{"url_path":"/sec/wpc/8-k/2026-02-24/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other Events**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-02-24","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/0001104659-26-019187-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-019187","cik":"0001025378","ticker":"WPC","issuer_name":"W. P. Carey Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/0001104659-26-019187-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001025378","primary_entity_name":"W. P. Carey Inc."},"word_count":254,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01.****Other Events**\n\n \n\nAs previously reported by its Current Report\non Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2026 (the “Equity\nOffering Form 8-K”), the Company entered into an underwriting agreement dated February 17, 2026 (the “Underwriting\nAgreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as underwriters (together, the “Underwriters”),\nBofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as forward sellers, and Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank,\nNational Association, as forward purchasers (in such capacities, the “Forward\nPurchasers”), in connection with an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common\nstock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), at a price per share\nto the Underwriters of $71.38 (the “Purchase Price”). Pursuant to the\nterms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters were granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 shares of\nCommon Stock at the Purchase Price (the “Option”).\n\n \n\nOn February 20, 2026, the Underwriters exercised the Option\nin full. The exercise of the Option closed on February 24, 2026. The gross proceeds from the exercise of the Option are $64.8 million, bringing total gross proceeds for the offering to $496.8 million.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nIn connection with the exercise of the Option, the Company entered\ninto certain forward sale agreements with the Forward Purchasers in substantially the same form as those certain forward sale agreements,\ndated February 17, 2026, by and between the Company and the Forward Purchasers filed as Exhibits 1.2 and 1.3 to the Equity Offering Form\n8-K."}