-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ----------------------------- FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL -------- ----------------------------- / / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287 LONGER SUBJECT TO EXPIRES: JANUARY 31, 2005 SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5 CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ----------------------------- INSTRUCTION 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Brown, Harold New England Realty Associates Limited ---- ---- Partnership, NEN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Officer (give Other (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year below) below) Person, if an entity Treasurer of NewReal, Inc. c/o New England Realty Associates Limited (voluntary) General Partner of Issuer Partnership 39 Brighton Ave December 11, 2002 ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- --------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Street) 5. If Amendment, (Check Applicable Line) Date of Original _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person (Month/Day/Year) ___Form filed by More than One Allston, MA 02134 N/A Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of 2. Trans- 2A. Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature Security action Execution action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- (Instr. 3) Date Date, Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct if any (Instr. 8) Owned Follow- Direct Bene- (Month/ (Month/ ing Reported (D) or ficial Day/ Day/ ------------------------------------------ Transaction(s) Indirect Owner- Year) Year) (A) or (Instr. 3 (I) ship Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEN Depository Receipts 12/11/02 12/20/02 P 200 A $38.50 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/11/02 12/20/02 P 100 A $38.38 90,553 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Owned by NERA 98,394 I 1994 Irrevocable Trust, grantor trust established by reporting person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 3A. Deemed 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer- (Instr. 3) sion or action Execution tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex- Exercise Date Date, (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date Price of (Month/ if any posed of (D) (Month/Day/ Deriv- Day/ (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year) ative Year) Day/ Security Year) -------------------------------------- ---------------- Date Expira- Exer- tion Code V (A) (D) cisable Date ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Beneficial (Instr. 5) Beneficially Securities: Ownership Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 4) Following Indirect (I) Reported (Instr. 4) Transaction(s) ----------------------- (Instr. 4) Title Amount or Number of Shares ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: /s/ Harold Brown December 23, 2002 ----------------------------------- ----------------- **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. http://www.sec.gov/division/corpfin/forms/form4.htm LAST UPDATE: 09/05/2002