Form 4 1 Name and Address of Reporting Person Howard Amster 23811 Chagrin Blvd., #200 Beachwood, Ohio 44122-5525 2 Issuer Name and Trading Symbol Horizon Group Properties, Inc. (HGPI) 3 I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4 Statement for Month/Year December 18, 2002 5 If Amendment Date of Original 6 Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer X Director 7 Individual or Joint/Group Filing X Form filed by One Reporting Person Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned 1 Title of Security- common 2A Deemed Execution Date, if any 2 3 4 5 6 7 Trans Trans Securities Amount Owner Nature of Date Code Acquired/ Beneficially Ship Indirect Disposed owned Form Ownership 12/18/02 * 6,600 A * 658,557 D 12/18/02 * 6,600 D -0- I 100% Funded Trust 574 I General Partner 128,270 I 100% owned Corp. * * 28,540 * -0-* * Spouse 100 % owned Corp., see responses * 35 I 100% owned Corp. 1,049 I 100% owned Corp. is General Partner 29,009 I 83% owner Table II Derivative Securities Acquired, disposed of/or Beneficially Owned 1 Title of Derivative Security Limited Partnership units in Horizon Group Properties, L.P. 2 Conversion of Derivative Security 1 for 1 basis into common stock of Horizon Group Properties, Inc. 3A Deemed Execution Date 3 4 5 6 7 Trans Trans Number of Date Exercisable/ Amount of Date Code Derivative Expiration Date Underlying Securities Securities 8 9 10 11 Price Number Ownership Nature of Derivative Form Indirect Ownership Owned 440,700 D Explanation of Responses: This Form 4 is being filed to reflect: Reporting person on 12/18/02 received trust distribution-in-kind from 100 % Funded Trust. * 28,540 shares owned by former spouse are excluded from beneficial ownership of reporting person. Limited Partnership units are convertible on a one for one basis into common stock of Horizon Group Properties, Inc., subject to an ownership limitation of 29.9 % of the outstanding common stock of Horizon Group Properties, Inc. Howard Amster Signature of Reporting Person December 19, 2002