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  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </FONT></H1>
  
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  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>FORM 8-K</FONT></H1>
  
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  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Current Report Pursuant
  to Section 13 or 15(d)<BR>
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></P>
  
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  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Date of Report (Date
  of earliest event reported): December 5, 2003</FONT></P>
  
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  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>NTS-PROPERTIES IV</FONT></H1>
  
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  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P>
  
  
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  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Kentucky</B></FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>0-11655</B></FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>61-1026356</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(State or Other</FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Commission File</FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(IRS Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2> Number)</FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Incorporation)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>10172 Linn Station Road,<BR>
  Louisville, Kentucky 40223</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></P>
  
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  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>(502) 426-4800</B><BR>
  (Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) </FONT></P>
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  Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</FONT></P>
  
  
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  <H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>ITEM 5. Other Events and
  Regulation FD Disclosure. </FONT></H1>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
  December 5, 2003, the general partners of NTS-Properties III, NTS-Properties IV,
  NTS-Properties V, NTS-Properties VI and NTS-Properties VII (the &#147;General
  Partners&#148;), along with certain of their affiliates, jointly filed a Stipulation and
  Agreement of Settlement (the &#147;Settlement Agreement&#148;) in the Superior Court of
  the State of California for the County of Contra Costa with the class of plaintiffs in the
  action originally captioned <I>Buchanan et al. v. NTS-Properties Associates, et al.</I>
  (Case No. C 01-05090) (the &#147;Litigation&#148;). The Settlement Agreement is attached
  hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The Litigation was originally filed in the court against the
  General Partners and several affiliated individuals and entities in December 2001. The
  parties to the Settlement Agreement have requested that the court issue an order granting
  its preliminary and, eventually, final approval of the Settlement Agreement. </FONT></P>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
  part of the Settlement Agreement, the General Partners have agreed to pursue a merger of
  the partnerships along with other real estate entities affiliated with the General
  Partners into a newly-formed partnership. The General Partners would seek to list the
  limited partnership interests to be issued in the merger on a national securities
  exchange. In connection with the settlement, plaintiffs&#146; counsel negotiated a number
  of methods and procedures to permit the limited partners of the new partnership to
  maximize the value of their interests and obtain governance protections in addition to
  those normally available to limited partners. The merger will be subject to, among other
  things, approval by a majority of the limited partner interests in each partnership, final
  approval of the court in which the Litigation is pending and receipt by the General
  Partners of an opinion regarding the fairness of the merger to the limited partners from a
  financial point of view. An independent appraiser has been retained to appraise all of the
  properties owned by the existing partnerships and affiliated entities and that would be
  owned after the merger by the new partnership. The appraisal will be used in establishing
  net asset values, which will determine the number of interests that will be issued in the
  merger. </FONT></P>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
  addition, NTS Development Company has agreed to pay $1.5 million to be allocated among the
  partnerships immediately prior to completing the merger. Finally, upon completing the
  merger, ORIG, LLC, an affiliate of the existing partnerships, will pay $650,000 in cash to
  a settlement trust and will admit the trust as a special member for the benefit of former
  limited partners of the existing partnerships who previously disposed of their interests
  in the partnerships. The trust will have an interest in ORIG initially valued at up to
  $6.2 million, subject to an adjustment based on claims made by the former limited
  partners. </FONT></P>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  Settlement Agreement includes releases for all of the parties for any of the claims
  asserted in the Litigation and the class action and derivative litigation filed in the
  Circuit Court for Jefferson County, Kentucky and captioned <I>Bohm et al. v. J.D. Nichols
  et al.</I> (Case No. 03-CI-01740). </FONT></P>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  court has scheduled a hearing for January 14, 2004, to determine whether to provide its
  preliminary approval of the Settlement Agreement. </FONT></P>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The
  merger of the existing partnerships also is subject to, among other things, the
  effectiveness of a joint consent solicitation statement/prospectus to be filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission. This announcement is neither an offer to purchase, a
  solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of a proxy to vote, any of the
  limited partner interests of the partnerships or of the entity to be formed in the merger.
  Each limited partner is strongly encouraged to read the consent statement/prospectus and
  any other relevant documents when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
  documents will contain important information and may be obtained free of charge on the
  SEC&#146;s website at <U>www.sec.gov</U>, or on the partnerships&#146; website at
  <U>www.ntsdevelopment.com</U>.</B> </FONT></P>
  
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  <H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>ITEM 7. Financial
  Statements and Exhibits </FONT></H1>
  
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                      <TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U><B>Exhibit Number</B></U> </FONT> </TD>
                      <TD WIDTH="75%"><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>
                      <B><U>Description</U></B><BR><BR> </FONT></P></TD>
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                      <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="5%"> </TD>
                      <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
                      <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="75%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Stipulation
                      and Agreement of Settlement dated December 5, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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  <H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>Forward Looking
  Information </FONT></H1>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
  filing may contain forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties.
  Statements in this filing that are not historical, including statements regarding
  intentions, beliefs, expectations, representations, plans or predictions of the future,
  constitute forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
  limited to, court and other regulatory approval of the proposed mergers, the ability to
  successfully integrate each of the acquired partnerships as well as general risks and
  uncertainties associated with owning real estate. For a discussion of some of these
  potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the annual and quarterly reports filed
  by each of the partnerships with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The partnerships
  do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
  result of new information, future events or otherwise. </FONT></P>
  
  
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  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>SIGNATURES</FONT></H1>
  
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  <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
  this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
  
  
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  <td>By:</td><td></td><td>NTS-Properties Associates IV,</td></tr>
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  <td></td><td></td><td>General Partner,</td></tr>
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  <td></td><td></td><td>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NTS Capital Corporation,</td></tr>
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  <td></td><td></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General Partner</td></tr>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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  <td>By: /s/ Gregory A. Wells</td></tr>
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  <td>Gregory A. Wells</td></tr>
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  <td>Chief Financial Officer of NTS Capital Corporation</td></tr>
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text: Form 8-K
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  FORM 8-K
  Current Report Pursuant
  to Section 13 or 15(d)
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date
  of earliest event reported): December 5, 2003
  NTS-PROPERTIES IV
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Kentucky
  0-11655
  61-1026356
  (State or Other
  (Commission File
  (IRS Employer
  Jurisdiction of
  Number)
  Incorporation)
  Incorporation)
  10172 Linn Station Road,
  Louisville, Kentucky 40223
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (502) 426-4800
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  (Former
  Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  ITEM 5. Other Events and
  Regulation FD Disclosure.
  On
  December 5, 2003, the general partners of NTS-Properties III, NTS-Properties IV,
  NTS-Properties V, NTS-Properties VI and NTS-Properties VII (the "General
  Partners"), along with certain of their affiliates, jointly filed a Stipulation and
  Agreement of Settlement (the "Settlement Agreement") in the Superior Court of
  the State of California for the County of Contra Costa with the class of plaintiffs in the
  action originally captioned
  Buchanan et al. v. NTS-Properties Associates, et al.
  (Case No. C 01-05090) (the "Litigation"). The Settlement Agreement is attached
  hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The Litigation was originally filed in the court against the
  General Partners and several affiliated individuals and entities in December 2001. The
  parties to the Settlement Agreement have requested that the court issue an order granting
  its preliminary and, eventually, final approval of the Settlement Agreement.
  As
  part of the Settlement Agreement, the General Partners have agreed to pursue a merger of
  the partnerships along with other real estate entities affiliated with the General
  Partners into a newly-formed partnership. The General Partners would seek to list the
  limited partnership interests to be issued in the merger on a national securities
  exchange. In connection with the settlement, plaintiffs' counsel negotiated a number
  of methods and procedures to permit the limited partners of the new partnership to
  maximize the value of their interests and obtain governance protections in addition to
  those normally available to limited partners. The merger will be subject to, among other
  things, approval by a majority of the limited partner interests in each partnership, final
  approval of the court in which the Litigation is pending and receipt by the General
  Partners of an opinion regarding the fairness of the merger to the limited partners from a
  financial point of view. An independent appraiser has been retained to appraise all of the
  properties owned by the existing partnerships and affiliated entities and that would be
  owned after the merger by the new partnership. The appraisal will be used in establishing
  net asset values, which will determine the number of interests that will be issued in the
  merger.
  In
  addition, NTS Development Company has agreed to pay $1.5 million to be allocated among the
  partnerships immediately prior to completing the merger. Finally, upon completing the
  merger, ORIG, LLC, an affiliate of the existing partnerships, will pay $650,000 in cash to
  a settlement trust and will admit the trust as a special member for the benefit of former
  limited partners of the existing partnerships who previously disposed of their interests
  in the partnerships. The trust will have an interest in ORIG initially valued at up to
  $6.2 million, subject to an adjustment based on claims made by the former limited
  partners.
  The
  Settlement Agreement includes releases for all of the parties for any of the claims
  asserted in the Litigation and the class action and derivative litigation filed in the
  Circuit Court for Jefferson County, Kentucky and captioned
  Bohm et al. v. J.D. Nichols
  et al.
  (Case No. 03-CI-01740).
  The
  court has scheduled a hearing for January 14, 2004, to determine whether to provide its
  preliminary approval of the Settlement Agreement.
  2
  The
  merger of the existing partnerships also is subject to, among other things, the
  effectiveness of a joint consent solicitation statement/prospectus to be filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission. This announcement is neither an offer to purchase, a
  solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of a proxy to vote, any of the
  limited partner interests of the partnerships or of the entity to be formed in the merger.
  Each limited partner is strongly encouraged to read the consent statement/prospectus and
  any other relevant documents when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
  documents will contain important information and may be obtained free of charge on the
  SEC's website at
  www.sec.gov
  , or on the partnerships' website at
  www.ntsdevelopment.com
  .
  ITEM 7. Financial
  Statements and Exhibits
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  99.1
  Stipulation
                      and Agreement of Settlement dated December 5, 2003.
  Forward Looking
  Information
  This
  filing may contain forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties.
  Statements in this filing that are not historical, including statements regarding
  intentions, beliefs, expectations, representations, plans or predictions of the future,
  constitute forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
  limited to, court and other regulatory approval of the proposed mergers, the ability to
  successfully integrate each of the acquired partnerships as well as general risks and
  uncertainties associated with owning real estate. For a discussion of some of these
  potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the annual and quarterly reports filed
  by each of the partnerships with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The partnerships
  do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
  result of new information, future events or otherwise.
  3
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
  this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  NTS-PROPERTIES IV
  By:
  NTS-Properties Associates IV,
  General Partner,
  By:    NTS Capital Corporation,
  General Partner
  By: /s/ Gregory A. Wells
  Gregory A. Wells
  Chief Financial Officer of NTS Capital Corporation
  4