Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT OF LEASE
AGREEMENT dated as of the 26 th day of May, 2009 by and between 60 HUDSON
OWNER LLC (successor to Westport Communications, LLC and Hudson
Telegraph Associates, L.P., formerly known as Hudson Telegraph
Associates), a Delaware limited liability company, having an office
c/o FirstService Williams LLC, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, New
York 10017 (“Landlord”), and FIBERNET EQUAL ACCESS,
LLC , a New York limited liability company, having an address
at 220 West 42 nd Street, , New York, New York 10036
(“Tenant”).
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WHEREAS , Landlord and Tenant are the present parties to
an agreement of lease, dated as of April 1, 2001
(“Original Lease”), as heretofore amended on numerous
occasions (collectively, “Existing Lease”), pursuant to
which Landlord now leases to Tenant and Tenant now leases from
Landlord portions of the ground floor (“Ground Floor
Space”) and basement (“Basement Space”), as more
particularly described in the Existing Lease, the Ground Floor
Space and the Basement Space sometimes hereinafter collectively
called the “Existing Space,” in Landlord’s
building known as 60 Hudson Street, New York, New York
(“Building”); and
WHEREAS , Landlord and Tenant also are the present
parties to an agreement of lease, dated as of February 17,
1998, as heretofore amended on numerous occasions (collectively,
the “19/12 Lease”), pursuant to which Landlord now
leases to Tenant and Tenant now leases from Landlord, portions of
the 19 th
, 12 th and ground floors and the lower mezzanine in the
Building, as more particularly described in the 19/12 Lease;
and
WHEREAS , Landlord and Tenant wish to (i) extend
the Term (“Extension Term”) of the Existing Lease so as
to expire on July 31, 2022 (“New Expiration
Date”), (ii) modify and amplify the Existing Lease in
certain other respects, and (iii) provide for certain
acknowledgments and consents with respect to the Existing Lease and
the 19/12 Lease, all upon and subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, Tenant and Zayo Group, LLC (“Zayo”)
have advised Landlord that, on or about the date hereof, they are
entering into a document called an Agreement and Plan of Merger
with respect to Zayo’s proposed acquisition of the stock of
FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. (“FTG”), which proposed
acquisition is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
“Proposed Transfer.”
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the foregoing
and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, Landlord and Tenant
agree that the Existing Lease hereby is further amended as
follows:
1. Definitions . All terms
contained in this Agreement shall, for the purposes hereof, have
the same meanings ascribed to them in the Existing Lease unless
otherwise defined herein. As used herein, the term “Extended
Lease” shall mean the Existing Lease as amended by this
Agreement and as the same may be hereafter amended.
2. Extension Term
.
(A) The Extension Term shall
commence on January 1, 2016 and expire on the New Expiration
Date, unless sooner terminated as provided in the Extended
Lease.
(B) During the Extension
Term:
(i) All currently applicable terms
and conditions of the Existing Lease, as further amended hereby,
shall be applicable to and govern the continued leasing of the
Existing Space.
(ii) The Existing Space shall be
leased to Tenant in its “as is” condition on
December 31, 2015 and Landlord shall not be required to
perform any work or provide any work allowance to prepare either
the Ground Floor Space and/or the Basement Space for Tenant’s
continued occupancy.
(C) Tenant’s continued
occupancy of the Existing Space from and after December 31,
2015 shall constitute its acknowledgement that, on
December 31, 2015, the Existing Space and the Building were in
good and satisfactory condition.
3. Amounts Payable by Tenant
During the Extension Term .
(A) Effective as of January 1,
2016, Fixed Rent for the Ground Floor Space (which includes an
annual cumulative two and one-half (2- 1 / 2
%) percent increase intended to
reimburse Landlord for anticipated increases in Building operating
expenses in lieu of operating expense, porters’ wage and/or
utility expense escalation provisions) shall be changed to be as
set forth in the following table:
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Fixed Rent (per annum)
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January 1, 2016 – December 31,
2016
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$
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2,689,777.33
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January 1, 2017 – December 31,
2017
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$
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2,757,021.76
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January 1, 2018 – December 31,
2018
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$
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2,825,947.30
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January 1, 2019 – December 31,
2019
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$
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2,896,595.98
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January 1, 2020 – December 31,
2020
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$
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2,969,010.88
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January 1, 2021 – December 31,
2021
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$
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3,043,236.15
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January 1, 2022 – New Expiration
Date
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$
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3,119,317.05
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(B) Fixed Rent for the Basement
Space is not included in the table in subparagraph (A) and
shall remain as set forth in Article 76 of the Existing
Lease.
(C) The Fixed Rent payable pursuant
to subparagraphs (A) and (B) hereinabove does not include
the supplementary charges set forth in the Existing Lease
(including, without limitation, tax escalation charges, electricity
charges, Percentage Rent and Transport Fee Rent), all of which
supplementary charges shall continue to remain payable as and when
provided in the applicable provisions of the Existing Lease. There
is to be no rent concession during the Extension Term.
4. Modification of
Landlord’s Special Termination Rights . The first
sentence of subsection (A), the entire subsections (B), (C), (E),
(F) and (G) of Section 72 and the entire
Section 57 of the Original Lease (all to the extent still
remaining applicable) shall be deleted and superseded by the
following provisions:
“In the event that
(a) twice in any twelve (12) consecutive monthly period,
Tenant shall default in the payment of Fixed Rent or additional
rent or any part of either and such default shall have continued
after Landlord shall have notified Tenant thereof and the
applicable grace period shall have expired, then, notwithstanding
that any such default may have been cured at any time after the
expiration of the applicable grace period, any further
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default by Tenant of such nature
within such twelve (12) consecutive monthly period shall be
deemed a violation of a substantial obligation of the Extended
Lease; or (b) if Landlord, acting in good faith, determines
that Tenant’s business operations within the Building are
either inappropriate for, or being conducted in a manner which is
detrimental to, the Building, Landlord notifies Tenant in writing
of such determination and, in such notice, specifies in reasonable
detail the business operations of Tenant which Landlord, acting in
good faith, has determined are either inappropriate for, or being
conducted in a manner which is detrimental to, the Building
(Landlord hereby acknowledging that (i) Tenant’s
business operations within the Building, as they are presently
being conducted, presently are appropriate for, and presently are
being conducted in a manner which is not detrimental to, the
Building, and (ii) any future such operations which are
conducted in the same manner, except for modifications necessary to
conform to then prevailing telecommunication and/or collocation
industry practices and technology, shall not be considered
inappropriate for, or detrimental to, the Building), and Tenant,
within thirty (30) days after Landlord sends such notice,
fails to discontinue or modify such business operations in a manner
so that Landlord, acting in good faith, can no longer make such
determination, then such failure by Tenant to discontinue or modify
such business operations shall also be deemed to be a violation of
a substantial obligation of the Extended Lease. In the event of an
occurrence of an event set forth in subparagraph (a) or
(b) above which constitutes a violation of a substantial
obligation of the Extended Lease, Landlord may serve a written
twenty (20) day notice of cancellation of the Extended Lease
(“Cancellation Notice”) and the Term of the Extended
Lease thereupon shall end and expire, as fully and completely as if
the expiration of such twenty (20) day period were the day
herein definitively fixed for the date of natural expiration of the
Extended Lease and its Term, and Tenant shall quit and surrender to
Landlord the entire premises then covered by the Extended Lease,
but Tenant shall remain liable as elsewhere provided in the
Extended Lease. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
no provision hereof shall affect Landlord’s rights of
termination and resultant remedies available elsewhere under the
Existing Lease (including, without limitation, those set forth in
Articles 9, 10, 17 and 18).
If and when Landlord sends a
Cancellation Notice, it may, at any time thereafter (even prior to
recovering vacant possession of the premises then demised
(“Then Premises”) by the Extended Lease by a decision
of a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise pursuant to the
provisions of the Extended Lease or applicable law), appoint a
Manager of the Then Premises to supervise, manage and conduct the
business operations in and about the Then Premises
(“Landlord’s Manager”). Landlord’s Manager
shall have the full authority (without being subject to any rights
of, or obligation to consult with, Tenant or any parent, subsidiary
or affiliated party or parties of Tenant) to make and implement all
decisions necessary and appropriate so that business operations in
and about the Existing Space shall be conducted in a manner
consistent with the provisions of Article 66 of the Original Lease
and then prevailing telecommunications and/or collocation practices
and technology.
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In addition, if and when Landlord
sends a Cancellation Notice, Tenant agrees that (i) all items
which constitute permanent leasehold improvements in and to the
Existing Lease have been, presently constitute and will remain
Landlord’s property and Landlord may continue to own and
utilize the same without restriction, and (ii) Landlord may,
without charge and without liability or accountability of any
nature, continue to utilize all equipment utilized in any way in
the business operations being conducted in the Then Premises
(including, without limitation, Internal MMR Equipment and External
MMR Equipment) and receive all monies thereafter payable under all
Meet-Me-Room Licenses (including, without limitation, Meet-Me-Room
Fees), both for so long as Landlord determines, in its sole and
absolute discretion.”
5. Tenant’s Leasing
Restrictions .
(A) As an inducement to Landlord to
extend the Term for the Extended Lease and to modify certain of
Landlord’s termination rights under the Existing Lease,
Tenant agrees that its right to lease space in the New York
Metropolitan Area (including, without limitation, the five boroughs
of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties, Eastern
New Jersey and southern Connecticut) shall be limited as
hereinafter provided for the period from the date of this Agreement
through December 31, 2015 (“Restriction Period”).
Tenant recognizes and acknowledges that the limitations on its
leasing rights hereinafter set forth are a material inducement to
Landlord’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and that,
accordingly, Landlord shall have all the rights and remedies
provided for under the Extended Lease and by Law (including,
without limitation, the right of termination set forth in the
Extended Lease and the right of injunction) in the event that
Tenant fails to or threatens to fail to comply with such
limitations.
(B) During the period from the date
hereof through and including December 31, 2015 (or any earlier
date of termination of the Extended Lease), Tenant shall not lease
or propose to lease space in the New York Metropolitan Area, other
than (i) existing collocation space currently operated by
Tenant or a current affiliate, (ii) space not exceeding 500
rentable square feet at each of not more than five separate
locations, to be used solely for incidental services in support of
Tenant’s end-user customers in Tenant’s delivery of
telecommunication services in the ordinary course of its business,
or (iii) solely for the purpose of executive office use
(collectively, “Restricted Purposes”), unless and until
Tenant shall first have leased directly from Landlord (to the
extent Landlord has sufficiently sized space which is at or above
ground level then available or to become available within five
(5) months following the Tenant making such request) a total
of an additional 25,000 rentable square feet of space in the
Building (which rentable square footage shall be calculated on the
basis of Landlord’s then standard measurement of rentable
square footage from time to time in effect during the foregoing
period), upon and subject to the following terms and
conditions:
(i) Such possible leasing of 25,000
rentable square feet of space in the Building may be accomplished
in one or more blocks of space. On any occasion during the
Restriction Period when Tenant is considering leasing space in the
New York Metropolitan Area for a Restricted Purpose, Tenant shall
advise Landlord of such consideration and advise Landlord of the
approximate size of space in the Building (which requirements may
include minimum size requirements of such blocks) which would
satisfy such consideration to enable Landlord to
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reasonably determine the space in the Building
which it will lease to Tenant for such purpose and upon and subject
to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Any Restricted
Leased Space shall have an electrical capacity of 50 watts per
rentable square foot (with Tenant to pay Landlord, upon the
effectiveness of the leasing of any Restricted Lease Space, for 35
watts per rentable square foot at Landlord’s Standard
Building rate in effect at the time the leasing of each applicable
Restricted Lease Space commences) and be interconnectable, in
accordance with applicable requirements and charges set forth in
the Extended Lease, with at least one of Tenant’s other
locations within the Building. The size of such space (“Space
Dimensions”) shall be determined by Landlord and accepted by
Tenant, both acting reasonably. Each block of space so leased by
Landlord to Tenant is hereinafter called a “Restricted Leased
Space.”
(ii) Except as otherwise hereafter
provided, each Restricted Leased Space shall be leased by Landlord
to Tenant upon and subject to all currently applicable terms and
conditions of the Extended Lease for the Ground Floor Space.
Promptly after the Space Dimensions are determined, Landlord and
Tenant shall execute and exchange an agreement, consistent with the
provisions of this Paragraph 5 and otherwise reasonably
satisfactory to Landlord and Tenant, confirming such leasing
(“Expansion Agreement”).
(iii) The commencement date of the
leasing of any Restricted Leased Space (“Restricted
Commencement Date”) shall be the date that the Expansion
Agreement is executed and exchanged, any required third party
consent(s) thereto specified in the Expansion Agreement have been
obtained and Landlord delivers to Tenant vacant possession of the
applicable Restricted Leased Space, free of any personal property
of the prior occupant thereof and otherwise in its then “as
is” condition, except that, if the initial Fixed Rent for the
leasing of any Restricted Lease Space remains undetermined when the
Expansion Agreement is otherwise ready for execution and exchange,
the Expansion Agreement shall be executed and exchanged and include
a provision that the Fixed Rent for the applicable Restricted Lease
Space shall be determined and (if and to the extent that the
provisions of subsection (iv)(d) below are applicable, payable) as
provided in subsection (iv) below and the Restricted
Commencement Date for such lease shall be the Negotiation
Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined). The expiration date of
any leasing of any Restricted Leased Space shall be on the New
Expiration Date.
(iv) The initial Fixed Rent for any
Restricted Leased Space shall be the fair market rental value of
such Restricted Leased Space as of such Restricted Commencement
Date, based upon the criteria set forth in subsection (c) of
this Section (iv) (the “FMRV”), and determined as
follows:
(a) Beginning on the date that the
Space Dimensions of the applicable Restricted Leased Space are
determined (“Negotiation Commencement Date”), Landlord
and Tenant shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon the FMRV. If
Landlord and Tenant cannot reach agreement within ten
(10) business days after the commencement of such
negotiations, Landlord and Tenant shall each, within seven
(7) business days after the expiration of such ten
(10) business day period, select a reputable, qualified,
licensed real estate broker having an office in New York County and
familiar with the rentals then being charged in the Building for
the type of space represented by the applicable Restricted Leased
Space (such brokers are referred to herein, respectively, as
“Landlord’s Broker” and “Tenant’s
Broker”). Landlord’s Broker and Tenant’s Broker
shall confer promptly after their selection by Landlord and Tenant
and shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon the FMRV. If
Landlord’s Broker and Tenant’s Broker cannot reach
agreement by the date that is fifteen (15) business days after
their designation, then, no later than ten
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(10) business days after the expiration of such
fifteen (15) business day period, they shall designate a third
reputable, qualified, licensed real estate broker having an office
in New York County and familiar with the rentals then being charged
in the Building for the type of space represented by the applicable
Restricted Leased Space (the “Independent Broker”).
Upon the failure of Landlord’s Broker and Tenant’s
Broker timely to agree upon the designation of the Independent
Broker, the Independent Broker shall be appointed by a Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State of New York upon ten (10) days
notice, or by any other court in New York County having
jurisdiction and exercising functions similar to those exercised by
the