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W. P. Carey Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC, the "Company") announced today the commencement of an underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, offered on a forward basis in connection with the forward sale agreements described below. The underwriters of the offering have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 shares of the Company's common stock.
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