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 & 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.

		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.

		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.

		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.