Exhibit 10.1
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE
FOURTH
AMENDMENT TO LEASE dated as of this 26th day of November, 2007 (the
“Effective Date”) by and between BOSTON PROPERTIES
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership, the general
partner of which is Boston Properties, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, as landlord (“ Landlord ”) and
CONSTANT CONTACT, INC., a Delaware corporation, as tenant (“
Tenant ”).
RECITALS
By Lease dated July 9, 2002 (the
“ Original Lease ”), as amended by First
Amendment to Lease dated as of June 29, 2005 (the “
First Amendment ”), Second Amendment to Lease dated as
of July 24, 2006 (the “ Second Amendment ”)
and Third Amendment to Lease dated as of February 27, 2007 (the
“ Third Amendment ”) (the Original Lease, as
amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Third
Amendment, is hereinafter referred to as the “Lease”),
Landlord did lease to Tenant and Tenant did hire and lease from
Landlord certain premises containing 50,705 square feet of rentable
floor area (“ Rentable Floor Area of Existing Premises
”) located on the third (3rd) floor in the building (the
“ Building ”) commonly known as Reservoir Place
Main (formerly referred to in the Lease as “ Reservoir
Place II ”) at 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
(referred to in the Lease as the “Premises” or
“Tenant’s Space”, hereinafter, the “
Existing Premises ”). The parties further acknowledge
that the term has not yet commenced with respect to a portion of
the Existing Premises (i.e., the “Expansion Premises”,
as such term is defined in the Second Amendment), and that Tenant
is currently subleasing such space pursuant to a separate sublease
agreement.
Tenant has determined to lease from
Landlord an additional 28,252 feet of rentable floor area (“
Rentable Floor Area of Fourth Expansion Premises ”) on
the third (3rd) floor of the Building (the “ Fourth
Expansion Premises ”) shown on Exhibit A
attached hereto, upon the terms and conditions contained in this
Fourth Amendment to Lease (the “ Fourth Amendment
”). The Fourth Expansion Premises is comprised of the “
Fourth Expansion Premises A ”, which is 25,661 feet of
rentable floor area (“ Rentable Floor Area of the Fourth
Expansion Premises A ”) as shown on Exhibit A
, and the “ Fourth Expansion Premises B ,” which
is 2,591 feet of rentable floor area (“ Rentable Floor
Area of the Fourth Expansion Premises B ”) as shown on
Exhibit A .
Landlord and Tenant are entering into
this instrument to set forth the terms and conditions for the use
and occupancy of the Fourth Expansion Premises and to otherwise
amend the Lease.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration in
hand this date paid by each of the parties to the other, the
receipt and sufficiency
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are hereby severally acknowledged, and in further consideration of
the mutual promises herein contained, Landlord and Tenant hereby
agree to and with each other as follows:
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As of the “ Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement
Date ” (as defined in Section 2 below) and
continuing through the expiration or earlier termination of the
Term (including the balance of the First Extended Term), the
Existing Premises shall be expanded to include the Fourth Expansion
Premises, such that the Existing Premises and the Fourth Expansion
Premises shall constitute the “Premises” (and
“Tenant’s Space”) demised to Tenant under the
Lease. All terms and conditions of the Lease (including, without
limitation, Tenant’s right to extend the Lease Term as set
forth in Section 6 of the First Amendment) shall apply to the
Fourth Expansion Premises and Existing Premises, collectively,
except as otherwise indicated in this Fourth Amendment. |
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The following definitions are hereby added (or substituted,
where applicable) to the REFERENCE DATA in Section 1.1 of the
Lease: |
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FOURTH EXPANSION PREMISES
COMMENCEMENT DATE: |
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The Effective Date. |
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FOURTH EXPANSION PREMISES
A RENT COMMENCEMENT |
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The earlier to occur of
(i) March 1, 2008, or (ii) the date on which the
Fourth Expansion Premises Work is substantially complete, as
described in Section 7.2 below, or (iii) the date on
which Tenant commences beneficial use of the Fourth Expansion
Premises A for its business purposes. |
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FOURTH EXPANSION PREMISES
B RENT COMMENCEMENT |
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The earlier to occur of
(i) March 1, 2008, or (ii) the date on which the
Fourth Expansion Premises Work is substantially complete, as
described in Section 7.2 below, or (iii) the date on
which Tenant commences beneficial use of the Fourth Expansion
Premises B for its business purposes. |
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FOURTH EXPANSION PREMISES |
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EXPIRATION DATE: |
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September 30, 2010, to be
coterminous with the Term |
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LANDLORD’S
CONSTRUCTION
REPRESENTATIVE: |
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Michael Schumacher |
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TENANT’S CONSTRUCTION |
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REPRESENTATIVE: |
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David Mann and Steven Wasserman,
either of whom individually may act on Tenant’s behalf. |
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BROKER: |
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McCall & Almy
One Post Office Square, 37 th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02109 |
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ANNUAL FIXED RENT . |
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(A) With respect to the Existing Premises , Annual Fixed
Rent shall be paid as currently provided in the Lease. |
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(B) With respect to the Fourth Expansion Premises A ,
Annual Fixed Rent for the Fourth Expansion Premises A shall be
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(i) Commencing on the Fourth Expansion Premises A Rent
Commencement Date and continuing through and including
September 2008 (plus the partial month, if any, immediately
following the Fourth Expansion Premises A Rent Commencement Date)
at the annual rate of Eight Hundred and Thirty Three Thousand Nine
Hundred and Eighty Two 50/100 Dollars ($ 833,982.50 ) (being
the product of (i) $ 32.50 and (ii) the Rentable Floor
Area of the Fourth Expansion Premises A (being 25,661 square
feet));
(ii) During the next twelve (12) calendar months of the
Term, at the annual rate of Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand
Six Hundred and Forty Three 50/100 Dollars ($ 859,643.50 )
(being the product of (i) $ 33.50 and (ii) the Rentable
Floor Area of the Fourth Expansion Premises A); and
(iii) Thereafter and continuing through the expiration of the
Term, at the annual rate of Eight Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand
Three Hundred and Four 50/100 Dollars ($ 885,304.50 ) (being
the product of (i) $ 34.50 and (ii) the Rentable Floor
Area of the Fourth Expansion Premises A).
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(C) With respect to the Fourth Expansion Premises B ,
Annual Fixed Rent for the Fourth Expansion Premises B shall be
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(i) Commencing on the Fourth Expansion Premises B Rent
Commencement Date and continuing and continuing through and
including September 2008 (plus the partial month, if any,
immediately following the Fourth Expansion Premises B Rent
Commencement Date) at the annual rate of Sixty Nine Thousand Nine
Hundred and Fifty Seven 00/100 Dollars ($ 69,957.00 ) (being
the product of (i) $ 27.00 and (ii) the Rentable Floor
Area of the Fourth Expansion Premises B (being 2,591 square
feet));
(ii) During the next twelve (12) calendar months of the
Term, at the annual rate of Seventy Two Thousand Five Hundred and
Forty Eight 00/100 Dollars ($ 72,548.00 ) (being the product
of (i) $ 28.00 and (ii) the Rentable Floor Area of the
Fourth Expansion Premises B); and
(iii) Thereafter and continuing through the expiration of the
Term, at the annual rate of Seventy Five Thousand One Hundred and
Thirty Nine 00/100 Dollars ($ 75,139.00 ) (being the product
of (i) $ 29.00 and (ii) the Rentable Floor Area of the
Fourth Expansion Premises B).
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Effective as of the Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement Date
and continuing through the expiration of the Term, the following
definitions are hereby added to the REFERENCE DATA in
Section 1.1 of the Lease: |
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NUMBER OF PARKING
PRIVILEGES FOR THE
FOURTH EXPANSION PREMISES:
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Beginning on the Fourth Expansion
Premises Commencement Date, there shall be added additional
privileges for parking ninety nine (99) automobiles, twenty-eight
(28) of which are located in the garage below the Building,
and seventy-one (71) of which will be located on the outdoor
surface lot. |
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RENTABLE FLOOR AREA
OF THE FOURTH
EXPANSION
PREMISES A:
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25,661 square feet. |
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RENTABLE FLOOR AREA
OF THE FOURTH
EXPANSION
PREMISES B:
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2,591 square feet. |
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(A) Existing Premises . For purposes of calculating
Tenant’s payments for Operating Expenses for the Existing
Premises pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Lease, the definition
of “Base Operating Expenses” shall be unchanged. |
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(B) Fourth Expansion Premises . In addition to the
payments referenced in Section 5(A) above, Tenant shall pay
Operating Expenses for the Fourth Expansion Premises to be
calculated as follows: For purposes of calculating Tenant’s
payments for Operating Expenses for the Fourth Expansion Premises
pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Lease for that portion of the
Term on and after the Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement Date,
with respect to the Fourth Expansion Premises only , the
definition of “Base Operating Expenses” shall be: |
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BASE OPERATING EXPENSES: |
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Landlord’s Operating Expenses
(as defined in Section 2.6 of the Lease) for calendar year
2008 being January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. |
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(C) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision hereof to
the contrary, Tenant shall not be obligated to pay any of
Landlord’s Operating Expenses allocable to the Fourth
Expansion Premises for any period prior to January 1,
2009. |
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REAL ESTATE TAXES . |
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(A) Existing Premises . For purposes of calculating
Tenant’s payments for real estate taxes for the Existing
Premises pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Lease, the definition
of “Base Taxes” shall be unchanged. |
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(B) Fourth Expansion Premises . In addition to the
payments referenced in Section 6(A) above, Tenant shall pay real
estate taxes for the Fourth Expansion Premises to be calculated as
follows: For purposes of calculating Tenant’s payments for
real estate taxes for the Fourth Expansion Premises pursuant to
Section 2.7 of the Lease for that portion of the Term on and
after the Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement Date, with
respect to the Fourth Expansion Premises only , the definition
of “Base Taxes” shall be: |
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BASE TAXES: |
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Landlord’s Tax Expenses (as
defined in Section 2.7 of the Lease) for fiscal tax year 2008
being July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. |
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(C)Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision hereof to the
contrary, Tenant shall not be obligated to pay any of
Landlord’s Tax Expenses allocable to the Fourth Expansion
Premises for any period prior to July 1, 2008. |
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Condition of the Fourth Expansion Premises . Tenant
shall accept the Fourth Expansion Premises in its
“AS-IS” condition without any obligation on the
Landlord’s part to perform any additions, alterations,
improvements, demolition or other work therein or pertaining
thereto or to install or connect any of Tenant’s telephone or
other communications equipment or systems or to provide any
allowance, except as provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Landlord represents and warrants that as of the Fourth Expansion
Premises Commencement Date, the HVAC system and all other building
systems serving the Fourth Expansion Premises (excluding all of the
supplemental systems serving the existing data center located in
the Fourth Expansion Premises A) will be in good order, condition
and repair. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a
supplemental system serving the above-referenced data center also
serves (in common with the data center) some other portion of the
Fourth Expansion Premises (hereinafter, the “non-data center
portion of the Fourth Expansion Premises”), the Landlord will
be responsible for putting such supplemental system in good order,
condition and repair only with respect to its ability to serve the
non-data center portion of the Fourth Expansion Premises, and
Landlord shall have no obligation or liability in connection with
the ability of said supplemental systems to serve the data
center. |
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Fourth Expansion Premises Work |
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(A) Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall perform all
work necessary to prepare the Fourth Expansion Premises for
Tenant’s occupancy (the “ Fourth Expansion Premises
Work ”). Landlord acknowledges that it has approved the
work described on the schematic plans attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the “ Tenant’s Schematic
Plans ”). The Fourth Expansion Premises Work shall be
performed in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by
an architect, licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
reasonably approved by Landlord (the “ Fourth Expansion
Premises Architect ”), such plans and specifications to
be subject to the reasonable approval of the Landlord, but Landlord
may not disapprove of matters shown on and consistent with the
Tenant’s Schematic Plans. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right to use Visnick &
Caulfield Associates, Inc. as the Fourth Expansion Premises
Architect for the Fourth Expansion Premises Work. Tenant shall
submit to Landlord, a detailed floor plan layout together with
working drawings for the Fourth Expansion Premises Work to prepare
the Fourth Expansion Premises for Tenant’s occupancy. Such
floor plan layout and working drawings (the “ Fourth
Expansion Premises Plans ”) shall contain at least the
information required by, and shall conform to the requirements of,
Exhibit B to the Third Amendment. Provided that the Fourth
Expansion Premises Plans contain at least the information required
by, and conform to the requirements of, said Exhibit B,
Landlord’s approval of the Fourth Expansion Premises Plans
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (said approval to be
given within five (5) business days of Landlord’s
receipt of three (3) copies of such plans and specifications);
however, Landlord’s determination of matters relating to
aesthetic issues relating to alterations or changes which are
visible outside the Premises shall be in Landlord’s sole
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Landlord disapproves of any Fourth Expansion Premises Plans,
then Tenant shall promptly have the Fourth Expansion Premises Plans
revised by the Fourth Expansion Premises Architect to incorporate
all objections and conditions presented by Landlord and shall
resubmit such plans to Landlord no later than seven (7) days
after Landlord has submitted to Tenant its objections and
conditions. Such process shall be followed until the Fourth
Expansion Premises Plans shall have been approved by the Landlord
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(B) Once the Fourth Expansion Premises Plans have been approved
by Landlord, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall promptly,
and with all due diligence, perform the Fourth Expansion Premises
Work as set forth on the Fourth Expansion Premises Plans, and, in
connection therewith, Tenant shall obtain all necessary
governmental permits and approvals for the Fourth Expansion
Premises Work. |
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Quality and Performance of Work |
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All of the Fourth Expansion Premises Work shall be performed
strictly in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Lease. Tenant
shall have the Fourth Expansion Premises Work performed by
contractors, reasonably approved by Landlord, which contractors
shall provide to Landlord such insurance as the Landlord may
reasonably require. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject to all applicable terms and conditions of
the Lease, Tenant shall have the right to use Majestic
Construction, Inc., as the general contractor for the Fourth
Expansion Premises Work. Landlord shall have the right to provide
such reasonable rules and regulations relative to the performance
of the Fourth Expansion Premises Work and |
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