Exhibit 10.4
PURCHASE, SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Among
625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P.
Partnership
LAURIE G. RUDEY
TRUST F/B/O LAURIE G. RUDEY
U/W OF ROBERT L. GINSBERG DTD 5/31/84
TRUST F/B/O DAVID A. SNIDER, RACHEL P.
SNIDER, SARAH L. SNIDER AND JESSICA P.
GINSBERG U/W OF MORRIS GINSBERG
EXEMPT TRUST F/B/O SUSAN G. SNIDER
U/W OF MORRIS GINSBERG
FUND A TRUST U/W OF DANIEL R. GINSBERG
SUSAN G. SNIDER
RONA F. JAFFE
DEBORAH S. WILLIAMS
LOUISE WEINBERG
STEVEN D. ROBINSON REVOCABLE TRUST
DATED AUGUST 18, 1992
JM SNIDER IRREVOCABLE INSURANCE TRUST
Sellers
HORTENSE GINSBERG
SYLVIA G. KAPLAN
TRUST U/W OF ELSIE ROBINSON
RELATED-MADISON ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
RONA F. JAFFE
Contributors
and
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
Acquirer
PURCHASE, SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
PURCHASE,
SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement) dated as of the ___
day of August 2004 by and among 625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P., a New York
limited partnership, having an office at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite 10B, New
York, New York 10017 (the Partnership) and LAURIE G. RUDEY, having an
address at 1030 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10021, TRUST F/B/O LAURIE G.
RUDEY U/W OF ROBERT L. GINSBERG DTD 5/31/84, having an address at 1030 Fifth
Avenue, New York, New York 10021, TRUST F/B/O DAVID A. SNIDER, RACHEL P.
SNIDER, SARAH L. SNIDER AND JESSICA P. GINSBERG U/W OF MORRIS GINSBERG, having
an address at 69 Baxter Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146, EXEMPT TRUST
F/B/O SUSAN G. SNIDER U/W OF MORRIS GINSBERG, having an address at 69 Baxter
Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146, FUND A TRUST U/W OF DANIEL R. GINSBERG,
having an address at c/o David L. Katsky, Esq., Esanu, Katsky, Korins &
Siger, 605 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10158, SUSAN G. SNIDER, having an
address at 69 Baxter Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146, RONA F. JAFFE,
having an address at 201 East 62nd Street, New York, New York 10021, DEBORAH S.
WILLIAMS, having an address at 304 Creekshire Drive, Signal Mountain, Tennessee
37377, LOUISE WEINBERG, having an address at 208 Eliot Street, Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts 02167, STEVEN D. ROBINSON REVOCABLE TRUST DATED AUGUST 18, 1992,
having an address at 9999 Collins Avenue, No. 26B, Bal Harbour, Florida
33154-1839, and JM SNIDER IRREVOCABLE INSURANCE TRUST, having an address at 69
Baxter Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 (each, a Seller;
collectively, the Sellers) and HORTENSE GINSBERG, having an address at
1100 Park Avenue New York, New York 10128, SYLVIA G. KAPLAN, having an address
at 1130 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10128, TRUST U/W OF ELSIE ROBINSON,
having an address at c/o Sun Bank/Miami N.A., 201 Alhambra Circle, 14th Floor,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134, RELATED-MADISON ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
Delaware limited partnership, having an address c/o The Related Companies,
L.P., 625 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022 and RONA F. JAFFE, having an
address at 201 East 62nd Street, New York, New York 10021 (each, a Contributor;
collectively, Contributors, each Seller and Contributor are
individually a Transferor and collectively, Transferors), and
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, having an
office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170 (Acquirer).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Partnership is the owner of the leasehold interest (the Leasehold
Estate) in the land described in Exhibit A attached hereto and
made a part hereof (the Land) and the building and other improvements
thereon (the Building), which Leasehold Estate was created by that
certain ground lease (the Ground Lease) described in Exhibit B
attached hereto and made a part hereof;
WHEREAS, Related-Madison Associates Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (R-M), was a limited partner of the Partnership;
WHEREAS, R-M was dissolved and The Related Companies, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (TRCLP), is its successor-in-interest;
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WHEREAS, TRCLP assigned all of R-Ms right, title and interest in the
Partnership to Fisher-NYC Limited Partnership, a Michigan limited partnership (Fisher-NYC);
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the Closing, Fisher-NYC will be
admitted to the Partnership as a substitute limited partner in place and stead
of TRCLP (as successor-in-interest to R-M);
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the Closing, Laurie G. Rudey and the
Trust f/b/o Laurie G. Rudey u/w Robert L. Ginsberg dtd 5/31/84, will assign (x)
their limited partnership interests in Six Madison, L.P. and 625 Partners, L.P.
and (y) their membership interest in Six Associates GP Co., LLC to Rudey Timber
Company, LLC, a Delaware limited partnership;
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that immediately prior to the Closing (as
hereinafter defined) the Partnership will contribute the Leasehold Estate and
certain other assets of the Partnership to Green 625 Lessee LLC (the Company),
a Delaware limited liability company, the operating agreement of which is set
forth on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof in
exchange for all of the membership interests (the Membership Interests)
in the Company;
WHEREAS, the Leasehold Estate is encumbered by a mortgage loan (the Mortgage
Loan) in the original principal amount of $102,000,000 from New York State
Teachers Retirement System (the Lender) to the Partnership evidenced
by that certain Note Consolidation, Modification and Extension Agreement (the Note),
dated as of October 10, 2003, between the Partnership and Lender and secured
by, inter alia, that certain Consolidation,
Modification and Extension of Leasehold Mortgage and Security Agreement and
Fixture Filing, (the Mortgage), dated as of October 10, 2003, between
the Partnership and Lender and as further evidenced and/or secured and/or
documented by certain other loan documents (the Other Loan Documents;
the Note, Mortgage and Other Loan Documents are collectively, the Loan
Documents);
WHEREAS, subject to the consent of Lender and the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Transferors and Acquirer agree that the Company shall at Closing
assume the Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Other Loan Documents, and the
Leasehold Estate shall remain encumbered by the Mortgage and Other Loan
Documents;
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the Closing and immediately after
the contribution to the Company, the Partnership will distribute all of the
Membership Interests in the Company to Six Madison, L.P., a New York limited
partnership, to 625 Partners, L.P., a New York limited partnership and to
Fisher-NYC;
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the
Closing and immediately after the contribution described above, Six Madison,
L.P. and 625 Partners, L.P. will distribute all of the Membership Interests in
the Company they acquired from the Partnership to certain of the Transferors,
Six Associates GP Co., LLC, a New York limited liability company, and 625 GP,
L.P., a New York limited partnership;
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WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the Closing, Six Associates GP Co.,
LLC will distribute all of the Membership Interests in the Company it received
from Six Madison, L.P. to certain of the Transferors;
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the Closing, 625 GP, L.P. will
distribute all of the Membership Interests in the Company it received from 625
Partners, L.P. to the Trust u/w of Elsie Robinson and 625 GP, Inc. a New York
corporation;
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that prior to the Closing, 625 GP, Inc. will distribute
all of the Membership Interests in the Company it received from 625 GP, L.P. to
Steven D. Robinson Revocable Trust dated August 18, 1992 (the contributions and
distributions as described in the second WHEREAS clause and the four (4)
immediately preceding WHEREAS clauses being referred to herein as the Interim
Transactions);
WHEREAS, Sellers desire to sell and Acquirer desires to purchase all of the Membership Interests in the
Company now owned or to be owned by them in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Contributors desire to contribute all the Membership Interests which
they now own or will own in exchange for a partnership interest in Acquirer in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, to provide for the purchase and sale of the Membership Interests in
consideration of ten ($10.00) dollars and the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
Section
1. Sale and Purchase and Contribution.
1.1. The Sellers agree to sell, transfer and
assign to Acquirer and Acquirer agrees to purchase from the Sellers all their
Membership Interests (the phrase Membership Interest shall include all
of the respective right, title and interest of the owner thereof in and to the
Company, including, without limitation, all of their right, title and interest
in the assets, capital, profits, losses, gains, credits, deductions, and other
allocations and cash flow and other distributions (ordinary and extraordinary)
of the Company in respect of all periods on and after the Closing) for a
portion of the Consideration (as hereinafter defined) and on and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
The parties acknowledge that Acquirer is not assuming any obligations
with respect to such items in respect of the Intermediate Entities. The principal asset of the Company will
consist, without limitation, of the Leasehold Estate in (a) the Land,
(b) Building, (c) all easements, rights of way, reservations,
privileges, appurtenances and other estates and rights of Company pertaining to
the Land and/or the Building, if any, (d) all right, title and interest of
Company, if any, in and to all fixtures, machinery, equipment, supplies and
other articles of personal property attached or appurtenant to the Land or the
Building, or used in connection therewith (other than those belonging to
tenants of the Building) (collectively, the Personal Property),
(Acquirer acknowledges that the Personal Property has no value and that no
portion of the Consideration allocated to the Personal Property) (e) all
development rights, oil, gas and mineral rights of Company, if any, in and to
the Land, (f) all licenses, franchises, certificates and permits held by
Company in connection with the operation of the Land and Building, (g) the
Leases (as hereinafter defined), guarantees of the Leases and all security
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deposits associated therewith, (h) the Contracts (as
hereinafter defined) and (i) all right, title and interest of Company, if any,
in and to the trade names of the Building (the Land, together with all of the
foregoing items listed in clauses (a)-(i) above being hereinafter sometimes
collectively referred to as the Property). All cash, cash equivalents, securities, bank
accounts and funds (including, without limitation the Lenders Escrows (as
hereinafter defined)) of the Partnership, the Intermediate Entities (as
hereinafter defined) and the Company are not being sold, contributed or
transferred pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall same be contributed to the
Company, but shall be distributed to the Transferors at or prior to Closing.
1.2. The Contributors agree to contribute,
transfer and assign to Acquirer and Acquirer agrees to receive from the
Contributors all their Membership Interests in exchange for a partnership
interests in the Acquirer for a portion of the Consideration and on and subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section
2. Consideration; Earnest Money.
2.1. The consideration to be paid by Acquirer for
the Membership Interests is TWO HUNDRED THIRTY MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($230,480,000.00), subject to such apportionments, adjustments
and credits as are provided herein, payable as set forth below in Sections
2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3 and 2.1.4 (the Consideration). A portion of the Consideration shall be
payable by Acquirer or its Designee in the following manner, reflecting the
acquisition of the Membership Interests by Acquirer or its Designee: (a) the issuance by Acquirer of OP Units (as
hereinafter defined) to Contributors, as described in Section 2.1.3, in
consideration for Contributors contribution of the Membership Interests owned
thereby (the Contributed Interests), and (b) the payment by Acquirer
or its Designee of the Earnest Money (as hereinafter defined) and Cash
Component (as hereinafter defined), as described in Sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.4,
in consideration for the sale by the Transferors other than Contributors to
Acquirer or its Designee of the Non-Contributed Portion (as hereinafter
defined). Acquirer or its Designee is
acquiring the Membership Interests in the Company whose interest in the Property
is subject to the Mortgage Loan (as hereinafter defined), as described in
Section 2.1.2.
2.1.1. TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000.00),
within one (1) business day of the date Acquirer receives a fully executed
original of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available federal funds
to the attorney trust account of Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP as
escrow agent at JP Morgan Chase (Escrow Agent) may designate.
2.1.2. On the Closing Date, by the acceptance by
Acquirer or its Designee of the Membership Interests in the Company, subject
to, and the assumption by the Company (subject to the non-recourse provisions
thereof), of the outstanding principal balance, as of the Closing Date, under
the Mortgage Loan (the Mortgage Loan Component).
2.1.3. On the Closing Date, Acquirers issuance to
Contributors of Class B Common Units of limited partnership interest of
Acquirer (the OP Units) having a value, determined in accordance with
this Section 2.1.3, in an amount elected by Contributors pursuant hereto which
does not exceed 15% of the difference between $230,480,000.00 and the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date, such
difference to be
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increased or decreased for
Contributors share (such share to be determined by Transferors) of such
apportionments, adjustments and credits as are provided in this Agreement (the
amount so elected, the OP Unit Amount). Not less than five (5) business days prior to
the Closing, Contributors shall advise Acquirer as to the OP Unit Amount which
Contributors elect to have issued. If
Contributors fail to notify Acquirer of the amount of OP Units to be issued to
Contributors on or prior to such date, Contributors shall be deemed to have
elected to receive no OP Units and the OP Unit Amount shall be zero (0). Contributors shall at Closing receive that
number of OP Units which is equal to the ninety seven percent (97%) of the
quotient of (a) the OP Unit Amount divided by (b) the average daily closing
price on the New York Stock Exchange of the common stock of SL Green Realty
Corp. (SLG) for the twenty (20) Trading Days (as hereinafter defined)
immediately preceding the second (2nd) business day immediately prior to the
Closing Date (the Average
Share Price); provided, however, that any fractional OP Units shall be
eliminated by rounding down to the nearest whole number and cash paid in lieu
of such fractional amount calculated on the basis of the Average Share
Price. The OP Units shall be entitled to
such dividends, have such voting, redemption and other rights, and be subject
to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in that certain First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of SL Green Operating
Partnership, L.P., dated as of August 20, 1997, as amended by (v) that certain
First Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., dated as of May 14, 1998,
(w) that certain Second Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., dated as of
June 3, 2002, (x) that certain Third Amendment to the First Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of SL Green Operating Partnership,
L.P., dated as of December 12, 2003, (y) that certain Fourth Amendment to the
First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of SL Green
Operating Partnership, L.P., dated as of July 15, 2004 and (z) any further
amendments thereto entered into after the date hereof which do not materially
or disproportionately adversely affect Contributors rights in and to the OP
Units (collectively, the Partnership Agreement), including, without
limitation, the rights and terms of redemption set forth in Section 8.6 of the Partnership
Agreement. In the event the terms of
this Agreement relating to OP Units conflict with any term or provision of the
Partnership Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. Contributors shall at Closing execute and
deliver to Acquirer the OP Unit Recipient Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit D and made a part hereof (the Recipient Agreement)
for the OP Units. As used herein, Trading
Day means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for the
transaction of business. At Closing,
Acquirer shall, if Contributors have elected to receive OP Units, (i) issue the
OP Units to Contributors, (ii) execute and deliver to Contributors a
counterpart of the Counterpart OP Signature Page (as hereinafter defined), and
(iii) take all steps necessary and appropriate to amend the records of the
Partnership to reflect the admission of Contributors to the Partnership, as
provided in Section 12.3 of the Partnership Agreement.
2.1.4. On the Closing Date, by payment to
Transferors (or as Transferors may direct) of the amount by which the
Consideration exceeds the sum of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date plus (b) the OP Unit Amount plus (c) the
Earnest Money (but excluding any interest thereon), by wire transfer or wire
transfers of immediately available federal funds to such account or accounts as
Transferors may designate (the Cash Component).
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2.1.5 Whenever in this Agreement Acquirer is
entitled to a return of the Earnest Money, Acquirer shall be entitled to the
return of the Earnest Money actually being held by Escrow Agent pursuant to
this Agreement, together with all interest earned thereon. Whenever in this Agreement Seller is entitled
to retain the Earnest Money, Seller shall be entitled to the Earnest Money
actually being held by Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement, together with
all interest earned thereon.
2.2. Acquirer agrees that if Acquirer shall fail
to wire transfer immediately available federal funds comprising that portion of
the Consideration set forth in Section 2.1.1 to the attorney trust account
designated by Escrow Agent within one (1) business day of the date of delivery
of a fully executed original of this Agreement to Acquirer, then such event
shall be a default by Acquirer hereunder entitling Transferors to terminate
this Agreement in accordance with Section 19.2.
As used in this Agreement, the term Earnest Money shall mean
that portion of the Consideration set forth in Section 2.1.1 to the extent
collected by Escrow Agent (together with all interest accrued thereon, if any).
2.3. The Earnest Money shall be held in escrow by
the Escrow Agent in an interest-bearing, day of deposit to day of withdrawal,
bank account in New York City, New York.
The Earnest Money (a) shall become the property of the Transferors (i)
upon the consummation of the Closing, or (ii) after proper demand by the
Transferors without written objection from the Acquirer in the manner described
below; (b) shall be returned to the Acquirer after proper demand by the
Acquirer without written objection from the Transferors in the manner described
below; or (c) shall be delivered to either the Transferors or the Acquirer in
accordance with a final judgment, which is no longer subject to, or the subject
of, an appeal, of a court of competent jurisdiction directing the disposition
of the Earnest Money.
It
is understood and agreed that the Escrow Agents sole duties hereunder are as
provided herein and that the Escrow Agent in the performance of its duties
hereunder is hereby released and exculpated from all liability except for
willful malfeasance or gross negligence and shall not be liable or responsible
for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith as herein provided. If either the Transferors or the Acquirer
makes a written demand upon the Escrow Agent setting forth the basis for such
demand, for payment of all or a portion of the Earnest Money, the Escrow Agent
shall give at least five (5) business days written notice to the other party
of such demand and of its intention to pay over the amount demanded on a stated
date. If before the proposed payment
date the Escrow Agent does not receive a written objection to the proposed
payment setting forth the basis for such objection, the Escrow Agent is hereby
authorized and directed to make such payment.
If before the proposed payment date such other party (or its counsel)
delivers to the Escrow Agent a written objection to such payment setting forth
the basis for such objection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of
such objection to the party originally demanding payment, and shall continue to
hold such amount until otherwise directed by the joint written instruction of
the Transferors and the Acquirer or by a final judgment of a court which is no
longer subject to, or the subject of, an appeal. In the event that a dispute does arise as to
the disposition of all or any portion of the Earnest Money, Jenkens &
Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP will not be obligated to withdraw as the
Transferors attorneys due to any conflict of interest between said firms role
as attorneys for the Transferors and as the Escrow Agent, both the Transferors
and the Acquirer hereby waiving any such conflict of interest. In the event that a dispute shall arise as to
the disposition of all or any
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portion of the Earnest Money held by the
Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall, at its option, either (a) commence an
action of interpleader and deposit the same with a court of competent
jurisdiction, pending the decision of such court, and shall be entitled to rely
upon the final judgment of any such court with respect to the disposition of
all or any portion of the Earnest Money provided that such judgment is no
longer subject to, or the subject of, an appeal or (b) hold the same pending
receipt of joint instructions from the Transferors and the Acquirer and shall
be entitled to rely upon such joint instructions with respect to the
disposition of all or any portion of the Earnest Money. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to consult
with counsel and be reimbursed for all expenses of such consultation with
respect to its duties as Escrow Agent and shall be further entitled to be
reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such
activities. All such expenses shall be
paid by the party whose position shall not be sustained.
The
Escrow Agent may act or refrain from acting in respect of any matter referred
to herein, in full reliance upon and by and with the advice of counsel which
may be selected by the Escrow Agent (including any member of the Escrow Agents
firm) and shall be fully protected in so acting or so refraining from acting
upon the advice of such counsel. The
Escrow Agent shall have the right to rely upon the certificates, notices and
instruments delivered to it pursuant hereto, and all the signatures thereto or
to any other writing received by the Escrow Agent purporting to be signed by
any party hereto, and upon the truth of the contents thereof. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by any
modification of this Agreement which affects the rights or duties of the Escrow
Agent unless it shall have given its prior written consent thereto. The Escrow Agent may, but shall not be
required to, institute or defend any action or legal process involving any
matter referred to herein which in any manner affects the Escrow Agent or its
duties or liabilities hereunder, unless or until requested to do so by the
Transferors or the Acquirer and then only upon receiving full indemnity in an
amount, and of such character, as the Escrow Agent shall reasonably require,
against any and all claims, costs, liabilities, judgments, attorneys fees and
other expenses of any kind in relation thereto.
The
Transferors and the Acquirer agree, severally, to indemnify and save the Escrow
Agent harmless from any losses, claims, liabilities, judgments, attorneys fees
and other expenses of every kind and nature which may be incurred by the Escrow
Agent by reason of its acceptance of, and its performance under, this
Agreement.
The
Escrow Agent may at any time resign hereunder by giving notice of its
resignation to the Transferors and the Acquirer at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date specified for such resignation to take effect and, upon the
effective date of such resignation, the Earnest Money shall be delivered by the
Escrow Agent to such person or entity as the Transferors and the Acquirer may
have jointly designated in writing or to such person or entity as may be
designated as hereinafter provided as the successor Escrow Agent, whereupon all
duties and obligations of the Escrow Agent named herein shall cease and
terminate. If no such person or entity
shall have been designated by both the Transferors and the Acquirer by the date
which is five (5) days prior to the date specified for such resignation to take
effect then the Escrow Agent may designate a law firm or bank in New York City,
New York to act as escrow agent hereunder.
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The
Acquirer represents that its Federal Taxpayer I.D. No. is 13-3960938. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for
any diminution in value of the Earnest Money, loss of any principal or interest
thereon, or penalties incurred with respect thereto, for any reason whatsoever,
provided the Earnest Money has been invested by the Escrow Agent as hereinabove
provided.
If
the Closing shall occur, Transferors shall be entitled to retain the Earnest
Money and all interest earned thereon, and such interest shall not be credited
against the Consideration. The party or
parties receiving the Earnest Money and the interest earned thereon pursuant to
this Agreement shall pay any income taxes on such interest.
Section
3. Financing.
3.1. Acquirer acknowledges that Transferors have
informed Acquirer that the Mortgage Loan is not presently prepayable and that
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement require the consent of Lender
under the Mortgage. If Lender does not
grant its consent to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, this
Agreement shall terminate, the Earnest Money shall be returned to Acquirer and
neither party shall have any further obligation to the other except pursuant to
Sections 10, 13 and 18 hereof.
Transferors agree to seek Lenders consent to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in good faith and to keep Acquirer promptly
informed of the progress of such application.
In
furtherance thereof, Transferors shall cause the Partnership to provide a
Property Transfer Notice (as defined in the Mortgage) to Lender, and make an
application pursuant to Section 3.20 of the Mortgage for Lenders consent to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly after the execution of
this Agreement. Acquirer agrees to
promptly cooperate in connection with the solicitation of Lenders consent to
this transaction. In furtherance and not
in limitation of the foregoing, Acquirer agrees to provide all necessary information
and documentation (not including loan documents evidencing and/or securing the
Mortgage Loan which are governed by the next succeeding paragraph) required
pursuant to Section 3.20 of the Mortgage and as may otherwise be required by
Lender unless such documentation is (a) neither reasonable nor customary in
connection with the processing by an institutional lender of an application for
assumption of a commercial loan or (b) in excess of that which Partnership was
required to provide in connection with the making of the Mortgage Loan. The Partnership agrees to pay an amount equal
to one percent (1%) of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
(the Transfer Fee) which shall be submitted to Lender together with
the Property Transfer Notice and if Lender disapproves the proposed Permitted
Property Transfer (as defined in the Mortgage) the Transfer Fee when returned
by Lender shall be the property of the Partnership. If Lender approves the proposed Permitted
Property Transfer, at Closing, Acquirer shall reimburse Transferors for the
Transfer Fee which obligation shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the
outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan.
Except
for the Transfer Fee (the treatment thereof is set forth in the preceding paragraph)(and
any additional transfer fee and the cost of any lenders title insurance policy
and endorsement which may be required by Lender in connection with the
assumption of the Mortgage Loan by Acquirer, which costs shall be payable by
Transferors, provided Acquirer purchases an owners leasehold title insurance
policy if necessary for Transferors to obtain the benefit of a simultaneous
rate), Transferors may require that Acquirer make payment of the
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premium for the lenders title insurance
policy or endorsement with funds made available by Transferors), Acquirer
agrees to pay all of Lenders actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses
associated with Permitted Property Transfer, including, without limitation,
attorneys fees and expenses charged by Lenders outside counsel, which amount
shall be payable upon demand whether or not Lender consents to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Acquirer, shall execute all documentation and
have Acquirers counsel provide all opinions which may be required by Lender in
connection with the granting of Lenders consent pursuant to Section 3.20 of
the Mortgage, whether or not prescribed in Section 3.20, provided that such
documentation evidencing and/or securing the Mortgage Loan shall impose on
Acquirer liability that is substantially the same as that which exists under
the Mortgage Loan on the date hereof.
Acquirer and SLG shall execute an environmental indemnification
agreement and an indemnification and guaranty agreement in favor of Lender
either in the same form as executed by Partnership, Steven D. Robinson and Six
Madison, L.P. (collectively, the Guarantors) in favor of Lender or in
such other form as Lender may require provided, that, such other form shall
impose on Acquirer and SLG liability that is substantially the same as that
which exists under the Environmental Indemnification and Guaranty. If Lender fails at Closing to release the
Guarantors from all liability under the Environmental Indemnification Agreement
(the Environmental Indemnification), dated as of October 10, 2003, in
favor of Lender and/or the Indemnification and Guaranty Agreement (the Guaranty),
dated as of October 10, 2003, in favor of Lender, Acquirer and SLG shall be
required to execute and deliver the indemnification agreement (the Indemnification
Agreement) in the form set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto and
made a part hereof.
3.2. The provisions of this Section 3 shall
survive the Closing or earlier termination of this Agreement.
Section
4. Closing Adjustments; Apportionments.
4.1. The following shall be apportioned between
the Transferors and Acquirer at the Closing as of midnight of the day
immediately preceding the Closing Date (as defined below in Section 5.1):
(a) current rent paid or payable under the Ground
Lease;
(b) current rents and Additional Rents (as
defined below in Section 4.4) and other amounts payable by tenants under (i)
the leases, licenses or other occupancy agreements listed in the lease schedule
annexed hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit F (the Schedule of
Leases) and (ii) any new leases, licenses or occupancy agreements, or
renewals, extensions or modifications of leases, licenses or occupancy
agreements, if permitted under Section 6.1 below, (the leases, etc. described
in both clauses (i) and (ii) above are hereinafter referred to individually as
a Lease and collectively as the Leases), if, as and when said
rents and such other amounts shall have been received;
(c) real estate taxes, due and payable for the
current fiscal tax year together with (as per Section 4.6) all installments of
special assessments and interest thereon due and payable therewith, water
charges, sewer rents, vault charges, and personal property taxes, if any, on
the basis of the fiscal periods, respectively, for which same have been
assessed;
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(d) interest under Mortgage Loan;
(e) salaries, wages, vacation pay and any other
fringe benefits (including, without limitation, social security, unemployment
compensation, employee disability insurance, sick pay, welfare and pension fund
contributions, payments and deposit, if any) of personnel employed by
Partnership at the Property;
(f) payments under (i) the contracts and
agreements listed in the schedule annexed hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit
G (the Schedule of Contracts) and (ii) any new contracts or
agreements, other than Leases, or renewals, extensions or modifications of
contracts or agreements, if permitted under Section 6.1 below (the contracts,
etc. described in both clauses (i) and (ii) above are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the Contracts);
(g) any prepaid items, including, without
limitation, operational permit and inspection fees, and fees for licenses
transferable at Closing;
(h) utilities, including, without limitation,
telephone, electricity, water and gas, based upon the suppliers latest bill
therefore, apportioned to the date of Closing;
(i) deposits with electric, water and gas utility
companies or other persons or entities who supply goods or services in
connection with the Property if not returned to Transferors at Closing; and
(j) premiums or existing transferable insurance
policies as renewals thereof; and
(k) any other items which are customarily
apportioned upon the transfer of properties similar to the Property in the
state and county in which the Property is situated.
4.2. If the Closing shall occur before a new real
estate or personal property tax rate is fixed, the apportionment of taxes at
the Closing shall be upon the basis of the old tax rate for the preceding
fiscal year applied to latest assessed valuation. Promptly after the new tax rate is fixed, the
apportionment of taxes shall be recomputed.
Any discrepancy resulting from such recomputation and any errors or
omissions in computing apportionments at Closing shall be promptly corrected
and the proper party reimbursed. The
obligations of the parties contained in this Section 4.2 shall survive the
Closing.
4.3. If on the Closing Date any tenant is in
arrears in the payment of fixed rent commencing in respect of the period
September 1, 2004 through the last day of the calendar month immediately
preceding the Closing Date (the Rent Adjustment Period) or has not
paid the rent payable by it for the month in which the Closing occurs, any
fixed rents received by Company, Partnership, Acquirer or Transferors from such
tenant after the Closing shall be applied to amounts due and payable by such
tenant during the following periods in the following order of priority: (a)
first, to Transferors and Acquirer on a prorated basis in payments of fixed
rents for the month in which the Closing occurred, (b) second, to unpaid fixed
rent during the Rent Adjustment Period for all tenants and Leases except Very
Ltd. (Au Bar), and (c) third, to the months succeeding the month in which the
Closing occurred. The Company shall bill
tenants
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who owe rents for periods prior to the Closing on a
monthly basis for all arrears for a period of six (6) consecutive months
following the Closing Date. The
Transferors and the Partnership on behalf of Transferors shall each have the
right to pursue Very Ltd. (Au Bar) (but no other tenants under the Leases) to
collect any rent delinquencies (including, without limitation, the prosecution
of one or more lawsuits, provided any such lawsuits are not in the nature of a
landlord-tenant proceeding seeking dispossession, eviction or the like). Acquirer agrees to reasonably cooperate (at
no cost or liability to Acquirer) with all efforts by Transferors to collect
rent and Additional Rents (other than the Additional Rent described in Section
12.1(d)(d) and to take all steps whether before or after the Closing Date as
may be necessary to carry out the intention of the foregoing, including without
limitation, the execution and delivery to Transferors and/or the Partnership
upon demand of (a) assignment by the Company of such arrearages and the
right to collect same, (b) any books and records (including rent and
Additional Rent statements), receipted bills and copies of Tenants checks used
in payment of such rent or Additional Rent and any and all consents or other
documents necessary for the collection of such rents and Additional Rent by
Transferors. The provisions of this
Section 4.3 shall survive the Closing.
If rents or any portion thereof received by Company, Partnership, Transferors
or Acquirer after the Closing are due and payable to the another party by
reason of this allocation, the appropriate sum, less a proportionate share of
any reasonable attorneys fees and costs and expenses expended in connection
with the collection thereof, shall be promptly paid to the other party. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall
survive the Closing without regard to the limitation set forth in Section 4.12
below.
4.4. If any tenant under a Lease is required to
pay percentage rent, escalation charges for real estate taxes, parking charges,
operating expenses and maintenance, escalation rents or charges, electricity
charges, cost-of-living increases or other charges of a similar nature other
than fixed rent (collectively, Additional Rents) and any Additional
Rents are collected by the Company after the Closing Date which are
attributable in whole or in part to any period prior to the Closing (pursuant,
in cases of reimbursement of expenses, to an allocation on the basis of the
respective periods in which such expenses were incurred or taxes were payable),
then the Acquirer shall promptly pay to Transferors the proportionate share
thereof. If, under the terms of any
Lease, any Additional Rents paid by the tenant thereunder prior to Closing for
any period ending prior to the Closing are to be adjusted between the landlord
and the tenant thereunder after the Closing, the Acquirer shall be reimbursed
with respect to such adjustments which are in favor of any such tenant for the
amount of such adjustments attributable to the period prior to the Closing
which the landlord under such Lease is obligated to pay or credit to such
tenant. If rents or any portion thereof
received by Partnership, Company, Transferors or Acquirer after the Closing are
due and payable to the other party by reason of this allocation, the appropriate
sum, less a proportionate share of any reasonable attorneys fees and costs and
expenses expended in connection with the collection thereof, shall be promptly
paid to the other party.
4.5. If there is a water meter on the Property,
Transferors shall furnish a reading to a date not more than thirty (30) days
prior to the Closing Date, and the unfixed water charges and sewer rent, if
any, based thereon for the intervening time shall be apportioned on the basis
of such last reading.
4.6. If, on the date of this Agreement, the
Property or any part thereof shall be encumbered by any assessment or
assessments which are or may become payable in installments,
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of which the first installment is now a charge or
lien, or has been paid, then (a) Transferors shall be obligated to pay all
installments of any such assessment which are due and payable prior to the
Closing Date, and (b) Acquirer shall be obligated to pay all installments which
are due and payable on or after the Closing Date. For the purposes of this Agreement, both (i)
the lien of such unpaid assessments, and installments thereof, whether due and
payable on or after the Closing Date and (ii) the lien of all unpaid
assessments which first encumber the Property or any part thereof subsequent to
the date of this Agreement, and installments thereof, whether due and payable
prior to, on or after the Closing Date, shall not be deemed to be liens upon
the Property and the payment thereof shall be assumed by Acquirer without
abatement of the Consideration.
4.7. With respect to tax years prior to the tax
year in which the Closing occurs, Transferors are hereby authorized to
initiate, continue and control the progress of, and to make all decisions with
respect to, any proceeding or proceedings now pending or which may be brought
for the reduction of the assessed valuation of the Property, and, in its sole
discretion, to try or settle the same, provided, however, that Transferors
shall take no action without Acquirers consent if such action results in any
change to any assessment of the Property for any period from and after the
Closing which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. With respect to the tax year in which the
Closing occurs (a) for which Transferors have heretofore initiated any tax
certiorari proceedings, (i) Transferors shall take no action in respect thereof
without Acquirers consent and (ii) Acquirer shall in respect of such
proceedings, continue, control and make all decisions with respect thereto from
and after the Closing, (b) if no tax certiorari proceedings have heretofore
been initiated with respect thereto (i) Transferors shall not initiate any such
proceedings without Acquirers consent, and (ii) from and after the Closing,
Acquirer may initiate, continue, control and make all decisions with respect
to, any such tax certiorari proceedings, provided, however, any decision or
settlements with respect to the tax year in which the Closing occurs shall only
be made with the consent of Transferors and Acquirer, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed by either of the parties. All net tax refunds and credits attributable
to any tax year prior to the tax year in which the Closing occurs shall belong
to and be the property of Transferors.
All net tax refunds and credits attributable to any tax year subsequent
to the tax year in which the Closing occurs shall belong to and be the property
of Acquirer. All net tax refunds and
credits attributable to the tax year in which the Closing occurs shall be
divided between Transferors and Acquirer in accordance with the apportionment
of taxes pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, after deducting
therefrom a pro rata share of all expenses, including, without limitation,
counsel fees and disbursements and consultants fees, incurred in obtaining
such refund, the allocation of such expenses to be based upon the total refund
obtained in such proceeding and in any other proceeding simultaneously involved
in the trial or settlement. Each party
agrees to cooperate with the other in connection with the prosecution of any
such proceedings and to take all steps, whether before or after the Closing
Date, as may be necessary to carry out the intention of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, the delivery to such party, promptly after request, of any
relevant books and records, including receipted tax bills and cancelled checks
used in payment of such taxes, the execution of any and all consents or other
documents, and the undertaking of any act necessary for the collection of such
refund. The provisions of this Section
4.7 shall survive the Closing without regard to the limitation set forth in
Section 4.12 below.
4.8. The following terms shall have the following
meaning in this Agreement: (i) Six Madison, L.P., a New York limited
partnership; 625 Partners, L.P., a New York limited
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partnership; Six Associates GP Co., LLC, a New York
limited liability company; 625 GP, L.P., a New York limited partnership; and
625 GP, Inc., a New York corporation (each of the five preceding entities is an
Intermediate Entity; and collectively are the Intermediate
Entities) and (ii) any disclosed or undisclosed officer, director, employee,
trustee, beneficiary, shareholder, partner, principal, member, manager, parent,
subsidiary or other affiliate of Transferors, Partnership and the Intermediate
Entities (all of the foregoing (including, without limitation, the Partnership
and the Intermediate Entities themselves) are individually, a Transferors
Affiliate and collectively, Transferors Affiliates).
4.9. If any of the items subject to apportionment
under the foregoing provisions of this Section 4 cannot be apportioned at the
Closing because of the unavailability of the information necessary to compute
such apportionment, or if any errors or omissions in computing apportionments
at the Closing are discovered subsequent thereto, then such item shall be
reapportioned and such errors and omissions corrected as soon as practicable
after the Closing Date and the proper party reimbursed. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all apportionments shall be made in accordance with the Customs in
Respect to Title Closings adopted by the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc.
4.10. Other than tenant security deposits, all
cash, cash equivalents, securities, bank accounts and funds, including, without
limitation, all escrow accounts held by or for the benefit of the Lender
pertaining to the Property, Mortgage Loan, Partnership, the Intermediate
Entities and the Company including, without limitation monies deposited by
Partnership with Lender pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement, Security
Agreement and Control Agreement (Tax Escrow Account), Collateral Trust
Agreement, Security Agreement and Control Agreement (Revlon Reserve Fund),
Collateral Trust Agreement, Security Agreement and Control Agreement
(Anticipated TI Fund) and Collateral Trust Agreement, Security Agreement and
Control Agreement (Basic Building Work Fund), each dated as of October 10,
2003, each among Partnership, Lender and L.J. Melody & Company of Texas,
L.P. (collectively, the Collateral Trust Agreements) (the Lenders
Escrows) are not being sold pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall same be
contributed to the Company. If after the
Closing there shall be any cash, cash equivalents, securities (other than
tenant security deposits) which are held or owned by the Partnership, Intermediate
Entities or the Company and have not been distributed to or credited to
Transferors in accordance with the Section 4, Acquirer shall promptly upon
notice request that Partnership or Company or Lender transfer such assets to
Transferors or such party or parties as Transferors shall designate, without
representation or warranty by, or recourse to, Acquirer, it being expressly
understood and agreed that at all times before and after the Closing,
Transferors shall have sole ownership and absolute right to use, operate and/or
dispose of any or all of same. If any
monies held in Lenders Escrows will not be released by Lender to Transferors
at or prior to the Closing, Transferors shall receive payment in full at the
Closing from Acquirer of all such amounts; provided that Acquirer has received
confirmation that such amounts are being held by Lender for their intended
purposes. The provisions of this Section
4.10 shall survive the Closing without regard to the limitation set forth in
Section 4.12 below.
4.11. Transferors shall deliver to Acquirer at
least three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date a proposed schedule of
all apportionments and adjustments to be made in connection with the sale of
the property as contemplated herein.
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4.12. Except as set forth in Sections 4.3, 4.7, 4.8
and 4.10, the provisions of this Section 4 shall survive the Closing for a
period of one year following the Closing Date.
4.13. (a) Transferors and the Partnership agree to
cause to be terminated that certain Agreement (the Gianos Management
Agreement), dated as of May 17, 2001, between the Partnership and H.B.
Gianos pertaining to the management of the Building (it should be noted that
this is the double spaced agreement between the parties) at or prior to Closing
and to pay or cause to be paid all amounts due in connection with the
termination of the Gianos Management Agreement at or prior to Closing.
(b) Transferors and the Partnership agree to
cause to be terminated that certain Agreement, dated May 17, 2001, between the
Partnership and H.B. Gianos (the Gianos Leasing Agreement), pertaining
to exclusive leasing agency for the Building (it should be noted this is the
single spaced agreement between the parties) at or prior to the Closing. Transferors and the Partnership agree to
cause to be paid to H.B. Gianos at or prior to the Closing (a) all amounts due
for commissions in respect of all Leases in place on the date hereof, other
than commissions due and payable under the Gianos Leasing Agreement on account
of the exercise by tenants under Leases, after the date hereof, of any option
set forth in such Leases to renew or extend the term of, or expand the premises
demised under, such Leases and (b) commissions due under the Leases to Davies,
Ward, Page & Smith and Stuart Weitzman which have been earned but are not
yet due and payable; provided, however, that Transferors obligation with
respect to the payment of commissions on account of the Davies, Ward Lease
under Section 9.1(a)(xvi) of this Agreement and this Section 4.13 shall not
exceed $110,000 in the aggregate.
Acquirer, Company and SL Green Realty Corp. will enter into an agreement
(the Gianos Assumption and Indemnification Agreement) in the form set
forth on Exhibit U attached hereto and made a part hereof at Closing in
favor of Partnership and Transferors pursuant to which Acquirer, Company and SL
Green Realty Corp. assumes, and indemnifies and holds harmless Partnership and
Transferors against all obligations with respect to the payment of all
so-called unearned commissions (i.e. commissions which are contingent upon
the happening of a future event, such as, for example, the exercise of a
renewal option) and those payment obligations under Sections 5(b), 8(a), 8(b),
9(a) and 9(c) of the Gianos Leasing Agreement due and payable after such
termination from and after the Closing.
Transferors, at no cost and expense to Transferors shall reasonably
cooperate with Acquirer with respect to all matters relating to the Gianos
Leasing Agreement.
(c) Transferors and Partnership agree to cause
the C&W Agreement (as hereinafter defined) to be terminated at or prior to
Closing. Acquirer agrees to assume
Partnerships obligations under that certain Agreement, dated September 2001,
between Partnership and Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. as amended by Letter
Agreement, dated December 10, 2003, between the Partnership and Cushman &
Wakefield, Inc. (as modified, the C&W Agreement) at Closing solely
with respect to, and to indemnify and hold harmless Partnership and Transferors
against all obligations, loss, liability, expense and cost under the C&W
Agreement solely on account of, any commissions that may become due and payable
after the date hereof in respect of Leases entered into after the date hereof
and the exercise, after the date hereof, of any option set forth in any Leases
(whether such Leases were entered into prior or after the date hereof) to renew
or extend the term of, or expand the premises demised under, such Leases.
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(d) Transferors and Partnership agree to cause
the Insignia Agreement (as hereinafter defined) to be terminated at or prior to
Closing (if it has not already expired by its terms). Acquirer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Partnership and Transferors against all obligations, loss, liability, expense
and cost under that certain Agreement, dated May 11, 2000, between the
Partnership and Insignia/ESG Inc. as amended by Letter Agreement, dated
November 1, 2000, November 15, 2000, January 9, 2001, February 2, 2001 and
February 12, 2001 each between the Partnership and Insignia/ESG Inc. (as
modified, the Insignia Agreement), which Insignia Agreement expired
March 31, solely on account of any commissions that may become due and payable
after the date hereof in respect of Leases entered into after the date hereof
and the exercise, after the date hereof, of any option set forth in any Leases
(whether such Leases were entered into prior or after the date hereof) to renew
or extend the term of, or expand the premises demised under, such Leases.
(e) Acquirer agrees to assume Partnerships
obligations to pay the brokers set forth on Exhibit H and H-1
with respect to, and to indemnify and hold harmless Partnership and Transferors
against all obligations, loss, liability, expense and cost on account of, any
commissions that may become due and payable after the date hereof in respect of
the exercise, after the date hereof, of any option set forth in the Leases to
renew or extend the term of, or expand the premises demised under, such Leases;
provided, however, that Acquirer shall not have any payment and indemnification
obligations with respect to the brokers set forth in Exhibit H-1 (I) in
respect of extension and renewal options, unless in connection with the
exercise of such right a commission has been earned and is payable to such
broker as a result of the exercise of such extension or renewal right, it being
understood and agreed that in no event shall Acquirers payment obligations
with respect to the brokers set forth on Exhibit H-1 in connection with
the exercise of such right exceed an amount equal to the commission that would
be due and owing based upon the fixed rent payable by the related tenant during
such extension or renewal term computed in accordance with the rates and terms
set forth in Schedule 1 at the percentage level that would have been applied if
such extension or renewal term had been part of the original term of such lease
and (II) in respect of expansion options, unless in connection with the
exercise of such right a commission has been earned and payable to such broker
as a result of the exercise of such expansion right, it being understood and
agreed that in no event shall Acquirers payment obligations with respect to
the brokers set forth on Exhibit H-1 in connection with the exercise of
such right exceed the amount of the commission that would be due and owing
based upon the fixed rent payable by the related tenant for the expansion space
during the term thereof computed in accordance with the rates and terms set
forth in Schedule 1 at the percentage level that would have applied if such
expansion space was separately leased to such tenant. Acquirer agrees to assume Partnerships obligations
to pay Cushman & Wakefield with respect to and indemnify and hold harmless
Partnership and Transferor against all obligations, loss, liability expenses
and cost on account of any commissions that may become due and payable as a
result of the failure of the tenant under the Pierre Deux lease to exercise its
termination option. The provisions of
this Section 4.13 shall survive the Closing without regard to the limitation in
Section 4.12.
Section
5. Closing.
5.1. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (the Closing) shall take place at the
office of Transferors counsel Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker
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Chapin LLP, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
10174 at 10:00 A.M. on the earlier to occur of (a) the date which is ten (10)
days after (i) Lender notifies Acquirer that Lender has consented to the
assumption of the Mortgage Loan by Acquirer, and (ii) Acquirer and Lender have
agreed upon the terms and conditions of any instruments and documents to be
entered into by Acquirer in connection with its assumption of the Mortgage Loan
(provided that Acquirer shall be governed by the provision of Section 3.1 of
this Agreement in the determination of the instruments and documents it is
required to accept, the Assumption Documents), and (b) October 28,
2004. As used in this Agreement, the
term Closing Date shall mean the date when the Closing occurs.
5.2. Acquirers or Companys title insurance
premiums, survey fees, engineering, inspection and other due diligence expenses,
escrow fees, mortgage recording taxes and fees, Acquirers legal fees, and fees
and expenses of any and all financing provided to Acquirer in connection with
the transaction contemplated herein (other than in respect of the Mortgage Loan
which is governed by Section 3.1 herein) and other closing expenses (except as
provided in this Agreement) shall be the sole responsibility of, and be paid
by, Acquirer. Transferors shall pay the
fees of Transferors counsel.
Section
6. Transferors and Partnerships Covenants.
6.1. After the date of this Agreement, the
Transferors and Partnership shall not, without the Acquirers prior written
consent in each instance which consent may be withheld or denied in Acquirers
sole discretion on or prior to October 28, 2004 and which consent may not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned after October 28, 2004 (if the
Closing has not occurred by such date), and after October 28, 2004 Acquirer
shall give or deny such consent and provide the reasons for such denial, within
five (5) business days of request for consent, enter into a new lease for space
in the Building or renew or extend any existing Lease (except pursuant to the
exercise by a tenant of a renewal or extension option contained in such tenants
existing Lease) or otherwise modify or terminate any lease or consent to any
sublet or assignment under any lease (unless such consent is required by the
terms of the Lease and in the event the Lease provides for a reasonableness
standard Partnership shall consult with Acquirer but Partnership shall make the
final determination). The Transferors
shall furnish the Acquirer with all information regarding such proposed new
leases, renewals and extensions reasonably necessary to enable the Acquirer to
make informed decisions. Transferors
shall deliver to the Acquirer a true and complete copy of each such lease,
renewal and extension agreement, if any, promptly after the execution and
delivery thereof. Transferors shall keep
accurate records of all of the following types of expenses (collectively, Expenses)
incurred in connection with any lease for space at the Property, or any
modification, extension or renewal of an existing Lease where the Lease does
not provide for its extension or renewal, entered into after the date hereof
with the consent of Acquirer (a New Lease): (a) brokerage commissions and fees to effect
such leasing transaction, (b) expenses incurred for repairs, improvements,
equipment, painting, decorating, partitioning and other items to satisfy the
tenants requirements with regard to such leasing transaction, (c)
reimbursements to the tenant for the cost of any of the items described in the
preceding clause (b), (d) reasonable legal fees for services in connection with
the preparation of documents and other services rendered in connection with the
effectuation of the leasing transaction, (e) rent concessions relating to the
demised space, and (f) expenses incurred for the purpose of satisfying or
terminating the obligations of a tenant under a New Lease to the landlord
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under another lease (whether or not such other lease
covers space in the Building). If, prior to the Closing, Transferors shall have
obtained Acquirers written approval of the Expenses, which approval after
October 28, 2004 (if the Closing has not occurred by such date) shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, Acquirer shall be responsible therefor as
follows: at the Closing, the Acquirer
shall reimburse the Transferors for all Expenses (except for rental concessions
relating to the demised space) theretofore paid for by the Transferors or
Partnership, if any. Each party shall
make available to the other all records, bills, vouchers and other data in such
partys control verifying such Expenses and the payment thereof.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Transferors shall not
institute summary proceedings against any tenant or terminate any Lease or
apply any tenant security deposits as a result of a default by the tenant
thereunder prior to the Closing Date.
Transferors make no representations and assume no responsibility with
respect to the continued occupancy of the Property or any part thereof by any
tenant. Acquirer agrees that it shall
not be grounds for Acquirers refusal to close the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement that any tenant is a holdover tenant or in default under its
Lease on the Closing Date and Acquirer shall accept title to the Membership
Interests subject to such holding over or default without credit against, or
reduction of, the Consideration (so long as same is not a breach of any
representations by Transferors under this Agreement). From and after the date hereof and prior to
Closing, Partnership shall (a) continue to perform each and all of its
obligations under the Mortgage Loans and (b) operate the Property in
substantially the same manner that it did prior to the date hereof, provided,
however, that after the date hereof, Partnership shall not without Acquirers
prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall be
given or denied with the reasons for denial, within five (5) business days of
request for consent, enter into new Contracts which are not terminable on
thirty (30) days notice or less without penalty or premium.
Section
7. Permitted Encumbrances.
7.1. Transferors shall assign and Acquirer shall
accept the Membership Interests, and the state of the title to the Property,
subject to the following (collectively, the Permitted Encumbrances):
(a) the matters set forth in the schedule of
permitted exceptions annexed hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit I;
(b) the Leases;
(c) the Contracts;
(d) the Ground Lease; and
(e) the Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Other
Loan Documents.
7.2. Acquirer has ordered, received and delivered
to Transferors counsel a Commitment for an Owners leasehold title insurance
policy with respect to the Leasehold Estate (Title No. LT040266 Effective Date:
June 1, 2004) (the Title Commitment) from Lawyers Title Insurance
Corporation (the Title Company).
Acquirer shall accept such title as the Title
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Company is willing to approve and insure, subject
only to the Permitted Encumbrances and to standard printed exceptions in an
ALTA form of policy at standard rates.
If the Title Commitment indicates the existence of any liens,
encumbrances or other defects or exceptions in or to title to the Property
other than the Permitted Encumbrances (collectively, the Unacceptable
Encumbrances) subject to which Acquirer is unwilling to accept title and
Acquirer gives Transferors notice of the same within five (5) business days
after the date this Agreement is fully executed and delivered to Acquirer,
Transferors shall undertake to eliminate same subject to Section 7.3
below. Acquirer hereby waives any right
Acquirer may have to advance as objections to title or as grounds for Acquirers
refusal to close this transaction any Unacceptable Encumbrance which Acquirer
does not notify Transferors of within such five (5) business day period unless
(a) such Unacceptable Encumbrance was first raised by the Title Company
subsequent to the date of the Title Commitment or Acquirer shall otherwise
first discover same or be advised of same subsequent to the date of the Title
Commitment, and (b) Acquirer shall notify Transferors of the same within five
(5) business days after Acquirer first becomes aware of such Unacceptable
Encumbrance (failure to so notify Transferors shall be deemed to be a waiver by
Acquirer of its right to raise such Unacceptable Encumbrance as an objection to
title or as a ground for Acquirers refusal to close this transaction). Transferors, in their sole discretion, may
adjourn the Closing one or more times for up to sixty (60) days in the
aggregate in order to eliminate Unacceptable Encumbrances. If Transferors are unable (subject to Section
7.3 below) to eliminate all Unacceptable Encumbrances not waived by Acquirer on
or before the Closing Date, as the same may be adjourned in accordance with the
preceding sentence, or arrange for the Title Company to omit such Unacceptable
Encumbrances from Acquirers Title Commitment, Acquirer shall elect on the
Closing Date, as the same may be adjourned, either to (i) terminate this
Agreement by notice given to Transferors pursuant to Section 19.1, in which
event the provisions of Section 19.1 shall apply or (ii) accept the Membership
Interests notwithstanding such Unacceptable Encumbrances and receive no credit
against, or reduction of, the Consideration.
7.3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Section 7 or elsewhere in this Agreement, Transferors shall not
be obligated to bring any action or proceeding, make any payments or otherwise
incur any expense in order to eliminate Unacceptable Encumbrances not waived by
Acquirer, except that Transferors shall satisfy (a) all mortgages or security
interests created or assumed by Transferors prior to the Closing Date other
than the Mortgage (Transferors Mortgages), (b) Voluntary Liens (as
hereinafter defined), (c) mechanics liens and judgments which can be satisfied
by the payment of liquidated amounts, the amount Transferors shall be required
to pay or incur in the aggregate to satisfy all such mechanics liens and
judgments shall not exceed $2,500,000 (the C Liens) and (d) any other
liens secured by or affecting the Property or the Membership Interests, which
can be satisfied by payment of liquidated amounts, (the Liquid Liens),
the amount Transferors shall be required to pay or incur in the aggregate to
satisfy all such Liquid Liens shall not exceed $1,000,000. In the event the amount necessary to satisfy
all Liquid Liens at Closing is in excess of $1,000,000 or the amount necessary
to satisfy all C Liens at Closing is in excess of $2,500,000, then Acquirer may
elect to accept title subject to all Liquid Liens or C Liens, as applicable,
and receive a credit against the Consideration in the amount of $1,000,000 or
$2,500,000, as applicable, at the Closing and if Acquirer so elects,
Transferors shall have no obligation to satisfy any Liquid Liens or C Liens, as
applicable, Acquirer shall accept title subject to all Liquid Liens or C Liens,
as applicable, and shall receive no credit against, or reduction of, the
Consideration other than a
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credit in the amount of $1,000,000 or $2,500,000, as
applicable. Without limiting the
generality of the preceding provisions of this Section 7.3, for the purposes of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 7.2 and 19.1),
Transferors failure or refusal to bring any action or proceeding, to make any
payments or to otherwise incur any expense (except for Transferors obligation
to satisfy Transferors Mortgages and Voluntary Liens and to also satisfy
Liquid Liens, at a cost not to exceed in the aggregate $1,000,000 and to also
satisfy C Liens, at a cost not to exceed $2,500,000) in order to eliminate
Unacceptable Encumbrances not waived by Acquirer shall be deemed an inability
of Transferors to eliminate such Unacceptable Encumbrances and shall not be a
default by Transferors hereunder (willful or otherwise). As used herein, the term Voluntary Liens
shall mean any liens which Transferors intentionally place on the Building
including, without limitation, taxes.
7.4. Acquirer, if request is made prior to the
Closing, agrees to provide at the Closing separate unendorsed certified or
official bank checks payable to the order of such parties as are designated by
Transferors, aggregating the amount of the Consideration Balance payable
pursuant to Section 2.1.3, in order to facilitate the satisfaction or release
of any such liens or encumbrances. Similarly, at Transferors election, unpaid
liens for taxes, water and sewer charges and assessments, which are the
obligation of Transferors to satisfy and discharge shall not be objections to
title, but the amount thereof, plus interest and penalties thereon, if any,
computed to the third (3rd) business day after the Closing Date, shall be
deducted from the Consideration Balance payable pursuant to Section 2.1.3 and
shall be allowed to Acquirer, subject to the provisions for apportionment of
taxes, water and sewer charges and assessments contained herein.
Section
8. Violations.
8.1. (a) All notices of violations of laws,
ordinances, orders or requirements issued by any governmental authority having
jurisdiction over the Property (collectively, the Violations) which
Partnership has actually received prior to the effective date of this Agreement
Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to discharge, remove or
cause to be removed on or before the Closing Date (subject to the provisions
below of this Section 8.1) and Partnership shall have no obligations to try to
comply with, discharge, remove or otherwise cure any other Violations. If the amount required to be spent to comply
with, discharge or remove Violations which Transferors are obligated to cure
hereunder shall exceed $250,000 in the aggregate or cannot be removed by
commercially reasonable efforts prior to Closing without adjournment, then
Partnership may elect to give notice to Acquirer that it will not cure the
Violations (the Non-Cure Notice).
(b) If Partnership gives the Non-Cure Notice to
Acquirer, then, Acquirer shall accept title to the Property subject to such
Violations, with a credit for an amount equal to the reasonably estimated cost
of curing the Violations but in no event exceeding $250,000 in the aggregate against
the Consideration due at Closing, but without any other credit against or
reduction of the Consideration and Transferors shall have no obligation to
comply with, discharge or remove Violations.
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Section
9. Representations and Warranties.
9.1. (a) As a material inducement to Acquirer to enter
into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby,
Partnership represents and warrants to Acquirer as follows:
(i) Partnership is a duly formed and validly
existing limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of New York;
(ii) Partnership has the full legal right, power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all documents now or
hereafter to be executed by Partnership pursuant to this Agreement, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and to perform its obligations
hereunder and under said documents;
(iii) Partnership is currently paying an annual
base rent of $4,612,500 under the Ground Lease. The Ground Lease is in full force and effect
and has not been modified or amended except as set forth in Exhibit B. The copy of the Ground Lease and all
amendments and modifications which has been initialed by representatives of the
Transferors and the Acquirer for identification and delivered by the
Transferors to the Acquirer is a true and complete copy of the Ground Lease and
all amendments thereto. There is
presently existing no default beyond all applicable grace, notice and cure
periods under the Ground Lease and no event which has occurred and is
continuing and no condition which, with the passage of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute a default beyond all applicable grace, notice
and cure periods under the Ground Lease.
The Partnership shall perform all obligations to be performed or
observed on the part of the tenant under the Ground Lease prior to the Closing
and not inconsistent with this Agreement;
(iv) The Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Other
Loan Documents are the only documents evidencing and/or securing the Mortgage
Loan and are in full force and effect and have not been modified or amended
except as set forth in Exhibit J attached hereto and made a part
hereof. There is no Event of Default (as
defined in the Mortgage) under the Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Other Loan
Documents and no event which has occurred and is continuing and no condition
which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default under the Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Loan
Documents. The Partnership shall perform
all obligations to be performed or observed on the part of the borrower under
the Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Loan Documents prior to the Closing and
not inconsistent with this Agreement.
Set forth on Exhibit K is a true and complete schedule of all
Lender Escrows and the balances thereof as of August 11, 2004;
(v) All installments of interest and principal
and all other sums required to be paid under the terms of the Mortgage Loan
have been paid and the present balance secured thereby is as of the date hereof
$102,000,000;
(vi) There are no leases, licenses, or other
occupancy agreements or any amendments or modifications thereof affecting any
portion of the Property on the date hereof (excluding the Ground Lease), except
for the Leases listed on Exhibit F attached hereto and made a part
hereof;
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(vii) Partnership has made available for review by
Acquirer true and complete copies of the Leases and guaranties;
(viii) There are no union, service, maintenance or
supply agreements affecting the Property except for the Contracts listed on Exhibit G
attached hereto and made a part hereof;
(ix) Partnership has delivered to Acquirer true
and complete copies of all of the Contracts;
(x) There is no pending or, to Partnerships
actual knowledge, threatened (in writing delivered to Partnership), litigation
or other legal proceeding affecting Partnership, the Property or in connection
with the Leases as of the date hereof or the Contracts, or condemnation or
environmental proceedings which would have a material adverse effect upon the
Property or prevent Partnership or Transferors from consummating the
transaction contemplated hereby;
(xi) This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by, and constitutes a valid and legally binding
agreement of Partnership and Transferors, enforceable against Partnership and
Transferors in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting generally the
enforceability of creditors rights and by limitations on the availability of
equitable remedies;
(xii) Neither Partnership nor any of Transferors is
a foreign person as such term is defined in Section 1445 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), nor will the sale
transaction herein contemplated be subject to the withholding requirements of
Section 1445 of the Code;
(xiii) With respect to the Leases:
(A) no modifications, no renewal, extension or
termination options have been granted to the tenants under the Leases other
than as set forth in the Leases;
(B) as of the date hereof, the rent and
additional rent set forth in the Leases is being collected in accordance with
the terms of the Leases and as of the date hereof, there are no arrearages
except as set forth on Exhibit M and except for the Related Claim (as
defined below in Section 12.1(dd)) and as of the date hereof no rent has been
pre-paid for a period in excess of one month of the date the same is due and
payable except as set forth on Exhibit N, and there exists no unpaid
rental concessions or abatements of rental or tenant improvement allowances or
obligations to perform landlords work that has not been completed (Tenant
Improvement Costs) under the Leases, other than as may be required under
the Leases in the future in connection with the exercise by the pertinent
tenant of an option to renew, extend or expand after the date hereof and other
than under the Davies, Ward, Philips & Vineberg LLP
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Lease
(the Davies Ward TI), which Davies Ward TI is in the amount of
$125,000 and shall be credited to Acquirer upon Closing.
(C) Partnership has not, as of the effective date
of this Agreement, sent any written notice to any of the tenants under the
Leases claiming that any tenant is in default, which default remains uncured
except as may be set forth on Exhibit O.
To Partnerships actual knowledge, (i) no tenant is in default of any
material non-monetary obligation under its Lease and (ii) Partnership is not in
default under any Lease;
(D) there are no security deposits other than
those, if any, set forth in the Leases;
(E) to the actual knowledge of Partnership,
Partnership has not received any notice from any issuing bank that a letter of
credit being held as security is not being renewed;
(F) Partnership has not pledged, assigned,
hypothecated or otherwise encumbered the Leases or any interest in the Leases
except for any such matter as shall be released at Closing or except in
connection with the Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Other Loan Documents;
(G) as of the date hereof, the Leases are in full
force and effect; and
(H) promptly following the date hereof,
Partnership shall authorize and instruct its accountants to grant access to
Acquirers accountants to historic work papers required for an audit under
Section 3.05 and 3-14 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
(xiv) Partnership has delivered shall deliver to
Acquirer an accurate and complete Rent Roll set forth on Exhibit P
attached hereto and made a part hereof indicating the amounts currently being
billed and collected from the tenants under the Leases as of the date of the
Rent Roll;
(xv) A true and complete list of all employees
presently employed by Partnership at the Property is set forth on Exhibit Q
attached hereto and made a part hereof, and the information contained therein
concerning such employees is accurate in all material respects as of the date
hereof, and, except as otherwise set forth in such schedule, none of such
employees are covered by a union contract; from and after the date hereof,
Transferors shall not, except if required pursuant to the express terms of any
of the union agreements or any renewal or amendment thereof which is renewed on
an industry-wide basis (y) hire any new employees (except to replace existing
personnel with the consent of Acquirer which shall not be unreasonably
withheld) or (z) increase the salary, wages or other benefits of any of the
employees, without the consent of Acquirer, which consent may be withheld or
denied in Acquirers sole discretion;
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(xvi) All brokerage commissions arising by reason
of the Leases (Commissions), have been fully paid except as set forth
on Exhibit R, other than as may be required under the Leases in the
future in connection with the exercise by the pertinent tenant of an option to
renew, extend or expand after the date hereof and other than with respect to
the Davies, Ward, Philips & Vineberg LLP Lease (the Davies Ward
Commissions), which Davies Ward Commissions shall be credited to Acquirer
upon Closing; provided, however, that Transferors obligation with respect to
the Davies Ward Commissions under this Section 9.1(a)(xvi) and Section 4.13
shall not exceed $110,000. Exhibit H
sets forth the sole brokerage agreements (Brokerage Agreements)
relating to the Building in effect on the date hereof of which the Partnership
has a copy and true and complete copies of which have been delivered to
Acquirer. Exhibit H-1 sets forth
the only brokers with whom there may be agreements relating to the Building
which may be in effect on the date hereof of which Partnership has actual
knowledge but not a copy;
(xvii) The Partnership has no assets which are not
related to the Ground Lease, the Building or the Property;
(xviii) Attached hereto as Exhibit S are true
and complete copies of certificates of insurance evidencing all property
insurance maintained in respect of the Building. Such insurance is in full force and effect
and all premiums therefor have been fully paid through the stated term of such
policies;
(xix) The persons identified on Exhibit T
attached hereto and made a part hereof as (A) the Partners of the
Partnership are all of the partners of the Partnership; (B) the Partners
of Six Madison, L.P. are all of its partners; (C) the Partners of 625
Partners, L.P. are all its partners; (D) the Members of Six Associates
GP Co., LLC are all of its members; (E) the Partners of 625 GP, L.P.
are all of its partners; and (F) the Shareholder of 625 GP, Inc. is
its sole shareholder;
(xx) Transferors have advised Acquirer that
Transferors have been unable to locate the documents described in Paragraphs
B-9, I-11, O-18, S-9 of Exhibit F (the Missing Lease Documents)
after having made reasonable efforts to do so.
Accordingly, Transferors jointly and severally, represent and warrant to
Acquirer that the Missing Lease Documents do not effect any material
modification, amendment or supplement of any of the economic terms of such
Leases which results in such Lease being materially less favorable to the
landlord than the Lease described on Exhibit F. Transferors shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to locate the Missing Lease Documents and, if successful, shall
promptly provide the same to Acquirer; and
(xxi) Neither of the Partnership nor Transferors
have collected any portion of the Related Claim. In the event Partnership or Transferors
collect any portion of the Related Claim, the same shall be credited to
Acquirer at Closing or if collected thereafter promptly paid over to Acquirer. This Section 9.1(a)(xxi) shall survive the
Closing without limitation as to time.
(b) The Transferors severally, but not jointly,
represent and warrant to Acquirer that (i) each Transferor and
Intermediate Entity has good and valid title to the interests in the
partnership, limited liability company, and/or corporation (each an Interest;
collectively
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the Interests) set forth on Exhibit T
attached hereto and made a part hereof, free and clear of any and all liens,
pledges, encumbrances, charges, agreements or claims of any kind whatsoever
(except security interests given by certain of the partners of 625 Partners,
L.P. to 625 Partners, L.P. which security interests will be terminated as of
the Closing), (ii) each Transferor has the full legal right, power,
authority and capacity to enter into and perform this Agreement,
(iii) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and bind obligation of
each Transferor enforceable in accordance with its terms except as such
enforceability maybe limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting
generally the enforceability of creditors rights and by limitations on the
availability of equitable remedies; and (iv) no Transferor is a party to
subject to or bound by, any agreement, judgment, order, writ, injunction or
decree of any court or governmental body which could prevent his performance of
this Agreement.
(c) The Partnership and the Transferors,
severally, but not jointly (except as indicated below), represent and warrant
to Acquirer as follows:
(i) The Partnership and each of the Intermediate
Entities is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of New York and has the power and authority to own its assets and
to carry on its business as it is now being conducted;
(ii) The Partnership has delivered to Acquirer
copies of the Partnerships balance sheets as of December 31, 2001, December
31, 2002, December 31, 2003, respectively, and the related statements of income
and changes in financial position for each of the fiscal years then ended,
including the respective notes thereto, together with reports thereon. Each of the foregoing financial statements is
in accordance with the books and records of the Partnership (as adjusted in
accordance with the Partnerships regular practice) as of the dates and for the
periods indicated, has been prepared on a basis consistent with the immediately
preceding fiscal period, and fairly presents the financial position, results of
operations and changes in financial position of the Partnership as of the date
and for the period indicated;
(iii) Since December 31, 2003, there has not been
any material adverse change in the Partnerships or Intermediate Entities
business, properties, or operations as of the date hereof and neither
Partnership nor Intermediate Entities have incurred any liabilities other than
in the ordinary course of their respective businesses;
(iv) The Partnership and the Intermediate Entities
have filed all Federal, state, local and other tax returns and reports which
are required to be filed by it or obtained appropriate extensions
therefor. True and complete copies of
all such income tax returns for the past three (3) fiscal years of the
Partnership and the Intermediate Entities have been delivered or made available
to Acquirer. The Partnership and the
Intermediate Entities have paid all taxes due and payable as shown on such
returns or has established on its books and records adequate reserves with
respect thereto. The Federal income tax
returns of the Partnership or the Intermediate Entities have never been audited
by the Internal Revenue Service. No
waiver of any statute of limitations with respect to any taxable year has been
executed by the Partnership or any of the Intermediate Entities;
(v) The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the contemplated distribution of the Membership Interests by the
Partnership and the Intermediate
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Entities (as hereinafter defined) to their equity
holders and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, with or
without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, will not (i)
violate any provision of the Partnership Agreement or the organizational
documentation of the Intermediate Entities, (ii) violate, conflict with, result
in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under, accelerate the
performance required by, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Partnership or the
Intermediate Entities pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other agreement or instrument to which the Partnership is a party or by which
it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, the consequence of any of
which would be material adverse effect on the Partnership except for the
Mortgage Loan Note, Mortgage and Other Loan Documents (with respect to which
Mortgage Loan, Note, Mortgage and Other Loan Documents, Partnership,
Transferors and Acquirer acknowledging, however, that the consent of Lender
will be required pursuant to Section 3.1 herein), (iii) violate any statute,
rule or regulation applicable to the Partnership;
(vi) There is no lawsuit or proceeding threatened
against the Partnership or the Intermediate Entities which would have a
material adverse effect upon the Partnership or the Intermediate Entities;
(vii) There is no investigation pending and there
is no proceeding in bankruptcy or in the nature of bankruptcy, or, to the
knowledge of any of the Transferors, threatened against the Partnership or the
Intermediate Entities, and no consent, approval or authorization of, or
declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental or regulatory
authority is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of the Partnership
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or
any instrument contemplated hereby or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) A true and correct copy of the partnership
agreement for the Partnership and the respective partnership agreements,
articles of incorporation, bylaws and operating agreements for each of the
Intermediate Entities has been delivered to Acquirer.
(ix) Consummation of the Interim Transactions, and
the contribution or sale, as applicable, of title to the Building by each of
the Transferors, will not create or give rise to any lien, claim, charge,
encumbrance or other objection to title to the Building or any interest therein
which will remain as a title exception following the Closing and all interests
issued in connection therewith shall be validly issued in accordance with
applicable organizational documents, full paid for and non-assessable; and
(x) Upon consummation of the Closing, Acquirer
will own 100% of the Membership Interests representing 100% of the legal and
beneficial ownership interests in the Company, which Membership Interests being
assigned to Acquirer at the Closing shall be fully paid for and non-assessable;
each Transferor represents and warrants for itself only that it has not
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred its Membership Interest.
(d) In order to induce Acquirer to issue the OP
Units required to be issued hereunder, Contributors hereby acknowledge and
confirm their understanding that the issuance by Acquirer of the OP Units is
intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the 1933 Act). In furtherance thereof, Contributors
represent and warrant to Acquirer as follows:
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(i) Contributors are acquiring the OP Units
solely for their own respective accounts for the purpose of investment and not
as a nominee or agent for any other person and not with a view to, or for offer
or sale in connection with, any distribution of any thereof. Contributors acknowledge and agree that the
recipient of the OP Units is not permitted to offer, transfer, sell, assign,
pledge, encumber, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of any of the OP Units
except as permitted in (y) this Agreement or (z) the Partnership Agreement.
(ii) Contributors are knowledgeable, sophisticated
and experienced in business and financial matters, and fully understand the
limitations on transfer described in this Agreement and the Partnership
Agreement. Contributors are able to bear
the economic risk of holding the OP Units for an indefinite period and are able
to afford the complete loss of its investment in the OP Units.
(iii) Contributors have been advised and
acknowledge that (w) the OP Units may not be transferred or redeemed, except in
accordance with this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement and Contributors
will continue to bear the economic risk of their respective investments in the
OP Units during the period of ownership, (x) it is not anticipated that there
will be any public market for the OP Units at any time, (y) Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act may not be available with respect to the sale of
any securities of Acquirer and Acquirer has made no covenant, and makes no
covenant, to make Rule 144 available with respect to the sale of any securities
of Acquirer and (z) a notation shall be made in the appropriate records of
Acquirer indicating that the OP Units are subject to the restrictions on
transfer set forth in this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement.
(iv) Each of Contributors is an accredited
investor (as such term is defined in Rule 501 (a) of Regulation D under the
1933 Act).
9.2. (a) As used in this Agreement, the words Partnerships
knowledge or Transferors knowledge or words of similar import
shall be deemed to mean, and shall be limited to, the actual (as distinguished
from implied, imputed or constructive) knowledge of Steven D. Robinson, the
person charged with the management responsibility for the Property. The Partnership and each of the Transferors
hereby agree that Steven D. Robinson shall have the right to exercise all
rights, give and receive all notices and execute any and all documentation on
their behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated by and matters
arising out of this Agreement.
(b) If at or prior to the Closing, Acquirer shall
have actual knowledge or is deemed to have known (as hereinafter defined)
(whether through its own efforts, by notice from Partnership, Transferors, or
otherwise) that any of the representations or warranties made herein by
Partnership or Transferors are untrue, inaccurate or incorrect and shall give
Transferors notice thereof at or prior to the Closing, then Transferors may
elect by notice to Acquirer to adjourn the Closing one or more times for up to
sixty (60) days in the aggregate in order to cure or correct such untrue,
inaccurate or incorrect representation or warranty. If the damages arising from such breach of
any such representation or warranty are equal to or less than $250,000,
Acquirer shall nevertheless be deemed to, and shall, waive such
misrepresentation and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without
any reduction or credit against the Consideration. If the damages arising from such breach of
any such representation or warranty are more than $250,000, Acquirer, as its
sole remedy in respect thereof, shall elect either (x) to
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waive such misrepresentations and consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby without any reduction of or credit against the
Consideration, or (y) to terminate this Agreement by notice given to
Transferors on or prior to the Closing Date, in which event this Agreement
shall be terminated and neither party shall have any further rights,
obligations or liabilities hereunder, except (i) as otherwise expressly
provided in Sections 10, 13 and 18 and (ii) that Acquirer shall be entitled to
a return of the Earnest Money (together with all interest accrued thereon, if
any).
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section
9.2(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, Acquirer hereby
expressly waives, relinquishes and releases any right or remedy available to it
at law, in equity or under this Agreement to make a claim against Transferors
or Partnership for damages that Acquirer may incur, or to rescind this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, as the result of any of
Transferors or Partnerships representations or warranties being untrue,
inaccurate or incorrect, if (i) Acquirer has actual knowledge that such
representation or warranty was untrue, inaccurate or incorrect at the time of
the Closing and Acquirer nevertheless closes title hereunder, or (ii) Acquirers
damages as a result of a representation or warranty being untrue, inaccurate or
incorrect are less than $250,000.
Acquirer shall be deemed to have known that a representation or
warranty was untrue, inaccurate or incorrect at the time of the Closing to the
extent that any Exhibit attached to this Agreement or document referred to
therein or any Lease contains information which is inconsistent with such
representation or warranty.
(d) The representations and warranties of Partnership
and Transferors set forth in Section 9.1 above shall be true, accurate and
correct in all material respects upon the effective date of this Agreement as
set forth on the signature page hereof, shall be deemed to be repeated on and
as of the Closing Date (except as they relate only to an earlier date,
including the date hereof) and shall survive the Closing for a period of one
hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date (or such other date as may
be expressly provided for herein), except that the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 9.1(a)(i), (ii), (xi) and (xix) and in Section
9.1(b) and 9.1(c) (except for clause (ii)) shall survive the Closing without
limitation as to time, and no action or claim based thereon shall be commenced
after the applicable period. In the
event Transferors deliver Transferors Certifications pursuant to Section 12.2,
such Transferors Certifications shall constitute representations and warranties
which shall survive the Closing for a period of five hundred forty (540) days
following the Closing Date. Claims by
Acquirer against Partnership and Transferors based on a breach of any such
representation or warranty in this Agreement (Acquirers Claims) shall
be made by one or more notices to Partnership and Transferors, which notices
shall set forth in reasonable detail the nature and the estimated amount of the
claim or claims and the representation and warranty or representations and
warranties claimed to be breached. The
initial notice of each Acquirers Claim may only be given on or prior to the
expiration of the applicable survival period as to which date time shall be of
the essence and any Acquirers Claim for which notice has not been given
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by such date and for which reasonable detail
regarding the nature and the estimated amount of the claim or claims and the
representation and warranty or representations and warranties claimed to be
breached has not been given by such date shall be deemed to have been waived
and shall lapse and Partnership and Transferors shall have no liability
therefor. The initial notice of each
Acquirers Claim pertaining to the Transferors Certifications may only be given
on or before the date which is five hundred forty (540) days after the closing
date as to which date time shall be of the essence and any Acquirers Claim
relating to Transferors Certifications for which notice has not been given by
such date and for which reasonable detail regarding the nature and the estimated
amount of time claim or claims and the representation and warranty claimed to
be breached has not been given by such date shall be deemed to have been waived
and shall lapse and Partnership and Transferors shall have no liability
therefor. Transferor shall have no
liability to Acquirer with respect to Acquirers Claims pertaining to breaches
of representations and warranties of which Acquirer had actual knowledge or was
deemed to have known at the time of Closing pursuant to Section 9.2(c).
(e) In the event Transferors shall not deliver
Transferors Certifications, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the aggregate liability of the Transferors and Partnership arising
pursuant to or in connection with the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 9.1 of this Agreement shall not exceed $4,000,000. Transferors shall deposit $4,000,000 with
Escrow Agent at the Closing (the Liability Cap Escrow), to be held in
escrow in accordance with the terms set forth in an escrow agreement to be
entered into by the parties at the Closing, which agreement shall be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit V and made a part
hereof (the Liability Cap Escrow Agreement). In the event Transferors shall not deliver
Transferors Certifications, after the Closing, Acquirers sole recourse and
Partnerships and Transferors sole liability in the event of an Acquirers
Claim or in event of a breach of the representations and warranties set forth
in this Agreement shall be limited to the Liability Cap Escrow. All interest on the Liability Cap Escrow
shall be the property of Transferors and shall not be subject to Acquirers
Claim and shall be paid to Transferors, as provided in the Liability Cap Escrow
Agreement. If Transferors shall not
deliver Transferors Certifications and Acquirer does not assert a Acquirers
Claim on or before the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the
date of Closing, Escrow Agent shall disburse the Liability Cap Escrow, together
with all interest thereon, to Transferors.
If Transferors shall not deliver Transferors Certifications and Acquirer
makes an Acquirers Claim on or before the date that is one hundred eighty
(180) days after the date of Closing, Escrow Agent shall disburse the portion
of the Liability Cap Escrow in excess of the sum of the aggregate amount of all
Acquirers Claims to Transferors, and the portion of the Liability Cap Escrow
in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all Acquirers Claims shall not
be disbursed until final disposition of the breach asserted by such claim
notice, upon which Escrow Agent shall disburse the Liability Cap Escrow,
together with all interest thereon, in accordance with such final disposition.
(f) In the event Transferors shall deliver
Transferors Certifications pursuant to Section 12.2, notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the aggregate liability of the Transferors
and Partnership arising pursuant to or in connection with the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 9.1 of this Agreement shall not exceed
$4,500,000. Transferors shall deposit
$4,500,000 with Escrow Agent at the Closing (the Enhanced Liability Cap
Escrow) in lieu of the $4,000,000 in 9.1(e) above, to be held in escrow in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Liability Cap Escrow Agreement. After the Closing, Acquirers sole recourse
and Partnerships and Transferors sole liability in the event of an Acquirers
Claim or in event of a breach of the representations and warranties set forth
in this Agreement shall be limited to the Enhanced Liability Cap Escrow. All interest on the Enhanced Liability Cap
Escrow shall be the property of Transferors and shall not be subject to
Acquirers Claim and shall be paid to Transferors, as provided in the Liability
Cap Escrow Agreement. If Acquirer does
not assert a Acquirers Claim on or before the date that is one hundred eighty
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(180) days after the date of Closing, Escrow Agent
shall disburse the portion of the Liability Cap Escrow equal to $2,250,000,
together with all interest thereon, to Transferors and the balance of the
Liability Cap Escrow shall remain in escrow subject to the terms of the
Liability Cap Escrow Agreement. If
Acquirer does make an Acquirers Claim on or before the date that is one
hundred eighty (180) days after the date of Closing, Escrow Agent shall
disburse the portion of the Liability Cap Escrow equal to the excess, if any,
of $4,500,000 over the sum of $2,250,000 plus the aggregate amount of all
Acquirers Claims to Transferors, and the portion of the Enhanced Liability Cap
Escrow in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all Acquirers Claims plus
$2,250,000 shall not be disbursed until final disposition of the breach asserted
by such claim notice, upon which Escrow Agent shall disburse the Enhanced
Liability Cap Escrow, together with all interest thereon, in accordance with
such final disposition. On the first
business day that is five hundred forty (540) days after the date of Closing,
Escrow Agent shall disburse the portion of the remaining balance of the
Enhanced Liability Cap Escrow in excess of the sum of the aggregate amount of
all Acquirers Claims to Transferors, and the portion of the remaining balance
of the Enhanced Liability Cap Escrow in an amount equal to the aggregate amount
of all Acquirers Claims shall not be disbursed until final disposition of the
breach asserted by such claim notice, upon which Escrow Agent shall disburse
the remaining balance of the Enhanced Liability Cap Escrow, together with all
interest thereon, in accordance with such final disposition. The provisions of this Section 9.2 shall
survive the Closing.
9.3. As a material inducement to Transferors to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, Acquirer and SLG, a Maryland corporation (the REIT), hereby
severally make to Transferors the representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 9.3, which representations and warranties shall be true as of the
date hereof in all material respects and shall be true on the Closing Date in
all material respects.
(a) The Acquirer is duly formed and in good
standing as a limited partnership of the State of Delaware. The REIT is a corporation duly organized in
the State of Maryland and is the sole general partner of the Partnership.
(b) The Acquirer has or, as applicable, shall
have at the Closing, all requisite partnership power and authority to carry on
its business as it is currently being conducted, to accept title to the
Membership Interests as herein contemplated and to execute, deliver and perform
this Agreement and all documents to be executed and delivered in regard to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform fully its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Acquirer of this Agreement and all documents to be executed and delivered in
regard to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary partnership action on the part of the
Acquirer, and the Transferee shall, upon request of Contributor, deliver
evidence of such authority at or prior to the Closing.
(c) This Agreement has been, and all documents to
be executed and delivered in regard to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and the Partnership Agreement will be at or prior to
Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Acquirer, and (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto)
this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement constitute, and all documents to
be
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executed and delivered in regard to the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby when so executed and delivered will
constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Acquirer and the REIT,
if a party thereto, enforceable against the Acquirer and the REIT, if a party
thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof on the part of
Acquirer or the REIT as applicable, and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, will violate any statute, license, decree, order or
regulation of any Governmental Authority, or will, at the Closing Date, breach,
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any material agreement or instrument to which Acquirer or the
REIT is a party, or by which either of them is or may be bound, or constitute a
default thereunder, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon, or give to others any interest or
rights in, the Units to be issued to Transferors.
(e) Neither Acquirer nor the REIT has (i) made a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) filed any voluntary
petition in bankruptcy or suffered the filing of an involuntary petition by
Partnerships or the REITs creditors, (iii) suffered the appointment of a
receiver to take possession of all or substantially all of Partnerships or the
REITs assets, (iv) suffered the attachment, or other judicial seizure of all,
or substantially all, of Acquirers or the REITs assets, (v) admitted in
writing its inability to pay its debts as they come due, or (vi) made an offer
of settlement, extension or compromise to its creditors generally.
(f) The Partnership Agreement of the Acquirer
delivered to Transferors is a true and complete copy thereof.
(g) The OP Units to be issued to Transferors
hereunder shall be duly authorized for issuance to Contributor and, upon such
issuance, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not be
subject to any preemptive rights upon their issuance.
(h) No consent, waiver, approval or authorization
of, or filing, registration or qualification with, or notice to, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is required to be made, including,
but not limited to, any governmental bodies, agencies, tenants, partners or
lenders, in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement which shall not have been obtained prior to the Closing.
(i) Acquirer qualifies, and covenants that it
shall continue to operate its business in a manner to qualify, as a partnership
for Federal income tax purposes.
(j) Unless and until the Board of Directors of
the REIT determines that it is not in the best interest of the REIT to qualify
as a real estate investment trust under the Code, the REIT covenants that it
shall continue to operate its business in a manner to qualify as a real estate
investment trust under the Code.
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(k) There are no actions, suits, proceedings or
investigations pending before any court or governmental authority, or, to the
best of Acquirers knowledge, contemplated or threatened, which would have a
material adverse impact on the transaction contemplated hereby.
(l) Acquirer is acquiring the Membership
Interests for its own account for purposes of investment and not with view to
effecting a public distribution thereof, subject to its rights, if any, to sell
or otherwise transfer the Membership Interests pursuant to an exemption from
registration under applicable securities laws.
9.4. The representations and warranties of
Acquirer set forth in this Agreement shall be true, accurate and correct in all
material respects upon the effective date of this Agreement as set forth on the
signature page hereof, shall be deemed to be repeated on and as of the Closing
Date (except as they relate only to an earlier date) and shall survive the
Closing or earlier termination of this Agreement.
Section
10. Disclaimer; As Is.
10.1. As a material inducement to Transferors and
Partnership to execute this Agreement, Acquirer agrees to accept the Membership
Interests and acknowledges that except as otherwise set forth in this
Agreement, title to the Property is, on an AS-IS-WHERE-IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS
basis. This Agreement, as written, contains all the terms of the agreement
entered into between the parties as of the date hereof, and Acquirer
acknowledges, except as set forth in this Agreement, that neither Partnership,
nor Transferors nor any of Transferors Affiliates, nor any of their agents or
representatives, nor the Broker (as defined below in Section 13.1) has
made any representations, or held out any inducements to Acquirer, and
Transferors hereby specifically disclaims any representation, oral or written,
past, present or future, other than those specifically set forth in this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Acquirer has not
relied on any representations or warranties, and neither Partnership nor
Transferors nor Transferors Affiliates, nor any of their agents or
representatives has or is willing to make any representations or warranties,
express or implied, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, as to (a)
the status of title to the Property; (b) the Leases or the Rent Roll, (c) the
Contracts or the Schedule of Contracts; (d) any survey of the Property; (e) the
current or future real estate tax liability, assessment or valuation of the
Property; (f) the potential qualification of the Property for any and all
benefits conferred by any laws whether for subsidies, special real estate tax
treatment, insurance, mortgages, or any other benefits, whether similar or
dissimilar to those enumerated; (g) the compliance of the Property in its
current or any future state, with applicable laws, ordinances, orders or
requirements, or any violations thereof, including, without limitation, those
relating to environmental or zoning matters and the ability to obtain a change
in the zoning or a variance in respect to the Propertys non-compliance, if
any, with said zoning laws, ordinances, orders or requirements; (h) the
availability of any financing for the purchase, alteration, rehabilitation or
operation of the Property from any source, including, but not limited to any
governmental authority or any lender; (i) the current or future use of the
Property, including, but not limited to, the Propertys use for commercial,
manufacturing or general office purposes; (j) the present and future condition
and operating state of any Personal Property and the present or future
structural and physical condition of the Building or their suitability for
rehabilitation or renovation, or the need for expenditures for
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capital improvements, repairs or replacements
thereto; (k) Partnership or Transferors compliance with any laws, ordinances,
orders, environmental permits or requirements of any governmental authority and
any Violations thereof; (1) the viability or financial condition of any tenant;
(m) the status of the leasing market in which the Property is located; (n) the
actual or projected income or operating expenses of the Property; (o) the
nature and extent of any right-of-way, lease, possession, lien, encumbrance,
license, reservation, condition or otherwise; (p) the condition of the ground
water, surface water or soil of the Property; (q) the existence of any
Environmental Hazardous Materials (as defined below in Section 10.3(b))
thereon (including, without limitation, asbestos or asbestos containing
materials) or emanating from the Property; or (r) any Environmentally Hazardous
Materials generated from the Property and disposed of off-site.
10.2. Acquirer intends to make full and complete
investigations, examinations and inspections of the Property and all Property
Information (as defined below in Section 18.5). Acquirer acknowledges
and agrees that, except as expressly provided in this Agreement and without
diminishing the representations, if any, of Partnership and Transferors
expressly set forth in this Agreement (a) the Property Information made
available to Acquirer and Acquirers Representatives (as defined below in
Section 18.5) by Partnership, Transferors or Transferors Affiliates, or
any of their agents or representatives may have been prepared by third parties
and may not be the work product of Partnership, Transferors and/or any of
Transferors Affiliates; (b) neither Partnership, nor Transferors nor any of
Transferors Affiliates has made any independent investigation or verification
of, or has any knowledge of, the accuracy or completeness of the Property
Information; (c) the Property Information made available to Acquirer and
Acquirers Representatives is made available to each of them at the request,
and for the convenience of, Acquirer; (d) Acquirer is relying solely on its own
independent investigations, examinations and inspections of the Property and
those of Acquirers Representatives and is not relying in any way on the
Property Information made available by Partnership, Transferors or any of
Transferors Affiliates, or any of their agents or representatives; (e)
Partnership and Transferors disclaim any representations or warranties with
respect to the accuracy or completeness of the Property Information and
Acquirer releases Partnership, Transferors and Transferors Affiliates, and
their agents and representatives, from any and all liability with respect
thereto; and (f) any further distribution of the Property Information is
subject to Section 18. Acquirer has inspected the Property, is thoroughly
acquainted with and accepts its condition, and has reviewed, to the extent
necessary in its discretion, all the Property Information. Partnership,
Transferors and Transferors Affiliates shall not be liable or bound in any
manner by any oral or written setups or information pertaining to the
Property or the rents made available by Partnership, Transferors and
Transferors Affiliates, their agents or representatives, any real estate
broker, including, without limitation, the Broker, or other person or entity.
10.3. (a)
Acquirer and anyone claiming by, through or under Acquirer, hereby fully
releases Partnership, Transferors and Transferors Affiliates, and all of their
respective employees, officers, directors, representatives, and agents
(collectively, the Releasees) from any and all claims that it may now
have or hereafter acquire against the Releasees for any costs, losses,
liabilities, damages, expenses, demands, actions or causes of action, whether
foreseen or unforeseen, arising out of or related to (i) any construction
defects, errors or omissions on or in the Property, (ii) the past, present, or
future presence of Environmentally Hazardous Materials
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(as defined below in Section 10.3(b)) on or
in the Property, (iii) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Laws
(as defined below in Section 10.3(b)), (iv) the off-site presence of
Environmentally Hazardous Materials generated at the Property or (v) subject to
the terms of this Agreement, any other conditions affecting the Property. In
furtherance of the foregoing release, Acquirer hereby waives any and all rights
and remedies whatsoever, express or implied, Acquirer may have against the
Releasees arising out of or resulting from the matters set forth in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (v), including, without limitation, the right to
rescind this Agreement and seek damages for non-compliance with Environmental
Laws, and that in connection with such matters, Acquirer shall look solely to
Partnerships and Transferors predecessors or to such contractors and
consultants as may have contracted for work in connection with the Property for
any redress or relief. The waivers and
releases set forth in this Section 10 shall survive the Closing or earlier
termination of this Agreement.
(b) As used herein, the term Environmentally
Hazardous Materials shall include, without limitation, (i) those
substances which are defined as hazardous substances, extremely hazardous
substances, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous materials, hazardous
waste, toxic pollutants, toxic substances, regulated substances, restricted
or special wastes or other similar designations, or otherwise are or shall
become listed, regulated or addressed, in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et
seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et
seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq.; the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7501, et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq., the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 29 U.S.C.
§ 655 et seq.; all as amended, or any other federal, state or local
statute, law, ordinance, resolution, code, rule, regulation, order or decree
regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct for
environmental protection (collectively, the Environmental Laws), (ii)
petroleum or crude oil other than petroleum and petroleum products which are
contained within regularly operated motor vehicles, (iii) asbestos or asbestos
containing materials and (iv) Environmentally Hazardous Materials present on
the Property due to off-site disposal of same whether or not generated at the
Property.
Section
11. Conditions to Closing.
11.1. Acquirers obligation under this Agreement to
purchase the Membership Interests is subject to the fulfillment of each of the
following conditions, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 11.3:
(a) the representations and warranties of
Partnership and Transferors contained herein shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date except to the extent they relate only
to an earlier date (but shall be true at Closing as to such date);
(b) the state of the title to the Leasehold
Estate shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and Title Company shall be willing to insure Acquirer pursuant to an ALTA 1992
Owners Policy at regular rates subject only to the Permitted Exceptions and
the standard printed exceptions in such ALTA form of policy, and Transferors
shall have delivered all documents (duly executed) which Transferors are
required to deliver pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
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(c) the conditions precedent to Closing in
respect of Tenant Estoppels (as defined below in Section 12.l(o)) as
provided for in Section 12.2 below have been fulfilled;
(d) the Lenders statement contemplated by
Section 12.1(s) herein and the consent by the Lender pursuant to Section 3.1 to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall each have been delivered
to Acquirer and Acquirer and Lender shall have agreed upon the Assumption
Documents subject to Acquirers obligations under Section 3.1;
(e) Transferor shall have delivered to Acquirer
an estoppel certificate from the lessor under the Ground Lease in the form
required therein which does not materially conflict with the accuracy of the
representations made by the Partnership in Section 9.1(a)(iii) herein; and
(f) Transferors shall have made all payments and
delivered all documents (duly executed) to be made or delivered by Transferors
under this Agreement, and otherwise shall have performed all other covenants,
undertakings and obligations, and complied with all conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by Transferors at or prior to
Closing.
11.2. Transferors obligation under this Agreement
to sell the Membership Interests to Acquirer is subject to satisfaction of each
of the following conditions:
(a) all representations and warranties of
Acquirer contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the Closing Date, except to the extent they relate only to an earlier date;
(b) Acquirer shall have made all payments and
delivered all documents (duly executed) to be made or delivered by Acquirer and
SL Green Realty Corp. as set forth in this Agreement, and otherwise shall have
performed all other covenants, undertakings and obligations, and complied with
all conditions required by this Agreement, to be performed or complied with by
Acquirer at or prior to Closing;
(c) the consent of the Lender pursuant to Section
3.1 to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(d) the execution, acknowledgement and delivery
by Acquirer and SL Green Realty Corp. of the Gianos Assumption and Indemnity
Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement (if the Guarantors are not released
by Lender under the Environmental Indemnification and the Guaranty).
11.3. If any condition contained in Sections 11.1
and 11.2 is not satisfied, the party entitled to the satisfaction of such
condition as a condition to its obligation to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereunder shall have as its sole remedy hereunder the right to
elect to (a) waive such unsatisfied condition whereupon the sale of the
Membership Interests shall close as provided in this Agreement or (b) terminate
this Agreement. In the event such party elects to terminate this Agreement,
this Agreement shall be terminated and neither party shall have any further
rights, obligation or liabilities hereunder, except (i) as otherwise expressly
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provided in Sections 10, 13 and 18 and except (ii)
that Acquirer shall be entitled to a return of the Earnest Money (together with
all interest accrued thereon, if any).
Section
12. Documents and Payments to be Delivered at
Closing.
12.1. At the Closing, Transferors shall deliver the
following to Acquirer:
(a) the Certificate of Formation of the Company
in the form set forth on Exhibit W attached hereto and made a part
hereof duly executed by an authorized person and duly filed with the
appropriate governmental authority in its state of incorporation;
(b) the Limited Liability Company
Agreement/Operating Agreement of the Company in the form set forth on Exhibit
C attached hereto and made a part hereof executed by the Partnership as its
sole member and all other documents necessary to effect the Interim
Transactions;
(c) evidence that the Company is authorized to do
business in New York if Company is organized in a jurisdiction other than New
York;
(d) an assignment and assumption of the Ground
Lease (the Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease) substantially in
the form set forth on Exhibit X attached hereto and made a part hereof
executed and acknowledged and in proper form for recording between Partnership,
as assignor, and the Company, as assignee, and an original counterpart duly
executed and acknowledged shall be delivered to the Title Company for recording
and an original counterpart duly executed and acknowledged shall be delivered
to the lessor under the Ground Lease in the manner provided in the Ground
Lease;
(e) a certified or official bank check to the
order of the recording officer of the county in which the Assignment and
Assumption of Ground Lease is to be recorded for the amount of the transfer
tax, if any, to be paid in accordance with Article 31 of the Tax Law of the
State of New York. At Transferors
option, Acquirer shall pay all of the same and shall receive a credit for such
amount on account of the cash portion of the Consideration due at Closing;
(f) a certified or official bank check to the
order of the Finance Administrator of the City of New York for the amount of
the Real Property Transfer Tax , if any, imposed by Title II of Chapter 46 of
the Administrative Code of The City of New York, together with the return
required by the said statute and the regulations issued pursuant to the
authority thereof, duly signed and sworn to by Partnership and Company in
connection with the Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease. At Transferors option, Acquirer shall pay
all the same and receive a credit for such amount on account of the cash
portion of the Consideration due at Closing.
Transferors hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify Acquirer against
all claims for Transfer Tax Liabilities (as hereinafter defined). As used herein, Transfer Tax Liabilities
means any additional real estate or real property transfer taxes which may be
claimed or assessed after the Closing in connection with the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement, including, without limitation, by reason of
any of the Interim Transactions, in whole or in part, together with all
interest and penalties imposed in connection therewith and all damages, losses,
liabilities, claims, costs or expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys fees,
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expenses, disbursements and court costs) suffered or
incurred by the Acquirer by reason of such claim or assessment;
(g) Partnership and Company shall execute and
deliver all affidavits, statements and returns required to be delivered with
respect to the Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease pursuant to Article 31
of the New York State Tax Law;
(h) an assignment and assumption of Leases (the Assignment
and Assumption of Leases ) substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit
Y, attached hereto and made a part hereof, pursuant to which Partnership
shall assign to Company, without recourse or warranty whatsoever, except as set
forth in this Agreement, and Company shall assume, with respect to events first
occurring or conditions first existing after the Closing, all of Partnerships
right, title and interest in and to the Leases and the security deposits
thereunder in Partnerships possession, if any and Company shall duly execute
and deliver the Assignment and Assumption of Leases at the Closing;
(i) an assignment and assumption of contracts (Assignment
and Assumption of Contracts) substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit
Z attached hereto and made a part hereof, pursuant to which Partnership
shall assign to Company, without recourse and warranty whatsoever, except as
set forth in this Agreement, and Company shall assume with respect to events
first occurring or conditions first existing after the Closing, all the
Partnerships right, title and interest to the Contracts, including, without
limitation, all union contracts (subject to and except as provided in Section
22 herein), and Company shall duly execute and deliver the Assignment and
Assumption of Contracts at the Closing;
(j) Partnerships check payable to Company in an
amount equal to the cash security deposits, if any, held by Partnership under
the Leases. Any security deposit in
transferable form other than cash shall be transferred to Acquirer, at
Transferors cost and expense, by way of appropriate instruments of transfer or
assignment at Closing; if any such assignment cannot practicably be completed
by Closing, then at Closing, Acquirer and Transferors shall cooperate to
consummate such transfer after the Closing and Transferors agree, at the
written request of Acquirer after the Closing, to draw down or cause to be drawn
down such non-cash security deposit on behalf of Acquirer, provided in each
such instance prior to such draw down Acquirer enters into an agreement in
form reasonably requested by Partnership to indemnify and hold harmless
Partnership and Transferors from all liability, loss, cost and expense in
connection with such draw down;
(k) notices to the tenants of the Building
advising the tenants of the Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease and
directing that rents and other payments thereafter be sent to Company, or as
Company may direct, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to each
party hereto and sufficient in the judgment of each party to satisfy all legal
requirements, if any, for such notice and to relieve Partnership of all
liability relating to the security deposits, if any, held under the Leases;
(l) a bill of sale conveying, transferring and
selling to Company, without recourse or warranty whatsoever, all right, title
and interest of Partnership in and to all Personal Property. Company acknowledges that the Personal
Property has no value and that said bill of sale is being provided as an
accommodation to Company. Partnership
shall prepare and
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file any required sales tax return in connection
with the Personal Property and the Partnership shall pay the sales tax due
thereon, if any. At the Closing, Company
shall (i) execute and deliver such bill of sale and sales tax return to Partnership
and (ii) deliver to Partnership an unendorsed certified check payable to the
order of the appropriate collection officer in the amount of the sales tax due
with such return;
(m) a non-foreign affidavit stating that
Partnership is not a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder (the FIRPTA Provisions);
(n) all Leases (and all lease files) except for
the Missing Lease Documents, and, to the extent in Partnerships or its
managing agents possession on the Closing Date, Contracts and other documents
and records relating to the Property; and
(o) Intentionally Omitted.
(p) an Assignment and Assumption of Membership
Interests (the Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests) in
the form set forth in Exhibit AA attached hereto and made a part
hereof from each Transferor.
(q) the consent of the Lender pursuant to Section
3.1 to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(r) a written statement executed by the landlord
under the Ground Lease containing the statements prescribed by Paragraph
Twenty-Seventh of the Ground Lease.
(s) a written statement executed by the Lender
stating (i) the amount of unpaid principal and interest under the Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) that to the knowledge of the Lender, there are no defaults
under the Mortgage Loan;
(t) such instruments as are necessary and
reasonably required by Acquirer or the Title Company to evidence the authority
and good standing of Company, Partnership, Intermediate Entities and such
Transferors which are not individual persons to execute the instruments to be
executed in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and evidencing
that the execution is the official act and deed of the Company, Partnership
Intermediate Entity or such Transferors which are not individual persons and
the identity of the incumbent officers signing the instruments on behalf of
Company, Partnership or Intermediate Entity.
(u) a certified or official bank check to the
order of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in connection
with the Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests for the amount of
the transfer tax to be paid in accordance with Article 31 of the Tax Law of the
State of New York. At Transferors
option, Acquirer shall pay all of the same and shall receive a credit for such
amount on account of the cash portion of the Consideration due at Closing;
(v) a certified or official bank check to the
order of the Finance Administrator of the City of New York for the amount of
the Real Property Transfer Tax
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imposed by Title II of Chapter 46 of the
Administrative Code of The City of New York, together with the return required
by the said statute and the regulations issued pursuant to the authority
thereof, duly signed and sworn to by Transferors in connection with the
Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests. At Transferors option, Acquirer shall pay
all the same and receive a credit for such amount on account of the cash
portion of the Consideration due at Closing;
(w) Transferors shall execute and deliver all
affidavits, statements and returns required to be delivered with respect to the
Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests pursuant to Article 31 of the
New York State Tax Law;
(x) non-foreign affidavits stating that each of
Transferors is not a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder (the FIRPTA Provisions);
(y) Intentionally Omitted;
(z) customary title affidavits which may be
required by the Title Company (including, without limitation, certificates that
the leases and related documents described in Exhibit I, Items 16, 17,
18 and 19 no longer affect the Property);
(aa) a termination of all property management
agreements and leasing agency agreements;
(bb) Contributors shall execute and deliver (a)
the Recipient Agreement, (b) two (2) counterparts of the Partnership Agreement
(the Counterpart OP Signature Page), and (c) all other documents
required by the Recipient Agreement;
(cc) all other documents Transferors are required
to deliver pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and reasonably required
to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(dd) an assignment of all arrears under the lease
and other related documents described in Paragraphs X and Y on Exhibit F
(the Related Lease) in respect of the increase in additional rent
payable under the Related Lease as a result of the increase in rent payable
under the Ground Lease (the Related Claim) pursuant to an assignment
agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Transferors and
Acquirer (which assignment agreement shall, in all events, contain Transferors
agreement to reasonably cooperate with Acquirer, at no cost or expense to
Transferors, in connection with the calculation and collection of such
arrearage.
Not
earlier than ten (10) days prior to the Closing and in all events prior to the
Closing, a written demand in connection with the Related Claim prepared in
accordance with the provisions of the Related Lease, duly executed by the
Partnership in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Transferors and
Acquirer, which demand shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this
Related Lease.
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12.2. (a) Transferors obligation in respect of
obtaining Tenant Estoppels shall be to (i) request, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, Tenant Estoppels from all tenants and (ii) use
commercial reasonable efforts to obtain Tenant Estoppels (which Tenant
Estoppels must be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit BB) from
tenants occupying not less than 65% of the rented square footage of the
Building which is leased on the date of this Agreement to tenants (the Required
Amount), which Tenant Estoppels do not materially contradict the
information set forth in the representations made by Transferors in Section 9.1
of this Agreement (as applicable to each Lease). The receipt by Acquirer of the Required
Amount of Tenant Estoppels in form and substance required hereby shall be a
condition precedent to Acquirers obligations to close the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement unless Transferors alternatively comply with the provision of
Section 12.2(b). Partnership and
Transferors shall deliver all Tenant Estoppels received from tenants to
Acquirer promptly upon receipt.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, so long as Transferors obtain Tenant Estoppels from tenants
occupying not less than 40% of the rented square footage of the Building which
is leased on the date of this Agreement to tenants (the Minimum Amount),
which Tenant Estoppels do not materially contradict information set forth in
the representations made by Transferors in Section 9.1 of this Agreement (as
applicable to each Lease), then Transferors shall deliver to Acquirer at the
Closing in lieu of any Tenant Estoppels which were not obtained from tenants a
letter certification to Acquirer setting forth the information required to be
set forth in the Tenant Estoppel which information does not materially
contradict the information set forth in the representations made by Transferors
in Section 9.1 (herein referred to as Transferors Certification) but
only for so many tenants as necessary to cover the difference between clauses
(x) and (y) below. The receipt by
Acquirer of the Minimum Amount of Tenant Estoppels in form and substance
required hereby together with Transferors Certifications in form and substance
required hereby for tenants occupying square footage not less than the
difference between (x) 65% of the rented square footage of the Building which
is leased to tenants on the date of this Agreement, and (y) the percentage of
the rented square footage of the Building which is leased to tenants on the
date of this Agreement for which Tenant Estoppels which do not materially
contradict the information set forth in Section 9.1 of this Agreement (as
applicable to each Lease) have been obtained shall be deemed to satisfy the
condition precedent to Acquirers obligations to close the transactions set
forth in Section 12.2.
12.3. At the Closing, Acquirer shall execute,
acknowledge and/or deliver, as applicable, the following to Transferors:
(a) the Cash Component of the Consideration
payable at Closing pursuant to Section 2.1.3, as increased or reduced for
closing adjustments, apportionments and credits, if any, as provided in this
Agreement;
(b) the Partnership Units constituting the
Partnership Component of the Consideration payable at Closing pursuant to
Section 2.1.3 and documentation evidencing the issuance of Partnership Units to
Contributors, and the admission of Contributors as a partner of Acquirer;
(c) the Assignment and Assumption of Membership
Interest executed by Acquirer as set forth in Section 12.1(u) above;
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(d) written instructions to Escrow Agent to
release the Earnest Money (including interest earned thereon) for disbursement
to Transferors;
(e) such instruments as are necessary and
reasonably required by Transferors or Title Company to evidence the good standing
and authority of Acquirer in disbursing the Consideration and executing the
instruments to be executed in connection with the transaction contemplated
herein and evidence that the execution of such instruments is the official act
and deed of Acquirer, and the identity of the incumbent officers;
(f) such payments and documentation as may be
required by the Lender in connection with Lenders consent to the transactions
contemplated by this agreement, the assumption of the Mortgage Loan by the
Company and the release of the Guarantors, each as set forth in Section 3.1;
(g) the return required by the Real Property
Transfer Tax Imposed by Title II of Chapter 46 of the Administrative Code of
The City of New York, and the regulations issued pursuant to the authority
thereof, duly signed and sworn to by Acquirer in connection with the Assignment
and Assumption of Membership Interest;
(h) Acquirer shall execute and deliver all
affidavits, statements and returns required to be delivered with respect to the
Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interest pursuant to Article 31 of the
New York State Tax Law;
(i) a lease agreement between Company, as
landlord, and ,
as tenant (the Suite 10B Tenant), for Suite 10B on tenth (10th)
floor of Building (the Suite 10B Lease) in the form attached as Exhibit
L and made a part hereof, if, and only if, the Suite 10B Lease has been
executed and delivered by the Suite 10B Tenant, it being acknowledged and
agreed that Acquirers sole obligation in respect of the Suite 10B Lease, and
the sole condition to Transferors obligation to sell the Membership Interests
to Acquirer in respect of the Suite 10B Lease, shall be for Acquirer to offer
to lease Suite 10B to the Suite 10B Tenant in the form set forth on Exhibit
L and to execute and deliver the Suite 10B Lease if executed and delivered
by the Suite 10B Tenant and it is further acknowledged and agreed that the
execution of the Suite 10B Lease is solely at the option of the Suite 10B
Tenant and it shall not be a condition to Acquirers obligation to buy the
Membership Interests from Transferors that the Suite 10B Lease be executed by
the Suite 10B Tenant;
(j) each of the agreements contemplated by
Section 4.13 of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Gianos
Assumption and Indemnity Agreement which shall also be executed by the Company
and SLG;
(k) the Indemnification Agreement, which shall
also be executed by the Company and SLG, if Guarantors are not released by
Lender under the Environmental Indemnity and Guaranty; and
(l) all other documents required to be delivered
by Acquirer pursuant to this Agreement and such other documents as the
Transferors or the Title Company deems reasonably required to effectuate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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Section
13. Brokers.
13.1. Transferors and Acquirer each represent and
warrant to the other that it has not dealt with any broker, agent or finder in
connection with this Agreement or the transaction described herein, and that it
knows of no person or entity who has claimed, may have the right to claim or is
entitled to a commission or compensation in connection with this Agreement or
the transaction described herein, other than Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (the
Broker)
13.2. The commission, if any, (the Commission)
due to Broker in connection with this transaction shall be paid by Acquirer.
13.3. Acquirer shall defend, indemnify and hold
harmless Transferors and Transferors Affiliates, and Transferors and the
Partnership shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Acquirer, from and
against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, losses, damages,
liabilities (including, without limitation, strict liability), costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and disbursements),
whether foreseen or unforeseen, asserted against or incurred by the other (in
the case of Transferors, incurred by Transferors and/or any Transferors
Affiliate) in connection with or arising out of (a) any claim or claims by any
broker, agent, finder or other person (excluding the Broker with respect to
Transferors agreement of indemnification, but including, with respect to
Acquirers agreement of indemnification under this Section 13.3, any claim by
Broker for any commission) for fees, commissions or other compensation arising
out of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement if such claim or claims
are based in whole or in part on dealings or agreements with the indemnifying
party or (b) a breach of the representations, warranties or covenants of the
indemnifying party contained in this Section 13. The representations,
warranties and covenants contained in this Section 13 shall survive the Closing
or earlier termination of this Agreement.
Section
14. Assignment.
14.1. Except as set forth herein, Acquirer may not
assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to any person or
entity without the prior written consent of Transferors, which consent may be
withheld in Transferors sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 14, Acquirer may, without the consent of
Transferors, assign all or any
portion of its rights and delegate all or any portion of its obligations
hereunder to one or more Affiliates (as hereinafter defined) of Acquirer, to
whom the Membership Interests shall be assigned in accordance with this
Agreement (such assignee, a Designee).
In connection with any such assignment or designation, such Designee
shall assume in writing such of Acquirers obligations under this Agreement as
has been assigned to such Designee, however, Acquirer shall not be released
from any of its obligations imposed upon it hereunder; including, without
limitation, that no such assignment shall relieve Acquirer from its obligations
(i) to issue to Contributors the OP Units at Closing and (ii) to indemnify
Contributors for Income Tax Liability (as hereinafter defined) arising under
Section 24. Designee shall succeed to
the rights, remedies and indemnifications to which Acquirer is entitled
hereunder, to the extent of the rights, remedies and indemnifications assigned
to Designee and to the extent the foregoing survive the Closing. Acquirer shall advise Lender of the name and
organizational structure of any Designee prior to the assignment of this
Agreement. For purposes of this Section
14, the capitalized term Affiliate means (a) with respect to the
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Membership Interests being transferred by
Contributors, any limited liability company or other entity in which Acquirer
owns, directly or indirectly (through one or more entities, each of which is a
disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes), all of the beneficial
interests, and which is a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes
and (b) with respect to the Membership Interests being transferred by the
Transferors other than Contributors, any entity in respect of which Acquirer
directly or indirectly possesses day-to-day management authority. No consent given by Transferor to any
transfer or assignment of Acquirers rights or obligations hereunder, to the
extent required hereunder, shall be construed as a consent to any other
transfer or assignment of Acquirers rights or obligations hereunder. Any assignment in violation of this Section
14 shall be void and of no force or effect, ipso facto, ab initio.
Section
15. Casualty; Condemnation.
15.1. Damage or Destruction: If a
material part (as hereinafter defined) of the Property is damaged or
destroyed by fire or other casualty, Transferors shall notify Acquirer of such
fact and Acquirer shall have the option to terminate this Agreement upon notice
to Transferors given not later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of Transferors
notice. If this Agreement is so
terminated, the provisions of Section 15.3 shall apply. If Acquirer does not
elect to terminate this Agreement, or if there is damage to or destruction of
an immaterial part (immaterial is herein deemed to be any damage or
destruction which is not material, as such term is hereinafter defined) of
the Property, Acquirer shall purchase the Membership Interests as provided in
this Agreement and, at the Closing, the Partnership shall pay over to the
Company the proceeds of any insurance collected by the Partnership and shall
assign and transfer to the Company all right, title and interest of the
Partnership in and to any uncollected insurance proceeds which the Company may
be entitled to receive from such damage or destruction, plus the amount of any
deductible under the property insurance policy.
The Partnerships duties hereunder to transfer the insurance proceeds to
the Company and to assign all right, title and interest of the Partnership in
and to any uncollected insurance proceeds which the Partnership may be entitled
to receive as a result of such damage or destruction are expressly subject and
subordinate to the rights of the landlord under the Ground Lease and the Lender
under the Mortgage and the rights of such other parties shall not affect the
Acquirers obligations hereunder. A material
part of the Property shall be deemed to have been damaged or destroyed if the
cost of repair or replacement shall be $5,000,000 or more as reasonably
estimated by an independent architect selected by the Real Estate Board of New
York.
15.2. Condemnation: If, prior to the Closing Date, all or any significant
portion (as hereinafter defined) of the Property is taken by eminent domain or
condemnation (or is the subject of a pending or contemplated taking which has
not been consummated), Transferors shall notify Acquirer of such fact and the
Acquirer shall have the option to terminate this Agreement upon notice to the
Transferors given not later than five (5) days after receipt of the Transferors
notice. If this Agreement is so terminated, the provisions of Section 15.3
shall apply. If the Acquirer does not elect to terminate this Agreement, or if
an insignificant portion (insignificant is herein deemed to be any
taking which is not significant, as such term is herein defined) of the
Property is taken by eminent domain or condemnation at the Closing, the
Partnership shall assign and turnover, and the Company shall be entitled to
receive and keep, all awards or other
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proceeds for such taking by eminent domain or
condemnation. The Partnerships duties
hereunder to assign and turn over all awards or other proceeds for such taking
by eminent domain or condemnation are expressly subject and subordinate to the
rights of the landlord under the Ground Lease and the Lender under Mortgage and
the rights of such parties shall not affect the Acquirers obligations
hereunder. A significant
portion includes any portion of the Building.
15.3. If Acquirer elects to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 15.1 or 15.2, this Agreement shall be terminated
and neither party shall have any further rights, obligations or liabilities
against or to the other, except (a) as otherwise expressly provided in Sections
10, 13 and 18 and (b) that Acquirer shall be entitled to a return of the
Earnest Money (together with all interest accrued thereon, if any).
15.4. Transferors shall notify Acquirer promptly
upon Transferors knowledge of the occurrence of any damage, destruction or
taking with respect to the Property.
Section
16. Intentionally Omitted.
Section
17. Intentionally Omitted.
Section
18. Property Information and Confidentiality.
18.1. Acquirer agrees that, prior to the Closing,
all Property Information shall be kept strictly confidential and shall not,
without the prior consent of Transferors, be disclosed by Acquirer or Acquirers
Representatives, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part (except to the
extent required by law or such information is part of a public record), and
will not be used by Acquirer or Acquirers Representatives, directly or
indirectly, for any purpose other than evaluating the Property. Prior to the delivery or disclosure of any
Property Information to Acquirers Representatives at any time prior to the
Closing, Acquirer agrees to cause Acquirers Representatives to agree to be
bound by the terms of this Section 18.
The foregoing shall not prohibit Acquirer (a) from disclosing to, and
discussing the Property Information with, its attorneys, accountants,
professional consultants or potential lenders or potential financial partners
or investors or their respective counsel or other representatives, or (b) from
complying with applicable laws or by regulatory or judicial process or pursuant
to any regulation promulgated by either the Securities and Exchange Commission,
The New York Stock Exchange or any other public securities exchange.
18.2. Except as set forth below, Transferors and
Acquirer covenant and agree not to communicate the terms or any aspect of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to any person or entity and
to hold, in the strictest confidence, the Property Information which is
supplied by Transferor to Acquirer or by Acquirer to Transferor, without the
express written consent of the other party; provided, however, that either
party may, without consent, disclose the terms hereof and the transactions
contemplated hereby to its respective advisors, consultants, officers,
directors, principals, potential financial partners or investors or their
respective counsel or other representatives, attorneys, accountants and
potential lenders (the Transaction Parties) so long as any such
Transaction Parties to whom disclosure is made shall also agree to keep all
such information confidential in accordance with the terms hereof. The foregoing confidentiality obligations
shall not (a) apply to the extent that any such information is a matter of
public record or is provided in other sources readily available to the real
estate industry other than as a result of disclosure by Transferor or Acquirer,
as applicable or (b)
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prohibit Acquirer, Partnership or Transferors from
complying with applicable laws and/or any regulatory or judicial process or
pursuant to any regulation promulgated by either the Securities and Exchange
Commission, The New York Stock Exchange or any other public securities
exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 18, at any time after the date hereof, Acquirer may,
if Acquirer in its reasonable discretion deems it to be necessary to comply
with law, rules or regulations or the requirements of a securities self
regulatory organization, issue a press release or other public disclosure
acknowledging that Acquirer is under contract to purchase the Property, the
anticipated closing date, and containing such other information which Acquirer
reasonably believes to be required to be disclosed.
18.3. Each party shall indemnify and hold the other
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action,
losses, damages, liabilities (including, without limitation, strict liability),
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and
disbursements), whether foreseen or unforeseen, suffered or incurred by such
other party and arising out of or in connection with a breach by the other
party of the provisions of this Section 18.
18.4. In the event this Agreement is terminated,
Acquirer shall promptly deliver to Transferors all originals and copies of the
Property Information in the possession of Acquirer and Acquirers
Representatives (except for work product if prepared by Acquirer or its
representatives).
18.5. As used in this Agreement, the term Property
Information shall mean (i) all information and documents in any way
relating to the Property, the operation thereof or the sale thereof (including,
without limitation, Leases and Contracts) made available to Acquirer or its
directors, officers, employees, affiliates, partners, brokers, agents or other
representatives, including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants,
contractors, consultants, engineers and financial advisors (collectively, Acquirers
Representatives), by Partnership, Transferors or any of Transferors
Affiliates, or their representatives, including, without limitation, their
agents, contractors, engineers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, brokers or
advisors, and (ii) all analyses, compilations, data, studies, reports or other
information or documents (including, without limitation, Leases and Contracts)
prepared or obtained by Acquirer or Acquirers Representatives containing or
based, in whole or in part, on my such furnished information or the
investigations, or otherwise reflecting their review or investigation of the
Property.
18.6. In addition to any other remedies available
to Transferors and Acquirer, Transferors and Acquirer shall have the right to
seek equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief or
specific performance against Acquirer or Acquirers Representatives or
Partnership or Transferors or Transferors Affiliates, as applicable, in order
to enforce the provisions of this Section 18.
The provisions of this Section 18 are in addition to, not in limitation
of, any other confidentiality agreement Partnership, Transferors and Acquirer
or their affiliates may have entered into or may in the future enter into.
18.7. The provisions of this Section 18 shall survive
the Closing or earlier termination of this Agreement.
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Section
19. Remedies.
19.1. If the Closing fails to occur by reason of
Transferors inability (subject to Section 7.3) to perform its obligations
hereunder or Transferors failure to perform a condition precedent which in
either case does not otherwise constitute a default in the performance of their
obligations hereunder, then Acquirer, as its sole remedy for such inability,
may terminate this Agreement by notice to Transferors. If Acquirer so elects to
terminate this Agreement, then this Agreement shall be terminated and neither
party shall have any further rights, obligations or liabilities hereunder,
except (a) as otherwise expressly provided in Sections 10, 13 and 18 and (b)
Acquirer shall be entitled to, return of the Earnest Money (together with all
interest accrued thereon, if any).
Except as set forth in this Section 19.1, Acquirer hereby expressly
waives, relinquishes and releases any other right or remedy available to it at
law, in equity or otherwise by reason of Transferors inability to perform its
obligations hereunder.
19.2. In the event of a default hereunder by
Acquirer or if the Closing fails to occur solely by reason of Acquirers
failure or refusal to perform its obligations hereunder, then Transferors sole
remedy shall be to terminate this Agreement by notice to Acquirer. If
Transferors so elect to terminate this Agreement, then this Agreement shall be
terminated and Transferors may retain the Earnest Money (together with all
interest accrued thereon, if any) as liquidated damages for all loss, damage
and expenses suffered by Transferors, and not as a penalty, it being agreed
that Transferors damages are impossible to ascertain, and neither party shall
have any further rights, obligations or liabilities hereunder, except as
otherwise expressly provided in Sections 10, 13 and 18. In agreeing to such liquidated damages,
Acquirer acknowledges that the amount of Transferors actual damages by reason
of Acquirers default will be substantial and would be difficult, if not
impossible, to ascertain, and the amount provided for herein is a reasonable
estimate of such damages. Except as set
forth in this Section 19.2 and Section 18.6, Transferors hereby expressly
waives, relinquishes and releases any other right or remedy available to it at
law, in equity or otherwise by reason of Acquirers default hereunder or
Acquirers failure or refusal to perform its obligations hereunder.
RETENTION
OF THE EARNEST MONEY AND ACCRUED INTEREST THEREON BY TRANSFERORS IS NOT
INTENDED AS A FORFEITURE OR PENALTY, BUT INSTEAD IS INTENDED TO COMPENSATE
TRANSFERORS FOR THE DAMAGES IT WILL SUFFER AS A RESULT OF SUCH DEFAULT BY
ACQUIRER, WHICH DAMAGES SHALL BE, IN PART, A RESULT OF THE REMOVAL OF THE
PROPERTY AND MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS FROM THE MARKET AND THE BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES LOST THEREBY. IN AGREEING TO SUCH LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, ACQUIRER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AMOUNT OF TRANSFERORS ACTUAL DAMAGES BY REASON OF
ACQUIRERS DEFAULT WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL BUT WOULD BE BY DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN,
AND THE AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR HEREIN IS A REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN
ADDITION, ACQUIRER DESIRES TO HAVE A LIMITATION PUT ON ITS POTENTIAL LIABILITY
TO TRANSFERORS IN THE EVENT ACQUIRER SHOULD SO DEFAULT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER. ACCORDINGLY, IN ORDER TO INDUCE TRANSFERORS TO WAIVE
ALL OF THE REMEDIES IT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE IN THE EVENT OF A DEFAULT BY
ACQUIRER, ACQUIRER HAS PROPOSED, AND TRANSFERORS HAS ACCEPTED, THE CONCEPT OF
LIQUIDATED
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DAMAGES AS SET FORTH HEREIN, WITH THE AMOUNT
THEREOF HAVING BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SPECIFIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF, CONTRARY TO THE AGREEMENT OF ACQUIRER AND
TRANSFERORS AS SET FORTH HEREIN, ACQUIRER SHALL CONTEST THIS PROVISION (AS
OPPOSED TO CONTESTING WHO IS ENTITLED TO THE EARNEST MONEY) AND ANY COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION SHALL RULE IN AN ACTION BETWEEN ACQUIRER AND TRANSFERORS
THAT TRANSFERORS MAY NOT RETAIN THE AFORESAID AMOUNTS AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR
ACQUIRERS DEFAULT, THEN TRANSFERORS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ALL OF ITS
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AVAILABLE AT LAW OR EQUITY.
TRANSFERORS AND ACQUIRER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR ACCEPTANCE AND
APPROVAL OF THE FOREGOING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PROVISION AND AGREE TO EXECUTE
SUCH DOCUMENTS AS THE ESCROW AGENT MAY REQUIRE TO RELEASE THE EARNEST MONEY AND
ACCRUED INTEREST THEREON TO TRANSFERORS IN THE EVENT OF A DEFAULT BY ACQUIRER.
19.3. As a condition precedent to Acquirer
exercising any right it may have to bring an action for specific performance as
the result of Transferors default, Acquirer must commence such an action
within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of such default. Acquirer agrees that
its failure to timely commence such an action for specific performance within
such ninety (90) day period shall be deemed a waiver by it of its right to
commence such an action.
Section
20. Notices.
20.1. All notices, elections, consents, approvals,
demands, objections, requests or other communications required or desired to be
given pursuant to, under or by virtue of this Agreement must be in writing,
addressed to the party to be notified at the address set forth below and sent
(a) by first class U. S. certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and with
return receipt requested or (b) by depositing the same into the custody of a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service such as U.S. Express Mail or
Federal Express. All such notices, elections, consents, approvals, demands,
objections, requests or other communications sent in compliance with the
provisions hereof may be given by such partys attorney and shall be deemed
given and received on (i) the second business day following the date it is
deposited in the U. S. mail or (ii) the date it is delivered to the other party
if sent by U.S. Express Mail, Federal Express or other nationally recognized
overnight delivery service. From time to
time either party may designate another address or addresses for all purposes
of this Agreement by a notice given to all other parties in accordance with the
provisions hereof. For purposes of this Section 20.1, the addresses of the
parties shall be as follows:
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If
to Partnership or Transferors, then to Partnership or Transferors at the
following address:
c/o
Hon. Steven D. Robinson
9999
Collins Avenue
No.
26B
Bal
Harbour, Florida 33154-1839
With
a copy to:
c/o
Hon. Steven D. Robinson
625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
625
Madison Avenue
Suite
10B
New
York, New York 10022
and
Jenkens
& Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP
405
Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10174
Attention:
Joel A. Poretsky, Esq.
If
to Acquirer, then to Acquirer at the following address:
c/o
SL Green Realty Corp.
420
Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10170
Attention:
Marc Holliday
With
a copy to:
SL
Green Realty Corp.
420
Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10170
Attention:
Andrew S. Levine, Esq.
and
Solomon
and Weinberg LLP
685
Third Avenue
30th
Floor
New
York, New York 10017
Attention:
Craig H. Solomon, Esq.
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If
to Escrow Agent:
Jenkens
& Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP
405
Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10174
Attention:
Joel A. Poretsky, Esq.
Section
21. Miscellaneous.
(a) All prior statements, understandings,
representations and agreements between the parties, oral or written, are
superseded by and merged in this Agreement, which alone fully and completely
expresses the agreement between them in connection with this transaction and
the Property.
(b) This Agreement shall (i) not be altered,
amended, changed, waived, terminated or otherwise modified in any respect
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party to
be charged; (ii) be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and to their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
assigns; and (iii) be given a fair and reasonable construction in accordance
with the intentions of the parties hereto, and without regard to or aid of
canons requiring construction against Transferors or the party drafting this
Agreement, the respective legal counsel of the parties hereto having reviewed
this Agreement. If there shall be more
than one person or entity comprising Acquirer, the obligations of Acquirer
hereunder shall be joint and several.
(c) Except for provisions herein stated to
survive Closing, all of Partnership and Transferors representations,
warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements herein shall merge in the
documents and agreements executed at the Closing and shall not survive the
Closing or earlier termination of this Agreement.
(d) Neither this Agreement nor any memorandum
thereof shall be recorded and any attempted recordation hereof shall be void
and shall constitute a material default.
(e) No failure or delay of either party in the
exercise of any right given to such party hereunder or the waiver by any party of
any condition hereunder for its benefit (unless the time specified herein for
exercise of such right has expired) shall constitute a waiver of any other or
further right nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right preclude
other or further exercise thereof or any other right. No waiver by either party
of any breach hereunder or failure or refusal by the other party to comply with
its obligations shall be deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent breach,
failure or refusal to so comply.
(f) This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
(g) Each of the exhibits and schedules referred
to herein and attached hereto is incorporated herein by this reference. The
caption headings in this Agreement are for
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convenience only and are not intended to be a part
of this Agreement and shall not be construed to modify, explain or alter any of
the terms, covenants or conditions herein contained.
(h) In addition to the acts and deeds recited
herein and contemplated to be performed, executed and delivered by each party,
each party shall perform, execute and deliver or cause to be performed,
executed and delivered at or after the Closing, any and all further acts, deeds
and assurances as the other party or the Title Company may reasonably require
to consummate the transaction contemplated herein including, without
limitation, any filing with or submission to of documents, statements or other
submissions in connection with matters relating to the transaction contemplated
herein and the Closing (e.g., transfer taxes, environmental clearances, etc.).
The provisions of this Section 21.1(h) shall survive the Closing.
(i) This Agreement shall be interpreted and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Property is
situated without reference to principles of conflicts of laws, and Partnership,
Transferors and Acquirer hereby agree to submit to personal jurisdiction in
such state in any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement.
(j) PARTNERSHIP, TRANSFERORS AND
ACQUIRER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM
BROUGHT BY EITHER AGAINST THE OTHER ON ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
(k) If any provision of this Agreement shall be
unenforceable or invalid, the same shall not affect the remaining provisions of
this Agreement and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are intended to
be and shall be severable.
(l) Neither this Agreement, nor the transmittal
of this Agreement to Acquirer, is or shall be deemed an offer by Transferors to
enter into this Agreement, or binding upon Transferors, unless and until this
Agreement is fully executed and delivered by and between all of the parties
hereto.
(m) By its execution hereof, Partnership,
Transferors and Acquirer each acknowledges that this is a legal document and each
has obtained the advice of its own legal counsel regarding the transaction
contemplated herein, examination of title and all other matters set forth in
this Agreement.
(n) If the last day of the period prescribed
herein for the giving of any notice, election, consent, approval, demand, objection or request or the
submission of any documents by any party hereunder shall fall on a Saturday,
Sunday or any day observed as a public holiday by the federal government or the
state in which the Property is situated, then such period shall be deemed to be
extended to the immediately following day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or
such public holiday.
(o) This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the
parties hereto, their respective successors and permitted assigns, and no other
person or entity shall be entitled to rely upon or receive any benefit from
this Agreement or any term hereof.
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Section
22. Union Agreements; Other Employee Matters.
Acquirer shall, to the extent required by law, offer employment to
and/or hire so many of the employees described in Exhibit CC (the Union
Employees) as Acquirer deems necessary to maintain the Building. Transferors shall, no less than twenty (20)
days before the Closing, provide to Acquirer a full and accurate list of the
Union Employees covered by the 2002 Commercial Building Agreement between the
Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations Incorporated and Local 32B-32J Service
Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, effective January 1, 2002 through
December 31, 2004 and the 2004 Engineer Agreement between the Realty Advisory
Board on Labor Relations Incorporated and Local 94-94A-94B, International Union
of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, effective January 1, 2004 through December 31,
2006 (collectively, the Union Agreements) as of that date with name,
address, date of hire and employment classification. Transferors shall also (x) post at the
Property, and (y) provide a copy to Local 32B-32J Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, and Local 94-94A-94B, International Union of
Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, a notice setting forth the Union Employees
rights under the Displaced Building Service Workers Act, Section 22-505 of the
Administrative Code of the City of New York, with the aforementioned list of
Union Employees. Transferors shall pay
all termination, severance and accrued vacation payments and all other payments
and benefits arising under the Union Agreements, relating to the period before
and on the Closing Date due to those Union Employees that Acquirer fails to
offer employment to (the Termination Payments). At Closing, Acquirer shall reimburse
Transferors for the Termination Payments which can be quantified at Closing
and, in furtherance of such obligation, Acquirer shall establish at Closing an
escrow account to be held by Escrow Agent pursuant to an escrow agreement in
form reasonably acceptable to Acquirer, Transferors and Escrow Agent containing
funds equal to the anticipated amount of Termination Payments which can not be
quantified at Closing. Notwithstanding
the establishment of such escrow account, Acquirer shall indemnify and hold
Transferors harmless from any liability, claims, actions, damages, judgments, penalties,
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, related to the fact
that Acquirer has not accepted, adopted or assumed the Union Agreements or that
Acquirer has not offered employment to all of the Union Employees. This Section 22 shall survive the Closing
without limitation as to time.
Section
23. Tax Deferred Exchange. Acquirers and its Designee may elect to
acquire title to all or a portion of the Membership Interests other than the
Contributed Interests (the Non-Contributed Portion) as part of a tax
deferred exchange (an Exchange) pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code,
as amended (Section 1031), and in connection therewith, Acquirer may
assign all or a portion of its rights under this Agreement with respect to the
Non-Contributed Portion, and/or cause all or any portion of the Earnest Money
or the Cash Component to be paid by a Qualified Intermediary (as
defined in regulations relating to Section 1031), or may direct that any
assignments of such of the Membership Interests which are to be the subject of
an Exchange be executed in the name of the party designated as the exchangeor
thereunder, or take such actions as may be necessary to effectuate an
Exchange. Transferors agree to accept
payment by such Qualified Intermediary as a payment by Acquirer, and provided that
Transferors incur no material liability, material cost or material obligation
as the result of any transaction, document or instrument to be executed and
delivered in connection with the Exchange, agree to cooperate, at Acquirers
sole cost and expense, with such Exchange.
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Section
24. No Property Disposition.
Other than pursuant to a Permitted Transfer (as hereinafter defined) or
as otherwise set forth below, Acquirer or its Designee covenants that it shall
not sell, transfer, distribute or otherwise dispose of the Property in a manner
that would cause the recognition of taxable gain allocable to Contributors
under Section 704(c) of the Code with respect to the Contributed Interests (Built-in
Gain) for the period (the Restricted Period) beginning
immediately after the Closing and expiring seven (7) years after the
Closing. As used herein, Permitted
Transfer means any one or more of the following:
(a) the execution and delivery of a purchase and
sale agreement for all or any portion of (i) the Property or (ii) the
Membership Interests, provided that a transfer of federal income tax ownership
of the Property or of the Membership Interests does not occur prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period;
(b) a transfer of federal income tax ownership of
the Property or of the Membership Interests, including, without limitation, a
transfer qualifying as an Exchange under Section 1031 or other tax free
exchange permitted under the Code (i) that does not result in the recognition
of Built-in Gain by Contributors prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period or (ii) after the expiration of the Restricted Period;
(c) a contested or uncontested foreclosure sale
of fee title to the Property, a contested or uncontested sale of fee title to
the Property pursuant to any power of sale afforded the holder of the
Mortgage Loan or any replacement thereof under applicable law or a transfer of
fee title in lieu of either of the foregoing, in each case occasioned by the
occurrence of one or more bona fide defaults thereunder, which transfer
Acquirer or its Designee may, in Acquirers or its Designees sole and absolute
discretion, cause to be made;
(d) a Uniform Commercial Code public or private
sale of the Membership Interests by the holder of any mezzanine indebtedness or
a transfer of such ownership interests in lieu of such public or private sale,
in each case occasioned by the occurrence of one or more bona fide defaults
thereunder, which transfer Acquirer or its Designee may, in Acquirers or its
Designees sole and absolute discretion, cause the holder of such Membership
Interests to make;
(e) a transfer of federal income tax ownership of
all or any portion of the Property and/or the Membership Interests in a
voluntary bankruptcy or an involuntary bankruptcy against the owner of the
Property or the holder of the Membership Interests, or Acquirer or its
Designee, whether pursuant to a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code, in liquidation pursuant to Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code, a sale pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise;
(f) a casualty or condemnation of all or any
portion of the Property;
(g) any termination of the Ground Lease in
accordance with the terms thereof; and/or
(h) any of the Interim Transactions or transfers
of Membership Interests contemplated by this Agreement.
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In
addition to Permitted Transfers, prior to expiration of the Restricted Period,
Acquirer or its Designee may transfer the Property or the Membership Interests,
provided that Acquirer or its Designee pays to Contributors an amount equal to
the federal, state and local income tax that would be payable by an individual
resident of New York City (or such other city of which any of the Contributors,
as applicable, is a resident in the year of such transfer), calculated at the
highest effective federal, state and local income tax rates (the Income Tax
Liability) by reason of recognition of Built-in Gain prior to expiration
of the Restricted Period allocated to Contributors under Section 704(c) of the
Code (as reduced by any special basis adjustment of a Contributor under Section
743 of the Code relating thereto) upon such disposition in a taxable
transaction. The provisions of this
Section 24 shall survive the Closing through the expiration of the Restricted
Period or other payment of any Income Tax Liability, if later.
Section
25. Certain Tax Information.
(a) At least fifteen (15) days prior to the
Closing, Contributors have delivered to Acquirer schedules showing for each of
the Contributors the adjusted tax basis as of December 31, 2003 of the
Contributed Interests held by each thereof and its components (including any
special basis adjustment of a Contributor under Section 743 of the Code
relating thereto), for federal income tax purposes, as well as related
schedules of depreciation and depreciation lives and methods (the Tax
Schedules). Promptly after they
become available, Contributors shall provide revised Tax Schedules updated
through the Closing. The amount of
Built-in Gain as of the Closing shall be no greater than $22,000,000.
(b) Contributors acknowledge and agree that
Acquirer will rely on the information contained in the Tax Information and
other information furnished pursuant to clause (a) in determining the potential
amount of Built-in Gain with respect to which Acquirer or its Designee may be
liable to pay Income Tax Liability pursuant to Section 24 in the event of a
disposition of the Property or the Membership Interests which is not a
Permitted Transfer. The liability of
Acquirer or its Designee shall be limited to the amounts calculated pursuant to
the Tax Information provided pursuant to this Agreement, notwithstanding that
the actual amount of Built-in Gain recognized may be greater than the amount
thereof calculated based upon the information so provided. However, if the amount of actual Built-in
Gain recognized is less than the amount so calculated, the liability of
Acquirer or its Designee shall be based upon the actual amount thereof.
Section
26. Debt Maintenance.
26.1 Acquirer covenants that, during the
Restricted Period either (a) there shall remain outstanding under the
Mortgage Loan (or other nonrecourse indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the
Property or nonrecourse indebtedness secured by interests in a Pass-Through
Entity (as defined below) that owns the Property) having a principal amount of
at least $22,000,000 or (b) Acquirer shall make available to Contributors the
opportunity to either (i) provide a bottom-dollar guarantee of $22,000,000 in
the aggregate (as to all Contributors) of nonrecourse indebtedness encumbering
property (including interests in entities) that is owned by Acquirer or by any
Pass-Through Entity in which Acquirer owns, directly or indirectly (through one
or more Pass-Through Entities), an interest (the choice of such property and
any changes in such choice during the Restricted Period, to be at the sole and
absolute discretion of
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Acquirer), (ii) indemnify Acquirer or SLG on
a bottom-dollar basis for liability with respect to $22,000,000 in the
aggregate (as to all Contributors) of a recourse obligation of Acquirer (the
choice of such obligation to be at the sole discretion of Acquirer) or (iii)
undertake deficit restoration obligations in the amount of $22,000,000 in the
aggregate (as to all Contributors) with respect to their interests in
Acquirer. A Pass-Through Entity
shall mean an entity which either is a disregarded entity or is treated as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes.
26.2 Acquirer shall be entitled to satisfy its
obligation under Section 26.1 above through any combination of the alternatives
described in clauses (a) and (b) thereof and, in its sole discretion, may vary
such alternatives from time to time. In
the case of a guarantee, indemnity or deficit restoration obligation pursuant
to clause (b) of Section 26.1, (i) Acquirer shall have the right to require
that such guarantee, indemnity or deficit restoration obligation terminate at
the end of the Restricted Period or at any time thereafter either automatically
or upon the taking of action by Acquirer to cause such termination and (ii) each
Contributor shall have the right to terminate such guarantee, indemnity or
deficit restoration obligation upon expiration of the Restricted Period, death
or other adjustment to tax basis of his Partnership Units.
26.3 If (a) Acquirer shall violate the terms of
Section 26.1 such that, during the Restricted Period, the sum of (i) the amount
of outstanding debt described in Section 26.1(a) and (ii) any guarantees,
indemnities and deficit restoration obligation made available pursuant to
Section 26.1(b) shall be less than $22,000,000, and (b) as a result
Contributors shall recognize gain under Section 731(a) of the Code during the
Restricted Period due to a deemed distribution under Section 752(b) of the Code
(Deemed Distribution Gain)(other than in connection with a Permitted
Transfer, except for a Permitted Transfer described in Section 24(b)(i) above),
then Acquirer or its Designee shall pay to Contributors an amount equal to
their respective Income Tax Liability by reason of the recognition of such gain.
26.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Acquirer and its Designee shall be considered to have
satisfied the covenant under Section 26.1 to the extent that Acquirer makes
available to Contributors the opportunity to enter into a guarantee, indemnity
or deficit restoration obligation pursuant to Section 26.1(b) if Contributors
fail to enter into or effectuate the same within ten (10) days of the
presentation of such opportunity. In
addition, Acquirer and its Designee shall not have any liability under this
Section 26.4 if the IRS successfully asserts that any guarantee, indemnity or
deficit restoration obligation made available pursuant to Section 26.1(b) is
not effective to allocate to Contributors debt under Treasury Regulation Section
1.752-2.
26.5 The provisions of this Section 26 shall
survive the Closing through the expiration of the Restricted Period or the
payment of any Income Tax Liability, if later.
Section
27. Call Option and Redemption Right.
27.1 Hortense Ginsberg, Rona F. Jaffe and Sylvia
G. Kaplan each by their execution of this Agreement hereby grant to Acquirer or
its Designee the unconditional, irrevocable and indefeasible right and option
to acquire from the estate of such natural person (such natural person, a Holder),
upon the death of such Holder, the entire legal and beneficial interest of such
Holder in the OP Units allocated thereto on the Closing Date pursuant to
Section
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2.1.3 (the Optioned Interests) for
the Option Price (as defined below) and on the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, if and on the condition that the estates of such Contributors would
be entitled to receive a step-up to fair market value, for federal income tax
purposes, in their respective bases in their OP Units without the requirement
of any recognition of taxable gain (the Call Option). The Consideration for the Optioned Interests
(the Option Price) shall be equal to the product of (a) the number of
OP Units constituting the Optioned Interests being acquired by Acquirer or its
Designee and (b) the average daily closing price on the New York Stock Exchange
of the common stock of SLG for the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately
preceding the second (2nd) Business Day immediately prior to the date on which
Acquirer or its Designee gives the Call Notice (as hereinafter defined). The Option Price shall be payable in
immediately available funds to the estate of the Holder upon the consummation
of the closing under the Call Option.
The Call Option shall be exercisable upon Acquirers or its Designees
written notice of exercise to the Holders estate within one (1) year after
Acquirer or its Designee receives written notice of the death of a Holder (the Call
Notice), which Call Notice shall set forth a date for the closing of the
Call Option and contain a calculation of the Option Price. At the closing of the Call Option, the
Optioned Interests shall be assigned by Holder to Acquirer or its Designee,
free and clear of all claims, liens and encumbrances. Acquirer or its Designee shall be responsible
for the payment of any stamp taxes, transfer taxes or similar taxes imposed by
any state or local governmental authority which may be due and payable upon the
assignment of the Optioned Interests to Acquirer or its Designee, free and
clear of all claims, liens and encumbrances.
Acquirer or its Designee shall not be responsible for the payment of any
federal, state or local income, gift, estate or similar taxes imposed in
connection with the consummation of the Call Option. In order to give full effect to the intention
of the parties with respect to the consummation of the Call Option, the Holder
hereby grants to SLG an irrevocable power of attorney, which is coupled with an
interest, to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Holder any and all
documents reasonably required by Acquirer or its Designee to consummate the
closing under the Call Option. Any
transfer made by such Holder of all or any portion of the Optioned Interests,
whether or not such transfer is permitted under the Partnership Agreement, will
be and remain subject to the Call Option.
27.2 With respect to the Contributors, the
reference in the first sentence of Section 8.6(a)(i) of the Partnership
Agreement to two (2) years and to two-year period shall be amended to be one
(1) year and one-year period, respectively.
27.3 The provisions of this Section 27 shall
survive the Closing for so long as the Contributors own the OP Units.
Section
28. Interpretation of Assignment and Assumption
of Ground Lease.
28.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease, the form of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit X and is intended to be delivered upon
Closing, Transferors unconditionally and irrevocably acknowledge and agree that
Acquirers assumption of Partnerships obligations under the Ground Lease shall
be limited to, and shall for all purposes of the transactions contemplated
hereby be construed and interpreted solely to apply to, obligations of the
tenant under the Ground Lease first accruing after the effective date of such
Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease.
In the event that (a) Partnership shall obtain, for itself, a release
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the Ground Lease of the tenants obligations
under the Ground Lease notwithstanding Acquirers agreement to assume the
obligations of the tenant only to the extent such obligations accrue after the
date of Closing, Acquirer, Partnership and Transferors agree that the
Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease required to be delivered at Closing
shall (i) include all references to the bracketed words after the date of
delivery of this assignment and (ii) exclude the reference to the bracketed
words originating before and or (b) Partnership shall not obtain such
release, Acquirer, Partnership and Transferors agree that, at Transferors sole
election, the Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease required to be
delivered at Closing shall, provided and on the express condition that the
estoppel certificate delivered by the landlord under the Ground Lease at
Closing confirms that to the landlords knowledge there exist no defaults under
the Ground Lease, (i) exclude all references to the bracketed words after the
date of delivery of this assignment and (ii) include the reference to the
bracketed words originating before and.
In the event that and only in the event that Transferors make the
election pursuant to clause (b) above to alter the form of the Assignment and
Assumption of Ground Lease as provided in clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii) above,
Partnership and Transferors shall indemnify and hold harmless Acquirer from and
against all loss, liability, cost and expense arising out of, relating to, or
in connection with any claims asserted against Acquirer by the landlord under
the Ground Lease with respect to periods prior to the date of Closing;
provided, however, that each Transferors liability under such indemnification
obligation shall be limited to its pro rata share of Acquirers claim for
indemnification (as measured by such Transferors percentage ownership of the
Company as of the date of Closing.) The
provisions of this Section 28.1 shall survive the Closing without limitation as
to time.
Section
29. Non-Assumed Liabilities.
29.1 Sellers and Contributors acknowledge and
agree that Acquirer is not assuming any liabilities of any of the Sellers and
Contributors other than (a) as expressly provided in this Agreement and (b) as
provided in connection with the apportionment of those items set forth in
Section 4.1 (collectively, the Assumed Liabilities). Sellers and Contributors hereby jointly and
severally indemnify and hold harmless Acquirer from and against any and all
loss, liability, cost or expense incurred by Acquirer arising out of, relating
to or in connection with the assertion against Acquirer of any claim on account
of any liability of Sellers and Contributors or any of the Intermediate Entities
that is not one of the Assumed Liabilities as a result of the occurrence of the
Interim Transactions. The provisions of
this Section 29.1 shall survive the Closing without limitation as to time.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of
August __, 2004.
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PURCHASE, SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Dated as of August , 2004
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625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES,
L.P.
a New York limited partnership
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Six Madison, L.P. its sole General Partner
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Six Associates GP Co. LLC,
its sole General Partner
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Steven D. Robinson
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Manager
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THE RELATED COMPANIES, L.P. AS
SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO RELATED MADISON ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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By:
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PETER D. CUMMINGS, Authorized Signature As President of
JRH&W 19 Corporation, Corporate General Partner of Fisher NYC Limited
Partnership, a Michigan limited partnership
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LAURIE G. RUDEY, individually
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TRUST
F/B/O LAURIE G. RUDEY
U/W OF ROBERT L. GINSBERG DTD. 5/31/84
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Laurie G. Rudey, Trustee
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John M. Rudey, Trustee
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TRUST
F/B/O DAVID A. SNIDER, RACHEL P. SNIDER, SARAH L. SNIDER and JESSICA P.
GINSBERG u/w of MORRIS GINSBERG
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James M. Snider, M.D., Trustee
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Susan Ginsberg Snider, Trustee
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TRUST f/b/o SUSAN G. SNIDER u/w MORRIS GINSBERG
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James M. Snider, M.D., Trustee
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Louise K Weinberg, Trustee
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FUND A
TRUST u/w of DANIEL R. GINSBERG
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David Katsky, Trustee
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Karyn Ginsberg, Trustee
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SUSAN G. SNIDER, individually
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RONA F. JAFFE, individually
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DEBORAH S. WILLIAMS, individually
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LOUISE K. WEINBERG, individually
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STEVEN D.
ROBINSON REVOCABLE TRUST DATED AUGUST 18, 1992
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JM SNIDER
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HORTENSE GINSBERG, individually
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SYLVIA G. KAPLAN, individually
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TRUST U/W
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SunTrust Bank, Trustee
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Steven D. Robinson, Trustee
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THE RELATED COMPANIES, L.P. AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST
TO RELATED MADISON ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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Authorized Signatory
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ACQUIRER:
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SL GREEN
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
a Delaware limited partnership;
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By:
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SL Green Realty Corp. its sole General Partner
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By:
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Marc Holliday
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Chief Executive Officer
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ESCROW AGENT:
Earnest
Money received, subject to collection, and Section 2.3 escrow conditions
accepted.
JENKENS & GILCHRIST PARKER CHAPIN LLP
Schedule 1
A. For purposes of calculating Acquirers
liability for commissions under Section 4.13 in respect of the brokerage
agreements set forth in Exhibit H-1, the following shall be excluded
from fixed rent:
a) charges, if any, for
electric and steam to be supplied to a tenant;
b) any payments to be made
by a tenant on account of increases in real estate taxes, labor costs or
expenses of maintaining and operating the Property, CPI or other escalation
provisions, overcharge rents, percentage increases in fixed rent paid in lieu
of any of the foregoing, and any other payments made by a tenant during the
term of the related lease which shall be considered to be additional rent;
and
c) any payments to be made
by a tenant on account of work, labor and materials to be furnished by the
landlord excluding initial alteration work performed by landlord at its
expense.
d) any moving costs of a
tenant paid by the landlord; any lease takeover payments made by the landlord
or costs and expenses assumed by landlord in connection with a tenants lease
obligations for space previously rented by it in premises other than the
Property net of any income derived therefrom;
e) rent concessions or other
rent credits or payments granted or paid to a tenant; such concessions or rent
credits shall be prorated without an interest factor over the term of the lease
for the purpose of computing the commission due hereunder; and
c) any rent paid or credited
to a tenant by reason of landlords retaining, as subtenant or otherwise, any
portion of the demised premises.
B. Commissions shall be calculated using the following
rate schedule:
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First full
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Second year
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4
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Third year
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3.5
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Fourth year
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3.5
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Fifth year
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3.5
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Sixth year
through and including tenth year
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2.5
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Eleventh
year through and including twentieth year
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2
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Twenty-first
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EXHIBIT A
(Description of Land)
All that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County,
City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the corner formed
by the intersection of the easterly side of Madison Avenue with the northerly
side of 58th Street; and
RUNNING THENCE easterly along
the northerly side of 58th Street, one hundred fifty (l50) feet;
THENCE northerly parallel with
Madison Avenue, one hundred (l00) feet five (5) inches;
THENCE easterly and parallel
with 58th Street, fifty (50) feet;
THENCE northerly and parallel
with Madison Avenue, one hundred (l00) feet five (5) inches to the southerly
side of 59th Street;
THENCE westerly along the
southerly side of 59th Street, two hundred (200) feet to a point formed by the
intersection of the easterly side of Madison Avenue and the southerly side of
59th Street; and
THENCE southerly along the
easterly side of Madison Avenue two hundred (200) feet ten (l0) inches to the
point or place of BEGINNING.
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EXHIBIT B
(Description of Ground Lease)
Lease, made as
of July 1, 1980, between Mary Hitchcock Childs and Thomas Parsons, III, as
Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Constance C. Childs, deceased,
Robert Crimmins, William Ewing, Jr. and Henry S. Patterson, II, as Trustees,
under Agreement dated December 22, 1969, and Grace S. Jennings, as lessor, and
625 Madison Avenue Associates (which subsequently changed its name to 625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.), as lessee, and recorded March 24, 1986 in the
Office of the City Register, New York County, New York in Reel 1041 Page 1282
as modified by that certain First Amendment of Lease, made as of April 18,
2001, between 625 Management Committee, as lessor, and Assignor, as lessee, and
recorded April 29, 2002 in the Office of the City Register, New York County, New
York in Reel 3500 Page 1093 and as further modified by that certain Second
Amendment of Lease, made as of October 10, 2003, between 625 Management
Committee, as lessor, and Assignor, as lessee, recorded February 3, 2004 in the
Office of the City Register, New York County, New York under CAFN
2004000064361.
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EXHIBIT C
(Operating Agreement of Green 625 Lessee, LLC)
To be in a form mutually
satisfactory to Transferors, Partnership and Acquirer in their reasonable
discretion.
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EXHIBIT D
(OP Unit Recipient Agreement)
OP UNIT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT
THIS
OP UNIT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT (this Agreement),
made as of ,
2004, by and between SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, having an office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170
(the Partnership) and ,
a[n] ,
having an office [residing] at
(OP Unit Recipient),
which [who] is contributing its membership interests in and to ,
a
limited liability company (the Company),
the owner of certain real property located at 625 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York (the Contributed Assets)
to ,
a Delaware limited liability company, as designee of the Partnership (the Acquirer) in exchange for the issuance
by the Partnership of units of limited partner interests (the Partnership Interests or OP Units) in the Partnership to OP
Unit Recipient, pursuant to that certain Purchase, Sale and Contribution
Agreement, dated as of ,
2004, by and between various parties and the Partnership (the Contribution
Agreement).
In
consideration of the Partnerships agreement to offer and issue Partnership
Interests to OP Unit Recipient (the Offering), as contemplated by the
Contribution Agreement OP Unit Recipient agrees and represents to the
Partnership as follows:
Section 1. Acceptance of Partnership
Agreement.
(a) OP Unit Recipient hereby agrees to receive
from the Partnership the number of OP Units indicated on the counterpart
signature page hereof. In respect of
this Agreement, OP Unit Recipient herewith delivers to the Partnership (i) two
executed original signature pages of this Agreement, and (ii) a fully completed
Investor Information Sheet, Account Information Sheet and Accredited Investor
Questionnaire, attached hereto as Exhibits
A, B and C, respectively, and made a part hereof.
(b) OP Unit Recipient acknowledges that the OP
Units will be issued to OP Unit Recipient (although the OP Units will not be
certificated).
(c) OP Unit Recipient agrees that, by OP Unit
Recipients execution hereof and delivery of the documents described in Section
1(a) above, OP Unit Recipient accepts all of the terms and conditions of the
Partnership Agreement (as defined in the Contribution Agreement), as amended
from time to time, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted
in Section 15.11 thereof, and upon receipt of and for so long as it is the
holder of OP Units, OP Unit Recipient will continue to be bound by the terms
and conditions of the Partnership Agreement, as amended from time to time.
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Section 2. Investor Representations and
Warranties.
OP
Unit Recipient hereby acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with
the Partnership as follows, which acknowledgments will be true and correct as
of the closing of the transaction whereby the Contributed Assets are
contributed to Acquirer (the Closing Date):
(a) Authorization. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by OP Unit Recipient and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of OP Unit Recipient, enforceable
in accordance with its terms. OP Unit
Recipient represents that it has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement.
(b) Intentionally Omitted.
(c) Investor Information. All
information which OP Unit Recipient has heretofore furnished and furnishes
herewith to the Partnership, including, without limitation, the Investor
Questionnaire and the certification as to OP Unit Recipients status as an
Accredited Investor, and any other information with respect to OP Unit
Recipient and OP Unit Recipients financial position and business experience is
true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement in all material
respects, and shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects as
of the date of the acceptance hereof by the Partnership and the acquisition of
the OP Units by OP Unit Recipient, and if there should be any material change
in such information prior to the acquisition of the OP Units by OP Unit
Recipient, OP Unit Recipient will promptly furnish such revised or corrected
information to the Partnership.
(c) Accredited Investor. OP
Unit Recipient is an Accredited Investor, as such term is defined in Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act.
(d) Investment Experience. OP
Unit Recipient represents that it has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating alone, or
together with its purchaser representative or personal advisor, the merits and
risks of an investment in the Partnership Interests. OP Unit Recipient acknowledges that OP Unit
Recipient has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment
in the Partnership (including its possible loss), has adequate means for
providing for its current needs and personal contingencies and has no need for
liquidity with respect to the investment in the Partnership.
(e) Purchase Entirely for Own Account. This
Agreement is made with OP Unit Recipient in reliance upon its representation to
the Partnership, which by OP Unit Recipients execution of this Agreement it
hereby confirms, that the Partnership Interests to be received by OP Unit
Recipient will be acquired for investment for OP Unit Recipients own account,
not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of
any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act (as defined below), and
that it has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or
otherwise distributing the same. By
executing this Agreement, OP Unit Recipient further represents that it does not
have any contract, undertaking,
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agreement or arrangement with any person to
sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person,
with respect to any of the Partnership Interests.
(f) Disclosure of Information. OP
Unit Recipient and/or OP Unit Recipients purchaser representative or personal
advisor, as the case may be:
(i) has received a copy of the Contribution
Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and the Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws of SL Green Realty Corp., a Maryland corporation (the Company);
(ii) has received and read the following documents
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act): (a) the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for its
fiscal years ended December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001; (b) the Companys
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June
30, 2002 and September 30, 2002 and (c) the Companys Current Reports on Form
8-K and 8-K/A filed March 27, 2002, April 24, 2002, May 16, 2002, July 15,
2002, July 25, 2002, August 12, 2002, October 23, 2002, December 13, 2002 and
January 13, 2003 [SLG TO UPDATE];
(iii) has been provided an opportunity to obtain
any additional information requested concerning the Partnership Interests, the
Partnership and the Company;
(iv) has been provided, by the Company and the
Partnership, with all documents that it has requested relating to an investment
in the OP Units, has been given the opportunity to ask questions of, and
receive answers from, the Company and the Partnership concerning the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and other matters
pertaining to this investment, and has been given the opportunity to obtain
such additional information necessary to verify the accuracy of the information
provided in order to allow it to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment
in the Partnership to the extent the Company or the Partnership possesses such
information, and has not been furnished with or relied upon any representations
or other information (whether oral or written) other than as set forth in this
Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, or as contained in any documents or
answers to questions furnished to OP Unit Recipient by the Company or the
Partnership; and
(v) has evaluated the risks of an investment in
the Partnership Interests and has determined that such investment is suitable
for it and that at this time it can bear the economic risk of the investment.
(h) Restrictions on Transfer.
(i) OP Unit Recipient understands and
acknowledges that the Partnership Interests have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), by reason of a
specific exemption from the registration provisions thereof which exemption
depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent
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OP Unit Recipient as expressed herein and the
other representations of OP Unit Recipient set forth herein.
(ii) OP Unit Recipient understands and
acknowledges that none of the Partnership Interests have been registered under
the Securities Act or registered or qualified under the securities laws of any
state and none may be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated
absent an effective registration thereof under such Securities Act or an
opinion of counsel, which opinion is reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Partnership and its counsel, to the effect that such
registration is not required under said Securities Act or such states
securities laws or that such transaction complies with the rules promulgated by
the Commission under said Securities Act or such states. OP Unit Recipient understands and
acknowledges that OP Unit Recipient must bear the economic risks of this
investment resulting from such limitations.
(iii) OP Unit Recipient understands and
acknowledges that the sale, transfer or other disposition of the Partnership
Interests is restricted by the provisions of the Partnership Agreement and may
only be effectuated in compliance with the terms and conditions thereof.
(i) Intentionally Omitted.
(j) Investor Awareness. OP
Unit Recipient acknowledges, agrees and is aware that:
(i) no federal or state agency has passed upon
the Partnership Interests or made any finding or determination as to the
fairness of this investment nor any recommendation or endorsement of the
investment;
(ii) there are substantial risks of loss of
investment incidental to the purchase of the Partnership Interests;
(iii) except as provided in the Partnership
Agreement, as amended from time to time, the investment in the Partnership is
an illiquid investment and OP Unit Recipient must bear the economic risk of
investment in the OP Units for an indefinite period of time;
(iv) the Contribution Agreement and the
Partnership Agreement contains restrictions on transferability of the
Partnership Interests;
(v) neither the Company, the Partnership, nor any
of their affiliates or representatives has provided OP Unit Recipient with any
investment, tax, legal, regulatory or accounting advice with respect to the
investment in or ownership of Partnership Interests;
(vi) the representations, warranties, agreements,
undertakings and acknowledgments made by OP Unit Recipient in this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the exhibits hereto) are made with the intent
that they be relied upon by the Partnership and the
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Company in determining OP Unit Recipients
suitability as a purchaser of the Partnership Interests; and
(vii) this Agreement may not be cancelled, revoked
or withdrawn by OP Unit Recipient, and this Agreement and the documents
submitted herewith shall survive (A) changes in the transaction, documents and
instruments described in the Contribution Agreement that are not material; and
(B) the death, disability or dissolution of OP Unit Recipient.
(k) Intentionally Omitted.
(l) Authority.
(i) OP Unit Recipient has not made a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, filed any voluntary petition in
bankruptcy or suffered the filing of any involuntary petition by its creditors,
suffered the appointment of a receiver to take possession of all, or
substantially all, of its assets, suffered the attachment or other judicial
seizure of all, or substantially all, of its assets, admitted in writing its
inability to pay its debts as they come due or made an offer of settlement,
extension or composition to its creditors generally.
(ii) Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by OP Unit Recipient nor the performance by OP Unit Recipient of the
transactions contemplated hereby will: (a) violate or conflict with any of the
provisions of the partnership agreement or certificate of limited partnership
(or similar organizational and governing documents), if any, of OP Unit
Recipient; (b) violate, result in a breach of, conflict with, result in the
acceleration of, or entitle any party to accelerate the maturity or the
cancellation of the performance of any obligation arising out of any agreement
binding on OP Unit Recipient, or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, encumbrance, pledge, claim, security interest, demand, easement,
covenant, condition, restriction and encroachment of any kind or nature
(collectively, Liens) in
or upon any of OP Unit Recipients OP Units or constitute a default (or an
event which might, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both,
constitute a default) under any mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, lease,
contract, loan or credit agreement, license or other instrument to which OP
Unit Recipient is a party or by which it or any of its assets may be bound or
affected; or (c) violate or conflict with any provision of any statute, law,
rule, regulation, code or ordinance or any judgment, decree, order, writ,
permit or license applicable to OP Unit Recipient or the Contributed Assets. Other than those which have been obtained or
made prior to the date hereof, no consent or approval or action of, filing with
or notice to any governmental agency or authority, any creditor, investor,
member, partner, shareholder, or tenant-in-common of OP Unit Recipient is
necessary or required for the execution, delivery and performance by OP Unit
Recipient of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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Section 3. Miscellaneous.
(a) Modification.
Neither this Agreement nor any provisions hereof shall be waived,
modified, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by
the party against whom any waiver, change, discharge or termination is sought.
(b) Notices. Except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, all notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other
communications (for the purposes of this Section collectively referred to as Notices)
required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to
this Agreement, in order to constitute effective notice to the other party,
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when (a) personally
delivered with signed delivery receipt obtained prior to 4 p.m., (b) upon receipt,
when sent by prepaid reputable overnight courier or (c) three (3) days after
the date so mailed if sent postage prepaid by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, in each case addressed as follows:
If
to OP Unit Recipient, to:
Attention:
Facsimile:
with
a copy to:
Attention:
Facsimile:
If
to the Partnership, to:
420
Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10170
Attention: Marc Holliday
Andrew S. Levine
Facsimile: (212) 216-1785
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with
a copy to:
Solomon
and Weinberg LLP
685
Third Avenue
New
York, New York 10017
Attention: Craig H. Solomon, Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 605-0999
(c) Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and
permitted assigns. If OP Unit Recipient
is more than one person, the obligation of OP Unit Recipient shall be joint and
several and the agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgments
herein contained shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon each such
person and its heirs, executors, administrators and successors.
(d) Third-Party Beneficiaries. The terms and provisions of this Agreement
are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective
successors or permitted assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to
confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person.
(e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Contribution Agreement
and the Partnership Agreement contain the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to this subscription, and there are no representations, covenants or
other agreements except as stated or referred to herein or therein.
(f) Assignability. This Agreement is not transferable or
assignable by OP Unit Recipient and any attempted transfer or assignment shall
be void and of no force or effect.
(g) Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.
(h) Gender.
All pronouns contained herein and any variations thereof shall be deemed
to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the
identity of the parties hereto may require.
(i) Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed through the use of separate signature
pages or in counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall, for all
purposes, constitute one agreement binding on the parties hereto,
notwithstanding that the parties hereto are not signatories to the same
counterpart.
(j) Inconsistent Agreements. In the case of any conflict or inconsistency
between this Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, the Contribution
Agreement shall be deemed controlling.
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SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
OP UNIT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT
COUNTERPART SIGNATURE PAGE
OP
Unit Recipient, desiring to enter into this OP Unit Recipient Agreement for the
subscription of the number of OP Units indicated below, hereby agrees to all of
the terms and provisions of this OP Unit Recipient Agreement and agrees to be
bound by all such terms and provisions.
OP
Unit Recipient has executed this OP Unit Recipient Agreement as of .
Number of OP Units:
Name
of individual or entity:
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(Signature)
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Name:
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Title:
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(Print or Type)
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Agreed
and Accepted this day of ,
2004:
SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
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SL Green Realty Corp.,
a Maryland corporation
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EXHIBIT A
INVESTOR INFORMATION SHEET
Instructions: Please
Print or Type and Complete Fully. If
additional space is needed for the response to any Item, attach a rider identifying
the Item to which the response is being made.
GENERAL
INFORMATION
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Name
of Purchaser
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Name
of spouse (if married)
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Tax
I.D. Number (if an entity)
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Social
Security Number (if an individual)
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Date
of Formation of Entity
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State
of Formation
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Telephone
Number (Daytime)
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Telephone
Number (Evening)
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Principal
Business Address:
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(P.O.
Boxes CANNOT Be Accepted) (Street)
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(P.O.
Boxes CANNOT Be Accepted) (Street)
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Mailing
Address (if different):
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EXHIBIT B
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
To
the extent that you are not acting solely for your own account complete the
following:
You
are acting as Agent, Trustee, Partner, Joint Tenant, Tenant in Common or
otherwise (circle appropriate answer).
The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all other persons that you
represent are:
NOTE: Upon request of the Company you will be required
to provide evidence of your authority to represent the person(s) named above
(i.e., Partnership Agreement, Trust Agreement, Corporate Resolution, etc.) and
if the proposed purchaser is a corporation, partnership, trust, or other
entity, attach evidence that the proposed investment in the Partnership has
been authorized by such entity (i.e., minutes of meeting, corporate resolution,
provisions of partnership agreement or trust agreement, etc.).
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EXHIBIT C
ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
OP
Unit Recipient is an Accredited Investor, based upon the following (check all
that apply):
1.
he is a natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his
or her spouse, at the time of purchase exceeds $1,000,000; or
2.
he is a natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in
each of the two most recent years or joint income with that persons spouse in
excess of $300,000 in each of those years and reasonably expects to reach the
same income level in the current year; or
3.
it is a private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22)
of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940; or
4.
it is either (a) a bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of
1933 (the Securities Act),
or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section
3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary
capacity; (b) a broker dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (c) an insurance company as defined in Section
2(13) of the Securities Act, (d) an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in
section 2(a)(48) of that Act; (e) a Small Business Investment Company licensed
by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301 (c) or (d) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958; (f) a plan established and maintained by
a state, its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such
plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or (g) an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if
the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section
3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association,
insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit
plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with
investment decisions made solely by persons that are Accredited Investors; or
5.
it is any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total
assets in excess of $5,000,000; or
6.
it is any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is
directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of the
Securities Act; or
7.
it is a trust with respect to which the grantor(s) has retained absolute power
in his or her sole discretion to amend or revoke the trust at any time and such
grantor(s) is an accredited investor as indicated in items 1 or 2 above; or
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8.
it is an entity in which all of its equity owners meet one or more of the
standards set forth in the preceding paragraph numbers 1-6, based upon the
questionnaires delivered by such equity owners.
OP
Unit Recipient agrees that the Companys counsel, Clifford Chance US LLP (CC) and the Companys transfer agent,
(Transfer Agent) may rely
on the representations set forth in this letter to the same extent as if such
letter had been addressed to each of them and hereby indemnifies CC and
Transfer Agent (collectively, the Indemnities)
and holds each of the Indemnities harmless from and against any and all damages
suffered and liabilities incurred by any of the Indemnities (including costs of
investigation and defense and reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of any
material breach of this agreement or material inaccuracy in the representations
which OP Unit Recipient has made herein.
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Name:
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EXHIBIT E
(Indemnification Agreement)
ASSUMPTION AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This ASSUMPTION AND
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this Assumption and Indemnification) is
made as of the day of ,
2004 by GREEN 625 LESSEE LLC (Green 625), a Delaware limited liability
company, having an office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170, SL
GREEN REALTY CORP. (SLGRC), a Maryland corporation, having an office
at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10170 and SL GREEN OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP, L.P. (SLGOP), a Delaware limited partnership, having an
office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10170 (each an Indemnitor,
collectively, the Indemnitors) to and for the benefit of 625 MADISON
AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P. (625 Madison), a New York limited partnership,
having an office at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite 10B, New York, New York 10022,
SIX MADISON, L.P. (Six Madison), a New York limited partnership,
having an office at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite 10B, New York, New York 10022 and
STEVEN D. ROBINSON (Robinson), an individual, residing at 9999 Collins
Avenue, No. 26B, Bal Harbour, Florida 33154-1839, (each an Indemnitee,
collectively, the Indemnitees).
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, 625 Madison is the
owner of the leasehold interest in and to certain property located in the City,
County, and State of New York, having an address of 625 Madison Avenue, and
more particularly described in the Mortgage (as hereinafter defined) (the Mortgaged
Property);
WHEREAS, SLGOP, of which
SLGRC is the sole general partner, has agreed to indirectly acquire (the Transfer),
the leasehold interest in the Mortgaged Property pursuant to that certain
Purchase, Sale and Contribution Agreement (the Contract), dated as of
August , 2004, among 625 Madison, certain beneficial
owners of 625 Madison (the Transferors) and SLGOP;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Contract and such other documents and instruments as being
entered into as of the date hereof in connection with the closing contemplated
by the Contract (such documents and instruments together with the Contract are
collectively, the Purchase Documents), the Transfer is being
effectuated by the contribution of the Mortgaged Property by 625 Madison to
Green 625 in return for all the membership interests (the Membership
Interests) in Green 625, immediately subsequent to which the Membership
Interests are being distributed by 625 Madison to the Transferors and
immediately subsequent to which the Membership Interests are being transferred
by the Transferors to SLGOP or its designee;
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WHEREAS,
Six Madison is the sole general partner of 625 Madison;
WHEREAS,
Robinson is the manager of Six Associates G.P. Co., LLC, which is the sole
general partner of Six Madison;
WHEREAS,
625 Madison obtained a Loan in the principal amount of One Hundred Two Million
Dollars ($102,000,000.00) (as the same may have been modified from time to
time, the Loan) from the New York State Teachers Retirement System
(the Lender), evidenced by a Note Consolidation, Modification and
Extension Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2003, between 625 Madison and
Lender (as the same may have been modified from time to time, the Note),
secured by a Consolidation, Modification and Extension of Leasehold Mortgage
and Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of October 10, 2003,
between 625 Madison and Lender (as the same may have been modified from time to
time, the Mortgage) and evidenced and secured by additional documents
and instruments (all the documents and instruments (including, without
limitation, the Note and the Mortgage) defined as the Loan Documents in the
Mortgage, are collectively, the Loan Documents);
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Lender to make the Loan, 625 Madison, Six Madison and
Robinson executed and delivered to the Lender an Environmental Indemnification
Agreement (the Environmental Indemnity), dated as of October 10, 2003,
and an Indemnification and Guaranty Agreement (the Guaranty), dated as
of October 10, 2003;
WHEREAS,
each of the Indemnitors acknowledges that it has received and reviewed copies
of each of the Environmental Indemnity, the Guaranty, the Loan Documents, and
the Purchase Documents;
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Transfer, Green 625 will assume the Loan and Loan
Documents, however, 625 Madison is not being released by Lender from its
obligations under the Loan and Loan Documents and Indemnitees are not being
released from their obligations under the Environmental Indemnity and the
Guaranty; and
WHEREAS,
to induce 625 Madison and Transferors to enter into the Purchase Documents and
to effectuate the Transfer and to allow Green 625 to assume the Loan without
the release of the Indemnitees, the Indemnitors have agreed to execute and
deliver this Assumption and Indemnification to the Indemnitees.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in order to induce 625 Madison and the Transferors to effectuate the
Transfer, and to induce the Indemnitees to allow the assumption of the Loan by
Green 625 without the release of Indemnitees under the Environmental Indemnity
and the Guaranty and other Loan Documents, and in consideration of the matters
described in the foregoing recitals, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the Indemnitors do hereby agree as follows:
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1. Assumption. The Indemnitors hereby
collectively accept and assume and agree to perform, observe and be bound by
all of the obligations, terms, covenants and conditions contained in the
Environmental Indemnity and the Guaranty to be performed or observed on the
part of any Indemnitee as if each Indemnitor was a signatory thereto, provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indemnitors shall have no
liability whatever under this Assumption and Indemnification in respect of any
claim asserted against Indemnitors under the Environment Indemnity or the
Guaranty based upon arising out of, relating to or otherwise in respect of, and
the acts or omissions of any of the Indemnitees between October 10, 2003 and
the date hereof (the Excluded Conduct).
2. Indemnification. (a) The Indemnitors shall jointly and severally
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against any and
all losses, damages, liabilities, claims, demands, actions, suits,
investigations, proceedings, settlements, judgments, awards, arbitrations,
fines, penalties, taxes, fees, charges, costs or expenses, including, without
limitation, attorneys fees, disbursements and other expenses and any costs of
investigation, and whether direct or indirect, consequential, incidental, or
otherwise (collectively, Damages), which any or all of the Indemnitees
incur, or to which any or all of the Indemnitees become subject, based upon,
arising out of, relating to or otherwise in respect of the Environmental
Indemnity and/or the Guaranty; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, Indemnitees shall not be indemnified against Damages and Indemnitors
shall not be required to provide indemnification in respect of any Claim under
the Environmental Indemnity or the Guaranty arising out of, relating to or
otherwise in respect of, the Excluded Conduct.
(b) Except as set forth in the proviso in Section
2 above, the Indemnitors, at their sole cost and expense, will jointly and
severally defend Indemnitors from all Damages and assume the defense with
counsel selected by Indemnitees, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory
to Indemnitors. Indemnitors shall be
required to give prior written notice to Indemnitees prior to the consent to
the entry of any judgment or entering into any settlement.
3. No Waiver, Etc. Each
of the Indemnitors covenants and agrees that his covenants and agreements under
this Assumption and Indemnification shall remain and continue in full force and
effect without regard (i) to any waiver, consent, supplement, modification,
amendment or restatement of any term or provision of the Environmental
Indemnity, the Guaranty, any other indemnity or contribution agreement, the
Loan Documents and the Purchase Documents, or (ii) to any full, partial or
non-exercise of any of Indemnitees rights, powers, privileges, remedies and
interests under this Assumption and Indemnification or any of the Purchase
Documents or (iii) the existence of any other indemnity or contribution
agreement.
4. Authority. Each of the Indemnitors
represents, warrants and covenants to the Indemnitees that: (a) each of the
Indemnitors is a duly formed and validly existing entity organized and in good
standing under the laws of the state of its formation, (b) the execution and
delivery of this Assumption and Indemnification by each Indemnitor has been in
all respects authorized and approved by such Indemnitor, to the extent that
such authorization and approval
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is required, and each Indemnitor has the full
power and authority to execute and deliver this Assumption and Indemnification
and to assume all liability hereunder, and (c) this Assumption and
Indemnification has been duly and validly executed and delivered by, and
constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Indemnitors,
enforceable against each of the Indemnitors in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other
laws affecting generally the enforceability of creditors rights and by
limitations on the availability of equitable remedies.
5. Captions. All section titles or captions
contained in this Assumption and Indemnification are for convenience only,
shall not be deemed a part of this Assumption and Indemnification and shall not
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Assumption and
Indemnification. All references herein
to Sections shall be deemed references to such parts of this Assumption and
Indemnification, unless the context shall otherwise require.
6. Notices. All notices, consents,
approvals, demand, objections, requests or other communication required or
desired to be given hereunder shall be in writing and given in the manner, and
to the addresses, set forth in Section 20 of the Contract, the terms and
provisions of which, together with the lost full sentence of Section 9.2(a),
are by such references thereto hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Indemnitors has signed this Assumption and
Indemnification Agreement as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT F
(Schedule of Leases)
A. BASCOME, L.L.C.
1. Lease, dated April 25, 1996.
2. Guaranty, dated April 25, 1996.
3. Amendment to Guaranty, dated November 30,
2000.
4. Holdover Guaranty, dated April 25, 1996.
5. Amendment to Holdover Guaranty, dated
November 30, 2000.
6. Amendment of Lease, dated November 30, 2000.
7. Letter, dated June 27, 2003 from Tenant to
Landlord re: request to pay June 2003 rent in July 2003.
8. Side Letter, dated as of April 25, 1996
between Landlord and Tenant re: initial alterations.
B. CAXTON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
1. Lease, dated April 12, 2001.
2. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated April 12,
2001 between Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and Caxton Associates, L.L.C.
3. Agreement of Sublease, dated August 24, 2000
between Landlord and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
4. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated April 12,
2001 between Landlord and Tenant.
5. SNDA, dated April 12, 2001 between Tenant,
New York Life Insurance Company and Landlord.
6. Letter, dated April 12, 2001 from Landlords
attorney to Tenants attorney re: rentable square feet for Tenants Share and
Tenants Tax Share.
7. Proposal to amend Lease by Tenant, dated May
16, 2002.
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8. Alternative Proposal (with 2 different
scenarios) to amend Lease by Landlord, dated May 23, 2002.
9. Letter Agreement, dated December 20, 2001
between Landlord and Tenant (unsigned) [Unable to Find].
C. ERES, LIMITED
1. Lease, dated April 27, 2000.
2. Letter, dated June 28, 2000 from Landlord to
Tenant re: commencement date.
D. FIRMENICH INCORPORATED
1. Lease, dated March 1, 2001.
2. Guaranty, dated March 1, 2001.
3. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated March 1, 2001
between Tenant and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
4. SNDA, dated March 1, 2001 between Tenant,
Landlord and New York Life Insurance Company.
5. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated March 1, 2001
between Landlord and Tenant.
E. STEPHEN KNOLL LTD.
1. Lease, dated June 5, 1991.
2. First Amendment of Lease, dated as of
September, 2000.
3. Letter Agreement, dated April 15, 2003.
4. Letter, dated May 13, 1996 from Landlord to
Tenant reducing security deposit from $50,000 to $30,000 per Article 31 of
Lease.
5. Tenant Estoppel Letter, dated
to New York Life Insurance Company.
6. Letter, dated October 3, 1991 from Landlord
to Tenant re: alteration fee.
7. SNDA, dated July 18, 1991 between Landlord,
Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
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8. Letter Agreement, dated June 14, 1991 between
Landlord and Tenant re: $225,000 Deposit in lieu of completion bond referred to
in §3.1(B)(1)(ii) of lease (not signed by 625 Investment Associates).
9. Letter Agreement, dated June 6, 1991 between
Landlord and Tenant re: approval of alterations to premises (not signed by
Tenant).
10. Letter, dated May 25, 2000 from Related
Management Co., LP to Tenant re: election to renew.
F. LVMH FASHION GROUP AMERICAS INC.
1. Lease, dated February 15, 2001.
2. First Amendment of Lease, dated April 19,
2001.
3. Second Amendment of Lease, dated April 16,
2002.
4. Letter, dated January 28, 2002 from Tenant to
Landlord, re: Landlords contribution to Tenants construction costs in the
amount of $914,360.00.
5. Letter Agreement, dated February 11, 2002.
6. SNDA, dated February 15, 2001 between
Landlord, Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
7. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated February 15,
2001 between Tenant and Landlord.
8. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated February 15,
2001 between Tenant and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
9. Letter, dated June 26, 2001 from Landlord to
Tenant re: renovations to bathrooms/lobby satisfactory per paragraph 1&2 of
Exhibit H of Lease.
10. Letter, dated April 22, 2003 from Tenant to
Landlord requesting Landlords contribution.
11. Letter, dated May 23, 2001 from Landlord to
Tenant re: permanent riser.
G. THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP INC.
1. Lease, dated January 27, 2003.
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2. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated January 27,
2003 between Landlord and Tenant.
3. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated January 27,
2003 between Tenant and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
4. Letter Agreement, dated February 5, 2003
between Landlord and Tenant.
H. POLO RALPH LAUREN CORP.
1. License Agreement, dated July 1, 2003.
2. Letter Agreement, dated July 11, 2003.
I. PAGE & SMITH
1. Lease, dated June 12, 1984.
2. Letter Agreement, dated June 26, 1986.
3. Assignment and Assumption of Lease, dated
June 26, 1986.
4. Letter Agreement, dated March 31, 1987.
5. Third Amendment, dated September 30, 1987.
6. Fourth Amendment, dated February 14, 1992.
7. Fifth Amendment, dated December 9, 2003.
8. Consent to Assignment, dated January 14,
1999.
9. Consent to Assignment of Tenant, dated June
27, 1986 by New York Life Insurance Company
10. Letter Agreement, dated February 25, 1992
between Tenant and Landlord re: effective date of Fourth Amendment.
11. Consent to the Assignment of Stock of Tenant
between Landlord and Tenant, dated
, 1998 (Not Signed or Dated) [Unable to Find].
12. Memo, dated February 12, 1996 from Andrew OBrien
to Gianos & Brodsky re: IRS seizure of premises.
13. Five Day Demand for Rent, dated February 9,
1996.
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14. Five Day Demand for Rent, dated May 2, 1995.
15. Letter, dated March 1, 1995 from Szold &
Brahdren PC demanding rent from Tenant.
16. Affidavit of Default, dated August 4, 1995.
17. Stipulation of Settlement, dated August 17,
1995.
J. GRANDMELA (PAPER MOON RESTAURANT)
1. Lease, dated September 5, 1988.
2. Amendment of Lease, dated September 5, 1988.
3. Second Amendment, dated March 18, 1991.
4. Third Amendment, dated January 1, 1993.
5. Fourth Amendment, dated March 30, 1995.
6. Fifth Amendment, dated February 1, 1997.
7. Sixth Amendment, dated June 18, 2003.
8. Seventh Amendment, dated June 14, 2004.
9. Letter Agreement, dated January 1, 1993
between Tenant and Landlord re: amending House Account.
10. Letter Agreement, dated December 1, 1994
between Tenant and Landlord re: amending House Account Letter Agreement.
11. Management Agreement, dated February 1, 1997
between Tenant and Franco P. Lattanzi.
12. Letter, dated October 28, 1991 by Banco
Bilbao Vizcaya to Landlord amending the date of the Letter of Credit from
October 3, 1989 to June 30, 1992.
13. Tenant Estoppel, dated
to New York Life Insurance Company.
14. Letter, dated October 31, 1989 from Related
Management Corp. to Utilities Research Associates, Inc. re: separate electric
bills.
15. Letter Agreement, dated August 3, 1989 re:
construction work (not signed by Tenant).
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16. Cancellation Letter of Letter of Credit,
dated June 18, 2003 to Banco Bilbao.
17. Letter, dated March 19, 1997 from Frendel
Brown & Weissman to Andrew OBrien re: financial statements.
18. Letter from Tenant, dated January 10, 1989
re: rent commencement date.
19. Approval Letter, dated January 18, 1989 from
Landlord to Tenant.
20. Letter, dated November 28, 1988 from Related
Management Corp. re: occupancy date.
21. Letter dated, October 7, 1991 between
Landlord & Tenant approving alteration of Restaurant.
K. PAPER MOON EXPRESS
1. Lease, dated February 1, 1997.
2. Guaranty, dated February 1, 1997.
3. Assignment and Assumption of Lease, dated May
14, 1997.
4. Consent to Sublease, dated November 13, 2002.
5. Amendment of Lease, dated November 12, 2002.
6. Second Amendment of Lease, dated June 14,
2004.
7. Management Agreement, dated February 1, 1997
between PMX Products, Inc. and Franco P. Lattanzi.
8. Sublease, dated November 12, 2002 between PMX
Products, Inc. and Vaghi, L.L.C.
9. Letter, dated September 13, 2002 from PMX
Products, Inc. to Landlord re: Sublease.
10. Letter dated, August 21, 1997 from Landlord
to Paolo Lantanzi re: Consent to Assignment and Assumption of lease.
11. Default Notice, dated June 4, 2003.
L. STUART WEITZMAN RETAIL, INC.
1. Lease, dated January 6, 1995.
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2. Guaranty, dated January 6, 1995.
3. Letter Agreement, dated February 17, 1995.
4. Alterations Guaranty, dated April 7, 1995.
5. Letter Agreement, dated June 17, 1996.
6. First Amendment of Lease, dated November ,
2003.
7. Letter Agreement, dated December 26, 2003.
8. Violation Notice, dated July 11, 2003.
9. Memo, dated February 6, 1998 re: revisions to
lease terms due to tenant exercising Accelerated Fixed Expiration Date
option.
10. Letter, dated June 17, 1996 from Tenant to
Landlord exercising Fixed Expiration Date.
11. Letter, dated September 18, 1995 re:
cancellation of workers compensation insurance.
12. Letter, dated July 17, 1995 from Citibank,
N.A. re: amended letter of credit.
13. Default Notice, dated July 19, 1995 re: hole
in store front.
14. Letter, dated February 8, 1995 from Proskauer
Rose LLP to Landlord stating Lender (New York Life Insurance Company) will not
enter into SNDA with Tenant.
15. Letter, dated February 3, 1995 re: occupancy.
16. Memo, dated August 2, 1995 from Andy OBrien
to Kathy re: submeter change.
M. SYNERGY HOUSE, L.L.C. (SWAROVSKI LANDLORD
MADISON, LLC)
1. Lease, dated October 31, 2003.
2. Guaranty, dated October 31, 2003.
N. ALES GROUP USA, INC.
1. Lease, dated May 2, 1989.
2. Amendment of Lease, dated June 30, 1995.
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3. Tenant Acceptance Letter, dated August 6,
1992.
4. Tenant Estoppel Certificate, dated
executed by Ales Group USA, Inc.
O. VERY LTD (AU BAR)
1. Lease, dated May 11, 1987.
2. First Amendment of Lease, dated November 16,
1987.
3. Second Amendment, dated December 18, 1987.
4. Third Amendment, dated January 6, 1988.
5. Fourth Amendment, dated April 19, 1988.
6. Fifth Amendment, dated January 1, 1993.
7. Sixth Amendment, dated January 13, 1996.
8. Seventh Amendment, dated April 15, 1998.
9. Eighth Amendment, dated April 14, 2003.
10. Ninth Amendment, dated February 2, 2004.
11. Agreement, dated March 23, 1987 re: designer
agreement (interior).
12. Letter, dated February 9, 1998 from Tenant
re: proposed rent extension.
13. Letter, dated November 28, 1994 from Related
Management Corp. to Very, LTD re: rejection of conversion of Au Bar to a
topless club.
14. First Amendment to Consulting Agreement and
Second Amendment Security Deposit and Escrow Agreement, dated April 19, 1988.
15. Consulting Agreement, dated May 11, 1987.
16. Security Deposit and Escrow Agreement, dated
May 11, 1987.
17. First Amendment to Security Deposit and
Escrow Agreement, dated November 16, 1987.
18. Amendment of Lease, dated June 1, 1992
[Unable to Find].
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P. DUANE READE CORP.
1. Lease, dated March 8, 1988.
2. First Amendment of Lease, dated October 31,
1996.
3. Landlord Estoppel Certificate (unsigned).
4. 20 day Notice to Cure, dated January 19,
1999.
5. Letter, dated May 23, 1994 re: electricity
charge increased to $3,062.93.
6. Letters, dated March 31, 1989 and June 30,
1992 re: consent of transfer of Duane Reade interest.
7. First Amendment to Lease, dated October 31,
1987.
Q. COOPER, BROWN & BEHRLE, P.C.
1. Lease, dated April 9, 2003.
2. Guaranty, dated April 9, 2003.
R. DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS & VINEBERG
1. Lease, dated May 17, 2001.
2. Guaranty, dated May 17, 2001.
3. Amendment of Lease, dated January 3, 2003.
4. Second Amendment, dated March 17, 2003.
5. Third Amendment, dated January 1, 2004.
6. Amendment of Guaranty, dated January 1, 2004.
7. SNDA, dated May 17, 2001 between Landlord,
Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
8. SNDA, dated March 24, 2004 between Landlord,
Tenant and New York State Teachers Retirement System.
9. Amendment of SNDA, dated May ,
2003 between Landlord, Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
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10. Letter, dated September 10, 2002 from Tenant
to Landlord re: expansion of premises proposal.
11. Non Disturbance Agreement, dated May 17, 2001
by Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
12. Agreement of Sublease, May 17, 2001 between
Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and 625 Madison Avenue Associates.
13. Partial Surrender & Modification of
Sublease Agreement, dated May 17, 2001, between Revlon Consumer Products
Corporation & For Television Sales.
14. Fifth Amendment to Lease, dated May 17, 2001,
between 625 Madison Avenue, Associates and Revlon Consumer Products
Corporation.
S. FRATELLI ROSSETTI 625, INC.
1. Lease, dated December 31, 1995.
2. Guaranty, dated December 31, 1995.
3. Amendment of Lease, dated November 1, 1998.
4. Second Amendment, dated April 20, 2001.
5. Letter Agreement, dated September 25, 1995.
6. Letter Agreement, dated July 24, 1998.
7. Letter Agreement, dated February 24, 1999.
8. Assignment & Assumption of Lease, dated
February 24, 1999 from Fratelli Rossetti 625 Inc. to Fratelli Rossetti New
York, Ltd.
9. SDNA, dated November 30, 1996 between
Landlord, Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company [Unable to Find].
10. Letter Agreement, dated March ,
1998 Landlord to Tenant re: Lease Agreement (unsigned).
11. Mechanics Lien by Allran Electric, dated
August 26, 1999 in the amount of $18,166.80.
12. Letter Agreement, dated March 30, 2000 from
Tenant to Landlord re: Mechanics lien (Peter Marino Architect).
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13. Stipulation of Settlement, dated May 4, 1998
issued by Civil Court of New York County.
T. THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
1. Lease, dated May 31, 1991.
2. Letter Agreement, dated March 16, 1992.
3. Default Notice, dated November 16, 2001 re:
rent.
4. Memorandum re: Lease Renewal, dated March 11,
1999 extending the term for 5 years as per Lease.
5. Letter, dated October 14, 1991 from Tenant to
Landlord re: Initial Alterations to be completed.
6. SNDA, dated May 31, 1991 between Landlord,
Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
7. Letter, dated October 7, 1991 from Tenant to
Related Management Corp. re: completion bond for alteration waived.
8. Letter, dated March 28, 1991, from Duane
Reade to Landlord and Tenant re: no competition with Tenant.
9. Letter, dated June 30, 1999 from Tenant to
Landlord re: exercise renewal option.
U. PIERRE DEUX
1. Lease, dated April 1, 2002.
2. Guaranty, dated April 1, 2002.
3. SNDA, dated April 1, 2002 between Landlord,
Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
4. Mechanics Lien, dated October 14, 2003, by
Independent Commercial Flooring Systems, Inc. in the amount of $4,642.84.
V. PILOT GROUP GP LLC
1. License Agreement, dated April 25, 2003.
2. Guaranty, dated April 25, 2003.
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W. WACHOVIA SECURITIES, LLC
1. Lease, dated June ,
1986.
2. Amendment of Lease, dated December 29, 1994.
3. Consent to Sublease, dated August 8, 1992.
4. Assignment and Assumption of Lease between
Prudential Securities Incorporated (Assignor) and Wachovia Securities, LLC, (Assignee),
dated July 1, 2003.
5. Consent to Assignment, dated July 1, 2003.
6. Letter, dated January 22, 1998 from Landlord
to Tenant allowing Tenant to install one antennae on roof and increasing
additional rent by $1,000.
7. Letter, dated May 4, 2001 from Tenant to Landlord
re: change of notice address for Tenant.
8. Letter, dated October 27, 1995 from Landlord
to Tenant allowing Tenant to use $25,000 contribution for construction related
items.
X. RELATED PARTNERS 5TH & 9TH FLOOR
1. Lease, dated December 31, 1995.
2. First Amendment of Lease, dated June 12,
1997.
3. Second Amendment, May 18, 2001.
4. Guaranty, dated December 31, 1995.
5. SNDA, dated March 19, 1986 between Landlord,
Tenant and New York Life Insurance Company.
6. Second Amendment to Lease, dated July 22,
1988.
7. Third Amendment to Lease, dated June 1, 1989.
8. First Amendment to Lease, dated February 24,
1988.
9. Lease, dated January 1, 1986.
10. License Agreement, dated January 1, 1995 re:
Second Floor usage.
11. License Agreement, dated March 31, 1993 re:
Basement Area.
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12. Letter, dated October 4, 2001 from Landlord
to Tenant re: termination of Lease for Space A (Basement).
Y. RELATED 12TH FLOOR
1. License Agreement, dated October 10, 2002.
2. Amendment to License Agreement, dated May 27,
2004.
Z. SCOTTS HALLMARK
1. Lease, dated March 1, 1995.
2. Guaranty, dated March 1, 1995.
AA. SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
1. License Agreement, dated January 24, 2000.
2. Amendment to PCS Site Agreement, dated July ,
2000.
BB. STUDIO 59
1. Lease, dated April 27, 1984.
2. Letter Agreement, dated October 2, 1984.
3. Second Amendment, dated September ,
1987.
4. Third Amendment, dated April 1, 1992.
5. Fourth Amendment, dated May 1, 1993.
6. Fifth Amendment, dated November 19, 1993.
7. Sixth Amendment, dated October 1, 2001.
8. Assignment and Assumption of Lease, dated
October 1, 2001.
9. Guaranty, dated October 1, 2001.
10. Letter, dated March 18, 1992 re: change of
notice address for 625 Madison Ave. Associates.
11. Letter, dated June 29, 1992 from Landlord to
Tenant re: electrical violation to be cured.
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12. Memo, dated February 12, 1992 from Related
Management Corp. re: temporary rent reduction from 5,000 to 4,500 for one year.
13. Letter, dated December 14, 2000 re: Proposed
Surrender Agreement.
14. Proposed Surrender Agreement, dated December ,
2000 between Landlord and Tenant.
CC. MCI METRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES, INC.
1. Equipment Placement Agreement, dated July 31,
1995.
2. First Amendment of Equipment Placement
Agreement, dated December 15, 2000.
3. Order Fixing date and time for MCI to reject
or assume leases issued by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of N.Y.
date extended through 9/22/03.
4. Letter, dated November 2, 1995 from Landlord
to Tenant re: additional rent charge of $19.67/month for exhaust fan.
DD. 625 PARTNERS, L.P.
1. Lease, dated February 24, 1988.
2. First Amendment, dated March 1, 1988.
3. Second Amendment, dated July 22, 1988.
4. Third Amendment, dated December ,
1995.
EE. NORTH AMERICA WATCH CORP.
1. Lease, dated December ,
1995.
2. Sublease, dated April 15, 2002.
3. Guaranty, dated April 15, 2002.
4. Letter, dated July 10, 2002 from Tenant to
Landlord re: change of address for notice.
5. Consent to Sublease, dated April 15, 2002,
between 625 Madison Avenue Associates, Movado Group and Related Management
Corp.
6. Agreement of Lease (Ground Floor and
Basement), dated August 8, 1988 between 625 Madison Avenue Associates and
Movado Museum Designs.
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7. SNDA, dated March ,
1989 between New York Life Insurance Company and Movado Museum Design
International Ltd.
8. Letter, dated December 20, 1994, from Tenant
to Related Management Corp. re: Tenant will vacate premises January 7, 1995.
9. Letter Agreement, dated November 1, 1994 from
625 Madison Avenue Associates to Tenant.
10. Letter Agreement, dated February 24, 1995 from
625 Madison Avenue Associates to Tenant.
11. Letter, dated October 18, 1994 from North
American Watch to Related Management Corp. re: term of License extended to 5
p.m. on January 8, 1995.
12. Agreement of Guarantee, dated August 8, 1988
between Landlord and Tenant.
13. License Agreement, dated July 9, 1994 between
Tenant and Landlord.
14. Tenant Acceptance, dated May 22, 1989 from
Movado Museum Designs International Ltd.
15. Letter, dated November 30, 1988 from Related
Management Corp. to Museum Designs International Ltd. re: receipt of
Performance Bond.
FF. AJILON LLC
1. Lease, dated January 13, 2003.
2. Nondisturbance Agreement, dated January 13,
2003 between Revlon Consumer Products Corporation, as Superior Lessor, and
Ajilon, as Tenant.
GG. BACCARAT, INC.
1. Lease, dated September 1, 2003.
2. Amendment of Lease, dated April 1, 1995.
3. Letter Agreement, dated April 1, 1995 between
Baccarat, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates giving 20% discount to
Landlord and warranty that no brokerage commission payable to original lease
broker.
4. Letters, dated April, 6, 1995, March 29,
1995, March 24, 1995 and March 23, 1995 and concerning real estate
representation agreement.
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5. Default Notice, dated December 3, 2001.
6. Default Notice, dated January 15, 2002.
7. Letter, dated January 19, 1996, authorizing
placement of planters in front of Tenants space.
8. SNDA, dated September 1, 1993, between Tenant
and New York Life Insurance Company.
9. Letter, dated January 14, 1992 discussing
terms of lease re: percentage rent between 1993 and 2001.
10. Consent to Sublease (Ines de la Fressange USA
as Subtenant), dated May , 1996.
HH. JIMS SHOE REPAIR
1. Lease, dated April 17, 1984.
2. Amendment of Lease Letter Agreement, dated
October 1, 1984.
3. Second Amendment, dated November 30, 1984.
4. Third Amendment, dated October 30, 1987.
5. Fourth Amendment, dated February 27, 1992.
6. Fifth Amendment, dated April 1, 1992.
7. Sixth Amendment, dated March 1, 1993.
8. Seventh Amendment, dated March 1, 1994.
9. Eighth Amendment, dated March 1, 1995.
10. Ninth Amendment, dated March 1, 1996.
11. Tenth Amendment, dated September 1, 1997.
12. Eleventh Amendment, dated February 28, 2002.
13. Letter, dated January 22, 1986 re: increase
in rent due to porters wages.
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II. R. M. WILLIAMS PTY. LTD.
1. Lease, dated September 1, 1999.
2. Letter Agreement, dated July 21, 2000.
3. Letter, dated October 14, 2003 re: change of
ownership of RM Williams Holding Corp. (an Australian entity).
JJ. ORENS DAILY ROAST
1. Lease, dated February 28, 1992.
2. Guarantee, dated February 28, 1992.
3. Letter Agreement, dated March 10, 1992.
4. Tenant Acceptance Letter, dated August 4,
1992 by Percival Coffee Company, Inc.
5. Letter, dated June 26, 1992 re: Initial
Alterations between Percival Coffee Company, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue
Associates.
KK. GLOPAM, INC. (DR. GARY OSTROW)
1. Lease, dated June 1, 1992.
2. Letter Agreement, dated September 30, 1992.
3. Amendment of Lease, dated August 22, 2002.
4. Amendment to Insurance Policy, dated August
18, 2000.
5. Letter, dated July 27, 2000 from Related
Management Co. to Dr. Ostrow re: reduction of policy.
6. Reduction of Life Insurance Policy, dated
July 24, 1996.
7. Reduction of Life Insurance Policy, dated
April 20, 1995.
8. Assignment of Business Overhead Expense
Policy as Collateral, dated September 24, 1992 from Tenant to Landlord.
9. Assignment of Life Insurance Policy as
collateral, dated September 25, 1992 from Tenant to Landlord.
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10. Letter Agreement, dated June 1, 1992 re:
Lease.
11. Assignment of Life Insurance Policy as
collateral, dated August 13, 1992.
12. Assignment of Business Overhead Expense
Policy as collateral, dated August 13, 1992.
13. Letter, dated October 29, 1992 re: Alteration
fee for Account discussed in 9/30/92 letter.
14. Letter Agreement, dated June 1, 1992 re:
initial alterations.
LL. SOLERA CAPITAL LLC
1. Lease, dated October 10, 2002.
2. Letter Agreement, dated October 23, 2002.
MM. SWAROVSKI 625 MADISON, LLC
1. Lease, dated September 25, 2001.
2. Guaranty, dated September 25, 2001.
3. Letter, dated October 30, 2001 between
Landlord and Tenant re: commencement date.
NN. WOLFORD BOUTIQUE
1. Lease, dated July 28, 1992.
2. Letter Agreement, dated December 29, 1998.
3. Letter Agreement, dated December 29, 1998.
4. Assignment & Assumption Agreement, dated
February 18, 1999.
5. Consent to Assignment, dated February ,
1999.
6. Letter Agreement, dated February 16, 1999.
7. Letter Agreement, dated February 19, 1999.
8. First Amendment of Lease, dated May 1, 2000.
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9. Letter, dated January 22, 1996 from Related
Management Corp. stating that tenant is in default.
10. Tenant Acceptance Letter, dated August 10,
1992, by Dina Realty Corp. d/b/a Wolford Boutique.
11. Letter, dated July 28, 1992 from Landlord to
Dina Realty Corp.
12. Certification, dated February 16, 1999 that
no payments to be received by tenant.
OO. SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT
AGREEMENTS MADE BETWEEN THE NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE
FOLLOWING TENANTS:
1. Ajilon, LLC
2. Baccarat, Inc.
3. Caxton Associates, L.L.C.
4. Glopam Too, Inc.
5. Eres, Limited
6. Firmenich Incorporated
7. Grandemela Corp.
8. Joseph Rocco and John Rocco, d/b/a/ Jims
Shoe Repair
9. Percival Coffee Co., Inc.
10. PMX Products, Inc.
11. Arts De Provinces Des France, Inc., d/b/a
Pierre Deux
12. Related Partners, Inc.
13. SHS Corp., d/b/a Scotts Hallmark
14. Solera Capital, LLC
15. Stephen Knoll Ltd.
16. Stuart Weitzman Retail, Inc.
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17. Rosario Italia (d/b/a Rosario Italia Barber
Shop)
18. Very Ltd.
19. Wolford Boutiques, LLC
20. The Neiman Marcus Group Inc.
21. Swarovski 625 Madison, LLC
22. The Mount Sinai Hospital
PP. LEASE ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES DELIVERED TO THE
NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY THE FOLLOWING
TENANTS:
1. Ajilon, L.L.C.
2. Ales Group U.S.A., Inc.
3. Baccarat, Inc.
4. Bascome, L.L.C.
5. Caxton Associates, L.L.C.
6. Cooper Brown & Behrle, P.C.
7. Davies, Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Inc.
8. Glopam Too, Inc.
9. Duane Reade
10. Eres, Limited
11. Firmenich Incorporated
12. Fratelli Rossetti 625, Inc.
13. Grandemela Corp.
14. Joseph Rocco and John Rocco, d/b/a Jims Shoe
Repair
15. LVMH Fashion Group Americas Inc., f/k/a Louis
Vuitton N.A., Inc.
16. The Mount Sinai Hospital
17. The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
18. Movado Group, Inc., f/k/a North American
Watch Corporation
19. Percival Coffee Co, Inc.
20. Page & Smith Eyeware, Inc. (not executed)
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21. PMX Products, Inc.
22. Arts des Provinces de France, Inc., d/b/a
Pierre Deux
23. The Pilot Group GP, L.L.C.
24. Polo Ralph Lauren
25. Wachovia Securities, L.L.C.
26. R.M. Williams Pty. Ltd.
27. Related Partners, Inc.
28. SHS Corp., d/b/a Scotts Hallmark
29. Solera Capital, L.L.C.
30. Sprint Spectrum L.P.
31. Stephen Knoll Ltd.
32. Stuart Weitzman Retail, Inc.
33. Rosario Italia (d/b/a Rosario Italia Barber
Shop)
34. Swarovski 625 Madison, LLC
35. Very, Ltd.
36. Wolford Boutiques, LLC
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EXHIBIT G
(Schedule of Contracts)
1. Package Intercept Agreement, dated as of
September 16, 2002, between Archer Management Services, Inc. and Partnership,
as modified by Amendment #1, effective as of September 16, 2002, between Archer
Management Services, Inc. and Partnership, as further modified by Amendment #2,
dated September 24, 2003, effective as of September 16, 2003, between Archer
Management Services, Inc. and Partnership, as further modified by Amendment #3,
effective November 1, 2003, between Archer Management Services, Inc. and
Partnership, as further modified by Letter, dated December 3, 2003, from Oce
Business Services, Inc. to Partnership.
2. Elevator Preventative Maintenance Agreement,
dated February 4, 2000, between New York Elevator Company and Related
Management Co.
3. Preventative Maintenance Agreement, dated
March 14, 2002, effective April 1, 2002, between Matrix Mechanical Corp. and
Partnership, as modified by Letter, dated May 25, 2004, from Matrix Mechanical
Corp. to Partnership.
4. Planned Maintenance Agreement, dated March 4,
2004, effective March 1, 2004, between Cummins Metropower, Inc. and
Partnership.
5. Equipment Lease, dated as of April 1, 1997,
between Sirina Fire Protection Corp. and Related Management.
6. Letter Agreement, dated March 13, 2002 and
April 29, 2002, effective June 1, 2002, between Signature Metal and Marble
Maintenance, L.L.C. and Partnership.
7. Service Contract, dated December 9, 2003,
between Nationwide Maintenance, Inc. and Partnership.
8. Rental Service Agreement, dated March 16,
1998, between W.H. Christian & Sons, Inc. and Related Management Company.
9. Participating Agreement concerning Central
Pension Fund at the International Union of Operating Engineers and
Participating Employers, (undated) effective January 1, 2004, between
Partnership and Local 94 (which did not sign).
10. 2004 R.A.B. Engineer Agreement Assent, dated
February 18, 2004, effective as of January 1, 2004, between the Partnership and
International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO to Master Agreement between
Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, Inc. and Local 94-94A, International
Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO generally known as 2004 Engineer Agreement.
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11. Letter, dated March 3, 2004, from Andrew OBrien
on behalf of Partnership to International Union of Operating Engineers Local
Union No. 94, 94A, 94B setting forth the employees covered under the 2004
R.A.B. Agreements and their then hourly rates.
12. Electricity Sale Agreement, executed June 18,
2004, between Partnership and Con Edison Solutions.
13. Articles of Agreement, dated October 1, 1996,
between Partnership and Pritchard Industries, Inc.
14. Exterior Scaffold Maintenance Agreement,
dated December 8, 2003, between R&R Scaffolding, Ltd. and 625 Madison
Associates, L.P.
15. Central Station Service Contract, dated
December 6, 1990, between AFA Protective Systems, Inc. and Related Management
Corp.
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EXHIBIT H
(Brokerage Agreements)
1. September 24, 2001 Agreement between Cushman
& Wakefield, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P. re: Pea in the
Pod retail premises (Swarovksi)
2. January 10, 1995 Agreement between David M.
Tofsky and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Scotts Hallmark
3. May 12, 1992 Agreement between Edward S.
Gordon Company, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Dr. Gary Ostrow
4. October 27, 1995 Agreement between Edward S.
Gordon Company, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Fratelli Rossetti
5. December 26, 1990 Agreement between Edward S.
Gordon Company, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: The Mount Sinai
Hospital
6. May 6, 1992 Agreement between
Harper-Lawrence, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates, re: Dr. Gary Ostrow
7. March 12, 2001 Agreement between
Helmsley-Spear, Inc. and Insignia/ESG, Inc. re: Firmenich, Incorporated, with
March 20, 2001 cover letter from Insignia/ESG, Inc. to The Related Companies
8. August 1988 Agreement between Inter-Realty, Ltd.
and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Grandemela
9. October 14, 1994 Agreement between Joseph
Hilton & Associates Incorporated and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re:
Prudential Securities
10. March 18, 1991 Agreement between Judson
Realty, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Stephen Knoll, Inc.
11. December 1, 1994 Agreement between Judson
Realty, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Stuart Weitzman, Inc.
12. June 29, 1993 Agreement between Koeppel Tener
Riguardi, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Baccarat, Inc.
13. June 18, 1992 Agreement between The Lansco
Corporation and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Wolford Hosiery
14. November 19, 1991 Agreement between Marshall
E. Felenstein and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Alan J. Bloostein and/or
Oren Bloostein (Orens Daily Roast)
15. January 30, 1989 Agreement between Okada
International Corporation and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: The Ales Group
16. May 25, 1989 Invoice from Peter R. Friedman,
Ltd. for services rendered re: The Ales Group
17. October 9, 1995 Agreement between Wilrock
Management & Consulting, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates, dated
October 9, 1995
18. January 11, 2001 Agreement between Cushman
& Wakefield, Inc. and 625 Madison Avenue Associates re: Episode Store
retail space (Pierre Deux), with June 9, 2001 Letter Agreement and January 9,
2002 Letter Agreement
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EXHIBIT H-1
(Missing Brokerage Agreements)
1. Calvin J. Kinzelberg: Pierre Deux Lease
2. C.B. Shaw, Inc. Corporate Real Estate: Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, Inc.
Lease
3. Colliers-ABR, Inc.: LVMH 1st Amendment
4. Collins-Tuttle and Company: Jims Shoe Repair Lease, Page & Smith
Lease,
Studio 59 Lease
5. Equis Corporation: Ajilon, LLC Lease
6. Felenstein, Koniver & Associates, Inc.: Wolford Boutique, LLC 1st Amendment
7. The Georgetown Company:
Solera Capital, LLC Lease
8. Harper-Lawrence, Inc.:
Bascome, LLC Lease, The Mount Sinai Hospital Lease
9. Insignia/Esg., Inc. (and Edward S. Gordon
Company): Caxton Associate
LLC Lease, Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, Inc. Lease, Glopam, Inc 1st
Amendment, Eres, Limited Lease, LVMH 1st Amendment, The Neiman Marcus Group
Lease,
Baccarat 1st Amendment
10. Julien J. Studley, Inc.: Caxton Associates, LLC Lease, Pilot Group
GP, LLC License
11. Newmark & Company Real Estate: Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, Inc.
3rd Amendment
12. Oltreoceano Corporation: Grandemela Lease
13. PBS Realty Advisors: North American Watch Corp. Sublease
14. Peter R. Friedman, Ltd.: Grandemela Lease, Prudential Securities
Lease
15. Ripco Real Estate: Swarovski 625 Madison, LLC Lease
16. USI Real Estate Advisors, LLC: Cooper, Brown & Behrle, P.C. Lease
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EXHIBIT I
(Permitted Exceptions)
Purchaser
shall take title to the Property subject to:
1. Present and future laws, ordinances, codes,
resolutions, requirements, orders and regulations of all municipal, county,
state or federal governments having jurisdiction over the Property and the use
of improvements thereof, including without limitation, if applicable, rights of
governmental authorities to require the removal of any vaults, vault spaces,
areas, chutes or other spaces or projections beyond the building lines or of
any curb cut.
2. Encroachments and/or projections of stoops,
stoop areas, cellar steps, window trims, vent pipes, cellar doors, door, door
caps, hedges, railings, steps, columns and column bases, flue pipes, signs,
piers, lintels, window sills, fire escapes, ledges, fences, coping, trim and
cornices, if any, upon, under or above any street or highway, the Property or
any adjoining premises.
3. The rights, if any, of any utility company to
maintain lines, pipes, wires, cables, poles and distribution boxes and
equipment in, under, over and upon the Property provided that the same do not
materially interfere with the use of, or materially adversely affect the value
of the Property.
4. Any state of facts in addition to or
subsequent to the state of facts disclosed by the Survey (hereinafter defined),
which an accurate survey of the Property would disclose if such additional or
subsequent state of facts do not adversely affect (in other than a de minimis
respect) the continued use of the Property as an office building with ground
floor retail, provided, however, if such survey shows encroachments by (a)
improvements from the Land onto adjoining property, the street, an easement
area, or a restrictive setback area, then such encroachment shall not be deemed
an objection to title if the Title Company will insure that such encroachment
may remain undisturbed so long as the improvement shall stand or (b)
improvements or structures from adjoining property, the street or easement
area, or a restrictive setback area onto the Land, then such encroachment shall
not be deemed an objection to title if it does not adversely affect (in other
than a de minimis respect) the continued use of the Property as an office
building with ground floor retail.
5. Rights of tenants (as tenants only) pursuant
to leases set forth on Exhibit F attached to this Agreement to which this
Exhibit I is attached and those New Leases entered into by Partnership in
accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement.
6. Any liens, encumbrance, charge or other
matter (including, without limitation, violations of federal, state or
municipal laws, ordinances or requirements), which any tenant under any of the
Leases is by the terms of its lease or occupancy agreement required to
discharge, remove or comply with.
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7. Covenants, restrictions, reservations,
easements and agreements of record in addition to those specifically set forth
in this Exhibit I provided the same are not violated by the structure or structures
presently on the Property do not interfere (in other than a de minimis respect)
with the continued use thereof.
8. Consents of record, if any, by Partnership or
any former owner of the Property for the erection of any structure or
structures on, under or above any street or streets on which the Property may
abut.
9. Any financing statements or chattel mortgages
entered into by, or arising from, the acts of any tenant under a Lease and any
financing statements or chattel mortgages filed against property no longer on
the Property.
10. Such state of facts as are shown by a survey
prepared by Earl B. Lovell S.P. Belcher, Inc. dated 11/17/1955 and most
recently updated by visual inspection on 9/26/2003 by Joseph Nicoletti,
Professional Land Surveyor, P.C. (the Survey) including, without
limitation:
a. Stone, metal and glass fronts, added to six
to sixteen story building on Property, not located, may encroach/project over
58th and 59th Streets, Madison Avenue and/or premises
adjoining on the south.
b. Southerly marble covered columns have been
covered with stainless steel (not located).
c. Encroachments on and projections over East 59th
Street:
Grated area 4 feet 0 inches
Iron cellar doors 4 feet 2 inches
d. Stand pipes project up to 0 feet 9 inches
over East 59th Street.
e. 37 to 39 story building, one story brick
extension and six-story brick building added to premises adjoining on the east,
not located, may encroach on and/or project over the Property.
f. Old southerly independent wall of five story
building on the Property encroaches up to 0 feet ½ of an inch on premises
adjoining on the south.
g. Air conditioners of 19 story building on
premises adjoining on the southeast project up to 1 foot 2 inches over the
Property.
h. Stone fence wall of premises adjoining on the
southeast encroaches up to 0 feet ½ of an inch on the Property.
i. Present cat walk at roof projects 4 feet more
or less over premises to the east.
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j. Projection over East 58th Street:
Awning 2 feet more or less
11. The liens of assessments, real estate taxes,
water meter charges, water frontage charges, sewer taxes, rent and charges
provided the same are apportioned at Closing as herein provided.
12. Possible lack of right in Partnership to
maintain vaults, vault lights, coal chutes or excavations beyond any building
lines, whether above or below the sidewalk, any licensing statute, ordinance
or regulation and the terms of any license pertaining thereto.
13. Variations between the location and
dimensions of Property as shown in the public records as shown on the tax map
of the City of New York, if any.
14. Terms, Covenants and Conditions set forth in
Distinctive Street Improvement Maintenance Declaration made by 625 Madison
Avenue Associates dated 5/28/1987 and recorded on 4/28/1988 in Reel 1395 Page
1158.
15. Easements and Conditions set forth in Liber
4084 Cp 185 and Liber 4084 Cp 197.
16. Terms, covenants, conditions, agreements and
provisions of a Lease by and between John D. Crimmins and Walter J. Salomon
dated 8/5/07 recorded 9/16/07 in Section 5 Liber 142 Cp. 125.
With Regard Thereto:
a. Assignment of Lease by Walter J. Salomon to
Fifty-Ninth Street Madison Avenue Co. dated 8/11/08 and recorded 8/29/08 in Section
5 Liber 142 Cp. 164.
b. Assignment of Lease by Fifty-Ninth Street
Madison Avenue Co. to Meyac Realty Corporation recorded 6/17/25 in Liber 3482
Cp 305.
c. Terms, covenants, conditions, agreements and
provisions of a Renewal Lease by Mary C. Crimmins and Constance C. Childs,
Trustee under Paragraph 13 of Last Will and Testament of John D. Crimmins,
deceased to Meyac Realty Corporation dated 2/28/29 and recorded 3/5/29 in Liber
3702 Cp 195.
d. Assignment of Lease by Meyac Realty
Corporation to 1929 Holding Corporation dated 2/28/29 recorded 3/5/29 in Liber
3702 Cp 193.
e. Assignment of Lease by 1929 Holding
Corporation to Madis Realty Corporation dated 2/28/29 and recorded 3/5/29 in
Liber 3702 Cp 194.
f. Order directing Assignment of Lease dated 7/14/38
recorded 7/27/38 in Liber 3989 Cp 94.
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g. Assignment of Lease by Archie F. Winter, as
and only as Trustee in Proceedings under Section 77B of Bankruptcy Act for
Reorganization of Madis Realty Corporation, debtor to 625 Madison Avenue
Corporation, dated 7/26/38 and recorded 7/27/38 in Liber 3989 Cp. 88.
17. Terms, Covenants, Conditions, Agreements and
Provisions of Lease by and between Barclay-Arrow Holding Corporation to Madis
Realty Corporation dated 2/26/29 and recorded on 3/5/29 in Liber 3702 Cp 209.
With Regard Thereto:
a. Order directing Assignment of Lease dated
7/14/38 and recorded 7/27/38 in Liber 3989 Cp 94.
b. Assignment of Lease by Archie F. Winter, as
and only as Trustee in Proceedings under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act for
the Reorganization of Madis Realty Corporation, debtor, to 625 Madison Avenue
Corporation, dated 7/26/38 and recorded 7/27/38 in Liber 3989 Cp 87.
c. Agreement Consolidating and Extending Leases
recorded in Liber 3702 Cp 195 and Liber 3702 Cp 209 by and between Mary C.
Crimmins, Constance C. Childs, Trustees under Paragraph 13 of the Last Will and
Testament of John C. Crimmins, deceased; Mary C. Crimmins, Constance C. Childs,
Mercedes Challinor and Evelyn Patterson, lessors, and 625 Madison Avenue
Corporation, lessee, dated 7/26/38 and recorded on 7/27/38 in Liber 3989 Cp
100.
d. Assignment of Lease by 625 Madison Avenue
Corporation to Calmon J. Ginsberg and Morris Ginsberg dated 10/1/50 and
recorded 10/5/50 in Liber 4694 Cp 301.
e. Modification Agreement by and between Mary C.
Crimmins, Constance C. Childs, Trustee under Paragraph 13 of the Last Will and
Testament of John D. Crimmins, deceased, and Calmon J. Ginsberg and Morris
Ginsberg dated 10/2/50 and recorded on 10/5/50 in Liber 4694 Cp 313.
f. Assignment of Lease by Calmon J. Ginsberg and
Morris Ginsberg to Calmon J. Ginsberg, Morris Ginsberg, Yvette Rosenson, Diana
G. Jaffe, Elsie G. Robinson and Sylvia G. Kaplan dated 10/2/50 and recorded
10/13/50 in Liber 4695 Cp 486.
g. Assignment of Lease by Calmon J. Ginsberg,
Morris Ginsberg, Yvette Robinson, Diana G. Jaffe, Elsie G. Robinson and Sylvia
G. Kaplan to Madison-59th Street Corp. dated 6/17/52 and recorded
6/18/52 in Liber 4787 Cp 564.
h. Modification Agreement by and among Mary C.
Crimmins, Constance C. Childs, Trustees under Paragraph 13 of the Last Will and
Testament of John D. Crimmins, deceased, Madison-59th Street Corp.
and Calmon J. Ginsberg and Morris Ginsberg dated 6/14/55 and recorded 6/15/55
in Liber 4927 Cp 5.
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i. Assignment of Lease by Madison-59th
Street Corp. to 625 Madison Avenue Associates dated 9/22/78 and recorded
10/18/78 in Reel 457 Page 58.
j. Lease Agreement made by and between Mary Hitchcock
Childs and Thomas Parsons III, as trustees under the Last Will and Testament of
Constance Childs, deceased, Robert Crimmins, William Ewing Jr. and Henry S.
Patterson II, as Trustees under Agreement dated 12/22/69 and Grace S. Jennings
with 625 Madison Avenue Associates dated as of 7/1/80 and recorded on 3/24/1986
in Reel 1041 Page 1282.
k. First Amendment of Lease dated as of
4/18/2001 between 625 Management Committee, lessor, and 625 Madison Avenue
Associates, L.P., lessee, recorded on 4/29/2002 in Reel 3500 Page 1093.
l. Second Amendment of Lease dated as of
10/10/03 by and between 625 Management Committee, lessor, and 625 Madison
Avenue Associates, L.P., lessee, and recorded on 2/3/04 CRFN 2004000064361 in
the Office of the Register of the City of New York, County of New York.
18. Terms, covenants, conditions, agreements and
provisions of a sub-lease by and between Madison-59th Street Corp.
and Standard Brands Incorporated dated 4/2/56 recorded 8/13/56 in Liber 4974 Cp
27.
With
Respect Thereto:
a. Non-Disturbance, Subordination and Attornment
Agreement by and between New York Life Insurance Company and Standard Brands
Incorporated dated as of 7/20/56 recorded 8/16/56 in Liber 4974 Cp 571.
b. Unrecorded Amendment and Supplement dated
6/1/57.
c. Unrecorded Amendment and Supplement dated
1/1/59.
d. Unrecorded Amendment and Supplement dated
6/6/72.
e. Modification Lease by and between Madison-59th
Street Corp. and Standard Brands Incorporated, a memo of which was dated
9/26/77 and recorded 10/3/77 in Reel 412 Page 1857.
19. Terms, covenants, conditions, agreements and
provisions of an unrecorded sub-lease by and between Madison-59th
Street Corp. and Standard Brands Incorporated.
With
Respect Thereto:
a. Modification of Lease by and between Madison-59th
Street Corp. and Standard Brands Incorporated a memo of which was dated 9/26/77
recorded 10/3/77 in Reel 412 Page 1860.
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20. Subordination, Non-Disturbance and
Recognition agreement by and between New York Life Company and The Related
Companies Inc. dated as of 3/19/86, recorded 3/24/86 in Reel 1041 Page 1423;
and by reference herein, the unrecorded space lease between said parties.
21. Subordination, Non-Disturbance and
Recognition agreement by and between New York Life Insurance Company and The
Mount Sinai Hospital dated as of 5/31/91, recorded 7/31/91 in Reel 1800 Page
2309; and by reference herein, the unrecorded space lease between said parties.
22. UCC Financing Statement No. 200311101835658
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Secured
Party:
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New
York State Teachers Retirement System
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Debtor:
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625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
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Filing
Date:
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11/10/2003
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23. UCC Financing Statement No. 200311101835660
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Secured
Party:
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New
York State Teachers Retirement System
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|
Debtor:
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625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
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|
Filing
Date:
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11/10/2003
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24. UCC Financing Statement No. (CRFN)
2003000460417
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Secured
Party:
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New
York State Teachers Retirement System
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Debtor:
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625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
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Filing
Date:
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11/18/2003
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25. Assignment of Leases and Rents dated as of
10/10/03 and recorded on 2/3/2004 under CRFN 2004000064364 made between 625
Madison Avenue Associates L.P. and New York State Teachers Retirement
System. (Relates to mortgages #1 through
#10, as consolidated listed on Exhibit J attached hereto)
26. Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment
Agreements made between the New York State Teachers Retirement System and the
following tenants:
a. Ajilon, LLC
b. Baccarat, Inc.
c. Caxton Associates, L.L.C.
d. Glopam Too, Inc.
e. Eres, Limited
f. Firmenich Incorporated
g. Grandemela Corp.
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h. Joseph Rocco and John Rocco, d/b/a/ Jims
Shoe Repair
i. Percival Coffee Co., Inc.
j. PMX Products, Inc.
k. Arts De Provinces Des France, Inc., d/b/a
Pierre Deux
l. Related Partners, Inc.
m. SHS Corp., d/b/a Scotts Hallmark
n. Solera Capital, LLC
o. Stephen Knoll Ltd.
p. Stuart Weitzman Retail, Inc.
q. Rosario Italia (d/b/a Rosario Italia Barber
Shop)
r. Very Ltd.
s. Wolford Boutiques, LLC
t. The Neiman Marcus Group Inc.
u. Swarovski 625 Madison, LLC
v. The Mount Sinai Hospital
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EXHIBIT J
(Schedule of Loan Documents)
a. Consolidation, Modification and Extension of
Leasehold Mortgage and Security Agreement and Fixture Filing made between 625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P. and New York State Teachers Retirement System,
dated as of 10/10/03 and recorded on 2/3/04 under CRFN 2004000064363.
b. Note Consolidation, Modification and
Extension Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2003, between 625 Madison Avenue
Associates, L.P. and New York State Teachers Retirement System.
c. Assignment of Leases and Rents made by 625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P. for the benefit of New York State Teachers
Retirement System, dated as of 10/10/03 and recorded on 2/3/04 under CRFN
2004000064364.
d. UCC Financing Statement No. 200311101835658
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Secured
Party:
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New
York State Teachers Retirement System
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|
Debtor:
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625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
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|
Filing
Date:
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11/10/2003
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e. UCC Financing Statement No. 200311101835660
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Secured
Party:
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New
York State Teachers Retirement System
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|
Debtor:
|
625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
|
|
Filing
Date:
|
11/10/2003
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f. UCC Financing Statement No. (CRFN) 2003000460417
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Secured
Party:
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New
York State Teachers Retirement System
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Debtor:
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625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
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Filing
Date:
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11/18/2003
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g. Environmental Indemnification Agreement by
625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P., Steven D. Robinson and Six Madison, L.P.
for the benefit of New York State Teachers Retirement System, dated as of
10/10/03.
h. Indemnification and Guaranty Agreement by 625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P., Steven D. Robinson and Six Madison, L.P. for
the benefit of New York State Teachers Retirement System, dated as of
10/10/03.
i. Collateral Trust Agreement, Security
Agreement and Control Agreement (Tax Escrow Agreement) among 625 Madison Avenue
Associates, L.P., New York State Teachers Retirement System and L.J. Melody
& Company of Texas, L.P., dated as of 10/10/03.
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j. Collateral Trust Agreement, Security
Agreement and Control Agreement (Revlon Reserve Fund) among 625 Madison Avenue
Associates, L.P., New York State Teachers Retirement System and L.J. Melody
& Company of Texas, L.P., dated as of 10/10/03.
k. Collateral Trust Agreement, Security
Agreement and Control Agreement (Anticipated TI Reserve Fund) among 625 Madison
Avenue Associates, L.P., New York State Teachers Retirement System and L.J.
Melody & Company of Texas, L.P., dated as of 10/10/03.
l. Collateral Trust Agreement, Security
Agreement and Control Agreement (Base Building Work Reserve Fund) among 625
Madison Avenue Associates, L.P., New York State Teachers Retirement System and
L.J. Melody & Company of Texas, L.P., dated as of 10/10/03.
m. Multi-Party Blocked Account Agreement among
New York State Teachers Retirement System, L.J. Melody & Company of Texas,
L.P., individual and as agent and Banc One, N.A., dated as of 10/10/03.
n. Borrowers Closing Certificate by 625 Madison
Avenue Associates, L.P., to New York State Teachers Retirement System, dated
as of 10/10/03.
o. Letter of Subordination by H.B. Gianos to New
York State Teachers Retirement System, dated as of 10/10/03.
p. Letter of Subordination of Fee by Six
Madison, L.P. to New York State Teachers Retirement System, dated 10/10/03.
q. Letter of Subordination of Fee by MAD-59
Management, LLC to New York State Teachers Retirement System, dated 10/10/03.
r. Letter Agreement between New York State
Teachers Retirement System and 625 Madison Avenue Associates, dated 9/24/03.
s. Letter Agreement between 625 Madison Avenue
Associates, L.P. and New York State Teachers Retirement System re: (i) Waiver
of Insurance Escrow and (ii) payment of Neiman Marcus Tenant Improvement
Allowance, dated 10/10/03.
t. Letter Agreement between 625 Madison Avenue
Associates, L.P. and New York State Teachers Retirement System, dated as of
10/10/03 re: Removal of Violations.
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EXHIBIT K
(Lender Escrow Schedule)
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Reserve Balance by Type
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|
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Other Escrow:
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$
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144,511.45
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|
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Other Escrow:
|
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$
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13,510,058.43
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Tax Escrow Interest Account:
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|
$
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2,170,104.88
|
|
|
|
|
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Total:
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$
|
15,824,674.76
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EXHIBIT L
(Lease Agreement)
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EXHIBIT M
(Pending Arrearages)
(Arrearages under Leases as of August ,
2004)
See attached printout.
14
EXHIBIT N
(Prepaid Rent Under Leases in Excess of One Month)
None.
15
EXHIBIT O
(Written Default Notices Given by Seller to Tenants
Under Leases Which Remain Uncured)
None.
16
EXHIBIT P
(August , 2004 Rent Roll)
See attached printout.
17
EXHIBIT Q
(Employees)
Andrew
OBrien Building Manager Covered by Union Local 94 for Benefits Only
Patricia
Chennouf Building Accountant
Denise
Jacquet Receptionist and Assistant to Building Manager
All
Maintenance Employees set forth below are union employees and are in Local 94)
Martin
Mulligan Chief Engineer (Local 94)
Sean
Leonard Engineer (Local 94)
Leo
Reynolds Engineer (Local 94)
Mohammed
Zaker Engineer (Local 94)
William
Howell Helper (Local 94)
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EXHIBIT R
(Unpaid Brokerage Commissions)
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TENANT
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BROKER
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AMOUNT
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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PAGE & SMITH
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H.B. GIANOS
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$
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6,807.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STUART WEITZMAN
|
|
H.B. GIANOS
|
|
105,104.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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EXHIBIT S
(Insurance Certificates)
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EXHIBIT T
(List of Interests of Transferors)
625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
Partners
Six
Madison, L.P.
625
Partners, L.P.
The
Related Companies, L.P., as successor-in-interest to Related Madison Associates
Limited Partnership
Six Madison L.P.
Partners
Six
Associates GP Co., LLC.
Hortense
Ginsberg
Laurie
G. Rudey
Trust
f/b/o Laurie G. Rudey u/w of Robert L. Ginsberg dtd 5/31/84
Trust
f/b/o David A. Snider, Rachel P. Snider, Sarah L. Snider and Jessica P. Ginsberg
u/w of Morris Ginsberg
Fund
A Trust u/w of Daniel R. Ginsberg
Susan
Snider
Rona
F. Jaffe
Trust
u/w of Elsie Robinson
Deborah
S. Williams
Louise
Weinberg
JM
Snider Irrevocable Insurance Trust
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625 Partners L.P.
Partners
Six
GP, L.P.
Hortense
Ginsberg
Laurie
G. Rudey
Trust
f/b/o Laurie G. Rudey u/w of Robert L. Ginsberg dtd 5/31/84
Trust
f/b/o David A. Snider, Rachel P. Snider, Sarah L. Snider and Jessica P.
Ginsberg u/w of Morris Ginsberg
Exempt
Trust f/b/o Susan G. Snider u/w of Morris Ginsberg
Fund
A Trust u/w of Daniel R. Ginsberg
Susan
Snider
Rona
F. Jaffe
Trust
u/w of Elsie Robinson
Deborah
S. Williams
Louise
Weinberg
Steven
D. Robinson Revocable Trust dated August 18, 1992
Sylvia
G. Kaplan
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Six Associates G.P. Co., LLC
Members
Hortense
Ginsberg
Laurie
G. Rudey
Trust
f/b/o Laurie G. Rudey u/w of Robert L. Ginsberg dtd 5/31/84
Trust
f/b/o David A. Snider, Rachel P. Snider, Sarah L. Snider and Jessica P.
Ginsberg u/w of Morris Ginsberg
Fund
A Trust u/w of Daniel R. Ginsberg
Susan
Snider
Rona
F. Jaffe
Trust
u/w of Elsie Robinson
Deborah
S. Williams
Louise
Weinberg
JM
Snider Irrevocable Insurance Trust
625 GP, L.P.
Partners
625
GP, Inc.
Trust
u/w of Elsie Robinson
625 GP, Inc.
Shareholder
Steven
D. Robinson Revocable Trust dated August 18, 1992
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EXHIBIT U
ASSUMPTION AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This
ASSUMPTION AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this Assumption and
Indemnification) is made as of the day of ,
2004 by GREEN 625 LESSEE LLC (Green 625), a Delaware limited liability
company, having an office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170, SL
GREEN REALTY CORP. (SLGRC), a Maryland corporation, having an office
at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10170 and SL GREEN OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP, L.P. (SLGOP), a Delaware limited partnership, having an
office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10170 (each an Indemnitor,
collectively, the Indemnitors) to and for the benefit of 625 MADISON
AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P. (625 Madison), a New York limited partnership,
having an office at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite 10B, New York, New York 10022,
LAURIE G. RUDEY, having an address at 1030 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
10021, TRUST F/B/O LAURIE G. RUDEY U/W OF ROBERT L. GINSBERG DTD 5/31/84,
having an address at 1030 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10021, TRUST F/B/O
DAVID A. SNIDER, RACHEL P. SNIDER, SARAH L. SNIDER AND JESSICA P. GINSBERG U/W
OF MORRIS GINSBERG, having an address at 69 Baxter Road, Brookline,
Massachusetts 02146, EXEMPT TRUST F/B/O SUSAN G. SNIDER U/W OF MORRIS GINSBERG,
having an address at 69 Baxter Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146, FUND A
TRUST U/W OF DANIEL R. GINSBERG, having an address at c/o David L. Katsky,
Esq., Esanu, Katsky, Korins & Siger, 605 Third Avenue, New York, New York
10158, SUSAN G. SNIDER, having an address at 69 Baxter Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
02146, RONA F. JAFFE, having an address at 201 East 62nd Street, New York, New
York 10021, DEBORAH S. WILLIAMS, having an address at 304 Creekshire Drive,
Signal Mountain, Tennessee 37377, LOUISE WEINBERG, having an address at 208
Eliot Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167, STEVEN D. ROBINSON REVOCABLE
TRUST DATED AUGUST 18, 1992, having an address at 9999 Collins Avenue, No. 26B,
Bal Harbour, Florida 33154-1839, and JM SNIDER IRREVOCABLE INSURANCE TRUST,
having an address at 69 Baxter Road, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 and
HORTENSE GINSBERG, having an address at 1100 Park Avenue New York, New York
10128, SYLVIA G. KAPLAN, having an address at 1130 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10128, TRUST U/W OF ELSIE ROBINSON, having an address at c/o Sun
Bank/Miami N.A., 201 Alhambra Circle, 14th Floor, Coral Gables, Florida 33134,
RELATED-MADISON ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership,
having an address c/o The Related Companies, L.P., 625 Madison Avenue, New
York, New York 10022 (each individually a Transferor and collectively
the Transferors; 625 Madison and Transferors are each individually an Indemnitor
and collectively the Indemnitees).
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AGREEMENT
WHEREAS,
625 Madison is the owner of the leasehold interest in and to certain property
located in the City, County, and State of New York, having an address of 625
Madison Avenue, and more particularly described in the Contract (as hereinafter
defined) (the Property);
WHEREAS,
SLGOP, of which SLGRC is the sole general partner, has agreed to indirectly
acquire (the Transfer), the leasehold interest in the Property
pursuant to that certain Purchase, Sale and Contribution Agreement (the Contract),
dated as of August , 2004, among 625 Madison (the Transferors)
and SLGOP;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Contract and such other documents and instruments as being
entered into as of the date hereof in connection with the closing contemplated
by the Contract (such documents and instruments together with the Contract are
collectively, the Purchase Documents), the Transfer is being
effectuated by the contribution of the Property by 625 Madison to Green 625 in
return for all the membership interests (the Membership Interests) in
Green 625, immediately subsequent to which the Membership Interests are being
distributed by 625 Madison to the Transferors and immediately subsequent to
which the Membership Interests are being transferred by the Transferors to
SLGOP or its designee;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Agreement (the Gianos Leasing Agreement),
dated May 17, 2001, between 625 Madison and H.B. Gianos (Gianos), 625
Madison appointed Gianos as its agent in connection with the leasing of the
Property (it should be noted the Gianos Leasing Agreement is the single spaced
agreement between the parties);
WHEREAS,
each of the Indemnitors acknowledges that it has received and reviewed copies
of the Gianos Leasing Agreement;
WHEREAS,
625 Madison is terminating (the Termination) the Gianos Leasing
Agreement on the date hereof; however, certain obligations under the Gianos
Leasing Agreement survive the Termination; and
WHEREAS,
to induce Indemnitees to enter into the Purchase Documents and to effectuate
the Transfer, the Indemnitors have agreed to execute and deliver this
Assumption and Indemnification to the Indemnitees.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in order to induce Indemnitees to effectuate the Transfer, and in
consideration of the matters described in the foregoing recitals, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Indemnitors do hereby agree as follows:
1. Assumption. The Indemnitors hereby
collectively accept and assume and agree to perform, observe and be bound by
all of the obligations, terms, covenants and conditions
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contained in the Gianos Leasing Agreement to be
performed or observed on the part of 625 Madison as if each Indemnitor was a
signatory thereto with respect to the payment of all so-called unearned
commissions (i.e. commissions which are contingent upon the happening of a
future event, such as, for example, the exercise of a renewal option) due and
payable after the Termination (the Assumed Obligations).
2. Indemnification.
(a) The Indemnitors shall jointly
and severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and
against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, claims, demands, actions,
suits, investigations, proceedings, settlements, judgments, awards,
arbitrations, fines, penalties, taxes, fees, charges, costs or expenses,
including, without limitation, attorneys fees, disbursements and other
expenses and any costs of investigation, and whether direct or indirect, consequential,
incidental, or otherwise (collectively, Damages), which any or all of
the Indemnitees incur, or to which any or all of the Indemnitees become
subject, based upon, arising out of, relating to or otherwise in respect of the
Assumed Obligations.
(b) Indemnitors, at their sole cost and expense,
will jointly and severally defend Indemnitors from all Damages and assume the
defense with counsel selected by Indemnitees, which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to Indemnitors.
Indemnitees, shall be required to give prior written notice to
Indemnitors prior to the consent to the entry of any judgment or entering into
any settlement.
3. No Waiver, Etc. Each
of the Indemnitors covenants and agrees that his covenants and agreements under
this Assumption and Indemnification shall remain and continue in full force and
effect without regard (i) to any waiver, consent, supplement, modification,
amendment or restatement of any term or provision of the Purchase Documents, or
(ii) to any full, partial or non-exercise of any of Indemnitees rights,
powers, privileges, remedies and interests under this Assumption and
Indemnification or any of the Purchase Documents.
4. Authority. Each of the Indemnitors
represents, warrants and covenants to the Indemnitees that: (a) each of the
Indemnitors is a duly formed and validly existing entity organized and in good
standing under the laws of the state of its formation, (b) the execution and
delivery of this Assumption and Indemnification by each Indemnitor has been in
all respects authorized and approved by such Indemnitor, to the extent that
such authorization and approval is required, and each Indemnitor has the full
power and authority to execute and deliver this Assumption and Indemnification
and to assume all liability hereunder, and (c) this Assumption and
Indemnification has been duly and validly executed and delivered by, and
constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Indemnitors,
enforceable against each of the Indemnitors in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other
laws affecting generally the enforceability of creditors rights and by
limitations on the availability of equitable remedies.
5. Captions. All section titles or captions
contained in this Assumption and Indemnification are for convenience only,
shall not be deemed a part of this Assumption and
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Indemnification and shall not affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Assumption and Indemnification. All references herein to Sections shall be
deemed references to such parts of this Assumption and Indemnification, unless
the context shall otherwise require.
6. Notices. All notices, consents,
approvals, demand, objections, requests or other communication required or
desired to be given hereunder shall be in writing and given in the manner, and
to the addresses, set forth in Section 20 of the Contract, the terms and
provisions of which, together with all the last full sentence of Section
9.2(a), are by such references thereto hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Indemnitors has signed this Assumption and
Indemnification Agreement as of the date first above written.
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INDEMNITORS:
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GREEN
625 LESSEE LLC,
|
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a
Delaware limited liability company
|
|
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SL
GREEN REALTY CORP.,
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a
Maryland corporation
|
|
|
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SL
GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
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a
Delaware limited partnership
|
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By:
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SL
GREEN REALTY CORP.,
a Maryland corporation
|
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT V
(Liability Cap Escrow Agreement)
THIS
AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of July ,
2004, by and among JENKENS & GILCHRIST PARKER CHAPIN LLP (Escrow Agent),
(collectively, Seller), and
(Purchaser).
W I T N E S S
E T H:
WHEREAS,
Seller and Purchaser entered into that certain Purchase, Sale and Contribution
Agreement, dated as of July , 2004 (the Sale
Agreement); and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Sale Agreement, Seller agreed in accordance with Section
9.2(e) of the Sale Agreement to deposit a sum (the Funds) equal to
the Liability Cap Escrow (as defined in Section 9.2(e) of the Sale
Agreement) in escrow with Escrow Agent, all in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Sale Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
Escrow Agent is willing to hold the Funds in escrow on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. All capitalized terms used herein, but not
otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Sale Agreement.
2. Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges receipt of
the Funds to be held in escrow in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. Escrow Agent shall hold
the Funds, together with all interest earned thereon, in its interest bearing
escrow account, in accordance with the following:
(a) Escrow Agent shall hold the Funds, together
with all interest earned thereon, in Escrow Agents escrow account at .
or, alternatively, invest the Funds in U.S. treasury obligations, and to the
extent the Funds are held at ,
shall cause the Funds to earn interest at s
then prevailing insured money market rates on deposits of similar size. Escrow Agent shall have no liability for any
fluctuations in the interest rate paid by
on the Funds, and is not a guarantor thereof.
(b) The Funds shall be held subject to and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Sale Agreement, and delivered
by Escrow Agent, together with the interest earned thereon, as determined in
accordance with the Sale Agreement. If
Escrow Agent receives
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a written notice signed by both Seller and
Purchaser that this Agreement has been terminated or canceled, Escrow Agent
shall deliver the Funds as directed therein.
(c) If Escrow Agent receives (i) a written
request signed by Seller or Purchaser (the Noticing Party) stating
that the Noticing Party is entitled to the Funds or (ii) a written request
signed by Purchaser stating that it is entitled to the Funds or any portion
thereof pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Sale Agreement, Escrow
Agent shall mail (by certified mail, return receipt requested) a copy of such
request to the other party hereto (the Non-Noticing Party). The Non-Noticing Party shall have the right
to object to such request for the Funds by written notice of objection
delivered to and received by Escrow Agent ten (10) Business Days after the date
of Escrow Agents mailing of such copy to the Non-Noticing Party, but not
thereafter. If Escrow Agent shall not
have so received a written notice of objection from the Non-Noticing Party,
Escrow Agent shall deliver the Funds to the Noticing Party. If Escrow Agent shall have received a written
notice of objection within the time herein prescribed, Escrow Agent shall
refuse to comply with any requests or demands on it and shall continue to hold
the Funds, together with any interest earned thereon, until Escrow Agent
receives either (A) a written notice signed by both Seller and Purchaser
stating who is entitled to the Funds, (B) a final determination or award in any
arbitration proceeding conducted pursuant to the Agreement directing
disbursement of the Funds in a specific manner, or (C) a final order of a court
of competent jurisdiction directing disbursement of the Funds in a specific manner,
in either of which events Escrow Agent shall then disburse the Funds in
accordance with such notice or order.
Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable in any way or to any person
for its refusal to comply with any such requests or demands until and unless it
has received a direction of the nature described in clauses (A) (B)
and (C) immediately above.
(d) Any notice to Escrow Agent shall be
sufficient only if received by Escrow Agent within the applicable time period
set forth herein. All mailings and
notices from Escrow Agent to Seller and/or Purchaser, or from Seller and/or
Purchaser to Escrow Agent, provided for in this Agreement shall be addressed to
the party to receive such notice at its notice address set forth in Section
3 hereof (with copies to be similarly sent to the additional parties
therein indicated).
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Escrow
Agent shall have received a written notice of objection as provided for in subparagraph
2(c) above within the time therein prescribed, or shall have received at
any time before actual disbursement of the Funds, a written notice signed by
either Seller or Purchaser disputing entitlement to the Funds, or shall
otherwise believe in good faith at any time that a disagreement or dispute has
arisen between the parties hereto over entitlement to the Funds (whether or not
litigation has been instituted), Escrow Agent shall have the right, upon
written notice to both Seller and Purchaser, (i) to deposit the Funds with the
Clerk of the Court in which any litigation is pending and/or (ii) to take such
reasonable affirmative steps as it may, at its option, elect in order to
terminate its duties as Escrow Agent, including, without limitation, the
depositing of the Funds with a court of competent jurisdiction and the
commencement of an action for interpleader, the costs thereof to be borne by
whichever
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of Seller or Purchaser is the losing party,
and thereupon Escrow Agent shall be released of and from all liability
hereunder except for any previous gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(f) Escrow Agent is acting hereunder without
charge as an accommodation to Seller and Purchaser, it being understood and
agreed that Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any error in judgment or any
act done or omitted by it in good faith or pursuant to court order, or for any
mistake of fact or law. Escrow Agent
shall not incur any liability in acting upon any document or instrument
believed thereby to be genuine. Escrow
Agent is hereby released and exculpated from all liability hereunder, except
only for willful misconduct or gross negligence. Escrow Agent may assume that any person
purporting to give it any notice on behalf of any party has been authorized to
do so. Escrow Agent shall not be liable
for, and Seller and Purchaser hereby jointly and severally agree to indemnify
Escrow Agent against, any loss, liability or expense, including reasonable
attorneys fees (either paid to retained attorneys or representing the fair
value of legal services rendered by Escrow Agent to itself), arising out of any
dispute under this Agreement, including the cost and expense of defending
itself against any claim arising hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, Purchaser
agrees that Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP may represent Seller as
Sellers counsel in any action, suit or other proceeding between Seller and
Purchaser or in which Seller and Purchaser may be involved.
3. All notices, certificates and other
communications permitted hereunder shall be in writing and may be served and
given personally or by recognized overnight mail carrier, addressed as follows
and shall be deemed delivered as set forth in the Sale Agreement:
If to Seller, to:
Attention:
Telecopier No.:
With a copy to:
Attention:
Telecopier No.:
If to Purchaser, to:
Attention:
Telecopier No.:
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With a copy to:
Attention:
Telecopier No.:
If to Escrow Agent:
Attention:
Telecopier No.:
Each
party may, by notice as aforesaid, designate such other person or persons
and/or such other address or addresses for the receipt of notices. Except as specified in Section 2
hereof, copies of all notices, certificates or other communications relating to
this Agreement in respect to which Escrow Agent is not the addressee or sender
shall be sent to Escrow Agent in the manner hereinabove set forth.
4. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure
to the benefit of all parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns and may not be modified or amended orally, but only in
writing signed by all parties hereto.
Neither Seller nor Purchaser may assign its rights or obligations under
this Agreement to any party other than a party to whom Seller or Purchaser, as
applicable, assigns its right, title and interest in, to and under the Sale
Agreement to the extent permitted thereunder and no permitted assignment by
Seller or Purchaser shall be effective unless and until such party shall have
delivered to Escrow Agent (i) written notice of such assignment and (ii) an
assumption agreement with respect to all of the obligations of the assigning
party hereunder.
5. The undersigned hereby submit to personal
jurisdiction in the State of New York for all matters, if any, which shall
arise with respect to this Agreement, and waive any and all rights under the
law of any other state or country to object to jurisdiction within the State of
New York or to institute a claim of forum
non conveniens with respect to any court in the State of New York
for the purposes of litigation with respect to this Agreement.
6. Each part of this Agreement is intended to be
severable. If any term, covenant,
condition or provision of this Agreement is held to be unlawful, invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by
law, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the
remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and
effect and shall be binding upon the parties.
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7. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each counterpart for all purposes being deemed an original,
and all such counterparts shall together constitute only one and the same
agreement.
8. If Purchaser does not make a claim under the
Sale Agreement on or prior to 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on the date that is
one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of Closing, Escrow Agent shall
disburse the Funds, together with all interest thereon, to Seller or as Seller
shall direct. If Purchaser makes a claim
in accordance with the Sale Agreement on or prior to 5:00 PM Eastern Standard
time on the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of
Closing, the Funds shall not be disbursed until final disposition of the breach
asserted in such claim, upon which Escrow Agent shall disburse the Funds
together with all interest earned thereon, in accordance with such final
disposition.
9. Nothing herein is intended to modify or amend
the provisions of the Sale Agreement, and in the event of a conflict between
the provisions hereof and the provisions of the Sale Agreement as to rights or
obligations of Purchaser and Seller, the provisions of the Sale Agreement shall
govern. Seller and Purchaser each agrees
that it will not give any notice or require or make any demands or objections
in respect of the Funds or any part thereof which is contrary to or
inconsistent with the provisions of the Sale Agreement, and the Escrow Agent
shall disburse the Funds in accordance with the provisions of the Sale
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and sealed as of the day and year first written above.
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EXHIBIT W
(Certificate of Formation of the Company)
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EXHIBIT X
(Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease)
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF GROUND LEASE
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that 625
MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P., a New York limited partnership,
having an office at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite 10B, New York, New York 10022
(the Assignor), for good and valuable consideration the receipt and
sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, hereby
assigns, transfers, delivers, grants, releases and sets over to GREEN 625 LESSEE LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, having an office at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
10170 (the Assignee) the leasehold estate created by that certain
Lease, made as of July 1, 1980, between Mary Hitchcock Childs and Thomas
Parsons, III as Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Constance C.
Childs, deceased, Robert Crimmins, William Ewing, Jr. and Henry S. Patterson,
II, as Trustees, under Agreement dated December 22, 1969, and Grace S.
Jennings, as lessor, and 625 Madison Avenue Associates (which subsequently
changed its name to 625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.), as lessee, and
recorded March 24, 1986 in the Office of the City Register, New York
County, New York in Reel 1041 Page 1282 as modified by that certain First
Amendment of Lease, made as of April 18, 2001, between 625 Management
Committee, as lessor, and Assignor, as lessee, and recorded April 29, 2002 in
the Office of the City Register, New York County, New York in Reel 3500 Page
1093 and as further modified by that certain Second Amendment of Lease, made as
of October 10, 2003, between 625 Management Committee, as lessor, and
Assignor, as lessee, recorded February 3, 2004 in the Office of the City
Register, New York County, New York under CAFN 2004000064361 (as so modified
and amended, the Ground Lease).
The Ground Lease covers all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
described in on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof
together with the building and improvements thereon more commonly known as 625
Madison Avenue, New York, New York.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto the Assignee, its legal
representatives and successors and assigns, from and after the date hereof for
all the rest of the term of the Ground Lease, subject to the rents, terms,
covenants, conditions and provisions of the Ground Lease.
The
Assignee hereby accepts and assumes all right, title and interest of Assignor,
to and under the Ground Lease, and the Assignee, for the benefit of the
Assignor and the lessor under the Ground Lease, assumes and covenants and
agrees to perform and observe, on behalf of the Assignee, the legal
representatives and the successors and assigns of the Assignee, all the terms,
covenants and conditions of the Ground Lease to be performed and observed by
the lessee under the Ground Lease [after the date of delivery of this
assignment] and to be bound by all the other provisions of the Ground Lease
[after the date of delivery of this assignment], including all accrued
liabilities and obligations of the Assignor under the Ground Lease and
including all liabilities and obligations of the Assignor [originating before
and] accruing after the effective date of this assignment.
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hereby unconditionally, absolutely and irrevocably agrees to indemnify and hold
Assignor harmless of, from and against any and all costs, claims, obligations,
damages, penalties, causes of action, losses, injuries, liabilities and
expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys fees, arising out of, in
connection with or accruing under the Ground Lease on and after the date
hereof.
The
covenants and agreements herein contained of the Assignee shall be binding upon
the Assignee, its legal representatives, successors and assigns.
Assignor,
in compliance with Section 13 of the New York Lien Law, covenants that it will
receive the consideration for this assignment and will hold the right to
receive such consideration as a trust fund to be applied first for the purpose
of paying the cost of improvement and will apply the same first to the payment
of the cost of the improvement before using any part of the same for any other
purpose. Except as provided in this
paragraph and except as set forth in that certain Purchase, Sale and
Contribution Agreement (the Contract), dated as of August ,
2004 among Assignor, certain beneficial owners of Assignor (Transferors)
and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. (a beneficial owner of Assignee), this
assignment is made without recourse against Assignor or Transferor and without
any covenants, representations or warranties, express or implied, by Assignor
or Transferors of any kind or nature whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have duly
executed this instrument as of the
day of ,
2004.
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625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P.
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STATE
OF NEW YORK )
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ss.
COUNTY
OF NEW YORK )
On
the day of ,
2004, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
capacity(ies), and that by his/her their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,
executed the instrument.
STATE
OF NEW YORK )
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ss.
COUNTY
OF NEW YORK )
On
the day of ,
2004, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
capacity(ies), and that by his/her their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,
executed the instrument.
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EXHIBIT A
All
that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the
Borough of Manhattan, County, City and State of New York, bounded and described
as follows:
BEGINNING
at the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Madison Avenue
with the northerly side of 58th Street; and
RUNNING
THENCE easterly along the northerly side of 58th Street, one hundred fifty
(l50) feet;
THENCE
northerly parallel with Madison Avenue, one hundred (l00) feet five (5) inches;
THENCE
easterly and parallel with 58th Street, fifty (50) feet;
THENCE
northerly and parallel with Madison Avenue, one hundred (l00) feet five (5)
inches to the southerly side of 59th Street;
THENCE
westerly along the southerly side of 59th Street, two hundred (200) feet to a
point formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Madison Avenue and the
southerly side of 59th Street; and
THENCE
southerly along the easterly side of Madison Avenue two hundred (200) feet ten
(l0) inches to the point or place of BEGINNING.
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EXHIBIT Y
(Assignment and Assumption of Leases)
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASES AND SECURITY
DEPOSITS
KNOW THAT 625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P.,
a New York limited partnership, having an address at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite
10B, New York, New York 10022 (Assignor), in consideration of the sum
of TEN ($10.00) DOLLARS and other
good and valuable consideration in hand paid by GREEN 625 LESSEE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
having an address at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170 (Assignee),
the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby convey,
grant, transfer, set over and assign to Assignee all right, title and interest
of Assignor in and to:
19. Except as to the claims and rights expressly
reserved to Assignor and Transferors (as hereinafter defined) under Section
of that certain Purchase, Sale and Contribution Agreement (the Contract),
dated as of August , 2004, among Assignor, certain
beneficial owners of Assignor (Transferors) and SL Green Operating
Partnership, L.P. (a beneficial owner of Assignee), the leases (the Leases)
set forth on Exhibit A annexed hereto and made a part hereof with
regard to the premises located in the City of New York, County of New York and
State of New York, known as 625 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
(collectively, the Premises);
20. In accordance with Section 12.1(j) of the
Contract, all tenant security deposits (collectively, the Security Deposits)
held by Assignor or its agents under the Leases; and
21. The collateral guarantees (the Guarantees),
with respect to the performance of the tenants obligations under the
respective Leases, which Guarantees are more particularly described on Exhibit A
annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Assignee, its successors and assigns from the date
hereof, subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Leases. This assignment is made without recourse
against Assignor or Transferors of any kind or nature whatsoever, except as
provided in the Contract.
The
conveyance herein is made subject to the Loan Documents (as defined in the
Contract).
This
Assignment and Assumption is made without covenants, warranty or
representation, express or implied, by Assignor or Transferors of any kind or
nature whatsoever, except as provided in the Contract.
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hereby assumes and will perform and observe all of the terms, covenants and
conditions contained in the Leases on the landlords part to be performed and
observed arising on or after the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignee have duly executed
and delivered this Assignment and Assumption as of this
day of ,
2004.
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625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P.
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STATE
OF NEW YORK )
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COUNTY
OF NEW YORK )
On
the day of ,
2004, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
capacity(ies), and that by his/her their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,
executed the instrument.
STATE
OF NEW YORK )
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ss.
COUNTY
OF NEW YORK )
On
the day of ,
2004, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
capacity(ies), and that by his/her their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s),
or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the
instrument.
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EXHIBIT A
TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASE AND SECURITY
DEPOSIT
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EXHIBIT Z
(Assignment and Assumption of Services Contracts)
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF CONTRACTS
KNOW THAT 625 MADISON AVENUE ASSOCIATES, L.P.,
a New York limited partnership, having an address at 625 Madison Avenue, Suite
10B, New York, New York 10022 (Assignor), in consideration of the sum
of TEN ($10.00) DOLLARS and other
good and valuable consideration in hand paid by GREEN 625 LESSEE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
having an address at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170 (Assignee),
the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby convey,
grant, transfer, set over and assign to Assignee all right, title and interest
of Assignor in and to:
1. The Service Contracts (the Service
Contracts) set forth on Exhibit A annexed hereto and made a
part hereof with regard to the premises located in the City of New York, County
of New York and State of New York, known as 625 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York (collectively, the Premises);
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Assignee, its successors and assigns from the date
hereof, subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Contracts. This assignment is made without recourse
against Assignor or Transferors (as defined in that certain Purchase, Sale and
Contribution Agreement (the Contract), dated as of August ,
2004, among Assignor, certain beneficial owners of Assignor (Transferors)
and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. (a beneficial owner of Assignee)) of
any kind or nature whatsoever, except as provided in the Contract.
This
Assignment and Assumption is made without covenants, warranty or
representation, express or implied, by Assignor or Transferors of any kind or
nature whatsoever, except as provided in the Contract.
Assignee
hereby assumes and will perform and observe all of the terms, covenants and
conditions contained in the Service Contracts on the Assignors part to be
performed and observed arising on or after the date hereof,
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EXHIBIT AA
(Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests)
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
(the Assignor), in consideration of the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00)
and other good and valuable consideration in hand paid by SL GREEN OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, having an address at 420
Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10170 (Assignee), the receipt and
sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby convey, grant,
transfer, set over and assign to Assignee all of Assignors legal and
beneficial ownership interest in % of the
membership interests (the Membership Interests) in GREEN 625 LESSEE
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company, including,
without limitation, all of [his, her or its] right, title and interest in the
assets, capital, profits, losses, gains, credits, deductions and other allocations,
cash flow, and other distributions (ordinary and extraordinary) of the Company
in respect of all periods on and after the date hereof.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Assignee, its successors and
assigns from and after the date hereof. This assignment is made without
representation, warranty, covenant or recourse against Assignor of any kind or
nature except as provided in that certain Purchase, Sale and Contribution
Agreement dated as of August , 2004, among Assignor,
certain other beneficial owners of the Company or their
predecessors-in-interest, 625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P., a New York
limited partnership, and Assignee.
The
Assignee hereby accepts the Membership Interest and assumes and covenants and
agrees to perform and observe, on behalf of the Assignee, the legal
representatives and the successors and assigns of the Assignee, all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of the Limited Liability Company Operating
Agreement of the Company dated as of the date hereof first arising on or after
the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignee have duly executed
and delivered this Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests as of this
day of ,
2004.
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EXHIBIT BB
(Tenant Estoppel Certificate)
LEASE ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
TO: 625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P.
625 Madison Avenue
Suite 10B
New York, New York 10022
SL
Green Operating Partnership, L.P.
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10170
(Tenant) hereby certifies as follows:
1. The undersigned is the Tenant under that
certain Lease, dated as of
(the Lease), executed by 625 Madison Avenue Associates, L.P. (Landlord), as
landlord, and the undersigned, as tenant, which Lease is in full force and
effect and has not been (further) modified.
2. Tenant has paid all Fixed Rent (as defined in
the Lease), additional rent and other items of Rental (as defined in the Lease)
through .
3. To the best knowledge of Tenant, Landlord is
not in default under the Lease.
Dated: As of ,
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EXHIBIT CC
(Union Employees)
All
Maintenance Employees set forth below are union employees and are in Local 94):
Martin
Mulligan Chief Engineer (Local 94)
Sean
Leonard Engineer (Local 94)
Leo
Reynolds Engineer (Local 94)
Mohammed
Zaker Engineer (Local 94)
William
Howell Helper (Local 94)
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