{"url_path":"/sec/wpc/8-k/2026-02-13/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-02-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/0001104659-26-014536-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-014536","cik":"0001025378","ticker":"WPC","issuer_name":"W. P. Carey Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/0001104659-26-014536-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001025378","primary_entity_name":"W. P. Carey Inc."},"word_count":335,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 1.01.**\n**Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.**\n\n \n\nOn February 12, 2026, W. P. Carey Inc. (the “Company”)\nentered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Barclays Bank\nPLC, BNP PARIBAS and Wells Fargo Securities International Limited as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1\nto the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”), in connection with the public offering (the “Offering”)\nof €1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the “Senior Notes”) consisting of €500\nmillion aggregate principal amount of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2031 and €500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.750% Senior Notes\ndue 2035 issued by the Company. The Offering is expected to settle on February 24, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The\nOffering is being made pursuant to (i) the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-286885)\nfiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2025 and (ii) a final prospectus supplement relating to the Senior Notes,\ndated as of February 12, 2026.\n\n \n\nThe Company intends to use the net proceeds from this Offering to repay\nall of the €500 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 2.250% Senior Notes due April 2026 and for general corporate\npurposes, including to fund potential future investments and to repay certain other indebtedness, including amounts outstanding under\nthe Company’s $2.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility and its €215 million unsecured term loan due February 2028.\n\n \n\nThe Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties\nand covenants of the Company, as well as certain customary indemnification provisions with respect to the Company and the Underwriters\nrelating to certain losses or damages arising out of or in connection with the consummation of the Offering.\n\n \n\nThe foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport\nto be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is being filed as Exhibit 1.1 to\nthis Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference."}