| 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 |
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| 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*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Winthrop Realty Trust [ FUR ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 09/27/2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| Common Shares of Beneficial Interest | 09/27/2010 | P(1) | 198,400(2) | A | $12.25 | 3,342,950 | I | see notes(3)(4)(5) | ||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Shares acquired in Issuer's public offering. |
| 2. Shares were acquired by FUR Investors LLC ("Investors"), an entity wholly-owned by FUR Holdings LLC ("Holdings"), the managing member of which is WEM-FUR Investors LLC ("WEM"). Michael Ashner is the managing member of WEM. 132,800 of the purchased shares are allocable to Michael Ashner. |
| 3. Shares are comprised of (i) 60,256 shares held directly by Michael L. Ashner and his wife, (ii) 3,242,032 shares held by Investors and (iii) 40,662 shares held by the Ashner Family Evergreen Foundation, a New York not for profit corporation (the "Foundation"), an entity in which the Reporting Person is a director. |
| 4. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Foundation. |
| 5. For purposes of Section 16 of the Act: (i) Investors beneficially owns 3,242,032 shares of Beneficial Interest, (ii) Holdings beneficially owns the number of shares of Beneficial Interest listed by Investors as held by Investors, (iii) WEM beneficially owns 1,498,730 shares of Beneficial Interest, and (iii) Mr. Ashner beneficially owns 1,232,874 shares of Beneficial Interest. The shares held by Investors are subject to distribution to its members at any time upon request of such member. It is expected that substantially all of the 198,400 shares acquired will be distributed to the applicable members in early 2011. |
| Remarks: |
| This statement is filed as a joint report pursuant to Rule 16a-3(j) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") by the undersigned Reporting Person and by the entities listed on the attached Joint Filer Information Sheet who are deemed to constitute a "group" beneficially owning more than 10% of the Issuer's shares of beneficial interest, par value $1.00 per share under Section 13(d) of the Act. |
| Michael L. Ashner | 09/28/2010 | |
| FUR Investors LLC | 09/28/2010 | |
| FUR Holdings LLC | 09/28/2010 | |
| WEM-FUR Investors LLC | 09/28/2010 | |
| ** 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 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
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