Edgar Filing: URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

URSTADT CHARLES J

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC [UBP]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board and CEO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2 PARK PLACE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/18/2005

(Street)

BRONXVILLE, NY 10708

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/18/2005		J/K		24,000	A	⁽¹⁾	2,854,883	I	Footnote ⁽²⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
URSTADT CHARLES J 2 PARK PLACE BRONXVILLE, NY 10708	X	X	Chairman of the Board and CEO
URSTADT REALTY ASSOCIATES CO LP 2 PARK PLACE BRONXVILLE, NY 10708				Joint Filer

Signatures

Charles J. Urstadt by Thomas D. Myers as Attorney in Fact		05/20/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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).
(1)	On May 18, 2005, Urstadt Realty Associates Co LP ("URACO"), a Delaware limited partnership of which Urstadt Property Company, Inc. ("UPCO") is the general partner (of which Mr. Urstadt is a controlling shareholder), and of which Mr. Urstadt, Mrs. Urstadt, the Catherine U. Biddle Irrevocable Trust and the Charles D. Urstadt Irrevocable Trust (for each of which trusts Mr. Urstadt is the sole trustee) are the limited partners, completed an equity swap (the "Equity Swap") of 24,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer for 24,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer with Mr. Peter Herrick, a Director of the Issuer, by acquiring 24,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Equity Swap.
(2)	Mr. Urstadt is the direct beneficial owner of 388,821 shares of Common Stock individually (including 356,250 restricted shares issued pursuant to the Issuer's Amended and Restated Restricted Stock Award Plan) which, when added to the 21,300 shares of Common Stock held by Elinor Urstadt, his wife, the 100,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Urstadt Conservation Foundation (the "Foundation") of which Mr. Urstadt and Mrs. Urstadt are the sole trustees, the 7,442 shares of Common Stock held by the Trust Established Under the Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Excess Benefits and Deferred Compensation Plan for the benefit of Mr. Urstadt, the 536,439 shares of Common Stock held by UPCO, and the 1,800,881 shares of Common Stock held by URACO, result in Mr. Urstadt beneficially owning 2,854,883 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Urstadt disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares owned by the Foundation.

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