1 --------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------- ------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 FORM 4 Expires: December 31, 2001 ------ Estimated average burden hours per response .... 0.5 --------------------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Tickler or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) Fernandez, Claude 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 26 Stallion Trail Person, if an entity 3/2001 ---- title --- below) --------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) ------------------- below) (Street) ###-##-#### 5. If Amendment, Managing Director- --------------------- Date of Original Financial Operations (Month/Year) --------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting --- Person Form filed by More than One Brewster, NY 10509 --- Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- (Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: (Instr. 8) End of Month Direct (Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or Day/ --------------------------------------- Indirect Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) (D) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock* 1/16/2001 P V 3 A 19.52 211,925 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock* 1/16/2001 P V 40 A 19.52 211,925 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 3/19/2001 A 1 A -- 211,925 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 4/3/2001 A V 16,355 A -- -- D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

~~FORM 4 (CONTINUED)~~ TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 8) Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity Security and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership Security Derivative Form of (Instr. 3) Securities Derivative Beneficially Securities Owned at End Beneficially ~~Owned~~ of Month Owned at End ~~of Month~~ (Instr. 4) of Month (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: ~~Reminder:~~*These transactions represent dividend reinvestments. /s/ Claude Fernandez 4/9/2001 ------------------------------- -------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date 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). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. ~~/s/ Charles C. Townsend 2/9/2001~~ See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. ~~78ff~~781f(a). ~~------------------------------- ------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date~~ Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space ~~provided~~ is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/forms/4.htm Last update: 11/05/1999

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