This
Ground Lease (this “ Lease ”) is dated for
reference purposes as of November 30, 2005, and is executed on the
dates set forth with the signatures below by and between
AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (“
Lessor ”), and AMPAC FINE CHEMICALS LLC, a California
limited liability company (“ Lessee
”).
A.
Lessor owns approximately eight thousand five hundred (8,500) acres
of land located south of State Highway 50 and east of Sunrise
Boulevard and bordering the southern edge of Folsom Boulevard and
the northern edge of White Rock Road, in Sacramento County,
California, including the buildings and other improvements thereon
(collectively, the “ Aerojet Site ”). The
Aerojet Site serves as Lessor’s business headquarters, and
some of the Aerojet Site is used for the development and production
of various products, including, but not limited to, explosives and
propellants (collectively, the “ Aerojet Site Adjoining
Uses ”). Some of the Aerojet Site Adjoining Uses, as well
as some of the Reserved Uses (defined below), require compliance
with Quantity/Distance Restrictions (defined below).
B.
Among the improvements located on the Aerojet Site are private
roadways (collectively, the “ Roadways ”) by
which Lessor and Lessor’s invitees, licensees, grantees,
tenants, employees, agents, and representatives enjoy ingress and
egress to, from, and among all portions of the Aerojet Site. As of
the Term Commencement Date (defined below), Lessor owns, maintains,
and controls all of the Roadways.
C.
Lessor’s ownership and use of most of the Aerojet Site are
subject to the Partial Consent Decree (defined below) and may, in
the future, become subject to other or different decrees or
administrative orders or demands issued by, at the request or with
the consent of the PCD Agencies (defined below), or by any court of
competent jurisdiction (collectively, including any modifications
and supplements thereto issued from time to time, the “
Governmental Decrees and Orders ”).
D.
The Partial Consent Decree currently imposes use restrictions and
other requirements upon most of the Aerojet Site, and such
restrictions and requirements may, in the future, become changed,
supplemented, extended, or terminated, in whole or in part,
pursuant to amendments to the Partial Consent Decree, other
Governmental Decrees and Orders, or the Risk Assessment (defined
below) (collectively, as effective and amended from time to time,
the “ Governmental Restrictions ”).
E.
The scope of the Partial Consent Decree includes a remedial
investigation/feasibility study and may include a risk assessment
(a “ Risk Assessment ”). The Partial Consent
Decree does not establish the extent of remedial action that may be
required. Remedial design/remedial action (“ RD/RA
”) activities are anticipated to be governed by either an
amendment to the Partial Consent Decree or other Governmental
Decrees and Orders. The nature and extent of any RD/RA activities
that may be required and the Governmental
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Restrictions
resulting from, or related to, such activities are not and cannot
be known as of the execution and delivery of this Lease.
F.
Lessee desires to lease and use a certain portion of the Aerojet
Site, which portion is hereinafter defined as the “
Demised Land .” Lessor desires to demise the Demised
Land to Lessee and to provide to Lessee access to the Demised Land
and to the AFC Buildings (defined below) across certain of the
Roadways. Some of Lessee’s uses of the Demised Land and the
AFC Buildings will require compliance with Air Emissions
Requirements (defined below).
G.
Prior to, or concurrently with, the execution and delivery of this
Lease, Lessor conveyed, or is conveying, to Lessee fee title to the
AFC Buildings. Lessor has not conveyed, and in no event shall
Lessor convey as part of this transaction, to Lessee fee title to
any of the Roadways, the Demised Land, the Aerojet Buildings
(defined below), or other Improvements (defined below) located
within the Demised Land except the AFC Buildings.
H.
In addition to the Aerojet Site Adjoining Uses, Lessor or its
successor or successors in title will be obtaining land use
entitlements for, subdividing, and constructing improvements upon
various portions of the Aerojet Site that are adjacent to, or near,
the Demised Land (collectively, “ Adjacent Development
”). Adjacent Development will be a mixed-use development,
including single-family and multiple-family housing, schools,
day-care centers, parks, retail stores, offices, and other types of
uses.
I.
The purpose of this Lease is to set forth all of the terms and
conditions under which Lessor leases to Lessee, and Lessee leases
from Lessor, the Demised Land for Lessee’s use as permitted
under this Lease, as well as to set forth all of the terms and
conditions under which Lessee’s Access Rights (defined below)
are provided by Lessor to Lessee and Lessor’s Reserved Rights
are retained by Lessor, all subject and subordinate to the
Governmental Restrictions. In addition, this Lease sets forth
commitments by Lessor and Lessee to facilitate their compliance
with the Quantity/Distance Restrictions and the Air Emissions
Requirements, respectively, and to accommodate Adjacent
Development.
NOW,
THEREFORE, and in reference to the foregoing recitals
(collectively, the “ Recitals ”), Lessor and
Lessee, in consideration of the various obligations set forth in
this Lease, agree as follows:
In
addition to other definitions of terms set forth elsewhere in this
Lease, the following words and phrases shall have the indicated
meanings wherever used in this Lease:
1.1
“ Acquired Business ” means the business of
developing, manufacturing, selling, marketing and distributing
chemicals (excluding propellants, explosives and other
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chemicals
currently used in Lessor’s propulsion and fire protection
business), with the primary focus on pharmaceutical fine
chemicals.
1.2
“ Adjacent Development ” is defined in Recital
H.
1.3
“ Aerojet Buildings ” means collectively all
buildings that are located on the Demised Land and are not AFC
Buildings;
1.4
“ Aerojet Site ” is defined in Recital
A;
1.5
“ Aerojet Site Adjoining Uses ” is defined in
Recital A;
1.6
“ Aerojet Temporary Use Building ” means that
AFC Building known as Building 5-0122;
1.7
“ AFC Buildings ” means collectively those
certain improvements that are designated on Exhibit
“B” attached hereto as “AFC
Buildings”;
1.8
“ Air Emissions Requirements ” means the
governmental rules and regulations applicable to some of
Lessee’s uses of the Premises that forbid various activities
within specified radii measured from the location of said
uses;
1.9
“ Arbitration Notice ” is defined in
Section 15.16(g);
1.10
“ Base Rent ” is defined in
Section 3.1;
1.11
“ Controversy Notice ” is defined in
Section 15.16(c);
1.12
“ Current Air Emissions Requirements ” means the
Air Emissions Requirements in accordance with the Law in effect as
of the Term Commencement Date;
1.13
“ Current Air Emissions Requirements Boundaries
” means those portions of the Aerojet Site located outside
the Demised Land that are affected by the Current Air Emissions
Requirements and specifically identified on Exhibit
“D” attached hereto;
1.14
“ Default by Lessee ” is defined in
Section 11.1;
1.15
“ Demised Land ” means the surface of the
underlying real property consisting of approximately two hundred
forty-one (241) acres, as more particularly described on
Exhibit “A” hereto and made a part hereof; and
as also described in that certain ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey
prepared for Lessor by MacKay & Somps and dated as of
August 31, 2005. The Demised Land shall include all of the
utility lines located thereon and the Lessee Controlled
Roadways;
1.16
“ Dispute ” is defined in
Section 15.16(b);
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1.17
“ Easements ” is defined in
Section 2.5(f);
1.18
“ Election Notice ” is defined in
Section 2.4;
1.19
“ Encumbered Property ” is defined in
Section 15.15(a);
1.20
“ Encumbrances ” is defined in
Section 2.1;
1.21
“ Existing Improvements ” means Improvements
existing upon the Demised Land as of the Term Commencement
Date;
1.22
“ Governmental Decrees and Orders ” is defined
in Recital C;
1.23
“ Governmental Restrictions ” is defined in
Recital D;
1.24
“ Hazardous Substance ” shall mean any material,
substance, waste, compound, pollutant or contaminant listed,
defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, flammable,
explosive, reactive, corrosive, infectious, carcinogenic, mutagenic
or radioactive or otherwise regulated by any Governmental Authority
or under any Environmental Law, including petroleum or petroleum
products (including crude oil) and any derivative or by-products
thereof, natural gas, synthetic gas and any mixtures thereof, or
any substance that is or contains polychlorinated biphenyls
(“ PCBs ”), urea formaldehyde, or lead; provided
that Hazardous Substance shall not include (i) asbestos-containing
materials except for asbestos-containing materials that, to the
Knowledge of Lessor, are damaged and friable on the Term
Commencement Date, (ii) radon gas, and (iii) substances
naturally present on the Premises and which have not been
previously disturbed.
1.25
“ Expiration Date ” is defined in
Section 2.4;
1.26
“ Force Majeure ” shall mean any event or
circumstance or combination of events or circumstances beyond the
reasonable control of the party concerned, including, without
limitation, Lessor in the case of Lessor Supplied Services, that
directly results in or causes a failure or delay by or hindrance to
or interference with such party in the fulfillment wholly or in
part of any of its obligations under this Lease or the enjoyment by
such party of its rights under or pursuant to this Lease, which
circumstances cannot be overcome by the exercise of reasonable
efforts by the party concerned, and shall include the following
events and circumstances to the extent that they satisfy the above
requirements: riots, wars (declared or undeclared), insurrections,
sabotage, rebellions, terrorist acts, civil disturbances,
embargoes, blockages, acts of God, lightning, earthquakes, floods,
storms, hurricanes, freezes, cyclones, tidal waves, tornadoes,
unusual weather conditions, epidemics, plagues, explosions,
chemical contaminations, fires, major equipment failures, strikes
or labor disputes, interruptions of fuel supply, or product
distribution, including, but not limited to, Lessor Supplied
Services;
1.27
“ Improvements ” means all paving, landscaping,
utility lines, pipes, fences, walls, buildings, and other
structures located on the Demised Land, whether presently in
existence or hereafter erected or placed upon the Demised Land,
including all alterations and
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additions
thereto, without regard to whether ownership thereof is in Lessor
or Lessee, including, but not limited to, the AFC Buildings, the
Aerojet Buildings, and the Lessee Controlled Roadways (defined
below);
1.28
“ JAMS ” is defined in
Section 4.1(c);
1.29
“ Knowledge of Lessor ” means the actual
knowledge of the persons identified on Exhibit
“L” hereto.
1.30
“ Law ” is defined in
Section 4.3(a);
1.31
“ Lessee Controlled Roadways ” means Roadways
located within the boundaries of the Demised Land;
1.32
“ Lessee Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean an
effect that either individually or in the aggregate is directly and
substantially adverse to Lessee’s leasehold interest in,
access to, use or occupancy of the Premises, or the Permitted
Uses;
1.33
“ Lessee’s Access Rights ” is defined in
Section 2.2;
1.34
“ Lessee’s Default ” is defined in
Section 11.1;
1.35
“ Lessee’s Improvements ” means all of
those Improvements that are owned by Lessee, including, but not
limited to, the AFC Buildings, as now existing or as hereafter
constructed, installed, erected, or placed on the Demised Land by
Lessee pursuant to any right of Lessee hereunder to so construct,
erect, install, or place any Improvement on the Demised
Land;
1.36
“ Lessee’s Utilities Rights ” is defined
in Section 4.4(e).
1.37
“ Lessor Controlled Roadways ” means Roadways
located outside the boundaries of the Demised Land;
1.38
“ Lessor Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean an
effect that either individually or in the aggregate is directly and
substantially adverse to Lessor’s (i) reversionary
interest in the Premises, (ii) Adjacent Development, or
(iii) operation of its businesses;
1.39
“ Lessor’s Improvements ” means all of
those Improvements that are owned by Lessor, including, but not
limited to, the Aerojet Buildings, the Lessee Controlled Roadways,
and all utility lines, as now existing or as hereafter constructed,
installed, erected, or placed on the Demised Land;
1.40
“ Lessor’s Reserved Rights ” means
collectively Lessor’s rights under the Encumbrances (defined
above) the Reserved Roadway Rights (defined below), and the
Reserved Uses (defined below);
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1.41
“ Liens ” is defined in
Section 8.4;
1.42
“ New Improvements ” means all Improvements that
are not Existing Improvements or alterations or additions to
Existing Improvements;
1.43
“ Official Records ” means the official records
of Sacramento County, California;
1.44
“ Off-Site Aerojet Buildings ” means
collectively buildings owned by Lessor, located outside the area of
the Demised Land, in which energetic materials are used,
manufactured, or stored, which uses require compliance with some of
the Quantity/Distance Restrictions that affect the Demised
Land;
1.45
“ Partial Consent Decree ” or “ PCD
” means that certain Partial Consent Decree affecting all of
the Aerojet Site and entered on June 23, 1989 in consolidated
actions United States v. Aerojet-General Corporation and
State of California v. Aerojet-General Corporation , Case
Numbers CIVS-86-0063-EJG and CIVS-86-0064-EJG, in the United States
District Court, Eastern District, California, as amended from time
to time; paragraph 11 of which Partial Consent Decree is set forth
in full in that certain Order Re: Partial Consent Decree recorded
in the Official Records on July 20, 1989, in Book 890720, at Page
1004; a copy of which paragraph 11 is attached hereto as Exhibit
“F” ; and issues related thereto are included in
Exhibit “G,” which imposes obligations on Lessor and
Lessee and is incorporated herein;
1.46
“ PCD Agencies ” means collectively the
Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America;
the Department of Toxic Substances Control of the State of
California; the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Central Valley Region; any court through which the foregoing
agencies may exercise any of their rights, duties, or
jurisdictions, and other governmental agencies as may succeed to
the rights, duties, or jurisdictions of any of the foregoing
agencies;
1.47
“ Permitted Uses ” is defined in
Section 4.1;
1.48
“ Personal Property ” means all furnishings,
equipment, inventory, fixtures, and other personal property owned
by Lessee or by any other person or entity holding an interest
under Lessee in the Demised Land or any portion thereof and
located, from time to time, on or about the Demised Land and not
included in the definition of Improvements set forth
above;
1.49
“ Pre-Term Environmental Liabilities ” shall
mean any and all liabilities for ongoing or future Remedial
Actions, civil or criminal penalties, personal injury, property
damage, natural resources damages or attorneys’ fees, or any
investigative, corrective or remedial obligations resulting from
the Release of any Hazardous Substances at, in, by, from, or
related to the Premises to the extent that it arose, commenced,
occurred or existed on or prior to the Term Commencement
Date.
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1.50
“ Premises ” means collectively the Demised Land
and all Lessee’s Improvements;
1.51
“ Property Taxes ” is defined in
Section 5.1;
1.52
“ Purchase Agreement ” is defined in
Section 2.8(b);
1.53
“ Purchase Notice ” is defined in
Section 2.5;
1.54
“ Purchase Option ” is defined in
Section 2.5;
1.55
“ Quantity/Distance Restrictions ” means the
governmental rules and regulations applicable to some of
Lessor’s uses of the Aerojet Site, including, but not limited
to, uses of the Aerojet Temporary Use Building, as well as uses of
the Off-Site Aerojet Buildings, as provided in Section 2.1(e) and
as described in Exhibit “C” hereto, that forbid
various activities within specified radii measured from the
location of said uses, which radii do, as shown on Exhibit
“E” attached hereto, extend into the area of the
Demised Land; provided that said Exhibit “E”
shall be modified as appropriate as and when Lessor ceases or
reduces the use, manufacture, and/or storage of energetic materials
as provided in Section 2.1(e);
1.56
“ RD/RA ” is defined in Recital E;
1.57
“ Release ” shall mean any releasing, spilling,
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping, or disposing of
Hazardous Substances (including the abandonment or discarding of
barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing
Hazardous Substances) into the environment, whether intentional or
unintentional, negligent or non-negligent, sudden or non-sudden,
accidental or non-accidental.
1.58
“ Renewal Option ” is defined in
Section 2.4;
1.59
“ Renewal Term ” is defined in
Section 2.4;
1.60
“ Reserved Roadway Rights ” is defined in
Section 2.1(b);
1.61
“ Reserved Uses ” is defined in
Section 2.1(e);
1.62
“ Response ” is defined in
Section 15.16(c);
1.63
“ Risk Assessment ” is defined in Recital
E;
1.64
“ Roadways ” is defined in Recital B;
1.65
“ Senior Party Representatives ” is defined in
Section 15.16(b);
1.66
“ Term ” is defined in
Section 2.4;
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1.67
“ Term Commencement Date ” is November ___,
2005;
1.68
“ Transition Services Agreement ” is defined in
Section 3.3(a); and
1.69
“ Underlying Encumbrance ” is defined in
Section 13.1.
2.1
Demised Land . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Lease and for the Term, Lessor hereby leases the Demised Land to
Lessee, and grants Lessee Lessee’s Access Rights and Lessee
hereby leases the Demised Land from Lessor and accepts
Lessee’s Access Rights, subject to all of the following title
and use exceptions (collectively, the “ Encumbrances
”):
(a) Easements,
covenants, conditions, restrictions, assessments, bonds, property
taxes, deeds of trust, and other liens, encumbrances, and other
matters affecting title to the Demised Land or any part thereof, as
of the Term Commencement Date, that are disclosed in that certain
Preliminary Title Report, dated September 2, 2005, issued by
First American Title Insurance Company under Order Number
NCS-97132-SAC1 for the Demised Land or by this Lease or in the
Official Records, including, but not limited to, the Governmental
Decrees and Orders and the Governmental Restrictions and the access
and other rights and powers of the PCD Agencies;
(b) The
right and power hereby reserved to Lessor for the benefit of
Lessor’s Improvements for the benefit of Lessor, to continue
use of the Lessee Controlled Roadways (the “ Reserved
Roadway Rights ”) set forth therein;
(c) The
Quantity/Distance Restrictions;
(d) Conditions,
encumbrances, and other matters that would be identified on an
accurate survey of the Premises and all Existing Improvements, as
of the Term Commencement Date, conforming to the Minimum Standard
Detail Requirements jointly established and adopted by ALTA, ACSM
and NSPS in 1999;
(e) The
right of Lessor to leave and have all of Lessor’s
Improvements, including, but not limited to, the Aerojet Buildings
on the Demised Land, and to reasonably use, maintain, alter,
demolish, and/or replace the Aerojet Buildings as provided in this
Lease and including for the purposes listed on Exhibit
“G” (collectively “ Reserved Uses
”); provided that:
(i) In
none of the Aerojet Temporary Use Building, the Aerojet Buildings
or the Off-Site Aerojet Buildings shall energetic materials be
used,
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manufactured,
or stored, except for those buildings designated on Exhibit
“C” attached hereto (and for such buildings, only
for the time periods listed thereon), except that:
(A) In
two (2) of the Off-Site Aerojet Buildings, Lessor, at its
election, may permanently use, manufacture, or store energetic
materials, which two (2) are so designated on Exhibit
“C” attached hereto; and
(B) In
any or all of the Off-Site Aerojet Buildings, energetic materials
may be used, manufactured, or stored indefinitely so long as the
area or areas affected by the Quantity/Distance Restrictions
applicable thereto do not include any portion of the Demised
Land.
(f) Those
restrictions set forth in that certain master settlement agreement
and release (the “ Master Settlement Agreement
”) dated October 12, 2004, by and among American States
Water Company, Southern California Water Company, Lessor, and
Cordova Chemical Company. Lessor has provided to Lessee a true and
complete copy of the Master Settlement Agreement.
2.2
Lessee’s Access Rights . Lessor hereby agrees to
provide to Lessee, at all times during the Term (and subsequent to
the Term if Lessee acquires fee title to the Premises), subject to
Force Majeure, reasonable and sufficient ingress to, and egress
from, the Premises for the Permitted Uses (provided expansions of
Lessee’s use beyond the Acquired Business do not unreasonably
burden any of Lessor’s Roadways) across portions of the
Aerojet Site to and from public roadways, which may include White
Rock Road and/or Folsom Boulevard (“ Lessee’s Access
Rights ”). Lessee’s Access Rights shall be deemed
to be an easement appurtenant to Lessee’s interests in the
Premises and a covenant real, running with the land, that Lessor
shall have no right to terminate or restrict during the Term (or
subsequent to the Term if Lessee acquires fee title to the
Premises), subject to the following provisions:
(a) Lessee’s
Access Rights are non-exclusive;
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of Lessee’s Access Rights as set
forth in this Lease, and subject to the rights, if any, to use
Lessor Controlled Roadways granted by Lessor to others from time to
time, whether before or after the execution of this Lease, Lessor
shall control the Lessor Controlled Roadways, including, but not
limited to, the exclusive right and power:
(i)
To adopt from time to time and to enforce reasonable rules and
regulations respecting use of the Lessor Controlled Roadways by
Lessee and others applied on a non-discriminatory basis;
(ii)
To adopt reasonable security measures designed to prevent or
discourage use of the Lessor Controlled Roadways by unauthorized
people and to comply with Law, ordinances or regulations, as
applicable from time to time, for the operation and security of
Aerojet Site Adjoining Uses, including, but not limited to, fencing
and locked gates and imposition of background and identity checking
and other
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procedures for
all or some persons entering upon the Aerojet Site or through the
Aerojet Site to the Demised Land, all of which shall be applied on
a non-discriminatory basis;
(iii)
To close or restrict temporarily use of the Lessor Controlled
Roadways or any portion thereof as may be necessary in the event of
any emergency, or to restrict temporarily to make improvements to,
or to repair, the Lessor Controlled Roadways, or for security or
other legitimate purposes (provided that any such non-emergency
restrictions shall provide for reasonable alternative
access);
(iv)
To close, relocate, realign, replace, regrade, repave, improve,
abandon, or demolish, from time to time, all or any part of the
Lessor Controlled Roadways, in which event any new or different
roads that Lessor may, in the future, build upon the Aerojet Site
outside the boundaries of the Demised Land shall be deemed part of
the “Lessor Controlled Roadways” as that term in used
in this Lease; provided that Lessor shall always and continuously
during the Term (or subsequent to the Term if Lessee acquires fee
title to the Premises) provide reasonable means for Lessee’s
exercise of Lessee’s Access Rights;
(v)
To offer all or any part of the Roadways or other portions of the
Aerojet Site located outside the boundaries of the Demised Land for
dedication to public use or to any governmental entity, and with
respect to any such offer, Lessee agrees fully and promptly to
cooperate with Lessor and to execute, acknowledge (when needed),
and deliver all appropriate instruments and documents;
(vi)
To grant easements over, and licenses to use, the Lessor Controlled
Roadways or any portion thereof to third parties chosen by Lessor;
provided the same do not unreasonably interfere in any material way
with Lessee’s exercise of Lessee’s Access
Rights;
(vii)
To conduct, or contract for, all maintenance, repair, and
improvement work on the Lessor Controlled Roadways as Lessor, in
its sole and absolute discretion, without detriment to
Lessee’s Access Rights, may determine is appropriate or
necessary from time to time; and
(viii)
With respect to any portion of the Lessor Controlled Roadways over
which Lessee exercises Lessee’s Access Rights, Lessee agrees
that, when, if ever, that portion, or some other area as a
substitute or alternative for that portion, which is available at
all times industrial, becomes a public roadway, whether through
acceptance of an offer of dedication made by Lessor or otherwise,
then Lessee’s Access Rights shall cease as to that portion or
other area, with Lessee relying upon the public nature of that
portion or other area to assure access to the Premises. When, if
ever, and to the extent that, dedicated public roadways over any
portion of the Aerojet Site offer access to the Demised Land
acceptable to Lessee in Lessee’s reasonable discretion,
Lessee’s Access Rights over Lessor Controlled Roadways shall
cease and no longer be a part of this Lease.
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(c) Lessee’s
Access Rights shall, from time to time, at the request of either
Lessor or Lessee, be exercised over a specific route along
designated portions of the Lessor Controlled Roadways as reasonably
designated by Lessor and approved by Lessee, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be granted
whenever the chosen route is reasonably convenient for
Lessee’s purposes under this Lease. To evidence, in the
Official Records, the exact location for exercise of Lessee’s
Access Rights, and to assure third parties that no other portion of
the Lessor Controlled Roadways is then encumbered by Lessee’s
Access Rights, Lessor and Lessee shall, from time to time, execute
and record in the Official Records amendments to this Lease setting
forth in Exhibit “I” attached hereto the
then-current location for exercise of Lessee’s Access
Rights.
2.3
Roadway Costs and Expenses .
(a) Lessor
shall keep the Lessor Controlled Roadways used for Lessee’s
Access Rights in as good operating condition and repair as at the
Term Commencement Date. Lessor shall pay all costs and expenses for
repair, maintenance, and improvement of the Lessor Controlled
Roadways, and Lessee shall have no obligation to contribute or
reimburse Lessor for any portion thereof. Lessor’s
obligations under this Section 2.3(a) shall survive the Term
if Lessee acquires fee title to the Premises and such obligations
shall be evidenced in the Access Easement Agreement.
(b) Lessee
shall pay all such costs and expenses for repair, maintenance, and
improvement of the Lessee Controlled Roadways, and Lessor shall
have no obligation to contribute or reimburse Lessee for any
portion thereof.
2.4
Term . The term of this Lease (the “ Term
”) shall commence on the Term Commencement Date, and shall
expire at the expiration of thirty years (30) from the Term
Commencement Date (the “ Expiration Date ”),
subject to extension and/or earlier termination as provided
elsewhere in this Lease. Subject to the terms of this
Section 2.4, Lessee shall have the option (the “
Renewal Option ”) to extend the Term of this Lease for
a period of thirty (30) years beyond the Expiration Date (the
“ Renewal Term ”). The Renewal Option shall be
effective only if no Default by Lessee is occurring under this
Lease, either at the time of exercise of the Renewal Option or the
time of commencement of the applicable Renewal Term. The Renewal
Option must be exercised, if at all, by written notice (“
Election Notice ”) from Lessee to Lessor given not
less than six (6) months prior to the Expiration Date. An
Election Notice given by Lessee to Lessor shall be irrevocable. If
Lessee fails to exercise the Renewal Option in a timely manner, as
provided for above, the Renewal Option shall thereafter be null,
void and of no further force or effect. The Renewal Term shall be
upon the same terms and conditions as the initial Term. The Renewal
Option is appurtenant to, and shall not be assigned or transferred
by Lessee separate from, a permitted assignment of all of
Lessee’s interests under this Lease. Any purported assignment
of transfer of the Renewal Option to any Person that is not
concurrently receiving a permitted assignment of all of
Lessee’s interests under this Lease shall be null and void
and a material breach of this Lease by Lessee.
2.5
Purchase Option . Subject to the terms of this
Section 2.5, Lessee shall have a recurring option (the “
Purchase Option ”) to purchase Lessor’s fee
simple interest in the
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Demised Land
and Lessor’s Improvements (including the Aerojet Buildings),
together with comparable easements, utility and service rights and
obligations as then currently in place under this Lease, at any
time, in exchange for payment of a purchase price in the amount of
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); provided, however, that Lessee
shall not be entitled to exercise the Purchase Option until such
time (i) as the United States Environmental Protection Agency
has delisted the Demised Land as a Superfund site, (ii) Lessee
shall have committed to pay to Seller (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement), at or prior to the closing of Lessee’s purchase
of the Demised Land, the full principal amount due to Seller under
the Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and any interest
owed thereon, and under the Earn Out (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement), and (iii) Lessee shall have committed to pay to Seller,
at or prior to the closing of Lessee’s purchase of the
Demised Land, any and all monies (including interest) due to Seller
under the Earn Out (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). The
foregoing three (3) conditions are the only conditions to
Lessee’s exercise of the Purchase Option; provided, however,
that the Purchase Option shall terminate and be of no further force
or effect if and when this Lease is terminated, regardless how such
termination is effected, and shall not be effective or binding upon
Lessor after any such termination of this Lease. The Purchase
Option must be exercised, if at all, by written notice (“
Purchase Notice ”) from Lessee to Lessor given not
less than six (6) months, or more than twelve
(12) months, prior to the date Lessee desires to acquire
Lessor’s fee interest. Any such Purchase Notice given by
Lessee to Lessor shall be irrevocable, which purchase notice shall
not constitute notice under Section 2.8(d). The deed
transferring the property to Lessee shall include any environmental
and other use restrictions necessary as provided in
Section 2.2 of Exhibit “G” . Upon
Lessee’s delivery of the Purchase Notice, the parties will
execute a purchase agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit “J” attached hereto and made a part
hereof, which will provide, among other matters the
following:
(a) At
the closing of Lessee’s purchase of the Demised Land and
Lessor’s Improvements, Lessor’s grant will be made by
grant deed subject only to (1) all matters now of record,
(2) all matters that a true, correct and complete survey or
visible inspection of the Demised Land or Premises would reveal as
of the date of such closing, (3) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges which are not delinquent, (4) all zoning,
building, platting and similar restrictions, and (5) and all
matters caused by Lessee, its successors, sublessees and assigns,
and Lessee will accept the Premises in an “AS IS” and
“WITH ALL FAULTS” condition;
(b) After
Lessee exercises the Purchase Option, Lessor will not create or
permit through its actions or inactions any additional encumbrances
on the Premises without Lessee’s consent;
(c) Neither
Lessee nor Lessor will be responsible for any real estate or
brokerage commissions in connection with the sale of the property
pursuant to the Purchase Option, and each of Lessor and Lessee
agree to indemnify and hold the other harmless in respect of any
parties claiming any such real estate or brokerage commissions
arising by, through or under the respective indemnifying
party;
(d) Closing
shall occur as soon as practicable after six (6) months after
Lessee’s written notice of the exercise of the Purchase
Option. All closing and escrow costs for such transaction will be
allocated as is customary practice in Sacramento County;
and
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(e) Lessor
and Lessee shall cooperate in all commercially reasonable respects,
including executing any additional documents reasonably required,
to consummate the transaction as contemplated by this
Section 2.5 following Lessee’s exercise of the Purchase
Option. Should the parties be unable to agree upon aspects of such
transaction, those aspects will be resolved pursuant to the dispute
resolution provisions of Section 15.16.
(f) Following
Lessee’s exercise of the Purchase Option, and prior to the
closing of Lessee’s purchase of the Demised Land, Lessor and
Lessee shall execute and cause to be recorded in the Official
Records of Sacramento County, California, at Lessee’s sole
cost, easement agreement(s), that are appurtenant to and run with
the land, to the extent the same may be necessary to memorialize
the then current rights and obligations of Lessor and Lessee, as
contemplated by Sections 2.2, 4.1(a), 4.1(b), 4.4 and
Exhibit “C” (the “ Easements
”). The Easements shall be in form and substance as may be
necessary for First American Title Insurance Company, or a title
company reasonably acceptable to Lessee, to include the same as
insured easement parcel(s) in the legal description of the title
insurance policy to be issued to Lessee at the closing of
Lessee’s purchase of the Demised Land and sufficient for such
title company to issue a CLTA 103.4 or 103.7 endorsement (or its
successor endorsement).
(g) In
the event the conditions for Lessee’s exercise of the
Purchase Option as set forth above are satisfied and Lessee gives a
Purchase Notice, but Lessor asserts that it is unable to transfer
its fee simple interest in the Demised Land and Lessor’s
Improvements to Lessee due to the fact that any such transfer would
violate Governmental Restrictions, then (1) Lessor shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy whatever conditions
are required to be satisfied under such Governmental Restrictions
in order to lawfully transfer fee simple interest in the Demised
Land and Lessor’s Improvements to Lessee, and (2) Lessee
shall have the option to extend the term of this Lease for an
additional ninety-nine (99) years (or such shorter period to
the extent required by Law) or until such time as Lessor may
lawfully transfer fee simple title to the Demised Landlord and
Lessor’s Improvements and such a transfer is
consummated.
2.6
Quiet Enjoyment . Provided that Lessee fully performs all
the terms of this Lease on Lessee’s part to be performed,
including payment by Lessee of all Base Rent and Additional Rent,
Lessee shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the
Premises during the Term without hindrance, disturbance or
molestation from or by Lessor, or any other party claiming through
Lessor, subject to the Encumbrances.
2.7
Termination . Lessee may terminate this Lease in its sole
discretion without cause at any time prior to the Expiration Date
by giving Lessor no less than two (2) years’ prior
written notice of Lessee’s intention to terminate. Upon the
date of termination so specified in Lessee’s notice, this
Lease and the estate hereby granted shall expire and terminate with
the same force and effect as if the date specified in such notice
were the Expiration Date, and all rights and obligations of Lessee
and Lessor hereunder shall expire and terminate (except for such
provisions that expressly survive the termination or earlier
expiration of this Lease).
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(a) Lessor
represents that the list attached hereto as Exhibit
“H” is a true and complete list of the Aerojet
Buildings, with a brief description of the status of such
buildings.
(b) Pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement between Lessor, Aerojet Fine Chemicals
LLC, and American Pacific Corporation dated as of July 12,
2005 as amended (the “ Purchase Agreement ”),
Lessor shall retain ownership of the Aerojet Buildings on and after
the Term Commencement Date, and Lessee shall have no interest in
them.
(c) Lessee
hereby agrees to provide to Lessor, at all times during the Term
(or subsequent to the Term if Lessee acquires fee title to the
Premises), subject to the provisions of subpart (d) of this
Section 2.8 and subject to Force Majeure, reasonable and
sufficient ingress within the Premises for the Reserved Uses
(“ Lessor’s Access Rights ”).
Lessor’s Access Rights shall be deemed to be an easement
appurtenant to Lessee’s interests in the Demised Land and a
covenant real, running with the Demised Land. Lessee shall have no
right to terminate or restrict Lessor’s Access Rights during
the Term (or subsequent to the Term if Lessee acquires fee title to
the Premises), subject to the following provisions:
(i) Lessor’s
Access Rights are non-exclusive;
(ii) Subject
to the terms and conditions of Lessor’s Access Rights as set
forth in this Lease, and subject to the rights, if any, to use
Lessee Controlled Roadways granted by Lessee to others from time to
time, whether before or after the execution of this Lease, Lessee
shall control the Lessee Controlled Roadways, including, but not
limited to, the exclusive right and power;
(iii) To
adopt from time to time and to enforce reasonable rules and
regulations respecting use of the Lessee Controlled Roadways by
Lessee and others applied on a non-discriminatory basis;
(iv) To
adopt reasonable security measures designed to prevent or
discourage use of the Lessee Controlled Roadways by unauthorized
people and to comply with Law, ordinances or regulations, as
applicable from time to time, for the operation and security of the
Premises, including, but not limited to, fencing and locked gates
and imposition of background and identity checking and other
procedures for all or some persons entering upon the Premises, all
of which shall be applied on a non-discriminatory basis;
(v) To
close or restrict temporarily use of the Lessee Controlled Roadways
or any portion thereof as may be necessary in the event of any
emergency, or to restrict temporarily to make improvements to, or
to repair, the Lessee Controlled Roadways, or for security or other
legitimate purposes (provided that any such non-emergency
restrictions shall provide for reasonable alternative
access);
(vi) To
close, relocate, realign, replace, regrade, repave, improve,
abandon, or demolish, from time to time, all or any part of the
Lessee Controlled Roadways, provided that
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Lessee shall
always and continuously during the Term provide reasonable means
for Lessor’s exercise of Lessor’s Access
Rights;
(vii) To
grant easements over, and licenses to use, the Lessee Controlled
Roadways or any portion thereof to third parties chosen by Lessee;
and
(viii) To
conduct, or contract for, all maintenance, repair, and improvement
work on the Lessee Controlled Roadways as Lessee, in its sole and
absolute discretion, without detriment to Lessor’s Access
Rights, may determine is appropriate or necessary from time to
time.
(d) (i) As
part of Lessor’s ongoing operations, Lessor may choose to
vacate and/or abandon the Aerojet Buildings and is able to do so
subject to the obligations contained in this Lease. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, commencing on the fourth (4 th )
anniversary of the Term Commencement Date, Lessee may, upon notice
to Lessor, request that Lessor vacate and abandon in place all of
the Aerojet Buildings. Lessee shall provide Lessor with not greater
than 14 months’ and not less than 12 months’
prior written notice of such request. Within 12 months of
receipt of such written request, Lessor shall remove all Hazardous
Substances from the Aerojet Buildings, and vacate and abandon in
place all of the Aerojet Buildings, and leave such Aerojet
Buildings in a condition that shall not be an unsafe condition.
Lessor’s Access Rights with respect to the use of the Aerojet
Buildings shall terminate upon such vacation and
abandonment.
(ii) In
the event Lessee exercises its Purchase Option and takes fee title
to the Demised Land, at Lessee’s request, Lessor agrees to
execute, acknowledge, and deliver to Lessee such grant deed, and
such other instruments and documents as Lessee shall reasonably
request in order to assure and show in the Official Records
Lessee’s fee title to the Demised Land and the Aerojet
Buildings free of any interest or claim of Lessor. Prior to
Lessee’s purchase of the Demised Land pursuant to the
Purchase Option, with respect to Aerojet Buildings that are not
razed pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(iii), Lessor shall remove all
Hazardous Substances from such Aerojet Buildings, and vacate and
abandon in place all of the Aerojet Buildings, and leave such
Aerojet Buildings in a condition that shall not be an unsafe
condition. Lessor’s obligations under this Section 2.8(d)(ii)
shall survive the Term.
(iii) Alternatively,
at the time Lessee exercises its rights under the Purchase Option,
Lessee shall have the right at such time to request in a written
notice to Lessor, that Lessor demolish down to grade level, any or
all of the then remaining Aerojet Buildings and remove the
construction debris from the Demised Land, all at Lessor’s
cost. As part of such demolition, Lessor shall not be obligated to
remove any subsurface infrastructure. The parties agree that Lessor
shall have eighteen (18) months from the receipt of such
notice to accomplish such demolition. Nothing in this
Section 2.8(d) shall diminish or limit Lessor’s
obligations with respect to Hazardous Substances under this
Lease.
(e) Upon
the vacation and abandonment of each of the Aerojet Buildings,
Lessor agrees to seal, lock or otherwise secure such Aerojet
Buildings (including in Lessor’s reasonable discretion,
fencing). Beginning on the Term Commencement Date, and ending on
the
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earlier of the
Expiration Date and Lessee’s purchase of the Demised Land,
Lessor will maintain the Aerojet Buildings in a not unsafe
condition, and Lessor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless
fully Lessee for any and all claims, liabilities and losses caused
by the Aerojet Buildings or any Hazardous Substances
therein.
(f) On
or after the Term Commencement Date and upon the terms and subject
to the conditions hereof, each of the parties hereto shall take, or
cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and do, or cause to be
done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Law and
otherwise to carry into effect the provisions of this Lease
regarding the Reserved Uses with respect to the continued existence
of the Aerojet Buildings allowed on the Demised Land, including,
without limitation, executing such instruments or documents as are
necessary or desirable.
(g) Title
to all fixtures, equipment, furnishings, and trade fixtures owned
by Lessee upon the Premises shall remain in Lessee, and
replacements, substitutions, and modifications thereof may be made
by Lessee throughout the Term.
3.1
Amount of Base Rent . In addition to any and all other
amounts payable from Lessee to Lessor pursuant to this Lease,
Lessee agrees to pay to Lessor, and Lessor agrees to accept from
Lessee, as rent for the use and occupancy of the Demised Land,
during the Term, a minimum annual base rent equal to the
parties’ good faith estimate of reasonable and actual costs
incurred by Aerojet in connection with the administration of this
Lease, which the parties agree shall be Five Thousand Dollars per
year ($5,000) for the first five lease years, and Zero Dollars ($0)
for the remainder of the Term of the Lease (the “ Base
Rent ”).
3.2
Payment of Base Rent . The Base Rent shall be paid, in
lawful money of the United States of America, at such place or
places as Lessor shall designate from time to time. The Base Rent
shall be paid in equal monthly installments, three months in
advance, on the first (1 st )
day of each month during that portion of the Term for which Base
Rent is payable, subject to prorations as follows:
(a) If
the date as of which Base Rent commences to accrue is not the first
(1 st
) day of a calendar month, then a
prorated portion, based upon a thirty (30)-day month, of Base Rent
shall be due and payable on the date as of which Base Rent
commences to accrue; and
(b) If
the date as of which the Term expires is not the last day of a
calendar month, then the last monthly payment of Base Rent during
the Term shall be prorated, based upon a thirty (30)-day month, to
the date the Term expires.
3.3
Additional Rent . This Lease is intended to be net to
Lessor, and Lessee shall pay to Lessor, net throughout the Term,
the Base Rent prescribed by Section 3.1 free of any
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offset,
abatement, or other deduction, except as may be expressly set forth
herein. Lessor shall not be required to make any payment of any
kind with respect to the Premises, except as may be expressly set
forth elsewhere in this Lease. Accordingly:
(a) Except
as otherwise set forth herein, Lessee agrees to pay, to Lessor or
the appropriate party or governmental entity, as applicable (and
such amounts payable to Lessor shall be deemed “
Additional Rent ”), in addition to Base Rent, all
other payments, costs, expenses, charges, and other obligations of
every kind whatsoever attributable to the Premises and the
operation thereof, including Lessee’s insurance premiums,
real property taxes, assessments, and assessment installments
(excluding matters that are paid in connection with the Transition
Services Agreement between Lessor and Lessee dated as of the same
date hereof (the “ Transition Services Agreement
”)) as they become due and payable during the Term;
and
(b) Lessee
shall make those payments, whether such payments are owned to
Lessor or must be made to a third party in order to fulfill an
obligation of Lessee set forth in this Lease, at whatever time is
necessary to prevent delinquency or penalty for late payment unless
Lessee has duly contested said payments in the manner permitted and
prescribed in this Lease. Lessor shall invoice Lessee for any
non-regularly scheduled sums payable to Lessor hereunder, which
shall be due no sooner than 30 days following Lessee’s
receipt of such invoice.
3.4
No Offset . All Base Rent and Additional Rent becoming owed
to Lessor under this Lease shall be due and payable without
necessity of notice or demand and shall be paid without offset or
deduction of any kind, except as may be expressly provided
elsewhere in this Lease.
3.5
Interest on Arrearages . Lessee agrees to pay to Lessor
interest on any Base Rent or Additional Rent not paid within ten
(10) days following receipt of notice from Lessor that such
amounts are past due, whether or not such amounts constitute rent,
as follows:
(a) Said
interest shall accrue from the date the rent or other amount
becomes due and continue until the rent or other amount is paid in
full;
(b) Said
interest shall become due and payable daily as it accrues, without
necessity of demand for payment, and shall be calculated at a rate
equal to ten percent (10%) per annum, but in no event shall such
interest rate exceed the maximum interest rate allowed under the
California Usury Law; and
(c) Lessor
may apply all payments received under this Lease first to interest
accrued, and second to delinquent rent and other monetary
obligations.
3.6
Refunds . If Lessor receives any refunds or rebates of any
Additional Rent paid by Lessee to Lessor under this Lease, Lessor
will pay such refund or rebate (or Lessee’s pro rata share of
such refund or rebate, as reasonably calculated) to Lessee within
five days after Lessor’s receipt thereof. Lessor shall aid
Lessee in all reasonable respects in obtaining any such refund or
rebate, provided that all costs of obtaining the same shall be paid
by Lessee. Lessee
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may, in its own
name and at its own cost, contest with the applicable governmental
entity the full or partial amount of any tax or other charge (or
any portion or subdivision thereof) for which Lessee is responsible
hereunder or the validity thereof. Lessor may contest with the
applicable governmental entity any such tax or charge concerning
the Premises, so long as such contest also relates to
Lessor’s Property and does not disproportionately affect the
Premises. Lessor and Lessee will reasonably cooperate with each
other in the event that either elects to challenge any tax
assessment or other governmental entity charge under this
Section 3.6. In connection with the foregoing, Lessor shall
provide Lessee with assessor’s valuation notices promptly
following the receipt of same and shall provided Lessee with any
assessor’s work sheets or such other information as may be
reasonably available relating to the taxes or other charges which
are the subject of Lessee’s challenge. Nothing in this Lease
shall be construed to require either party to pay any tax or
governmental entity charge of any kind that is or may be imposed
upon the other party, its successors or assigns with respect to
such other party’s property.
4.1
Permitted Uses . Lessee shall use the Premises solely for
the purposes of (i) the Acquired Business and other
pharmaceutical uses, such as developing, manufacturing,
distributing, and testing chemicals and their derivatives and uses
and activities directly related thereto, such as, but not limited
to, laboratories and administrative offices, (ii) developing,
manufacturing and distributing aerospace products (but specifically
excluding the right to conduct activities which involve either
perchlorate, trichloroethylene (TCE), or N-nitrosodimethylamine
(NDMA) and/or (iii) any lawful uses compatible with the
Adjacent Development, (collectively, the “ Permitted
Uses ”) which may include uses which compete with other
Lessor businesses or the Adjacent Development); provided ,
however , that no use shall be considered a Permitted Use
that would impose on Lessor or any of its successors or assigns, an
obligation to remedy or remove any environmental contamination on
the Demised Land or on property owned by Lessor or any of its
successors or assigns adjacent to the Demised Land to a standard or
degree that exceeds the most cost-effective, remedial alternative
that is protective of human health and the environment and is
consistent with and meets the requirements of any applicable
Environmental Law and any Governmental Authority based upon the use
of the property as industrial property. In all cases, such uses
shall be conducted in compliance with all Law and requirements
herein. Except as provided above, Lessee shall not use the Premises
for any other use whatsoever without the prior written consent of
Lessor, which consent may be granted or withheld arbitrarily for
any reason or no reason. Lessee’s use of the Premises and
Aerojet Site Adjoining Uses shall always be conducted with
knowledge of, and reasonable accommodation for, each other. In
connection with said requirement for reasonable accommodation for
each other, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing
provisions of this Section 4.1, Lessor and Lessee agree
specifically as follows:
(a) Lessor
agrees not to voluntarily do, permit, or suffer any activity on
that portion of the Aerojet Site, whether located inside or outside
the area of the Demised Land, that would cause Lessee to violate or
fail to comply with the Current Air Emissions
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Requirements or
that would expand the areas affected by the Quantity/Distance
Restrictions as provided in Exhibit “C”
;
(b) Lessee
agrees not to voluntarily do, permit, or suffer any activity on the
Premises or any portion thereof that would cause Lessor to violate
or fail to comply with the Quantity/Distance Restrictions or that
would expand the area affected by the Air Emissions Requirements
outside the Demised Land plus those other portions of the Aerojet
Site located within the areas of the radii shown on Exhibit
“D” attached hereto; and
(c) If
infrastructure financing done in connection with Adjacent
Development includes, or is proposed by Lessor to include,
imposition of Mello-Roos bonds or improvement bonds or assessments
or the creation of any special district or districts with any form
of taxing authority which affect the Demised Land, Lessee and
Lessor agree to discuss the appropriate allocation, if any, of
responsibility for payment of such assessments based on the
relative benefit to the Demised Land. If the parties are unable to
agree on an appropriate allocation of such assessments, the matter
will be submitted to an arbitrator appointed by Judicial
Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“ JAMS
”) on a date which is acceptable to both parties. The
arbitration shall be conducted in San Francisco, California in
accordance with the procedures established by JAMS. Any
determination by the arbitrator shall be final and judgment and
upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction. The parties hereby waive any right to
appeal or challenge such award in any court or otherwise. The
parties shall each pay one half of the costs and fees of the
arbitrator and the cost of the arbitration. The obligations set
forth in this Section 4.1 shall survive the Term.
4.2
Prohibited Uses . In no event shall the Premises or any
portion thereof ever be used for purposes defined in paragraph
11(B)(1) of the Partial Consent Decree or as may in the future be
defined as prohibited in any Governmental Decrees and Orders.
Lessee agrees not to do or permit anything to be done on or about
the Premises and agrees not to bring or keep anything thereon that
constitutes a violation of Section 4.1 or a nuisance or
constitutes waste or damages to the Premises or any part
thereof.
4.3
Compliance with Law .
(a) Lessee
shall not use the Premises or permit anything to be done in or
about the Premises that will in any material respect conflict with
any law, whether that law be a state or federal statute, an
ordinance adopted by any city or county, a judicial or
administrative decision, including, but not limited, the
Governmental Restrictions and the Governmental Decrees and Orders,
or any other governmental rule, regulation, permit, or requirement,
and whether that law is now in force or is hereafter adopted, and
including the rules and requirements of any board of fire insurance
underwriters or equivalent (collectively, “ Law
”); provided that Lessor shall have given Lessee reasonable
notice of any applicable Governmental Restrictions in such manner
so that Lessee has the opportunity to comply. Without limiting
Lessor’s obligations with respect to Hazardous Substances
under this Lease, Lessee shall, at its own cost and expense,
promptly and properly observe and comply with all Law relating to
or arising from the use or occupancy, condition or maintenance,
improvement, or operation of the Premises or any part thereof that
is from time to time permitted to it under this Lease, and shall do
all things required
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to comply with
all Law and to maintain all permits, licenses, certifications, and
approvals necessary and appropriate for the operation of the
Premises or Lessee’s business.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 5.1(b) of Exhibit
“G” hereto, (A) Lessee shall, at all times,
indemnify, defend, protect, and forever save Lessor harmless from
and against all fines, penalties, losses, damages, costs, expenses
and other charges (including, but not limited to, attorneys’
fees, court costs and other expenses incurred by Lessor in
defending itself in connection therewith, including those on
appeal) imposed for or resulting from any violations by Lessee or
any of its employees, agents, representatives, lessees, sublessees,
licensees, or contractors at, on, or about the Premises, of any
Law; and (B) Lessor shall, at all times, indemnify, defend,
protect, and forever save Lessee harmless from and against all
fines, penalties, losses, damages, costs, expenses and other
charges (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees,
court costs and other expenses incurred by Lessee in defending
itself in connection therewith, including those on appeal) imposed
for or resulting from any violations by Lessor or any of its
employees, agents, representatives, lessees, sublessees, licensees,
or contractors at, on, or about the Premises, of any
Law.
(c) The
judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction or the admission of
either party in any action against such party, that such party has
violated any Law shall be conclusive of the fact as between Lessor
and Lessee.
4.4
Utilities . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in
this Section 4.4, and subject to a Force Majeure (including
the failure on the part of the underlying provider of such services
(i.e., SMUD; Pacific Gas & Electric; and Folsom)) Lessor shall
provide all the utilities set forth below. Lessee shall pay for all
utilities and services that Lessee uses at or about the Demised
Land during the Term, including, without limitation, all water,
natural gas, electricity, telephone, and other utilities and
services supplied to the Premises, and except with respect to those
utilities and services for which Lessee is required to pay to
Lessor hereunder, only to the extent that if not paid, any of the
foregoing can become a lien on Lessor’s interest in the
Demised Land, together with any and all taxes thereon, and for any
and all hook up charges and cost of installation of utility lines
and meters (including, but not limited to, the costs of bringing
such utilities to the Demised Land, if any, and if at the action of
Lessee) only to the extent that any of the forgoing, if not paid
can become a lien on Lessor’s interest in the Demised Land.
To the extent such charges are regularly scheduled payments from
Lessee to Lessor and can be calculated in advance, Lessee shall
make such payments to Lessor three (3) months in advance.
Respecting the provision of water, electricity, and natural gas to
the Premises, Lessor and Lessee agree specifically as
follows:
(a) From
Lessor’s supplies of water delivered pursuant to its
agreements with the City of Folsom, as those agreements currently
exist or are, from time to time, amended or re-negotiated by Lessor
and the City of Folsom (or, at Lessor’s option, a comparable
replacement source), Lessor shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 4.4(f), to provide to Lessee at and for the Premises,
during the Term, up to ten thousand (10,000) gallons per day of
potable water and up to fifty thousand (50,000) gallons per day of
non-potable water and Lessee agrees to reimburse Lessor monthly for
Lessee’s proportionate share (based upon the ratio of the
quantity of Lessee’s use compare to the quantity of total
use) of Lessor’s supply costs
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incurred at the
rates set forth in said agreements with the City of Folsom. To the
extent that water deliveries under said agreements with the City of
Folsom are terminated or reduced, Lessor and Lessee agree to work
cooperatively with each other, using commercially reasonable
efforts, in attempting to identify and arrange for replacement
water, and if replacement water is arranged, Lessor and Lessee
shall each pay its fair share of all costs incurred in securing and
delivering such replacement water;
(b) Lessor,
at its sole cost and expense, shall install and maintain, for so
long as Lessor has an obligation to and does supply water under
Section 4.4(a), water meters, at a location mutually agreed
upon by Lessor and Lessee, serving the Premises, for measuring and
monitoring water usage, which installation shall be effected as
soon as reasonably practical following mutual execution hereof.
Following installation of such meters, for so long as Lessor has
the obligation to and does supply water under Section 4.4(a),
Lessee shall pay to Lessor, Lessee’s proportionate share of
the cost for such water as reimbursement to Lessor for providing
water to the Premises, as set forth in (a) above. All payments
under this Section 4.4(b) shall be paid, in arrears, at the
end of each month during the Term, prorated, based upon a 30-day
month, for any partial months at the beginning and ending of the
Term;
(c) Subject
to the provisions of Section 4.4(f), Lessee shall, with
respect to natural gas, be responsible for obtaining and paying
directly for, Lessee’s metered supply from Pacific Gas &
Electric or other provider through lines crossing the Aerojet Site.
Lessor covenants and agrees to maintain such lines (to the extent
not maintained by PG&E or any successor public utility) and to
provide any and all necessary easements to the natural gas provider
sufficient for such existing lines, or in Lessor’s
discretion, such replacement lines, crossing the Aerojet Site. To
the extent that such lines entering the Demised Land carrying
natural gas purchased by Lessee also supply natural gas to
buildings that are either Aerojet Buildings or are located outside
the area of the Demised Land, Lessor shall reimburse Lessee for its
proportionate share of the cost to Lessee of such natural gas. Said
reimbursement shall be paid in arrears, at the end of each month
during the Term, prorated based upon a 30-day month, for any
partial months at the beginning and ending of the Term. When and to
the extent any of such buildings are no longer used by
Lessor’s proportionate share shall be adjusted;
(d) Subject
to the provisions of Section 4.4(f), Lessor shall, with
respect to electricity, be responsible for supplying and paying
(subject to reimbursement by Lessee as provided below) directly
for, the supply currently in place from the Sacramento Municipal
Utility District through lines crossing the Aerojet Site, and
Lessee shall install a meter on said lines from the Prairie City
Substation, at a location reasonably acceptable to Lessee and
Lessor. If Lessor is required to pay for such electricity directly
to SMUD, Lessee shall reimburse Lessor, within twenty (20) days
after presentation of each invoice, for Lessee’s share of
SMUD’s charges for electricity. To the extent that such lines
also supply electricity to buildings that are either Aerojet
Buildings, Aerojet Temporary Use Buildings or are located outside
the area of the Demised Land, Lessee shall not be responsible for
(and Lessee may deduct from its said reimbursement to Lessor)
Lessor’s proportionate share of such electricity. Said
reimbursement shall be paid, in arrears, at the end of each month
during the Term, prorated, based upon a thirty (30)-day month, for
any partial months at the beginning and ending of the
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Term. When and
to the extent any of such buildings are no longer used by
Lessor’s proportionate share shall be adjusted;
(e) Lessee’s
rights under this Section 4.4 with respect to utilities
(“ Lessee’s Utilities Rights ”) shall be
deemed to be an easement appurtenant to Lessee’s interests in
the Premises and a covenant real, running with the land that Lessor
shall have no right to terminate or restrict during the Term (or
subsequent to the Term if Lessee acquires fee title to the
Premises), subject to the following provisions:
(i) Lessee’s
Utilities Rights are non-exclusive;
(ii) Said
easement for Lessee’s Utilities Rights shall be exercised
initially over, and encumber only, the areas described in
Exhibit “K” attached hereto and made a part
hereof; provided that Lessor reserves the right to change the
description set forth in Exhibit “K” at any
time, and from time to time, and upon any such change,
Lessee’s Utilities Rights shall be exercised over, and
encumber only, the new area as chosen by Lessor. Any such change in
the area described in Exhibit “K” shall be
effective when Lessor gives to Lessee written notice thereof.
Promptly upon request by Lessor, Lessee shall execute and deliver
an amendment to this Lease setting forth in a new Exhibit
“K” describing the new area for exercise of
Lessee’s Utilities Rights as so changed by Lessor;
and
(f) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 4.4, Lessee and Lessor
acknowledge that Adjacent Development may include installation of
additional public utility lines, including water, natural gas, and
electricity. Lessor and Lessee agree to coordinate reasonably with
each other concerning Lessee’s transition to said public
utilities. In connection therewith, in the event public utility
lines become available within a one thousand (1,000) foot radius of
the point at which the existing utility lines enter the Demised
Land, then either Lessor or Lessee shall have the right to cause to
be installed all infrastructure necessary for the public utilities
to deliver to Lessee the utilities contemplated by this
Section 4, and, in connection therewith, Lessor shall execute
and record reasonable easement agreements for such infrastructure
that are appurtenant to and run with the Demised Land. The party
exercising such right shall bear all costs and expenses in
connection with the installation of such infrastructure as well as
all reasonable third-party costs and expenses associated with the
preparation and recording of such easements. In the event public
utilities that are functionally equivalent to those currently used
in connection with the Acquired Business are installed and made
available to Lessee from a public utility company in accordance
with this Section 4.4(f), then Lessor shall have no further
obligations to Lessee, under subparts (a) through (e) of
this Section 4.4 (except for reimbursement of utility use in
Aerojet Buildings), all easements granted pursuant to
Section 4.4(e) hereof (but not any easements granted in
connection with this Section 4.4(f)) shall cease to exist, and
Lessee shall have no further obligations to Lessor under such
subparts, and Lessee shall, at its sole cost and expense, arrange
for obtaining its utility services exclusively from such public
utility provider.
4.5
Sewer Outfall . Subject to the last sentence of this
Section 4.5, to the extent the sewer outfall commonly used in
connection with the Acquired Business operated at the Premises as
of the Term Commencement Date, identified in the Acquired
Business’s
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discharge
permit as “SRCSD manhole #072-023-018,” (“
Sewer Outfall ”) is located on the Aerojet Site, then
Lessor shall permit Lessee to use such Sewer Outfall and
Lessee’s Access Rights shall be deemed to include reasonable
and sufficient access to and from the Sewer Outfall; provided that
Lessor reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to
substitute a functionally equivalent alternative sewer outfall on
the Aerojet Site to which Lessee has reasonably equivalent access
(a “ Substitute Sewer Outfall ”) and upon any
such change, Lessee’s rights hereunder shall be exercised
with respect to such Substitute Sewer Outfall. Lessor shall, during
the Term, reasonably maintain the Sewer Outfall or the Substitute
Sewer Outfall, as appropriate. Each party shall indemnify, defend,
protect, and hold harmless the other party from and against any
liability to the extent arising out of such party’s
wastewater discharge. Lessee shall reimburse Lessor for
Lessee’s pro-rata share of the costs of wastewater discharge
based upon the measured volume of wastewater discharged by Lessee,
as compared to the measured volume of all wastewater discharged
from the Aerojet Site. In the event a public sewer on fair and
non-discriminatory terms which would provide adequate service to
the Acquired Business is installed by Lessor as part of the
Adjacent Development to the boundary of the Demised Premises, then
Lessee shall, at its sole cost and expense, arrange for the
connection to and the use thereof and upon such connection Lessor
shall have no further obligations to Lessee under this
Section 4.5.
4.6
Entry by Lessor . In addition to any and all other rights of
entry granted or reserved to Lessor by this Lease, Lessee agrees to
permit Lessor, its agents, representatives, contractors, and
licensees to enter the Demised Land at all reasonable times upon
reasonable advance written notice (with accommodations as may be
necessary to enable Lessee to have a representative accompany
Lessor) (i) to post notices of nonresponsibility; and
(ii) to perform Lessor’s obligations and exercise
Lessor’s rights under this Lease; provided, however, that
except as provided elsewhere in this Lease, in the event of an
emergency, (a) Lessee may require that a representative of
Lessee be present during any such entry, (b) such entry shall
comply with Lessee’s reasonable security measures,
(c) such entry shall not unreasonably interfere with
Lessee’s access to, use or occupancy of the Premises,
(d) such entry shall not adversely affect the rights of Lessee
or Lessee’s Mortgagee hereunder, and (e) such entry
shall not cause any Lessee Material Adverse Effect. The obligations
set forth in this Section 4.5 shall survive the Term with but
only respect to Lessor’s duties set forth in Exhibit
“G” .
4.7
Additional Restrictions . Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Lease to the contrary, Lessee shall not have any possessory
or other right to any groundwater at the Demised Land or at the
Aerojet Site and, as amplification of the forgoing, Lessee shall
not have any right to access, extract, use or produce groundwater
from the Demised Land or the Aerojet Site. Without limiting the
forgoing, with respect to the Demised Land or any of the Aerojet
Site, Lessee shall not (i) drill any extraction or injection
wells; (ii) extract any groundwater or inject any fluids into
any existing wells; or (iii) construct any unlined ponds. The
obligations set forth in this Section 4.6 shall survive the
Term.
4.8
Control of Premises . Except as specifically provided in
this Lease, or as specifically provided for in Section 4.5,
(i) Lessee shall have complete control over the planning,
design, engineering, development, commissioning, construction,
management, operation and maintenance of the Premises;
(ii) Lessor shall have no liability or responsibility
whatsoever for
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any repairs
made by or for Lessee to the Premises or for any aspects of the
future design, development or construction by or for Lessee on the
Premises; and (iii) Lessee may, without Lessor’s
consent, modify or destroy any part of the Premises at its expense
and in its sole discretion at any time upon providing prior written
notice to Lessor, provided that such modification or destruction
does not result in a Lessor Material Adverse Effect. Lessee will
complete any such modification or destruction without cost or
expense to Lessor, and Lessee shall secure final certificates of
occupancy or equivalent use certificates or permits, if required,
with regard to the Premises and any improvements
thereto.
4.9
Adjacent Development . Lessee, on behalf of itself and its
Affiliates, successors and assignees, agrees not to object,
publicly or privately, to, encourage or support others in objecting
to, or take any action for the purpose of impeding or delaying,
Adjacent Development or land use entitlements, subdivisions,
improvements, or uses that are part of Adjacent Development. The
preceding sentence shall not be construed to prohibit or limit any
person or entity, or impose any liability on such person or entity
due to from (i) responding to any inquiry by a governmental
authority for information;(ii) reporting suspected illegal activity
to any governmental authority; (iii) responding to any legal
process, including by way of example, subpoena, deposition,
interrogatories or the like; or (iv) otherwise performing an
act required by law. The sole remedy for a violation of this
prohibition shall be an action for damages, and shall not
constitute a default under this Lease. The obligations set forth in
this Section 4.8 shall survive the Term.
5.1
Definition . For purposes of this Lease, the term “
Property Taxes ”:
(a) means
and includes all taxes, assessments, and other governmental charges
of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether general or special,
ordinary or extraordinary, including, but not limited to,
assessments for public improvements or benefits and bonds,
including, but not limited to Mello-Roos bonds, issued to finance
such improvements or benefits, that have been heretofore or shall
be during the term of this Lease as allocated to Lessee as provided
in Section 4.1(c) hereto (i) assessed, levied, or imposed
upon, or become due and payable and a lien upon, the Premises or
any part thereof; or (ii) assessed, levied, or imposed by
reason of the use or occupancy or change in ownership of the
Premises or any part thereof; or (iii) assessed, levied, or
imposed upon this Lease or Lessee’s rental obligations or
Lessor’s right to receive rents or other sums under this
Lease; or (iv) subject to (b) below, assessed, levied, or
imposed by reason of Lessor’s ownership or interest in all or
any part of the Premises, this Lease, or rents or other sums
accruing under this Lease, including, but not limited to, a tax or
excise on rents; or (v) assessed, levied, or imposed in lieu
of any of the foregoing taxes, assessments, or other governmental
charges; or (vi) assessed by reason of any Improvements made for or
on behalf of Lessee; but
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(b) does
not mean or include franchise, estate, inheritance, successor,
capital levy, transfer, net income, or excess profit taxes imposed
upon Lessor, nor does the term “ Property Taxes
” include any taxes, assessments, or other governmental
charges assessed, levied, or imposed upon, or attributable to the
value of Lessor’s ownership of, the Aerojet Buildings;
and
(c) if,
at any time during the Term of this Lease, any portion of the
Premises is jointly assessed, for property tax purposes, with other
real property that is not a part of the Premises, then Lessor and
Lessee shall make a reasonable allocation of the taxes,
assessments, or other governmental changes that are assessed,
levied, or imposed thereon, and only the portion thereof reasonably
attributable to the Premises shall be deemed Property Taxes payable
by Lessee as set forth in Section 5.2, which allocation may be
based upon any and all records, memoranda, and notes available at
the Assessor’s Office, calculations of respective square
footage, evaluation of respective permanent improvements and uses,
and other relevant evidence available to Lessor at no substantial
cost or provided by Lessee. Lessor shall provide Lessee with
written evidence of Lessor’s payment of any taxes, charges or
assessments affecting the Premises which Lessor is obligated to pay
at least three (3) business days prior to delinquency. If
Lessor fails to pay any such taxes, charges or assessments, Lessee
shall have the right to pay such taxes, charges or assessments and
deduct the amount of such payment from Base Rent.
(a) Lessee
agrees to pay to Lessor or the appropriate governmental entity, as
applicable, prior to delinquency, as Additional Rent additional to
all other rent reserved in this Lease, all Property Taxes for each
fiscal tax year or portion thereof that is within the Term, for
each fiscal tax year that is not entirely within the Term in the
same ratio as the number of days of such fiscal tax year that are
within the Term bears to the number of such days that are outside
the Term.
(b) With
respect to Property Taxes that may, under the Law then in force, be
paid in installments, Lessee shall be required to pay hereunder
only such installments, prorated between Lessor and Lessee for
partial fiscal tax years as above provided.
(c) In
the event that Lessee fails to pay any Property Taxes, Lessor shall
have the right and option, but no obligation, to pay such Property
Taxes or any portion thereof before or after the delinquency date
and any and all fines, penalties, and interest thereon, and Lessee
agrees to reimburse Lessor immediately for the total amount so paid
by Lessor, as Additional Rent additional to all other rent reserved
in this Lease.
(d) In
the event that Lessor has paid, before the Term Commencement Date,
any Property Taxes or installment thereof for a fiscal tax year or
portion thereof that is in part within the Term, Lessee agrees to
pay to Lessor, on the Term Commencement Date, Lessee’s
prorata portion thereof.
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(e) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 5.2 to the contrary, for
the first three (3) years of the Term, Lessor agrees to pay
one-half (1/2) of that portion of Property Taxes attributable to
said three (3) years that is the amount of the increase in
Property Taxes triggered by the change in ownership effected by the
execution and delivery of this Lease.
5.3
Personal Property Taxes .
(a) Lessee
agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, directly to the taxing
authority or authorities before delinquency, any and all taxes that
are levied or assessed upon Personal Property.
(b) If
any such taxes upon Personal Property are assessed, levied, or
imposed upon Lessor or upon all or any part of the Premises or on
Lessor’s interest in the Premises or this Lease, or if such
taxes upon Personal Property become a lien upon or may be enforced
against Lessor or all or any part of the Premises or against
Lessor’s interest in the Premises or in this Lease, Lessor
shall as soon as practicable notify Lessee of same, and Lessor
shall have the right and option, but no obligation, to pay such
taxes upon Personal Property or any portion thereof before or after
the delinquency date, and Lessee agrees to reimburse Lessor
immediately therefor, including, but not limited to, any and all
late payment penalties or fines and interest paid by Lessor, as
Additional Rent additional to all other rent reserved in this
Lease.
5.4
Contests . Nothing herein shall prevent Lessee from
contesting, and Lessee may contest and institute all proceedings
reasonably necessary to contest, in good faith, the validity or
amount of any Property Taxes, including, but not limited to, any
applicable or potentially applicable exemptions from Property
Taxes, provided Lessee protects the Premises and the interests of
Lessor by payment by Lessee of the Property Taxes under protest not
later than thirty (30) days before delinquency, and provided,
further, that Lessee shall indemnify, defend, protect, and hold
harmless Lessor from and against any liability for the payment of
said Property Taxes. Lessor shall aid Lessee in all reasonable
respects in obtaining any such refund or rebate, provided that all
costs of obtaining the same shall be paid by Lessee. In connection
with the foregoing, Lessor shall provide Lessee with
assessor’s valuation notices promptly following the receipt
of same and shall provided Lessee with any assessor’s work
sheets or such other information as may be reasonably available
relating to the taxes or other charges which are the subject of
Lessee’s challenge. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, Lessee may postpone payment of any contested tax,
assessment or other charge pending timely prosecution of any such
challenge and appeals of any ruling related thereto. Nothing in
this Lease shall be construed to require either party to pay any
tax or governmental entity charge of any kind that is or may be
imposed upon the other party, its successors or assigns with
respect to such other party’s property.
5.5
Survival . The obligations set forth in this Article 5
shall survive the Term.
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(a) Except
to the extent the same arise from Lessor’s actions or
omissions, Lessee agrees to indemnify, defend, and protect Lessor
and its agents and employees from and against and hold Lessor and
its agents and employees harmless and free from any and all
liability, loss, cost, expense, or obligation (including without
limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other
expenses, including those of appeal) on account of or arising out
of, injury to or death of any person or persons or damage to or
loss of use of property, from whatever cause, occurring during the
Term, in any way connected with the condition of, or Lessee’s
maintenance or use of, the Premises, the alteration or improvement
of the Premises (including without limitation, the demolition of
Improvements and the construction of New Improvements), or the
Personal Property or connected with any activities of Lessee or of
any of its employees, agents, sublessees, invitees, contractors, or
licensees, including, without limitation, any and all liability for
injury to or death of, or damage to or loss of the use of the
property of, Lessee or any of Lessee’s employees, agents,
invitees, contractors, or licensees
(b) Nothing
contained in this Section 6.1 shall apply to, or affect in any
way, Lessor and Lessee’s obligations and rights respecting,
any Release, threat of Release, or the presence of any Hazardous
Substance, all of which are governed by other provisions of this
Lease, particularly by Sections 2.5 and 5.1 of Exhibit
“G” . The obligations set forth in this
Section 6.1 shall survive the Term.
6.2
Liability Insurance .
(a) Lessee
agrees to procure and maintain, at its sole cost and expense,
during the Term, commercial general liability insurance, occurrence
basis, as broad as the most common generally available ISO
Commercial General Liability, policy form CG 00 01, insuring
against liabilities related to the condition of or use of the
Premises in an amount that is not less than Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000.00), combined single limit, for bodily injury or death
and for damage to or loss of use of property. Tenant shall also
maintain an umbrella policy in excess of the foregoing coverages in
an amount not less than Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00).
Such insurance shall be subject to periodic increases as provided
below and shall specifically (i) insure performance by Lessee
of its indemnity obligations under Section 6.1;
(ii) provide that the coverage is primary and that any
coverage that Lessor or any mortgage holder may maintain shall be
in excess thereof; (iii) name Lessor and such mortgage holder
as additional insureds; (iv) provide that the policy cannot be
canceled or modified without thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice to Lessor and to the mortgage holder; and
(v) include a cross-liability or severability-of-interests
endorsement in the event that the basic policy obtained by Lessee
does not contain such a provision, which cross-liability or
severability-of-interests endorsement shall apply to all additional
insureds, as well as the named insureds, and shall be referenced in
the additional insureds endorsement. Any self-insured retention
respecting said liability insurance shall not exceed Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) per occurrence.
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(b) Neither
the maintenance nor the amount of any such general liability
insurance shall be construed to limit in any way Lessee’s
obligations under any indemnity, defense, or hold harmless
agreements set forth in this Lease.
(c) At
the request of Lessor, the amount of said general liability
insurance shall be increased periodically as may be reasonable,
from time to time (but not more than once in any two year period),
based upon advice from a professional insurance consultant selected
by Lessor and approved by Lessee, to an amount equal to that which
customarily would be carried for a business similar to the Acquired
Business and a lease of similarly-situated property and
usage.
(d) Lessee
shall also procure such other insurance as may be required by
applicable Law. Lessee shall also from time to time procure any
modifications to or endorsements for the insurance policies
provided for in this Lease as may reasonably be required in order
to adequately insure against the risks contemplated in this
Article 6 in a manner comparable to other prudent operators of
comparable facilities, including increases in the amounts of
insurance coverage as may be appropriate in Lessee’s
reasonable judgment to reflect inflation.
6.3
Waiver of Subrogation . Lessee and Lessor each hereby
release and relieve the other from, and if and to the extent
permitted by their insurance policies, waive their entire right of
recovery against the other for, direct or consequential loss or
damage arising out of or incident to the perils covered by the
property insurance carried by such party, whether due to the
negligence of Lessor or Lessee or their agents, employees, or
invitees. If necessary, all property insurance policies, if any,
maintained by Lessor or Lessee, shall be endorsed to so provide.
Lessee and Lessor each waive any rights to recover indirect,
consequential, punitive, special or exemplary damages or any claim
for a multiplier effect or any capitalization of out-of-pocket
expenses or lost profits, provided , however , that
the foregoing shall not be construed to preclude recovery by the
indemnified party in respect of losses directly incurred from
third-party claims. Each of Lessee and Lessor shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate their
damages.
6.4
General . Each insurance policy required by this Lease to be
procured and maintained by Lessee shall be issued by a company
authorized to do insurance business in the State of California,
having a rating in Best’s Key Rating Guild of not less than
A-VII. Lessee agrees to deliver to Lessor (i) on or before the
Term Commencement Date, a copy of each such policy, or binder
therefor, and a certificate certifying that it contains the
provisions required by this Lease, and (ii) not later than
five (5) days prior to the expiration of the policy, a renewal
binder therefor.
6.5
Lessor’s Insurance . During the Term of this Lease,
Lessor shall maintain general liability, workers’
compensation and employer’s liability, and business
automobile liability insurance, covering Lessor’s operations
and activities on the Aerojet Site, use of the Aerojet Buildings
and Lessor’s exercise of Lessor’s Access
Rights.
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6.6
Environmental Remediation and Related Matters . The
parties’ respective obligations regarding environmental
remediation, environmental matters and related matters are set
forth in Exhibit “G” which is incorporated
herein by reference in its entirety. Such obligations shall survive
the Term if Lessee acquires fee title to the Premises.
7.1
Lessor’s Obligations . Lessor shall keep the Aerojet
Buildings in as good a condition, and repair as at the Term
Commencement Date, and free from hazards, including replacements as
needed. Subject to the foregoing and except as otherwise set forth
in this Lease, Lessor shall not be obligated to make or bear the
cost of any repairs, replacements, rebuilding, or renewals of any
kind, nature, or description whatsoever related to the Premises or
any portion thereof, except to the extent such maintenance, repair
or replacement is required as a result of the negligence or willful
misconduct of Lessor or its agents, employees, representatives,
invitees, guests, contractors, subcontractors or any other Person
acting for or on behalf of Lessor.
7.2
Lessee’s Obligations .
(a) Except
to the extent that the demolition of Improvements by Lessee is
permitted under Article 8, and subject to other provisions of
this Lease that govern the maintenance and repair of utility lines
and the Roadways, and the obligations of Lessor with respect to
Pre-Term Environmental Liabilities, Lessee shall, at its own cost,
and without expense to Lessor, keep and maintain the Premises in
good condition, and repair, and free from hazards, including
replacements as needed (provided that nothing herein shall require
Lessee to improve the Premises or any part thereof to a better
condition than exists as of the Term Commencement
Date.).
(b) Lessee
hereby waives the benefit of any Law that would otherwise accord
Lessee the right to make repairs at Lessor’s expense or to
terminate this Lease because of Lessor’s failure to keep the
Premises or any portion thereof in good order, condition, or
repair.
7.3
Surrender of the Premises .
(a) The
parties acknowledge that Lessee owns fee title to the AFC Buildings
and all of the Lessee Improvements. Lessor shall have no rights or
obligations with respect to the Lessee Improvements, except as
expressly provided in the Lease; provided that Lessor agrees to
execute, acknowledge and record from time to time such additional
written documents of conveyance and assignment as may be required
by any title insurance company for the issuance to Lessee or
Lessee’s Mortgagee of a title insurance policy showing Lessee
to be the fee owner of any such Lessee Improvements. Upon the
expiration or termination of the Term, Lessee shall quit and
surrender the Premises to Lessor in their then “As-Is”
“Where-Is” condition, subject only to the obligations
of Lessee pursuant to the terms and conditions elsewhere in this
Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee shall not leave any of
the Lessee Improvements,
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including but
not limited to the AFC Buildings, in an unsafe condition. Lessee
agrees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver to Lessor such
quitclaim deed and such other instruments and documents as Lessor
shall reasonably request in order to assure and show in the
Official Records Lessor’s fee title to the Demised Land and
the AFC Buildings free of any interest or claim of Lessee or
Lessee’s mortgagee.
(b) Title to
all fixtures, equipment, furnishings, and trade fixtures owned by
Lessee upon the Premises shall remain in Lessee, and replacements,
substitutions, and modifications thereof may be made by Lessee
throughout the Term.
8.1
Construction of New Improvements and Construction in General
. Subject to the terms of this Lease, and in accordance with all
Law and Government Restrictions, Lessee is, in the course of
operating the Premises, authorized to do all things necessary to
construct, operate, maintain and adapt the Acquired Business or
Lessee’s other lawful use, including, but not limited to,
making new improvements (including buildings, structures, fixtures,
equipment, paving, landscaping and other physical improvements),
removing, razing and/or destroying such improvements, trees,
plants, shrubs, and topsoil located on the Premises and making such
excavations as Lessee may deem necessary, subject to the provisions
of this Lease, including, without limitation, this Article 8.
Lessee may (but is not obligated to) construct New Improvements
upon the Demised Land and Lessee may demolish, alter, and make
additions to Lessee’s Improvements and replace obsolete
Lessee’s Improvements; provided that all such construction
activities, as well as any rebuilding or restoration of damaged or
destroyed Improvements under Article 9, shall comply with the
following requirements:
(a) All
New Improvements and all such demolitions, alterations, and
additions shall be designed and constructed in a good and
workmanlike manner and in accordance with Law, this Lease, and with
approval by the PCD Agencies, to the extent required by
Law.
(b) The
design and construction of all such New Improvements and all such
demolitions, alterations, and additions shall comply with all Law
and with all Governmental Decrees and Orders.
(c) At
Lessee’s sole cost and expense, Lessor will (i) notify
the PCD Agencies of Lessee’s proposed designs and drawings or
demolition, alteration, or construction plans and (ii) seek
the approval of the PCD Agencies pursuant to paragraph 11 of the
Partial Consent Decree or other applicable Governmental Decrees and
Orders, all prior to the commencement of any construction
activities at the Premises.
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(d) No
New Improvement or the use thereof shall expand the area affected
by the Air Emissions Requirements outside the area of the Demised
Land plus the Current Air Emissions Requirements
Boundaries.
(e) Lessee,
at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, shall procure all
necessary permits, approvals, and other authorizations that may be
necessary or appropriate, including, but not limited to, compliance
with the requirements of Section 2.5 of Exhibit
“G” hereto, and shall reimburse Lessor for its
direct costs and expenses incurred in submitting designs, drawings,
and plans to, and seeking the approval of, the PCD
Agencies.
(f) Lessee
shall diligently prosecute such construction.
(g) The
entire cost of construction of all New Improvements and of
accomplishing such demolitions, alterations, and additions,
including, but not limited to, any off site work, plans and
specifications, and all permits, fees, and licenses therefore,
shall be paid by Lessee.
(h) In
the event Lessee desires to locate a New Improvement on the Demised
Land in accordance with the terms of this Lease and all Law and
Government Restrictions, and there exist Hazardous Substances (that
are Pre-Term Environmental Liabilities) at, on or under that
portion of the Demised Land chosen by Lessee for the location of
such New Improvement, then Lessor and Lessee shall cooperate in
identifying an alternative location for such New Improvement where
there are fewer or no such Hazardous Substances (that are Pre-Term
Environmental Liabilities) present and where such location would
allow Lessee to comply with the terms of Section 8.1(d) and
the other provisions of this Lease. If after consultation with
Lessor, Lessee cannot locate a New Improvement on the Demised Land
in compliance with Section 8.1(d) due to the presence of
Hazardous Substances (that are Pre-Term Environmental Liabilities),
then the parties shall cooperate in identifying another location on
the Demised Premises, including a location that would otherwise
cause Lessee to breach the terms of Section 8.1(d). Such
alternative location will be mutually agreed to by Lessor and
Lessee and shall be chosen with goal of reducing the impact on
Aerojet Site Adjoining Uses and the Adjacent Development or plans.
Lessor shall be responsible for the additional cost, if any,
incurred by Lessee to locate such New Improvement to the
alternative location rather than the location selected initially by
Lessee.
8.2
Relocation of Utilities . Lessee shall be responsible, at
Lessee’s sole cost and expense, for obtaining all agreements,
consents, and permits that may be required to relocate any utility
improvement that may be necessary or appropriate in connection with
the construction and installation of any New Improvements or any
demolitions, alterations, or additions.
8.3
Personal Property . Personal Property may be removed from
the Premises by Lessee at any time during the Term and shall be
removed from the Premises by Lessee upon the expiration or
termination of the Term.
8.4
Liens and Notices of Violation Prohibited . Lessee shall not
enter into any contract or agreement that purports to permit any
contractors, subcontractors, or materialmen
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engaged by
Lessee with respect to the Premises to make, file, or maintain a
mechanic’s or other lien or claim of any kind or character
against any real property or personal property of Lessor, including
Lessor’s Property and any other property interest owned,
held, occupied, or otherwise possessed by Lessor or its affiliates,
for or on account of any labor, materials, fixtures, tools,
machinery, equipment, or any other things furnished, or any other
work done or performance given under, arising out of, or in any
manner connected with Lessee’s ownership or operation of the
Acquired Business (or other Permitted Uses) or possession of the
Premises (such liens or claims being collectively referred to
herein as “ Liens ”). If any Lien is made, filed
or maintained against the fee interest in the Demised Land, Lessee
shall within thirty (30) days following Lessor’s written
request therefore either contest such Lien by appropriate
proceedings which operate to preclude the enforcement of such Lien
during the pendency of such contest, or obtain and maintain a
mechanics’ lien release bond or such other bond as shall
result in the removal of any Lien under applicable law, or
otherwise address the Lien in a commercially reasonable manner.
Lessee shall not have any liability hereunder under any
circumstances for any lien or claim filed by any person for or on
account of any labor, materials, fixtures, tools, machinery,
equipment, or any other things furnished, or any other work alleged
to be done or performed by or on behalf of Lessor.
(i) To
pay for all labor, services and materials used by or furnished to
Lessee or any contractor employed by Lessee with respect to the
Premises or any part thereof, whether or not such labor, services,
or materials were related to trade fixtures or other works of
improvement;
(ii) to
indemnify, defend, and protect Lessor and the Premises from and
against, and to hold Lessor and the Premises free and harmless
from, any and all liabilities, claims, liens, encumbrances, and
judgments created or suffered in connection with such labor,
services, or materials; and
(iii) to
permit Lessor to post and maintain notices of nonresponsibility on
the Premises in accordance with California Civil Code
Section 3094 or other similar statute hereafter enacted;
provided that, nothing herein shall prevent Lessee from contesting
in good faith the validity or amount of any lien, claim,
encumbrance, or judgment, provided that, in the case of a
mechanics’ or materialman’s lien, Lessee obtains and
records an appropriate bond as provided by Law to remove the record
lien created thereby.
(b) Should
a judgment on any lien, charge, encumbrance, order, notice or
violation be rendered against the Premises for which Lessor is not
responsible hereunder, and should Lessee fail to discharge such
judgment or take action to protest such judgment as provided
herein, Lessor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
discharge said judgment. If Lessor exercises that option, any
amount paid by Lessor shall be due from Lessee as Additional Rent,
and subject to interest as provided above. Lessor shall be
responsible for any lien, charge, encumbrance, order, notice or
violation rendered against the Premises arising out of
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any work
performed by or on behalf of Lessor or any contractor on behalf of
Lessor, except to the extent such work is performed as a result of
Lessee’s failure to comply with its obligations as provided
in this Lease.
8.6
Permits or Approvals . Except as otherwise provided in any
provision of this Lease, Lessor agrees to join with Lessee, at
Lessee’s request, at Lessee’s sole cost and expense, as
required for any permits, applications and other governmental
approvals related to, and Lessee agrees to indemnify and hold
Lessor harmless from and against all liabilities arising from such
joinder by Lessor with Lessee in connection with, Lessee’s
construction of New Improvements or any demolitions, alterations,
or additions, at no cost or expense to Lessor excepting any
requirements of the PCD Agencies as to which Lessor shall be
responsible.
8.7
Signs . Lessee may, without cost or expense to Lessor, at
any time and from time to time during the Lease Term, place or
permit to be placed signs on or about the Premises (and at the
applicable entrances to the Aerojet Site, in locations reasonably
acceptable to Lessor), and to remove them or permit them to be
removed, provided the same is done in full compliance with all Law,
Government Restrictions and requirements pertaining thereto. Lessor
hereby agrees to execute any applications and consents that are
required by Law with regard to such signs, provided that Lessee
reimburses Lessor for any actual external cost it is required to
pay to a third party upon delivery by Lessor to Lessee of written
documentation, in reasonable detail, evidencing Lessor’s
payment of such cost.
9.1
Rebuild . In the event that Lessee’s Improvements or
any of them are damaged or destroyed in whole or in part by any
casualty, whether or not covered by insurance, Lessee may, in its
sole and absolute judgment, elect to rebuild or restore them with
such alterations as Lessee may reasonably desire, subject to
compliance with Article 8. In the event Lessee elects not to
rebuild or restore such Lessee’s Improvements, it shall have
the option to terminate this Lease, effective as of ninety
(90) days from the date such damage or destruction occurs,
which option may be exercised only by giving to Lessor, within said
ninety (90) days, a written notice of termination. Lessor and
Lessee shall have no further obligations to each other after said
effective date of termination respecting the Premises, except those
obligations that, by the terms of this Lease or provisions of Law,
shall survive the termination of this Lease.
9.2
No Abatement of Rent . Unless this Lease is terminated by
Lessee as provided in Section 9.1, there shall be no abatement
of rent by reason of damage to or destruction of the Premises in
whole or in part. Lessee hereby waives the provision of
Section 1932, Subdivision 2, and Section 1933,
Subdivision 4, of the California Civil Code, and all present and
future amendments thereto, and all other Law that would permit or
cause termination of a lease or abatement of rental obligations
upon damage to or destruction of the property subject
thereto.
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9.3
Insurance Proceeds . All insurance proceeds payable with
respect to Lessee’s Improvements shall be payable to Lessee
and Lessor shall have no interest in such proceeds.
10.1
Definitions of terms . For the purposes of this Lease, the
following definitions shall apply:
(a)
“ Taking ” means a taking of the Premises or an
interest therein pursuant to, or damage related to the exercise of,
the power of condemnation and includes a voluntary conveyance to
any agency, authority, public utility, person, corporation, or
other entity empowered to condemn property in lieu of court
proceedings;
(b)
“ Total Taking ” means a Taking of the entire
Premises or so much thereof as to prevent or substantially impair
the use thereof by Lessee for the uses provided in this
Lease;
(c)
“ Partial Taking ” means a Taking of only a
portion of the Premises that does not constitute a Total
Taking;
(d)
“ Date of Taking ” means the date upon which
title to the Premises, an interest therein, or a portion thereof
passes to and vests in the condemnor, or the date damage related to
the exercise of the power of condemnation is suffered, or the
effective date of any order for possession if that order is issued
prior to the date title vests in the condemnor;
(e)
“ Award ” means the amount of any award made,
compensation paid, or damages ordered as a result of a
Taking;
(f)
“ Total Temporary Taking ” means a Total Taking
for a temporary term ending prior to the expiration of the
Term;
(g)
“ Partial Temporary Taking ” means a Partial
Taking for a temporary term ending prior to the expiration of the
Term hereof.
10.2
Rights . Lessor and Lessee agree that, in the event of a
Taking, all rights between them and in and to an Award shall be as
set forth herein, and Lessor and Lessee shall have no right to any
Award except as set forth herein. In no event shall any portion of
the Award that is attributable to Lessee’s leasehold interest
in the Demised Land be paid to Lessor, and Lessor hereby assigns to
Lessee the portion, if any, of the Award that is attributable to
Lessee’s leasehold interest in the Demised Land. Lessee also
shall be entitled to such portion of the Award allocable to
Lessee’s Improvements, and Lessor shall have no right or
interest therein or thereto.
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10.3
Total Permanent Taking . In the event of a Total Taking
during the Term that is not a Total Temporary Taking:
(a) the
rights of Lessee under this Lease and the leasehold estate of
Lessee in and to the Demised Land shall cease and terminate as of
the Date of Taking;
(b) Lessor
shall refund to Lessee any prepaid Base Rent or Additional Rent
prorated as of the Date of Taking;
(c) Lessee
shall pay to Lessor any Base Rent and Additional Rent due to Lessor
under this Lease prorated as of the Date of Taking, with no further
obligations thereafter accruing under this Lease;
(d) Lessee
shall receive from the Award those portions of the Award that are
attributable to (i) removal, relocation, and replacement of
Personal Property, (ii) any special damages to Lessee that
Lessee recovers directly as its own claim without diminution of any
claim by Lessor, such as for loss of business goodwill or business
moving expenses, and (iii) the value of Lessee’s
Improvements and its Leasehold interest; and
(e) the
remainder of the Award, which shall include the value of the
Demised Land unencumbered by this Lease and the value of
Lessor’s Improvements, shall be paid to Lessor.
10.4
Partial Permanent Taking . In the event of a Partial Taking
during the Term that is not a Partial Temporary Taking,
(a) The
rights of Lessee under this Lease and the leasehold estate of
Lessee in and to the portion of the Demised Land taken shall cease
and terminate as of the Date of Taking, with no further obligations
thereafter accruing under this Lease with respect to that
portion;
(b) Base
Rent or Additional Rent and other charges hereunder shall be abated
based on the proportion by which Lessee’s use and enjoyment
of the Premises has been reduced by such Partial Taking;
(c) Lessee
shall receive from the Award those portions of the Award that are
attributable to (i) removal, relocation, and replacement of
the Personal Property, (ii) any special damages to Lessee that
Lessee recovers directly as its own claim without diminution of any
claim by Lessor, such as loss of business goodwill or business
moving expenses, and (iii) the value of Lessee’s
Improvements taken and its Leasehold interest; and
(d) the
remainder of the Award, which shall include value of the portion
taken of the Demised Land unencumbered by this Lease and the value
of the portion taken of Lessor’s Improvements, shall be paid
to and be the property of Lessor.
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10.5
Temporary Taking . In the event of a Total or Partial
Temporary Taking during the Term for a period ending on or before
the expiration of the Term,
(a) this
Lease shall continue in full force and effect;
(b) that
portion of the Award attributable to the rental value of the
Demised Land and of Lessor’s Improvements for the period of
the Total or Partial Temporary Taking shall be paid to Lessor and
credited by Lessor to the benefit of Lessee to the Base Rent and
Additional Rent that become due during the period of the Total or
Partial Temporary Taking;
(c) any
excess of the Award over the amounts paid to Lessor under subpart
(b) of this Section 10.5, shall be paid to Lessee;
and
(d) Rent
and other charges hereunder shall be abated based on the proportion
by which Lessee’s use and enjoyment of the Premises has been
reduced by such Temporary Taking.
11.1
Default Defined . For the purposes of this Lease, the terms
“ Default by Lessee ” and “
Lessee’s Default ” both mean the occurrence of
any one or more of the following events:
(a) failure
of Lessee to pay any Base Rent and Additional Rent within thirty
(30) days after Lessee receives notice from Lessor that such
Base Rent and Additional Rent are past due;
(b) breach
by Lessee of any provision of this Lease, except those mentioned in
subpart (a) of this Section 11.1, not cured within sixty
(60) days after Lessor gives Lessee (and Lessee receives)
written notice of the breach, or, in the case of breaches
reasonably requiring more than sixty (60) days to cure, not cured
within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice, provided
that the curing of the breach is commenced within said sixty
(60) days after the giving of such notice and is diligently
prosecuted to completion thereafter.
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11.2
Lessor’s Right to Terminate . Subject to the rights of
Lessee’s Mortgagee herein, in the event of a Default by
Lessee, Lessor shall have, in addition to any other remedies now or
later available to Lessor at law or equity, the right to terminate
this Lease and Lessee’s right to possession of the Premises
by giving written notice of termination to Lessee and
Lessee’s Mortgagee (and if no minimum notice is specified in
this Lease, then Lessor will provide not less than sixty
(60) days’ written notice, to Lessee and Lessee’s
Mortgagee, of its intention to terminate this Lease) and to recover
from Lessee:
(a) the
worth at the time of award (computed by including interest at the
rate specified elsewhere in this Lease for arrearages) of the
unpaid Base Rent and Additional Rent required to be paid by Lessee
under this Lease that had been earned at the time of
termination;
(b) the
worth at the time of award (computed by including interest at the
rate specified elsewhere in this Lease for arrearages) of the
amount by which the unpaid Base Rent and Additional Rent required
to be paid by Lessee under this Lease that would have been earned
after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of
such rental loss that Lessee proves could have been reasonably
avoided;
(c) the
worth at the time of award (computed by discounting at the discount
rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at the time of
award plus one percent (1%)) of the amount by which the unpaid Base
Rent and Additional Rent required to be paid by Lessee under this
Lease for the balance of the Term after the time of award exceeds
the amount of such rental loss that Lessee proves could be
reasonably avoided; and
(d) any
and all other amounts necessary to compensate Lessor for detriment
proximately caused by the Default by Lessee or which in the
ordinary course of events would be likely to result
therefrom.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Lessor shall have no right to terminate this Lease
as a result of the bankruptcy or insolvency of Lessee, so long as
Base Rent, Additional Rent and other obligations hereunder are
being paid and satisfied in accordance with this Lease.
11.3
Lessor’s Right Not to Terminate . Unless and until
Lessor elects to terminate this Lease and Lessee’s right to
possession as provided in Section 11.2, this Lease shall
continue in full force and effect after Default by Lessee, and
Lessor may enforce all of its rights and remedies under this Lease,
including, but not limited to, the right to recover or enforce
payment of Base Rent and Additional Rent as they become due under
this Lease.
11.4
Extension of Cure Periods . In the case of a bona fide
dispute between Lessor and Lessee regarding whether a Default by
Lessee has actually occurred, the cure periods set forth above
shall be extended by the amount of time reasonably necessary to
resolve such dispute in accordance with the provisions of
Section 15.16.
11.5
General . Efforts by Lessor to mitigate damages caused by
any Default by Lessee shall not constitute a waiver by Lessor of
any of Lessor’s rights or remedies under this
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Lease, and
nothing contained in this Lease shall affect the right of Lessor
under this Lease to indemnification for liability for personal
injuries or property damages arising prior to termination of this
Lease. Neither reasonable acts of repair, alteration, maintenance,
reletting, or preservation of the Premises, nor the appointment of
a receiver or trustee, whether in bankruptcy proceedings or
otherwise, upon initiative of Lessor to protect Lessor’s
interests under this Lease, shall constitute an election by Lessor
to terminate this Lease or Lessee’s right to possession of
the Premises. If Lessor permits this Lease to continue in full
force and effect after a Default by Lessee, Lessor may,
nevertheless, at any time thereafter elect to terminate this Lease
(after following the procedures set forth above) and Lessee’s
right to possession of the Premises under the provisions of
Section 11.2, for such previous Default by Lessee, provided
the Default by Lessee has not then been cured. The rights and
remedies of Lessor under this Article 11 shall be additional
to all other rights and remedies provided to Lessor in this Lease
or by law, whether now in force or hereafter enacted, including,
but not limited to, injunctions and other equitable
relief.
11.6
Lessor’s Default . If Lessor shall be in default
hereunder, then Lessee, after sixty (60) days written notice
that Lessee intends to cure such default, or without notice if in
Lessee’s reasonable judgment an emergency shall exist, shall
have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such default, and
Lessor shall pay to Lessee upon demand the reasonable cost thereof.
If Lessor shall default or fail in the performance in any respect
of a covenant or agreement on its part to be performed under this
Lease, and such default shall not have been cured for a period of
sixty (60) days after receipt by Lessor of written notice of
said default from Lessee, or if such default cannot, with due
diligence, be cured within sixty (60) days, and Lessor shall
not have commenced the remedying thereof within such period or
shall not be proceeding with due diligence to remedy it with thirty
(30) days following the initial sixty (60) day period (it
being intended in connection with a default not susceptible of
being cured by Lessor with due diligence within sixty
(60) days that the time period within which to remedy the same
shall be extended for an additional thirty (30) days), then
Lessee may declare Lessor in default of this Lease upon written
notice to Lessor, seek any compensatory damages which may be
available to Lessee in an action at law or equity, and in addition
to its other remedies, cure any default of Lessor at Lessor’s
cost and deduct the cost of such cure from Base Rent.
11.7
Right of Lessor to Perform . Subject to the rights of
Lessee’s Mortgagee herein, Lessor may, but shall not be
obligated, to make any payment or perform any obligation required
of Lessee under this Lease that Lessee fails timely to pay or
perform as provided herein, and Lessor may do so with or without
giving further notice of Lessor’s intention to do so. No such
payment or performance by Lessor shall constitute a waiver of, or
release Lessee from, Lessee’s said obligation or any other
obligation of Lessee under this Lease, nor shall such payment or
performance by Lessor diminish or affect in any way other rights
and remedies of Lessor set forth elsewhere in this Lease that may
be applicable by reason of such failure by Lessee to pay or perform
its obligation.
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12.1
Estoppel Certificates, etc . Each party (both Lessor and
Lessee) agrees within twenty (20) days following request by
the other to execute and deliver to the requesting party an
estoppel certificate (i) certifying that this Lease is
unmodified and in full force and effect, or, if modified, stating
the nature of such modification and certifying that this Lease, as
so modified, is in full force and effect, and certifying the date
to which the Base Rent and Additional Rent and any other charges
are paid in advance, if any, and (ii) acknowledging that there
are not, to such party’s knowledge, any uncured defaults on
the part of either party hereunder, or specifying such defaults if
they are claimed) evidencing the status of this Lease. The
statement shall also state the dates to which the Base Rent and
Additional Rent has been paid in advance. The statement shall be
such that it can be relied on by any other auditor, creditor,
commercial banker, and investment banker of either party and by any
prospective purchaser or encumbrancer of the Premises or
Improvements or both or of all or any part or parts of
Lessee’s or Lessor’s interests under this
Lease.
12.2
Liability of Transferee . In the event that Lessor shall
sell or otherwise transfer its title to the Premises, after the
effective date of such sale or transfer, and upon assumption of
Lessor’s obligations hereunder, whether expressly or by
operation of law, Lessor shall have no further liability under this
Lease to Lessee except as to matters of liability which have
accrued before, and are unsatisfied as of, the date of sale or
transfer, and Lessee shall thereafter seek performance solely from
Lessor’s successor.
MORTGAGE HOLDER
PROTECTIONS
13.1
Subordination or Superiority . The rights of Lessee under
this Lease shall be superior to any mortgage or deed of trust
(including a consolidated mortgage or deed of trust) constituting a
lien on Lessor’s title to the Premises, whether such mortgage
or deed of trust has heretofore been, or may hereafter be, executed
by Lessor (any such mortgage herein called an “ Underlying
Encumbrance ”). To further assure the foregoing
superiority, prior to the Term Commencement Date and as a condition
to Lessor’s rights and Lessee’s obligations under this
Lease (or any new lease executed pursuant to Section 13.5(k)),
Lessor shall either (a) obtain a release of any and all
existing Underlying Encumbrances with respect to the Premises, or
(b) obtain an SNDA from each holder of an existing Underlying
Encumbrance in form and substance acceptable to Lessee and
Lessee’s Mortgagee providing for the unqualified recognition
of Lessee’s and Lessee’s Mortgagee’s interests
under this Lease (or any new lease executed pursuant to
Section 13.5(k)), and each of their respective successors and
assigns, in the event of a foreclosure of such holder’s
security interest so long as no a Default by Lessee has occurred
and is continuing hereunder. All future Underlying Encumbrances
shall contain clauses acceptable to Lessee and Lessee’s
Mortgagee which automatically subordinate the lien of such
Underlying Encumbrance not only to the lien of this Lease but to
that of any new lease executed pursuant to
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Section 13.5(k). Nothing herein shall be
construed to give the holder of any Underlying Encumbrance any
right, title or interest in or to, or any lien on or security
interest in, any rights or interests of Lessee under or created by
this Lease, including without limitation Lessee’s leasehold
estate and the fee interest of Lessee in any buildings,
improvements or personal property now or hereafter situated on or
used in connection with the Premises.
13.2
Attornment . Subject to the rights of Lessee’s
Mortgagee hereunder, Lessee agrees (i) to attorn to any
Mortgage Holder and to any party acquiring title to the Premises or
any portion thereof by judicial foreclosure, trustee’s sale,
or deed in lieu of foreclosure, and (ii) to execute an attornment
agreement reasonably acceptable to Lessee and Lessee’s
Mortgagee to confirm same.
13.3
SNDA Form . Lessor and Lessee agree to act reasonably with
each other and with the Mortgage Holder in reviewing and approving
the SNDA form described in Section 13.1 above, and agree that
the Mortgage Holder and Lessee shall be entitled to have the
customary protections expected in such an agreement, including
provisions on subject matters that are not expressly mentioned in
this Lease.
13.4
Mortgage Holder’s Right to Cure Lessor’s
Defaults . In the event of any default on the part of Lessor
under this Lease, Lessee agrees to give notice by certified mail to
any Mortgage Holder whose address shall have been furnished to
Lessee, and offer such Mortgage Holder, except in the case of
emergency, a reasonable opportunity, not to exceed thirty
(30) days (or such longer period as is specifically required
under this Lease), to cure the default, which cure period shall be
in addition to any cure period provided Lessor
hereunder.
13.5
Leasehold Mortgage .
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Lease regarding any assignment of
this Lease, but subject to the provisions of this
Section 13.5, Lessee shall have the right at any time and from
time to time to encumber the leasehold estate created by this Lease
and Lessee’s Improvements during the Term by mortgage, deed
of trust or other security instrument, including, without
limitation, an assignment of the rents, issues and profits from the
Premises (a “ Leasehold Mortgage ”), to secure
repayment of a loan (and associated obligations) made to Lessee by
an Institutional Lender for any purpose whatsoever; provided that
the Leasehold Mortgage shall contain an express acknowledgment and
agreement by the mortgagee that its interest are subject to all of
the terms and conditions of this Lease. Lessee shall deliver to
Lessor not later than thirty (30) days prior to, and promptly
after, execution by Lessee a true copy of any Leasehold Mortgage,
and any amendment, modification or extension thereof, together with
the name and address of the owner and holder thereof (“
Lessee’s Mortgagee ”).
(b) During
the continuance of any Leasehold Mortgage until such time as the
lien of such Leasehold Mortgage has been extinguished, and if a
true copy of such Leasehold Mortgage shall have been delivered to
Lessor together with a written notice of the name
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