any covenant or other obligation under this Agreement by Sellers, subject any express limitations set forth herein or in the Partnership Assignment or any indemnification obligations set forth in this Agreement or any of the other closing documents hereunder.
11.3 Tax representations.Each Owner has timely paid all material Taxes (as defined below) required to have been paid prior to the Closing and have each timely filed (as defined below) all returns and reports required to have been filed prior to the Closing and all such returns and reports are complete and accurate in all material respects. The Sellers either have timely paid or will timely pay, or has provided or will provide for a cash reserve for all Taxes related to the period ending on the Closing Date but not due and payable until after the Closing Date. Each Owner has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the payment of withholding Taxes (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446, 3121 and 3402 of the Internal Revenue Code) and has timely withheld and paid over to the proper governmental authority all amounts required to be so withheld and paid over under applicable laws and regulations. None of the Owners nor any of the Real Property is currently the subject of any unresolved Tax audit, examination or other administrative, judicial or other proceeding and, to the knowledge of Sellers no such audit, examination or other proceeding in respect of any Owner or any of the Property is being considered or contemplated by any Tax authority. No unresolved deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed against any Owner or in respect of any of the Real Property, and no agreement, waiver or request for waiver to extend any period of limitations applicable to any return or report filed or required to be filed by any Owner in respect of any Taxes is currently outstanding. Each Owner has, at all times since its formation, qualified and been treated as a “partnership” for federal and state income tax purposes. None of the Owners is a party or has any liability under (including, without limitation, liability with respect to a predecessor entity) any indemnification, allocation, sharing or other agreement in respect of any Tax. As used in this Agreement, the term “Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean and include any and all income, gross receipts, excise, property, sales, withholding, alternative minimum, social security, occupation, use, service, license, payroll, franchise, transfer, recordation and other taxes and required estimated payments thereof, fees, charges, levies and other assessments, and any required payments-in-lieu-of taxes, annual service charges in lieu of taxes or similar payments, whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or any other basis, and interest, fines, penalties or additional amounts attributable to, imposed upon and/or with respect to any such taxes, fees, charges, levies, assessments, payments-in-lieu of taxes or similar payments.
11.4 | Tort Liability/Cross Indemnities. |
(a) Sellers agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify, defend and hold Purchasers, Owners, their direct and indirect partners, members, affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and their successors and assigns (collectively, the "Purchaser Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any and all third party claims, causes of action,
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loss, cost, damage, liability or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and costs)(collectively, a "Loss") alleged, based upon, relating to or arising out of any claim in the nature of personal injury, negligence or other tort (a "Tort Claim") which may be asserted against or imposed upon a Purchaser Indemnified Party as a successor or transferee of the Sellers, or as a manager or direct or indirect owner of the Real Property, to the extent they are attributable to occurrences during the period prior to the Closing Date and such Tort Claim is asserted within two years subsequent of the Closing Date (the "Sellers' Tort Indemnity Period"), and provided, however, that:
(i) Sellers' liability (including costs of defense) to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties under this Section 11.4 shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of (A) Sellers' maximum recoveries available to Sellers and/or Owners under all policies of liability insurance maintained by, or available to, Sellers and/or Owners ("Sellers' Insurance Policies") with respect to the Real Property and/or such Loss, and (B) solely with respect to claims for indemnity first asserted prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the then balance of the Post-Closing Funds
(ii) prior to making any such claim against the Post Closing Funds or Sellers, the Purchaser Indemnified Parties shall first exhaust, or request and allow Sellers to exhaust, all reasonable recourse that they may have against Sellers' Insurance Policies for such Loss, provided, further, that the foregoing shall not prevent Purchasers from delivering a notice to the Escrow Agent that a claim or demand exists against the Post Closing Funds under Section 2.5 if Sellers shall fail to have caused an insurer under the Sellers' Insurance Policies to (A) commence and maintain through adjudication or settlement the defense of, or (B) acknowledge in writing without revocation (a "Coverage Confirmation") its obligation to provide coverage and assume the defense of, the Purchaser Indemnified Parties for the relevant Loss at least three (3) business days prior to the date on which the Escrow Agent is scheduled to release (other than for payment of a Purchaser claim) all or a portion of the Post Closing Funds. If (x) such insurer commences and maintains through adjudication or settlement the defense of such a claim, or (y) Sellers shall provide Purchasers with an unrevoked Coverage Confirmation with respect to such Loss, then the Purchaser Indemnified Parties shall have no recourse against the Post Closing Funds with respect to such Loss (except if, and to the extent that, the amount of the Loss exceeds the insurance coverage afforded by Sellers' Insurance Policies).
(b)Purchasers agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify, defend and hold Sellers, their direct and indirect partners, members, affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, the "Seller Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any Loss alleged, based upon, relating to or arising out of a Tort Claim which may be asserted against or imposed upon a Seller Indemnified Party as a predecessor or transferor of the Purchasers, or as a
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manager or direct or indirect owner of the Real Property, to the extent they are attributable to occurrences during the period subsequent to the Closing Date and such Tort Claim is asserted within two years subsequent of the Closing Date (the "Purchasers' Tort Indemnity Period"), and provided, however, that the Purchasers' liability to the Seller Indemnified Parties under this Section 11.4 shall not exceed (i) Purchasers' maximum recoveries available to Purchasers under all policies of insurance maintained by, or available to, Purchasers and/or Owners with respect to the Real Property and/or such Loss (“Purchasers’ Insurance Policies”) and (ii) solely in the case of (A) claims for indemnity first asserted within six months following Closing, Eight Million ($8,000,000) Dollars and (ii) claims for indemnity first asserted after six months following, but before the first anniversary of, Closing, Six Million ($6,000,000) Dollars. If (x) an insurer under Purchasers’ Insurance Policies commence and maintain through adjudication or settlement the defense of such claim or (y) Purchasers shall provide Sellers with an unrevoked coverage confirmation from such insurer with respect to such Loss, then the Seller Indemnified Parties shall have no recourse against the amounts described in (A) or (B) with respect to such Loss (except if, and to the extent that, the amount of the Loss exceeds the insurance coverage afforded by Purchasers' Insurance Policies).
(c) Sellers and Purchasers agree to cooperate in all reasonable respects following the Closing Date with respect to any Loss.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: | MC Hudson Holding L.L.C., | |
| a New Jersey limited liability company | |
| By: Mack-Cali Realty, L.P., | |
| a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member |
| By: Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, | |
| a Maryland corporation, its general partner | |
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/s/ Roger W. Thomas | By: /s/ Mitchell E. Hersh | |
Name: Roger W. Thomas | Name: Mitchell E. Hersh | |
Title: | Secretary | Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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[Corporate Seal]
ATTEST: | MC Hudson Realty L.L.C., | |
| a New Jersey limited liability company | |
| By: Mack-Cali Realty, L.P., | |
| a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member |
| By: Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, | |
| a Maryland corporation, its general partner | |
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/s/ Roger W. Thomas | By: /s/ Mitchell E. Hersh | |
Name: Roger W. Thomas | Name: Mitchell E. Hersh | |
Title: | Secretary | Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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[Corporate Seal]
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SELLERS: | Hudson Street Owners Limited Partnership I, |
| a Delaware limited partnership | |
By: | /s/ Eric Eichler | |
Name: | Eric Eichler | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
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Hudson Street Owners Limited Partnership II, |
a Delaware limited partnership | |
By: | /s/ Eric Eichler | |
Name: | Eric Eichler | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
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[Corporate Seal] | Hudson Street Owners SPE, Inc. |
| a Delaware corporation | |
By: | /s/ Eric Eichler | |
Name: | Eric Eichler | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
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[Corporate Seal] | Hudson Street Owners SPE II, Inc. |
| a Delaware corporation | |
By: | /s/ Eric Eichler | |
Name: | Eric Eichler | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
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