FOR A FINITELY GENERATED MODULE M OVER A LOCAL RING (A,M), LET RB(M):=ťN=0 BNM (RESP. GB(M):= ťN=0M/BN+1M) DENOTE THE REES MODULE OF M ASSOCIATED TO THE IDEAL B OF A (RESP. THE ASSOCIATED GRADED MODULE OF M WITH RESPECT TO B). IN THIS TALK WE STUDY SOME PROPERTIES OF SUCH MODULES. SOME INDEPENDENCE RESULTS ABOUT THE REDUCTION NUMBER OF B RELATIVE TO M WILL BE INVESTIGATED. WE ALSO PROVE THAT FOR G=GRADE(G(B)+,GB(M)) < MIN{GRADE(B,M), L(B,M)} THE INEQUALITY AG(GB(M))<AG+1(GB(M)) HOLDS, WHERE G(B)+ DENOTES THE IRRELEVANT IDEAL OF ASSOCIATED GRADED RING G(B), _(B,M) IS THE ANALYTIC SPREAD OF B RELATIVE TO M AND AI(GB(M)) IS THE END OF GRADED MODULE HIG(B)+ (GB(M)) FOR I=G, G+1.