FWP 1 tm2031692-2_fwp.htm FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 433
supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated
October 6, 2020 and the Prospectus dated August 9, 2019
Registration No. 333-233159

 

W. P. CAREY INC.

Pricing Term Sheet

$500,000,000 2.400% Senior Notes due 2031

 

Issuer: W. P. Carey Inc.
   
Expected Ratings (Moody’s / S&P)*: Baa2 / BBB
   
Security Type: Senior Unsecured Notes
   
Pricing Date: October 6, 2020
   
Settlement Date: October 14, 2020 (T+5); Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes prior to the second business day preceding the closing date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent failed settlement.
   
Maturity Date: February 1, 2031
   
Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1, 2021
   
Principal Amount: $500,000,000
   
Benchmark Treasury: 0.625% due August 15, 2030
   
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield: 98-26 / 0.750%
   
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: +175 bps
   
Yield to Maturity: 2.500%
   
Coupon: 2.400%
   
Public Offering Price: 99.099% of the principal amount
   

Optional Redemption:

 

Make-Whole Call:

 

Par Call: 

 

 

Prior to November 1, 2030, T + 30 bps

 

On or after November 1, 2030 

   
Denominations: $2,000 x $1,000
   
CUSIP / ISIN: 92936U AG4 / US92936UAG40
   
Joint Book-Running Managers: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
   
Senior Co-Managers: RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
   
Co-Managers: BBVA Securities Inc.
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

 

 

 

 

*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. Each securities rating should be evaluated independently of any other security rating.

 

No PRIIPs KID – No PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as not available to retail in EEA.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents that the issuer has filed with the SEC, including the prospectus supplement relating to the notes, for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement relating to the notes if you request it by contacting Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll free at 1-800-645-3751 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533.