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 21, 2012

 

 

 

LOGO

W. P. CAREY & CO. LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-13779   13-3912578

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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 (the “Company”) was held on June 21, 2012 (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the final voting results from the Annual Meeting.

Proposal One

To elect twelve Directors:

 

Name of Director

   For      Withheld      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Trevor P. Bond

     12,566,513         194,787         —           11,019,419   

Francis J. Carey

     12,550,863         210,437         —           11,019,419   

Nathaniel S. Coolidge

     12,559,988         201,312         —           11,019,419   

Eberhard Faber, IV

     11,011,786         1,749,514         —           11,019,419   

Benjamin H. Griswold, IV

     11,026,425         1,734,875         —           11,019,419   

Axel K.A. Hansing

     12,564,160         197,140         —           11,019,419   

Dr. Richard C. Marston

     12,379,218         382,082         —           11,019,419   

Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.

     11,036,381         1,724,919         —           11,019,419   

Charles E. Parente

     11,024,093         1,737,207         —           11,019,419   

Nick J.M. van Ommen

     11,026,804         1,734,496         —           11,019,419   

Dr. Karsten von Köller

     12,549,987         211,313         —           11,019,419   

Reginald Winssinger

     11,025,443         1,735,857         —           11,019,419   

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.

Proposal Two

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

To approve an amendment to the W. P. Carey & Co. LLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan

     12,188,819         320,227         252,254         11,019,419   

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
 

To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2012

     23,466,567         91,265         222,887         —     

Proposal Three was approved after receiving more than a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting.


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 27, 2012     By:   /s/ Susan C. Hyde
      Susan C. Hyde
      Managing Director