{"url_path":"/sec/wpc/10-k/2026/item-7a","section_key":"item-7a","section_title":"Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-02-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/0001025378-26-000036-index.html","accession_number":"0001025378-26-000036","cik":"0001025378","ticker":"WPC","issuer_name":"W. P. Carey Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/0001025378-26-000036-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001025378","primary_entity_name":"W. P. Carey Inc."},"word_count":1106,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.\n\n \n\nMarket Risk\n\n \n\nMarket risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, and equity prices. The primary market risks that we are exposed to are interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange risk; however, we do not use derivative instruments to hedge credit/market risks or for speculative purposes.\n\nWe are also exposed to further market risk as a result of tenant concentrations in certain industries and/or geographic regions, since adverse market factors can affect the ability of tenants in a particular industry/region to meet their respective lease obligations. In order to manage this risk, we view our collective tenant roster as a portfolio and we attempt to diversify such portfolio so that we are not overexposed to a particular industry or geographic region.\n\nInterest Rate Risk\n\n \n\nThe values of our real estate and related fixed-rate debt obligations, as well as the values of our unsecured debt obligations, are subject to fluctuations based on changes in interest rates. The value of our real estate is also subject to fluctuations based on local and regional economic conditions and changes in the creditworthiness of lessees, which may affect our ability to refinance property-level mortgage debt when balloon payments are scheduled, if we do not choose to repay the debt when due. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political conditions, and other factors beyond our control. An increase in interest rates would likely cause the fair value of our assets to decrease. Increases in interest rates may also have an impact on the credit profile of certain tenants.\n\nWe are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes primarily through our borrowing activities. To limit this exposure, we generally seek long-term debt financing on a fixed-rate basis. However, we are subject to variable-rate interest on our Unsecured Term Loans and Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. We have entered into, and may continue to enter into, interest rate swap agreements or interest rate cap agreements with counterparties related to certain of our variable-rate debt ([Note 11](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_154)). See [Note 10](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_151) for additional information on our interest rate swaps and caps.\n\n \n\nOur debt obligations are more fully described in [Note 11](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_154) and [Liquidity and Capital Resources — Summary of Financing](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_73) in Item 7 above. The following table presents principal cash flows based upon expected maturity dates of our debt obligations outstanding at December 31, 2025 (in thousands):\n\n20262027202820292030ThereafterTotalFair Value\n\nFixed-rate debt (a) (b)\n$979,753 $597,920 $1,026,968 $1,100,450 $1,017,519 $3,381,294 $8,103,904 $7,839,512 \n\nVariable-rate debt (a)\n$— $— $252,625 $435,417 $— $— $688,042 $721,820 \n\n__________\n\n(a)Amounts are based on the exchange rate at December 31, 2025, as applicable.\n\n(b)Amounts include non-recourse mortgages and unsecured term loans subject to variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps. Amounts are primarily comprised of principal payments for our Senior Unsecured Notes ([Note 11](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_154)).\n\nThe estimated fair value of our fixed-rate debt and our variable-rate debt is affected by changes in interest rates. Annual interest expense on our unhedged variable-rate debt that does not bear interest at fixed rates at December 31, 2025 would increase or decrease by $3.2 million for our euro-denominated debt, $0.5 million for our Canadian dollar-denominated debt, $0.4 million for our British pound sterling-denominated debt, and by $0.2 million for our Japanese yen-denominated debt for each respective 1% change in annual interest rates.\n\nW. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 44\n\nForeign Currency Exchange Rate Risk\n\n \n\nWe own international investments, primarily in Europe, Canada, and Japan, and as a result are subject to risk from the effects of exchange rate movements in various foreign currencies, primarily the euro, British pound sterling, Danish krone, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, and certain other currencies which may affect future costs and cash flows. We have obtained, and may in the future obtain, non-recourse mortgage financing in the local currency. We have also completed several offerings of euro-denominated senior notes, and have borrowed under our Senior Unsecured Credit Facility and Unsecured Term Loan due 2029 in foreign currencies, including the euro, British pound sterling, Japanese yen, and Canadian dollar ([Note 11](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_154)). Volatile market conditions arising from certain macroeconomic factors may result in significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. To the extent that currency fluctuations increase or decrease rental revenues, as translated to U.S. dollars, the change in debt service (comprised of principal and interest, excluding balloon payments), as translated to U.S. dollars, will partially offset the effect of fluctuations in revenue and, to some extent, mitigate the risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We estimate that, for a 1% increase or decrease in the exchange rate between the euro, British pound sterling, or Danish krone and the U.S. dollar, there would be a corresponding change in the projected estimated cash flow (scheduled future rental revenues, net of scheduled future debt service payments for the next 12 months) for our consolidated foreign operations at December 31, 2025 of $2.3 million, $0.4 million, and $0.3 million, respectively, excluding the impact of our derivative instruments.\n\nIn addition, we may use currency hedging to further reduce the exposure to our equity cash flow. We are generally a net receiver of these currencies (we receive more cash than we pay out), and therefore our foreign operations benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar, relative to the foreign currency.\n\nWe enter into foreign currency collars to hedge certain of our foreign currency cash flow exposures. See [Note 10](#i52e238857d8641668248158c9abdf12c_151) for additional information on our foreign currency collars.\n\nConcentration of Credit Risk\n\nConcentrations of credit risk arise when a number of tenants are engaged in similar business activities or have similar economic risks or conditions that could cause them to default on their lease obligations to us. We regularly monitor our portfolio to assess potential concentrations of credit risk. While we believe our portfolio is well-diversified, it does contain concentrations in certain areas.\n\nFor the year ended December 31, 2025, our consolidated portfolio had the following significant characteristics in excess of 10%, based on the percentage of our consolidated total revenues:\n\n•64% related to domestic operations; and\n\n•36% related to international operations.\n\nAt December 31, 2025, our net-lease portfolio, which excludes our operating properties, had the following significant property and lease characteristics in excess of 10% in certain areas, based on the percentage of our ABR as of that date:\n\n•61% related to domestic properties;\n\n•39% related to international properties; and\n\n•38% related to industrial facilities, 25% related to warehouse facilities, and 22% related to retail facilities.\n\nW. P. Carey 2025 10-K – 45"}