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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 10, 2010
W. P. CAREY & CO. LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
001-13779   13-3912578
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY   10020
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 492-1100
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
An annual meeting of shareholders of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC was held on June 10, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the final voting results for 1) the election of directors and 2) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as W. P. Carey & Co. LLC’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2010. For Proposal One, each of the directors noted received a plurality of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting and, as a result, each was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders. Proposal Two was approved after receiving more than a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal One
To elect twelve Directors for 2010:
                                 
Name of Director   For     Withheld     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
Wm. Polk Carey
    21,829,646       107,921             10,458,572  
Gordon F. DuGan
    21,834,466       103,101             10,458,572  
Francis J. Carey
    21,809,351       128,216             10,458,572  
Trevor P. Bond
    21,831,002       106,565             10,458,572  
Nathaniel S. Coolidge
    21,824,172       113,395             10,458,572  
Eberhard Faber, IV
    21,636,701       300,866             10,458,572  
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV
    21,644,856       292,711             10,458,572  
Dr. Lawrence R. Klein
    21,608,689       328,878             10,458,572  
Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.
    21,646,790       290,777             10,458,572  
Charles E. Parente
    21,831,611       105,956             10,458,572  
Dr. Karsten von Köller
    21,822,283       115,284             10,458,572  
Reginald Winssinger
    21,643,590       293,977             10,458,572  
 
Proposal Two   For     Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as W. P. Carey & Co. LLC’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2010:
  31,888,730       448,627       58,782        
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.
         
  W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
 
 
Date: June 16, 2010  By:   /s/ Susan C. Hyde    
    Susan C. Hyde   
    Managing Director