1 --------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------- -------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 FORM 3 Expires: October 31, 2001 -------- Estimated average burden hours per response .... 0.5 --------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date Whiting, Gordon J. Statement Trading Symbol of Original ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) W.P. Carey & Co. LLC ("WPC") (Month/Day/Year) (Last) (First) (Middle) June 7, 2001 ------------------------------------ ------------------- 136 E. 55th St., Apt. 3P ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting 7. Individual or Joint/ ---------------------------------------- 3. I.R.S. Identification Person(s) to Issuer Group Filing (Check (Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Applicable Line) Person (Voluntary) Director 10% Owner X Form filed by One NY, NY 10022-4518 105-64-2802 ----- ----- -- Reporting Person -------------------------------------- ---------------------------- X Officer Other Form filed by (City) (State) (Zip) ----- (give title ----- (specify -- More than One below) below) Reporting Person Executive Director --------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial (Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) TABLE I SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3 SECTION 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 60,351 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) 2 FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Year) Deri- ative vative Securities: Security Direct ------------------------------------------------- (D) or Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I) Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5) able Date of Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option(1) 4/1/01 4/1/09 Common Stock 25,000 $16.25 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Explanation of Responses: (1) The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning April 1, 2001. /s/ Gordon J. Whiting 6/8/2001 *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction ------------------------------- ------------- 5(b)(v). **Signature of Reporting Person Date **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.