Schedule 13D/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

 

 

NEW ENGLAND REALTY ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Name of Issuer)

 

Depositary Receipts

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

644206104

(CUSIP number)

 

Malcolm F. MacLean IV

c/o Mercury Real Estate Advisors LLC

Three River Road

Greenwich, CT 06807

(203) 869-9191

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

December 29, 2006

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*   The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP No. 644206104    13D/A    Page 2 of 8 pages

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            Mercury Real Estate Advisors LLC

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

            WC

    
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

   ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Delaware

    

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

  

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                122,700

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                —0—

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                122,700

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                —0—

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            122,700

    
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

  

¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            8.9%

    
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

            OO – Limited Liability Company

    

 

* All percentage ownership reported in this Schedule 13D is based on 1,316,476 depositary receipts outstanding as of November 2, 2006 and 6,730 units of Class A limited partnership interests (“Class A Units”) outstanding as of November 2, 2006, as reported by the Issuer (as defined below) in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2006 (the “Form 10-Q”). For purposes of calculating percentage ownership in this Schedule 13D, all Depositary Receipts have been treated on an as-converted basis, where each Class A Unit is exchangeable for 10 Depositary Receipts.

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  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            David R. Jarvis

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

            WC

    
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

   ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            United States

    

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

  

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                122,700

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                —0—

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                122,700

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                —0—

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            122,700

    
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

  

¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            8.9%

    
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

            IN

    

 

CUSIP No. 644206104    13D/A    Page 4 of 8 pages

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            Malcolm F. MacLean IV

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

            WC

    
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

   ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            United States

    

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

  

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                122,700

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                —0—

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                122,700

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                —0—

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            122,700

    
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

  

¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            8.9%

    
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

 

            IN

    

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Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

The total amount of funds required by the Reporting Persons to acquire the Depositary Receipts was $10,021,132.00. Each of the Funds used its own assets to purchase such Depositary Receipts, which may at any given time include funds borrowed in the ordinary course in their margin accounts.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

(a) and (b) As of the date hereof, Mercury Special Situations Fund LP, Mercury Special Situations Offshore Fund, Ltd., Silvercreek SAV LLC and GPC LXV, LLC owned beneficially 18,367; 80,793; 10,640 and 12,900 Depositary Receipts, respectively, representing approximately 1.3%; 5.8%; 0.8% and 0.9%, respectively, of the Depositary Receipts of the Issuer outstanding as reported in publicly available information.

As of the date hereof, Advisors, in its capacity as investment advisor of the Funds, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 122,700 Depositary Receipts, constituting 8.9% of the 1,383,776 Depositary Receipts of the Issuer outstanding as reported in publicly available information.

As of the date hereof, Mr. Jarvis, in his capacity as a Managing Member of Advisors, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 122,700 Depositary Receipts, constituting 8.9% of the 1,383,776 Depositary Receipts of the Issuer outstanding as reported in publicly available information.

As of the date hereof, Mr. MacLean, in his capacity as a Managing Member of Advisors, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 122,700 Depositary Receipts, constituting 8.9% of the 1,383,776 Depositary Receipts of the Issuer outstanding as reported in publicly available information.

(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Depositary Receipts beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons that were effected during the past sixty days is set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Not applicable.

(e) Not applicable.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Schedule 13D:

 

Exhibit A   Letter to the Board of Directors of the General Partner of New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership, dated October 30, 2006*
Exhibit B  

Press Release, dated October 30, 2006*

Exhibit C   Schedule of Transactions in Depositary Receipts of the Issuer
Exhibit D   Joint Filing Agreement*
* Previously filed with the Schedule 13D on October 31, 2006

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his, her or its knowledge and belief, each of the persons signing below certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: January 3, 2007   MERCURY REAL ESTATE ADVISORS LLC
 

/s/ MALCOLM F. MACLEAN IV

Signature

 

Malcolm F. MacLean IV, Managing Member

  Name/Title
 

/s/ MALCOLM F. MACLEAN IV

Signature

 

/s/ DAVID R. JARVIS

Signature

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit A   Letter to the Board of Directors of the General Partner of New England Realty Associates Limited Partnership, dated October 30, 2006*
Exhibit B  

Press Release, dated October 30, 2006*

Exhibit C   Schedule of Transactions in Depositary Receipts of the Issuer
Exhibit D   Joint Filing Agreement*
* Previously filed with the Schedule 13D on October 31, 2006

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Exhibit C

Schedule of Transactions in Depositary Receipts of the Issuer

During the Past 60 Days

Mercury Special Situations Fund LP

 

Date of Transaction

  

Quantity Purchased(Sold)(1)

  

Price/Share ($)(2)

11/28/2006

   502.00   80.510

12/08/2006

   200.00   80.700

12/12/2006

   200.00   80.360

12/18/2006

   669.00   79.796

12/19/2006

   134.00   80.260

12/20/2006

   (300.00)   79.948

12/20/2006

   1,163.00   80.090

12/22/2006

   200.00   79.510

12/22/2006

   300.00   80.093

12/28/2006

   2,100.00   81.270

Mercury Special Situations Offshore Fund, Ltd.

 

Date of Transaction

  

Quantity Purchased(Sold)(1)

  

Price/Share ($)(2)

11/10/2006

   900.00   78.814

11/15/2006

   800.00   79.945

11/17/2006

   1,200.00   80.070

11/20/2006

   900.00   80.510

11/21/2006

   500.00   81.010

11/28/2006

   1,498.00   80.510

12/05/2006

   100.00   80.260

12/11/2006

   200.00   79.960

12/13/2006

   200.00   79.470

12/18/2006

   731.00   79.796

12/19/2006

   166.00   80.260

12/20/2006

   1,437.00   80.090

12/29/2006

   1,400.00   82.378

01/03/2007

   800.00   79.625
(1) All purchases/sales were effected through open market or privately negotiated transactions.
(2) Inclusive of brokerage commissions.