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 LAPUMA, EDWARD V. Statement Trading Symbol of Original ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) W.P. Carey & Co. LLC ("WPC") (Month/Day/Year) (Last) (First) (Middle) June 7, 2001 ------------------------------------ 265 ELIZABETH ST., Apt.1 ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting ------------------ ---------------------------------------- 3. I.R.S Identification Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or (Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Joint/Group Fil- Person, if an entity ---- Director ---- 10% Owner ing (Check Appli- NY, NY 10012 (voluntary) X cable Line) -------------------------------------- 153-74-5831 ---- Officer ---- Other (specify X Form filed by (City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------- (give title below) below) --One Reporting Executive Director Person --------------------------- --Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE I -- 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 59,797 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 Derivative Year) Derivative Securities: ---------------------------------------------- Security Direct Date Expira- Amount or (D) or Exercis- tion Title Number Indirect (I) able Date of Shares (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ Edward V. LaPuma 6/8/2001 ------------------------------- ------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). **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.