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 16, 2011
(W.P. Carey)
W. P. CAREY & CO. LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
001-13779
(Commission File Number)
  13-3912578
(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 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The information required by this item is included in response to Item 5.07 below and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
An annual meeting of shareholders of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (the “Company”) was held on June 16, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the final voting results from the Annual Meeting.
Proposal One

To elect fourteen Directors:
                 
Name of Director   For   Withheld   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
Wm. Polk Carey
  21,281,492   166,702     10,974,018
Trevor P. Bond
  21,317,110   131,084     10,974,018
Francis J. Carey
  21,270,028   178,166     10,974,018
Nathaniel S. Coolidge
  21,306,848   141,346     10,974,018
Eberhard Faber, IV
  21,107,460   340,734     10,974,018
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV
  21,112,706   335,488     10,974,018
Axel K.A. Hansing
  21,291,361   156,833     10,974,018
Dr. Lawrence R. Klein
  21,075,902   372,292     10,974,018
Richard C. Marston
  21,295,576   152,618     10,974,018
Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.
  21,121,724   326,470     10,974,018
Charles E. Parente
  21,285,721   162,473     10,974,018
Nick J.M. van Ommen
  21,299,037   149,157     10,974,018
Dr. Karsten von Köller
  21,294,061   154,133     10,974,018
Reginald Winssinger
  21,112,000   336,194     10,974,018
For Proposal One, each of the directors 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.
On June 17, 2011, Dr. Lawrence R. Klein retired from the Board of Directors, and all committees thereof of which he was a member, and became an emeritus director.
Proposal Two
                             
    For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2011:
    31,785,340       518,000       118,872    
Proposal Two was approved after receiving more than a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal Three
                                 
    For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
A proposal to approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation for the Company’s named executive officers:
    20,048,164       441,840       958,190       10,974,018  

 


 

Proposal Three was approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, after receiving more than a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal Four
                                         
    1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
A proposal to determine, in an advisory vote, the frequency of the vote on the compensation for the Company’s named executive officers:
    3,122,220       377,143       17,083,708       865,123       10,974,018  
In accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors and the voting results of Proposal Four, the Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years.
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 22, 2011  By:   /s/ Susan C. Hyde    
    Susan C. Hyde   
    Managing Director