SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 2
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1997
Commission File Number
2-82765
REAL EQUITY PARTNERS
A California Limited Partnership
I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 95-3784125
9090 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 201, Beverly Hills, California 90211
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (310) 278-2191
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g)
of the Act:
NONE
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) had filed all reports required
to be filed wit the Commission by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve months (or such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No _______
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [X]
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for REAL-Equity
Partners for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 is being filed to amend
Item 3.
PART I
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On June 25, 1997, the Commission settled administrative
proceedings against NAPICO, three members of NAPICO's senior management and
three affiliated entities for their roles in two separate series of securities
laws allegations. In connection therewith, the Commission ordered certain
NAPICO-related persons and entities to cease and desist from committing or
causing securities law violations and ordered NPEI, a brokerage firm affiliated
with NAPICO, to undergo a review of certain of its policies and procedures and
pay a $100,000 penalty.
The first series of securities law allegations involved a
"part or none" private placement offering of interests in National Corporate Tax
Credit Fund ("Corporate Fund"). The offering was to take place in phases, with
the first phase closing after the sale of five units, priced at $1 million each.
The Commission found that, in June 1992, NAPICO accomplished the closing of the
first phase through the use of a non-bona fide investor. The Commission found
that NAPICO and the Corporate Fund thereby violated Section 10(b) of the
Exchange Act and Rule 10b-9, provisions that prohibit misrepresentations in
connection with "all or none" or "part or none" offerings. The Corporate Fund
offering continued in 1992 and 1993, and the offering documents distributed to
potential investors contained no disclosure related to this transaction, which
the Commission found was in violation of Sections 17(a)(2) and (3) of the
Securities Act, which prohibit material misrepresentations or omissions in
connection with the offer and sale of securities. The Commission found that Alan
I. Casden, Vice Chairman of NAPICO's Board of Directors and NAPICO's beneficial
owner; Charles H. Boxenbaum, Chairman of NAPICO's Board of Directors; and Bruce
E. Nelson, NAPICO's President, caused these violations.
The second series of violations involved a NAPICO-controlled
public partnership called Century HillCreste Apartment Investors ("HillCreste").
HillCreste was required to file annual and quarterly reports with the
Commission. The Commission found that HillCreste failed to disclose in its
reports filed with the Commission from 1991 through 1993 that HillCreste's cash
was used to pay the expenses of other properties that were managed by an
affiliated property management company, including properties syndicated by
entities affiliated with Casden or NAPICO. The Commission found that these
disclosure failures by HillCreste violated Sections 17(a)(2) and (3) of the
Securities Act, Sections 13(a) and Rules 13a-1, 13a-13 and 12(b)(2) thereunder,
which prohibit material misrepresentations or omissions in periodic reports
filed with the Commission. The Commission found that the failure of HillCreste
to maintain adequate internal controls to prevent these transactions from being
improperly recorded violated Sections 13(b)(2)(A) and (B) of the Exchange Act,
books and records provisions of the federal securities laws. The Commission
found Alan Casden to have caused HillCreste's violations of these provisions.
NAPICO, NPEI, Corporate Fund, HillCreste, Mr. Casden, Mr.
Boxenbaum and Mr. Nelson all consented to the above relief without admitting or
denying the findings in the Commission's order.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Los Angeles,
State of California.
Dated: November 23, 1998
REAL-EQUITY PARTNERS
By: NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENTS CORP.
The Managing General Partner
/s/ Charles H. Boxenbaum
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Charles H. Boxenbaum
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Bruce E. Nelson
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Bruce E. Nelson
Director and President
/s/ Alan I. Casden
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Alan I. Casden
Director
/s/ Henry C. Casden
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Henry C. Casden
Director
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