1 --------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------- ------ OMB Number: 3235 0287 FORM 4 Expires: December 31, 2001 ------ Estimated average burden hours per response .... 0.5 --------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP / / Check this box if no longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) Park, John J. W.P. Carey & Co. LLC ("WPC") to Issuer (Check all applicable) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for ---- --- Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (specify 3 Beechcroft Road Person, if an entity ---- title --- below) --------------------------------------------- (voluntary) below) (Street) Treasurer & CFO May 2001 ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing Date of Original (Check Applicable Line) (Month/Year) X Form filed by One ---- Reporting Person Form filed by More than Short Hills, NJ 07078 523-25-7979 ---- One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Ownership (Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- Form: Direct Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at (D) or (Instr. 8) End of Month Indirect (I) (Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) Day/ --------------------------------------- Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/11/01 M 19,957 A $ 7.69 236,424 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/11/01 F 7,677 D $19.99 236,424 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/14/01 S(1) 500 D $19.80 236,424 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/15/01 S(1) 6,500 D $19.62 236,424 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). 2 TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price of Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying Derivative (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Security Price of (Month/ (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Deriv- Day/ 8) or Disposed (Month/Day/ ative Year) of (D) (Instr. Year) Security 3, 4 and 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option(2) $ 7.69 5/11/01 X 19,957 4/1/01 4/1/09 Common 19,957 Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership Security Derivative Form of (Instr. 3) Securities Derivative Beneficially Securities Owned at End Beneficially of Month Owned at End (Instr. 4) of Month (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option 39,916 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: (1) Disposition to cover tax liability resulting from options exercise. (2) The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning April 1, 2001. /s/ John Park 6/8/2001 ------------------------------- -------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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.