SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ROBOTTI ROBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) 110 EAST 42ND STREET SUITE 1100 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LL&E ROYALTY TRUST [ LRTR ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/09/2010
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Units of Beneficial Interest	02/09/2010		P		5,602(1)	A	$0.62	1,922,821(1)(2)(3)	I	See Footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ROBOTTI ROBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) 110 EAST 42ND STREET SUITE 1100 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WASIAK KENNETH R (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PUSTORINO PUGLISI & CO LLP 515 MADISON AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This number includes 3,922 Units of Beneficial Interest (the "Units") acquired by The Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P. ("RIC") and 1,680 Units acquired by Ravenswood Investments III, L.P. ("RI"). All such transactions were made by RIC and RI in the open market.

2. This number includes 67,500 Units owned directly and beneficially by the discretionary brokerage customers of Robotti & Company, LLC ("Robotti & Company") and 1,300 Units owned directly and beneficially by the advisory clients of Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC ("Robotti & Company Advisors"). Each of Robert Robotti and Robotti & Company, Incorporated ("ROBT"), and each other party hereto, disclaims beneficial ownership of these Units except to the extent of his or its respective pecuniary interest therein, if any.

3. This number includes 1,308,517 Units directly owned by RIC and beneficially owned by its partners and 545,504 Units directly owned by RI and beneficially owned by its partners. Each of Messrs. Robotti and Kenneth R. Wasiak and Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C. ("RMC"), and each other party hereto, disclaims beneficial ownership of these Units except to the extent of his or its respective pecuniary interest therein, if any.

4. Each of Robotti & Company, a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), Robotti & Company Advisors, an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, ROBT, the parent holding company for Robotti & Company and Robotti & Company Advisors, RIC, RI, RMC (together with ROBT, Robotti & Company, Robotti & Company Advisors, RIC, RI, Robert Robotti and Kenneth R. Wasiak, the "Reporting Parties"), the general partner of RIC and RI, Mr. Robotti, President and an owner of ROBT, President of Robotti & Company and Robotti & Company Advisors and a Managing Member of RMC, and Mr. Wasiak, a Managing Member of RMC, may be deemed a group (for the purpose of Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Exchange Act)

5. Due to a 1000 character limit, Footnote 5 is a continuation of Footnote 4: with Spruce House Partners LP ("SHP"), Spruce House Capital LLC ("SHC," and together with SHP, Benjamin Stein, Zachary Sternberg, the "Spruce House Parties"), general partner of SHP, Mr. Stein and Mr. Sternberg, each Managing Members of SHC, due to a Joint Filing Agreement dated as of September 2, 2009 among such persons. Each of the Robotti Parties disclaims beneficial ownership of any Units owned by any of the Spruce House Parties.

	/s/ Robert E. Robotti	02/11/2010
	/s/ Kenneth R. Wasiak	02/11/2010
	Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C.	02/11/2010
	The Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P.	02/11/2010
	Ravenswood Investments III, L.P.	02/11/2010
	Robotti & Company, Incorporated	02/11/2010
	Robotti & Company, LLC	02/11/2010
	Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC	02/11/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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