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                             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)


                                                                                                       
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*      2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
    Sovak,       William       Sean               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
    600 Hudson Street, Apt. 6F                    Person, if an entity       May 2001           ----        title ---       below)
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                 (Street)                                                                              Executive Director-Operations
                                                                                                                 and Strategy
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                                                                          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
   Hoboken,          NJ            07030          118-50-0858                                    ---- One Reporting Person
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  (City)           (State)           (Zip)     TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-   3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Ownership Form:
  (Instr. 3)                       action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    Direct (D) or
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Indirect (I)
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Month        (Instr. 4)
                                  (Month/                                                (Instr. 3 and 4)
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                                   Year)  Code    V      Amount   (A) or    Price
                                                                  (D)

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Common Stock                      6/8/01   F      V      6,418     D        $21.10              63,037           D
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Common Stock                      6/8/01   M      V      8,333     A        $16.25              63,037           D
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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).



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                          TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                  (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

                                                                                                
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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)
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                                                                                Date    Expira-            Amount or
                                                    --------------------------- Exer-   tion       Title   Number of
                                                    Code  V       (A)     (D)   cisable Date               Shares
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Option (1)                   $16.25        6/8/01     X   V              8,333   4/1/01  4/1/09    Common  8,333
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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)

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Option                          16,667                  D
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Explanation of Responses:

(1) The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning April 1, 2001.

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

/s/ William Sean Sovak          6/8/2001
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**Signature of Reporting Person    Date

 *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.