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NEW ENGLAND REALTY ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Mar 14, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Mar 14, 2024

NEN$45.000.0%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Item 11. Executive Compensation

The Partnership does not have “Executive Compensation.” As more fully described below, the Partnership employs Hamilton, a management company, to which it pays management fees and administrative fees.

The Partnership is not required to and did not pay any compensation to its officers or the officers and directors of the General Partner in 2023. As more fully described below, the Partnership employs Hamilton, which is solely responsible for performing all management and policy making functions for the Partnership. The only compensation paid by the Partnership to any person or entity is in the form of management fees and administrative fees paid to the General Partner, or any management entity employed by the General Partner, in accordance with the Partnership Agreement.

Specifically, the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, or any management entity employed by the General Partner, is entitled to a management fee equal to 4% (2% at Dexter Park and 3% at Linewt) of the rental and other operating income from the Partnership Properties and a mortgage servicing fee equal to 0.5% of the unpaid principal balance of any debt instruments received, held and serviced by the Partnership (the “Management Fee”). The Partnership Agreement also authorizes the General Partner to charge to the Partnership its cost for employing professionals to assist with the administration of the Partnership Properties (the “Administrative Fees”). The Administrative Fee is not charged against the Management Fee. In addition, upon the sale or disposition of any Partnership Properties, the General Partner, or any management entity which is the effective cause of such sale, is entitled to a commission equal to 3% of the gross sale price (the “Commission”), provided that should any other broker be entitled to a commission in connection with the sale, the commission shall be the difference between 3% of the gross sale price and the amount to be paid to such broker.

The General Partner has engaged The Hamilton Company, Inc. to operate and manage the Partnership, and in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, the Management Fee, the Administrative Fees and the Commission are paid to Hamilton. See “Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.” The total Management Fee paid to Hamilton during 2023 was approximately $2,948,000. The management services provided by Hamilton include but are not limited to: collecting rents and other income; approving, ordering and supervising all repairs and other decorations; terminating leases, evicting tenants, purchasing supplies and equipment, financing and refinancing properties, settling insurance claims, maintaining administrative offices and employing personnel. In 2023, the Partnership and its Subsidiary Partnerships paid administrative fees to Hamilton of approximately $1,289,000 inclusive of construction supervision and architectural fees of approximately $606,000, repairs and maintenance service fees of approximately $261,000, legal fees of approximately $231,000, renting expenses of approximately $66,000 and $125,000 for accounting services. In addition, the Partnership paid $28,000 to Ronald Brown for construction supervision services.

Sally Michael is a Director of NewReal, Inc., and she is a partner of Saul Ewing Arnstein LLP. Saul Ewing LLP billed the Partnership for legal fees totaling $91,000, $84,000, and $168,000 for 2023, 2022, and 2021 respectively.

Additionally, the Hamilton Company received approximately $797,000 from the 40-50% owned Investment Properties of which approximately $699,000 was the management fee, approximately $9,000 was for construction supervision and architectural fees, approximately $57,000 was for maintenance services, approximately $31,000 for legal services and approximately $1,000 for renting expenses. The Advisory Committee held 4 meetings during 2023, and a total of $16,000 was paid for attendance and participation in such meetings. Additionally, the Audit Committee held 4 meetings in 2023 and a total of $80,000 was paid for attendance and participation in such meetings.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Board of Directors of our General Partner does not have a compensation committee. No member of the Board of Directors was at any time in 2023 or at any other time an officer or employee of the General Partner, and no member had any relationship with the Partnership requiring disclosure as a related-person transaction under Item 404 of Regulation S-K. No officer of the General Partner has served on the board of directors or compensation committee of any other entity that has or has had one or more executive officers who served as a member of the Board of Directors of the General Partner at any time in 2023.

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