OFFICE AND
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL LEASE
THIS OFFICE AND
INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL LEASE (“Lease”) is entered into
as of June ___, 2005, by and between Stafford Office Park II, LP, a
Delaware limited partnership (“Landlord”), and
INPUT-OUTPUT, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Tenant”).
1. BASIC LEASE
TERMS. For purposes of this Lease, the following terms have the
following definitions and meanings:
(a) Landlord:
Stafford Office Park II, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership
(b) Landlord’s
Address (For Notices): c/o Mosby Manager, LLC, 17124 Northbrook
Trail, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023 or such other place as Landlord
may from time to time designate by written notice to
Tenant.
(c) Tenant:
INPUT-OUTPUT, INC., a Delaware corporation.
(d) Tenant’s
Address (For Notices): INPUT-OUTPUT , INC., 12300 Parc Crest
Drive, Stafford, Texas 77477, or such other place as Tenant may
from time to time designate by written notice to
Landlord.
(e) Intentionally
Deleted
(f) Intentionally
Deleted
(g) Premises: The
real property located at 11104 West Airport Blvd., Stafford, Fort
Bend County, Texas, (“Building One ”), located on that
certain property described in Exhibit A-1 (the
“Property”) as shown on the site plan attached hereto
as Exhibit “A” (the “Development”),
together with all buildings, improvements and facilities, now or
subsequently located on the Property from time to time, including,
without limitation, Building One containing approximately 90,990
rentable square feet (collectively, the
“Premises”).
(h) Intentionally
omitted.
(i) Term: Ten
(10) Lease Years.
(j) Commencement
Date: June ___, 2005.
Expiration
Date: June 30,
2015.
(k) Monthly Base
Rent: The Monthly Base Rent will be as set forth below, with
each “Lease Year” being the period beginning on the
Commencement Date (or the anniversary thereof) and ending on the
day preceding the next anniversary of the Commencement Date and the
Monthly Base Rent being the amount calculated by multiplying the
applicable yearly Rental Rate by 90,990 square feet and dividing by
twelve, as set forth in the table below:
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Initial
Term
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Rental Rate
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Monthly Base
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Rent
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$
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9.50
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/RSF/Year
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72,034.13
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9.76
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74,013.16
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10.03
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76,051.57
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$
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10.31
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78,151.12
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TENANT’S INITIALS
LANDLORD’S INITIALS
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$
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10.59
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80,313.66
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10.89
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82,541.08
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11.19
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84,835.32
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11.50
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87,198.39
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11.82
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89,632.35
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12.15
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92,139.33
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Renewal Term (if any): Year 11
through Expiration Date
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Fair Market
Value Rental (as hereinafter defined) as determined
pursuant to Paragraph 3.1(b) of this Lease
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(l) Security
Deposit: No Security Deposit at lease signing subject to
conditions and adjustments as set forth in Paragraph 7
below.
(m) Tenant
Improvements: None. Tenant agrees to accept the Buildings
“AS IS, WHERE IS, AND WITH ALL FAULTS” as further
provided in Paragraph 4 below.
(n) Tenant Improvement
Allowance: None.
(o) Permitted Use:
General office, light manufacturing and incidental uses, and
assembly and any other legal use allowed under current City zoning
or other applicable law, as same may be amended from time to
time.
(p) Intentionally
Deleted
(q) Broker(s):
Studley, Inc., representing Tenant
(r) Intentionally
Deleted
(s) Interest Rate:
Shall mean the four percent (4%) in excess of the prime lending or
reference rate of Bank of America, N.A., or any successor bank in
effect on the twenty-fifth (25 th
) day of the
calendar month immediately prior to the event giving rise to the
Interest Rate imposition; provided, however, the Interest Rate will
in no event exceed the maximum interest rate permitted to be
charged by applicable law.
(t) Exhibits: A
through D, inclusive, which Exhibits are attached to this Lease and
incorporated herein by this reference.
This Paragraph 1
represents a summary of the basic terms and definitions of this
Lease. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms
contained in this Paragraph 1 and any specific provision of
this Lease, the terms of the more specific provision shall
prevail.
(a) Premises.
Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from
Landlord the Premises.
(b) Mutual
Covenants. Landlord and Tenant agree that the letting and
hiring of the Premises is upon and subject to the terms, covenants
and conditions contained in this Lease and each party covenants as
a material part of the consideration for this Lease to keep and
perform their respective obligations under this Lease.
3.0 TERM. Initial
Term. The term of this Lease will be for the period designated in
Subparagraph 1(i), commencing on the Commencement Date, and ending
on the Expiration Date (“Initial
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Term”). Each
consecutive twelve (12) month period of the Term of this
Lease, commencing on the Commencement Date, will be referred to
herein as a “Lease Year”; provided, however, that if
the Commencement Date is not the first day of a calendar month,
then the first Lease Year shall begin on the Commencement Date and
shall end on the last day of the calendar month in which the first
anniversary of the Commencement Date occurs.
(a) Option Right.
Landlord hereby grants the originally named Tenant herein (or any
affiliate to which this Lease has been assigned pursuant to
Paragraph 24(c) above (a “Permitted Assignee”)), up to
four (4) consecutive dependant options to extend the Initial
Term for a total period of twenty (20) years (the
“Option Term”) with respect to the entire Premises,
which option(s) shall be exercisable only by written notice
delivered by Tenant to Landlord as provided below, and provided
further that, as of the date of delivery of such notice, Tenant is
not in default under this Lease beyond any applicable cure period.
Each such option may be exercised at Tenant’s election for
either a five (5) or ten (10) year period (“Option
Term Period”), provided, however, that the total Option Term
exercised may not exceed twenty (20) years. Upon the proper
exercise of such option to extend, and provided that, as of the end
of the Initial Term or exercised portion of the Option Term, Tenant
is not in default under this Lease beyond any applicable cure
period, the Term, as it applies to the Premises, shall be extended
for a period of five (5) or ten (10) years, at the
election of Tenant, at the monthly base rent and on the other terms
set forth in Paragraph 3.1(b) below. The rights contained in
this Paragraph 3.1 shall be personal to Tenant or a Permitted
Assignee. Any renewal event outside exercise of one of the four
(4) options (i.e. a renewal negotiated outside an option)
shall be considered use of an option and will reduce the number of
options remaining but will not eliminate Tenant’s rights to
future renewal options.
(b) Option Rent.
The monthly base rent payable by Tenant during the Option Term (the
“Option Rent”) shall be equal to 95% of the rent that a
willing tenant and a willing landlord would agree to in arm’s
length, bona fide negotiation for a new lease of direct space that
is comparable in size, location and quality to the Premises, for a
comparable term, which comparable space is located in other
comparable buildings in the southwest sub market area of Houston,
TX and taking into consideration all other relevant terms and
conditions of any comparable leasing transactions, including,
without limitation: (i) location, quality and age of the
building; (ii) use and size of the space in question;
(iii) extent of leasehold improvement allowances;
(iv) the amount of any abatement of rental or other charges;
(v) parking charges or inclusion of same in rental; (vi) lease
takeovers/assumptions; (vii) relocation, refurbishment and
repainting allowances; (viii) any and all other concessions or
inducements; (ix) extent of services provided or to be
provided, including maintenance and repair obligations;
(x) distinction between “gross” and
“net” lease; (xi) base year or dollar amount for
escalation purposes (both operating costs and ad valorem/real
estate); (xii) any other adjustments (including by way of
indexes) to base rental; (xiii) credit standing and financial
stature of the tenant; and (xiv) length of term (the
“Fair Market Value Rental” or “FMVR”). All
other terms and conditions of this Lease shall apply throughout the
Option Term.
(c) Exercise of
Option. The option contained in this Paragraph 3.1 shall
be exercised by Tenant, if at all, and only in the following
manner: (i) Tenant shall deliver written notice to Landlord no
less than nine (9) months prior to the expiration of the
Initial Term or Option Term Period as exercised, stating that
Tenant is exercising its option and as to what portion of the
Premises such renewal shall apply ; (ii) Landlord, after
receipt of Tenant’s notice, shall deliver notice (the
“Option Rent Notice”) to Tenant not more than one
(1) month after receipt of the notice to extend, setting forth
Landlord’s proposed Option Rent; and (iii) if Tenant
wishes to object to the Option Rent, Tenant shall, on or before the
date occurring one (1) month after receipt of the Option Rent
Notice deliver written notice thereof to Landlord, in which case
the parties shall follow the procedure, and the Option Rent shall
be determined, as set forth in Paragraph 3.1(d)
below.
(d) Determination of
Option Rent. In the event Tenant timely and appropriately
objects to the Option Rent proposed by Landlord, Landlord and
Tenant shall attempt to agree upon the Option Rent using their best
good-faith efforts. If Landlord and Tenant fail to reach agreement
within ten (10) business days following Tenant’s
objection to the Option Rent, (the “Outside Agreement
Date”), then each party
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shall make a separate
determination of the Option Rent, as the case may be, within five
(5) business days, and such determinations shall be submitted
to arbitration in accordance with Subparagraphs (i) through
(vii) below.
(i) Landlord and
Tenant shall each appoint one arbitrator who shall by profession be
a licensed real estate brokers who shall have been active over the
five (5) year period ending on the date of such appointment in
the leasing of commercial office and industrial properties in
Houston, TEXAS. The determination of the arbitrators shall be
limited solely to the issue area of whether Landlord’s or
Tenant’s submitted Option Rent, is the closest to the actual
Option Rent as determined by the arbitrators, taking into account
the requirements of Paragraph 3.1(b) above. Each such
arbitrator shall be appointed within fifteen (15) business
days after the applicable Outside Agreement Date.
(ii) The two
arbitrators so appointed shall within ten (10) business days
of the date of the appointment of the last appointed arbitrator
agree upon and appoint a third arbitrator who shall be qualified
under the same criteria set forth hereinabove for qualification of
the initial two arbitrators.
(iii) The three
arbitrators shall within thirty (30) days of the appointment
of the third arbitrator reach a decision as to whether the parties
shall use Landlord’s or Tenant’s submitted Option Rent,
and shall notify Landlord and Tenant thereof.
(iv) The decision of
the majority of the three arbitrators shall be binding upon
Landlord and Tenant.
(v) If either
Landlord or Tenant fails to appoint an arbitrator within fifteen
(15) business days after the applicable Outside Agreement
Date, the arbitrator appointed by one of them shall reach a
decision, notify Landlord and Tenant thereof, and such
arbitrator’s decision shall be binding upon Landlord and
Tenant.
(vi) If the two
arbitrators fail to agree upon and appoint a third arbitrator, or
both parties fail to appoint an arbitrator, then the appointment of
the third arbitrator or any arbitrator shall be dismissed and the
matter to be decided shall be forthwith submitted to arbitration
under the provisions of the American Arbitration Association, but
subject to the instruction set forth in this
Paragraph 3.1(d).
(vii) The cost of
arbitration (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees) shall be paid by the non-prevailing
party.
(e) Partial
Renewal. Tenant will have the right under this Paragraph 3
to exercise the Option Term for all of the Premises or a portion of
the Premises as Tenant in its sole discretion may elect. In the
event Tenant elects to exercise the Option Term for either Building
Two or Building Three, the rent shall be determined as provided for
in this paragraph 3 but shall be 100% or FMVR, and all remaining
dependent options shall apply only to that portion of the Premises
subject to the exercised Option Term.
(a) Tenant’s
Election. After the twelfth (12th) month from the Commencement
Date, Tenant shall have the right to require Landlord to market the
Premises for sale. Landlord shall control all aspects of the sale
but will be obligated to sell the Premises in the event the sales
price net of all commissions, costs, fees and expenses yields
Landlord a minimum price (“Strike Price”) as set forth
in Exhibit “E” attached hereto provided further
however, that if Tenant elects to require Landlord to sell the
Premises prior to the thirty-sixth (36 th
) month from
the Commencement Date, then the sales price must include assumption
of Landlord’s financing on the Premises. Landlord represents
and warrants that its loan document will include a provision that
the loan is assumable subject to lender’s review and approval
rights as set forth within the loan documents. However, if the
lender does not approve the proposed purchaser or the terms of the
proposed sale, then Landlord shall have no obligation under this
Section to consummate the sale to such proposed purchaser. In the
event any such sale would exceed the Strike Price, Landlord and
Tenant shall evenly share the excess proceeds. Tenant may require
Landlord to accept a sales price less than the Strike Price by
paying the difference between the two (“Strike
Price
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Differential”) to
Landlord at closing. If Landlord, in the exercise of its good faith
business judgment believes it can only consummate a sale for less
then the Strike Price, it shall provide written notice to Tenant.
Tenant shall have five (5) business days to provide written
notice to Landlord whether it elects to require Landlord to accept
such offer and to deposit the Sales Price Differential into an
escrow of Landlord’s choosing 24 hours prior to Landlord
executing the purchase contract. At all times, Landlord shall have
the right of last refusal to match any offer that meets or exceeds
the Strike Price or that Tenant is willing to accept pursuant
hereto. Upon consummation of a sale pursuant to this paragraph
3.2(a), this Lease shall terminate. Tenant shall be entitled to
exercise this right once in any twelve (12) month
period.
(b) Landlord’s
Election. Landlord shall at all times have the right to sell the
Premises. In the event Landlord elects to sell the Premises, it
shall provide written notice to Tenant. Tenant shall have thirty
(30) days to either “opt in” or “opt
out”. In the event Tenant “opts in”, then the
sale shall proceed as if Tenant required Landlord to market the
Premises under paragraph 3.2(a) above. In the event Tenant
“opts out”, Landlord shall sell the Premises in its
sole and absolute discretion, retain all amounts in excess of the
Strike Price, have no right to require Tenant to pay the Strike
Price Differential, and pay all costs, fees and expenses. Upon
consummation of any “opt out” sale, this Lease shall
remain in full force and effect with the exception that this
paragraph 3.2(a) and 3.2 (b) shall be null and void and deemed
deleted herefrom.
(a) Delivery of
Possession. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that Tenant is in
possession of the Premises as of the date hereof pursuant to the
terms of lease between Tenant and NL VENTURES III STAFFORD, L.P., a
Texas limited partnership, Landlord’s predecessor in interest
with respect to the Premises. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and
agree that Tenant shall remain in possession of the Premises and
that the existing lease between Tenant and NL VENTURES III
STAFFORD, L.P. shall terminate concurrently with the Commencement
Date of this Lease which shall occur at such time as Landlord
completes its acquisition of the Premises.
(b) Condition of
Premises. By taking possession of the Premises, Tenant will be
deemed to have accepted the Premises in its “as is”
“where is” and “with all faults” condition
on the date of delivery of possession and to have acknowledged that
neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any
representation or warranty with respect to the Premises or any
portions thereof or with respect to the suitability of same for the
conduct of Tenant’s business. THIS LEASE IS EXPRESSLY ENTERED
INTO WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS,
IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AND LANDLORD IS TRANSFERRING POSSESSION OF THE
PREMISES AS IS, WHERE IS, AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND WITHOUT
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY (ALL OF WHICH LANDLORD HEREBY
DISCLAIMS) AS TO FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
MERCHANTABILITY, DESIGN, QUALITY, LAYOUT, FOOTAGE, PHYSICAL
CONDITION, OPERATION, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, ABSENCE OF
LATENT DEFECTS, OR COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RELATING TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT) OR ANY OTHER MATTER AFFECTING OR RELATED TO THE
PROPERTY. TENANT HEREBY FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT LANDLORD HAS NOT
MADE, DOES NOT MAKE AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES AS TO WATER, SOIL OR GEOLOGY OF THE PREMISES. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, LANDLORD DOES NOT AND HAS NOT MADE ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ANY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (as defined in Paragraph 7(c) below) ON, UNDER
OR ABOUT THE PREMISES OR THE COMPLIANCE OR NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE
PREMISES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,
COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT, THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENT AND
REAUTHORIZATION ACT, THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT, THE
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE,
RODENTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE ACT, THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THE CLEAN AIR
ACT, ANY SO-CALLED FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL “SUPERFUND”
OR “SUPERLIEN” STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER STATUTE, LAW,
ORDINANCE, CODE, RULE, REGULATION, ORDER OR DECREE REGULATING,
RELATING TO OR IMPOSING
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LIABILITY (INCLUDING
STRICT LIABILITY) OR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT CONCERNING ANY HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS (collectively, the “Environmental Laws”).
TENANT HEREBY FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT IS RELYING
SOLELY UPON ITS CURRENT POSSESSION, INSPECTION, EXAMINATION, AND
EVALUATION OF THE PREMISES.
(a) Monthly Base
Rent. Tenant agrees to pay Landlord the Monthly Base Rent (as
set forth in paragraph 1(k) above) for the Premises (subject to
adjustment as hereinafter provided) in advance on the first day of
each calendar month during the Term without prior notice or demand,
except that Tenant agrees to pay the Monthly Base Rent for the
first month of the Term directly to Landlord concurrently with
Tenant’s delivery of the executed Lease to Landlord. If the
Term of this Lease commences or ends on a day other than the first
day of a calendar month, then the rent for such period will be
prorated in the proportion that the number of days this Lease is in
effect during such period bears to the number of days in such
month. All rent must be paid to Landlord, without any deduction or
offset, in lawful money of the United States of America, at the
address designated by Landlord or to such other person or at such
other place as Landlord may from time to time designate in
writing.
(b) Additional
Rent. All amounts and charges to be paid by Tenant hereunder,
including, without limitation, payments for Operating Expenses,
insurance, and repairs for which Tenant is responsible pursuant to
Subparagraph 14(b) below, will be considered additional rent for
purposes of this Lease, and the word “rent” as used in
this Lease will include all such additional rent unless the context
specifically or clearly implies that only Monthly Base Rent is
intended.
(c) Late Payments.
Late payments of Monthly Base Rent and/or any item of additional
rent (with the exception of direct payments for landscaping and
janitorial services) will be subject to interest and a late charge
as provided in Subparagraph 22(f) below.
(a) Real Property
Taxes . Tenant shall pay all real property taxes on the
Premises during the term of this Lease. Tenant agrees to pay to
Landlord one twelfth (1/12 th
) of the total
annual real property taxes due on a monthly basis concurrently with
the payment of Monthly Base Rent. Failure of Tenant to pay said
real property taxes as and when herein specified shall, in addition
to all other rights and remedies of Landlord hereunder, subject
Tenant to any fine, penalty, interest, or cost which Landlord may
incur as a result thereof. Tenant shall, within thirty
(30) days after demand, reimburse Landlord for any such fine,
penalty, interest, or cost, together with interest thereon at the
Interest Rate.
(b) Definition of
“Real Property Tax.” “Real property
tax” means; (i) any fee, license fee, license tax,
business license fee, commercial rental tax, levy, charge,
assessment, penalty or tax imposed by any taxing authority against
the Premises; (ii) any tax or charge for fire protection,
streets, sidewalks, road maintenance, refuse or other services
provided to the Premises by any governmental agency; (iii) any
tax imposed upon this transaction or based upon a re-assessment of
the Premises due to a change of ownership, as defined by applicable
law, or other transfer of all or part of Landlord’s interest
in the Premises ; and (iv) any charge or fee replacing any tax
previously included within the definition of real property tax, or
in substitution of or in lieu of an increase in real property
taxes. “Real property tax” does not, however, include
Landlord’s federal or state income, franchise, inheritance or
estate taxes or any other taxes applicable to Landlord’s
general or net income.
(c) Impounds for Real
Property Taxes . If Tenant is more than ten (10) days late
in the payment of real property taxes more than two (2) times
during the initial Term of this Lease, Tenant shall pay Landlord a
sum equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of the estimated annual real
property taxes payable by Tenant under this Lease, together with
each payment of Monthly Base Rent. Landlord shall hold such
payments in a non-interest bearing impound account, and Landlord
shall use such funds to pay the real property taxes on the Premises
to the taxing authority entitled thereto at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the delinquency date established by the taxing authority.
If unknown, Landlord shall reasonably estimate the
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amount of real property
taxes when due. Tenant shall pay any deficiency of funds in the
impound account to Landlord upon written request. Landlord shall
refund any excess to Tenant once the actual amount of the real
property taxes is known. If Tenant defaults under this Lease,
Landlord may apply any funds in the impound account to any
obligation then due under this Lease.
(d) Right to
Contest. Tenant will have the exclusive right throughout the
Term (including any extensions) to contest the assessed valuation
of the Premises by all appropriate proceedings, and to settle or
compromise any such proceedings initiated by Tenant, all at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense. Any tax savings shall inure
solely to the benefit of Tenant.
7. SECURITY
DEPOSIT. Tenant will not be required to deposit with Landlord
any Security Deposit provided that Tenant demonstrates by way of
audited financial statements that it maintains a Tangible Net Worth
(”TNW”) (defined in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles consistently applied) of Fifty Million
Dollars ($50,000,000) and a Current Ratio (“CR”)
(defined as the ratio of current assets to current liabilities) of
1.5. If during the term of this Lease either of these conditions is
not satisfied, Tenant shall deposit a Security Deposit with
Landlord in an amount equal to six (6) times the then
applicable monthly rent. The Security Deposit will be returned
after Tenant satisfies the TNW and CR conditions for four
(4) consecutive quarters. Any Security Deposit will be held by
Landlord in an interest-bearing account as security for the full
and faithful performance by Tenant of all of the terms, covenants,
and conditions of this Lease to be kept and performed by Tenant
during the Term hereof. If the Security Deposit, if any, has not
been returned prior to the expiration of the Lease Term, and Tenant
fully and faithfully performs its obligations under this Lease
including, without limitation, surrendering the Premises upon the
expiration or sooner termination of this Lease in compliance with
Subparagraph 11(a) below, the Security Deposit (and interest earned
thereon) or any balance thereof will be returned to Tenant (or, at
Landlord’s option, to the last assignee of Tenant’s
interest hereunder) within thirty (30) days following the
expiration of the Lease Term or as required under applicable law,
provided that Landlord may retain the Security Deposit (and
interest earned thereon) until such time as any outstanding rent or
additional rent amount has been determined and paid in full. The
Security Deposit (and interest earned thereon) is not, and may not
be construed by Tenant to constitute, rent for the last month or
any portion thereof. If Tenant defaults with respect to any
provisions of this Lease including, but not limited to, the
provisions relating to the payment of rent or additional rent,
Landlord may (but will not be required to) use, apply or retain all
or any part of the Security Deposit (and interest earned thereon)
for the payment of any rent or any other sum in default, or for the
payment of any other amount which Landlord may spend or become
obligated to spend by reason of Tenant’s default or to
compensate Landlord for any loss or damage which Landlord may
suffer by reason of Tenant’s default. If any portion of the
Security Deposit is so used or applied, Tenant agrees, within ten
(10) business days after Landlord’s written demand
therefor, to deposit cash with Landlord in an amount sufficient to
restore the Security Deposit to its original amount and
Tenant’s failure to do so shall constitute a default under
this Lease. Should Landlord sell its interest in the Premises
during the Term hereof and deposit with the purchaser thereof the
then unappropriated Security Deposit (and interest earned thereon),
Landlord will be discharged from any further liability with respect
to such Security Deposit.
(a) Tenant’s Use
of the Premises. The Premises may be used for the use or uses
set forth in Subparagraph 1(o) only, and Tenant will not use or
permit the Premises to be used for any other purpose without the
prior written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord may
withhold in its sole and absolute discretion.
(b) Compliance. At
Tenant’s sole cost and expense, Tenant agrees to procure,
maintain and hold available for Landlord’s inspection, all
governmental licenses and permits required, if any, for the proper
and lawful conduct of Tenant’s business from the Premises
Tenant will be responsible for compliance of its use and occupancy
of the Premises, and any alterations to the Premises, at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense, with (i) any and all
laws, statutes, zoning restrictions, ordinances, rules,
regulations, orders and rulings now or hereafter in force and any
requirements of any insurer, insurance authority or duly
constituted public authority having jurisdiction over the Premises
now or hereafter in force, (ii) the
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requirements of the Board
of Fire Underwriters and any other similar body, (iii) the
Certificate of Occupancy issued for the Building One, and (iv) any
recorded covenants, conditions and restrictions and similar
regulatory agreements, if any, which affect the use, occupation or
alteration of the Building One or the Premises. Tenant agrees to
comply with the Rules and Regulations referenced in
Paragraph 28 below. Tenant agrees not to allow the Premises to
be used for any unlawful or unreasonably objectionable purpose.
Tenant agrees not to cause, maintain or permit any nuisance or
waste in, on, under or about the Premises. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Lease to the contrary, all transferable
development rights related in any way to that portion of the
Property owned by Landlord are and will remain vested in Landlord,
and Tenant hereby waives any rights thereto.
c) Hazardous
Materials. Except for (i) ordinary and general office
supplies typically used in the ordinary course of business, such as
copier toner, liquid paper, glue, ink and common household cleaning
materials (some or all of which may constitute “Hazardous
Materials” as defined in this Lease), in ordinary quantities,
(ii) those Hazardous Materials that are necessary for
Tenant’s business, provided that such usage and storage is
only to the extent of the quantities as reasonably necessary in the
ordinary course of Tenant’s business, Tenant agrees not to
cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored,
used, handled, generated, released or disposed of on, in, under or
about any portion of the Premises by Tenant, its agents, employees,
subtenants, assignees, licensees, contractors or invitees
(collectively, “Tenant’s Parties”), without the
prior written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord may
withhold in its sole and absolute discretion. Upon the expiration
or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant agrees to promptly
remove from the Premises, at its sole cost and expense, any and all
Hazardous Materials, including any equipment or systems containing
Hazardous Materials which are installed, brought upon, stored,
used, generated or released upon, in, under or about the Premises
or any portion thereof by Tenant or any of Tenant’s Parties.
Landlord reserves the right, during the last one hundred eighty
(180) days of the Term, to have an experienced and qualified
environmental consultant perform an environmental inspection of the
Premises to determine the existence of any Hazardous Materials for
which Tenant is responsible for their removal. If Landlord’s
inspection reveals or confirms the existence of any such Hazardous
Materials (except for Hazardous Materials that have been previously
approved by Landlord in writing and such Hazardous Materials have
been used, handled, stored and disposed of in accordance with all
applicable Environmental Laws), or if Landlord has reasonable cause
to believe that any such Hazardous Materials are likely to exist at
the Premises, then Tenant shall be responsible for the cost of such
inspection; in all other instances, Landlord shall be responsible
for the cost of such inspection. To the fullest extent permitted by
law, Tenant agrees to promptly indemnify, protect, defend and hold
harmless Landlord and Landlord’s members, managers, partners,
officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns
(collectively, “Landlord Indemnified Parties”) and
lenders from and against any and all claims, damages, judgments,
suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities, penalties, fines,
expenses and costs (including, without limitation, clean-up,
removal, remediation and restoration costs, sums paid in settlement
of claims, attorneys’ fees, consultant fees and expert fees
and court costs) which arise or result from the presence of
Hazardous Materials on, in, under or about the Premises and which
are caused or permitted by Tenant or any of Tenant’s Parties.
Tenant agrees to promptly notify Landlord of any release of
Hazardous Materials at the Premises which Tenant becomes aware of
during the Term of this Lease, whether caused by Tenant or any
other persons or entities. In the event of any release of Hazardous
Materials caused or permitted by Tenant or any of Tenant’s
Parties, Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
cause Tenant to immediately take all steps Landlord deems
reasonably necessary or appropriate to remediate such release and
prevent any similar future release to the reasonable satisfaction
of Landlord and Landlord’s mortgagee(s). As used in this
Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” shall mean and
include any chemical, substance, material, controlled substance,
object, condition, waste, living organism or combination thereof,
whether solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous, which is or may be
hazardous to human health or safety or to the environment due to
its radioactivity, ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity,
explosivity, toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity,
phytotoxicity, infectiousness or other harmful or potentially
harmful properties or effects, including, without limitation,
tobacco smoke, petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos, radon,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), refrigerants (including those
substances defined in the Environmental Protection Agency’s
“Refrigerant Recycling Rule,” as amended from time to
time) and all of those chemicals, substances, materials, controlled
substances, objects, conditions, wastes, living organisms or
combinations thereof which are now or become in the future listed,
defined or regulated in
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any manner by any
Environmental Law based upon, directly or indirectly, such
properties or effects. As used herein, “Environmental
Laws” means any and all federal, state or local
environmental, health and/or safety-related laws, regulations,
standards, decisions of courts, ordinances, rules, codes, orders,
decrees, directives, guidelines, permits or permit conditions,
currently existing and as amended, enacted, issued or adopted in
the future which are or become applicable to Tenant, the Premises.
The provisions of this Subparagraph 8(c) shall survive the
expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
(d) Tenant shall have
the right to self-manage the Premises on behalf of Tenant at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense. Tenant’s right to
manage the Premises as set forth above shall be exclusive and
Landlord will have no right to manage the Premises, either directly
or through a third-party property manager or asset manager.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall at all times
have the right to inspect the Premises as set forth in paragraph
16, below.
9. NOTICES. Any
notice required or permitted to be given hereunder must be in
writing and may be given by personal delivery (including delivery
by overnight courier or an express mailing service) or by mail, if
sent by registered or certified mail. Notices to Tenant shall be
sufficient if delivered to Tenant at the addresses designated in
Subparagraph 1(d) and notices to Landlord shall be sufficient if
delivered to Landlord at the address designated in Subparagraph
1(b). Either party may specify a different address for notice
purposes by written notice to the other.
10. BROKERS. The
parties acknowledge that the broker(s) who were retained by the
parties in connection with this Lease are stated in Subparagraph
1(q). Each party represents and warrants to the other, that, to its
knowledge, no other broker, agent or finder (a) negotiated or
was instrumental in negotiating or consummating this Lease on its
behalf, and (b) is or might be entitled to a commission or
compensation in connection with this Lease. LANDLORD AND TENANT
EACH AGREE TO PROMPTLY INDEMNIFY PROTECT, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS
THE OTHER FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, JUDGMENTS,
SUITS, CAUSES OF ACTION, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, PENALTIES, FINES,
EXPENSES, AND COSTS (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COURT
COSTS) RESULTING FROM ANY BREACH BY THE INDEMNIFYING PARTY. THE
FOREGOING MUTUAL INDEMNITY SHALL SURVIVE THE EXPIRATION OR EARLIER
TERMINATION OF THIS LEASE. LANDLORD SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PAYMENT OF A COMMISSION TO BROKER PER THE TERMS OF A SEPARATE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN LANDLORD AND BROKER.
11. SURRENDER; HOLDING
OVER.
(a) Surrender. The
voluntary or other surrender of this Lease by Tenant, or a mutual
cancellation thereof, shall not constitute a merger, and shall, at
the option of Landlord, operate as an assignment to Landlord of any
or all subleases or subtenancies. Upon the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease, Tenant agrees to peaceably surrender the
Premises to Landlord broom clean and, in the case of all warehouse
floors, scrubbed clean (to remove all oil, grease and other debris
to the extent practicable) and in a state of good order, repair and
condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty damage (if this
Lease is terminated as a result thereof pursuant to Paragraph 20)
excepted, with all of Tenant’s personal property and
Structural Alterations (as defined in Paragraph 13) removed
from the Premises to the extent required under Paragraph 13
and all damage caused by such removal repaired as required by
Paragraph 13. If any wiring and/or cabling is not removed from
the Premises upon expiration of this lease then such wiring and/or
cabling shall become the property of Landlord (without payment by
Landlord). The delivery of keys to any employee of Landlord or to
Landlord’s agent or any employee thereof alone will not be
sufficient to constitute a termination of this Lease or a surrender
of the Premises.
(b) Holding Over.
Tenant will not be permitted to hold over possession of the
Premises after the expiration or earlier termination of the Term
without the express written consent of Landlord, which consent
Landlord may withhold in its sole and absolute discretion. If
Tenant holds over after the expiration or earlier termination of
the Term, Landlord may, at its option, treat Tenant as a tenant at
sufferance only, and such continued occupancy by Tenant shall be
subject to all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this
Lease, so far as applicable, except that the Monthly Base Rent for
any such holdover period shall be equal to one hundred fifty
percent (150%) of the Monthly Base Rent in effect
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under this Lease
immediately prior to such holdover.. Acceptance by Landlord of rent
after such expiration or earlier termination will not result in a
renewal of this Lease. The foregoing provisions of this
Paragraph 11 are in addition to and do not affect
Landlord’s right of re-entry or any rights of Landlord under
this Lease or as otherwise provided by law. If Tenant fails to
surrender the Premises upon the expiration of this Lease in
accordance with the terms of this Paragraph 11 despite demand
to do so by Landlord, Tenant agrees to promptly indemnify, protect,
defend and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, damages,
judgments, suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities, penalties,
fines, expenses and costs (including attorneys’ fees and
costs), including, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred
by Landlord in returning the Premises to the condition in which
Tenant was to surrender it and claims made by any succeeding tenant
founded solely on or resulting solely from Tenant’s failure
to surrender the Premises. The provisions of this Subparagraph
11(b) will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this
Lease.
12. TAXES ON
TENANT’S PROPERTY. Tenant agrees to pay before
delinquency, all taxes and assessments (real and personal) levied
against (a) any personal property or trade fixtures placed by
Tenant in or about the Premises (including any increase in the
assessed value of the Premises based upon the value of any such
personal property or trade fixtures); (b) any Tenant
Improvements or Alterations in the Premises (whether installed
and/or paid for by Landlord or Tenant) to the extent such items are
assessed at a valuation higher than the valuation at which tenant
improvements conforming to Landlord’s building standard
tenant improvements are assessed, (c) any franchise, sales or
rent tax, and (d) any taxes imposed or levied against Tenant
due to any sub-tenancies or assignment of the Lease (or any part
thereof). If any such taxes or assessments based upon items in (a),
(b), (c) or (d) above, are levied against Landlord or
Landlord’s property, Landlord may, after written notice to
Tenant (and under proper protest if requested by Tenant) pay such
taxes and assessments, in which event Tenant agrees to reimburse
Landlord all amounts paid by Landlord within ten (10) business days
after demand by Landlord; provided, however, Tenant, at its sole
cost and expense, will have the right, with Landlord’s
cooperation, to bring suit in any court of competent jurisdiction
to recover the amount of any such taxes and assessments so paid
under protest.
13. ALTERATIONS.
Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth below,
Tenant may, at its sole cost and expense, make non-structural
alterations, additions, improvements and decorations to the
Premises as well as any repairs under Paragraph 14 below
(collectively, “Alterations”) without Landlord’s
approval, provided such Alterations (i) do not affect the
outside appearance, character or use of the Building One,
(ii) do not materially adversely affect the structure,
equipment, services or systems of the Building One or Development,
(iii) in the reasonable opinion of Landlord, do not materially
adversely affect the value of the Buildings, (iv) violate any
occupancy certificate applicable to the Building One or the
Development, or (v) cost less than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000).
(a) Intentionally
Deleted.
(b) Landlord’s
Notice. Before proceeding with any Alterations, Tenant must
first deliver to Landlord written notice and a copy of any final
plans, specifications and working drawings for any such Alterations
if required for such work (i.e. carpeting work does not require
drawings) at least ten (10) business days prior to
commencement of the work thereof, and (B) comply with the
other conditions of this Paragraph 13, including, without
limitation, conforming to Landlord’s rules, regulations and
insurance requirements which govern contractors. Landlord’s
review of plans, specifications and/or working drawings for
Alterations will not create any responsibility or liability on the
part of Landlord for their completeness, design sufficiency, or
compliance with applicable permits, laws, rules and regulations of
governmental agencies or authorities. If the Alteration is
structural or does not comply with 13 (i)-(v) above (a
“Structural Alteration”), Landlord will have the right
to approve such Structural Alteration, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Landlord will notify
Tenant in writing of (i) any objections to a proposed
Structural Alteration within twenty (20) business days
following receipt of Tenant’s notice, which objections will
provide sufficient detail and specifics of Landlord’s
objections to allow Tenant to review the plans, specifications and
working drawings to eliminate Landlord’s objections, If
Landlord fails to provide notice of any objections within such
twenty (20) business day period, then Tenant shall provide
Landlord a second written notice. If Landlord fails to provide
notice of any objections
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within ten
(10) business day from receipt of the second notice, then
Landlord will be deemed to have approved the proposed Structural
Alteration and Tenant will be entitled to proceed with same without
further consent from Landlord.
(c) Contractors.
Tenant may select architects, engineers contractors, subcontractors
and other consultants of Tenant’s choice to perform any
Alterations or Structural Alterations provided same are properly
licensed. Before proceeding with any Alterations or Structural
Alterations, Tenant’s contractors must obtain and maintain,
on behalf of Tenant and at Tenant’s sole cost and expense:
(i) all necessary governmental permits and approvals for the
commencement and completion of such Alterations or Structural
Alterations; and (ii) if reasonably requested by Landlord, a
completion and lien indemnity or payment performance bond, or other
surety, reasonably satisfactory to Landlord for such Structural
Alterations. Throughout the performance of any Alterations or
Structural Alterations, Tenant agrees to obtain, or cause its
contractors to obtain, workers compensation insurance and general
liability insurance in compliance with the provisions of
Paragraph 19 of this Lease.
(d) Manner of
Performance. All Alterations and Structural Alterations must be
performed: (i) in accordance with the approved plans,
specifications and working drawings; (ii) in a lien-free and
first-class and workmanlike manner; and (iii) in compliance
with all applicable permits, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules,
regulations, orders and rulings now or hereafter in effect and
imposed by any governmental agencies and authorities which assert
jurisdiction.
(e) Ownership. Any
tenant improvements, including, without limitation, all affixed
sinks, dishwashers, microwave ovens and other fixtures, and all
Alterations and Structural Alterations will become the property of
Landlord and will remain upon and be surrendered with the Premises
at the end of the Term of this Lease; provided, however, Landlord
may, by written notice delivered to Tenant at least ninety
(90) days before the end of the Term, identify those
Structural Alterations which Landlord will require Tenant to remove
at the end of the Term of this Lease, provided that at the time
Landlord approves the Structural Alterations, Landlord has reserved
the right to require Tenant to remove such Structural Alterations..
If Landlord requires Tenant to remove any Structural Alterations,
Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, agrees to remove the
identified Structural Alterations on or before the expiration or
earlier termination of this Lease and repair any damage to the
Premises caused by such removal (or, at Landlord’s option,
Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord all of Landlord’s costs of
such removal and repair).
(f) Plan Review.
Tenant agrees to pay Landlord, as additional rent, the reasonable
costs of professional services and costs for general conditions of
Landlord’s third party consultants if utilized by Landlord
(but not Landlord’s “in-house” personnel) for
review of all plans, specifications and working drawings for any
Alterations, within ten (10) business days after
Tenant’s receipt of invoices either from Landlord or such
consultants.
(g) Personal
Property. All articles of personal property owned by Tenant or
installed by Tenant at its expense in the Premises (including
Tenant’s business and trade fixtures, furniture, movable
partitions and equipment) will be and remain the property of
Tenant, and must be removed by Tenant from the Premises, at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense, on or before the expiration
or earlier termination of this Lease. Tenant agrees to repair any
damage caused by such removal at its cost on or before the
expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
(h) Removal of
Alterations. If Tenant fails to remove by the expiration or
earlier termination of this Lease all of its personal property, or
any Structural Alterations properly identified by Landlord for
removal, Landlord may, (without liability to Tenant for loss
thereof) treat such personal property and/or Structural Alterations
as abandoned and, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, and in
addition to Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this
Lease, at law or in equity: (a) remove and store such items;
and/or (b) upon ten (10) business days prior notice to
Tenant, sell, discard or otherwise dispose of all or any such items
at private or public sale for such price as Landlord may obtain or
by other commercially reasonable means. Tenant shall be liable for
all costs of disposition of Tenant’s abandoned property plus
a surcharge of five percent (5%) and Landlord shall have no
liability to Tenant with respect to any such abandoned property.
Landlord agrees to apply the proceeds of any sale of any such
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five percent surcharge) to
any amounts due to Landlord under this Lease from Tenant (including
Landlord’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs
incurred in the removal, storage and/or sale of such items), with
any remainder to be paid to Tenant.
14. REPAIRS AND
MAINTENANCE.
(a) Tenant’s
Obligations. Tenant agrees to keep, maintain and preserve the
Premises (excluding the structural portions of the Building One as
set forth in Paragraph 14(c) below) in good condition and repair
and, when and if needed, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense,
to make all repairs to the Premises and every part thereof. Tenant
shall enter into and maintain in effect preventive maintenance or
service contracts with respect to (i) HVAC equipment,
(ii) boiler, and pressure vessels, (iii) fire
extinguishing systems, including fire alarm and/or smoke detection,
(iv) landscaping and irrigation systems, (v) parking areas,
driveways and sidewalks, (vi) roof surface and membrane,
(vii) window cleaning, (viii) clarifiers, and
(ix) any other equipment, if reasonably required by Landlord.
All such service contracts shall be subject to Landlord’s
prior written approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Tenant
shall perform its obligations under this Paragraph 14(a) with
diligence and consistent with good building management. Tenant
agrees to cause any mechanics’ liens or other liens
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