Attempted Dispute Resolution. (a) All disputes, claims or controversies arising under this Master Lease between the Parties with respect to or arising under (i) Sections 1.7 and 1.8, (ii) with respect to or arising from the determination of Gross Leasable Square Footage or Tenant’s Proportionate Share, or (iii) with respect to the calculation and determination of Base Rent, the “SHC Base Rent Adjustment” and other items and adjustments as provided in Schedule 2 to the Side Letter (each, a “Dispute”) shall be addressed and resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth below, and no other claim shall be brought in any court or under other dispute resolution process, and no other remedy shall be sought to be exercised by any Party with respect to the subject matter of any such Dispute (except that the decision of the Conciliator or Arbitrator may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction). Without limiting the foregoing, pending the resolution of such Dispute as provided herein, neither Party shall be deemed in breach or default nor shall there be any Event of Default under this Master Lease; provided, however, in the event of a Dispute with respect to subdivisions (ii) or (iii), Tenant shall continue to pay all Base Rent and Property Charges in accordance with the amounts last proposed or claimed by Landlord immediately prior to such Dispute, subject to prompt adjustment and refund or credit to Tenant of any amounts owing to Tenant upon such resolution. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Actual Recapture Date, a Dispute shall not include (and arbitration shall not apply to) any Event of Default or the exercise of any remedies by Landlord for an Event of Default, including the termination of this Master Lease, with respect to any Recapture Space or any Tenant Retained Space. (b) Landlord and Tenant shall use all reasonable good faith efforts to settle and resolve all Disputes in an expeditious manner. Landlord and Tenant have each designated a senior executive officer (“Senior Representative”) to act as its representative to attempt to resolve all Disputes; each Party may designate a replacement Senior Representative for such Party from time to time by Notice to the other Party. As of the Commencement Date, Landlord’s initial Senior Representative shall be Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, and Tenant’s initial Senior Representative shall be Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx. On or before the Commencement Date, or at any time thereafter, by separate agreement, the Parties shall attempt in good faith to select a disinterested Person (“Conciliator”) to assist in the resolution of all such Disputes, which Conciliator may similarly be replaced only by mutual agreement of the Parties from time to time. (c) If the Parties fail to resolve any Dispute through informal discussions, either Landlord or Tenant may give Notice to the other Party (and the Conciliator, if any) of the existence of a Dispute (“Dispute Notice”), which shall specify with reasonable detail the matter or matters in dispute and the relief sought (and, if monetary, the amount thereof), and shall propose a place, date and time for the Parties’ respective Senior Representatives to meet with each other (and the Conciliator, if any) to seek to resolve the Dispute (which date shall be no later than three (3) days from the date of delivery of the Dispute Notice). Landlord and Tenant, together with any such Conciliator (if any) shall use reasonable best efforts to negotiate a resolution to the Dispute during a period of ten (10) days (“10-Day Period”) beginning upon the date that any Party delivers a Dispute Notice. These reasonable best efforts shall include taking the following sequential steps, all of which shall be completed within such 10-Day Period: (i) The Senior Representative of the Party receiving the Dispute Notice shall use his or her reasonable best efforts to meet with the noticing Party’s Senior Representative and any Conciliator at the place, on the date and at the time proposed in the Dispute Notice. (ii) The Senior Representatives and any Conciliator, acting in good faith, shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution of the asserted Dispute. (iii) If, acting in good faith, the Senior Representatives (with the assistance of any Conciliator) are unable to achieve a mutually acceptable resolution of the asserted Dispute within said 10-Day Period, the Parties agree that the Conciliator (if any) shall make the final decision at the expiration of such 10-Day Period, which decision shall be in writing and shall be final and binding on the Parties. If the Dispute is not resolved as provided in this Section 29.1, then the Parties shall submit the Dispute to binding arbitration as provided herein.
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Samples: Master Lease (Sears Holdings Corp), Master Lease (Seritage Growth Properties)
Attempted Dispute Resolution. (a) All disputes, claims or controversies arising under this Master Lease between the Parties with respect to or arising under (i) Sections 1.7 and 1.8, (ii) with respect to or arising from the determination of Gross Leasable Square Footage or Tenant’s Proportionate Share, or (iii) with respect to the calculation and determination of Base Rent, the “SHC Base Rent Adjustment” and other items and adjustments as provided in Schedule 2 to the Side Letter (each, a “Dispute”) shall be addressed and resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth below, and no other claim shall be brought in any court or under other dispute resolution process, and no other remedy shall be sought to be exercised by any Party with respect to the subject matter of any such Dispute (except that the decision of the Conciliator or Arbitrator may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction). Without limiting the foregoing, pending the resolution of such Dispute as provided herein, neither Party shall be deemed in breach or default nor shall there be any Event of Default under this Master Lease; provided, however, in the event of a Dispute with respect to subdivisions (ii) or (iii), Tenant shall continue to pay all Base Rent and Property Charges in accordance with the amounts last proposed or claimed by Landlord immediately prior to such Dispute, subject to prompt adjustment and refund or credit to Tenant of any amounts owing to Tenant upon such resolution. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Actual Recapture Date, a Dispute shall not include (and arbitration shall not apply to) any Event of Default or the exercise of any remedies by Landlord for an Event of Default, including the termination of this Master Lease, with respect to any Recapture Space or any Tenant Retained Space.
(b) Landlord and Tenant shall use all reasonable good faith efforts to settle and resolve all Disputes in an expeditious manner. Landlord and Tenant have each designated a senior executive officer (“Senior Representative”) to act as its representative to attempt to resolve all Disputes; each Party may designate a replacement Senior Representative for such Party from time to time by Notice to the other Party. As of the Commencement Date, Landlord’s initial Senior Representative shall be Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, and Tenant’s initial Senior Representative shall be Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxxxxxXxxxx Xxxxxxx. On or before the Commencement Date, or at any time thereafter, by separate agreement, the Parties shall attempt in good faith to select a disinterested Person (“Conciliator”) to assist in the resolution of all such Disputes, which Conciliator may similarly be replaced only by mutual agreement of the Parties from time to time.
(c) If the Parties fail to resolve any Dispute through informal discussions, either Landlord or Tenant may give Notice to the other Party (and the Conciliator, if any) of the existence of a Dispute (“Dispute Notice”), which shall specify with reasonable detail the matter or matters in dispute and the relief sought (and, if monetary, the amount thereof), and shall propose a place, date and time for the Parties’ respective Senior Representatives to meet with each other (and the Conciliator, if any) to seek to resolve the Dispute (which date shall be no later than three (3) days from the date of delivery of the Dispute Notice). Landlord and Tenant, together with any such Conciliator (if any) shall use reasonable best efforts to negotiate a resolution to the Dispute during a period of ten (10) days (“10-Day 10‑Day Period”) beginning upon the date that any Party delivers a Dispute Notice. These reasonable best efforts shall include taking the following sequential steps, all of which shall be completed within such 10-Day 10‑Day Period:
(i) The Senior Representative of the Party receiving the Dispute Notice shall use his or her reasonable best efforts to meet with the noticing Party’s Senior Representative and any Conciliator at the place, on the date and at the time proposed in the Dispute Notice.
(ii) The Senior Representatives and any Conciliator, acting in good faith, shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution of the asserted Dispute.
(iii) If, acting in good faith, the Senior Representatives (with the assistance of any Conciliator) are unable to achieve a mutually acceptable resolution of the asserted Dispute within said 10-Day 10‑Day Period, the Parties agree that the Conciliator (if any) shall make the final decision at the expiration of such 10-Day 10‑Day Period, which decision shall be in writing and shall be final and binding on the Parties. If the Dispute is not resolved as provided in this Section 29.1, then the Parties shall submit the Dispute to binding arbitration as provided herein.
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Attempted Dispute Resolution. (a) All disputes, claims or controversies arising under this Master Lease between the Parties with respect to or arising under (i) Sections 1.7 and 1.8, (ii) with respect to or arising from the determination of Gross Leasable Square Footage or Tenant’s Proportionate Share, or (iii) with respect to the calculation and determination of Base Rent, the “SHC Base Rent Adjustment” and other items and adjustments as provided in Schedule 2 to the Side Letter (each, a “Dispute”) shall be addressed and resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth below, and no other claim shall be brought in any court or under other dispute resolution process, and no other remedy shall be sought to be exercised by any Party with respect to the subject matter of any such Dispute (except that the decision of the Conciliator or Arbitrator may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction). Without limiting the foregoing, pending the resolution of such Dispute as provided herein, neither Party shall be deemed in breach or default nor shall there be any Event of Default under this Master Lease; provided, however, in the event of a Dispute with respect to subdivisions (ii) or (iii), Tenant shall continue to pay all Base Rent and Property Charges in accordance with the amounts last proposed or claimed by Landlord immediately prior to such Dispute, subject to prompt adjustment and refund or credit to Tenant of any amounts owing to Tenant upon such resolution. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Actual Recapture Date, a Dispute shall not include (and arbitration shall not apply to) any Event of Default or the exercise of any remedies by Landlord for an Event of Default, including the termination of this Master Lease, with respect to any Recapture Space or any Tenant Retained Space.
(b) Landlord and Tenant shall use all reasonable good faith efforts to settle and resolve all Disputes in an expeditious manner. Landlord and Tenant have each designated a senior executive officer (“Senior Representative”) to act as its representative to attempt to resolve all Disputes; each Party may designate a replacement Senior Representative for such Party from time to time by Notice to the other Party. As of the Commencement Date, Landlord’s initial Senior Representative shall be Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx[ ], and Tenant’s initial Senior Representative shall be Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx[ ]. On or before the Commencement Date, or at any time thereafter, by separate agreement, the Parties shall attempt in good faith to select a disinterested Person (“Conciliator”) to assist in the resolution of all such Disputes, which Conciliator may similarly be replaced only by mutual agreement of the Parties from time to time.
(c) If the Parties fail to resolve any Dispute through informal discussions, either Landlord or Tenant may give Notice to the other Party (and the Conciliator, if any) of the existence of a Dispute (“Dispute Notice”), which shall specify with reasonable detail the matter or matters in dispute and the relief sought (and, if monetary, the amount thereof), and shall propose a place, date and time for the Parties’ respective Senior Representatives to meet with each other (and the Conciliator, if any) to seek to resolve the Dispute (which date shall be no later than three (3) days from the date of delivery of the Dispute Notice). Landlord and Tenant, together with any such Conciliator (if any) shall use reasonable best efforts to negotiate a resolution to the Dispute during a period of ten (10) days (“10-Day Period”) beginning upon the date that any Party delivers a Dispute Notice. These reasonable best efforts shall include taking the following sequential steps, all of which shall be completed within such 10-Day Period:
(i) The Senior Representative of the Party receiving the Dispute Notice shall use his or her reasonable best efforts to meet with the noticing Party’s Senior Representative and any Conciliator at the place, on the date and at the time proposed in the Dispute Notice.
(ii) The Senior Representatives and any Conciliator, acting in good faith, shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution of the asserted Dispute.
(iii) If, acting in good faith, the Senior Representatives (with the assistance of any Conciliator) are unable to achieve a mutually acceptable resolution of the asserted Dispute within said 10-Day Period, the Parties agree that the Conciliator (if any) shall make the final decision at the expiration of such 10-Day Period, which decision shall be in writing and shall be final and binding on the Parties. If the Dispute is not resolved as provided in this Section 29.1, then the Parties shall submit the Dispute to binding arbitration as provided herein.
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