THIS
AGREEMENT OF LEASE (this
“Lease”), made as of this 24th day of September,
2009 by and between Rosh 1450
Properties LLC , having an office c/o The Moinian Group,
530 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, New York 10036 ("Landlord")
and HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. , a New York
corporation, having an office at 111 West 57
th Street, Suite 1100, New York, New York 10019
("Tenant").
A.
Definitions . The following definitions contained
in this subsection A of this Article 1 shall have the meanings
hereinafter set forth used throughout this Lease and the Exhibits
and Schedules (if any) annexed hereto and made a part
hereof.
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“Base Tax
Year” shall mean the calendar year (as defined in Article 28
hereof) beginning January 1, 2010 and expiring December 31,
2010.
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“Broker(s)” shall mean Hunter
Organization.
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“Building” the building known as
1450 Broadway, County, City and State of New York.
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“Commencement Date” shall mean the
later to occur of the following: (i) January 1, 2010, or (ii)
substantial completion of Landlord’s Initial
Construction.
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“Expiration Date” shall mean
December 31, 2019.
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“Landlord’s Initial
Construction” shall mean the work and installations at the
Premises as set forth in Schedule “B” annexed
hereto and made a part hereof.
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“Permitted Uses” shall mean
executive and administrative offices for general business purposes
and adult education classroom use, for operation of Tenant’s
business, and uses ancillary thereto and for no other
purpose.
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“Premises” shall mean the entire
twenty-fourth (24 th )
Floor, in the Building, as more particularly shown on Exhibit
1 annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
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“Real
Property” shall mean the Building together with the plot of
land upon which such building stands.
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“Rent” shall mean the rent schedule
in Exhibit 2 attached hereto.
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“Rent
Commencement Date” shall mean 120 days after the Commencement
Date.
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“Security
Deposit” shall mean the sum of $62,100.00.
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"Tenant's
Proportionate Share" shall mean 1.8%
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"Tenant Delay"
means any delay which Landlord may encounter in the performance of
Landlord's obligations under this Lease by reason of any act of any
nature of Tenant, its agents or contractors, such as, delays due to
changes in or additions to Landlord’s Initial Construction
requested by Tenant, unreasonable delays by Tenant in submission of
information or giving authorizations or approvals or delays due to
the postponement of any Landlord’s Initial Construction at
the request of Tenant. Tenant shall pay to Landlord any
commercially reasonable costs or expenses incurred by Landlord by
reason of any Tenant Delay.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this subsection A of this Article 1, Articles 1
through 46 of this Lease shall control the rights and obligations
of the parties hereto.
B.
Demise . Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions of this Lease, Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and
Tenant hereby leases from Landlord, the Premises.
C.
Term . This Lease shall be for a term (the
"Term") which commences on the Commencement Date and ends on the
Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated pursuant to any of the
terms, covenants or conditions of this Lease or pursuant to law. In
the event that the date set forth above for the Commencement Date
is not a date certain, then within ten (10) days of Landlord's
request, Tenant and Landlord shall join in the execution of an
agreement stipulating the Commencement Date, the Rent Commencement
Date and the Expiration Date of this Lease, provided however, such
failure to execute such agreement shall not affect the
effectiveness of the terms and provisions hereof.
D.
Rent . Commencing as of the Rent Commencement
Date, and continuing throughout the Term, Tenant shall pay Landlord
the annual Rent set forth in Subsection A of this Article 1,
payable without demand, on or in advance of the first day of each
month in equal monthly installments, in lawful money (legal tender
for public or private debts) of the United States of America, at
the office of Landlord or such other place as Landlord may
designate from time to time by written notice to Tenant
without any set-off, offset, abatement or deduction whatsoever,
except as provided in this Lease, Tenant shall pay the first
(1 st
) monthly installment, in the form
of either a regular or official bank check, upon Tenant's execution
of this Lease. If the Rent Commencement Date occurs on a
date other than the first day of a calendar month, Tenant shall pay
to Landlord on or before the first day of the next month the
monthly installment of Rent for such partial month on a pro rata
basis (based on the actual number of days in the commencement
month), and the first month's rent paid by Tenant as described
above shall be applied to the first full calendar month of the Term
for which Rent shall be due and payable. Such payment,
together with the sum paid by Tenant as first month's Rent upon the
execution of this Lease, shall constitute payment of the Rent for
the period from the Rent Commencement Date to and including the
last day of the next succeeding calendar month.
E.
Rent Credit . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary hereinabove set forth, provided this Lease is in full
force and effect, and Tenant is not in default under this Lease
beyond any applicable grace or cure period, Tenant shall be
entitled to a credit against the Rent for the period from the
Commencement Date to the Rent Commencement Date, as well as for the
16 th
, 17 th ,
18 th
, 28 th ,
40 th
, and 52 nd months following the Rent Commencement
Date.
A.
Permitted Uses . Tenant shall use and
occupy the Premises for the Permitted Uses, and for no other
purpose.
B.
Use Prohibitions . Anything contained herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, Tenant shall not use the Premises or
any part thereof, or permit the Premises or any part thereof to be
used, (i) for the business of photographic, multilith or multigraph
reproductions or offset printing, (ii) as an employment agency,
labor union office, physician's or dentist's office or for the
rendition of any other diagnostic or therapeutic services, dance or
music studio, school (except for the training of employees of
Tenant), (iii) for a public stenographer or typist, (iv) for a
telephone or telegraph agency, telephone or secretarial service for
the public at large, (v) for a messenger service for the public at
large, (vi) gambling or gaming activities, obscene or pornographic
purposes or any sort of commercial sex establishment, (vii) for the
possession, storage, manufacture or sale of alcohol, drugs or
narcotics, (viii) for the offices or business of any federal, state
or municipal agency or any agency of any foreign government or (ix)
for a security or guard service, or any other business (except the
Permitted Use)for which Landlord would not normally rent space
for. If any provision of this Lease permits, in whole or
in part, use involving fabrication of any product or assembly of
components of any product or the sale of any product, such use is
only permitted to the extent lawful under the present certificate
of occupancy for the Building and under laws, ordinances,
regulations, rules and orders of any governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Premises, from time to time in
effect. The provisions of this Article shall be binding
upon Tenant’s successors, assigns, subtenants and licensees
and shall not be waived by any consent to an assignment or
subletting or otherwise except by written instrument expressly
referring to this Article. Nothing in this subsection B
shall preclude Tenant from using any part of the Premises for
photographic, multilith or multigraph reproductions in connection
with, either directly or indirectly, its own business and/or
activities. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has the
right to maintain ease of access through the lobbies, entry ways,
stairways, elevators, and corridors of the
Building. Accordingly, Tenant agrees to operate its
business, including, without limitation, the scheduling of classes,
events, and similar activities, at such times and in such manner as
the traffic of guests, invitees, and employees of Tenant shall not
cause unreasonable crowding in the public areas of the Building
(including elevators and stairways) and shall not materially
interfere with the operation of the Building (in Landlord’s
reasonable judgment) or the operation of the businesses of the
other tenants in the Building.
A.
Alterations Within Premises . Tenant shall not
make or perform or permit the making or performance of, any
alterations, installations, improvements, additions or other
physical changes in or about the Premises ("Alterations") without
Landlord's prior written consent. Subject to the prior
written consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or otherwise conditioned, and to the
provisions of this Article, Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, may
make Alterations in or to the interior of the Premises which are
nonstructural, do not affect the Building's mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, Class E or other Building systems or the structural
integrity of the Building, do not affect any part of the Building
other than the Premises, do not affect any service required to be
furnished by Landlord to Tenant or to any other tenant or occupant
of the Building, do not reduce the value or utility of the Building
and which are performed only by contractors and mechanics first
approved by Landlord, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or otherwise conditioned, and in compliance with
all applicable laws. Tenant shall not perform work which would (i)
require changes to the structural components of the Building or the
exterior design of the Building, (ii) require any material
modification to the Building's mechanical, electrical, plumbing
installations or other Building installations outside the Premises,
(iii) not be in compliance with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and requirements of any governmental department having
jurisdiction over the Building and/or the construction of the
Premises, including but not limited to, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, or (iv) be in violation of the
Certificate of Occupancy for the Building. Any changes
required by any governmental department affecting the construction
of the Premises shall be performed at Landlord's sole cost. All
Alterations shall be done at Tenant's expense and at such times and
in such manner as Landlord may from time to time commercially
reasonably designate pursuant to the conditions for Alterations
prescribed by Landlord for the Premises. A copy of the construction
conditions and requirements for tenant alteration work and new
construction is annexed hereto as Schedule “D”
and made a part hereof.
B.
Restoration of Premises. All furniture,
furnishings and movable fixtures and removable partitions installed
by Tenant (collectively, “Tenant’s Property”)
must be removed from the Premises by Tenant, at Tenant's expense,
prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, prior to the
Expiration Date, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s expense, remove
those Alterations which Landlord shall commercially reasonably
determine do not constitute normal office alterations
(“Specialty Alterations”) by notice given to Tenant at
the time that the plans and specifications for such Alterations are
delivered by Landlord to Tenant. All Alterations in and
to the Premises which may be made by Landlord or Tenant prior to
and during the Term, or any renewal thereof, shall become the
property of Landlord upon the Expiration Date or earlier end of the
Term or any renewal thereof, and shall not be removed from the
Premises by Tenant. Tenant shall repair any damage to the Premises
or the Building caused by such removal. Any
Tenant’s Property and/or Specialty Alterations not so removed
by Tenant at or prior to the Expiration Date or earlier termination
of the Term shall become the property of Landlord, but nothing
herein shall be deemed to relieve Tenant of responsibility for the
cost of removal of any such Specialty Alterations or Tenant’s
Property which Tenant is obligated to remove hereunder.
C.
Chlorofluorocarbons . Anything contained herein
to the contrary notwithstanding, Tenant shall repair or remove any
mechanical or other equipment within the Premises containing
chlorofluorocarbons (“CFC”s”) which was first
introduced into the Premises by Tenant and the repair or removal of
such equipment, as the case may be, shall conform with all
requirements of law. Additionally any such repair or
removal shall be done by contractors reasonably approved by
Landlord and subject to the procedures to which Landlord’s
said approval shall have previously been
obtained. Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord
harmless from any liability or damages resulting from any
contamination within the Building, as a result of the repair or
removal by Tenant of any of the aforesaid equipment containing
CFC’s.
D.
Submission of Plans . Prior to making any
Alterations, Tenant (i) shall submit to Landlord or to a consultant
appointed by Landlord ("Landlord's Consultant") detailed plans and
specifications (including layout, architectural, mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, Class E sprinkler and structural drawings
stamped by a professional engineer or architect licensed in the
State of New York) for each proposed Alteration and shall not
commence any such Alteration without first obtaining Landlord's
approval of such plans and specifications, which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or otherwise conditioned, (ii)
shall pay to Landlord the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
Landlord (including the reasonable cost of Landlord's Consultant)
in connection with Landlord's review of Tenant's plans and
specifications, (iii) shall, at its expense, obtain all permits,
approvals and certificates required by any governmental bodies, and
(iv) shall furnish to Landlord reasonable evidence that Tenant, and
Tenant's contractors and subcontractors engaged in connection with
such Alterations, are carrying such insurance as Landlord may
require, as more particularly set forth in Schedule
“D” annexed hereto and made a part
hereof. Upon completion of such Alteration, Tenant, at
Tenant's expense, shall obtain certificates of final approval of
such Alteration, including the "as-built" drawings showing such
Alterations, if same are required by any governmental bodies and
shall furnish Landlord with copies thereof. All
Alterations shall be made and performed in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations (hereinafter defined) and in accordance with
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, including
but not limited to the accessibility provisions thereof; all
materials and equipment to be incorporated in the Premises as a
result of all Alterations shall be new and first quality; no such
materials or equipment shall be subject to any lien, encumbrance,
chattel mortgage or title retention or security
agreement. Tenant agrees to allow Landlord’s
designated contractor to bid on any Alterations to be performed by
or on behalf of Tenant. If Landlord’s designated
contractor is the lowest bidding contractor, Tenant agrees to award
the contract for the performance of such Alterations to such
contractor. Landlord's approval of Tenant's plans,
specifications and working drawings for Alterations shall create no
responsibility or liability on the part of Landlord with respect to
their completeness, design, sufficiency or compliance with all
applicable laws, rules or regulations of governmental agencies or
authorities.
E.
Mechanics' Liens; Labor Conflicts . Any
mechanic's lien filed against the Premises, or the Real Property,
for work claimed to have been done for, or materials claimed to
have been furnished to, Tenant, shall be discharged by Tenant
within thirty (30) days thereafter, at Tenant's expense, by payment
or filing the bond required by law. Tenant shall not, at
any time prior to or during the Term, directly or indirectly
employ, or permit the employment of, any contractor, service
provider, mechanic or laborer in the Premises, whether in
connection with any Alterations, cleaning services or otherwise,
if, in Landlord's commercially reasonable judgment, such employment
will cause any conflict with other contractors, service providers,
mechanics, or laborers engaged in the construction, cleaning,
maintenance or operation of the Building by Landlord or
Tenant. In the event of any such conflict, Tenant, upon
demand of Landlord, shall cause all contractors, service providers,
mechanics or laborers causing such conflict to promptly leave the
Building.
4.
REPAIRS. Landlord shall, at its sole
expense(unless need for repair is caused by Tenant), maintain and
promptly repair the public and structural portions of the Building,
both exterior and interior, and all Building wide mechanical
systems, elevators and the roof of the Building. Tenant
shall, throughout the Term, take good care of the Premises and the
fixtures and appurtenances therein and at Tenant's sole cost and
expense, make all nonstructural repairs thereto as and when needed
to preserve them in good working order and condition, reasonable
wear and tear and damage for which Tenant is not responsible under
the terms of this Lease excepted. Tenant shall pay
Landlord for all replacements to the lamps, tubes, ballasts and
starters in the lighting fixtures installed in the
Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all damage or
injury to the Premises or to any other part of the Building, or to
its fixtures, equipment and appurtenances, whether requiring
structural or nonstructural repairs, resulting from the negligence
or wrongful acts of, or Alterations made by, or any work, labor,
service or equipment done for or supplied to, Tenant or any
subtenant, or the installation, use or operation of any property or
equipment by Tenant or any of Tenant's subtenants, agents,
employees, invitees or licensees, shall be repaired promptly by
Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, to the commercially
reasonable satisfaction of Landlord. Tenant also shall
repair all damage to the Building and the Premises caused by the
moving of Tenant's fixtures, furniture or equipment. All
the aforesaid repairs shall be of quality and class substantially
equal to the original work or construction and shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Article 3 hereof. If
Tenant fails after twenty (20) days notice from Landlord to proceed
with due diligence to make repairs required to be made by Tenant
hereunder, and if Landlord thereafter elects to make any repairs in
or to the Building or the facilities and systems thereof for which
Tenant is responsible, the same may be made by Landlord, at the
expense of Tenant, and the expenses thereof incurred by Landlord
shall be collectible by Landlord as additional rent promptly after
rendition of a bill or statement therefor. Tenant shall
give Landlord prompt notice of any defective condition in the
Premises for which Landlord may be responsible
hereunder. Except as expressly provided in Article 10
hereof or elsewhere in this Lease, there shall be no allowance to
Tenant for a diminution of rental value and no liability on the
part of Landlord by reason of inconvenience, annoyance or injury to
business arising from Landlord, Tenant or others making, or failing
to make, any repairs, alterations, additions or improvements in or
to any portion of the Building, or the Premises, or in or to
fixtures, appurtenances, or equipment thereof. If the Premises be
or become infested with vermin, Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall
cause the same to be exterminated from time to time to the
satisfaction of Landlord and shall employ such exterminators and
such exterminating company or companies as shall be reasonably
approved by Landlord. The water and wash closets and other plumbing
fixtures shall not be used for any purposes other than those for
which they were designed or constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish,
rags, acids or other substances shall be deposited
therein. If at any time any windows of the Premises are
temporarily darkened, if required by law, Landlord shall not be
liable for any damage Tenant may sustain thereby and Tenant shall
not be entitled to any compensation therefor nor abatement of Rent
nor shall the same release Tenant from its obligations hereunder
nor constitute an eviction.
5.
WINDOW CLEANING. Tenant shall not clean, nor
require, permit, suffer or allow any window in the Premises to be
cleaned, from the outside in violation of Section 202 of the Labor
Law, or any other applicable law, or of the rules of the Board of
Standards and Appeals, or of any other board or body having or
asserting jurisdiction. Landlord shall provide periodic
Building standard window cleaning (outside only ) for the outside
windows at the Premises at Landlord’s sole
expense.
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REQUIREMENTS
OF LAW; FLOOR LOAD.
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A.
Requirements of Law. Tenant, at Tenant’s
sole expense, shall promptly comply with all present and future
laws, statutes, orders, directives and regulations of federal,
state, county, city and municipal authorities, departments,
bureaus, boards, agencies, commissions and other sub-divisions
thereof, and of any official thereof and any other governmental and
quasi-public authority and all rules, orders, regulations or
requirements of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, or any
other similar body which shall now or hereafter impose any
violation, order or duty upon Landlord or Tenant with respect to
the Premises as a result of the particular manner of use or
the alteration thereof by Tenant, provided that, except
with respect to an alteration of the Premises by Tenant, Tenant
shall not be required to make any structural or exterior
repairs. Tenant shall not, in its manner of use of the
Premises, do or permit to be done any act or thing upon the
Premises which is contrary to and will invalidate or be in conflict
with any public liability, fire or other policies of insurance at
any time carried by or for the benefit of Landlord with respect to
the Building and fixtures and property therein, or which shall
subject Landlord to any liability to any person or for property
damage. Tenant shall not do, or permit anything to be
done in or upon the Premises, or bring or keep anything therein,
except as now or hereafter permitted by the New York City Fire
Department, New York Board of Fire Underwriters, New York Fire
Insurance Rating Organization or other authority having
jurisdiction and then only in such quantity and manner as not to
increase the insurance rate applicable to the Building, or use the
Premises in a manner which shall increase the rate of fire
insurance on the Building over that in effect prior to this
Lease. If by reason of Tenant's failure to comply with
the provisions of this Article, the fire insurance rate shall at
the beginning of this Lease or at any time thereafter be higher
than it otherwise would be, then Tenant shall reimburse Landlord,
as additional rent hereunder, for that part of all fire insurance
premiums thereafter paid by Landlord which shall have been charged
because of such failure by Tenant, and Tenant shall make such
reimbursement upon the first day of the month following such outlay
by Landlord. In any action or proceeding wherein
Landlord and Tenant are parties, a schedule or "make up" of rates
for the Building or the Premises issued by the New York Fire
Insurance Rating Organization, or other body fixing such fire
insurance rates, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein
stated and of the several items and charges in the fire insurance
rates then applicable to the Premises. Any work or
installations made or performed by or on behalf of Tenant or any
person claiming through or under Tenant pursuant to this Article
shall be made in conformity with, and subject to the provisions of,
Article 3 hereof.
B.
Floor Load. Tenant shall not place a load upon any floor of
the Premises exceeding the floor load per square foot area that
such floor was designed to carry and which is allowed by
law. Landlord reserves the right to prescribe the weight
and position of all safes, business machines and heavy equipment
and installations such that the same are placed and maintained by
Tenant, at Tenant's expense, in settings sufficient in Landlord's
reasonable judgment to absorb and prevent vibration, noise and
annoyance. Tenant shall not move any safe, heavy
machinery, heavy equipment, freight, bulky matter or fixtures into
or out of the Building without Landlord's prior consent and payment
to Landlord of Landlord's actual costs in connection
therewith. If such safe, machinery, equipment, freight,
bulky matter or fixtures requires special handling, Tenant agrees
to employ only persons holding a Master Rigger's License to do said
work, and that all work in connection therewith shall comply with
the Administrative Code of the City of New York and all other laws
and regulations applicable thereto, and shall be done during such
hours as Landlord may reasonably designate.
A.
Subordination . This Lease is subject and
subordinate to each and every trust indenture and mortgage
(collectively the "Mortgages") which may now or hereafter affect
the Real Property, the Building, and to all renewals, extensions,
supplements, amendments, modifications, consolidations, and
replacements thereof or thereto, substitutions therefor and
advances made thereunder. This clause shall be
self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be
required to make the interest of any trustee or mortgagee of a
Mortgage superior to the interest of Tenant
hereunder. In confirmation of such subordination,
however, Tenant shall execute promptly any certificate that
Landlord may reasonably request. Tenant covenants and
agrees that, except as expressly provided for herein, Tenant shall
not do anything that would constitute a default under any Mortgage,
or omit to do anything that Tenant is obligated to do under the
terms of this Lease so as to cause Landlord to be in default. If,
in connection with the financing of the Real Property, the Building
any lending institution (such as a bank, insurance company or
similar institution regularly issuing first mortgage loans) shall
request reasonable modifications of this Lease, provided such
modifications do not increase the obligations or (except
immaterially) adversely affect the rights of Tenant under this
Lease, Tenant covenants to make such modifications. The Landlord
shall obtain from the holder or holders of any Mortgages a
non-disturbance agreement (“SNDA”) in the
lender’s usual form; provided however that the
Landlord’s failure to obtain an SNDA shall not constitute a
default under this Lease by the Landlord nor shall the terms and
provisions of this Lease be affected thereby; and further provided
that any costs incurred by Landlord in obtaining such SNDA shall be
paid by Tenant immediately upon demand, the failure to pay such
costs shall be deemed an Event of Default (as such term is defined
herein)with respect to Tenant’s rights under this Lease (a
“NDA”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Tenant prior to the Commencement Date.
B.
Attornment . If at any time prior to the
expiration of the Term, any Mortgage shall be foreclosed for any
reason, Tenant agrees, at the election and upon demand of any owner
of the Real Property or the Building, or of any mortgagee in
possession of the Real Property or the Building, to attorn, from
time to time, to any such owner, or mortgagee, upon the then
executory terms and conditions of this Lease, for the remainder of
the term originally demised in this Lease, provided that such
owner, mortgagee as the case may be, or receiver caused to be
appointed by any of the foregoing, shall not then be entitled to
possession of the Premises under the NDA or any other agreement or
by law. The provisions of this subsection B shall inure
to the benefit of any such owner or mortgagee, and shall be
self-operative upon any such demand, and no further instrument
shall be required to give effect to said
provisions. Tenant, however, upon demand of any such
owner or mortgagee, agrees to execute, from time to time,
instruments in confirmation of the foregoing provisions of this
subsection B, commercially reasonably satisfactory to any such
owner or mortgagee, acknowledging such attornment and setting forth
the terms and conditions of its tenancy. Subject to the
NDA, nothing contained in this subsection B shall be construed to
impair any right otherwise exercisable by any such owner or
mortgagee.
8.
RULES AND REGULATIONS. Tenant and Tenant's
employees, agents, visitors and licensees shall observe faithfully,
and comply with, the Rules and Regulations annexed hereto and made
a part hereof as Schedule “A” and such other and
further commercially reasonable Rules and Regulations as Landlord
or Landlord's agents may from time to time adopt (collectively, the
"Rules and Regulations") on such notice to be given as Landlord may
elect. Nothing in this Lease contained shall be
construed to impose upon Landlord any duty or obligation to enforce
the Rules and Regulations or terms, covenants or conditions in any
other lease, against any other tenant and Landlord shall not be
liable to Tenant for violation of the same by any other tenant, its
employees, agents, visitors or licensees but Landlord shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to apply the Rules and Regulations
in a uniform manner to all tenants of the Building.
A.
Liability Insurance. Tenant shall obtain at its
own expense and keep in full force and effect during the Term, a
policy of commercial general liability insurance (including,
without limitation, insurance covering Tenant's contractual
liability under this Lease, under which Tenant is named as the
insured, and Landlord, Landlord's managing agent, the present and
any future mortgagee of the Real Property or the Building are named
as additional insureds. Such policy shall contain a
provision that no act or omission of Tenant shall affect or limit
the obligation of the insurance company to pay the amount of any
loss sustained. Such policy shall also contain a
provision which provides the insurance company will not cancel or
refuse to renew the policy, or change in any material way the
nature or extent of the coverage provided by such policy, without
first giving Landlord at least thirty (30) days written notice by
certified mail, return receipt requested, which notice shall
contain the policy number and the names of the insureds and policy
holder. The minimum limits of liability shall be a
combined single limit with respect to each occurrence in an amount
of not less than $2,000,000 for injury (or death) and $1,000,000.00
for each person and for damage to property or such greater coverage
amounts as Landlord may, from time to time, commercially reasonably
require provided such greater coverage amounts are then carried by
tenants of similar premises as the Premises in similar office
buildings in midtown Manhattan. Such coverage may be maintained by
a combined single limit policy in the above coverage amounts and an
“umbrella” or excess coverage policy in the amount of
$5,000,000.00. Tenant shall also maintain at its own expense during
the Term a policy of workers' compensation insurance providing
statutory benefits for Tenant's employees and employer's
liability. Tenant shall provide to Landlord upon
execution of this Lease and at least thirty (30) days prior to the
termination of any existing policy, a certificate evidencing the
effectiveness of the insurance policies required to be maintained
hereunder which shall include the named insured, additional
insured, carrier, policy number, limits of liability, effective
date, the name of the insurance agent and its telephone number.
Tenant shall provide Landlord with a complete copy of any such
policy upon written request of Landlord. Tenant shall
have no right to obtain any of the insurance required hereunder
pursuant to a blanket policy covering other properties unless the
blanket policy contains an endorsement that names Landlord,
Landlord's managing agent and the present and any future mortgagees
of the Real Property or the Building as additional insureds,
references the Premises, and guarantees a minimum limit available
for the Premises equal to the amount of insurance required to be
maintained hereunder. Each policy required hereunder
shall contain a clause that the policy and the coverage evidenced
thereby shall be primary with respect to any policies carried by
Landlord, and that any coverage carried by Landlord shall be excess
insurance. The limits of the insurance required under
this subsection shall not limit the liability of Tenant under this
Lease. All insurance required to be carried by Tenant
pursuant to the terms of this Lease shall be effected under valid
and enforceable policies issued by reputable and independent
insurers permitted to do business in the State of New York, and
rated in Best's Insurance Guide, or any successor thereto (or if
there be none, an insurance company rating organization having a
national reputation) as having a general policyholder rating of
"A-" and a financial rating of at least "10". In the
event that Tenant fails to continuously maintain insurance as
required by this subsection, Landlord may, at its option and
without relieving Tenant of any obligation hereunder, order such
insurance and pay for the same at the expense of
Tenant. In such event, Tenant shall repay the amount
expended by Landlord within ten (10) days of Landlord's written
demand therefor.
B.
All-Risk Insurance. Tenant shall also maintain
at its own expense during the Term a policy against fire and other
casualty on an "all risk" form covering all Alterations,
construction and other improvements installed within the Premises,
whether existing in the Premises on the date hereof or hereinafter
installed by or on behalf of Landlord or Tenant, and on all
furniture, fixtures, equipment, personal property and inventory of
Tenant located in the Premises and any property in the care,
custody and control of Tenant (fixed or otherwise) sufficient to
provide 100% full replacement value of such items, which policy
(except with respect to the coverage limits and the types of
insurance coverages and the naming of mortgagees as additional
insureds) shall otherwise comply with the provisions of subsections
A and C of this Article 9. On any such policy, Tenant
shall name Landlord as a loss payee, as its interest may
appear.
C.
Waiver of Subrogation. The parties hereto shall
procure an appropriate clause in, or endorsement on, any "all-risk"
property insurance covering the Premises and the Building,
including its respective Alterations, construction and other
improvements as well as personal property, fixtures, furniture,
inventory and equipment located thereon or therein, pursuant to
which the insurance companies waive subrogation or consent to a
waiver of right of recovery, and each party hereby agrees that it
will not make any claim against or seek to recover from the other
or the partners, directors, officers, shareholders or employees of
such party for any loss or damage to its property or the property
of others resulting from fire or other hazards covered by such
"all-risk" property insurance policies to the extent that such loss
or damage is actually recoverable under such policies exclusive of
any deductibles. If the payment of an additional premium
is required for the inclusion of such waiver of subrogation
provision, each party shall advise the other of the amount of any
such additional premiums and the other party shall pay the
same. It is expressly understood and agreed that
Landlord will not carry insurance on the Alterations, construction
and other improvements presently existing or hereafter installed
within the Premises or on Tenant's fixtures, furnishings,
equipment, personal property or inventory located in the Premises
or insurance against interruption of Tenant's business.
10.
DESTRUCTION OF THE PREMISES; PROPERTY LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
A.
Repair of Damage . If the Premises or any part
thereof shall be damaged by fire or other casualty, Tenant shall
give prompt notice thereof to Owner and this Lease shall continue
in full force and effect except as hereinafter set
forth. If the Premises shall be damaged by fire or other
casualty, then the Premises shall be repaired and restored to its
condition preceding the damage in accordance with the provisions of
this Article 10. Whenever in this Article 10 reference
is made to restoration of the Premises, (i) Tenant's obligation
shall be as to all property within the Premises such as Tenant's
furniture, fixtures, equipment and other personal property of
Tenant, any and all Alterations, construction or other improvements
made to the Premises by or on behalf of Tenant and any other
leasehold improvements existing in the Premises on the date hereof,
all of which shall be restored and replaced at Tenant's sole cost
and expense and (ii) Landlord's obligation, if any, shall be as to
the shell, which constitutes the structure of the Building and the
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning and other
building-wide systems up to the point of connection into the
Premises. Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant,
and Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate this Lease, if such
repairs and restoration are not in fact completed within Landlord's
estimated time period as given by Notice to Tenant by Landlord
within sixty (60) days after such fire or other casualty if such
failure by Landlord is a result of “Force
Majeure.” The Rent until such repairs shall be
made shall be reduced in the proportion which the area of the part
of the Premises which is not usable by Tenant bears to the total
area of the Premises provided, however, should Tenant reoccupy a
portion of the Premises for the conduct of its business prior to
the date such repairs are made, the Rent shall be reinstated with
respect to such reoccupied portion of the Premises and shall be
payable by Tenant from the date of such occupancy. The
abatement of Rent provided for in this subsection shall continue
for a period of two (2) months following the date Landlord
completes its repair and restoration obligations
hereunder.
B.
Landlord's Termination Option . Anything in
subsection A of this Article 10 to the contrary notwithstanding, if
the Premises are totally damaged or are rendered wholly
untenantable, or if the Building shall be so damaged by fire or
other casualty that, in Landlord's opinion, either substantial
alteration, demolition or reconstruction of the Building shall be
required (whether or not the Premises shall have been damaged or
rendered untenantable), or if the Building, after its proposed
repair, alteration or restoration, shall not be economically viable
as an office building, then in any of such events, Landlord, at
Landlord's option, may, not later than sixty (60) days following
such damage, give Tenant a notice in writing terminating this
Lease. In addition, (i) if any damage shall occur to the
Premises or the Building during the last two (2) years of the Term,
Landlord or Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease
upon not less than sixty (60) days prior written notice to the
other party or (ii) if the holder of a Mortgage applies the
proceeds of insurance to the loan and the remaining proceeds, if
any, available to Landlord are insufficient to pay for such repair
or restoration. If this Lease is terminated pursuant to
the provisions of this subsection B, the Term shall expire upon the
date set forth in such notice, and Tenant shall vacate the Premises
and surrender the same to Landlord without prejudice however, to
Landlord’s rights and remedies against Tenant under this
Lease in effect prior to such fire or other casualty and any Rent
owing shall be paid up to such date and any payments of Rent made
by Tenant which were on account of any period subsequent to such
date shall be returned to Tenant. Upon the termination
of this Lease under the conditions provided for in the next
preceding sentence, Tenant's liability for Rent thereafter accruing
shall cease as of the day following such damage.
C.
Repair Delays . Landlord shall not be liable for
reasonable delays which may arise as a result of “Force
Majeure” or by reason of the claim adjustment with any
insurance company on the part of Landlord and/or Tenant and for
causes beyond Landlord’s control, provided Landlord uses good
faith commercially reasonable efforts to adjust such
claim.
D.
Provision Controlling. The parties agree that
this Article 10 constitutes an express agreement governing any case
of damage or destruction of the Premises or the Building by fire or
other casualty, and that Section 227 of the Real Property Law of
the State of New York, which provides for such contingency in the
absence of an express agreement, and any other law of like import
now or hereafter in force shall have no application in any such
case.
E.
Property Loss or Damage. Any Building employee
to whom any property shall be entrusted by or on behalf of Tenant
shall be deemed to be acting as Tenant's agent with respect to such
property and neither Landlord nor its agents shall be liable for
any damage to property of Tenant or of others entrusted to
employees of the Building, nor for the loss of or damage to any
property of Tenant by theft or otherwise. Neither
Landlord nor its agents shall be liable for any injury or damage to
persons or property or interruption of Tenant's business resulting
from fire, explosion, falling plaster, steam, gas, electricity,
water, rain or snow or leaks from any part of the Building or from
the pipes, appliances or plumbing works or from the roof, street or
subsurface or from any other place or by dampness or by any other
cause of whatsoever nature; nor shall Landlord or its agents be
liable for any such damage caused by other tenants or persons in
the Building or caused by construction of any private, public or
quasi-public work; nor shall Landlord be liable for any latent
defect in the Premises or in the Building. Anything in
this Article 10 to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this
Lease shall be construed to relieve Landlord from responsibility
directly to Tenant for any loss or damage caused directly to Tenant
wholly or in part by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Landlord, its agents, employees or contractors. Nothing
in the foregoing sentence shall affect any right of Landlord to the
indemnity from Tenant to which Landlord may be entitled under
Article 37 hereof in order to recoup for payments made to
compensate for losses of third parties.
F. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if, in any event, such
repairs or restoration shall not be completed within nine (9) month
after such fire and other casualty, then Tenant may, upon notice to
Landlord, cancel and terminate this Lease and the Lease shall be
deemed terminated on the date set forth in said notice (the “
Tenant Termination Date ”) and Tenant shall vacate the
Premises on or prior to the Tenant Termination Date and all Rent
shall be pro rated as of the date of such fire or other
casualty.
A.
Condemnation . If the whole of the
Real Property, the Building or the Premises shall be acquired or
condemned for any public or quasi-public use or purpose, this Lease
and the Term shall end as of the date of the vesting of title with
the same effect as if said date were the Expiration
Date. If only a part of the Real Property shall be so
acquired or condemned then, (i) except as hereinafter provided in
this subsection A, this Lease and the Term shall continue in force
and effect but, if a part of the Premises is included in the part
of the Real Property so acquired or condemned, from and after the
date of the vesting of title, the Rent shall be reduced in the
proportion which the area of the part of the Premises so acquired
or condemned bears to the total area of the Premises immediately
prior to such acquisition or condemnation; (ii) whether or not the
Premises shall be affected thereby, Landlord, at Landlord's option,
may give to Tenant, within thirty (30) days next following the date
upon which Landlord shall have received notice of vesting of title,
a thirty (30) days notice of termination of this Lease; and (iii)
if the part of the Real Property so acquired or condemned shall
contain more than twenty percent (20%) of the total area of the
Premises immediately prior to such acquisition or condemnation, or
if, by reason of such acquisition or condemnation, Tenant no longer
has reasonable means of access to the Premises, Tenant, at Tenant's
option, may give to Landlord, within thirty (30) days next
following the date upon which Tenant shall have received notice of
vesting of title, a thirty (30) days notice of termination of this
Lease. If any such thirty (30) days notice of
termination is given by Landlord or Tenant, this Lease and the Term
shall come to an end and expire upon the expiration of said thirty
(30) days with the same effect as if the date of expiration of said
thirty (30) days were the Expiration Date. If a part of
the Premises shall be so acquired or condemned and this Lease and
the Term shall not be terminated pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this subsection A, Landlord, at Landlord's expense,
shall restore that part of the Premises not so acquired or
condemned to a self-contained rental unit. In the event
of any termination of this Lease and the Term pursuant to the
provisions of this subsection A, the Rent shall be apportioned as
of the date of such condemnation and any prepaid portion of Rent
for any period after such date shall be refunded by Landlord to
Tenant.
B.
Award . In the event of any such
acquisition or condemnation of all or any part of the Real
Property, Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire award
for any such acquisition or condemnation, Tenant shall have no
claim against Landlord or the condemning authority for the value of
any unexpired portion of the Term and Tenant hereby expressly
assigns to Landlord all of its right in and to any such
award. Nothing contained in this subsection B shall be
deemed to prevent Tenant from making a claim in any condemnation
proceedings for the then value of any furniture, furnishings and
fixtures installed by and at the sole expense of Tenant and
included in such taking, and for moving expenses provided that such
award shall not materially reduce the amount of the award otherwise
payable to Landlord.
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A.
Prohibition Without Consent. Tenant expressly
covenants that it shall not (i) assign or otherwise transfer this
Lease or the term and estate hereby granted, (ii) mortgage, pledge
or encumber this Lease or the Premises or any part thereof in any
manner by reason of any act or omission on the part of Tenant,
(iii) sublet the Premises or any part thereof or permit the
Premises or any part thereof to be used or occupied by others
(whether for desk space, mailing privileges or otherwise) or (iv)
advertise, or authorize a broker to advertise the Premises for
assignment or subletting, without obtaining the prior written
consent of Landlord in each instance. If this Lease be
assigned, or if the Premises or any part thereof be sublet or
occupied by anybody other than Tenant, Landlord may, after default
by Tenant, collect rent from the assignee, subtenant or occupant,
and apply the net amount collected to the Rent herein reserved, but
no assignment, underletting, occupancy or collection shall be
deemed a waiver of the provisions hereof, the acceptance of the
assignee, undertenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of Tenant
from the further performance by Tenant of covenants on the part of
Tenant herein contained. The consent by Landlord to an
assignment or underletting shall not in any way be construed to
relieve Tenant from obtaining the express consent in writing of
Landlord to any further assignment or underletting. In
no event shall any permitted subtenant assign or encumber its
sublease or further sublet all or any portion of its sublet space,
or otherwise suffer or permit the sublet space or any part thereof
to be used or occupied by others, without Landlord's prior written
consent in each instance. Any assignment, sublease,
mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or transfer in contravention of the
provisions of this Article 12 shall be void.
B.
Notice of Proposed Transfer . If Tenant shall at
any time or times during the Term desire to assign this Lease or
sublet all or part of the Premises, Tenant shall give notice
thereof to Landlord, which notice shall be accompanied by (i) a
conformed or photostatic copy of the proposed assignment or
sublease, the effective or commencement date of which shall be not
less than thirty (30) nor more than one hundred and eighty (180)
days after the giving of such notice, (ii) a statement setting
forth in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed assignee or
subtenant, the nature of its business and its proposed use of the
Premises, (iii) current financial information with respect to the
proposed assignee or subtenant, including, without limitation, its
most recent financial report, (iv) an agreement by Tenant to
indemnify Landlord against liability resulting from any claims that
may be made against Landlord by the proposed assignee or subtenant
or by any brokers or other persons claiming a commission or similar
compensation in connection with the proposed assignment or sublease
and (v) in the case of a sublease, such additional information
related to the proposed subtenant as Landlord shall reasonably
request, if any, prior to such notice by Tenant with respect to a
subletting.
C.
Landlord's Options. The notice containing all of
the information set forth in Subsection B of this Article 12 above
shall be deemed an offer from Tenant to Landlord whereby Landlord
(or Landlord's designee) may, at its option, (a) sublease such
space (hereinafter called the "Leaseback Space") from Tenant upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth (if the proposed
transaction is a sublease of all or part of the Premises), or (b)
terminate this Lease (if the proposed transaction is an assignment
or a sublease of all or substantially all of the
Premises). Said options may be exercised by Landlord by
notice to Tenant at any time within thirty (30) days after the
aforesaid notice has been given by Tenant to Landlord; and during
such thirty (30) day period Tenant shall not assign this Lease nor
sublet such space to any person or entity. If Landlord
fails to give the aforesaid notice within said thirty (30) day
period, Tenant shall give a second notice to Landlord after the
expiration of said thirty (30) day period and, if Landlord has
failed to give the aforesaid notice set forth in the second
sentence of this Subsection within ten (10) days after the giving
of said second notice by Tenant, Landlord shall be deemed not to
have exercised its option under this subsection.
D.
Termination by Landlord. If Landlord exercises
its option to terminate this Lease in the case where Tenant desires
either to assign this Lease or sublet all or substantially all of
the Premises, then this Lease shall end and expire on the date that
such assignment or sublet was to be effective or commence, as the
case may be, and the Rent and additional rent due hereunder shall
be paid and apportioned to such date. Furthermore, if Landlord
exercises its option to terminate this Lease pursuant to subsection
C of this Article 12, Landlord shall be free to and shall have no
liability to Tenant if Landlord should lease the Premises (or any
part thereof) to Tenant's prospective assignee or
subtenant.
E.
Takeback by Landlord . If Landlord
exercises its option to sublet the leaseback Space, such sublease
to Landlord or its designee (as subtenant) shall be at the lower of
(i) the rental rate per rentable square foot of Rent and additional
rent then payable pursuant to this Lease, or (ii) the rentals set
forth in the proposed sublease, and shall be for the same term as
that of the proposed subletting, and such sublease:
(i) shall
be expressly subject to all of the covenants, agreements, terms,
provisions and conditions of this Lease except such as are
inapplicable, and except as otherwise expressly set forth to the
contrary in this Article 12;
(ii) shall
be upon the same terms and conditions as those contained in the
proposed sublease, except such as are inapplicable and except as
otherwise expressly set forth to the contrary in this Article
12;
(iii) shall
give the subtenant the unqualified and unrestricted right, without
Tenant's permission, to assign such sublease or any interest
therein and/or to sublet the space covered by such sublease or any
part or parts of such space and to make any and all changes,
alterations and improvements in the space covered by such sublease,
and if the proposed sublease will result in all or substantially
all of the Premises being sublet, grant Landlord or its designee
the option to extend the term of such sublease for the balance of
the term of this Lease less one (1) day;
(iv) shall
provide that any assignee or further subtenant of Landlord or its
designee, may, at the election of Landlord, be permitted to make
alterations, decorations and installations in such space or any
part thereof and shall also provide in substance that any such
alterations, decorations and installations in such space therein
made by any assignee or subtenant of Landlord or its designee may
be removed, in whole or in part, by such assignee or subtenant, at
its option, prior to or upon the expiration or other termination of
such sublease provided that such assignee or subtenant, at its
expense, shall repair any damage and injury to such space so sublet
caused by such removal; and
(v) shall
also provide that (a) the parties to such sublease expressly negate
any intention that any estate created under such sublease be merged
with any other estate held by either of said parties, (b) any
assignment or subletting by Landlord or its designee (as the
subtenant) may be for any purpose or purposes that Landlord, in
Landlord's uncontrolled discretion, shall deem suitable or
appropriate, provided, however, if the sublease is for a portion of
the Premises then any such purpose or purposes shall not materially
interfere with Tenant’s operations in balance of the Premises
retained by Tenant , (c) Landlord, at Landlord’s sole
expense, shall and will at all times provide and permit reasonably
appropriate means of ingress to and egress from such space so
sublet by Tenant to Landlord or its designee, (d) Landlord, at
Landlord’s sole expense, may make such alterations as may be
required or deemed necessary by Landlord to physically separate the
subleased space from the balance of the Premises and to comply with
any legal or insurance requirements relating to such separation,
and (e) that at the expiration of the term of such sublease, Tenant
will accept the space covered by such sublease in its then existing
condition, subject to the obligations of the subtenant to make such
repairs thereto as may be necessary to preserve the premises
demised by such sublease in good order and condition.
F.
Effect of Takeback or Termination. If Landlord
exercises its option to sublet the Leaseback Space, (i) Landlord
shall indemnify and save Tenant harmless from all obligations under
this Lease as to the Leaseback Space during the period of time it
is so sublet to Landlord; (ii) performance by Landlord, or its
designee, under a sublease of the Leaseback Space shall be deemed
performance by Tenant of any similar obligation under this Lease
and any default under any such sublease shall not give rise to a
default under a similar obligation contained in this Lease nor
shall Tenant be liable for any default under this Lease or deemed
to be in default hereunder if such default is occasioned by or
arises from any act or omission of the tenant under such sublease
or is occasioned by or arises from any act or omission of any
occupant holding under or pursuant to any such sublease; and (iii)
Tenant shall have no obligation, at the expiration or earlier
termination of the Term, to remove any alteration, installation or
improvement made in the Leaseback Space by Landlord (or its
designee); In addition, if required by applicable law in connection
with any termination of this Lease, or subletting of all or any
portion of the Leaseback Space to Landlord or its designee, Tenant
shall complete, swear to and file any questionnaires, tax returns,
affidavits or other documentation which may be required to be
filed with the appropriate governmental agency in
connection with any other tax which may now or hereafter be in
effect. Landlord further agrees to pay any amounts which
may be assessed in connection with any of such taxes and to
indemnify Tenant against and to hold Tenant harmless from any
claims for payment of such taxes as a result of such
transactions.
G.
Conditions for Landlord's Approval . In the event
Landlord does not exercise either of the options provided to it
pursuant to subsection C of this Article 12 and provided that
Tenant is not in default of any of Tenant's obligations under this
Lease (after notice and the expiration of any applicable grace
period) as of the time of Landlord's consent, and as of the
effective date of the proposed assignment or commencement date of
the proposed sublease, Landlord's written consent to the proposed
assignment or sublease shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed
for more than thirty (30) days or otherwise conditioned, provided
and upon condition that:
(i) Tenant
shall have complied with the provisions of subsection B of this
Article 12 and Landlord shall not have exercised any of its options
under subsection C of this Article 12 within the time permitted
therefor;
(ii) In
Landlord's commercially reasonable judgment the proposed assignee
or subtenant is engaged in a business or activity, and the
Premises, or the relevant part thereof, will be used in a manner,
which (a) is in keeping with the then standards of the Building and
(b) is limited to the use of the Premises as provided in this
Lease.
(iii) The
proposed assignee or subtenant is a reputable party of good
character and with commercially reasonable sufficient financial
worth considering the responsibility involved, and Landlord has
been furnished with commercially reasonable proof
thereof;
(iv) Neither
(a) the proposed assignee or subtenant nor (b) any person which
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with, the proposed assignee or subtenant, is then an
occupant of any part of the Building;
(v) The
proposed assignee or subtenant is not a person with whom Landlord
is or has been, within the preceding six (6) month period,
negotiating to lease space in the Building;
(vi) The
form of the proposed sublease or instrument of assignment (a) shall
be in form commercially reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, and
(b) shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Article
12;
(vii) There
shall not be more than two (2) subtenants (including Landlord or
its designee) of the Premises;
(viii) The
rental and other terms and conditions of the sublease are
substantially the same as those contained in the proposed sublease
furnished to Landlord pursuant to subsection B of this Article
12;
(ix) Within
ten (10) days after receipt of a bill therefor, Tenant shall
reimburse Landlord for the reasonable costs that may be incurred by
Landlord in connection with said assignment or sublease, including
without limitation, the costs commercially reasonable of making
investigations as to the acceptability of the proposed assignee or
subtenant, and reasonable legal costs incurred by Landlord in
connection with the granting of any requested consent;
(x) (Omitted)
(xi) The
proposed occupancy shall not, in Landlord's commercially reasonable
opinion materially (a) increase the office cleaning requirements or
(b) the Building's operating or other expenses or (c) impose an
extra burden upon services to be supplied by Landlord to
Tenant;
(xii) The
proposed assignee or subtenant or its business shall not be subject
to compliance with any material additional requirements of law
(including related regulations) beyond those requirements which are
applicable to the named Tenant herein; and
(xiii) The
proposed subtenant or assignee shall not be entitled, directly or
indirectly, to diplomatic or sovereign immunity and shall be
subject to the service of process in, and the jurisdiction of the
courts of New York State.
Except for any subletting by Tenant to Landlord
or its designee pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12, each
subletting pursuant to this subsection G of this Article 12 shall
be subject to all of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions
and conditions contained in this Lease. Notwithstanding
any such subletting to Landlord or any such subletting to any other
subtenant and/or acceptance of Rent or additional rent by Landlord
from any subtenant, Tenant shall and will remain fully liable for
the payment of the Rent and additional rent due and to become due
hereunder and for the performance of all the covenants, agreements,
terms, provisions and conditions contained in this Lease on the
part of Tenant to be performed and all acts and omissions of any
licensee or subtenant or anyone claiming under or through any
subtenant which shall be in violation of any of the obligations of
this Lease shall be deemed to be a violation by
Tenant. Tenant further agrees that notwithstanding any
such subletting, no other and further subletting of the Premises by
Tenant or any person claiming through or under Tenant shall or will
be made except upon compliance with and subject to the provisions
of this Article 12. If Landlord shall decline to give
its consent to any proposed assignment or sublease, or if Landlord
shall exercise either of its options under subsection C of this
Article 12, Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Landlord against and from any and all loss, liability, damages,
costs, and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) resulting
from any claims that may be made against Landlord by the proposed
assignee or subtenant or by any brokers or other persons claiming a
commission or similar compensation in connection with the proposed
assignment or sublease.
H.
Future Requests. In the event that (i)
Landlord fails to exercise either of its options under subsection C
of this Article 12 and consents to a proposed assignment or
sublease, and (ii) Tenant fails to execute and deliver the
assignment or sublease to which Landlord consented within ninety
(90) days after the giving of such consent, then, Tenant shall
again comply with all of the provisions and conditions of
subsection B of this Article 12 before assigning this Lease or
subletting all or part of the Premises.
I.
Sublease Provisions . With respect to each and
every sublease or subletting authorized by Landlord under the
provisions of this Lease, it is further agreed that:
(i) No
subletting shall be for a term ending later than one (1) day prior
to the Expiration Date of this Lease;
(ii) No
sublease shall be delivered, and no subtenant shall take possession
of the Premises or any part thereof, until an executed counterpart
of such sublease has been delivered to Landlord;
(iii) Each
sublease shall provide that it is subject and subordinate to this
Lease and to the matters to which this Lease is or shall be
subordinate, and that in the event of termination, re-entry or
dispossession by Landlord under this Lease Landlord may, at its
option, take over all of the right, title and interest of Tenant,
as sublessor, under such sublease, and such subtenant shall, at
Landlord's option, attorn to Landlord pursuant to the then
executory provisions of such sublease, except that Landlord shall
not (a) be liable for any previous act or omission of Tenant under
such sublease, (b) be subject to any counterclaim, offset or
defense, not expressly provided in such sublease, which theretofore
accrued to such subtenant against Tenant, or (c) be bound by any
previous modification of such sublease or by any previous
prepayment of more than one (1) month's Rent. The
provisions of this Article 12 shall be self-operative and no
further instrument shall be required to give effect to this
provision.
(iv) If
any laws, orders, rules or regulations of any applicable
governmental authority require that any Hazardous Substances,
including, without limitation, asbestos, contained in or about the
Premises to be sublet (the "Sublet Space") be dealt with in any
particular manner in connection with any alteration of the Sublet
Space, then it shall be the subtenant's obligation, at the
subtenant's expense, to deal with such Hazardous Substances in
accordance with all such laws, orders, rules and regulations
(unless Landlord elects to deal with such Hazardous Substances
itself, in which event, the subtenant shall reimburse Landlord for
all of Landlord's costs and expenses in connection therewith within
ten (10) days next following the rendition of a statement
therefor).
J.
Profits from Assignment or Subletting . If
Landlord shall give its consent to any assignment of this Lease or
to any sublease or if Tenant shall enter into any other assignment
or sublease permitted hereunder, Tenant shall in consideration
therefor, pay to Landlord, as additional rent:
(i) in
the case of an assignment, an amount equal to one-half (½)
of all sums and other considerations paid to Tenant by the assignee
for or by reason of such assignment (including, but not limited to,
sums paid for the sale of Tenant's fixtures, leasehold
improvements, equipment, furniture, furnishings or other personal
property, less, in the case of a sale thereof, one-half (½)
of the then net unamortized or undepreciated cost thereof
determined on the basis of Tenant's federal income tax returns)
less one-half (½) of all expenses reasonably and actually
incurred by Tenant on account of brokerage commissions and
advertising costs in connection with such assignment , provided
that Tenant shall submit to Landlord a receipt evidencing the
payment of such expenses (or other proof of payment as Landlord
shall require). The sums payable by under this
subsection J(i) of this Article 12 shall be paid to Landlord as and
when payable by the assignee to the Tenant; and
(ii) in
the case of a sublease, one-half (½) of any rents,
additional charges or other consideration payable under the
sublease on a per square foot basis to Tenant by the subtenant
which is in excess of the Rent and additional rent accruing during
the term of the sublease in respect of the subleased space (at the
rate per square foot payable by Tenant hereunder) pursuant to the
terms hereof (including, but not limited to, sums paid for the sale
or rental of Tenant's fixtures, leasehold improvements, equipment,
furniture or other personal property, less, in the case of the sale
thereof, the one-half (½) of then net unamortized or
undepreciated cost thereof determined on the basis of Tenant's
federal income tax returns), less one-half (½) of all
expenses reasonably and actually incurred by Tenant on account of
brokerage commissions, advertising costs and the cost of demising
the premises so sublet in connection with such
sublease, provided that Tenant shall submit to Landlord
a receipt evidencing the payment of such expenses (or other proof
of payment as Landlord shall require). The sums payable
under this subsection J(ii) of this Article 12 shall be paid to
Landlord as and when payable by the subtenant to Tenant.
K.
Other Transfers. (i) If Tenant is a
corporation other than a corporation whose stock is listed and
traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange (hereinafter
referred to as a "public corporation"), the provisions of
subsection A of this Article 12 shall apply to a transfer (by one
or more transfers) of a majority of the stock of Tenant as if such
transfer of a majority of the stock of Tenant were an assignment of
this Lease; provided, however, that the provisions of subsections A
(other than (A(iv)), C, D, E, F, G, H and J shall not apply to
transactions with a corporation or other business entity into or
with which Tenant is merged or consolidated or to which
substantially all of Tenant's assets are transferred or sold,
provided that such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets is
for a valid business purpose and not principally for the purpose of
transferring the leasehold estate created hereby, and provided
further, that in any of such events (a) the successor to Tenant has
a net worth computed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles at least equal to the greater of (1) the net
worth of Tenant immediately prior to such merger, consolidation,
transfer, or sale, or (2) the net worth of Tenant herein named on
the date of this Lease and (b) proof commercially reasonably
satisfactory to Landlord of such net worth shall have been
delivered to Landlord at least ten (10) days prior to the effective
date of any such transaction.
(ii) If
Tenant is a partnership, the provisions of subsection A of this
Article 12 shall apply to a transfer (by one or more transfers) of
a majority interest in the partnership, as if such transfer were an
assignment of this Lease.
(iii) If
Tenant is a subdivision, authority, body, agency, instrumentality
or other entity created and/or controlled pursuant to the laws of
the State of New York or any city, town or village of such state or
of federal government ("Governmental Entity"), the provisions of
subsection A of this Article 12 shall apply to a transfer (by one
or more transfers) of any of Tenant's rights to use and occupy the
Premises, to any other Governmental Entity, as if such transfer of
the right of use and occupancy were an assignment of this Lease;
but said provisions shall not apply to a transfer of any of
Tenant's rights in and to the Premises to any Governmental Entity
which shall replace or succeed to substantially similar public
functions, responsibilities and areas of authority as Tenant,
provided that in any of such events the successor Governmental
Entity (a) shall utilize the Premises in a manner substantially
similar to Tenant, and (b) shall not utilize the Premises in any
manner which, in Landlord's reasonable judgment, would impair the
reputation of the Building as a first-class office
building.
L.
Related Corporation. Tenant may, without
Landlord's consent, assign this Lease or sublet all or a portion of
the Premises to any corporations or other business entities (but
not including Governmental Entities) which control, are controlled
by, or are under common control with Tenant (herein collectively
referred to as a "related corporation") or to sublet all or part of
the Premises to a related corporation for any of the purposes
permitted to Tenant, subject however to compliance with Tenant's
obligations under this Lease and in such event subsections A (other
than (A(iv)), B (other than B(i), B(iii), and B(iv), C, D, E, F, G,
H and J shall not apply to an assignment or sublease under this
subsection. Such subletting shall not relieve, release,
impair or discharge any of Tenant's obligations
hereunder. For the purposes hereof, "control" shall be
deemed to mean ownership of not less than fifty percent (50%) of
all of the voting stock of such corporation or not less than fifty
percent (50%) of all of the legal and equitable interest in any
other business entities.
M.
Assumption by Assignee. Any assignment or
transfer, whether made with Landlord's consent pursuant to
subsection A of this Article 12 or without Landlord's consent
pursuant to subsection K or L of this Article 12, shall be made
only if, and shall not be effective until, the assignee shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord an agreement in form
commercially reasonably satisfactory to Landlord whereby the
assignee shall assume the obligations of this Lease and agree to be
bound by all of the terms, conditions, covenants and provisions
hereof on the part of Tenant to be performed or observed and
whereby the assignee shall agree that the provisions of this
Article 12 shall, notwithstanding such assignment or transfer,
continue to be binding upon it in respect of all future assignments
and transfers. The original named Tenant covenants that,
notwithstanding any assignment or transfer, whether or not in
violation of the provisions of this Lease, and notwithstanding the
acceptance of Rent and/or additional rent by Landlord from an
assignee, transferee or any other party, the original named Tenant
shall remain fully liable for the payment of the Rent and
additional rent and for the other obligations of this Lease on the
part of Tenant to be performed or observed.
N.
Liability of Tenant . The joint and several
liability of Tenant and any immediate or remote successor in
interest of Tenant and the due performance of the obligations of
this Lease on Tenant's part to be performed or observed shall not
be discharged, released or impaired in any respect by any agreement
or stipulation made by Landlord or modifying any of the
obligations, of this Lease, or by any waiver or failure of Landlord
to enforce any of the obligations of this Lease except for (a) an
extension of the term of this Lease, (b) an increase in Rent or (c)
any additional increased materially adverse obligation on the part
of the Tenant with respect to the Lease.
O.
Listings . The listing of any name other than
that of Tenant, whether on the doors of the Premises or the
Building directory, or otherwise, shall not operate to vest any
right or interest in this Lease or in the Premises, nor shall it be
deemed to be the consent of Landlord to any assignment or transfer
of this Lease or to any sublease of the Premises or to the use or
occupancy thereof by others. Any such listing of others
shall constitute a privilege extended by Landlord, revocable at
Landlord's will by notice to Tenant.
Q.
Re-entry by Landlord . If Landlord shall recover
or come into possession of the Premises before the date herein
fixed for the termination of this Lease, Landlord shall have the
right, at its option, to take over any and all subleases or
sublettings of the Premises or any part thereof made by Tenant and
to succeed to all the rights of said subleases and sublettings or
such of them as it may elect to take over. Tenant hereby
expressly assigns and transfers to Landlord such of the subleases
and sublettings as Landlord may elect to take over at the time of
such recovery of possession, such assignment and transfer not to be
effective until the termination of this Lease or re-entry by
Landlord hereunder or if Landlord shall otherwise succeed to
Tenant's estate in the Premises, at which time Tenant shall upon
request of Landlord, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord
such further instruments of assignment and transfer as may be
necessary to vest in Landlord the then existing subleases and
sublettings. Every subletting hereunder is subject to
the condition and by its acceptance of and entry into a sublease,
each subtenant thereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have
thereby agreed from and after the termination of this Lease or
re-entry by Landlord hereunder of or if Landlord shall otherwise
succeed to Tenant's estate in the Premises, that such subtenant
shall waive any right to surrender possession or to terminate the
sublease and, at Landlord's election, such subtenant shall be bound
to Landlord for the balance of the term of such sublease and shall
attorn to and recognize Landlord, as its landlord, under all of the
then executory terms of such sublease, except that Landlord shall
not (i) be liable for any previous wrongful act or negligence of
Tenant under such sublease, (ii) be subject to any counterclaim,
defense or offset not expressly provided for in such sublease,
which theretofore accrued to such subtenant against Tenant, (iii)
be bound by any previous modification or amendment of such sublease
or by any previous prepayment of more than one (1) month's rent and
additional rent which shall be payable as provided in the sublease,
(iv) be obligated to repair the subleased space or the Building or
any part thereof, in the event of total or substantial total damage
beyond such repair as can reasonably be accomplished from the net
proceeds of insurance actually made available to Landlord, (v) be
obligated to repair the subleased space or the Building or any part
thereof, in the event of partial condemnation beyond such repair as
can reasonably be accomplished from the net proceeds of any award
actually made available to Landlord as consequential damages
allocable to the part of the subleased space or the Building not
taken or (vi) be obligated to perform any work in the subleased
space or to prepare them for occupancy beyond Landlord's
obligations under this Lease, and the subtenant shall execute and
deliver to Landlord any instruments Landlord may reasonably request
to evidence and confirm such attornment. Each subtenant or licensee
of Tenant shall be deemed automatically upon, and as a condition
of, occupying or using the Premises or any part thereof, to have
given a waiver of the type described in and to the extent and upon
the conditions set forth in this Article 12.
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CONDITION OF
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A.
Acceptance by Tenant . Except for
Landlord’s Initial Construction, Tenant has examined the
Premises and agrees to accept possession of the Premises in the
condition and state of repair which shall exist on the date hereof
"as is", and further agrees that, except for Landlord’s
Initial Construction, Landlord shall have no other or further
obligation to perform any work or make any installations,
alterations or improvements in order to prepare the Premises for
Tenant's occupancy except as may set forth in this
Lease. The taking of possession of the Premises by
Tenant shall be conclusive evidence as against Tenant that, at the
time such possession was so taken, the Premises and the Building
were in good and satisfactory condition and that Landlord’s
Initial Construction was fully completed except for any
“punchlist” items.
B. All
of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Schedules annexed
hereto are incorporated in this Lease as if fully set forth at
length herein.
A.
Access by Landlord. Tenant shall permit
Landlord, Landlord's agents and public utilities servicing the
Building to erect, use, maintain and replace concealed ducts, pipes
and conduits in and through the Premises. Landlord,
Landlord's agents and/or affiliates, and the holder of any Mortgage
shall each have the right to enter the Premises at all reasonable
times upon reasonable prior notice (which may be by telephone) to
(i) examine the same, (ii) to show them to prospective purchasers,
mortgagees or lessees of the Building or space therein, (iii) to
make such repairs, replacements, alterations or im
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