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) Carey William P. W.P. Carey & Co. LLC ("WPC") to Issuer (Check all applicable) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Director X 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for ---- --- Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (specify 525 Park Avenue Person, if an entity May 2001 ---- title --- below) --------------------------------------------- (voluntary) ------------------- below) (Street) Chairman & CEO ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 NY NY 10021 006-22-9082 ---- 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. Owner- (Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: (Instr. 8) End of Month Direct (Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or Day/ --------------------------------------- Indirect Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) (D) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/4/01 J(1) 5,342 A -- 9,231,853 I(3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 5/4/01 J(4) 5,538 D -- 9,231,853 I(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity Security and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 (Instr. 4) End of Month (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents an accounting adjustment to restricted shares distributed in connection with the formation of W.P. Carey & Co. LLC from the merger of Carey Diversified LLC and W.P. Carey & Co. Inc. (2) By Carey Property Advisors LP (3) By Ninth Carey Corporate Properties Inc. (4) Distribution by Carey Property Advisors LP to its Partners. /s/ William P. Carey 6/8/2001 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 ommissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations Sec 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 7811(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.