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TREASURY UNITS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
TREASURY UNITS. |
TREASURY UNITS |
NOTE 8. TREASURY UNITS Treasury Units at September 30, 2011 are as follows:
Class A |  | 38,993 |
Class B |  | 9,260 |
General Partnership |  | 488 |
|  | 48,741 |
On August 20, 2007, NewReal, Inc., the General Partner authorized an equity repurchase program (“Repurchase Program”) under which the Partnership was permitted to purchase, over a period of twelve months, up to 100,000 Depositary Receipts (each of which is one-tenth of a Class A Unit). On January 15, 2008, the General Partner authorized an increase in the Repurchase Program from 100,000 to 200,000 Depositary Receipts. On January 30, 2008 the General Partner authorized an increase the Repurchase Program from 200,000 to 300,000 Depositary Receipts. On March 6, 2008, the General Partner authorized the increase in the total number of Depositary Receipts that could be repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Program from 300,000 to 500,000. On August 8, 2008, the General Partner re-authorized and renewed the Repurchase Program for an additional 12-month period ended August 19, 2009. On March 22, 2010, the General Partner re-authorized and renewed the Repurchase Program that expired on August 19, 2009. Under the terms of the renewed Repurchase Program, the Partnership may purchase up to 500,000 Depositary Receipts from the start of the program in 2007 through March 31, 2015. The Repurchase Program requires the Partnership to repurchase a proportionate number of Class B Units and General Partner Units in connection with any repurchases of any Depositary Receipts by the Partnership based upon the 80%, 19% and 1% fixed distribution percentages of the holders of the Class A, Class B and General Partner Units under the Partnership’s Second Amended and Restate Contract of Limited Partnership. Repurchases of Depositary Receipts or Partnership Units pursuant to the Repurchase Program may be made by the Partnership from time to time in its sole discretion in open market transactions or in privately negotiated transactions. From August 20, 2007 through September 30, 2011, the Partnership has repurchased 398,320 Depositary Receipts at an average price of $73.86 per receipt (or $738.60 per underlying Class A Unit), 1,724 Class B Units and 91 General Partnership Units, both at an average price of $585.05 per Unit, totaling approximately $30,481,000 including brokerage fees paid by the Partnership. On September 17, 2008, the Partnership completed the issuance of an aggregate of 6,642 Class A Units held in treasury to current holders of Class B and General Partner Units upon the simultaneous retirement to treasury of 6,309 Class B Units and 333 General Partner Units pursuant to an equity distribution plan authorized by the Board of Directors of the General Partner on August 8, 2008 and as further described under Item 3.02 of the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference. Harold Brown, the treasurer of the General Partner, owns 75% of the issued and outstanding Class B Units of the Partnership and 75% of the issued and outstanding equity of the General Partner, Ronald Brown, the brother of Harold Brown and the president of the General Partner, owns 25% of the issued and outstanding Class B Units of the Partnership and 25% of the issued and outstanding equity of the General Partner. The Partnership did not purchase any Depositary Receipts during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

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