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Lease Agreement
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1.
Premises and Preparation .............................
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2. Term
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3. Use
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4.
Basic Rent ...........................................
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5.
Additional Rent ......................................
2
6.
Security Deposit .....................................
4
7.
Services to be Provided by the Landlord ..............
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8.
Landlord's Title .....................................
6
9.
Assignment and Subletting ............................
6
10.
Untenantability ......................................
7
11. Signs
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8
12.
Alterations ..........................................
8
13. Use of the
Premises ..................................
8
14. Repairs
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10
15. Eminent
Domain .......................................
11
16. Rights
Reserved to Landlord ..........................
11
17.
Substitution of Premises .............................
12
18. Holding
Over .........................................
12
19. Notice and
Payments ..................................
12
20. Default by
Tenant ....................................
12
21. Default by
Landlord ..................................
13
22. Liability
Insurance ..................................
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23. Waiver of
Subrogation ................................
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24. Indemnify
and Hold Harmless ..........................
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25. Offset
Statements ....................................
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26. Liens
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27. Hazardous
Materials ..................................
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28. Brokers
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29.
Exculpation...........................................
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30.
Miscellaneous ........................................
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31. Americans
with Disability Act of 1991.................
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32. Rules and
Regulations.................................
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Additional Provisions ................................
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LEASE AGREEMENT
The parties to this Lease Agreement ("Lease"), entered into
effective
the 26th day of January, 2005, between MFB
Financial ("Landlord") and Mellinger
Financial Services, Inc., an Indiana
corporation ("Tenant"), hereby agree as
follows:
1. PREMISES AND PREPARATION.
The
Landlord hereby leases to the Tenant and the Tenant leases from
the
Landlord, subject to all of the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth,
office space as shown on the space plan
attached hereto as "Exhibit A"
containing 15,440 square feet of usable
space combined with the load factor of
5.5% equates with 16,290 square feet of
rentable space (the "Premises") in the
office building which is commonly known as
MFB Plaza, located at 4100 Edison
Lakes Parkway, Mishawaka, Indiana in St.
Joseph County (the "Building").
2. TERM. The term of the Lease of the Premises shall be 84
months
commencing on or about May 1, 2005 and
ending April 30, 2012, subject to the
renewal options specified in Exhibit "B"
hereto. If the commencement date of
this Lease is other than the 1st day of the
month, then the term of this Lease
shall be extended through the last day of
the final month.
3. USE. The Premises shall be occupied and used by the Tenant
for
general office use and financial services,
including variable products, trust
and banking services. However,
notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not
use any portion of the Premises in a manner
which would be generally consistent
with the operation of a branch banking
office, and will not provide teller
services consistent with a traditional
banking facility. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Tenant shall
not hold itself out as operating a
"bank" on the Premises.
4. BASIC RENT. [Confidential material omitted from this section
and
filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment is
represented by the symbol [**]. ] The
Tenant shall pay to the Landlord as basic
minimum rent $ [**], per month for 84
months, which is $ [**] per square foot or
annual basic rent of $ [**] in
advance, on the first day of each calendar
month during the term of this Lease
(the "Basic Rent"). The basic Rent together
with the "Additional Rent" as
defined in paragraph 5 hereof are referred
to hereinafter as "Rental". Tenant
hereby agrees to pay the Rental monthly to
Landlord at Landlord's building
management office or at such other location
as Landlord may designate from time
to time, without demand. In the event of a
partial month at the beginning of the
term of this Lease, the Rental shall be
prorated on the basis of a thirty (30)
day month. Any portion of the Rental or
other charges not paid when due shall
bear a delinquency service charge equal to
five (5%) percent of such
delinquency. All Rental and other charges
payable by Tenant pursuant to the
terms of this Lease shall be payable
without relief from valuation or
appraisement laws.
5. ADDITIONAL RENT. [Confidential material omitted from this
section
and filed separately with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment is
represented by the symbol [**]. ]
A. In addition to the Basic Rent, Tenant shall pay, as Additional
Rent,
Tenant's Percentage of the Operating Cost
for the Building in any calendar year.
"Tenant's Percentage" is defined as the
quotient of (1) the number of rentable
square feet in the Premises (16,290 rsf)
divided by (2) the number of rentable
square feet in the Building (14,309 rsf),
which equates to a Tenant Percentage
of Fourteen and Twenty-Five One Hundredths
Percent (14.25%). The projected share
of operating costs for Tenant's premises
calendar year 2005 are $ [**] or $ [**]
per square foot. In addition, the operating
costs paid by the Tenant shall not
exceed $ [**] per square foot during the
initial two years of this Lease.
Thereafter, the Operating Costs Tenant
shall be required to pay hereunder shall
not increase more than [**] ([**]%) per
year, compounded annually, computed
based on the actual Operating Costs
incurred during the second (2nd) full
calendar year of this Lease.
B. "Operating Costs," as that term is used herein, shall consist of
all
operating costs of the Building, which
shall be computed on an accrual basis as
required by federal banking regulations
(except in the event in of a change in
the ownership of the Building such that the
Building is no longer owned or
controlled by Landlord or any division,
subsidiary, affiliate or person or
entity related to or affiliated in any way
with Landlord, in which case the
computation shall be converted to a cash
basis) in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently
applied and shall consist of all
costs and expenses incurred by Landlord to
maintain all facilities used in the
operation of the Building and its environs
of every kind and nature which
Landlord shall pay or become obligated to
pay because of or in connection with
the ownership and operation of the
Building, (but not specific costs which are
separately billed to and paid or reimbursed
by specific tenants) including, but
not limited to, the following:
i)Wages, salaries, fringe benefits, costs, payroll taxes, unemployment
compensation payments, workmen's
compensation insurance premiums and other related expenses of all
employees directly engaged in the
operation, maintenance
and security
of the Building; costs of building employee uniforms and cleaning
thereof; the costs of fair rental value of a Building management
office; management fees payable by Landlord (excluding brokerage
commissions for leasing) if management of the Building is
contracted
to a third party;
ii)
All supplies and materials used in the operation,
cleaning and maintenance of the Building and all of its
machinery and equipment;
iii)
Costs of utilities, including water and power for
heating, lighting, air conditioning and ventilating the
entire
Building (including all common and service
areas), fuel adjustment charges, sewer use charges and
any utility taxes;
iv)
Costs of all management, maintenance and service
agreements for the Building and the equipment therein,
including, without limitation, alarm service, trash
removal, window cleaning and elevator maintenance;
v)
Accounting costs, including the costs of audits by
certified public accountants, pertaining solely to the
management and operation of the Building;
vi)
Costs of all insurance, including, without limitation,
fire, casualty, liability and rental value insurance
applicable to the Building and Landlord's personal
property used in connection with the operation and
maintenance of the building;
vii)
Costs of repairs, replacements and general maintenance
of the Building and each part thereof excluding
repairs, replacements and general maintenance paid by
proceeds of insurance or by Tenant or by other third
parties, and alterations attributable solely to other
Tenants of the Building;
viii)
Snow removal, landscaping and any and all other common
area maintenance costs related to public areas,
including sidewalks and landscaping on the Building's
site;
ix)
Amortization of capital improvements made to the
Building subsequent to the commencement date of this
Lease which may be required by governmental authorities
or which will improve the operating efficiency of the
Building resulting in a reduction of Operating
Expenses;
x)
Personal property taxes, real property taxes, water and
sewer rents, fees or charges paid to any not for profit
organization or other association for the maintaining
Edison Parkway and/or the common areas in the Edison
Lakes Corporate Park.
xi)
Any additional direct costs and expenses of operation
and maintenance of the Building which Landlord
reasonably determines it would have paid or incurred
during the applicable calendar year if the Building had
been fully occupied.
C. Landlord may estimate the Operating Cost for the Building for
any
calendar year. Tenant's Percentage of the
Operating Costs, as defined above at
14.25% of said Operating Costs, shall be
payable in monthly installments with
each Rental payment date for such calendar
year. Within a reasonable period of
time after the end of such calendar year,
Landlord shall render to Tenant a
statement of the actual Operating Cost for
such calendar year and a computation
of Tenant's share of the amount by which
the actual Operating Cost exceeds the
estimated Operating Cost (the "Excess
Operating Cost"), if any. Within fifteen
(15) days thereafter, Tenant shall pay to
Landlord Tenant's share of the Excess
Operating Cost. If the computation shows
that a refund is due Tenant, such
amount shall be credited by Landlord
against the next Rental payment due.
6. SECURITY DEPOSIT. None Required.
7. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LANDLORD. The Landlord shall
provide
the following services to the Premises
during reasonable business hours:
A. Janitorial services for customary cleaning in and about the
Premises
which are generally consistent with the
services described on Exhibit "D"
hereto, on each business day, except legal
banking holidays. The Tenant may not
provide any janitorial service of its own
without the Landlord's prior written
consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonable withheld, and then only subject
to such additional conditions as the
Landlord may reasonably impose.
B. Heat and air conditioning to provide, in the Landlord's
judgment,
comfortable occupancy, within government
regulations, of the Premises under
normal business operations daily from 7:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, legal banking holidays excepted.
Wherever heat-generating machines or
equipment are used or business operations
are conducted in the Premises which,
in the judgment of the Landlord, affect the
temperature otherwise maintained by
the air conditioning system, similar to
other class A buildings, the Landlord
reserves the right to modify said system,
including the installation of
supplementary air conditioning units in the
Premises, and the cost and expense
of operation and maintenance thereof shall
be paid by the Tenant to the
Landlord.
C. Water from city mains, drawn through fixtures installed by
the
Landlord for drinking, lavatory, and toilet
purposes, including a reasonable
amount of hot water.
D. Automatic passenger elevator services in common with other
Tenants
at all times.
E. Electrical wiring system in the Premises for standard
electrical
receptacles and lighting fixtures. Such
electricity will be used only for normal
equipment and accessories. Replacement
lighting tubes, lamps, bulbs, and
ballasts required for the overhead lighting
fixtures in the Premises will be
installed at the Tenant's expense. The
Landlord reserves the right to provide a
separate meter for the Premises and to
require the Tenant to pay for its use of
electricity billed to such meter in lieu of
including the cost of electricity in
the operating expenses.
F. Snow-removal services for the outside parking facilities,
related
driveways, and sidewalks at all reasonable
times.
G. Lavatories for the use of Tenant's employees and invitees in
common
with other Tenants in the building.
In the event Landlord shall fail to provide the above services for
more
than ten (10) consecutive business days,
Tenant shall be entitled to terminate
this Lease upon thirty (30) days prior
written notice by Tenant to Landlord, if,
but only if, such services do not
recommence during such thirty (30) day notice
period. It is understood and agreed that
the cost of Landlord providing any of
the above services shall be included in the
"Operating Costs" hereunder of which
Tenant shall pay its Percentage as
Additional Rent pursuant to paragraph 5,
above. The Landlord does not warrant that
any of the services above mentioned
will be free from interruptions caused by
repairs, renewals, improvements,
alterations, strikes, lockouts, accidents,
inability of the Landlord to obtain
fuel or supplies, or any other cause beyond
the reasonable control of the
Landlord. Any such interruption of service
will not constitute an eviction or
disturbance of the Tenant's use and
possession of the Premises, or any part
thereof, or render the Landlord liable to
the Tenant for damages, or relieve the
Tenant from performance of the Tenant's
obligations under this Lease. The
Landlord will use reasonable efforts to
promptly remedy any situation which has
interrupted such services.
8. LANDLORD'S TITLE. The Landlord's title is and always shall
be
paramount to the title of the Tenant, and
nothing contained herein authorizes
the Tenant to do any act which may encumber
the title of the Landlord. This
Lease is subject and subordinate to all
ground and underlying leases, and to all
mortgages which may now or hereafter affect
such ground and underlying leases,
or the real property or Building, of which
the Premises form a part, and to all
renewals, modifications, consolidations,
replacements, and extensions thereof,
and to all advances made or hereafter to be
made on the security of any such
mortgages. Provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the mortgagee
may recognize this Lease and, in the event
of a foreclosure sale under such
mortgage or conveyance by deed in lieu of
foreclosure, this Lease shall continue
in full force and effect at the option of
such mortgagee or purchaser under any
such foreclosure sale or deed in lieu
thereof. The Tenant covenants and agrees
that it will, upon the written request of
such mortgagee or such purchaser,
attorn thereto and execute, acknowledge,
and deliver any instrument that has for
its purposes and effect subordination of
this Lease to said mortgage.
9. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING.
A. Except as provided in an Agreement to Assign Leasehold of even
date
herewith entered into by and between
Landlord, Tenant and Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company ("NML"), the Tenant
may not assign or transfer all or any
part of its rights and interests under this
Lease, and may not sublet or permit
the use and occupancy of all or any part of
the Premises, to or by a third party
without the prior written consent of the
Landlord. Landlord acknowledges that
Tenant receives rent from Financial
Representatives. The Landlord's consent
under this sub-paragraph shall be in its
absolute discretion and subject to such
conditions as the Landlord may impose. If
the Landlord grants its consent, then
all consideration paid or to be paid by
such third party, including any amounts
in excess of the rent due under this Lease,
shall be paid directly to the
Landlord, and the Tenant shall be
responsible to the Landlord for any such
consideration and the rent and other monies
due under this Lease.
B. The Landlord may transfer and assign, in whole or in part, all
of
its rights and obligations under this Lease
and in the Building and related real
estate. After such transfer or assignment,
the Landlord named in this Lease will
have no further liability to the Tenant
under this Lease for the obligations
assumed by the assignee or transferee.
10.
UNTENANTABILITY. If the Premises or the Building is made
untenantable by fire or other cause, the
Landlord may elect (a) to terminate
this Lease as of the date of such casualty
by notice to the Tenant within thirty
(30) days after that date, or (b) to repair
all damages to the Premises or the
Building so that the same shall be restored
to such condition as existed
immediately prior to such damage. If the
Landlord elects to terminate this
Lease, the rent shall be abated on a per
diem basis and be paid to the date of
the fire or casualty. If the Landlord
elects to restore the Premises and
Building, such restoration shall be
completed with reasonable promptness. If the
Premises are unusable during such
restoration, or if the Tenant is reasonably
required to close its operation while such
repairs are made, the rent shall
abate from the date of such event during
such period of repair while such
operations have ceased and the Premises are
completely closed. If the Tenant
continues to operate on the Premises during
such repairs, but is unable to use a
substantial portion thereof, then the rent
shall be prorated in the proportion
which the area of unusable leased space
bears to the total Premises for the
period that said space is unusable. The
Landlord will not be liable for business
losses to the Tenant by reason of damage to
the Premises. If such
untenantability is caused by the fault of
the Tenant, there will be no
apportionment or abatement of rent.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this
paragraph to the contrary, if the Premises
is not or cannot be made tenantable
within one hundred and eighty (180) days
after said damage for any reason
whatsoever, the Tenant may terminate this
Lease.
11. SIGNS. Tenant shall pay for all signs related to the Tenant's
use
of the Premises. No sign, advertisement, or
notice may be inscribed, painted, or
affixed on any part of the outside or
inside of the Premises or building by the
Tenant except on the doors of the Premises
leased by the Tenant and on the
directory board, and then at the Tenant's
expense and only of such color, size,
style, and material as is specified by the
Landlord in writing. The Landlord
reserves the right to remove all other
signs at the expense of the Tenant. At
the expiration of the lease term, the
Tenant shall remove its signs from such
doors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Tenant shall be entitled to install and
maintain, at its sole cost and expense, a
lighted sign on the exterior of the
Premises, subject to the prior approval of
the Landlord, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
12. ALTERATIONS. No alterations or additions may be made and no
fixtures may be affixed to the Premises or
the Building without prior written
consent of the Landlord, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. All
such alterations, additions, and fixtures,
except the Tenant's trade fixtures
and business machines, shall be and remain
the property of the Landlord unless
otherwise agreed in writing by the
Landlord. If at any time, including at the
termination of the Lease Term, Tenant
removes any sign satellite dish, antennae
or other equipment from the Building or the
Premises, Tenant shall, at its sole
cost and expense, immediately repair all
damage caused either by the
installation or removal of such sign and/or
equipment and restore the Building
and the Premises to the condition which
existed prior to the installation
thereof. All such removal and repair shall
be subject to the prior approval of
the Landlord.
13. USE OF THE PREMISES. The Tenant (a)
shall occupy and use the Premises during
the
term for the purposes specified in
Paragraph 3, above, and none other; (b) may
not make or permit any use of the Premises
which, directly or indirectly, is
forbidden by public law, ordinance, or
government regulations or which may be
dangerous to life, limb, or property, or
which may invalidate or increase the
premium cost of any policy of insurance
carried on the building or covering its
operations; (c) may not obstruct or use for
storage or for any purpose other
than ingress and egress the sidewalks,
entrances, courts, corridors, vestibules,
halls, elevators, and stairways of the
Building; (d) may not make or permit any
noise or odor that is objectionable to
other occupants of the Building to
emanate from the Premises, may not create
or maintain a nuisance thereon, may
not disturb, solicit, or canvass any
occupant of the building, and may not do
any act tending to interfere with the quiet
enjoyment of their leased space in
the Building by other Tenants, or to injure
the reputation of the Building; (e)
may install an antennae or satellite dish
on the roof at Tenant's sole expense,
provided that such antennae or satellite
dish is for Tenant's use only, and
provided further that Landlord shall have
the right to approve in advance of
installation by Tenant the size, weight,
location and method of installation of
Tenant's antennae, satellite dish or other
equipment, which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld; (f) may not
place, or permit to be placed, any article
of any kind on the window ledges or on the
exterior walls and may not throw, or
permit to be thrown or dropped, any article
from any window of the Building; (g)
may not attach additional locks or similar
devices to any door or window and,
upon the termination of this Lease or of
the Tenant's possession, shall
surrender all keys to the Premises and
shall explain to the Landlord all
combination locks on safes, cabinets, and
vaults; (h) shall be responsible for
locking the doors and closing the transoms
and windows in and to the Premises;
(i) may not install any blinds, shades,
awnings, or other form of inside or
outside window covering or window
ventilators or similar devices without the
prior written consent of the Landlord
(which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld with respect to interior items,
but such consent being in Landlord's
sole and exclusive discretion as to
exterior items); (j) may not overload any
floor, shall route and locate safes and
other heavy articles as the Landlord may
direct, shall bring safes, furniture, and
all large articles through the
Building and onto the Premises at such
times and in such manner as the Landlord
directs and at the Tenant's sole risk and
responsibility; (k) may not install in
the Premises any equipment which uses a
substantial amount of electricity
without the advance written consent of the
Landlord, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, shall ascertain from
the Landlord the maximum amount of
electrical current which can safely be used
in the premises, taking into account
the capacity of the electrical wiring in
the Building and the Premises and the
needs of other Tenants in the Building and,
notwithstanding the Landlord's
consent to such installation, may not use
more electricity than such safe
capacity; and (l) shall be responsible for
the cost of modification,
installation, maintenance, repair, and
additional operating and utility expenses
related to any supplementary air
conditioning required by heat-generating
machines or equipment used by the
Tenant.
All persons entering or leaving the Building between the hours of
6:00
p.m and 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday or
any time Saturdays, Sundays, or
holidays, may be required to identify
themselves to a watchman, by registration
or otherwise, and to establish their right
to enter or leave the Building.
Provided further that nothing contained
herein shall be construed to require the
Landlord to provide watchmen or other
security agents on or about the Building.
The Landlord may exclude or repel any
peddler, solicitor, or beggar. In addition
to all other liabilities for breach of any
covenant of this Paragraph, the
Tenant shall pay to the Landlord, as
additional rent hereunder, an amount equal
to any increase in insurance premiums
caused by such breach. The violation of
any covenant of this Paragraph may be
restrained by injunction without the
requirement of any bond.
14. REPAIRS. The Tenant shall take good care of the Premises and
the
fixtures therein and shall keep the
Premises in good order, condition, and
repair at the Tenant's expense during the
term of this Lease, including the
replacement of all interior broken glass.
Exterior glass broken by the Tenant
will be replaced by Landlord, at Tenant's
sole cost and expense and the Tenant
shall promptly pay the Landlord for the
costs thereof as additional rent for
glass of the same size and quality. If the
Tenant does not make necessary
repairs within a reasonable time and
adequately, the Landlord may, but need not,
make such repairs and the Tenant shall
promptly pay the Landlord for the costs
thereof as additional rent. On the
expiration or early termination or
cancellation of this Lease, the Tenant
shall surrender the Premises and the
Landlord's fixtures in as good condition as
of the time of delivery to the
Tenant, subject to reasonable wear and
tear. All injury to the building or
fixtures caused by moving of the Tenant in
and out of the Building and any and
all breakage or any other injury whatsoever
to the Building, fixtures or to the
property of any Tenants of the Building
caused by the Tenant and any damage done
by water, steam, electricity, fire, or
other substance to the Building or
fixtures, or to the property of other
Tenants in the Building caused by the
Tenant may be repaired by the Landlord at
the expense of the Tenant, and the
cost thereof shall become due and payable
by the Tenant as additional rent upon
the delivery of a statement of such costs
by the Landlord to the Tenant, or
mailing the same, postage prepaid, to the
Tenant at its last known address.
15. EMINENT DOMAIN. If the Building, or any portion thereof,
which
includes a substantial part of the Premises
or which prevents the operation of
the Tenant's business shall be taken or
condemned by a competent authority for
any public use or purpose, the term of this
Lease shall end upon, and not
before, the date when the possession of the
part so taken shall be required for
such use or purpose. The Tenant may not
share in the condemnation award, except
for its personal property and relocation
awards, if any.
16. RIGHTS RESERVED TO LANDLORD. The Landlord reserves all
rights
incident to its ownership of the Building,
including, but not limited to, the
right (a) to change the name or street
address of the Building without notice or
liability, provided that Landlord
reimburses Tenant for Tenant's reasonable
stationery and communication costs
resulting from such change; (b) to install
and maintain signs on the exterior of the
Building; (c) to approve all sources
furnishing sign painting and lettering, and
drinking water, used on the
Premises; (d) if, during or prior to the
termination of this Lease, the Tenant
vacates the Premises, to decorate, remodel,
repair, alter, or otherwise prepare
the Premises for reoccupancy; (e) to have
pass keys to the Premises; (f) to
exhibit the Premises during the last ninety
(90) days of the lease term; and (g)
to take any and all measures, including
inspections, repairs, alterations,
additions, and improvements to the Premises
or to the Building as may be
necessary or desirable for the safety,
protection, or preservation of the
Premises or the Building or the Landlord's
interest therein, or as may be
necessary or desirable in the operation of
the Building. The Landlord may enter
upon the Premises and may exercise any or
all of the foregoing rights hereby
reserved without being deemed guilty of an
eviction or disturbance of the
Tenant's use or possession and without
being liable in any manner to the Tenant.
17. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
18. HOLDING OVER. In the event Tenant should remain in possession
of
the Premises after expiration of the term
of this Lease without execution by
Landlord and Tenant of a new Lease, then
Tenant shall be deemed to be occupying
the leased Premises as a tenant at
sufferance subject to all of the covenants
and obligations of this Lease and at a
daily rental of twice the per diem rate
of rental provided hereunder computed on
the basis of a thirty (30) day month.
Landlord, upon notice to Tenant, shall have
the right to deem the continuing
occupancy of Tenant to constitute the
creation of a month to month tenancy at a
monthly rental of twice the monthly rental
provided hereunder, which month to
month tenancy shall continue until either
party shall have given the other one
full calendar month's notice of an
intention to terminate such month to month
tenancy.
19. NOTICE AND PAYMENTS. Any notice which the Landlord may desire
or be
required to give the Tenant shall be deemed
sufficiently given or rendered if
delivered in writing to the Tenant
personally or sent by certified or registered
mail, addressed to the Tenant at the
Premises, return receipt requested, with a
copy to NML at the address specified for
NML in the Agreement to Assign
Leasehold referred to in subparagraph A of
paragraph 9, above. All payments to
the Landlord and any notice which the
Tenant may desire or be required to give
the Landlord shall be deemed sufficiently
given or rendered if delivered in
writing to the Landlord personally or sent
certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, addressed to the
Landlord at MFB Financial, P.O. Box 528
Mishawaka, Indiana, 46546-0528 with a copy
to Steven L. Hostetler, Esq., P.O.
Box 1210, Mishawaka, Indiana, 46546-1210,
or at such other place as the Landlord
may, from time to time, designate in
writing.
20. DEFAULT BY TENANT. In the event of a default by the Tenant
under
this Lease, the Landlord will have the
following remedies:
A. If any voluntary or involuntary petition or similar pleading
under
any section of any bankruptcy law is filed
by or against the Tenant or any
voluntary or involuntary proceedings in any
court or tribunal is instituted to
declare the Tenant insolvent or unable to
pay its debts and, in the case of an
involuntary petition or proceeding, if it
is not dismissed with thirty (30) days
from the date it is filed, then the
Landlord, at its election and without
further notice or demand and either with or
without entry upon the Premises, may
forthwith cancel this Lease and be
thereafter entitled to recover damages in an
amount equal to the present value of the
rental obligation herein stated,
including increases in rent as provided in
this Lease, less the fair rental
value for the Premises which it can obtain
for the residue of the stated term.
B. If the Tenant either fails to pay any rent or other monies owed
to
the Landlord on the date it is due, or is
otherwise in default of any of its
obligations or duties under this Lease,
then the Landlord may enter into and
upon the Premises, or any part thereof, and
repossess the same, with or without
terminating this Lease and without
prejudice to any of its remedies for rent or
breach of covenant and may, at its option,
terminate this Lease by giving
written notice of its election to do so or
may, at its option, lease the
Premises, or any part thereof, as the agent
of the Tenant, or otherwise. The
Tenant shall, without demand or further
process of law, pay to the Landlord at
the end of each month during the full term
of this Lease the difference between
the rent due the Landlord from the Tenant
under this Lease, including any
increases in rent due under this Lease, and
the net receipts, if any, being
received by the Landlord from the Premises
(such net receipts to be calculated
by deducting from the gross receipts the
expense incurred by the Landlord in
connection with the reletting of the
Premises and performing the Tenant's
obligations hereunder). In the event the
rent for reletting the Premises is
higher than the monthly rent under the term
of this Lease, then such excess rent
shall belong to the Landlord and the Tenant
will have no claim or right thereto.
21. DEFAULT BY LANDLORD. If the Premises, or any part thereof, are
at
any time subject to a mortgage, a deed of
trust, or a similar lien instrument,
and this Lease or the rentals are assigned
to such mortgagee, trustee, or
beneficiary, and the Tenant is given
written notice thereof, including the post
office address of such assignee, then the
Tenant may not terminate this Lease
for any default on the part of the Landlord
without first giving written notice
by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, to such assignee, to
the attention of the mortgage loan
department, specifying the default in
reasonable detail, and affording such
assignee a reasonable opportunity to make
performance at its election for and on
behalf of the Landlord.
22. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
A. Tenant shall, at all times, maintain Comprehensive General
Liability
insurance covering all operations in which
the Tenant is engaged with limits of
$1,000,000.00 Each Occurrence and an
Aggregate limit of not less than
$1,000,000,00. In addition, the Tenant
shall carry Automobile Liability
insurance covering any vehicles owned by or
operated by the Tenant on the
Landlord's premises with limits of not less
than $1,000,000.00 per accident. The
Tenant shall, at all times, carry Workers
Compensation insurance covering the
Tenant's employees and any subcontractors
engaged by the Tenant.
B. Such insurance policy or policies shall name Landlord as an
additional insured and shall provide that
they may not be cancelled on less than
thirty (30) days prior written notice to
Landlord. Tenant shall furnish Landlord
with certificates of insurance evidencing
such coverage. Should Tenant fail to
carry such insurance and furnish Landlord
with certificates of insurance after a
request to do so, Landlord shall have the
right to obtain such insurance and
collect the premium thereof from Tenant as
additional rent.
23. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. Each party
hereby waives all claims for recovery
from the other party for any loss
or damage to any of its property insured
under valid and collectible insurance
policies to the extent of any recovery
collectible under such Insurance, subject
to the limitation that this waiver
shall apply when permitted by the
applicable policy of Insurance.
24. INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS. Tenant agrees to indemnify
landlord
for, and hold Landlord harmless from and
against, all fines, suits, claims,
demands, liabilities and actions (including
reasonable costs and expenses of
defending against such claims) resulting or
alleged to result from any breach,
violation or non-performance of any
covenant or condition hereof, or from the
use or occupancy of the Premises, by Tenant
or Tenant's agents, employees,
licensees, or invitees and for any damage
to person or property resulting from
any act, omission or negligence of Tenant
or Tenant's agents, employees,
licensees or invitees, or any occupant of
the Premises (but not any
trespassers), except as Landlord's own
negligence may contribute thereto.
Landlord agrees to indemnify Tenant for, and hold Tenant harmless
from
and against, all fines, suits, claims,
demands, liabilities and actions
(including reasonable costs and expenses of
defending against such claims)
resulting or alleged to result from any
breach, violation or non-performance of
any covenant or condition hereof by, or
actions of, Landlord or Landlord's
agents, employees, or contractors (but not
by, or actions of, any other tenant
of the Building or any agents, employees,
licensees or invitees of any other
tenant of the Building), and for any
damages to person or property resulting
from any act, omission or negligence of
Landlord or Landlord's agents, employees
or contractors (but not by, or actions of,
any other tenant of the Building or
any agents, employees, licensees or
invitees of any other tenant of the Building
or any trespassers), except as Tenant's own
negligence may contribute thereto.
25. OFFSET STATEMENTS. The Tenant agrees to any time and from
time to time, upon not less than twenty
(20) days prior written request by the
Landlord, to execute, acknowledge, and
deliver to the Landlord a statement in
writing certifying that this Lease is
unmodified and in full force and effect
(or, if there have been modifications,
stating the modifications, and that the
Lease, as so modified, is in full force and
effect), the commencement and
termination dates of this Lease, that the
Tenant has accepted the Premises, and
the date to which the rental and other
charges have been paid in advance, if
any, and that the Tenant has no claims
against the Landlord or offsets against
rent. It is intended that such statement
may be relied upon by prospective
purchasers of the Landlord's interest in
the land and building, or by a
mortgagee or assignee of any mortgage upon
the Landlord's interest in the land
and building.
26. LIENS. The Tenants
may not do any act which in any way encumbers
the title of the Landlord in and to the
Premises and the building, nor shall the
interest or estate of the Landlord in said
Premises and building be in any way
subject to any claim by way of lien or
encumbrance which exceeds $10,000.00,
whether by operation of law or by virtue of
any expenses or implied contract by
the Tenant. The Tenant will not permit the
Premises and the building to become
subject to any mechanics', laborers', or
materialmen's liens in excess of
$10,000.00 on account of labor or material
furnished, or claimed to have been
furnished, to the Tenant for or on the
Premises and Building. As its election,
the Landlord may (but is not required to)
remove or discharge such lien, or
claim for lien (with the right, in its
discretion, to settle or compromise the
same),