1.	Business

Winthrop Realty Liquidating Trust (the “Liquidating Trust”) was organized on July 28, 2016 as a liquidating trust pursuant to a plan of liquidation of Winthrop Realty Trust, (“Winthrop”). Winthrop, which began operations in 1961 under the name First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments and changed its name to Winthrop Realty Trust in 2005, was a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Ohio. Winthrop conducted its business through its wholly owned operating partnership, WRT Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, (the “Operating Partnership”). From January 1, 2004 through August 5, 2016, Winthrop was externally managed by FUR Advisors LLC, (“FUR Advisors” or the “Advisor”). Since August 5, 2016, FUR Advisors has continued to manage the Liquidating Trust’s assets. The Advisor is majority owned by Winthrop’s former executive officers and senior management, including Michael L. Ashner and Carolyn Tiffany, two of the Liquidating Trust’s trustees.

Winthrop’s primary business was owning real property and real estate related assets. On April 28, 2014 Winthrop’s Board of Trustees adopted a plan of liquidation. The plan, which provided for an orderly liquidation of Winthrop’s assets, was approved by holders of a majority of Winthrop’s common shares of beneficial interest (“Common Shares”) at a special meeting of shareholders on August 5, 2014. Under the plan of liquidation, if all of the assets of Winthrop were not disposed of by August 5, 2016, the then remaining assets and liabilities of Winthrop would be assigned to a liquidating trust.

On August 5, 2016, in accordance with Winthrop’s plan of liquidation, Winthrop transferred the then remaining assets and liabilities, including its ownership interests in the Operating Partnership, to the Liquidating Trust. The Liquidating Trust is governed by a Liquidating Trust Agreement by and among Winthrop and Michael L. Ashner, Howard Goldberg and Carolyn Tiffany, as trustees. Upon the transfer of the assets and liabilities to the Liquidating Trust, each Common Share on August 5, 2016, was automatically converted into one unit of beneficial interest in the Liquidating Trust, (“Unit”), and each holder of Common Shares become a beneficiary of the Liquidating Trust, (“Beneficiaries”). On October 3, 2016, Winthrop filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to terminate the registration of the Common Shares under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Winthrop ceased filing reports under that act. The Liquidating Trust will only file with the SEC annual reports on Form 10-K and current reports on Form 8-K.

The sole purpose of the Liquidating Trust is to wind up the affairs of Winthrop by liquidating its remaining assets, satisfying the assumed liabilities, paying all costs and expenses of the Liquidating Trust and distributing the remaining proceeds to the Beneficiaries. The Liquidating Trust has no objective to continue or engage in the conduct of a trade or business, except as necessary for the orderly liquidation of the remaining assets.