Wertheim Discloses Stake in Equity One

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL–A prominent Israeli businessmen is one of five individuals who recently disclosed that each now owns a 19.9% interest in Equity One Inc.

Moshe Wertheim, David Wertheim, Aviram Wertheim, Nathan Hetz and Klara Hetz disclosed that each individually controls 2.98 million shares in the North Miami Beach-based real estate investment trust, according to a stock ownership statement the five filed jointly with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Only Nathan Hetz is identified as a majority stockholder in a proxy statement the REIT filed in July with SEC. The proxy also attributed a 19.9% ownership stake to Alony-Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd., an Israel-based company controlled by Nathan Hetz. In the recent SEC statement, Klara Hetz is identified as the wife of Nathan Hetz.