Batah et al. (2009) combined the unbiased ridge estimator and principal components regression estimator and introduced the modified -class estimator. They also showed that the modified -class estimator is superior to the ordinary least squares estimator and principal components regression estimator in the mean squared error matrix. In this paper, firstly, we will give a new method to obtain the modified -class estimator; secondly, we will discuss its properties in some detail, comparing the modified -class estimator to the ordinary least squares estimator and principal components regression estimator under the Pitman closeness criterion. A numerical example and a simulation study are given to illustrate our findings.