach the end of their respective life cycles. Refer to Note 16 for tables presenting the comparative results of our Real Estate and Investment Management segments.
Real Estate
Revenues
The following table presents revenues within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | Change | ||||||||
| Real Estate Revenues | ||||||||||
| Lease revenues from: | ||||||||||
| Existing net-leased properties | $ | 1,062,470 | $ | 1,034,306 | $ | 28,164 | ||||
| Recently acquired net-leased properties | 108,858 | 22,922 | 85,936 | |||||||
| Net-leased properties sold or held for sale | 6,110 | 23,395 | (17,285) | |||||||
| Total lease revenues (including reimbursable tenant costs) | 1,177,438 | 1,080,623 | 96,815 | |||||||
| Income from direct financing leases and loans receivable | 67,555 | 74,893 | (7,338) | |||||||
| Lease termination income and other | 53,655 | 11,082 | 42,573 | |||||||
| Operating property revenues | 13,478 | 11,399 | 2,079 | |||||||
| $ | 1,312,126 | $ | 1,177,997 | $ | 134,129 |
Lease Revenues
“Existing net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service prior to January 1, 2020 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. For the periods presented, there were 1,071 existing net-leased properties.
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, lease revenues from existing net-leased properties increased due to the following items (in millions):
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(a)Excludes fixed minimum rent increases, which are reflected as straight-line rent adjustments within lease revenues.
(b)Primarily related to (i) straight-line rent adjustments and (ii) write-offs of above/below-market rent intangibles.
(c)Primarily comprised of winter storm-related charges recorded during the first quarter of 2021 from a tenant at a property in Texas.
“Recently acquired net-leased properties” are those that we acquired or placed into service subsequent to December 31, 2019 and that were not sold or held for sale during the periods presented. Since January 1, 2020, we acquired 40 investments (comprised of 115 properties and six land parcels under buildings that we already own) and placed two properties into service.
“Net-leased properties sold or held for sale” include (i) 24 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2021; (ii) two net-leased properties classified as held for sale at December 31, 2021, which were sold in January and February 2022 (Note 4, Note 17); and (iii) 21 net-leased properties disposed of during the year ended December 31, 2020. Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 15.
Income from Direct Financing Leases and Loans Receivable
We currently present Income from direct financing leases and loans receivable on its own line item in the consolidated statements of income. Previously, income from direct financing leases was included within Lease revenues and income from loans receivable was included within Lease termination income and other in the consolidated statements of income. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, income from direct financing leases and loans receivable decreased due to the following items (in millions):
Lease Termination Income and Other
Lease termination income and other is described in Note 4.
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Operating Property Revenues and Expenses
For the periods presented, we recorded operating property revenues from 12 operating properties, comprised of ten self-storage operating properties (which excludes nine self-storage properties accounted for under the equity method) and two hotel operating properties (one of which was sold in January 2020, as described in Note 15). For our remaining hotel operating property, revenues and expenses increased by $3.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, reflecting higher occupancy as the hotel’s business recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, operating property revenues and expenses decreased by $1.9 million each, due to the hotel sale in January 2020. Furthermore, for our self-storage operating properties, revenues and expenses increased by $0.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, reflecting higher occupancy and unit rates.
Operating Expenses
Depreciation and Amortization
The following table presents depreciation and amortization expense within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | Change | ||||||||
| Depreciation and Amortization | ||||||||||
| Net-leased properties | $ | 467,803 | $ | 433,829 | $ | 33,974 | ||||
| Operating properties | 2,747 | 4,017 | (1,270) | |||||||
| Corporate | 5,439 | 4,102 | 1,337 | |||||||
| $ | 475,989 | $ | 441,948 | $ | 34,041 |
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, depreciation and amortization expense for net-leased properties increased primarily due to the impact of acquisition activity and the strengthening of foreign currencies (primarily the euro) in relation to the U.S. dollar between the periods, partially offset by in-place lease intangible assets recorded on certain net-leased self-storage properties becoming fully amortized during 2020.
Beginning with the second quarter of 2020, corporate depreciation and amortization expense is fully recognized within our Real Estate segment, consistent with the segment allocation changes described below under General and Administrative.
General and Administrative
Beginning with the second quarter of 2020, general and administrative expenses attributed to our Investment Management segment are comprised of the incremental costs of providing services to the Managed Programs, which are fully reimbursed by those funds (resulting in no net expense for us). All other general and administrative expenses are attributed to our Real Estate segment. Previously, general and administrative expenses were allocated based on time incurred by our personnel for the Real Estate and Investment Management segments. In light of the termination of the advisory agreements with CWI 1 and CWI 2 in connection with the WLT management internalization (Note 3), we now view essentially all assets, liabilities, and operational expenses as part of our Real Estate segment, other than incremental activities that are expected to wind down as we manage CPA:18 – Global and CESH through the end of their respective life cycles (Note 2). This change between the segments had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, general and administrative expenses allocated to our Real Estate segment increased by $11.8 million, primarily due to (i) higher incentive compensation expense, (ii) lower overhead reimbursements from WLT following the termination of all services provided under the transition services agreement, and (iii) the change in methodology for allocation of expenses between our Real Estate and Investment Management segments discussed above.
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Property Expenses, Excluding Reimbursable Tenant Costs
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, increased by $3.8 million, primarily due to tenant vacancies during 2020 and 2021 (which resulted in property expenses no longer being reimbursable) and higher property tax assessments at certain properties.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
For a description of our equity plans and awards, please see Note 13. Beginning with the second quarter of 2020, stock-based compensation expense is fully recognized within our Real Estate segment. In light of the termination of the advisory agreements with CWI 1 and CWI 2 in connection with the WLT management internalization (Note 3), we believe that this allocation methodology is appropriate, as described above (Note 2). This change between the segments had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, stock-based compensation expense allocated to the Real Estate segment increased by $9.6 million, primarily due to changes in the projected payout for performance share units.
Impairment Charges
Our impairment charges are described in Note 8.
Merger and Other Expenses
For the year ended December 31, 2021, merger and other expenses allocated to our Real Estate segment totaled benefits of $4.6 million, primarily comprised of reversals of estimated liabilities for German real estate transfer taxes that were previously recorded in connection with business combinations in prior years.
Other Income and (Expenses), and (Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
Interest Expense
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, interest expense decreased by $13.3 million, primarily due to the reduction of our mortgage debt outstanding by prepaying or repaying at or close to maturity a total of $1.1 billion of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.9% since January 1, 2020, partially offset by four senior unsecured notes issuances totaling $1.9 billion (based on the exchange rate of the euro on the dates of issuance for our euro-denominated senior unsecured notes) with a weighted-average interest rate of 1.9% completed since January 1, 2020.
The following table presents certain information about our outstanding debt (dollars in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Average outstanding debt balance | $ | 6,906,997 | $ | 6,411,355 | ||
| Weighted-average interest rate | 2.6 | % | 3.0 | % |
Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net
Gain on sale of real estate, net, consists of gain on the sale of properties that were disposed of during the reporting period. Our dispositions are more fully described in Note 15.
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(Losses) Earnings from Equity Method Investments in Real Estate
Our equity method investments in real estate are more fully described in Note 7. The following table presents (losses) earnings from equity method investments in real estate (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | Change | ||||||||
| (Losses) Earnings from Equity Method Investments in Real Estate | ||||||||||
| Losses from WLT (a) | $ | (10,790) | $ | (5,028) | $ | (5,762) | ||||
| Proportionate share of impairment charge or other-than-temporary impairment charge recognized on Bank Pekao (Note 7, Note 8) | (13,220) | (8,276) | (4,944) | |||||||
| Other-than-temporary impairment charge on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Note 7, Note 8) | (6,830) | — | (6,830) | |||||||
| Earnings from Las Vegas Retail Complex | 3,017 | — | 3,017 | |||||||
| Earnings from Johnson Self Storage (b) | 2,460 | 570 | 1,890 | |||||||
| Earnings from Fortenova Grupa d.d. (c) | 1,542 | 371 | 1,171 | |||||||
| Other | 4,172 | 3,346 | 826 | |||||||
| $ | (19,649) | $ | (9,017) | $ | (10,632) |
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(a)Losses for each period are primarily due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on WLT’s operations. In addition, losses for 2021 reflect four quarters of activity as compared to two quarters for 2020. We record (losses) earnings from this investment on a one quarter lag.
(b)Increase is primarily due to higher occupancy rates at these self-storage facilities.
(c)Increase is primarily due to improved performance at these properties, as well as our proportionate share of a gain recognized on the sale of one of the properties in this portfolio.
Non-Operating Income
Non-operating income primarily consists of realized gains and losses on derivative instruments, dividends from equity securities, and interest income on our loans to affiliates and cash deposits.
The following table presents non-operating income within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | Change | ||||||||
| Non-Operating Income | ||||||||||
| Cash dividend from our investment in Lineage Logistics (Note 8) | $ | 6,438 | $ | — | $ | 6,438 | ||||
| Cash dividends from our investment in preferred shares of WLT (Note 8) | 4,893 | — | 4,893 | |||||||
| Realized gains on foreign currency forward collars and contracts | 2,357 | 8,162 | (5,805) | |||||||
| Interest income related to our loans to affiliates and cash deposits | 90 | 808 | (718) | |||||||
| $ | 13,778 | $ | 8,970 | $ | 4,808 |
Other Gains and (Losses)
Other gains and (losses) primarily consists of gains and losses on (i) extinguishment of debt, (ii) the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, and (iii) foreign currency transactions. The timing and amount of such gains or losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation. All of our foreign currency-denominated unsecured debt instruments were designated as net investment hedges during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Therefore, no gains and losses on foreign currency transactions were recognized on the remeasurement of such instruments during those periods (Note 9).
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The following table presents other gains and (losses) within our Real Estate segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | Change | ||||||||
| Other Gains and (Losses) | ||||||||||
| Non-cash unrealized gains related to an increase in the fair value of our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics (Note 8) | $ | 76,312 | $ | 48,326 | $ | 27,986 | ||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt (a) | (75,339) | (1,487) | (73,852) | |||||||
| Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains on foreign currency transactions (b) | (15,608) | 11,018 | (26,626) | |||||||
| Change in allowance for credit losses on finance receivables (Note 5) | (266) | (22,259) | 21,993 | |||||||
| Other | 1,225 | 1,506 | (281) | |||||||
| $ | (13,676) | $ | 37,104 | $ | (50,780) |
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(a)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 is related to the prepayment of mortgage loans (primarily comprised of prepayment penalties totaling $45.2 million) and redemption of the €500.0 million of 2.0% Senior Notes due 2023 in March 2021 (primarily comprised of a “make-whole” amount of $26.2 million related to the redemption) (Note 10).
(b)We make certain foreign currency-denominated intercompany loans to a number of our foreign subsidiaries, most of which do not have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. Remeasurement of foreign currency intercompany transactions that are scheduled for settlement, consisting primarily of accrued interest and amortizing loans, are included in other gains and (losses).
(Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2021, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $28.7 million, compared to a benefit from income taxes of $18.5 million recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020, within our Real Estate segment. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized a deferred tax benefit of $37.2 million as a result of the release of a deferred tax liability relating to our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics (Note 13), which converted to a REIT during the prior year period and is therefore no longer subject to federal and state income taxes. In addition, international taxes increased due to acquisitions and various new tax laws and regulations.
Investment Management
We earn revenue as the advisor to the Managed Programs. For the periods presented, we acted as advisor to the following Managed Programs: CPA:18 – Global, CWI 1 (through April 13, 2020), CWI 2 (through April 13, 2020), and CESH. The CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger closed on April 13, 2020, and as a result, the advisory agreements with each of CWI 1 and CWI 2 terminated and CWI 2 was renamed Watermark Lodging Trust, Inc. (“WLT”). We provided certain services to WLT pursuant to a transition services agreement, which was terminated on October 13, 2021 (Note 3).
We no longer raise capital for new or existing funds, but we currently expect to continue managing CPA:18 – Global and CESH and earn the various fees described below through the end of their respective life cycles (Note 1, Note 3). As of December 31, 2021, we managed total assets of approximately $2.7 billion on behalf of the Managed Programs.
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Revenues
The following table presents revenues within our Investment Management segment (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | Change | ||||||||
| Investment Management Revenues | ||||||||||
| Asset management and other revenue | ||||||||||
| CPA:18 – Global | $ | 12,528 | $ | 12,112 | $ | 416 | ||||
| CWI 1 | — | 3,795 | (3,795) | |||||||
| CWI 2 | — | 3,367 | (3,367) | |||||||
| CESH | 2,835 | 3,193 | (358) | |||||||
| 15,363 | 22,467 | (7,104) | ||||||||
| Reimbursable costs from affiliates | ||||||||||
| CPA:18 – Global | 2,874 | 2,854 | 20 | |||||||
| CWI 1 | — | 1,867 | (1,867) | |||||||
| CWI 2 | — | 1,301 | (1,301) | |||||||
| CESH | 878 | 1,170 | (292) | |||||||
| WLT | 283 | 1,663 | (1,380) | |||||||
| 4,035 | 8,855 | (4,820) | ||||||||
| $ | 19,398 | $ | 31,322 | $ | (11,924) |
Asset Management and Other Revenue
Asset management and other revenue includes asset management revenue, structuring revenue, and other advisory revenue. During the periods presented, we earned asset management revenue from (i) CPA:18 – Global based on the value of its real estate-related assets under management, (ii) the CWI REITs, prior to the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger (Note 3), based on the value of their lodging-related real estate assets under management, and (iii) CESH based on its gross assets under management at fair value. Asset management revenue may increase or decrease depending upon changes in the Managed Programs’ asset bases as a result of purchases, sales, or changes in the appraised value of the real estate-related and lodging-related assets in their investment portfolios. For 2021, we received asset management fees from (i) CPA:18 – Global in shares of its common stock, and (ii) CESH in cash.
We earn structuring and other advisory revenue when we structure new investments on behalf of the Managed Programs. Since we no longer raise capital for new or existing funds, and we no longer serve as advisor to CWI 1 and CWI 2 (Note 3), structuring and other advisory revenue has recently been and is expected to be insignificant going forward.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, structuring and other advisory revenue was comprised of $0.3 million for structuring a mortgage refinancing on behalf of CWI 2 and $0.2 million related to increases in build-to-suit funding commitments for certain CPA:18 – Global investments.
Operating Expenses
General and Administrative, Stock-based Compensation Expense, and Depreciation and Amortization
Beginning with the second quarter of 2020, general and administrative expenses attributed to our Investment Management segment are comprised of the incremental costs of providing services to the Managed Programs, which are fully reimbursed by those funds (resulting in no net expense for us). All other general and administrative expenses are attributed to our Real Estate segment. Previously, general and administrative expenses were allocated based on time incurred by our personnel for the Real Estate and Investment Management segments. In addition, beginning with the second quarter of 2020, stock-based compensation expense and corporate depreciation and amortization expense are fully recognized within our Real Estate segment. In light of the termination of the advisory agreements with CWI 1 and CWI 2 in connection with the WLT management internalization (Note 3), we now view essentially all assets, liabilities, and operational expenses as part of our Real Estate segment, other than incremental activities that are expected to wind down as we manage CPA:18 – Global and CESH through the end of their respective life cycles (Note 2). These changes between the segments had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
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| W. P. Carey 2021 10-K – 37 |
As discussed in Note 3, certain personnel costs and overhead costs are charged to the remaining Managed Programs and reimbursed to us in accordance with their respective advisory agreements. In addition, following the closing of the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger on April 13, 2020, we began recording reimbursements from WLT within our Investment Management segment pursuant to a transition services agreement. On October 13, 2021, all services provided under the transition services agreement were terminated.
Subadvisor Fees
Pursuant to the terms of the subadvisory agreements we had with the third-party subadvisors in connection with both CWI 1 and CWI 2, we paid a subadvisory fee equal to 20% of the amount of fees paid to us by CWI 1 and 25% of the amount of fees paid to us by CWI 2. Upon completion of the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger on April 13, 2020 (Note 3), the subadvisory agreements were terminated, and we no longer pay subadvisory fees.
Other Income and Expenses, and Benefit from Income Taxers
Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method Investments in the Managed Programs
Earnings (losses) from equity method investments in the Managed Programs is recognized in accordance with GAAP (Note 7). In addition, we are entitled to receive distributions of Available Cash (Note 3) from the operating partnership of CPA:18 – Global. The net income of our unconsolidated investments fluctuates based on the timing of transactions, such as new leases and property sales, as well as the level of impairment charges. The following table presents the details of our Earnings (losses) from equity method investments in the Managed Programs (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Earnings (losses) from equity method investments in the Managed Programs: | ||||||
| Distributions of Available Cash from CPA:18 – Global (a) | $ | 7,345 | $ | 7,225 | ||
| Earnings (losses) from equity method investments in the Managed Programs (b) | 1,475 | (2,662) | ||||
| Other-than-temporary impairment charges on our equity method investments in CWI 1 and CWI 2 (c) | — | (47,112) | ||||
| Gain on redemption of special general partner interests in CWI 1 and CWI 2, net (d) | — | 33,009 | ||||
| Earnings (losses) from equity method investments in the Managed Programs | $ | 8,820 | $ | (9,540) |
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(a)We are entitled to receive distributions of up to 10% of the Available Cash from the operating partnership of CPA:18 – Global, as defined in its operating partnership agreement (Note 3). Distributions of Available Cash received and earned from CPA:18 – Global fluctuate based on the timing of certain events, including acquisitions and dispositions.
(b)The increase for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020 was primarily due to an increase of $1.2 million from our investment in shares of CPA:18 – Global, resulting from an increase in our ownership since we receive asset management revenue from CPA:18 – Global in shares of its common stock. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized losses of $1.6 million and $1.3 million from our investments in shares of CWI 1 and CWI 2 common stock, respectively (prior to the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger in April 2020 (Note 3)). Subsequent to the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger, our investment in shares of WLT (formerly CWI 2) common stock is included in our Real Estate segment (Note 3).
(c)During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges of $27.8 million and $19.3 million on our equity method investments in CWI 1 and CWI 2, respectively, to reduce the carrying values of our investments to their estimated fair values, due to the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of CWI 1 and CWI 2 (Note 8).
(d)Immediately following the closing of the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger, in connection with the redemption of the special general partner interests that we previously held in CWI 1 and CWI 2, we recognized a non-cash net gain on sale of $33.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 (Note 3, Note 6).
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Benefit from Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020, benefit from income taxes within our Investment Management segment decreased by $2.0 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized (i) a deferred tax benefit of $6.3 million as a result of the other-than-temporary impairment charges that we recognized on our equity method investments in CWI 1 and CWI 2 during the period, (ii) a current tax benefit of $4.7 million as a result of carrying back certain net operating losses in accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) that was enacted on March 27, 2020, and (iii) deferred tax expense of $8.3 million due to the establishment of a valuation allowance since we do not expect our Investment Management segment to realize its deferred tax assets.
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
For the year ended December 31, 2020, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests within our Investment Management segment was comprised of a gain of $9.9 million recognized on the redemption of noncontrolling interests in the special general partner interests previously held by the respective subadvisors for CWI 1 and CWI 2 in connection with the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger (Note 3).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash During the Year
We use the cash flow generated from our investments primarily to meet our operating expenses, service debt, and fund dividends to stockholders. Our cash flows fluctuate periodically due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things: the timing of our equity and debt offerings; the timing of purchases and sales of real estate; the timing of the repayment of mortgage loans and receipt of lease revenues; the timing and amount of other lease-related payments; the timing of settlement of foreign currency transactions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; the receipt of asset management fees in either shares of the common stock of CPA:18 – Global or cash; the timing of distributions from equity investments in the Managed Programs and real estate; and the receipt of distributions of Available Cash from CPA:18 – Global. Despite these fluctuations, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, proceeds from dispositions of properties, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities, such as issuances of common stock through our Equity Forwards and ATM Program (Note 12), in order to meet these needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the period are described below.
Operating Activities — Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $124.9 million during 2021 as compared to 2020, primarily due to an increase in cash flow generated from net investment activity and scheduled rent increases at existing properties, higher lease termination and other income, the positive impact on rent collections as businesses recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, lower interest expense, and cash dividends received from our investments in shares of Lineage Logistics and WLT during the current year (Note 8).
Investing Activities — Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales) and funding for build-to-suit activities and other capital expenditures on real estate. In addition to these types of transactions, during the year ended December 31, 2021, we used $41.0 million to fund short-term loans to the Managed Programs, while $62.0 million of such loans were repaid (Note 3). We also received $14.0 million in distributions from equity method investments.
Financing Activities — Our financing activities are generally comprised of borrowings and repayments under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, issuances of the Senior Unsecured Notes, payments and prepayments of non-recourse mortgage loans, and payments of dividends to stockholders. In addition to these types of transactions, during the year ended December 31, 2021, we (i) redeemed the €500.0 million of 2.0% Senior Notes due 2023 for a total of $617.4 million (Note 10), (ii) received $697.0 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our Equity Forwards (Note 12), and (iii) received $340.0 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our ATM Program (Note 12).
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Summary of Financing
The table below summarizes our Senior Unsecured Notes, our non-recourse mortgages, and our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, | ||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Carrying Value | ||||||
| Fixed rate: | ||||||
| Senior Unsecured Notes (a) | $ | 5,701,913 | $ | 5,146,192 | ||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a) | 235,898 | 920,378 | ||||
| 5,937,811 | 6,066,570 | |||||
| Variable rate: | ||||||
| Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility | 410,596 | 82,281 | ||||
| Unsecured Term Loans (a) | 310,583 | 321,971 | ||||
| Non-recourse mortgages (a): | ||||||
| Amount subject to interest rate swaps and caps | 79,055 | 147,094 | ||||
| Floating interest rate mortgage loans | 53,571 | 78,082 | ||||
| 853,805 | 629,428 | |||||
| $ | 6,791,616 | $ | 6,695,998 | |||
| Percent of Total Debt | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 87 | % | 91 | % | ||
| Variable rate | 13 | % | 9 | % | ||
| 100 | % | 100 | % | |||
| Weighted-Average Interest Rate at End of Year | ||||||
| Fixed rate | 2.7 | % | 3.0 | % | ||
| Variable rate (b) | 1.1 | % | 1.6 | % | ||
| Total debt | 2.5 | % | 2.9 | % |
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(a)Aggregate debt balance includes unamortized discount, net, totaling $30.9 million and $28.3 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and unamortized deferred financing costs totaling $28.8 million and $24.3 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(b)The impact of our interest rate swaps and caps is reflected in the weighted-average interest rates.
Cash Resources
At December 31, 2021, our cash resources consisted of the following:
•cash and cash equivalents totaling $165.4 million. Of this amount, $74.1 million, at then-current exchange rates, was held in foreign subsidiaries, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts;
•our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, with available capacity of $1.4 billion (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $1.2 million);
•available proceeds under our Equity Forwards of approximately $293.7 million (based on 3,925,000 remaining shares outstanding and a net offering price of $74.84 per share as of December 31, 2021); and
•unleveraged properties that had an aggregate asset carrying value of approximately $12.4 billion at December 31, 2021, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties.
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Historically, we have also accessed the capital markets through additional debt (denominated in both U.S. dollars and euros) and equity offerings. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we issued (i) €525.0 million of 0.950% Senior Notes due 2030, $425.0 million of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2033, and $350.0 million of 2.450% Senior Notes due 2032 (our inaugural green bond offering) (Note 11), (ii) 9,798,209 shares of common stock under our Equity Forwards for aggregate net proceeds of $697.0 million (Note 12), and (iii) 4,690,073 shares of common stock under our ATM Program for net proceeds of $340.0 million (Note 12). As of December 31, 2021, we had approximately $293.7 million of available proceeds under our Equity Forwards and $272.1 million remained available for issuance under our current ATM Program (Note 12). See Note 17, Subsequent Events for issuances under our current ATM Program subsequent to December 31, 2021 and through the date of this Report.
Our cash resources can be used for working capital needs and other commitments and may be used for future investments.
Cash Requirements and Liquidity
As of December 31, 2021, we had $165.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, approximately $1.4 billion of available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit totaling $1.2 million), and available proceeds under our Equity Forwards of approximately $293.7 million (based on 3,925,000 remaining shares outstanding and a net offering price of $74.84 as of that date). Our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility includes a $1.8 billion Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loans outstanding totaling $310.6 million as of December 31, 2021 (Note 10), and is scheduled to mature on February 20, 2025. As of December 31, 2021, scheduled debt principal payments total $45.8 million through December 31, 2022 and $236.7 million through December 31, 2023, and our Senior Unsecured Notes do not start to mature until April 2024 (Note 10).
During the next 12 months following December 31, 2021 and thereafter, we expect that our significant cash requirements will include:
•paying dividends to our stockholders;
•making scheduled principal and balloon payments on our debt obligations (Note 10);
•making scheduled interest payments on our debt obligations (future interest payments total $884.3 million, with $169.6 million due during the next 12 months; interest on unhedged variable-rate debt obligations was calculated using the applicable annual variable interest rates and balances outstanding at December 31, 2021);
•funding future capital commitments and tenant improvement allowances (Note 4); and
•other normal recurring operating expenses.
We expect to fund these cash requirements through cash generated from operations, cash received from dispositions of properties, the use of our cash reserves or unused amounts on our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (as described above), issuances of common stock through our Equity Forwards and/or ATM Program (Note 12), and potential issuances of additional debt or equity securities. We may also choose to pursue the acquisitions of new investments and prepayments of certain of our non-recourse mortgage loan obligations, depending on our capital needs and improvements in market conditions at that time.
Our liquidity could be adversely affected by unanticipated costs, greater-than-anticipated operating expenses, and the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. To the extent that our working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash from operations to meet our normal recurring short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, available capacity under our Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, mortgage loan proceeds, and the issuance of additional debt or equity securities to meet these needs. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our liquidity and debt covenants will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence. The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our tenants and properties could also have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and debt covenants.
Certain amounts disclosed above are based on the applicable foreign currency exchange rate at December 31, 2021.
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Environmental Obligations
In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that our properties were in substantial compliance with federal, state, and foreign environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills, or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. We believe that the ultimate resolution of any environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations. We record environmental obligations within Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of potential environmental risks.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Those accounting policies that require significant estimation and/or judgment are described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Note 2. The proposed accounting changes that may potentially impact our business are also described under Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements in Note 2.
Supplemental Financial Measures
In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP supplemental financial measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we use Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and AFFO, which are non-GAAP measures defined by our management. We believe that these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of FFO and AFFO and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.
Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a non-GAAP measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure, when used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP, to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental non-GAAP measure. FFO is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in December 2018. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property, impairment charges on real estate, gains or losses on changes in control of interests in real estate, and depreciation and amortization from real estate assets; and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments are calculated to reflect FFO.
We also modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to adjust GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, such as amortization of real estate-related intangibles, deferred income tax benefits and expenses, straight-line rent and related reserves, other non-cash rent adjustments, non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and direct financing leases, stock-based compensation, non-cash environmental accretion expense, amortization of discounts and premiums on debt, and amortization of deferred financing costs. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. Additionally, we exclude non-core income and expenses, such as gains or losses from extinguishment of debt, and merger and acquisition expenses. We also exclude realized and unrealized gains/losses on foreign currency exchange transactions (other than those
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realized on the settlement of foreign currency derivatives), which are not considered fundamental attributes of our business plan and do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO. We exclude these items from GAAP net income to arrive at AFFO as they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process and excluding these items provides investors a view of our portfolio performance over time and makes it more comparable to other REITs that are currently not engaged in acquisitions, mergers, and restructuring, which are not part of our normal business operations. AFFO also reflects adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. We use AFFO as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals, evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies, and determine executive compensation.
We believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider as we believe it will help them to better assess the sustainability of our operating performance without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations. However, there are limits on the usefulness of AFFO to investors. For example, impairment charges and unrealized foreign currency losses that we exclude may become actual realized losses upon the ultimate disposition of the properties in the form of lower cash proceeds or other considerations. We use our FFO and AFFO measures as supplemental financial measures of operating performance. We do not use our FFO and AFFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net income computed under GAAP, or as alternatives to net cash provided by operating activities computed under GAAP, or as indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
Consolidated FFO and AFFO were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Net income attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 409,988 | $ | 455,359 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 470,554 | 437,885 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net | (40,425) | (109,370) | ||||
| Impairment charges | 24,246 | 35,830 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (a) (b) (c) (d) | 32,213 | 46,679 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (e) | (16) | (18) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 486,572 | 411,006 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | 896,560 | 866,365 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments (f) | (83,267) | (41,498) | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 53,585 | 48,712 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 24,881 | 15,938 | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 13,523 | 12,223 | ||||
| Other (gains) and losses (g) | 12,885 | (37,165) | ||||
| Tax (benefit) expense — deferred and other (h) (i) (j) | (5,967) | (48,835) | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (k) | (4,546) | 247 | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 1,709 | 1,864 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) | 12,152 | 10,821 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (e) | (24) | 414 | ||||
| Total adjustments | 24,931 | (37,279) | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 921,491 | $ | 829,086 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 896,560 | $ | 866,365 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 921,491 | $ | 829,086 |
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FFO and AFFO from Real Estate were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Net income from Real Estate attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 384,766 | $ | 459,512 | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of real property | 470,554 | 437,885 | ||||
| Gain on sale of real estate, net | (40,425) | (109,370) | ||||
| Impairment charges | 24,246 | 35,830 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (a) (d) | 32,213 | 22,036 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (e) | (16) | (18) | ||||
| Total adjustments | 486,572 | 386,363 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | 871,338 | 845,875 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Straight-line and other leasing and financing adjustments (f) | (83,267) | (41,498) | ||||
| Above- and below-market rent intangible lease amortization, net | 53,585 | 48,712 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | 24,881 | 15,247 | ||||
| Other (gains) and losses (g) | 13,676 | (37,104) | ||||
| Amortization of deferred financing costs | 13,523 | 12,223 | ||||
| Tax (benefit) expense — deferred and other (i) | (4,938) | (45,511) | ||||
| Merger and other expenses (k) | (4,597) | (937) | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | 1,709 | 1,665 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) | 10,253 | 5,089 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests (e) | (24) | 414 | ||||
| Total adjustments | 24,801 | (41,700) | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 896,139 | $ | 804,175 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 871,338 | $ | 845,875 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Real Estate | $ | 896,139 | $ | 804,175 |
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FFO and AFFO from Investment Management were as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Net income (loss) from Investment Management attributable to W. P. Carey | $ | 25,222 | $ | (4,153) | ||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (b) (c) (d) | — | 24,643 | ||||
| Total adjustments | — | 24,643 | ||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | 25,222 | 20,490 | ||||
| Adjustments: | ||||||
| Tax (benefit) expense — deferred and other (h) (j) | (1,029) | (3,324) | ||||
| Other (gains) and losses (g) | (791) | (61) | ||||
| Merger and other expenses | 51 | 1,184 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | 691 | ||||
| Other amortization and non-cash items | — | 199 | ||||
| Proportionate share of adjustments to earnings from equity method investments (d) | 1,899 | 5,732 | ||||
| Total adjustments | 130 | 4,421 | ||||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 25,352 | $ | 24,911 | ||
| Summary | ||||||
| FFO (as defined by NAREIT) attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 25,222 | $ | 20,490 | ||
| AFFO attributable to W. P. Carey — Investment Management | $ | 25,352 | $ | 24,911 |
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(a)Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 include non-cash other-than-temporary impairment charges totaling $6.8 million and $8.3 million, respectively, recognized on certain equity method investments in real estate (Note 7, Note 8). Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes our $13.2 million proportionate share of an impairment charge recognized on an equity method investment in real estate (Note 7).
(b)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes a non-cash net gain of $33.0 million (inclusive of $9.9 million attributable to the redemption of a noncontrolling interest that the former subadvisors for CWI 1 and CWI 2 held in the special general partner interests) recognized in connection with consideration received at closing of the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger (Note 3, Note 6).
(c)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes non-cash other-than-temporary impairment charges totaling $47.1 million recognized on our equity investments in CWI 1 and CWI 2 (Note 8).
(d)Equity income, including amounts that are not typically recognized for FFO and AFFO, is recognized within Earnings (losses) from equity method investments on the consolidated statements of income. This represents adjustments to equity income to reflect FFO and AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(e)Adjustments disclosed elsewhere in this reconciliation are on a consolidated basis. This adjustment reflects our FFO or AFFO on a pro rata basis.
(f)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes an adjustment to exclude $37.8 million of lease termination fees received from a tenant, as such amount was determined to be non-core income (Note 4).
(g)Primarily comprised of gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, and foreign currency transactions, as well as non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and direct financing leases.
(h)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes one-time taxes incurred upon the recognition of taxable income associated with the accelerated vesting of shares (previously issued by CWI 1 and CWI 2 to us for asset management services performed) in connection with the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger.
(i)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes a non-cash deferred tax benefit of $37.2 million as a result of the release of a deferred tax liability relating to our investment in shares of Lineage Logistics, which converted to a REIT during the prior year and is therefore no longer subject to federal and state income taxes (Note 14).
(j)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes a one-time tax benefit of $4.7 million as a result of carrying back certain net operating losses in accordance with the CARES Act, which was enacted on March 27, 2020 (Note 14).
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(k)Amount for the year ended December 31, 2021 is primarily comprised of reversals of estimated liabilities for German real estate transfer taxes that were previously recorded in connection with business combinations in prior years.
While we believe that FFO and AFFO are important supplemental measures, they should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indication of a company’s operating performance. These non-GAAP measures should be used in conjunction with net income as defined by GAAP. FFO and AFFO, or similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs, may not be comparable to our FFO and AFFO measures.
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