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Section 8 – Other Events
First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc. (“FREIT”) disclosed in previous reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ”Exchange Act”) that it is a party to legal proceedings related to a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “contract”) that FREIT and several of its affiliates (collectively, the “Sellers”) entered into with Sinatra Properties, LLC (the “Plaintiff” or the “Purchaser”), which provided for the sale by the Sellers to the Purchaser of 100% of the Sellers’ ownership interest in six real properties held by the Sellers. The complaint (“Complaint”) was filed by the Plaintiff on May 6, 2020.
Each of the Sellers and the Purchaser filed motions for summary judgment (“Summary Judgment Motions”) with the Court in which the litigation is pending seeking, among other things, the dismissal of the other parties’ claims.
On February 4, 2022, the Court entered an Order (the “February 4 Order”) with respect to the Summary Judgment Motions which provides as follows:
| 1. | The Court finds that the Plaintiff’s have breached the subject contract and the Court dismisses all claims for relief filed by the Plaintiffs in this suit. The Court dismissed the Complaint and dismisses the Lis Pendens. | |
| 2. | The Court finds that the liquidated damage provision of the contract is not enforceable and the Court Orders that the $15 million held in escrow be returned to the Plaintiff. | |
| 3. | The Court dismisses the Counterclaims and Third Party Complaint. All pleadings are dismissed. |
Following the February 4 Order, the Sellers and the Purchaser each filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. On December 8, 2022 the Court entered an Order awarding Sellers $3,420,422.88 in attorneys’ fees and denying the Plaintiff’s request for attorneys’ fees (the “December 8 Order”). Upon entering the December 8 Order, the Court had adjudicated all unresolved issues in the action.
On December 8, 2022, the Seller filed a Notice of Appeal, appealing from that portion of the February 4 Order which declined to enforce the liquidated damages provision in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. | |
| Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: December 12, 2022
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