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EXHIBIT
10.16
LEASE
AGREEMENT
between
AMLI LAND DEVELOPMENT -
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LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
Landlord
and
CRYOLIFE,
INC.
Tenant
April 18,
1995
TABLE OF
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DEFINITIONS
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AGREEMENT TO LEASE
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COMMENCEMENT DATE
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RENT
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BASE RENT
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TAX RENT AND
ASSESSMENTS
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR AND OPERATIONS
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SERVICES
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USE
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DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES
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POSSESSION
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ASSIGNMENT AND
SUBLETTING
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LANDLORD’S ACCESS TO THE
PREMISES
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ALTERATIONS
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CERTAIN RIGHTS RESERVED BY
LANDLORD
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COVENANT AGAINST LIENS
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WAIVER OF CLAIMS;
INDEMNIFICATION
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NON-WAIVER
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REMEDIES
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SURRENDER OF
POSSESSION
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HOLDING OVER
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INSURANCE
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CASUALTY
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CONDEMNATION
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EITHER PARTY’S PERFORMANCE OF
THE OTHER PARTY’S OBLIGATIONS
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NOTICES
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF
TENANT
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ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
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SUBORDINATION, ATTORNMENT AND
NON-DISTURBANCE
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DEFINITION OF LANDLORD |
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REAL
ESTATE BROKER |
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TENANT’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS |
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QUIET
ENJOYMENT |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECURITY DEPOSIT |
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EXTENSION OPTION |
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EXPANSION OPTION (FOR ADDITIONAL 40,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE
FACILITY) |
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EXPANSION OPTION (SECOND BUILDING) |
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF TENANT |
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RENTAL
ABATEMENT |
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REQUIRED LICENSES AND PERMITS |
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DESIGN
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EXHIBITS :
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LEGAL
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREMISES |
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SCHEDULE
OF BASE RENT PAYMENTS |
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FORMS OF
ESTOPPEL LETTER |
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SCHEDULE
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FORM OF
MEMORANDUM OF LEASE |
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DEPICTION
OF ADJACENT LAND |
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LEASE
THIS LEASE
(“Lease”) is entered into as of the 18th day of April,
1995 by and between AMLI LAND DEVELOPMENT - I LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
an Illinois limited partnership, whose address is c/o Amli Realty
Co., 2100 RiverEdge Parkway, Suite 420, Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(together with its successors and assigns, “ Landlord
”) and CRYOLIFE, INC., a Florida corporation, whose address
is 2211 New Market Parkway, Suite 142, Marietta, Georgia 30067
(together with its permitted successors and assigns “
Tenant ”).
1. DEFINITIONS .
The following terms shall have the definitions set forth after them
below:
Additional Rent
: All amounts due from Tenant to Landlord or otherwise payable by
Tenant under this Lease, other than Base Rent, including, without
limitation, Tax Rent and Assessments.
Anticipated
Commencement Date : the meaning provided in Section 3
hereof.
Architect :
Masterson, Fowler Assoc. Ltd.
Assessment
Notice : the meaning provided in Section 6.2
hereof.
Assessments :
dues, assessments and other charges which may be levied against the
Premises or any portion thereof from time to time by the
Association under the Declaration.
Association :
the Barrett Master Association, Inc., a Georgia not-for-profit
corporation.
Base Net Worth
: the meaning provided in Section 40 hereof.
Base Rent : the
Base Rent Rate for each Lease Year, multiplied by the number of
square feet of Net Rentable Area of the Facility.
Base Rent Rate
: the meaning provided in Section 5 hereof.
Casualty : the
meaning provided in Section 23 hereof.
Casualty-Related
Improvements : all capital improvements made as part of any
Casualty Restoration.
Casualty
Restoration : the meaning provided in Section 23
hereof.
Commencement
Date : the meaning provided in Section 3
hereof.
Condemnation :
the meaning provided in Section 24 hereof.
Condemnation-Related
Improvements : all capital improvements made as part of any
Condemnation Restoration.
Condemnation
Restoration : the meaning provided in Section 24
hereof.
County : Cobb
County, Georgia.
Declaration :
that certain Declaration of Protective Covenants for Barrett dated
as of May 18, 1987 and recorded in the Cobb County records on
May 18, 1987 in Deed book 4474, Page 423, as the same has been
and may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Default : the
meaning provided in Section 19 hereof.
Depository :
the meaning provided in Section 23.3 hereof.
Development Review
Committee : the committee established and appointed by the
Association to review and approve development plans for sites
within the Park.
Environmental
Laws : the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §9601, et
seq.); the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42
U.S.C.§9671 et. seq.); the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act (49 U.S.C. §1801, et seq.); the Toxic Substances Control
Act (15 U.S.C. §2601, et seq.); the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq.); the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. §7401 et seq.); the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
§1251, et seq.); the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C.
§401, et seq.); and any so-called “Superlien law”;
and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any other
applicable federal, state or local law, common law, code, rule,
regulation, order, policy or ordinance, presently in effect or
hereafter enacted, promulgated or implemented, or any other
applicable governmental regulation imposing liability or standards
of conduct concerning any Hazardous Materials, now or hereafter in
effect.
Event(s) of
Bankruptcy : the meaning provided in Section 19
hereof.
Facility : the
meaning provided in Section 2 hereof.
Final Estimated
Assessment Payment : the meaning provided in Section 6.2
hereof.
Force Majeure :
any event or circumstance which is beyond the reasonable control of
either Landlord or Landlord’s Related Parties, or Tenant or
Tenant’s Related Parties, the happening or occurrence of
which in fact delays or postpones either party’s performance
of a non-monetary covenant or obligation hereunder, including,
without limitation, strikes, lockouts or picketing (legal or
illegal); governmental action and condemnation; riot, civil
commotion, insurrection, and war; fire or other casualty, accident,
acts of God or the enemy; adverse weather conditions that caused
work on the Project to slow or cease temporarily whether or not
reasonably expected for the location of the Premises and the time
of the year in question; unavailability of fuel, power, supplies or
materials; and the passage or reasonably unexpected interpretation
or application of any Legal Requirements or moratorium of any
Governmental Authority. In order for either party to validly claim
that an event constitutes Force Majeure hereunder, such claimant
must give written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the
nature of and the occurrence of such event to the other party
hereto within ten (10) days after such occurrence, and such
claimant must have in fact experienced lost work days in the
applicable construction schedule due to adverse weather conditions
(such lost work days being hereinafter referred to as
“Adverse Weather Days”). With respect to precipitation,
in order to
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constitute Adverse Weather
Days hereunder only those periods of precipitation that exceed the
historical norm (as determined by the National Weather Service, or
a similar agency or authority) for the area in which the Park is
located generally, and for the time period and season in question,
plus a reasonable period of time thereafter for the soils to dry
sufficiently so as to permit soils compaction, movement of soils,
and concrete and paving activities, as reasonably determined by an
independent soils engineering firm with an office in the Atlanta
metropolitan area, shall be included.
Governmental
Authority : shall mean any federal, regional, state, county
or municipal government (including , without limitation, any
agency, authority, subdivision, department or bureau
thereof).
Gross Building
Area : the entire area within the exterior face walls on
each floor of the Facility. Unless otherwise expressly stated to
the contrary, all references in this Lease to “square
feet” shall mean the square feet of Gross Building Area.
Landlord and Tenant hereby agree that the Gross Building Area of
the Facility as shown on the Plans is 98,268 square feet and such
total shall be deemed the Gross Building Area for all purposes
under this Lease.
Guarantees :
the meaning provided in Section 13.1 of the Pre-Occupancy
Agreement.
Guidelines :
written guidelines that the Development Review committee has
adopted or may adopt for the development of sites within the Park
that set forth with greater detail than the Declaration the design
standards and requirements for construction and maintenance, as
well as samples of materials and other information, to be submitted
to the Development Review Committee.
Hazardous
Materials : any substances, materials or wastes that are
regulated by any Governmental Authority because of toxic,
flammable, explosive, corrosive, reactive, radioactive or other
properties that may be hazardous to human health or the
environment, including without limitation, above or underground
storage tanks, flammables, explosives, radioactive materials,
radon, petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, methane, lead-based paint,
polychlorinated biphenyl compounds, hydrocarbons or like substances
and their additives or constituents, pesticides and toxic or
hazardous substances or materials of any kind, including without
limitation, substances now or hereafter defined as “hazardous
substances,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic
substances” or “hazardous wastes” in any
Environmental Laws.
Land : an
approximately 11 acre parcel of real estate located in the Park,
and legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made
a part hereof.
Landlord : the
meaning provided in the Preamble.
Landlord Related
Parties : collectively Landlord and Landlord’s
partners, and their respective officers, shareholders, directors,
agents and employees, and the invitees, licensees or contractors of
each.
Landlord’s QLMCI
Share : the meaning provided in Section 7.1
hereof.
Lease : the
meaning provided in the Preamble.
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Lease Year :
each consecutive twelve (12) month period beginning with the
Commencement Date, except that if the Commencement Date is other
than the first (1st) day of a calendar month, then the first
(1st) Lease Year shall be the period from the Commencement
Date through the date which is twelve (12) full calendar
months after the last day of the calendar month in which the
Commencement Date occurs, and each subsequent Lease Year shall be
the period of twelve (12) months following the last day of the
prior Lease Year.
Legal
Requirements : (a) any and all laws, codes,
ordinances, requirements, standards, plats, plans, criteria,
orders, directives, rules and regulations of any Governmental
Authority affecting the improvement, alteration, use, maintenance,
operation, occupancy, security, health, safety and environmental
condition of the Premises, or any part thereof (or any occupants
therein, as the context requires) and/or Park (or any other parts
thereof or premises therein, or any occupants therein, as the
context requires), including, without limitation, any Environmental
Laws, and (b) any and all covenants, restrictions, conditions,
easements and other agreements of record affecting the Premises
and/or Park (or any other parts thereof or premises therein, or any
occupants therein, as the context requires), including, without
limitation, the Declaration, any documents, rules, regulations,
standards or criteria set forth or referenced therein or
promulgated by the Association or any other governing body or
entity exercising jurisdiction over the Park, in any case, whether
in force at the Commencement Date, or subject to the terms of
Section 9 hereof, passed, enacted or imposed at some time in
the future, and shall include all permits, licenses, certificates,
authorizations and approvals required in connection with any of the
foregoing.
Legally Mandated
Capital Improvements : any capital improvements which may
at any time during the Term be required under any Legal Requirement
which was not passed or was not applicable or was not reasonably
expected of being interpreted as applicable to the Premises as of
the Commencement Date.
Net Rentable Area
: the Gross Building Area less the area of the vertical
penetrations for the elevators and any required stairwells within
the perimeter of the Facility (e.g. there being two
(2) required stairwells in the initial Facility). Landlord and
Tenant hereby agree that the Net Rentable Area of the initial
Facility as shown on the Plans is ninety-five thousand two hundred
and ten (95,210) square feet and such total shall be deemed
the Net Rentable Area of the Facility for all purposes under this
Lease.
Non-Covered
Costs : the costs (including “soft” costs, such
as a developer’s fee, architect’s and engineer’s
fee, insurance, bonds, permits and other such items, and
“hard” costs of such restoration): (i) of any
Casualty-Related Improvements, to the extent such cost is not
covered by insurance proceeds actually recovered from the insurer;
and (ii) of any Condemnation-Related Improvements, to the
extent such cost is not covered by any payment which is actually
received by Landlord from the condemning authority for loss or
damage to the remainder of the Premises not taken or
condemned.
Option : the
meaning provided in Section 37 hereof.
Park :
Barrett.
Plans : the
meaning provided in Section 5 of the Pre-Occupancy
Agreement.
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Premises :
collectively, the Land, the Facility and the other improvements
located on the Land.
Pre-Occupancy
Agreement : the Pre-Occupancy and Construction Agreement of
even date herewith between Landlord and Tenant.
QLMCI Adjustment
Payment : the meaning provided in Section 7.1
hereof.
QLMCI Useful
Life : the meaning provided in Section 7.1
hereof.
Qualified Legally
Mandated Capital Improvement : the meaning provided in 7.1
hereof.
Reference Rate
: the rate of interest announced by Wachovia Bank of Georgia as its
lowest base rate or reference rate (which rate shall change
automatically and simultaneously with each change in the announced
base rate or reference rate). If for any reason there is no such
rate in effect at the time of any determination of the Reference
Rate under this Lease, the Reference Rate shall refer to a
substantially equivalent publicly-announced rate by a money center
bank having offices and branch bank locations in Georgia as is
selected by Landlord.
Renewal Term :
the meaning provided in Section 37 hereof.
Rent :
collectively, Base Rent and Additional Rent.
Sublease
Profits : the excess of revenues generated by or
consideration received from the subleasing of the Premises or
assignment of this Lease in whole or in part, over the Rent
applicable thereto, after deducting the following costs of
subletting or assignment: any period of rent concessions granted to
the subtenant or assignee, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
reasonable commissions, tenant improvement allowances and the costs
of improvements and alterations to the Premises made by or paid for
by the sublessor or assignor in connection with the sublease or
assignment.
Substantial Completion
Date : the meaning provided in Section 2 of the
Pre-Occupancy Agreement.
Taxes : the
meaning provided in Section 6.1 hereof.
Tax Adjustment
Statement : the meaning provided in Section 6.1(a)
hereof.
Tax Rent : the
meaning provided in Section 6.1 hereof.
Tenant : the
meaning provided in the Preamble.
Tenant
Additions : any improvements or additions to the Premises
that are included in the Tenant Plans and are paid for in full or
in part by Landlord.
Tenant’s Casualty
Notice : the meaning provided in Section 23
hereof.
Tenant Delays :
any interruption or delay at any time in the progress of a Casualty
Restoration, a Condemnation Restoration or any other work required
to be performed by Landlord hereunder, if any,
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which is the result of:
(i) the performance of any work at the Premises by any of the
Tenant Related Parties or any person, firm or corporation employed
by any of the Tenant Related Parties; or (ii) any other act or
omission by the Tenant Related Parties (for example, but not by way
of limitation, failure to timely respond to requests for
information or approval of construction related matters). In order
to validly claim that a Tenant Delay has occurred hereunder,
Landlord must give to Tenant written notice of such claim setting
forth in reasonable detail the nature of and occurrence of such
claimed Tenant Delay within ten (10) days after Landlord first
has received written notice of, or has actual knowledge of, the
event or occurrence in question.
Tenant
Improvements : any alterations, improvements or additions
to the Premises which are not included in the Plans, whether made
by Landlord on behalf of Tenant or by Tenant or Tenant’s
agents or contractors, whether temporary or permanent and whether
or not requiring Landlord’s consent.
Tenant Plans :
the meaning provided in Section 5 of the Pre-Occupancy
Agreement.
Tenant Related
Parties : collectively, Tenant and its officers,
shareholders, directors, agents, employees, representatives,
contractors, permitted sublessees and assigns, and the agents,
employees, invitees, licensees, contractors, mechanics and
suppliers of each.
Term ; the
meaning provided in Section 2 hereof.
Termination
Date : the meaning provided in Section 2
hereof.
Unfinished
Space : the meaning provided in Section 38
hereof.
2. AGREEMENT TO LEASE .
Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby accepts, the
Land, located in Cobb County, Georgia, together with all
improvements now or hereafter located on the Land, including
without limitation a building of ninety-eight thousand two hundred
and sixty-eight (98,268) square feet of Gross Building Area to
be constructed thereon in accordance with the Plans pursuant to the
Pre-Occupancy Agreement (such building being referred to herein as
the “Facility” ), for a term (the
“Term) commencing on the Commencement Date, and ending
one hundred eighty (180) calendar months after the
Commencement Date (the “Termination Date” );
provided, however, that if the Commencement Date is not the first
(1st) day of a calendar month, the Term shall end one hundred
eighty (180) calendar months after the first (1st) day of
the calendar month immediately succeeding the calendar month in
which the Commencement Date occurs, unless sooner terminated as
provided herein, subject to the agreements herein
contained.
3. COMMENCEMENT DATE .
Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Lease or the
Pre-Occupancy Agreement, the “Commencement Date”
shall be one hundred twenty-two (122) days after the later to
occur of (i) the Substantial Completion Date, and
(ii) June 1, 1996 (the “ Anticipated
Commencement Date ”). The parties shall confirm the date
of the Commencement Date in writing as provided in Section 17
of the Pre- Occupancy Agreement.
4. RENT . Tenant shall pay
Rent to Landlord at the office of Landlord or to such other person
or at such other place as Landlord may designate on not less than
ten (10) days prior written notice to Tenant, without offsets
or deductions of any kind whatsoever, except as otherwise expressly
provided in the Lease, at the times and in the manner hereinafter
set forth.
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5. BASE RENT . During the
Term, Tenant shall pay Base Rent in accordance with the various
Base Rent Rates described in this Section 5. The Base Rent
Rates for each of the first (1st) fifteen (15) Lease
Years shall be as set forth on the schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit B , as such exhibit may be amended pursuant to
Sections 7 and 17 of the Pre-Occupancy Agreement. The Base Rent
payable for each Lease Year shall be paid in twelve (12) equal
monthly installments, paid in advance not later than the first
(1st) day of each and every calendar month. If the
Commencement Date is other than the first (1st) day of a
month, then the Base Rent for such initial month shall be prorated
on a per diem basis for such fractional period. Payment of the Base
Rent shall commence on the Commencement Date, subject to the rent
abatement provisions of Section 41.
6. TAX RENT AND
ASSESSMENTS . In addition to paying the Base Rent specified
in Section 5 hereof, Tenant shall pay “Tax
Rent” and “Assessments” for each
calendar year (or portion thereof) falling within the Term. Tax
Rent and Assessments determined as provided below shall be paid at
the same place as Base Rent is to be paid. If the Term commences on
any day other than the first (1st) day of a calendar year, or
if the Term ends on any day other than the last day of a calendar
year, the Tax Rent and Assessments with respect to each such
partial calendar year shall be prorated based on the number of days
in the Term falling within such calendar year.
6.1. Tax Rent
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(a) Tenant shall pay
“Tax Rent” on a monthly estimated basis as
hereinafter provided. Tenant shall be obligated to deposit monthly
with Landlord, or such other entity as Landlord may designate, on
the first day of each and every month in the Term, a sum equal to
1/12th of Landlord’s reasonable estimate of the current
amount of Taxes levied with respect to the Premises, which monthly
deposits need not be kept separate and apart by Landlord and shall
be held by Landlord in such account or accounts as may be
authorized by the then current state or federal banking laws, rules
or regulations and which monthly deposits shall be used as a fund
to be applied, to the extent thereof, to the payment of Taxes as
the same become due and payable. The existence of said fund shall
not limit or alter Tenant’s obligation to pay the Taxes for
which the fund was created. Tenant’s monthly deposits of Tax
Rent shall, at Landlord’s sole option, either (y) be
placed into an interest-bearing account, or (z) be deemed to
accrue interest at an agreed upon rate of the Reference Rate (such
interest, whether earned pursuant to item (y) or deemed
accrued pursuant to item (z), or both, is hereinafter referred to
as the “Tax Rent Interest”) first , to pay
Tenant’s Tax Rent as and when such payment of Taxes by
Landlord occurs, in the event that Tenant’s estimated
payments of Tax Rent are less than the Taxes actually due and
payable by Landlord for the period in question; and second ,
to pay for the premiums due and payable in connection with the rent
insurance described in Section 22.2 below.
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On or prior to the
Commencement Date, Landlord shall advise Tenant as to
Landlord’s estimate of the monthly deposits that will be
required for the period commencing on the Commencement Date and
ending on the December 31 immediately thereafter. As soon as
reasonably feasible after Landlord’s receipt of tax bills
with respect to each applicable calendar year during the Term,
Landlord will furnish Tenant a statement (the “Tax
Adjustment Statement” ) showing the following:
(i) actual Taxes for the calendar year last ended and the
amount of Taxes payable by Tenant for such calendar year,
(ii) the amount of additional Tax Rent due Landlord for the
calendar year last ended, less credits for monthly deposits paid;
(iii) the amount of interest accrued upon Tenant’s
monthly Tax Rent, together with a check from Landlord refunding
such interest if not previously applied by Landlord to
Tenant’s Tax Rent in the manner provided for above;
(iv) the monthly deposits due in the current calendar year;
and (v) a copy of the tax bill or bills paid (or to be paid)
by Landlord. Within thirty (30) days after Tenant’s
receipt of each Tax Adjustment Statement, Tenant shall pay to
Landlord: (i) the amount of additional Tax Rent (if any) shown
on the Tax Adjustment Statement to be due Landlord for the calendar
year last ended; plus (ii) the amount which, when added to the
monthly deposits theretofore paid by Tenant as Tax Rent for
Tenant’s estimated Taxes in the current calendar year, will
result in Landlord having then received, for the current calendar
year, the full monthly deposits due as Tax Rent for such estimated
Taxes for such current calendar year as of the end of such 30-day
period.
With respect to the last
calendar year (or portion thereof) falling within the Term,
Landlord’s estimate of the current annual Taxes shall be
increased by ten percent (10%) for purposes of determining the
amount of Tenant’s deposits required hereunder during such
last calendar year (or portion thereof) to account for any
additional Tax Rent which may not be finally determined until after
the expiration of the Term. Tenant’s obligation to pay such
additional Tax Rent shall survive the expiration or earlier
termination of the Term. Tenant’s payment of the monthly
deposit for each calendar year shall be credited against the Tax
Rent due with respect to such calendar year. If the monthly
deposits paid by Tenant for any calendar year exceed the Tax Rent
due for such calendar year, then Landlord shall give a credit to
Tenant in an amount equal to such excess against the Tax Rent due
for the next succeeding calendar year, except that if any such
excess relates to the last calendar year (or portion thereof)
falling within the Term, then provided that no Default of Tenant
exists hereunder, Landlord shall refund such excess to Tenant
within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s receipt of the
final tax bill for such calendar year.
(b) Provided Tenant is
not then in Default of this Lease, Tenant may request in writing no
later than ten (10) business days after receipt of any tax
bills from Landlord that Landlord contest or object to the legal
validity or amount of any Tax. Landlord shall notify Tenant in
writing within ten (10) days after receipt of Tenant’s
request whether Landlord has elected, in Landlord’s sole
discretion, to pursue such contest. Landlord’s notice shall
contain the name or names of tax consultants Landlord is willing to
retain in connection with such contest, including the method of
billing that would be utilized in connection therewith. If Landlord
elects to pursue such contest, then Landlord shall diligently
pursue such protest using tax consultants experienced in real
estate tax matters and reasonably approved by Tenant (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and all
fees and costs (including without limitation reasonable actual
attorney’s fees ) incurred by Landlord in pursuing such
contest regardless of the ultimate success thereof, shall be
payable by Tenant as Additional Rent within fifteen (15) days
after being billed therefor. If Landlord declines to pursue such
contest, then Tenant may pursue such contest provided:
(a) Tenant is not then in Default of this Lease; (b) such
protest is in good faith; and (c) Tenant timely pays to
Landlord the
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Tax Rent with respect to the
tax being contested as and when due and payable hereunder. With
respect to any contested Tax required by the taxing body to be paid
under protest, Landlord shall apply the amount paid by Tenant to
Landlord to the payment of such Tax, and shall at Tenant’s
request do so under protest, signing such reasonable documents in
connection therewith as Tenant shall request and provide at
Tenant’s cost. If payment of the contested Tax may be
deferred pending determination of the contest, then Landlord shall
defer the payment of such Tax pending such determination. All
costs, fees, penalties and interest associated or imposed in
connection with such contest or protest shall be paid by Tenant,
and Tenant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Landlord Related
Parties harmless from and against any thereof. Provided Tenant is
not in Default with respect to the provisions of this
Section 6.1, Tenant shall receive the benefit of any reduction
in any contested Tax unless any applicable refund relates to a
period of time which is not part of the Term, which amount, if any,
shall belong to Landlord after first being applied in accordance
with the sentence next following. In any event, any net reduction
or savings in Taxes shall be applied first , to
Tenant’s payment of Taxes for the tax year in question, if
not theretofore paid in full by Tenant, and second , to the
costs, expenses and fees (including without limitation reasonable
actual attorneys’ fees and tax consultant fees paid or
incurred by Tenant), and third , any excess or remaining
amount not so applied shall be applied or refunded in accordance
with Section 6.1(a) above.
(c)
“Taxes” shall mean all real estate taxes and
assessments (other than the Assessments), special or otherwise,
levied or assessed upon or with respect to the Premises and/or
Landlord’s leasehold interest in the Premises and/or
Landlord’s leasehold interest in the Premises with respect to
each calendar year (or portion thereof) falling within the Term.
Should any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the
Premises (i) impose a tax, assessment, charge or fee against
the Premises which Landlord shall be required to pay, either in
substitution for, or in addition to such real estate taxes, or
(ii) impose an income or franchise tax or a tax on rents which
may be in addition to or in substitution for a tax levied against
the Premises, then, in either of such events such substituted
and/or additional taxes, assessments, fees or charges shall be
deemed to constitute Taxes hereunder, but only to the extent that,
they would be payable by Landlord even if the Premises was the sole
property of Landlord subject thereto and the Base Rent hereunder
was the sole rent subject thereto. All fees and costs (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and fees of
tax consultants reasonably approved by Tenant, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) incurred by Landlord in
seeking to obtain a reduction of, or a limit on the increase in,
any Taxes, in those instances where, without the request from
Tenant, Landlord decides to pursue such contest pursuant to
Section 6.1(b) shall, regardless of whether any reduction or
limitation is obtained, be payable in the first instance by
Landlord; provided, however, that any net reduction or savings
derived or resulting from such contest shall be applied
first , to such costs and expenses of Landlord, and
second , the balance shall be applied in accordance with
Section 6.1(b) above. In determining the amount of Taxes for
any calendar year (or portion thereof) falling within the Term, the
amount of special assessments to be included shall be limited to
the amount of any installment (plus any interest payable thereon)
of such special assessment paid over the maximum period of time
permitted by law. Except as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, all references to Taxes “for” a particular
calendar year shall mean Taxes levied, assessed or otherwise
imposed for such calendar year without regard to when such Taxes
are payable.
6.2.
Assessments . As a result of the Premises being located
in the Park, Landlord is liable to the Association for the payment
of the Assessments. Landlord represents that the amount of
Assessments for the 1995 calendar year is estimated to equal
approximately $300.00 per acre. As
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Additional Rent hereunder,
Tenant shall pay all Assessments related to the Premises for each
calendar year (or portion thereof) falling within the Term. If any
such Assessments relate to time periods which do not fall entirely
within the Term, such Assessments shall be prorated based on the
number of days in the Term falling within such time periods. After
receipt of each bill or invoice for Assessments with respect to a
calendar year (or portion thereof) falling within the Term,
Landlord shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to Tenant,
accompanied by a statement setting forth the portion of such
Assessments attributable to the Premises and payable by Tenant (an
“Assessment Notice” ). Except as otherwise
herein provided, Tenant shall no later than the earlier of thirty
(30) days after receipt of any Assessment Notice or fifteen
(15) days before such Assessments are due, pay to the
Association the full amount of Assessments due under such
Assessment Notice; provided, however, that in no event shall Tenant
be obligated to pay such Assessments earlier than fifteen
(15) days after receipt of any Assessment Notice. Within five
(5) days following the date such Assessments are due, Tenant
shall furnish Landlord with evidence of the payment of such
Assessments in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing right of Tenant
to pay Assessments directly to the Association, Tenant shall pay
Assessments when due hereunder to Landlord: (i) following a
Default by Tenant with respect to any of its monetary obligations
under this Lease; and (ii) during the final Lease Year of the
Term as hereinafter provided. On or before the first day of the
last calendar month of the Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as an
estimate of the Assessments for the remainder of the Term an amount
( the “Final Estimated Assessment Payment” )
obtained by multiplying the number of months (or portion thereof)
remaining in the Term from the last applicable month through which
Tenant has paid Assessment hereunder by the quotient derived by
dividing one hundred ten percent (110%) of the most recent
ascertainable annual Assessments with respect to the Premises by
12. When, following the end of the Term, Landlord receives the
actual invoice or bill for the Assessments which had been
previously estimated, Landlord shall promptly deliver a copy
thereof to Tenant, accompanied by a final Assessment Notice stating
any remaining amount due from Tenant for Assessments, or if the
actual amount of Assessments is less than the Final Estimated
Assessment Payment theretofore paid by Tenant, the amount to be
refunded by Landlord to Tenant. Any amount due from one party to
the other under the preceding sentence shall be paid within thirty
(30) days after the delivery of the final Assessment
Notice.
Without limiting any other
obligations of Landlord or Tenant which shall survive the
expiration or earlier termination of the Term, Tenant’s and
Landlord’s obligations to pay any amounts due in connection
with Tax Rent and Assessments shall survive the expiration or
earlier termination of the Term.
7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR AND OPERATIONS .
7.1. Tenant’s
Responsibilities . Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense,
manage, operate, repair, maintain, and improve and (as necessary)
replace the Premises and the equipment, fixtures and personal
property located on the Premises in good condition and repair and
in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Legal
Requirements, In addition, and except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and
expense, make all Legally Mandated Capital Improvements and subject
to the termination rights set forth in Section 23 hereof,
shall pay the Non-Covered Cost of any Casualty-Related Improvement.
All repairs, replacements or maintenance performed by either Tenant
or Landlord pursuant to this Section 7 shall be performed in a
good and workmanlike manner in compliance with all applicable
Guarantees, Legal Requirements and insurance requirements,
using
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materials with a quality
equivalent or better than those used in the original construction
of the Facility, and to the extent applicable shall be subject to
Section 14 of this Lease. Tenant shall have no obligation to
maintain, repair or replace the “structural components”
(as defined in Section 7.2 below) of the Premises, except as
expressly set forth in this Lease to the contrary.
Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, Landlord agrees that, subject to the terms
of this Section 7.1, it shall be responsible for the payment
to Tenant of its pro rata share of the reasonable cost of any
Qualified Legally Mandated Capital Improvement (the “
Landlord’s QLMCI Share” ). For purposes of this
Lease, the term “Qualified Legally Mandated Capital
Improvement” shall mean any Legally Mandated Capital
Improvements that: (i) are made during the final three
(3) Lease Years of the Term; (ii) cost in excess of
$25,000.00 in any one instance or more than $100,000.00 in the
aggregate; (iii) are reasonably susceptible of continued use
or reuse by office tenants; and (iv) are not the result of
(a) the specific nature of Tenant’s non-office use of
the Premises, or (b) Tenant’s failure to properly
perform its maintenance, repair and replacement obligations
pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 7.1. Nothing
in this grammatical paragraph shall limit, modify, release, waive
or terminate Tenant’s obligation to perform or cause to be
performed all Legally Mandated Capital Improvements during the
Term, including all Qualified Legally Mandated Capital
Improvements. Landlord’s QLMCI Share shall be determined by
multiplying the reasonable cost of the applicable Qualified Legally
Mandated Capital Improvement by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the difference between the number of years (or portion
thereof) in the useful life of the applicable Qualified Legally
Mandated Capital Improvement as reasonably estimated by
Landlord’s engineer (the “ QLMCI Useful
Life” ) and the number of years (or portion thereof)
remaining in the Term from the date such Qualified Legally Mandated
Capital Improvement is required by the applicable Governmental
Authority, and the denominator of which is the applicable QLMCI
Useful Life. Landlord’s QLMCI Share shall be payable to
Tenant within thirty (30) days after the Qualified Legally
Mandated Capital Improvement is completed and Tenant furnishes
Landlord with verifiable supporting documentation reflecting the
actual costs thereof, together with evidence of the payment thereof
in full.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any time after the calculation and payment of
Landlord’s QLMCI Share, Tenant desires to exercise the Option
or to otherwise re-lease the Premises for an extended period on
terms other than pursuant to the Option, then in either case,
Landlord’s QLMCI Share shall be adjusted by recalculating the
numerator in the foregoing formula taking into account the number
of years (or portion thereof) in such extended Term toward the end
that Landlord shall be responsible for the precise amount of
Landlord’s QLMCI Share based on such extended Term. Tenant
shall, as Additional Rent hereunder, reimburse Landlord for the
applicable overpayment of Landlord’s QLMCI Share (the
“QLMCI Adjustment Payment” ) at the following
times: (i) in the case of the exercise of the Option,
concurrently with Tenant’s delivery of the final binding
written exercise notice pursuant to Section 37(B) hereof; and
(ii) in the case of any other extension of the Term,
concurrently with Tenant’s execution and delivery to Landlord
of any applicable amendment to this Lease or a new lease agreement,
as the case may be. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if Tenant has previously exercised the Option or
agreed to re-lease the Premises for an extended period on terms
other than pursuant to the Option, then any Legally Mandated
Capital Improvement required prior to the expiration of the initial
Term hereof that otherwise satisfies the second, third and fourth
requirements in the definition of Qualified Legally Mandated
Capital Improvement, shall not satisfy the first requirement and,
accordingly, shall not be deemed a Qualified Legally Mandated
Capital Improvement hereunder and shall be performed by Tenant at
Tenant’s sole
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cost and expense (unless in
the case of an extension other than pursuant to the Option, the
time remaining in the initial Term, when added to the extension
term is less than one (1) year.) [ By way of example
without limitation : Example 1 - assume that
at the end of the fourteenth (14th) Lease Year a Qualified
Legally Mandated Capital Improvement with an 8 year useful life is
required for $100,000.00. In this Example 1, Landlord’s QLMCI
Share would be $87,500.00 (reflecting $100,000 multiplied by [8
minus 1] divided by 8 ). Example 2 - assume
the same facts as in Example 1 except that Tenant exercises the
Option. In this Example 2, Landlord’s QLMCI Share will be
adjusted by recalculating the numerator of the formula based on the
5-year extension of the Term. In this case, Landlord’s QLMCI
should have been $25,000 (reflecting $100,000.00 multiplied by [8
minus 6] divided by 8), as opposed to the $87,500.00 theretofore
paid by Landlord. Accordingly, a QLMCI Adjustment Payment in the
amount of $62,500.00 would accompany Tenant’s final binding
written exercise notice pursuant to Section 37(b)
hereof.]
7.2. Landlord’s
Responsibilities . Except as may be otherwise expressly
provided in the Pre-Occupancy Agreement or this Lease, Landlord
shall have no obligation to provide any services to, or in
connection with, the Premises, or any responsibility for the
management, operation, repair, maintenance or replacement of
capital improvements with respect to the Premises. Anything in this
Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord shall make, or
cause to be made, all maintenance, repairs and/or replacements to
the “structural components” (as hereinafter defined) of
the Facility; and any repairs or replacements otherwise required to
be made by Tenant pursuant to Section 7.1 above, but which
arise as a result of any act or omission of Landlord Related
Parties (including, without limitation, Landlord’s failure to
perform ordinary, routine or scheduled maintenance obligations with
respect to the roof required pursuant to this Section 7.2, or
such other ordinary, routine or scheduled maintenance obligations
as may be required by the terms and provisions of any applicable
Guarantee pertaining to or covering an item for which Landlord is
responsible hereunder, and any costs that would have been covered
under any such Guarantee but for any Landlord Related
Parties’ act or omission that negated any such Guarantee).
For purposes of this Lease, the phrase “structural
components” shall mean the roof (up to the mechanical
equipment curbs), foundation, concrete floors and structural
supports of the Facility. The cost of any such maintenance, repairs
and/or replacements to structural components shall be the sole
responsibility of Landlord, except to the extent such costs arise
as a result of any act or omission of Tenant Related Parties
(including, without limitation, Tenant’s failure to perform
ordinary, routine and/or scheduled maintenance obligations required
pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, or as may be required by the
terms and provisions of any applicable Guarantee pertaining to or
covering an item for which Tenant is responsible under
Section 7.1 above, and any costs that would have been covered
under any such applicable Guarantee but for any Tenant Related
Parties’ act or omission that negated any such Guarantee), in
which event, the cost of such repair or replacement shall be paid
by Tenant within thirty (30) days after Landlord bills Tenant
therefor.
In addition to any other
rights reserved to Landlord pursuant to the terms of this Lease,
Landlord reserves the right at any reasonable time during the Term
upon not less than three (3) business days prior written
notice to Tenant (except in the event of an emergency) to have the
roof inspected by an experienced roofing consultant or contractor
as may be recommended by the roof manufacturer or roof Guarantee
(or designated by Landlord in the absence of any such
recommendation). Landlord reserves the right, upon not less than
ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Tenant, to enter
into a maintenance contract with an experienced roofing contractor
reasonably acceptable to Landlord who shall perform such
maintenance and care on behalf of Landlord, and shall have the
right to enter upon
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the Premises at such time or
times each Lease Year as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to
do so, subject to the notification and other requirements set forth
herein.
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Tenant shall notify Landlord
in writing of any required repairs or necessary replacements to the
structural components of the Facility. Landlord shall not be
required to commence any such repair or replacement until Landlord
has received Tenant’s written notice. Landlord shall commence
and complete repairs or replacements required pursuant to this
Section 7.2 as soon as is reasonably practicable following
Landlord’s receipt of Tenant’s notice, not to exceed
thirty (30) days; provided, however, that if such repair or
replacement is not capable of being completed within said 30-day
period (including due to any Tenant Delay or any delay due to Force
Majeure) then Landlord will be deemed in full compliance with the
terms of this Section 7.2 as long as Landlord commences such
repair or replacement within said 30-day period and thereafter
diligently prosecutes same to completion to the extent within its
reasonable control. If Landlord fails to perform any repair or
replacement required pursuant to this Section 7.2 within said
30-day period (or such extended period as provided above where the
repair or replacement is not capable of being completed within said
30-day period), then Tenant may furnish Landlord with a written
notice of non-compliance with the terms of this Section 7.2.
If Landlord fails to complete the required repair or replacement
within fifteen (15) days after Landlord’s receipt of
Tenant’s notice of non-compliance, then Tenant may, at its
option, exercised by giving Landlord written notice thereof, take
reasonable measures to complete any such repair or replacement
required pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.2. If Tenant
so completes such repair or replacement, Landlord shall pay Tenant
the reasonable cost thereof that otherwise would have been
Landlord’s cost hereunder within thirty (30) days
following Landlord’s receipt of a bill therefor, together
with supporting invoices reflecting the reasonable cost thereof. If
Landlord fails to pay such bill within said 30-day period, Tenant
may set-off the amount of said bill (together with interest thereon
at the rate specified in Section 35.2 hereof on the unpaid and
unapplied amount due hereunder from time to time) from the next
Rent payments due under this Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the rights granted Tenant pursuant to this grammatical paragraph
are granted without prejudice to Landlord’s right to contest
Tenant’s ability to exercise same and/or the amount of costs
incurred thereby.
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8. SERVICES . Tenant shall
be responsible for contacting the appropriate municipality and
public utility companies to ensure continuity of all utility
services upon the Commencement Date and to establish and maintain
utility services in Tenant’s name and for Tenant’s
account, and for paying to such entities any installation and
service fees or charges which are not Landlord’s
responsibility pursuant to the Pre-Occupancy Agreement. For
purposes of clarifying the immediately preceding sentence, Landlord
shall make available, at Landlord’s cost, to the Facility all
necessary utility services which shall include electric, gas,
water, sewer and telephone (including all permits required by any
Governmental Authority for the installation of same, if any);
provided, however, Tenant acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) Tenant shall be responsible for the installation of its
telephone and computer cables, equipment and facilities within the
Facility; (ii) Tenant shall be responsible for the payment of
all monetary deposits, if any, required by any applicable utility
company or Governmental Authority to establish service in the
Tenant’s name at the Facility; and (iii) cable
television service is not available in the Park and Landlord shall
have no obligation to provide same. Landlord and Tenant shall
operate to provide information to each other regarding the reading
of meters, the changeovers in filings and other like matters
relating to Tenant’s taking responsibility for utilities
under this Lease. From and after the Commencement Date Tenant shall
pay utility providers directly for all utility services furnished
to the Premises. Landlord does not warrant that any of the services
will be free from interruptions. Any such interruption of service
shall never be deemed an eviction (actual or constructive) or a
disturbance of Tenant’s use and possession of the Premises or
any part thereof and shall never render Landlord liable to Tenant
under this Lease for damages, by abatement of Rent or otherwise, or
relieve Tenant from performance of Tenant’s obligations under
this Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any such
interruption: (i) is caused solely by Landlord’s
performance or non-performance (or any Landlord Related
Party’s performance or non-performance) of its obligations
under this Lease; and (ii) the Facility or a portion thereof
is rendered untenantable and Tenant does not in fact occupy, or
cease to occupy, such portion of the Facility, then in such event,
Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord in writing of the occurrence
of such untenantability and Rent shall abate on a per diem basis
commencing on the first date of untenantability and ceasing at such
time as the Facility, or applicable portion thereof, as the case
may be, is fully tenantable, such abatement to be in an amount
bearing the same ratio to the total amount of Rent due for such
period as the untenantable portion of the Facility from time to
time bears to the entire Facility, but in any event, such abatement
shall become effective if and only to the extent Landlord receives
the proceeds of any rent insurance carried by Tenant pursuant to
Section 22.2 hereof. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, if Tenant is entitled to abate Rent pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence but for Landlord’s receipt of
rent loss proceeds, and if Tenant has satisfied the insurance
requirements of this Lease with respect to such rent loss coverage,
then if the applicable insurer cannot or refuses to pay proceeds
that otherwise would have been payable under such rent loss
insurance policy; through no fault of any Tenant Related Parties,
then in such event, Tenant shall be entitled to abate Rent in
accordance with the terms of the preceding sentence regardless of
Landlord’s receipt of rent loss insurance proceeds. In any
event where Landlord or any Landlord Related Party is the cause of
untenantability with respect to the Facility, Landlord shall, at
its sole cost and expense, take such action as shall be necessary
to render the Facility tenantable again as soon as is reasonably
practicable, subject to any Tenant Delays or any delay due to Force
Majeure.
9. USE . Tenant shall not
use or occupy the Premises, or permit the Premises to be used or
occupied, for any use other than for general office, research,
storage, distribution and light manufacturing uses, including,
without limitation, use as a biomedical company engaged in various
design, development, light manufacturing, marketing, licensing and
other business endeavors and including, without limitation, the
manufacture of bioadhesives; provided, however, that at all times
during the Term, the portion of the Facility devoted to general
office and research uses shall in no event be modified in a manner
that will cause the then existing parking areas, facilities and
ratios on and with respect to the Premises to violate any
applicable Legal
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Requirements. Tenant shall not use or
occupy the Premises, or permit the Premises to be used or occupied
contrary to any Guarantees or Legal Requirements; or in any manner
which would violate any certificate of occupancy affecting the
same; or which would cause structural injury to the facility or any
other improvements on the Premises or in the Park; or which would
invalidate the amount of premiums for any policy of insurance
affecting the Premises; or would create a nuisance. Anything in
this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord agrees that
from and after the date of this Lease, Landlord shall not, and for
so long as Landlord maintains legal control over the Association
pursuant to the Declaration, Landlord will not cause the
Association to voluntarily create any covenants, conditions or
restrictions affecting the Premises that will materially and
adversely interfere with the Tenant’s use of the Premises for
the general purposes set forth in this Section 9, or, in
particular, Tenant’s use of the Premises for or in connection
with Tenant’s business use as a biomedical company engaged in
various design, development, light manufacturing, marketing,
licensing and other business endeavors, including for example only,
the low temperature preservation of cardiac valves, veins and other
vascular tissues; and of meniscal, cruciate and other joint and
ligament tissues; and/or of other bodily tissues or substances; the
design, development, manufacturing and/or marketing of
bioadhesives; and the design, development and/or marketing of other
related and unrelated biomedical products and
procedures.
10. DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES . Except as expressly provided in the
Pre-Occupancy Agreement or this Lease, Landlord does not make, and
Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has not made any representation,
warranty or guarantee, express or implied, with respect to this
Lease, Landlord’s title to, or the present or future
merchantability, condition, quality, durability, fitness or
suitability of the Premises or any part thereof in any respect or
in connection with or for the purposes and uses of Tenant, or any
other representation, guarantee, warranty or covenant of any kind
or character, express or implied, with respect thereto, and
Landlord shall not be liable for any latent or patent defect
therein, except as may be expressly provided under the
Pre-Occupancy Agreement or this Lease. No promise of Landlord to
construct. alter, remodel or improve the Premises, or to contribute
funds toward the construction, alteration, remodeling or
improvement of the Premises, has been made by Landlord to Tenant
other than as may be expressly contained herein or in the
Pre-Occupancy Agreement. Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant
that it is the fee simple owner of the Land. Landlord also hereby
represents and warrants to Tenant that this Lease, and
Tenant’s proposed use of the Facility as described herein and
constructed pursuant to the Pre-Occupancy Agreement comply (or
shall comply, as applicable) with the Declaration. Landlord further
represents and warrants to Tenant that as of the Commencement Date
of the Term, the Facility shall comply with all then applicable
Legal Requirements (including any administrative and judicial
interpretations thereof), and the Declaration, as the same are in
existence as of the Commencement Date. Landlord agrees that any
violations of such then applicable Legal Requirements which are
subsequently discovered to have been in existence as of the
Commencement Date shall be deemed to be a Covered Defect under the
Amli Warranty; provided, however, that: (i) Landlord is
notified in writing of such existing violation during the Amli
Warranty Period; and (ii) the violation of such then
applicable Legal Requirement did in fact exist as of the
Commencement Date; and (iii) the violation does not constitute
and/or was not caused by an Amli Warranty Exclusion. Anything in
this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, the representation,
warranty and agreement of Landlord as provided in the preceding two
sentences shall survive the Commencement Date for the duration of
the Amli Warranty Period, it being expressly understood and agreed
that said representation, warranty and agreement shall expire
concurrently with the Amli Warranty, except with respect to any
such existing violation which (a) Landlord had been notified
of during the Amli Warranty Period, and (b) is a Covered
Defect under the Amli Warranty as hereinabove provided. For
purposes of this Section 10, the terms “Covered
Defect,” “Amli Warranty,” “Amli Warranty
Period” and “Amli Warranty Exclusion” shall have
the meanings provided such terms in the Pre-Occupancy
Agreement.
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11. POSSESSION . Landlord
makes no representation, warranty or guarantee that the Premises
(or any part thereof) will be substantially ready for occupancy on
any specific date. Except as set forth in the Pre-Occupancy
Agreement, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect
regardless of any delay in the Commencement Date, and no liability
shall arise against Landlord out of any such delay other than as
may be set forth in the Pre-Occupancy Agreement. If Tenant shall
take possession of all or any part of the Premises prior to the
Commencement Date, all of the covenants and conditions of this
Lease shall be binding upon the parties hereto as if the
Commencement Date had been fixed as of the date when Tenant took
such possession, and Tenant’s obligation to pay Rent prior to
the Commencement Date shall be governed by the terms of
Section 14.2 and 14.3(b) of the Pre-Occupancy
Agreement.
12. ASSIGNMENT AND
SUBLETTING . Tenant may not, without Landlord’s prior
written approval, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed: (a) assign, convey or mortgage this Lease or any
interest hereunder; (b) permit any assignment of, or lien upon
this Lease or Tenant’s interest herein by operation of law;
(c) sublet the Premises or any part thereof; or
(d) permit the use of the Premises by any parties other than
Tenant, its agents and employees. The acts and events described in
clauses (a)-(d) of the preceding sentence are referred to
herein collectively as “Transfers” and
individually as a “Transfer” . It shall be
“reasonable” grounds for the withholding or delaying by
Landlord of its consent to a Transfer if Landlord’s mortgagee
of the Premises disapproves of such Transfer on a reasonable basis
or delays its response thereto for a period of not more than
fifteen (15) additional days. Tenant shall give Landlord
written notice of any proposed sublease or assignment at least
thirty (30) days prior to the proposed effective date of such
proposed sublease or assignment, which notice shall contain the
name of the proposed sublessee or assignee, the proposed use of the
Premises, the proposed principal terms thereof, and such other
information as Landlord may reasonably request to evaluate the
character, reputation and creditworthiness of the proposed assignee
or sublessee.
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If Tenant is permitted to assign this
Lease or sublease all or any portion of the Premises, regardless of
whether Landlord’s consent is required hereunder, Tenant
agrees to pay to Landlord as Additional Rent 75% of any Sublease
Profits derived by Tenant from such assignment or sublease. If the
proposed use of the Premises may, in Landlord’s judgment,
exercised reasonably and in good faith, create greater
environmental risks to Landlord or the Premises relative to
Tenant’s use of the Premises on the Commencement Date,
Landlord may withhold its consent (and such withholding shall be
deemed reasonable) until Landlord and such assignee or sublessee
agree to amend this Lease to address such increased environmental
risks to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction; provided,
however, that if Landlord determines, in its sole discretion, that
such increased environmental risks cannot be adequately addressed
through an amendment to this Lease, Landlord may withhold its
consent, and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable. Landlord
may, in lieu of consenting to a reasonable assignment or sublease
of the entire Premises, elect to cancel the Lease. If Landlord
wishes to exercise the foregoing cancellation option, Landlord
shall, within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s receipt
of Tenant’s notice of proposed assignment or sublease, send
to Tenant a notice so stating and in such notice Landlord shall
specify the date as of which such cancellation shall be effective,
which date shall be between the proposed effective date for the
proposed assignment or sublease and the date which is sixty
(60) days thereafter. In the event of any such election by
Landlord, Tenant may, within fifteen (15) days of
Tenant’s receipt of Landlord’s cancellation notice,
elect to rescind its request for consent and thereby vitiate
Landlord’s cancellation election.
Landlord’s consent to any
assignment, subletting or transfer, or Landlord’s election to
accept any assignee, sublessee or transferee as Tenant hereunder,
shall not release the original Tenant from any covenant or
obligation under this Lease. However, Landlord’s election to
cancel this Lease shall, upon the effective date of such
cancellation, release Tenant from any and all obligations arising
or accruing from and after the date any such cancellation becomes
effective. Landlord’s consent to any assignment or subletting
shall not constitute a waiver of Landlord’s right to consent
to any future assignment or subletting. If, with respect to any
permitted assignment or sublease hereunder, Landlord does not, or
is not entitled to, exercise the cancellation right as hereinabove
provided, then any proposed assignment or sublease agreement shall
be expressly subject to all the terms, conditions and covenants of
this Lease and Landlord’s prior written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or denied. Any proposed
assignment shall contain an express written assumption by assignee
of all Tenant’s liabilities and obligations under this Lease.
Any proposed sublease shall: (i) provide that the sublessee
shall procure and maintain policies of insurance as required of
Tenant under Section 22.2 hereof; (ii) contain a
provision for the benefit of Landlord, substantially in the form
set forth in Section 22.1 hereof; (iii) provide for a
copy to Landlord of notice of default by either party; and
(iv) otherwise be reasonably acceptable in form to
Landlord.
Subject to all of the other terms and
conditions of this Section 12, Tenant may, without
Landlord’s prior consent, without being subject to
Landlord’s cancellation election and without the application
of the division of Sublease Profits as set forth in the fifth
sentence of the preceding paragraph: (i) assign this Lease or
sublease all or any portion of the Premises to Tenant’s
parent corporation or any subsidiary or affiliated corporation
(collectively, a “Related Entity”) or any entity that
is controlled by or under common control with a Related Entity; or
(ii) assign this Lease to any corporation resulting from a
merger or consolidation or to any person, corporation or other
entity which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of
Tenant including, without limitation, the trademark or trade name
of Tenant; or (iii) assign this Lease to any person,
corporation or other entity which acquires control of Tenant;
provided, however, in each instance that the “Base Net
Worth” (as defined in Section 40 below) requirements of
this Lease continue to be satisfied, and Tenant is not in Default
hereunder at such time. For purposes of the foregoing, the word
“control” shall mean and refer to the
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ownership of in excess of fifty percent
(50%) of the voting stock in any corporation, or of the shares
or other indicia of ownership in any limited liability company, or
of the general partners’ interests in any
partnership.
Except with respect to any assignment or
sublease that does not require Landlord’s prior written
consent hereunder, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as Additional Rent
hereunder, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) paid or incurred by
Landlord in connection with any proposed assignment or subletting
hereunder.
13. LANDLORD’S ACCESS TO THE
PREMISES . Tenant agrees to permit Landlord and any
authorized representatives of Landlord, to enter the Premises at
all reasonable times (i.e. on business days and during business
hours, unless otherwise specified by Tenant), on reasonable advance
notice, except in the case of emergency, for the purpose of
inspecting same. Any such inspections shall be solely for
Landlord’s purposes and may not be relied upon by Tenant or
any other person. If in Landlord’s reasonable judgment,
Tenant is in Default of any of its obligations under this Lease
beyond the expiration of any applicable cure period, in addition to
any other rights and remedies available to Landlord hereunder, at
law or in equity, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to,
perform such obligation for the account and at the expense of
Tenant, without notice (except as specified above) including,
without limitation, the right to enter the Premises to make any
repairs, replacements, alterations, improvements or additions, as
Landlord shall reasonably deem necessary to cure such Default by
Tenant. All costs incurred by Landlord in performing such
obligation (including, without limitation, the cost of all repairs,
replacements, alterations, improvements and additions made by
Landlord to the Premises to cure such Default plus an additional
twenty percent (20%) of such cost to cover Landlord’s
overhead and related expenses) together with all reasonable actual
attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in enforcing any of
Tenant’s obligations under this Lease shall become Additional
Rent due hereunder payable by Tenant on demand. At any time
Landlord enters upon the Premises to perform such repairs,
replacements, alterations, improvements or additions, during such
operations, Landlord shall have the right to take onto the Premises
or any portion thereof, all material and equipment required, and to
close and temporarily suspend operation of entrances, doors,
corridors, elevators and other facilities in and to the Facility,
and to have access to and open all ceilings, without liability to
Tenant by reason of interference, inconvenience, annoyance or loss
of business; provided, however, that with respect to any work
performed by or on behalf of Landlord pursuant to this
Section 13, Landlord shall, to the extent within its
reasonable control, cause such work to be done in a manner so as
not to unreasonably interfere with Tenant’s use of the
Premises. Landlord may do any such work during ordinary business
hours, and Tenant shall pay Landlord for overtime and for any other
expenses incurred if such work is done during other hours at
Tenant’s request.
14. ALTERATIONS . Tenant
shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed
by Landlord), make or cause to be made any “material”
Tenant Improvements. For purposes of this Lease the term
“material” Tenant Improvements shall mean all Tenant
Improvements which (i) affect the structure, systems (i.e.
electrical, mechanical, plumbing, sewerage, elevator and/or
“HVAC”) or exterior appearance of the Facility,
(ii) reduce the present fair market value of the Premises by
more than $10,000.00 in any one (1) instance or by more than
$100,000.00 in the aggregate, (iii) require the demolition of
existing improvements on the Premises which, taken together with
the additions to be made by Tenant, result in a net reduction in
the present fair market value by more than $10,000.00 in any one
(1) instance or by more than $100,000.00 in the aggregate, or
(iv) cost in excess of $10,000.00 (it being hereby agreed to
that the various dollar amounts set forth above in this sentence
shall each be increased by three percent (3%) for each Lease
Year during the Term following the first Lease Year). The phrase
material Tenant Improvements shall not include wallpaper or
carpeting that needs to be replaced, or other cosmetic
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changes to the interior of the Premises.
Tenant shall give Landlord prior written notice of any intended
Tenant Improvements, whether or not Landlord’s consent is
required for such work.
Tenant may, but shall not be required
to, request that Landlord agree in writing prior to the
installation of a specific Tenant Improvement that Tenant may
remove such Tenant Improvement at the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease. All Tenant Improvements, whether made by
Landlord or Tenant in or upon the Premises shall, unless Landlord
has consented to or requests their removal by Tenant, become
Landlord’s property and shall remain upon the Premises at the
termination of the Lease by lapse of time or otherwise, without
compensation to Tenant. If, prior to the installation of any Tenant
Improvements, Landlord agrees that such Tenant Improvements can
remain or must be removed upon the expiration of the Term,
Landlord’s decision shall be irrevocable unless the parties
otherwise mutually agree in writing. If Landlord requires the
removal of such items as provided above, Tenant shall at its sole
cost and expense, remove such items prior to the termination of the
Lease or Tenant’s right to possess the Premises, and repair
any damage to the Premises caused by the installation of such items
and/or by their removal, failing which Landlord may remove the same
and repair the Premises and Tenant shall pay the cost thereof to
Landlord upon demand. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary the following items of property may be removed from
the Premises by Tenant if such removal may be done without material
structural damage to the Facility: Tenant’s movable furniture
and other personal property, and, to the extent not included in the
Plans or installed as a replacement of items included in the Plans:
Tenant’s trade fixtures and equipment. If Tenant does not
remove such property by the earlier of (i) the date when
Tenant vacates the Premises, and (ii) the expiration of the
Term or sooner termination of this Lease or Tenant’s right to
possess the Premises, then Landlord may, at its option and at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense, remove (and repair or restore
any damage to the Premises caused by such removal), store and
warehouse such property at a location or locations determined by
Landlord in its sole discretion. Regardless or whether Landlord
elects to take any of the actions specified in the immediately
preceding sentence, within fifteen (15) days after the later
to occur of the date of eviction, expiration or termination, as the
case may be, at Landlord’s option, Tenant shall be
conclusively presumed to have forever abandoned such property, in
which event Landlord may, at its option, elect to: (A) at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense, without accepting title to
such property, remove (and repair or restore any damage to the
Premises caused by such removal), destroy, discard or otherwise
dispose of all or any part thereof without incurring liability to
Tenant or to any other person; or (B) deem such abandonment as
a conclusive presumption that Tenant has conveyed such proper to
Landlord under this Lease as a bill of sale without payment or
credit by Landlord and, in either such event, without releasing
Tenant from any obligations pursuant to this Section 14.
Tenant shall pay Landlord upon demand all of the expenses incurred
in taking any of the actions described in this grammatical
paragraph, which obligation shall survive the expiration of the
Term or sooner termination of this Lease.
All Tenant Improvements shall
(i) be paid for by Tenant, (ii) comply with all
applicable Guarantees, Legal Requirements and insurance
requirements, (iii) be made in a good and workmanlike manner
and incorporate only good grades of materials, (iv) be
performed by reputable contractors reasonably acceptable to
Landlord (as determined by Landlord on the basis of
creditworthiness, skill, experience with regard to the scope of
work required and reputation in the Atlanta community of
contractors, all such factors in fair and reasonable relationship
to the scope, size, and duration of the work required by Tenant)
employed by Tenant under written contracts previously approved in
writing by Landlord (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), and (v) be performed subject to any
other conditions Landlord may reasonably impose including, without
limitation, requiring Tenant to furnish Landlord with security for
the payment of all costs to be incurred in connection with such
Tenant Improvements and insurance against liabilities which may
arise out of such work, as determined by Landlord. Notwithstanding
the requirements in the preceding sentence,
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the requirements specified in clauses
(iv) and (v) above shall only apply to
“material” Tenant Improvements hereunder.
Tenant shall permit Landlord to
supervise the construction of any Tenant Improvements. Tenant shall
reimburse Landlord, as Additional Rent hereunder, for any fees,
costs, charges and expenses incurred by Landlord to any third
parties in connection with Landlord’s review of any plans,
specifications or drawings related to “material” Tenant
Improvements. In addition, Landlord shall charge a supervising fee
with respect to “material” Tenant Improvements equal to
the greater of $500.00 or three percent (3%) of the total cost
of such work including without limitation, all labor and material
costs, if Tenant’s employees or contractors perform such
work. Tenant shall pay to Landlord, within fifteen (15) days
after being billed therefor from time to time, and/or to
Tenant’s contractor as the case may be, when due, the cost of
all such work and all applicable reimbursements and supervision
fees, and if payment is made directly to Tenant’s contractor,
upon completion of all such work, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord
evidence of payment and full and final waivers of all liens for
labor, services or materials. Tenant shall furnish to Landlord,
prior to the commencement of any Tenant Improvement, copies of all
plans and specifications prepared at Tenant’s expense by
architects and engineers acceptable to Landlord, and building
permits and certificates of appropriate insurance and evidence of
payment thereof, if such permits or insurance are required;
provided, however, that plans and specifications shall not be
required with respect to “non-material” Tenant
Improvements unless otherwise required by any applicable Legal
Requirements. Tenant shall furnish to Landlord, promptly after
completion of any “material” Tenant Improvement,
as-built plans and specifications for such Tenant Improvement.
Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold all Landlord Related
Parties harmless from all costs, damages, liens and expenses
related to any Tenant Improvements performed by or under the
direction of Tenant, whether performed in compliance with this
Section 14 or any other conditions imposed by Landlord;
provided, however, such indemnity (and the covenant against liens
provided in Section 16 hereof) shall not apply in the event:
(i) Landlord or its contractors perform the Tenant
Improvements pursuant to this Section 14; (ii) Tenant
timely pays Landlord all costs, expenses, fees and reimbursements
due hereunder in connection with such Tenant Improvements; and
(iii) Tenant Related Parties do not cause Landlord Related
Parties to incur additional costs, damages, expenses or liabilities
in connection with any such Tenant Improvement (any such additional
costs, damages, expenses or liabilities caused by Tenant Related
Parties being covered by Tenant’s indemnity and covenant
against liens). For purposes of this Lease, the term
“non-material” Tenant Improvements shall mean any
Tenant Improvements that do not constitute “material”
Tenant Improvements hereunder requiring Landlord’s prior
written consent as provided herein. Landlord agrees that Tenant may
make or cause to be made any “non-material” Tenant
Improvements without first obtaining Landlord’s prior written
consent, subject to the other terms and conditions of this
Section 14.
15. CERTAIN RIGHTS RESERVED BY
LANDLORD . Landlord shall have the following rights,
exercisable without notice (except to the extent expressly provided
herein) and without liability to Tenant for damage or injury to
property, person or business and without effecting an eviction,
constructive or actual, or disturbance of Tenant’s use or
possession of the Premises or giving rise to any claim for damages,
set-off or abatement of Rent:
(a) if required by the
County or any other Governmental Authority, to change the
Facility’s street address upon thirty (30) days prior
written notice;
(b) to the extent any
of the following items are not designated in the Plans, to approve
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
prior to installation, all types of
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window shades, blinds,
drapes, awnings, window ventilators and other similar equipment,
and all internal lighting that may be visible from the exterior of
the Facility;
(c) to show the
Premises to prospective purchasers and lenders at reasonable hours
upon reasonable prior oral notice during the entire Term, and to
prospective tenants at reasonable hours upon reasonable prior oral
notice during the last twelve (12) months of the Term, and if
the Premises are vacated in a manner which constitutes a Default by
Tenant under Section 19 hereof, to prepare the Premises for
re-occupancy.
(d) to have and retain
a paramount title to the Premises free and clear of any act of
Tenant purporting to burden or encumber it;
(e) to impose
reasonable conditions on the movement and location of equipment and
articles in and about the Facility so as not to exceed the live
load specified in the Plans; and
(f) to retain at all
times, and, subject to the notification requirements set forth in
this Lease, to use in furtherance of Landlord’s rights under
the Lease, keys and security access cards and/or codes to all doors
within and into the Facility. No locks or security access cards
and/or codes within or into the Facility shall be added or changed
without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Landlord shall keep all
keys and security access cards under Landlord’s control.
Failure by Landlord to use any key or access card or code shall
never render Landlord liable to any Tenant Related Party in the
event: (i) Landlord has not previously been provided all
applicable keys, security cards and/or access codes in accordance
with this Section 15(f); and/or (ii) access is required
in the event of emergency and such keys, security cards and/or
access codes are not immediately available.
16. COVENANT AGAINST LIENS
. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 14 hereof,
Tenant covenants and agrees not to suffer or permit any
mechanic’s or materialmen’s lien to be placed against
the Premises or any portion thereof, and in case of any such lien
attaching, to either (i) promptly pay off and remove the same,
or (ii) within sixty (60) days after the attachment
thereof, contest such lien in compliance with all applicable laws,
codes, ordinances, judgments, rules and regulations, and obtain, at
Tenant’s expense, title insurance from a title insurance
company reasonably acceptable to Landlord, or provide Landlord with
alternate security reasonably satisfactory to Landlord insuring
over any lien which may arise from non-discharge of such lien, and
to the extent different from any security provided at
Landlord’s request and in addition to (and not in limitation
of) any security provided at Landlord’s request, Tenant shall
comply with all reasonable terms, conditions, and requirements
imposed on Landlord by any lender which has, or in the future shall
have a lien on the Premises or any portion thereof. Such terms,
conditions and requirements may include, but not be limited to,
posting of adequate security; provided, however, than in no event
shall Tenant ever be required to provide security in any form
which, in the aggregate, will exceed 200% of the lien claim being
contested. If any such lien attaches, and Tenant fails to remove or
contest the same in accordance with this Section 16, Landlord
may but shall not be obligated to pay the amount necessary to
remove the same without being responsible for making an
investigation as to the validity or accuracy thereof, and the
amount so paid, together with all reasonable costs and
expenses
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