Exhibit 10.8
INDENTURE OF LEASE
made as of March 30, 2004 by and between RAYMOND HUNICKE, LLC , a Connecticut
limited liability company (hereinafter “Lessor”) and
ROLLER BEARING COMPANY OF
AMERICA, INC. , a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
“Lessee”).
WITNESSETH:
In consideration
of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements herein contained
and in consideration of the rents hereinafter reserved, Lessor does
hereby let to Lessee, and Lessee does hereby take and lease from
Lessor the demised premises hereinafter described for commercial
use upon all of the terms, promises, covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth.
1.
Description of Demised Premises .
1.1
The premises subject to this lease are real property and a
commercial building located thereon containing approximately 41,395
square feet, situated at 102 Willenbrock Road, Oxford, CT, all as
more particularly described in Exhibit A attached
hereto and made a part hereof.
1.2
The premises referred to in paragraph 1.1 hereof, together with any
land improvements such as grading and paving, are referred to
hereafter as the “Demised Premises”.
2.
Term .
2.1
The initial term of this lease (the “Initial Term”)
shall commence on July 1, 2004 (the “Commencement
Date”). Lessor shall deliver the Demised Premises to
Lessee on the Commencement Date totally vacant, with all building
systems in good working order and the roof in watertight
condition. The Initial Term shall continue for a period of
ten (10) years and three (3) months thereafter (ending
September 30, 2014), at a rental as computed under the terms
this lease. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
if Lessor fails to deliver the Demised Premises on the Commencement
Date to Lessee totally vacant, with all building systems in good
working order and the roof in watertight condition, Lessee shall
have the right to terminate this lease by providing written notice
to Lessor, effective on the date of Lessee’s termination
notice.
2.2
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the first
three (3) months of the Lease Term, Lessee shall not be
required to pay the Fixed Annual Rental as defined in
Section 3.1 hereof, but shall be required to pay, as
additional rent, all utilities, taxes, insurance premiums and
expenses set forth in this lease.
2.3
Lessee shall have two (2), five (5)-year options to extend this
lease upon the same terms and conditions as are set forth herein
except as to rent which shall be as set forth in
Section 3.5. Lessee shall exercise the options herein
granted by notice in writing to Lessor given no later than one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to the expiration of the lease term
or option period then expiring. The “Term” shall
mean the Initial Term as may be extended by the foregoing option
periods, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof.
3.
Rent .
3.1
Lessee shall pay to Lessor, at Lessor’s address shown in
Article 37, or at such other address as Lessor may from time
to time designate in writing to Lessee, a fixed annual rental (the
“Fixed Annual Rental”) in accordance with the Rental
Schedule set forth below (the “Rental Schedule”),
payable in equal consecutive monthly installments of one-twelfth
(1/12) of said Fixed Annual Rental. Each such monthly installment
shall be due and payable in advance on the first day of each
calendar
month during the Term
of this Lease. Lessee shall, upon the execution of this Lease, pay
to Lessor the rental for the first month of the Lease.
3.2
The Rental Schedule is set forth below:
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Period
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Fixed
Annual Rental
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Monthly
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October 1, 2004
– September 30, 2014
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$
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217,320.00
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$
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18,110.00
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3.3
Lessee has deposited with Lessor as security for Lessee’s
performance under this Lease an amount equal to one month’s
Fixed Annual Rental hereunder (the “Security Deposit”),
such sum to be held by Lessor until the expiration of the Term
unless otherwise used by Lessor to cure Lessee defaults under this
lease in accordance with Article 30 below. The Security
Deposit shall not bear interest. If Lessee shall not be in default
under this lease beyond the expiration of any notice and cure
period on the last day of the Term, Lessor shall return to Lessee
the balance of the Security Deposit within fifteen (15) days.
In the event of a sale of the Demised Premises, Lessor shall
transfer the Security Deposit to the buyer provided the buyer
accepts such transfer, or return the Security Deposit to Lessee,
and in either case Lessor shall thereupon be released from all
liability for the return of the Security Deposit. Lessor
shall notify Lessee of such transfer in writing, in which case
Lessee shall look solely to the buyer for the return of the
Security Deposit.
3.4
Lessee has deposited with Lessor the first month’s Fixed
Annual Rental monthly payment.
3.5
Fixed Annual Rental for each option period shall be the greater of
the rental being paid for the Lease Term (or Option Term)
immediately preceding or adjusted as of the first day of the option
period based upon the consumer price index (“CPI”) then
in effect compared to the CPI in effect as of the initial date of
this Lease (or the initial date of the first option period),
subject however, to a maximum annual CPI increase of five percent
(5%) for the first option period or for the second option
period. The CPI used shall be the Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers Index, all items, U.S.
4.
Taxes and Assessments .
4.1
Lessee shall, as additional rent, pay and discharge punctually, as
and when the same shall become due and payable without penalty, all
assessments, water rents, rates and charges, sewer rents and
charges, and other governmental impositions and charges of every
kind and nature whatsoever, special and several, extraordinary as
well as ordinary, and each and every installment thereof, which
shall or may during the Term be charged, laid, levied, assessed,
imposed, become due and payable, or become liens upon the Demised
Premises or any part thereof and all improvements thereon, or any
appurtenances or equipment owned by Lessee or any sublessee thereon
or therein or any part thereof, under or by virtue of all present
or future Legal Requirements (collectively, “Taxes”).
“Legal Requirements” shall mean all laws, ordinances,
requirements, orders, directions, rules or regulations of the
federal, state, county and city governments and of all other
governmental authorities whatsoever. Nothing herein contained,
however, shall require Lessee to pay any municipal, state or
federal income taxes assessed against Lessor or any municipal,
state or federal capital, estate, succession, inheritance or
transfer taxes of Lessor. Lessee shall upon submission of a
billing therefor with a copy of the applicable Tax bill(s)
attached, pay to Lessor within thirty (30) days of receipt of such
billing any Taxes that are not billed directly to Lessee. Lessee
shall have the right to apply for the conversion of any assessment
for local improvements in order to cause the same to be payable in
annual installments and Lessee shall pay the assessment in
installments if permitted to do so by the taxing authority. Lessee
shall, within ten (10) days after the time above provided for
the payment by Lessee of any tax, assessment, water, rent, rate and
charge, sewer rent, and
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other governmental
imposition and charge, produce and have available to Lessor for
inspection official receipts and other satisfactory evidence of
such payment at the Lessee’s principal office during
Lessee’s normal business hours, subject to Lessee’s
reasonable confidentiality requirements.
4.2
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4.1, all Taxes that shall
become payable during each of the calendar or fiscal years, as the
case may be, in which the Term commences and in which the Term
terminates, shall be apportioned and Lessee shall pay a share of
same in accordance with the portions of each such year during which
the Term shall be in effect.
4.3
Lessee shall have the right to contest or review by legal
proceedings, or in such other manner as it may deem suitable
(which, if instituted, Lessee shall conduct promptly at its own
expense, and free of any expense to Lessor, and if necessary, in
the name of Lessor) any Tax. Nevertheless, Lessee shall promptly
pay all Taxes if at any time the Demised Premises or any part
thereof shall be in danger of being forfeited or lost. The full
amount recovered as a result of such review or proceedings shall
belong solely to Lessee.
4.4
Lessee shall be liable for and shall pay or cause to be paid before
delinquency all taxes levied or assessed against trade fixtures,
equipment, furnishings, merchandise and other personal property of
whatsoever kind and to whomsoever belonging situate or installed in
or upon the Demised Premises whether or not affixed to the realty,
provided however, Lessee shall have the same power of contest or
review of the same as is accorded in paragraph 4.3.
5.
Quiet Enjoyment .
5.1
Lessor covenants with Lessee that it has good right to lease the
Demised Premises in the manner aforesaid, that the Demised Premises
are free and clear of all encumbrances except as specified in
Exhibit A , and that it will suffer and permit the
Lessee (it keeping all the covenants on its part, as hereinafter
contained) to occupy, possess, and enjoy said premises during the
Term aforesaid, without hindrance or molestation from it or any
person claiming by, from or under it.
6.
Fire and Extended Coverage Insurance .
6.1
During the Term of this lease Lessee shall keep all present and
future buildings, improvements and fixtures on, in, or appurtenant
to the Demised Premises and all improvements thereon adequately
insured against loss or damage by fire, the perils including in
Extended Coverage, vandalism and malicious mischief, explosion by
boiler and other causes, rent insurance, flood and war risk
insurance if the same becomes available at reasonable rates during
the Term of this lease. Each policy of insurance shall name Lessor
and Lessee and People’s Bank as insureds, as their respective
interests may appear under this Lease, and shall be placed with
companies qualified to do business in the state of Connecticut.
Each policy shall be in an amount equal to the full replacement
value of the property so insured. Lessee shall at Lessor’s
request furnish Lessor with certificates of all of the foregoing
policies. Such policies shall be endorsed from time to time to show
the interest of any mortgagee of the Demised Premises. Lessee shall
insure that each such policy shall provide that the same may not be
cancelled or reduced without thirty (30) days’ written notice
to Lessor and any mortgagee of the Demised Premises whose name and
address have been given to Lessee in writing.
7.
Public Liability Insurance .
7.1
It is further agreed that Lessee shall, at its own expense, during
the entire Term of this lease, carry owner’s and
lessee’s general liability and property damage insurance
covering the Demised Premises and Improvements thereon with limits
of $2,000,000 for personal injury and
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$1,000,000 for property
damage, the policies for the same to be written in standard forms;
and Lessee shall name Lessor as a named insured therein and deliver
certificates of said policies to Lessor, but if such policies in
such amounts may not be commercially reasonably available, Lessee
shall use reasonable diligence to procure such insurance coverage
as shall nearly approximate such coverage. Lessee covenants and
agrees to assume exclusive control of the Demised Premises, and all
tort liabilities incident to the control or leasing thereof, to
defend and to save Lessor harmless from all claims or damage
arising on account of any injury or damage to any person or
property on said premises or otherwise resulting from the use and
maintenance and occupancy of the premises or anything on said
premises or facility kept or used thereon.
8.
Utilities .
8.1
Lessee shall pay all electricity, water, gas, fuel, and all other
utilities consumed at the Demised Premises during the Term. Lessor
represents and warrants that all necessary utilities, including
without limitation water, sewer, gas, electricity, and heat are
available and separately metered to the Demised
Premises.
9.
Compliance with Laws and Ordinances .
9.1
Lessee further covenants to comply with and to conform to all Legal
Requirements and Insurance Underwriting requirements applicable to
the Demised Premises. Lessee agrees to save Lessor harmless
from all fines, penalties or costs for violation of or
noncompliance with the same, except as such is the result of a
condition pre-existing the Commencement Date. Lessee may
contest by due legal proceedings any Legal Requirement in good
faith and may defer compliance during the period of such contest to
the extent permitted under such Legal Requirements.
10.
Assignment - Sublease .
10.1
Lessee may not, without the written consent of Lessor (not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), assign this lease
or sublease all or any part of the Demised Premises. Any such
assignment or sublease approved by Lessor shall not release Lessee
from liability hereunder and Lessee shall remain jointly and
severally liable with such assignee or sublessee for performance
under this Lease unless expressly waived in writing by
Lessor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
Lessee may, without the prior notice to or consent of Lessor,
assign this lease or sublease all or any part of the Demised
Premises to: (i) an entity controlled by, controlling or under
common control with Lessee, or in which Lessee owns a legitimate,
substantial and material interest for a legitimate purpose; or
(ii) an entity acquiring or succeeding to substantially all of
the business, or substantially all of a business unit, of Lessee,
by merger, spin-off, reorganization, consolidation, acquisition (of
assets or equity) or otherwise. For this purpose
“control” shall mean the possession of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such entity through the ownership of a sufficient percentage of
voting securities.
11.
Default .
11.1
Lessee shall be in default under this lease if:
(a)
Lessee shall be in default in the payment of any rent or additional
rent for a period of fifteen (15) days after receipt of written
notice thereof from Lessee specifying the default; or
(b)
Lessee shall be in default in the performance of any other term,
covenant or condition of this lease and such default has not been
cured within thirty (30) days after notice by Lessor to
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Lessee specifying such
default and requiring it to be remedied, or where such default
cannot reasonably be remedied within such period of thirty (30)
days, if Lessee shall not have, in good faith, commenced the
remedying thereof within such period of time and shall not be
proceeding with due diligence to remedy it; or
(c)
Lessee becomes insolvent, files for bankruptcy (or is involuntarily
placed in bankruptcy) under the laws of the United States, makes an
assignment of all its assets for the benefit of creditors or is
placed in receivership and said receiver, insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings has not been discharged ninety (90) days after such
proceedings are instituted.
11.2
Subject to the provisions of paragraph 11.1, if Lessee shall be in
default under this Lease, Lessor, at its option, may terminate this
lease without further notice to Lessee, and upon such termination,
Lessee shall quit and surrender the Demised Premises to Lessor, but
such termination shall not affect Lessor’s rights to recover
damages or exercise any other rights as hereinafter
provided.
11.3
Upon termination of this lease as aforesaid, Lessor may
(i) re-enter and resume possession of the Demised Premises and
remove all persons and property therefrom either by summary process
proceedings or by a suitable action or proceeding, at law or in
equity, or by force or any other legal means, without being liable
for any damages therefor and (ii) Lessor may relet the whole
or any part of the Demised Premises on behalf of Lessee for a
period equal to, greater or less than the remainder of the then
Term of this Lease, at such rental and upon such terms and
conditions as Lessor shall deem reasonable, provided however, that
Lessor shall make a bona fide effort to obtain fair market rental,
to any lessee it may deem suitable and for any use and purpose it
may deem appropriate. Lessor shall not be liable, providing it is
acting in good faith, in any respect for the failure to relet the
Demised Premises, or, in the event of such reletting, for failure
to collect the rent thereunder and any sums received by Lessor on a
reletting in excess of the rent reserved in this lease, shall
belong to Lessor.
11.4
Upon the termination of this lease as aforesaid, Lessor shall
forthwith be entitled to recover from Lessee all damages sustained
by Lessor as a result of Lessee’s default, including, but not
limited to, the following items:
(a)
If the annual rent provided for in paragraph 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and
4.4 exceed the net sum received by Lessor on any reletting, the
amount of such excess as and when same become due and
payable.
(b)
All expenses of operating the Demised Premises while they are
vacant; all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
incurred by Lessor in recovering possession of the Demised Premises
and reletting the same; and all costs of performing any work to be
done by Lessee under this lease.
(c)
Broker’s commission at the then established rate incurred in
good faith by Lessor, but limited to the unexpired term
only.
11.5
Lessor and Lessee hereby expressly waive their right to a trial by
jury in any action brought by either party.
11.6
If Lessor shall neglect or fail to perform or observe any of the
covenants on the part of Lessor herein contained, and such default
shall continue more than thirty (30) days, without Lessor having
commenced the remedy of said default, after written notice of such
default is duly given by Lessee, or if Lessor shall fail to
continue to conclusion the action necessary to remedy said default
with diligence and dispatch, then Lessee may either itself cause
such default to be made good and deduct the
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cost and expense
thereof from the next succeeding installments of rent, it being
understood and agreed that the exercise of said right by Lessee or
the exercise by Lessee of a right or option under any other
provision of this lease shall not preclude or limit the right of
the lessee to exercise any other option or any other rights that it
may have under this lease or by law.
11.7
Upon the correction of any default, this lease shall be deemed to
be in full force and effect.
11.8
If any party brings an action or proceeding involving the Demised
Premises to enforce the terms hereof or to declare rights
hereunder, the Prevailing Party (as defined below) in any such
proceeding, action, or appeal therefrom, shall be entitled to
reasonable attorneys’ fees. Such fees may be awarded in
the same suit or recovered in a separate suit, whether or not such
action or proceeding is pursued to decision or judgment. The
term “Prevailing Party” shall include, without
limitation, a party who substantially obtains or defeats the relief
sought, as the case may be, whether by compromise, settlement,
judgment or the abandonment by the other party of its claims or
defense. The attorneys’ fees award shall not be
computed in accordance with any court fee schedule but shall
be such as to fully reimburse all attorneys’ fees reasonably
incurred.
12.
Termination .
12.1
At the expiration or sooner termination of this lease, Lessee shall
quit and surrender the Demised Premises, and the improvements on
said premises (excluding Lessee’s Property (as defined
below)) shall belong absolutely to Lessor and Lessee shall promptly
remove all of Lessee’s Property. “Lessee’s
Property” shall mean all of Lessee’s trade fixtures,
furniture, equipment and supplies, including without limitation
racking, moveable partitions, panels, generators and computers
provided or installed by or for the benefit of Lessee. At
Lessor’s option, however, Lessee at its cost shall remove all
improvements on the Demised Premises made by Lessee and return the
Demised Premises to substantially the condition existing at the
commencement of this lease, reasonable wear and tear excepted and
subject to Articles 23 and 24 below, and except that Lessee need
not remove such improvements to the Demised Premises as have been
previously reviewed by and approved by Lessor. Improvements
made by Lessee to create office space within the Demised Premises
and changes made to the HVAC systems to accommodate Lessee’s
improvements will become the property of Lessor on the termination
of this lease. Lessee shall have the right to remove Lessee’s
Property at any time during the Term.
13.
Subordination .
13.1
Lessor shall be under no obligation to subordinate its fee interest
in favor of any leasehold mortgage or otherwise except at
Lessor’s sole discretion. Lessee is aware of the
mortgage on the property in the original face amount of
$1,700,000.00. Prior to the Commencement Date, at
Lessor’s cost Lessor shall cause the current mortgagee to
enter into a recordable subordination and non-disturbance agreement
among the mortgagee, Lessor and Lessee which states, among other
things, that so long as Lessee is not in default hereunder beyond
the expiration of any applicable notice and cure period, it will
not disturb Lessee of its rights under this lease and will not join
Lessee as a defendant in any proceeding that may be instituted to
foreclose or enforce the mortgage. Lessee shall have the
right to terminate this lease if Lessor defaults under this
Section 13.1; time is of the essence hereunder.
13.2
Lessee agrees upon the written request of Lessor to subordinate all
of its leasehold rights under this lease to the right of any
institutional or private first mortgage lender upon such terms as
such lender may reasonably request provided that such lender agrees
in a recordable writing entered into among lender, Lessor and
Lessee that, so long as Lessee is not in default hereunder beyond
the expiration of any applicable notice and cure period, it will
not disturb Lessee of its rights under this
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lease and will not join
Lessee as a defendant in any proceeding that may be instituted to
foreclose or enforce the mortgage.
14.
Annual Rent to be Net to Lessor .
14.1
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the annual rent
payable to Lessor pursuant to paragraph 3 hereof shall be net to
Lessor so that this lease shall yield to Lessor said annual rent
specified in said paragraph 3 during the Term of this lease, and,
to the extent specifically set forth herein, that all costs,
expenses and obligations relating to the Demised Premises shall be
paid by Lessee.
15.
Liability of Lessor .
15.1
Lessor, its agents, servants and
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