EXECUTION VERSION

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of
January 14, 2020 by and between FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW
JERSEY, a New Jersey trust (the “Trust”), and Hekemian & Company, Inc., a New
Jersey corporation (the “Agent”),

 

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Agent previously entered into that certain Management
Agreement dated as of November 1, 2001 (the “Original Management Agreement”; the
Original Management Agreement as amended hereby, the “Management Agreement”;
capitalized terms in this Amendment, to the extent not defined herein, shall
have the same meaning as in the Original Management Agreement) pursuant to which
the Trust engaged the Agent to provide certain assistance and services in
connection with the management and operation of real property owned directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, by the Trust (collectively, the “Trust
Properties”), in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

WHEREAS, by virtue of several automatic renewals, the current term of the
Management Agreement expires October 31, 2021;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of
January 14, 2020 (the “Kushner PSA”) among the Trust, the other seller parties
thereto and Sinatra Properties LLC (the “Kushner Purchaser”), which Kushner PSA
is subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of the Trust and its
shareholders, several of the Trust Properties are being sold to the Kushner
Purchaser (the “Kushner Sale”);

 

WHEREAS, the Trust is contemplating approving a Plan of Voluntary Liquidation
(the “Plan of Liquidation”) pursuant to which the balance of the Trust
Properties not sold pursuant to the Kushner Sale will be sold or otherwise
disposed of;

 

WHEREAS, the Plan of Liquidation provides that it shall become effective only
upon (i) its approval by the Board of Trustees of the Trust, (ii) its approval
by the Trust’s shareholders and (iii) the consummation of the Kushner Sale;

 

WHEREAS, the Original Management Agreement provides for the payment to Agent of
a “Termination Fee” or “M&A Termination Fee” upon a termination of the
Management Agreement in its entirety or the occurrence of an M&A transaction
affecting the Trust (as set forth in greater detail in the Original Management
Agreement), but does not expressly provide for a property-by-property
termination of such agreement, or for the payment of any termination fee, upon
the sale of an individual Trust Property or portfolio sale of less than all of
the Trust Properties;

 

WHEREAS, the Kushner PSA requires as of the closing thereunder the termination
of the Management Agreement in respect of the Trust Properties that are the
subject of the Kushner Sale;

 

WHEREAS, the Original Management Agreement also provides for the payment to
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of a Sale of Property Fee, as set forth in Section II.B of Exhibit B to the
Original Management Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Amendment in order to set
forth their agreement, if the Plan of Liquidation becomes effective, with
respect to (i) the termination of the Management Agreement with respect to each
individual Trust Property upon on the sale or other disposition of the Trust’s
interest in each such Trust Property pursuant to the Kushner Sale or in
furtherance of the Plan of Liquidation, and (ii) as to the amount of any fees
due to the Agent upon any such sale or other disposition.

NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.       Effectiveness of this Amendment. The parties hereto agree that this
Amendment shall become effective if and only if the Plan of Liquidation becomes
effective. Until such time, if at all, that the Plan of Liquidation shall become
effective, this Amendment shall be of no force and effect.

 

2.       Termination Fee. Subject to the terms of Section 1 above, Section 2(c)
of the Management Agreement hereby is modified to provide that, notwithstanding
any terms of the Original Management Agreement to the contrary, upon the closing
of any sale or other disposition of the Trust’s entire direct or indirect
interest in each Trust Property, whether pursuant to the Kushner Transaction or
otherwise in furtherance of the Plan of Liquidation, (i) the Management
Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect
with respect to such Trust Property and (ii) the Trust shall pay to the Agent
(a) any and all commissions and fees for management services and reimbursement
required to be paid by the Trust pursuant to the Agreement in respect of the
applicable Trust Property up to the termination date, calculated on a pro rata
basis plus (b) a termination fee (the “Individual Property Termination Fee”) in
respect to such Trust Property equal to the product of (x) the Trust’s direct or
indirect percentage ownership interest in such Trust Property times (y) 1.25
times (z) one (1) year’s Base Management Fee in respect of such Trust Property
(which Base Management Fee shall be computed (A) by ascertaining the annual base
management fee allocable to such Trust Property paid by the Trust to Agent over
the immediately prior three (3) fiscal years of the Management Agreement prior
to such termination and dividing that amount by three (3) and (B) pursuant to
Section 2(d) of the Original Management Agreement).

 

3.       Sale of Property Fees. Section II(B) of Exhibit B of the Management
Agreement hereby is modified to provide that, notwithstanding any terms of the
Original Management Agreement to the contrary, upon the closing of any sale or
other disposition of the Trust’s entire direct or indirect interest in each
Trust Property, whether pursuant to the Kushner Transaction or otherwise in
furtherance of the Plan of Liquidation, the Trust shall pay to Agent a Sale of
Property Fee equal to one and sixty-five hundredths percent (1.65%) of the sales
price for such Trust Property (which fee shall be inclusive of any fee paid by
the purchaser to the Agent); provided, however, that in the event a Trust
Property is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Trust, the sales
fee payable to the Agent shall only be payable in respect of the Trust’s
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ownership share of the applicable Trust Property (i.e., the fee shall be payable
in respect of the Trust’s share of the sales price based on its direct or
indirect percentage ownership of the applicable Trust Property).

 

4.       Only Fees. The Trust and Agent agree that the foregoing payments shall
be in lieu of, and supersede in their entirety any other payments which
otherwise would be payable to the Agent under the Original Management Agreement
arising out of or attributable to the sale or other disposition of the of the
Trust’s entire direct or indirect interest in each Trust Property or the
termination of the Management Agreement in respect of such Trust Property
(including, without limitation, any Termination Fee or M&A Termination Fee
pursuant to Section 2 of the Original Management Agreement or Sale of Property
Fee payable pursuant to Section 12 and Exhibit B of the Original Management
Agreement).

5.       Stand-Alone Management Agreements. In addition to the Management
Agreement, Agent has entered into separate property management agreements with
respect several of the Trust Properties (each being a “Stand-Alone Management
Agreement”), including (i) Pierre Towers pursuant to that certain Property
Management Agreement, dated January 8, 2018, between Pierre Towers, LLC and
Hekemian Manager, and (ii) Berdan Court pursuant to that certain Management
Agreement, dated August 26, 2019, between Berdan Court, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (a subsidiary of the Trust), and Agent. Agent agrees, in
connection with the sale or other disposition of each Trust Property, to enter
into a termination of any Stand-Alone Management Agreement applicable to such
Trust Property without the payment of any additional fee or other consideration
beyond that which is provided for in Section 2 and 3 above.

6.       Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original of this Amendment, and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures transmitted
via facsimile or other electronic means (including those transmitted by
electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf)) may be used in place of
original signatures on this Amendment, and the Trust and the Agent both intend
to be bound by signatures being so transmitted.

7.       Miscellaneous.

(a)       Except as amended and modified by this Amendment, all of the terms,
covenants, conditions, and agreements of the Original Management Agreement shall
remain unchanged and in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict
between the provisions of the Original Management Agreement, and the provisions
of this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall control.

 

(b)        This Amendment shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of New Jersey.

 

(c)       No covenant, agreement, term or condition of this Amendment shall be
changed, modified, altered, waived or terminated except by a written instrument
of change, modification, alteration, waiver or termination executed by the
parties hereto.

 

(d)       This Amendment is binding upon, and inures to the benefit of, the
respective permitted

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successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

 

TRUST:

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY,

a New Jersey trust

 

  By: /s/ Robert S. Hekemian, Jr.     Name:  Robert S. Hekemian, Jr.     Title:
  President and Chief Executive Officer      

 

 

 

AGENT:

HEKEMIAN & CO, INC.,

a New Jersey corporation

 

  By: /s/ Bryan Hekemian     Name:  Bryan Hekemian    

Title: Executive Vice President