UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2009

CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 16 -
GLOBAL INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland | | 001-32162 | | 80-0067704 |
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(212) 492-1100
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(Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective as of June 25, 2009, Marshall E. Blume, age 68, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the registrant. Mr. Blume is an independent director and will also serve on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Blume previously served as an independent director and a member of the Audit Committee of the registrant from April 2007 through April 2008. He has also served as an independent director and a member of the Audit Committee of Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated since April 2007, of Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated since June 2008, and of Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated from April 2007 to June 2009, each of which is an affiliate of the registrant. Mr. Blume is the Howard Butcher III Professor of Financial Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, also at the Wharton School. Mr. Blume has been associated with the Wharton School since 1967. Mr. Blume is also a partner in Prudent Management Associates, a registered investment advisory firm, since 1982, and Chairman and President of Marshall E. Blume, Inc., a consulting firm, for over 25 years. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Fixed Income, Journal of Pension Fund Management & Investment, and the Journal of Portfolio Management. He is currently a member of the Board of Managers of the Measey Foundation, which is dedicated to the support of medical education in the Philadelphia area. He is a member of the S&P Academic Advisor Board, the Finance Committee of the Rosemont School of the Holy Child, the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee and the Financial Economist Roundtable. Mr. Blume is a former trustee of Trinity College (Hartford) and the Rosemont School. Mr. Blume received his S.B. from Trinity College, and both his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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| | Corporate Property Associates 16 — Global Incorporated |
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Date: July 1, 2009 | | By: /s/ Susan C. Hyde |
| | Susan C. Hyde |
| | Managing Director and Corporate Secretary |
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