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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2004

Registration No. 333-          



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  22-3305147
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

11 Commerce Drive, Cranford, New Jersey
(908) 272-8000

(Address, including telephone number,
of Principal Executive Offices)

 



07016

Zip Code

MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION
2004 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)




Copies to:
Mitchell E. Hersh
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
11 Commerce Drive
Cranford, New Jersey
(908) 272-8000
  Blake Hornick, Esq.
Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP
410 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 421-4100

(Names, addresses and telephone numbers of agents for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities to Be Registered
  Amount to
Be Registered*

  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share**

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price

  Amount of
Registration Fee


Common Stock ($0.01 par value)   2,500,000 shares   $39.615   $99,037,500   $12,548.05

*
All of the securities registered by this registration statement are issuable under the Plan.

**
Estimated, in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents the average of the high and low prices of our common stock as reported by The New York Stock Exchange on June 10, 2004.





PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

        The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors as required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.

        We hereby incorporate by reference in this registration statement the following documents:

            (a)   Our Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-13274) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003;

            (b)   Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-13274) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004;

            (c)   Our Current Reports on Form 8-K (File Nos. 1-13274) dated March 22, 2004, May 7, 2004 and June 1, 2004;

            (d)   Our Proxy Statement relating to our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 20, 2004; and

            (e)   The description of our common stock and the description of certain provisions of the laws of the State of Maryland and our charter and bylaws, contained in our Articles of Restatement dated June 11, 2001, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated June 30, 2001, and our Amended and Restated Bylaws dated June 10, 1999, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 10, 1999, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

        The information we incorporate by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement and information that we file later with the Securities and Exchange Commission automatically will update and supersede such information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed above and any future filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Our officers and directors are indemnified under Maryland law, our charter and the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Mack-Cali Realty, L.P., as amended (the "Partnership Agreement of Mack-Cali Realty, L.P."), against certain liabilities. Our charter authorizes us, and our bylaws require us to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the laws of the State of Maryland.

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        The Maryland General Corporation Law ("MGCL") permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those capacities unless it is established that the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, or the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful, or the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation for the act or omission. No amendment of our charter shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. Maryland law permits us to provide indemnification to an officer to the same extent as a director, although additional indemnification may be provided if such officer is not also a director.

        The MGCL permits the charter of a Maryland corporation to include a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, with specified exceptions. The MGCL does not, however, permit the liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders to be limited to the extent that (1) it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services (to the extent such benefit or profit was received) or (2) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person is entered in a proceeding based on a finding that the person's action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding. Our charter contains a provision consistent with the MGCL. No amendment of our charter shall limit or eliminate the limitation of liability with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

        The Partnership Agreement of Mack-Cali Realty, L.P. also provides for indemnification of us and our officers and directors to the same extent indemnification is provided to our officers and directors in our charter, and limits the liability of us and our officers and directors to Mack-Cali Realty, L.P. and its partners to the same extent liability of our officers and directors to our stockholders is limited under our charter.

        In addition, the Delaware Revised Limited Partnership Act provides that a limited partner has the power to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its partnership agreement.

        We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. The indemnification agreements require, among other things, that we indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, and advance to the directors and officers all related expenses, subject to reimbursement if it is subsequently determined that indemnification is not permitted. We also must indemnify and advance all expenses incurred by directors and officers seeking to enforce their rights under the indemnification agreements, and cover directors and officers under our directors' and officers' liability insurance. Although the form of indemnification agreement offers substantially the same scope of coverage afforded by provisions of our charter and bylaws and the Partnership Agreement of Mack-Cali Realty, L.P., it provides greater assurance to directors and officers that indemnification will be available, because, as a contract, it cannot be modified unilaterally in the future by the board of directors or by the stockholders to eliminate the rights it provides.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable

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Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number

  Description
4.1   Form of Common Stock Certificate.
5.1   Opinion of Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP.
10.1   Mack-Cali Realty Corporation 2004 Incentive Stock Plan.
23.1   Consent of Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1   Power of Attorney (see signature page).

Item 9. Undertakings.

        We, the undersigned registrant, hereby undertake:

            (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement.

            (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

        We hereby further undertake that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of our annual reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our directors, officers or controlling persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we certify that we have reasonable grounds to believe that we meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and have

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duly caused this registration statement to be signed on our behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New York, State of New York on this 14th day of June, 2004.

 
   
   
    MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
MITCHELL E. HERSH       
Mitchell E. Hersh
President and Chief Executive Officer

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        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mitchell E. Hersh, Roger W. Thomas, Barry Lefkowitz or Michael Grossman, or any one of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement or a registration statement prepared in accordance with Rule 462 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection herewith or in connection with the registration of the offered securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/   MITCHELL E. HERSH       
Mitchell E. Hersh
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director   June 14, 2004

/s/  
BARRY LEFKOWITZ       
Barry Lefkowitz

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
WILLIAM L. MACK       
William L. Mack

 

Chairman of the Board

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
ALAN S. BERNIKOW       
Alan S. Bernikow

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
JOHN R. CALI       
John R. Cali

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
NATHAN GANTCHER       
Nathan Gantcher

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
DAVID S. MACK       
David S. Mack

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
ALAN G. PHILIBOSIAN       
Alan G. Philibosian

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
VINCENT TESE       
Vincent Tese

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

/s/  
ROBERT F. WEINBERG       
Robert F. Weinberg

 

Director

 

June 14, 2004

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number

  Description

4.1

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate.

5.1

 

Opinion of Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP.

10.1

 

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation 2004 Incentive Stock Plan.

23.1

 

Consent of Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (see signature page).



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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT 4.1

NUMBER
  COMMON STOCK
$.01 PAR VALUE
  SHARES

 

 

CUSIP 554489 10 4
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

 


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MACK-CALI
REALTY CORPORATION
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

        This Certifies that

        FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

        Dated:

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[BANKNOTE CORPORATION OF AMERICA]



/s/  
MITCHELL E. HERSH       
Chief Executive Officer

 

Countersigned and Registered
EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
Transfer Agent and Registrar

/s/  
ROGER W. THOMAS       
Secretary

 

By:

 
     
Authorized Officer

MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION

        The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder on request and without charge a full statement of the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation is authorized to issue, of the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series of a preferred or special class in series which the Corporation is authorized to issue, to the extent they have been set, and of the authority of the Board of Directors to set the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series of a preferred or special class of stock. Such request may be made to the secretary of the Corporation or to its transfer agent.

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM-   as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-    
                               Custodian
             
           
(Cust)                        (Minor)
TEN ENT-   as tenants by the entireties       under Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act
             
JT TEN-   as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common      
(State)

        Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received,                                                             hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


       

 
   

   
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee)    

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

  Shares represented by

the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
   

 

 

 

  Attorney to transfer the
said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.    
Dated:            
   
       
        Signature(s)    
           
Signature Guaranteed By:        
             


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

NOTICE: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.




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EXHIBIT 5.1


[LETTERHEAD OF PRYOR CASHMAN SHERMAN & FLYNN LLP]

June 14, 2004

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
11 Commerce Drive
Cranford, New Jersey 07016

Gentlemen:

        We are acting as counsel to Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-            (the "Registration Statement"), as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,500,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for delivery under the Mack-Cali Realty Corporation 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").

        We are qualified to practice law in the State of New York. We express no opinion as to, and, for the purposes of the opinion set forth herein, we have conducted no investigation of, and do not purport to be experts on, any laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the Maryland General Corporation Law and the laws of the United States of America.

        We have examined such documents as we considered necessary for the purposes of this opinion. Based on such examination, it is our opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the Plan, will be legally issued, fully-paid and non-assessable under the laws of the State of Maryland.

        We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. This opinion is furnished in connection with the Registration Statement.

        This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or furnished to, quoted to, or relied upon by any other person, firm or corporation for any purpose, without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

PRYOR CASHMAN SHERMAN & FLYNN LLP




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EXHIBIT 10.1

MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION
2004 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION

        1.1    PURPOSE.     The purpose of the Mack-Cali Realty Corporation 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan") is to advance and promote the interests of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (the "Corporation") and its Subsidiaries by providing employees, consultants and advisors of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and non-employee members of the Corporation's Board of Directors and Advisory Board, or its Subsidiaries, if so designated, with an incentive to achieve corporate objectives, to attract and retain employees, consultants, advisors, non-employee Directors and Advisory Board Members of outstanding competence and to provide such individuals with an equity interest in the Corporation through the acquisition of Shares and by providing for payments to such individuals based on the appreciation in value or value of such Shares. The Plan is intended to be construed as an employee benefit plan that satisfies the requirements for exemption from the restrictions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the applicable rules promulgated thereunder. The Plan is effective as of May 20, 2004.

        1.2    DEFINITIONS.     The following definitions are applicable to the Plan:

        (a)     "Advisory Board" means the Advisory Board of the Corporation established in 1997.

        (b)     "Advisory Board Member" means a non-employee member of the Advisory Board.

        (c)     "Award" means Options, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs), Phantom Stock Units or any combination thereof, granted under the Plan.

        (d)     "Award Agreement" means the written agreement between the Corporation and each Participant that sets forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted to the Participant under the Plan. To the extent that some or all of the terms and provisions of an Award are set forth in a Participant's employment or other agreement, as applicable, with the Corporation or any Subsidiary, the term "Award Agreement" as used herein incorporates by reference such terms. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of an Award Agreement and those of an employment or other agreement, the terms of the employment or other agreement shall control.

        (e)     "Beneficiary" means the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in accordance with Section 6.8 to receive the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the death of a Participant or the right to exercise an Award outstanding upon the death of a Participant.

        (f)     "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

        (g)     "Cause" mean termination for fraud or willful misconduct by a Director or Advisory Board Member, as determined by the Committee or the Board.

        (h)     "Change in Control" means that any of the following events has occurred:


provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred, and no rights arising upon a Change in Control described in Sections 2.2(c)(ii), 3.3(c) and 4.7 shall exist, unless (i) on a Plan wide basis, the Board directs to the contrary by resolution adopted prior to the Change in Control or (ii) on a Participant by Participant basis with respect to individual Participants who have employment or other agreements with the Corporation or any Subsidiary which contain a definition of change in control, the definition of change in control is met under such employment or other agreement and such employment or other agreement specifies that a change in control under such other employment or other agreement will be considered a Change in Control for purposes of the Plan. Any resolution of the Board adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Section directing that this Section and Sections 2.2(c)(ii), 3.3(c) and 4.7 or any of such Sections become ineffective may be rescinded or countermanded at any time with or without retroactive effect by such Board.

        (i)     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. References to a particular section of, or rule under, the Code includes references to successor provisions.

        (j)     "Committee" means the committee appointed pursuant to Section 1.3 or if no such Committee is appointed, the Board.

        (k)     "Corporation" means Mack-Cali Realty Corporation.

        (l)     "Director" means any non-employee member of the Board, and any non-employee member of the Board of Directors of a Subsidiary to the extent that the Board designates such Subsidiary's Board of Directors as eligible to participate in the Plan.

        (m)     "Director Option" means a Nonqualified Stock Option automatically granted to a Director upon his or her initial election or appointment as Director, pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b).

        (n)     "Disability" means (i) with respect to a Participant who is a Director or Advisory Board Member, a mental or physical condition rendering the Participant unable to perform his or her regular duties in such capacity, as determined by the Committee or the Board, or, (ii) with respect to a Participant who is a Key Employee, the Participant qualifies for long-term disability benefits under the Corporation's long-term disability plan that covers the Participant, unless otherwise provided for in an employment or other agreement between the Participant and the Corporation.

        (o)     "Eligible Individual" means any Key Employee, consultant or advisor of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, and any Director or Advisory Board Member.

        (p)     "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. References to a particular section of, or rule under, the Exchange Act include references to successor provisions.

        (q)     "Fair Market Value" means the fair market value of the Shares based upon the closing price of a Share as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the last business day preceding the Grant Date or other date of determination, or, if the Shares are not then traded on the New York Stock Exchange or no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for the Shares on a national securities exchange or other market system on which the Shares are then traded, as reported in the New York edition of The Wall Street Journal; provided, however, that if Shares are not readily tradeable on a national securities exchange or other market system, Fair Market

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Value means an amount determined in good faith by the Committee to be the fair market value of the Shares.

        (r)     "Grant Date" means the date on which the Committee approves the grant of an Award by Committee action or such later date as specified in advance by the Committee. With respect to a Director Option, the Grant Date means the first day of the Director's initial tenure as a Director upon his election or appointment to the Board.

        (s)     "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option to purchase Shares that qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

        (t)     "Immediate Family" means, with respect to a particular Participant, the Participant's spouse, children and grandchildren.

        (u)     "Key Employee" means any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, including any officer or director who is also an employee, who, in the judgment of the Committee, is considered important to the future of the Corporation. Nothing shall limit the Board from designating all or substantially all employees as eligible for grants.

        (v)     "Mature Shares" means Shares for which the holder thereof has good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and which such holder either (i) has held for at least six months or (ii) has purchased from the open market.

        (w)     "Nonqualified Stock Option" means an Option to purchase Shares, that does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

        (x)     "Option" means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted under the Plan.

        (y)     "Option Price" means the purchase price per Option Share.

        (z)     "Option Term" means the period beginning on the Grant Date of an Option and ending on the expiration date of such Option, as specified in the Award Agreement for such Option and as may, in the discretion of the Committee, and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, be extended from time to time.

        (aa)     "Participant" means an Eligible Individual who has been granted an Award or a Permitted Transferee.

        (bb)     "Permitted Transferee" means a person to whom an Award may be transferred or assigned in accordance with Section 6.8.

        (cc)     "Phantom Stock Unit" means a contractual right to receive Shares or the value of Shares in the future.

        (dd)     "Plan" means the Mack-Cali Realty Corporation 2004 Incentive Stock Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time.

        (ee)     "Restricted Stock" means Shares that are subject to forfeiture if the Participant does not satisfy the Restrictions specified in the Award Agreement applicable to such Restricted Stock.

        (ff)     "Restricted Period" means, as applicable, the period of time Restricted Stock is subject to the Restrictions specified in the Award Agreement applicable to such Restricted Stock, or the period during which Phantom Stock Units vest or performance goals must be achieved with respect to Phantom Stock Units, as specified in the Award Agreement applicable to the Phantom Stock Units.

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        (gg)     "Restrictions" means those restrictions and conditions placed upon Restricted Stock as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 4.2.

        (hh)     "Retirement" means separation from service as a Director or Advisory Board Member on or after age 65 or at such other time as the Board may designate.

        (ii)     "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the SEC under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, together with any successor rule.

        (jj)     "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        (kk)     "Section 16 Participant" means a Participant who is subject to potential liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act with respect to transactions involving equity securities of the Corporation.

        (ll)     "Share" means a share of the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Corporation.

        (mm)     "Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" means a right granted under the Plan in connection with an Option, or separately, to receive the appreciation in value of Shares.

        (nn)     "Subsidiary" means a corporation as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code (with the Corporation treated as the employer corporation for purposes of this definition) and, for all other purposes, a corporation or other entity with respect which the Corporation (i) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the then outstanding common stock in any corporation or (ii) has a 50% or more ownership interest in any other entity.

        (oo)     "10% Owner" means a person who owns capital stock (including stock treated as owned under Section 424(d) of the Code) possessing more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Corporation or any Subsidiary where "voting power" means the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of a corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

        (pp)     "Termination" means (i) for a Participant who is a Key Employee, termination of employment with the Corporation and all Subsidiaries, (ii) for a Participant who is a consultant or advisor, termination from service with the Corporation and all Subsidiaries, as determined by the Corporation, or (iii) for a Participant who is a Director or Advisory Board Member, termination from service of the Board or Advisory Board, as the case may be.

        1.3    ADMINISTRATION.     The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Committee"), which shall consist of two or more directors of the Corporation, all of whom qualify as "Non Employee Directors" as defined in Rule 16b-3. The number of members of the Committee shall from time to time be increased or decreased, and shall be subject to such conditions, in each case as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions in Shares pursuant to the Plan to satisfy such conditions of Rule 16b-3 as then in effect. In the event that the Executive Compensation and Option Committee of the Board meets the requirements set forth in this Section 1.3, it shall be the Committee hereunder unless otherwise determined by the Board.

        A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Committee may act at a meeting, including a telephonic meeting, by action of a majority of the members present, or without a meeting by unanimous written consent.

        Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full and final authority and discretion as follows:

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        All decisions, actions or interpretations of the Committee on all matters relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all parties. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award.

        1.4    PARTICIPATION/SERVICE     

        (a)      Participation.     The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Awards to any Eligible Individual, whether or not he or she has previously received an Award. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to those Eligible Individuals who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.

        No such Eligible Individuals shall at any time have the right to be a Participant or to receive an Award (other than a Director Option, if applicable), unless selected by the Committee pursuant to the Plan. No Participant, having been granted an Award, shall have the right to an additional Award in the future unless such Award is granted by the Committee.

        (b)      Director Options.     All Directors shall automatically be eligible to receive Director Options under the Plan.

        (c)      Transfer of Service.     Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, for purposes of determining the exercise period and exercisability of Awards granted hereunder, a Participant shall not be deemed to have incurred a Termination if the Participant's status as a Director, Advisory Board Member, employee, consultant or advisor terminates and the Participant is then, or immediately thereafter becomes, an Eligible Individual due to another status or relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary.

        1.5    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS.     Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 6.2, the maximum number of Shares for which Awards under the Plan shall be available is 2,500,000. In addition, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to grant additional Options to a Participant who exercises an Option and pays the exercise price in Shares, in a quantity equal to the number of Shares delivered to the Corporation upon such exercise. Except as provided in Section 3.4, in the event any Awards granted under the Plan shall be forfeited, terminate, be canceled or expire, the number of Shares subject to such Award, to the extent of any such forfeiture, termination, cancellation or expiration, shall thereafter again be available for grant under the Plan. In addition, if Shares are not delivered pursuant to a Phantom Stock Unit Award or a SAR Award that is not related to an Option because the Award is paid in cash or Shares subject to the Award are withheld to satisfy applicable tax withholding obligations upon exercise, payment or settlement of an Award other than Restricted Stock, such Shares shall not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares available for delivery under the Plan. The Shares distributed under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Corporation, or shares purchased on the open market by the Corporation (at such time or times and in such manner as it may determine). The Corporation shall be under no obligation to acquire Shares for distribution to Participants before such Shares are due and distributable.

        1.6    GENERAL CONDITIONS TO GRANTS.     All Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement and any terms and conditions of an Award not set forth in the Plan shall be set forth in the Award Agreement related to that Award or, if applicable, in the Participant's employment or other agreement with the Corporation or any Subsidiary.

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SECTION 2. OPTIONS

        2.1    AWARD OF OPTIONS.     

        (a)      General.     Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Individuals to whom Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, or both, shall be granted, the number of Shares covered by each Option, and the terms and conditions of each Option. Any Option not designated as an Incentive Stock Option shall be a Nonqualified Stock Option. In determining the Eligible Individuals who will be granted Options under the Plan, the Committee may consider such Individuals' responsibilities, service, present and future value to the Corporation or any Subsidiary and other factors it considers relevant.

        (b)      Director Options.     Each Director shall be automatically granted, upon his or her initial election or appointment to the Board, a Director Option to purchase 5,000 Shares. The Option Price subject to the Director Option shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share determined on the Grant Date. No portion of the Director Option shall be exercisable until the Director has completed one year of service as a Director beginning on the Grant Date, subject to Section 1.4. Thereafter, each Director Option shall be fully exercisable. To the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing, all other terms and conditions of the Director Options shall be subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 2.

        2.2    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.     Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.1(b) with respect to a Director Option or in an applicable Award Agreement, each Option shall be subject to the following express terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate as set forth in the Award Agreement:

        (a)      Option Term.     Each Option shall expire on the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a 10% Owner, on the 5th anniversary of the Grant Date) or such earlier expiration date as shall be specified in the Participant's Award Agreement. The Committee may extend such Option Term; provided, however, that (i) in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such extension shall not, in any way, disqualify the Option's treatment as an Incentive Stock Option and (ii) the Option Term, including any such extensions, shall not exceed 10 years.

        (b)      Option Price.     The Option Price per Share shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, no later than the Grant Date of any Option; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Option Price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date (or, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option granted to a 10% Owner, 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date). In no event shall the Option Price per Share be less than the par value of a Share.

        (c)      Exercisability of Options.     Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Such terms and conditions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.

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        (d)      Exercise Upon Termination .     Subject to Section 1.4(c) and unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the following provisions shall apply upon a Participant's Termination:

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        (e)      Limitations on Incentive Stock Options.     Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Eligible Individuals who are Key Employees at the Grant Date. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which any Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Key Employee during any calendar year under all option plans of the Corporation and any Subsidiary shall not exceed $100,000 or such other limit set forth in Section 422 of the Code (the "Code Limits"). If the aggregate Fair Market Value of such Shares exceeds the Code Limits, the excess Shares will be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options under this Plan. In reducing the number of Incentive Stock Options to meet the Code Limits, the most recently granted Incentive Stock Option shall be reduced first. If a reduction of simultaneously granted Options is necessary to meet the Code Limits, the Committee may designate which Shares are to be treated as Shares acquired pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option. In the event that any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan fail to meet the requirements for Incentive Stock Options as set forth in the Code, such Incentive Stock Options will be treated and redesignated as a Nonqualified Stock Option for Federal income tax purposes automatically without further action by the Committee on the date of such failure to continue to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

        (f)      Investment Representation.     Each Award Agreement for an Option shall provide that, upon demand by the Committee for such a representation, the Participant (or any person acting under Subsection 2.2(d)) shall deliver to the Committee, at the time of any exercise of an Option or portion thereof, a written representation that the Shares to be acquired upon such exercise are to be acquired for investment and not for resale or with a view to the distribution thereof. Upon such demand, delivery of such representation prior to the delivery of any Shares issued upon exercise of an Option and prior to the expiration of the Option Term shall be a condition precedent to the right of the Participant or such other person to purchase any Shares. In the event certificates for Shares are delivered under the Plan with respect to which such an investment representation has been obtained, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed on such certificates to make appropriate reference to such representations and to restrict transfer in the absence of compliance with applicable federal or state securities laws.

        (g)      Participants to Have No Rights as Shareholders.     No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares subject to his or her Option prior to the date of issuance to him or her of such Shares.

        (h)      Other Option Provisions.     The Committee may require a Participant to agree, as a condition to receiving an Option under the Plan, that part or all of any Options previously granted to such Participant under the Plan or any prior plan of the Corporation be terminated.

        2.3    EXERCISE OF AND PAYMENT FOR OPTIONS.     An Option shall be exercised by the delivery to the Corporation during the Option Term of (a) written notice of intent to purchase a specific number of Shares subject to the Option and (b) payment in full of the Option Price of such specific number of Shares. Unless otherwise limited in an Award Agreement, payment of the Option Price may be made either (i) in cash, certified check or wire transfer, (ii) subject to the approval of the Committee, in Mature Shares already owned by the Participant having a total fair market value, as determined by the Committee, equal to the purchase price, or a combination of cash and Mature Shares having a total fair market value, as so determined, equal to the purchase price, (iii) subject to

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the approval of the Committee, in its sole discretion, by delivering a properly executed exercise notice in a form approved by the Committee, together with an irrevocable notice of exercise and irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Corporation the amount of applicable sale proceeds sufficient to pay the purchase price for such Shares, together with the amount of federal, state and local withholding taxes payable by Participant by reason of such exercise, or (iv) a combination of the foregoing.

        2.4    NOTICE OF DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION.     A Participant shall notify the Corporation of any disposition of Shares issued upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option within 10 business days after such disposition if such disposition is made during the holding period described in Section 422(a) of the Code resulting in a disqualifying disposition (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-5).

SECTION 3. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

        3.1    AWARD OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.     Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Individuals to whom SARs shall be granted, the number of Shares to be granted to each such Eligible Individual and the terms and conditions of each SAR. When granted, SARs may, but need not, be identified with a specific Option (including any Option granted on or before the Grant Date of the SARs) in a number equal to or different from the number of Shares subject to such Option. If SARs are identified with Shares subject to an Option, then, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the Participant's associated SARs shall terminate upon (a) the expiration, termination, forfeiture or cancellation of such Option, or (b) the exercise of such Option.

        3.2    STRIKE PRICE.     The strike price ("Strike Price") of any SAR shall equal, for any SAR that is identified with an Option, the Option Price of such Option, or for any other SAR, 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date of such SAR; except that the Committee may (a) specify a higher Strike Price in the Award Agreement or (b) provide that the amount payable upon exercise of any SAR shall not exceed a percentage of Fair Market Value of a Share on such Grant Date as the Committee shall specify.

        3.3    EXERCISABILITY OF SARS.     SARs granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Such terms and conditions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Award Agreement, the following terms and conditions shall apply:

        (a)      SARs Granted to Directors or Advisory Board Members.     SARs granted to a Participant who is a Director or Advisory Board Member shall become exercisable (i) in the case of each SAR not identified with an Option, on the first anniversary of the Grant Date of the SAR, or in such other amounts and over such other time period as may be determined by the Committee, and (ii) in the case of each SAR that is identified with an Option, at the time or times at which the Option with which such SAR is identified may be exercised. The preceding exercise schedule is subject to the Participant not having incurred a Termination and to the acceleration or early expiration provisions set forth in Subsection 3.3(c) and Section 3.6 or in an applicable Award Agreement.

        (b)      SARs Granted to Key Employees, Consultants or Advisors.     SARs granted to a Participant who is a Key Employee, consultant or advisor shall become exercisable (i) in the case of each SAR not identified with an Option, in five equal annual installments of 20% of the Shares subject to the SAR, with the first installment becoming exercisable on the December 31st next following the Grant Date and each other installment becoming exercisable on each of the next four anniversaries thereafter, and (ii) in the case of each SAR that is identified with an Option, at the time or times at which the Option with which such SAR is identified may be exercised. The preceding exercise schedule is subject to the

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Participant not having incurred a Termination and to the acceleration or early expiration provisions set forth in Subsection 3.3(c) and Section 3.6 or in an applicable Award Agreement.

        (c)      Change in Control.     In the event of a Change in Control, all Options granted under the Plan which the Participant shall not then have been entitled to exercise shall be accelerated as of the date of such Change in Control and become fully exercisable.

        (d)      SAR Term.     Each SAR shall expire on the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date or, if earlier, upon expiration of any Option with which the SAR is identified. The Committee may extend such SAR term; provided, however, that the SAR term, including any such extensions, shall not exceed 10 years.

        3.4    EXERCISE OF SARS.     SARs shall be exercised by delivery to the Corporation of the Participant's written notice of intent to exercise a specific number of SARs. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the exercise of SARs which are identified with Shares subject to an Option shall result in the cancellation or forfeiture of an equal number of Shares subject to such Option, and any such Shares so canceled or forfeited shall not thereafter again become available for grant under the Plan. Upon exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive a per Share payment from the Corporation in an amount equal to (a) the Fair Market Value of the Share on the date of such exercise, minus (b) the Strike Price of Shares subject to the SAR. Such payment shall be made in cash (subject to applicable withholding), except that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide, in the applicable Award Agreement, that payment may be made, wholly or partly, in Shares.

        3.5    NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDERS.     No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares subject to his or her SAR.

        3.6    EXERCISE OF SAR IN THE EVENT OF TERMINATION.     The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall set forth in the applicable Award Agreement the extent to which a Participant shall have the right to exercise SARs following a Termination. Such provisions need not be uniform among all SARs granted pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for such Termination. Subject to Section 1.4(c) and unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:

        (a)      Termination Due to Death.     If a Participant who is a Key Employee, consultant or advisor incurs a Termination due to death, such Participant's Beneficiary, heirs or estate may exercise his or her SARs, to the extent the SARs would have become exercisable had the Participant's Termination occurred in the calendar year following such Participant's death, and any portion of any SAR granted hereunder that would not have vested and been exercisable within the calendar year following such Participant's death if such Participant had not died shall automatically expire and be forfeited as of the date of such Participant's death. If Participant's service as a member of the Board or the Advisory Board shall terminate because of his or her death, the Participant's Beneficiary, heirs or estate shall have the right to exercise all SARs issued to him or her in such capacity, regardless of whether such SARs were exercisable prior to the Participant's death. Upon a Participant's death, the exercisable portion of the SAR as determined hereunder may be exercised until the earlier of (x) the expiration date determined under Subsection 3.3(d) or (y) one year from the date of the Participant's death.

        (b)      Termination Due to Disability.     If a Participant who is a Key Employee incurs a Termination due to Disability, such Participant may exercise his or her SARs to the extent the SAR would have become exercisable had the Participant's Termination occurred in the calendar year following such Participant's Termination, and any portion of any SAR granted hereunder that would not have vested and been exercisable within the calendar year following such Participant's Termination shall automatically expire and be forfeited as of the date of such Participant's Termination. If a Participant's service as a member of the Board or the Advisory Board terminates due to Disability, such Participant shall have the right to exercise all SARs issued to him or her in such capacity, regardless of whether such SARs were exercisable prior to the Participant's Termination. Upon a Participant's Termination due to Disability under this Subsection 3.6(b), the exercisable portion of the SAR as determined hereunder may be exercised by the Participant until the earlier of (x) the expiration date determined under Subsection 3.3(d) or (y) one year from the date of the Participant's Disability.

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        (c)      Termination Due to Retirement.     If a Participant's service as a member of the Board or the Advisory Board terminates due to Retirement, the Participant shall have the right to exercise all SARs regardless of whether such SARs are vested, at any time and from time to time, until the earlier of (x) the expiration date determined under Subsection 3.3(d) or (y) one year following the date of Retirement.

        (d)      Termination Due to Cause.     If a Participant's service as a Director or Advisory Board Member terminates for Cause, any SAR granted to such Participant shall expire immediately and all rights to exercise the SAR (whether or not exercisable) shall cease upon such termination.

        (e)      Other Termination.     In the event of a Participant's Termination for any reason other than as described under Subsection 3.6(a), (b), (c), or (d) above, any SAR granted to such Participant shall remain exercisable until the earlier of the (x) expiration date determined under Subsection 3.3(d) or (y) three months from the date of such Termination. In such circumstance, the SAR shall only be exercisable to the extent exercisable as of the date of such Termination and shall not be exercisable with respect to any additional Shares.

SECTION 4. RESTRICTED STOCK

        4.1    AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK.     Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Individuals to whom Restricted Stock shall be granted and the Restrictions as provided in this Section. All Restrictions imposed on any such Award of Restricted Stock shall be made by and at the sole discretion of the Committee, subject to the provisions of the Plan, and are binding on the Corporation and the Participants, their Beneficiaries and legal representatives. Such Restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.

        4.2    RESTRICTED PERIOD/RESTRICTIONS.     At the time each Award of Restricted Stock is granted, the Committee (i) shall establish a Restricted Period within which Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant may not be sold, assigned, transferred, made subject to gift, or otherwise disposed of, mortgaged, pledged or otherwise encumbered, if any, except to the extent provided in Section 6.8, and (ii) may impose such other Restrictions on any Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable.

        4.3    RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS.     Except for the conditions outlined in Section 4.2, and the forfeiture conditions described in Section 4.5, each Participant shall have all rights of a shareholder of the Corporation, including the right to receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid in respect of such Shares and the right to vote such Shares at regular or special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation.

        4.4    DELIVERY OF SHARES.     The certificates for any Restricted Stock granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be held (together with a stock power executed in blank by the Participant) in escrow by the Secretary of the Corporation under the Participant's name in an account maintained by the Corporation until such Shares of Restricted Stock become nonforfeitable or are forfeited. At the end of the Restricted Period and/or the expiration or attainment of such other Restrictions imposed on any Restricted Stock granted to a Participant, or upon the prior approval of the Committee as described in Section 4.5, and subject to the satisfaction of the Corporation's withholding obligations described in Section 6.8, certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant, or the Beneficiary or legal representative of the Participant, free of the Restrictions set forth in the Award Agreement pursuant to Section 4.2.

        4.5    EFFECT OF TERMINATION.     The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall set forth in the applicable Award Agreement the extent to which a Participant shall have the right to Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award following a Termination. Such provisions need not be uniform among all Awards of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the

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reasons for such Termination. Subject to Section 1.4(c) and unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the following provisions shall apply:

        (a)      Termination Due to Death.     If a Participant who is a Key Employee, consultant or advisor incurs a Termination due to death, all Shares of Restricted Stock awarded to such Participant which are then subject to a Restricted Period or other Restrictions, and which would have been released, if the Participant had not died, within the calendar year following such Participant's death shall be released on the date of the Participant's death as if the Restricted Period for such Shares had ended and the other Restrictions had lapsed, and certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant's Beneficiary, heirs or estate free from such Restrictions as soon as practicable following such Termination, and all other Shares of Restricted Stock which would not have been released, if the Participant had not died, within the calendar year following the Participant's death will be forfeited and become the property of the Corporation on the date of such Termination. If a Participant's service as a member of the Board or the Advisory Board shall terminate because of his or her death, the Restricted Period or other Restrictions applicable to all previously granted Awards of Restricted Stock shall end or lapse, as the case may be, and such Shares shall be released and certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant's Beneficiary, heirs or estate free from such Restrictions as soon as practicable following such Termination.

        (b)      Termination Due to Disability.     If a Participant who is a Key Employee incurs a Termination due to Disability, all Shares of Restricted Stock awarded to such Participant which are then subject to a Restricted Period or other Restrictions, and which would have been released, if the Participant had not incurred a Termination, within the calendar year following such Participant's Termination shall be released on the date of the Participant's Termination as if the Restricted Period for such Shares had ended and the other Restrictions had lapsed, and certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant free from such Restrictions as soon as practicable following such Termination, and all other Shares of Restricted Stock which would not have been released, if the Participant had not Terminated, within the calendar year following the Participant's Termination due to Disability will be forfeited and become the property of the Corporation on the date of such Termination. If a Participant's service as a member of the Board or the Advisory Board shall terminate because of his or her Disability, the Restricted Period or other Restrictions applicable to all previously granted Awards of Restricted Stock shall end or lapse, as the case may be, and such Shares shall be released and certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant free from such Restrictions as soon as practicable following such Termination.

        (c)      Termination Due to Retirement.     If a Participant's service as a member of the Board or the Advisory Board shall terminate because of his or her Retirement, the Restricted Period or other Restrictions applicable to all previously granted Awards of Restricted Stock shall end or lapse, as the case may be, and such Shares shall be released and certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant free from such Restrictions as soon as practicable following such Termination.

        (d)      Termination Due to Cause.     If a Participant's service as a member of the Board or Advisory Board shall terminate for Cause, all Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan which are then subject to a Restricted Period or other Restrictions shall be forfeited and become property of the Corporation on the date of such termination of service.

        (e)      Other Termination.     In the event of a Participant's Termination for any reason other than as described under Subsection 4.5(a), (b), (c), or (d) above, all Restricted Stock awarded to the Participant under the Plan which is then subject to a Restricted Period or other Restrictions shall be forfeited and become property of the Corporation on the date of such Termination.

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        4.6    SECTION 83(b) ELECTIONS.     A Participant who files an election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code with the Internal Revenue Service to include the Fair Market Value of any Shares of Restricted Stock in gross income while the Shares are still subject to a Restricted Period or other Restrictions shall notify the Corporation of such election within 10 days of making such election and promptly furnish to the Corporation a copy of such election together with the amount of any federal, state, local or other taxes required to be withheld to enable the Corporation to claim an income tax deduction with respect to such election.

        4.7    CHANGE IN CONTROL.     In the event of a Change in Control, all Restricted Periods shall end, the Restricted Period or other Restrictions applicable to all previously granted Awards of Restricted Stock shall end or lapse, as the case may be, and such Shares shall be released and certificates representing such Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participants free from such Restrictions as soon as practicable following such Change in Control.

SECTION 5. PHANTOM STOCK UNITS

        5.1    AWARD OF PHANTOM STOCK UNITS.     Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Individuals to whom Phantom Stock Units shall be granted, the number of Phantom Stock Units to be granted to any one Eligible Individual, the Restricted Period, the ability of Participants to defer the receipt of payment of such Phantom Stock Units, and the other terms and provisions of such Award.

        5.2    VALUE OF PHANTOM STOCK UNITS.     Each Phantom Stock Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Committee at the Grant Date. The Committee may set performance goals in its sole discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number and/or value of Phantom Stock Units that will be paid out to the Participant.

        5.3    NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDERS.     No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Phantom Stock Units subject to his Award.

        5.4    VESTING OR EARNING OF PHANTOM STOCK UNITS.     Subject to the terms of the Plan, after the applicable Restricted Period has ended, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a payout of the number and value of Phantom Stock Units vested or earned, as the case may be, by the Participant over the Restricted Period. If the Committee establishes performance goals for an Award, the number and value of Share Units will be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved.

        5.5    FORM AND TIMING OF PAYMENT OF PHANTOM STOCK UNITS.     Except as provided below, payment of vested or earned Phantom Stock Units shall be made in the form of cash or in Shares (or in a combination thereof) which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the vested or earned Phantom Stock Units at the close of the applicable Restricted Period. At the Grant Date or shortly thereafter, the Committee, in its sole discretion and in accordance with terms designated by the Committee, may provide for a voluntary and/or mandatory deferral of all or any part of an otherwise vested or earned Phantom Stock Unit Award. At the sole discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive any dividends declared with respect to Shares earned in connection with a Phantom Stock Unit Award which has been vested or earned, but not yet distributed to Participants (such dividends shall be subject to the same forfeiture, and payout restrictions as apply to dividends earned with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock, if any).

        5.6    EFFECT OF TERMINATION.     The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall set forth in the applicable Award Agreement the extent to which a Participant shall have the right to a payout of a Phantom Stock Unit Award following a Termination. Such provisions need not be uniform among all Awards of Phantom Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for such Termination.

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        5.7    CHANGE IN CONTROL.     The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall set forth in the applicable Award Agreement the extent to which a Participant shall have the right to a payout of a Phantom Stock Unit Award in the event of a Change in Control. Such provisions need not be uniform among all Awards of Phantom Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for such Termination.

SECTION 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS

        6.1    GENERAL CREDITOR STATUS.     Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Corporation may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Corporation and any Participant, Beneficiary, legal representative or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Corporation under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Corporation. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Corporation and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan; provided, however, that in its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Shares or pay cash; provided, further, however, that, unless the Committee otherwise determines with the consent of the affected Participant, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with the "unfunded" status of the Plan.

        6.2    CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS TO SHARES.     In the event of any change in the Shares by reason of any stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, spin-off, split-off, merger, consolidation, stock split, reverse stock split, combination or exchange of shares, or any rights offering to purchase Shares at a price substantially below Fair Market Value, or of any similar change affecting the Shares of or by the Corporation, the number and kind of Shares available for Awards under the Plan, the number and kind of Shares or Phantom Stock Units subject to an outstanding Award, the Option Price, Strike Price or purchase price per Share thereof shall be appropriately adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may deem equitable to prevent substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, the Participants hereunder. Any adjustment of an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to this Section shall be made only to the extent not constituting a "modification" within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, unless the holder of such Option shall agree otherwise. The Committee shall give notice to each Participant of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

        6.3    SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.     The obligations of the Corporation under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Corporation, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Corporation. The Corporation agrees that it will make appropriate provision for the preservation of Participants' rights under the Plan in any agreement or plan which it may enter into or adopt to effect any such merger, consolidation, reorganization or transfer of assets.

        6.4    NO CLAIM OR RIGHT UNDER THE PLAN.     Neither the Plan nor any action taken thereunder shall be construed as giving any employee, consultant or advisor any right to be retained in the employ of or by the Corporation or any Director or Advisory Board Member any right to continue in the service of the Board or Advisory Board, as the case may be.

        6.5    AWARDS NOT TREATED AS COMPENSATION UNDER BENEFIT PLANS.     No Award shall be considered as compensation under any employee benefit plan of the Corporation, except as specifically provided in any such plan or as otherwise determined by the Board.

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        6.6    LISTING AND QUALIFICATION OF SHARES.     The Corporation, in its discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Shares upon any exercise of an Option or SAR or pursuant to an Award of Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units until completion of such stock exchange listing or other qualification of such shares under any state or federal law, rule or regulation as the Corporation may consider appropriate, and may require any Participant, Beneficiary or legal representative to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of the Shares in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

        6.7    WITHHOLDING TAXES.     The Corporation may make such provisions and take such steps as it may deem necessary or appropriate for the withholding of all federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to Awards granted pursuant to the Plan including, but not limited to (i) accepting a remittance from the Participant in cash, or, in the Committee's sole discretion, in Mature Shares, (ii) deducting the amount required to be withheld from any other amount then or thereafter payable by the Corporation or Subsidiary to a Participant, Beneficiary or legal representative or from any Shares due to the Participant under the Plan, (iii) requiring a Participant, Beneficiary or legal representative to pay to the Corporation the amount required to be withheld as a condition of releasing Shares, or (iv) any combination of the foregoing. In addition, subject to such rules and regulations as the Committee shall from time to time establish, Participants shall be permitted to satisfy federal, state and local taxes, if any, imposed upon the payment of Awards in Shares at a rate up to such Participant's maximum marginal tax rate with respect to each such tax by (A) irrevocably electing to have the Corporation deduct from the number of Shares otherwise deliverable in payment of an Award such number of Shares as shall have a value equal to the amount of tax to be withheld, (B) delivering to the Corporation such portion of the Shares delivered in payment of the Award as shall have a value equal to the amount of tax to be withheld, or (C) delivering to the Corporation such number of Mature Shares or combination of Mature Shares and cash as shall have a value equal to the amount of tax to be withheld.

        6.8    NON-TRANSFERABILITY/DESIGNATION AND CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY.     

        (a)      Transferability Restrictions.     Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, an Award granted hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the Participant's lifetime only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative, except that a Participant may, if permitted by the Committee, in its sole discretion, transfer an Award, or any portion thereof, to one or more members of the Participant's Immediate Family, or one or more trusts for the benefit of such family members or partnerships in which such family members and/or trusts are the only partners, or a charitable organization or foundation selected by the Participant. In the case of a transfer of Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock Units hereunder, the terms and conditions of the Restricted Period and Restrictions, if any, shall continue to apply to the Permitted Transferee of such Shares or Units, as applicable. In the case of a transfer of an Option or SAR hereunder, the exercisability of such transferred Option or SAR, as applicable, shall continue to apply to the Permitted Transferee.

        (b)      Beneficiary Designations.     Each Participant shall file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the Beneficiary who shall be entitled to receive the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon his or her death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his or her Beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior Beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant's death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt.

        6.9    PAYMENTS TO PERSONS OTHER THAN A PARTICIPANT.     If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his

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or her estate (unless a prior claim has been made by a duly appointed legal representative), may, if the Committee so directs the Corporation, be paid to his or her spouse, a child, a relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Corporation therefor.

        6.10    NO LIABILITY OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.     No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on his or her behalf in his or her capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each employee, officer or Director of the Corporation to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be allocated or delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Board) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person's own fraud or bad faith. The indemnification provided for in this Section shall be in addition to any rights of indemnification such Committee member has as a director or officer pursuant to law, under the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Corporation.

        6.11    AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.     Except as to matters that in the opinion of the Corporation's legal counsel require shareholder approval, any provision of the Plan may be modified as to a Participant by an individual written agreement approved by the Committee. The Board may, with prospective or retroactive effect, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, however, that (i) no amendment that would materially increase the cost of the Plan to the Corporation may be made by the Board without the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation and (ii) no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall deprive any Participant of any rights to Awards previously made under the Plan without his or her written consent. Subject to earlier termination pursuant to the provisions of this Section, and unless the shareholders of the Corporation shall have approved an extension of the Plan beyond such date, the Plan shall terminate and no further Awards shall be made under the Plan after the 10th anniversary of the effective date of the Plan specified in Subsection 1.1.

        6.12    GOVERNING LAW.     The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without reference to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

        6.13    NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS.     The Committee's determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by the Committee selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards whether or not such persons are similarly situated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled, to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements, including, but not limited to, (a) the identity of the Participant, (b) the terms and provisions of Awards, and (c) the treatment of Terminations.

        6.14    NO ILLEGAL TRANSACTIONS.     The Plan and all Awards granted pursuant to it are subject to all applicable laws and regulations. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Award, Participants shall not be entitled to exercise, or receive benefits under, any Award, and the Corporation shall not be obligated to deliver any Shares or deliver any benefits to a Participant, if such exercise or delivery would constitute a violation by the Participant or the Corporation of any applicable law or regulation.

        6.15    SEVERABILITY.     If any part of the Plan is declared by any court of governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not invalidate any other part of the Plan. Any Section or part of a Section so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

        6.16    HEADINGS.     Headings are included for the convenience of reference only and shall not be used in the interpretation or construction of any such provision contained in the Plan.

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 24, 2004 relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, which appears in Mack-Cali Realty Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

/S/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
June 10, 2004




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