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TREASURY UNITS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
TREASURY UNITS  
TREASURY UNITS

NOTE 8. TREASURY UNITS

 

Treasury Units at March 31, 2012 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 the terms of the  Repurchase Program, the Partnership may purchase up to 1,500,000 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 March 31, 2012, the Partnership has repurchased 1,194,960 Depositary Receipts at an average price of $24.62 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.

 

The Partnership did not purchase any Depositary Receipts during the three months ended March 31, 2012.