8-K 1 y40442e8vk.txt FORM 8-K ================================================================================ 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): September 30, 2007 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) ------------------- 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): [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ================================================================================ ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT. On September 30, 2007, a wholly owned subsidiary of the registrant, Carey Asset Management Corp. (the "Advisor"), entered into three separate Amended and Restated Advisory Agreements (collectively, the "Agreements") with the following affiliates of the registrant: Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated, Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated and Corporate Property Associates 16 - Global Incorporated (collectively, the "CPA(R) REITs"). Each of the Agreements has a term of one year and replaces the prior advisory agreements that were in effect until September 29, 2007. The Agreements provide that the Advisor will continue to be responsible for managing the CPA(R) REITs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying and making acquisitions on their behalf. The fees payable to the Advisor for services under the Agreements are consistent with the fees payable under the prior advisory agreements. 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: October 4, 2007 By: /s/ Mark J. DeCesaris ------------------------------------------ Mark J. DeCesaris Managing Director and acting Chief Financial Officer