Exhibit 10.1
77 CITYPOINT
WALTHAM,
MASSACHUSETTS
LEASE DATED AS OF
FEBRUARY 13th, 2008
THIS INSTRUMENT IS
AN INDENTURE OF LEASE in which the Landlord and the Tenant are the
parties hereinafter named, and which relates to space in a certain
building (the “Building”) known as, and with an address
at, 77 CityPoint, Waltham, Massachusetts.
The parties to this
Indenture of Lease hereby agree with each other as
follows:
ARTICLE I
REFERENCE
DATA
1.1
Subjects Referred To
Each reference in this
Lease to any of the following subjects shall be construed to
incorporate the data stated for that subject in this
Article:
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Landlord:
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BP Fourth Avenue,
L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company
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Landlord’s
Original Address
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c/o Boston Properties
Limited Partnership
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900
Boston, MA 02199-8103
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Landlord’s
Construction Representative:
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Jon Randall or Ben
Lavery
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Tenant:
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Phase
Forward, Inc., a Delaware
corporation
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Tenant’s Original
Address:
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880 Winter Street
Waltham, MA
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Tenant’s
Construction Representative:
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John Pilkington at
A/E/C Solutions
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Interim Plans
Date:
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March 14,
2008
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Tenant Plans
Date:
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April 18,
2008
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Long Lead Item Release
Date:
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May 2,
2008
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Authorization to
Proceed Date:
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May 16,
2008
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Estimated Commencement
Date:
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December 1,
2008
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Commencement
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As defined in
Section 2.4.
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Outside Completion
Date:
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June 1,
2009
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Rent Commencement
Date:
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Three (3) months
after the Commencement Date.
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Estimated Rent
Commencement Date:
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March 1,
2009
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Term (Sometimes Called
the “Original Term”):
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The period commencing
on the Commencement Date and expiring on the last day of the one
hundred twentieth (120 th ) calendar month after the
Rent Commencement Date (plus the partial month, if any, immediately
following the Commencement Date) (“Expiration Date”),
unless extended or sooner terminated as provided in this
Lease.
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Extension
Options:
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Two (2) periods of
five (5) years each as provided in and on the terms set forth
in Section 8.20 hereof.
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The Site:
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That certain parcel of
land known as and numbered 77 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, Middlesex
County, Massachusetts, being more particularly described in
Exhibit A attached hereto.
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The
Building:
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The Building known as
and numbered 77 CityPoint, Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Premises A:
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The entire second (2
nd ), third (3 rd ) and sixth (6
th ) floors of the Building and certain portions of the
first (1 st ) and fourth (4 th ) floors of
the Building, all as shown on the floor plans annexed hereto as
Exhibit D-1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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Premises B:
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A portion of the first
(1 st ) floor of the Building, as shown on the floor
plan annexed hereto as Exhibit D-2 and incorporated herein by
reference.
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Premises C:
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A portion of the fourth
(4 th ) floor of the Building, as shown on the floor
plan annexed hereto as Exhibit D-3 and incorporated herein by
reference.
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Premises:
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Premises A, Premises B
and Premises C, collectively (it being understood and agreed that
wherever in this Lease the term “Premises” is used, it
shall be deemed to refer to Premises A, Premises B and Premises C
collectively and not to any of the foregoing spaces independently,
unless the applicable language specifically and expressly indicates
that the reference is intended to be made to one of the foregoing
independently).
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Number of Parking
Spaces:
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To be provided at the
rate of 3.4 spaces per 1,000 of Rentable Floor Area of the
Premises, subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.2.1
below.
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Premises A Annual Fixed
Rent:
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(a) For Lease
Years one (1) through five (5), at the annual rate of
$5,921,800.50 (being the product of (x) $39.50 and
(y) the “Rentable Floor Area of Premises A” (as
hereinafter defined in this Section 1.1)), provided, however,
that Premises A Annual Fixed Rent shall not commence until the Rent
Commencement Date (as hereinabove defined in this
Section 1.1).
(b) For Lease
Years six (6) through ten (10), at the annual rate of
$6,521,476.50 (being the product of (x) $43.50 and
(y) the Rentable Floor Area of Premises A).
(c) During the
extension option periods (if exercised), as determined pursuant to
Section 8.20.
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Premises B Annual Fixed
Rent:
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(a) For Lease
Years one (1) through five (5), at the annual rate of
$180,400.50 (being the product of (x) $41.50 and (y) the
“Rentable Floor Area of Premises B” (as hereinafter
defined in this Section 1.1)), provided, however, that
Premises B Annual Fixed Rent shall not commence until the Rent
Commencement Date (as hereinabove defined in this
Section 1.1).
(b) For Lease
Years six (6) through ten (10), at the annual rate of
$197,788.50 (being the product of (x) $45.50 and (y) the
Rentable Floor Area of Premises B).
(c) During the
extension option periods (if exercised), as determined pursuant to
Section 8.20.
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Premises C Annual Fixed
Rent:
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(a) For Lease
Years one (1) through five, at the annual rate of $477,972.00
(being the product of (x) $44.00 and (y) the
“Rentable Floor Area of Premises C” (as hereinafter
defined in this Section 1.1)), provided, however, that
Premises C Annual Fixed Rent shall not commence until the Rent
Commencement Date (as hereinabove defined in this
Section 1.1).
(b) For Lease
Years six (6) through ten (10), at the annual rate of
$521,424.00 (being the product of (x) $48.00 and (y) the
Rentable Floor Area of Premises C).
(c) During the
extension option periods (if exercised), as determined pursuant to
Section 8.20.
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Annual Fixed
Rent:
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The sum of Premises A
Annual Fixed Rent, Premises B Annual Fixed Rent and Premises C
Annual Fixed Rent (it being understood and agreed that wherever in
this Lease the term “Annual Fixed Rent” is used, it
shall be deemed to refer to Premises A Annual Fixed Rent, Premises
B
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Annual Fixed Rent and
Premises C Annual Fixed Rent collectively and not to any of the
foregoing rental amounts independently, unless the applicable
language specifically and expressly indicates that the reference is
intended to be made to one of the foregoing
independently).
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Lease Year:
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For purposes hereof,
“Lease Year” shall mean a twelve-(12)-month period
beginning on the Rent Commencement Date or an anniversary of the
Rent Commencement Date, provided, however, that (i) the first
Lease Year shall include the period from the Commencement Date
through the Rent Commencement Date (notwithstanding that this will
result in a Lease Year containing more than twelve (12) months) and
(ii) if the Rent Commencement Date does not fall on the first
day of a calendar month, then the first Lease Year shall begin on
the Commencement Date and end on the last day of the month
containing the first anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date, and
each succeeding Lease Year shall begin on the day following the
last day of the prior Lease Year.
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Base Operating
Expenses:
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Landlord’s
Operating Expenses (as hereinafter defined in Section 2.6) for
calendar year 2009 (being January 1, 2009 through
December 31, 2009).
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Base Taxes:
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Landlord’s Tax
Expenses (as hereinafter defined in Section 2.7), representing
a fully-assessed building (which will be determined in conjunction
with the Waltham Tax Assessor’s Office), for fiscal tax year
2010 (being July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010); provided
that in the event that certificates of occupancy have not been
authorized for issuance for both the Base Building Work and the
Tenant Improvement Work by December 31, 2008
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(unless either of the
same have not been so authorized as the result of a Tenant Delay,
as defined in Section 3.2(B) below), or the tax
assessment for fiscal tax year 2010 is otherwise discounted by the
Waltham tax assessor due to Tenant not having been in occupancy of
the Premises (provided Tenant moves in within thirty (30) days
following the Substantial Completion Date), then Base Taxes shall
be Landlord’s Tax Expenses, representing a fully-assessed
building, for the fiscal tax year next following the first
January 1 after such certificate of occupancy is issued. By
way of example only, if the applicable certificate of occupancy is
issued on February 15, 2009, then Base Taxes shall be based
upon fiscal tax year 2011, which begins on July 1, 2010, and
which therefore is the first fiscal tax year next following the
first January 1 after the certificate of occupancy is issued
(being January 1, 2010). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event shall the Base Taxes be less than the average taxes, on a per
square foot basis, for the fiscal year on which the Base Taxes are
computed for the following properties in Waltham, Massachusetts:
201 Jones Road, 230 CityPoint, and 200 West Street.
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Tenant
Electricity:
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Initially as provided
in Section 2.5 subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 2.8.
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Additional
Rent:
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All charges and other
sums payable by Tenant as set forth in this Lease, in addition to
Annual Fixed Rent.
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Rentable Floor Area of
Premises A:
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149,919 square feet,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof.
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Rentable Floor Area of
Premises B:
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4,347 square feet,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof.
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Rentable Floor Area of
Premises C:
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10,863 square feet,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof.
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Rentable Floor Area of
the Premises:
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165,129 square feet
(being the sum of the Rentable Floor Area of Premises A, the
Rentable Floor Area of Premises B and the Rentable Floor Area of
Premises C), subject to the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof
(it being understood and agreed that wherever in this Lease the
term “Rentable Floor Area of the Premises” is used, it
shall be deemed to refer to the Rentable Floor Area of Premises A,
the Rentable Floor Area of Premises B and the Rentable Floor Area
of Premises C collectively and not to any of the foregoing rentable
floor areas independently, unless the applicable language
specifically and expressly indicates that the reference is intended
to be made to one of the foregoing independently).
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Total Rentable Floor
Area of the Building:
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Agreed to contain
209,707 square feet.
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Permitted
Use:
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General office purposes
and uses ancillary thereto (such as kitchenettes, executive
bathrooms, server rooms, etc.) as from time to time permitted under
the Zoning By-Law for the City of Waltham.
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Initial Minimum Limits
of Tenant’s Commercial General Liability:
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$10,000,000.00 combined
single limit per occurrence on a per location basis, which can be
achieved through a combination of primary and umbrella liability
coverage.
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Broker(s):
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DTZ FHO Partners One
International Place Boston, MA 02110
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Security
Deposit:
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$961,980.25 subject to
and in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.21
below.
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Guarantor:
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None.
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1.2
Exhibits
There are incorporated
as part of this Lease:
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Exhibit A
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Description of
Site
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Exhibit B-1
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Base Building Plans and
Specifications
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Exhibit B-2
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Base Building
Enhancements
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Exhibit B-3
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Interim Plan
Requirements
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Exhibit B-4
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Tenant Plan and Working
Drawing Requirements
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Exhibit B-5
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Pre-Approved General
Contractors
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Exhibit C
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Landlord’s
Services
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Exhibit D-1
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Premises A Floor
Plan
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Exhibit D-2
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Premises B Floor
Plan
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Exhibit D-3
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Premises C Floor
Plan
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Exhibit E
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Form of
Declaration Fixing Specific Dates
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Exhibit F
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Form of Lien
Waivers
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Exhibit G
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Form of Letter of
Credit
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Exhibit H
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Broker Determination of
Annual Market Rent
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Exhibit I-1
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Impact Signage
Conceptual Plan
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Exhibit I-2
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Monument Sign
Conceptual Plan
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Exhibit I-3
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Building Signage
Conceptual Plan
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Exhibit J
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Roof Location for
Emergency Generator
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Exhibit K
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CityPoint
Project
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Exhibit L
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Form of Notice of
Lease
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1.3
Table of Articles and Sections
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ARTICLE I
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Reference
Data
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1.1
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Subjects Referred
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1.2
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Exhibits
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1.3
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Table of Articles and
Sections
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ARTICLE II
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Building,
Premises, Term and Rent
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2.1
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The Premises
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2.2
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Rights to Use Common
Facilities
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2.3
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Landlord’s
Reservations
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2.4
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Habendum
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2.5
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Fixed Rent and
Electricity Payments
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2.6
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Operating
Expenses
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2.7
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Real Estate
Taxes
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2.8
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Tenant
Electricity
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ARTICLE III
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Construction
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3.1
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Base Building Work;
Base Building Enhancements
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3.2
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Tenant Improvement
Work
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3.3
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Substantial
Completion
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3.4
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Tenant’s Remedies
Based on Delays in Landlord’s Work
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3.5
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Quality and Performance
of Work
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3.6
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Landlord’s
Contribution; Tenant Plan Excess Costs
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3.7
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Arbitration
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ARTICLE IV
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Landlord’s
Covenants; Interruptions and Delays
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4.1
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Landlord
Covenants
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4.2
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Interruptions and
Delays in Services and Repairs, Etc.
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4.3
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Landlord’s
Insurance
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4.4
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Landlord’s
Indemnity
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4.5
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Leasing
Restriction
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ARTICLE V
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Tenant’s
Covenants
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5.1
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Payments
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5.2
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Repair and Yield
Up
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5.3
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Use
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5.4
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Obstructions; Items
Visible From Exterior; Rules and Regulations
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5.5
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Safety
Appliances
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5.6
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Assignment;
Sublease
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5.7
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Indemnity;
Insurance
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5.8
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Personal Property at
Tenant’s Risk
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5.9
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Right of
Entry
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5.10
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Floor Load; Prevention
of Vibration and Noise
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5.11
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Personal Property
Taxes
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5.12
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Compliance with
Laws
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5.13
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Payment of Litigation
Expenses
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5.14
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Alterations
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5.15
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Vendors
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5.16
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Patriot Act
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ARTICLE VI
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Casualty and
Taking
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6.1
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Damage Resulting from
Casualty
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6.2
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Uninsured
Casualty
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6.3
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Rights of Termination
for Taking
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6.4
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Award
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6.5
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Allocation of Proceeds
Following Termination
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ARTICLE VII
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Default
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7.1
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Tenant’s
Default
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7.2
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Landlord’s
Default
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ARTICLE
VIII
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Miscellaneous
Provisions
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8.1
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Extra Hazardous
Use
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8.2
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Waiver
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8.3
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Cumulative
Remedies
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8.4
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Quiet
Enjoyment
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8.5
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Notice to Mortgagee and
Ground Lessor
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8.6
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Assignment of
Rents
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8.7
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Surrender
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8.8
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Brokerage
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8.9
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Invalidity of
Particular Provisions
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8.10
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Provisions Binding,
Etc.
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8.11
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Recording;
Confidentiality
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8.12
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Notices
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8.13
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When Lease Becomes
Binding
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8.14
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Section Headings
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8.15
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Rights of
Mortgagee
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8.16
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Status Reports and
Financial Statements
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8.17
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Self-Help
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8.18
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Holding Over
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8.19
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Non-Subrogation
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8.20
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Extension
Option
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8.21
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Security
Deposit
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8.22
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Late Payment
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8.23
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Tenant’s
Payments
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8.24
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Waiver of Trial By
Jury
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8.25
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Governing
Law
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109
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8.26
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Tenant’s
Equipment
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109
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8.27
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Building
Amenities
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113
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8.28
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Emergency
Generator
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113
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8.29
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Neighborhood Utilities
and Telecommunications Lines
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116
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8.30
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Waiver of
Landlord’s Lien
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117
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8.31
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Arbitration
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117
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ARTICLE II
BUILDING, PREMISES, TERM
AND RENT
2.1
The Premises
Landlord hereby demises
and leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby hires and accepts from
Landlord, the Premises in the Building excluding exterior faces of
exterior walls, the common stairways and stairwells, elevators and
elevator wells, fan rooms, electric and telephone closets, janitor
closets, elevator vestibules, and pipes, ducts, conduits, wires and
appurtenant fixtures serving exclusively or in common other parts
of the Building and if the Premises includes less than the entire
rentable area of any floor, excluding the common corridors,
elevator lobbies and toilets located on such floor. Tenant shall
have the non-exclusive right to use the loading areas, fan rooms,
janitorial, electrical, telephone and telecommunications closets,
conduits, risers, shafts, plenum spaces and elevators serving such
Building, subject, however, to the extent Tenant is given prior
written notice thereof, Landlord’s reasonable rules and
regulations relative to the access to and use of such
spaces.
The term
“Building” means the Building identified on the first
page, and which is the subject of this Lease; the term
“Site” means all, and also any part of the land
described in Exhibit A, plus any additions or reductions
thereto resulting from the change of any abutting street line and
all parking areas and structures from time to time located on the
Site. The term “Property” means the Building and the
Site.
2.1.1
Tenant’s Continuing Right of First Offer
(A)
For the period commencing on the first day of the nineteenth (19
th ) full calendar month immediately following the date
of this Lease and continuing throughout the Lease Term, on the
conditions (which conditions Landlord may waive by written notice
to Tenant at any time), that as of both the time that any portion
of the RFO Premises (as hereinafter defined) becomes available for
reletting (as hereinafter defined) and as of the commencement date
of Tenant’s leasing of such portion of the RFO Premises:
(i) Tenant directly leases from Landlord at least 113,000
square feet of rentable floor area, (ii) no monetary or other
material Event of Default of Tenant exists and there have been no
more than two (2) monetary or other material Event of Default
occurrences during the Lease Term, (iii) this Lease is still
in full force and effect, and (iv) Tenant has neither assigned
this Lease nor sublet more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
rentable floor area then leased by Tenant (except for an assignment
or sublease under Section 5.6.1 below and except for the
Initial Second Floor Subleases, as that term is defined in
Section 5.6.6 below), Tenant shall have a right of first
offer
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(“Right of First
Offer”) to lease the RFO Premises, as hereinafter
defined.
For the purposes
hereof, the “RFO Premises” shall be defined as any and
all space in the Building as and when such space becomes available
for reletting (as hereinafter defined).
(B)
When any portion of the RFO Premises becomes available for
reletting, as hereinafter defined, Landlord shall notify Tenant
(“Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice”) of the
availability of such space, which notice shall contain the size,
configuration, location and date of availability of such RFO
Premises (which such date of availability shall be (x) the day
immediately following the date on which the lease term of the
then-current tenant of the RFO Premises expires, in the event the
RFO Premises becomes available as the result of a lease expiration,
or (y) ninety (90) days following the date of Landlord’s
RFO Premises Notice, in the event the RFO Premises becomes
available as the result of a termination of the existing lease
prior to its scheduled expiration date), the Annual Market Rent,
and the other business terms upon which Landlord is willing to so
lease such space. The net effective rental rate set forth in
Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice expressed by the
(i) Annual Market Rent for the RFO Premises quoted by
Landlord, (ii) amount of Base Taxes and Base Operating
Expenses, (iii) free rent or “build-out” period,
if any, after the commencement of the lease term, (iv) tenant
improvement allowance, if any, and (v) length of the lease
term, shall hereinafter be referred to as “Landlord’s
Offered Rental Terms.”
For
the purposes hereof:
(1)
The “Annual Market Rent” shall be the annual fair
market rent for such space as of the date when the same becomes
available for reletting, based upon the use of such space as first
class office space utilizing properties of similar class and
character within the Market Area (which for the purposes of this
Lease shall be defined as Waltham, South Lexington, Needham, Newton
and Wellesley).
(2)
Subject to the provisions of the immediately following paragraph,
RFO Premises shall be deemed “available for reletting”
when Landlord reasonably determines, subject to the provisions of
the next paragraph of this subsection (B), that the then current
tenant or occupant of the RFO Premises will vacate the RFO Premises
at the expiration or earlier termination of such tenant’s
lease.
In
connection with the foregoing, Tenant acknowledges and agrees that
Tenant’s Right of First Offer shall be subject and
subordinate to the existing extension rights of Administaff Client
Services, L.P. and Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd &
McGrath, Inc. (“PRTM”) (the “Existing
Tenants”) under the terms of their existing leases with
Landlord in effect as of the date of this Lease (the
“Existing Leases”). Landlord agrees that it
shall not have the right to amend either of the Existing
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Leases to provide the Existing Tenants with
additional extension or expansion rights unless such rights are
subordinate to Tenant’s Right of First Offer; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if either of the
Existing Tenants shall fail to exercise any extension option within
the applicable time period for exercise set forth in its Existing
Lease, Landlord shall nonetheless have an additional period of
seven (7) business days beyond the extension exercise deadline
in its lease as aforesaid within which to receive and honor an
extension exercise by such Existing Tenant of its Existing Lease
before the portion of the ROFO Premises leased by such Existing
Tenant shall be deemed available for reletting hereunder (it being
expressly understood and agreed that (x) Landlord shall have
no right to provide either of the Existing Tenants with extension
or renewal rights beyond those provided to such Existing Tenants in
their Existing Leases prior to the date hereof, without first
providing Tenant with an opportunity to exercise its Right of First
Offer hereunder and (y) the foregoing shall not preclude
Landlord from providing additional extension options to either the
Existing Tenants or any future tenant of RFO Premises in the event
that Tenant has either declined or failed to timely exercise its
Right of First Offer with respect to the portion of the RFO
Premises at issue, whether or not such extension options are
granted in the original lease documents executed by such tenants
after Tenant has passed on such RFO Premises or in documents
executed at a later date).
(C)
If Tenant wishes to exercise Tenant’s Right of First Offer,
Tenant shall do so, if at all, by giving Landlord notice
(“Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice”) within ten
(10) business days after receipt of Landlord’s RFO
Premises Notice. Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice shall
specify:
(i)
whether or not Tenant disputes that the Annual Fixed Rent set forth
in Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice is the Annual Market Rent;
and
(ii)
whether it shall be leasing the RFO Premises for (1) the lease
term specified in Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice or
(2) a lease term that is coterminous with the Term of this
Lease with respect to the original Premises (it being understood
and agreed that if less than thirty-six (36) months then remain in
the Lease Term at the time Tenant delivers the Tenant’s RFO
Exercise Notice and Tenant desires that the lease term with respect
to the RFO Premises be coterminous with the Lease Term with respect
to the original Premises and if such period is shorter than the
lease term offered in Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice, Tenant
must simultaneously exercise its extension option under
Section 8.20 with its exercise of its rights under this
Section 2.1.1 and that if no such extension option is then
available to Tenant then the term with respect to the RFO Premises
shall automatically be as specified in Landlord’s RFO
Premises Notice) (the lease term as determined under
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subsection (1) or
(2) being hereinafter referred to as the “Designated RFO
Lease Term”).
(D)
(1)
If Tenant shall give Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice that does
not indicate a Rent Dispute, the same shall constitute an agreement
to lease the RFO Premises upon all of the same terms and conditions
in this Lease, except (i) to the extent inconsistent with the
provisions of this Section 2.1.1, (ii) to the extent
inconsistent with Landlord’s Offered Rental Terms and
(iii) that the Annual Fixed Rent shall be the amount specified
in Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice. Although such
agreement to lease the RFO Premises shall be self-executing and
binding on Tenant upon delivery of Tenant’s RFO Exercise
Notice, Landlord and Tenant shall exercise commercially reasonable
good faith efforts to enter into an instrument in writing
memorializing such leasing of the RFO Premises within sixty (60)
days after Landlord’s submission to Tenant of an amendment
therefor and provided such amendment is limited in scope to
modifications of the Lease necessary to memorialize Tenant’s
lease of the RFO Premises.
(2)
If Tenant shall give Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice that does
indicate a Rent Dispute, the parties shall negotiate in good faith
for a period of twenty (20) days (“Negotiation Period”)
to reach agreement on the Annual Fixed Rent. If the parties
reach such agreement within the Negotiation Period, then the same
shall constitute an agreement to lease the RFO Premises upon all of
the same terms and conditions in this Lease, except (i) to the
extent inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 2.1.1,
(ii) to the extent inconsistent with the Landlord’s
Offered Rental Terms and (iii) that the Annual Fixed Rent
shall be the amount so agreed to by the parties pursuant to
paragraph (3) below or by broker determination pursuant to
paragraph (4) below, as applicable. Although such
agreement to lease the RFO Premises shall be self-executing and
binding on Tenant upon the agreement of the parties during the
Negotiation Period upon the Annual Fixed Rent, Landlord and Tenant
shall exercise commercially reasonable good faith efforts to enter
into an instrument in writing memorializing such leasing of the RFO
Premises within sixty (60) days after Landlord’s submission
to Tenant of an amendment therefor and provided such amendment is
limited in scope to modifications of the Lease necessary to
memorialize Tenant’s lease of the RFO Premises.
(3)
If Tenant shall give Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice that does
indicate a Rent Dispute, and the parties do not reach agreement on
the Annual Fixed Rent during the Negotiation Period, then Tenant
shall have the right, for a period of five (5) business days
after the expiration of the Negotiation Period, (i) to deliver
to Landlord a notice (“Tenant’s Rescission
Notice”) rescinding Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice, or
(ii) to deliver to Landlord a request (“Broker
Determination Request”) for a broker determination of Annual
Market Rent in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.20
and Exhibit H hereof.
(4)
If Tenant shall timely deliver the Broker Determination
Request,
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then the same shall
constitute an agreement to lease the RFO Premises upon all of the
same terms and conditions in this Lease, except (i) to the
extent inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 2.1.1,
(ii) to the extent inconsistent with the Landlord’s
Offered Rental Terms and (iii) that the Annual Fixed Rent
shall be the Annual Market Rent as determined by the broker
determination; and although such agreement shall be self-executing
and binding on Tenant upon delivery of the Broker Determination
Request, Landlord and Tenant shall exercise commercially reasonable
good faith efforts to enter into an instrument in writing
memorializing such leasing of the RFO Premises within sixty (60)
days after Landlord’s submission to Tenant of an amendment
therefor and provided such amendment is limited in scope to
modifications of the Lease necessary to memorialize Tenant’s
lease of the RFO Premises.
(5)
If Tenant timely gives Tenant’s Rescission Notice, then
Tenant’s RFO Exercise Notice shall be of no further force and
effect, and the provisions of subsection (E) below shall
apply.
(6)
If Tenant fails to timely give either a Tenant’s Rescission
Notice or a Broker Determination Request, Tenant shall be deemed to
have given a Tenant’s Rescission Notice.
(E)
If Tenant shall not timely exercise its rights under this
Section 2.1.1 with respect to the RFO Premises designated in
Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice, Landlord shall be free to
lease such RFO Premises to any party. If during the Term said
RFO Premises again becomes available for reletting, Landlord shall
again offer to lease such RFO Premises to Tenant pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 2.1.1 and the terms of this
Section shall continue to apply to such RFO Premises.
If, prior to the time
that Landlord leases any portion of the RFO Premises which had
previously been offered to Tenant pursuant to this
Section 2.1.1 but with respect to which Tenant had declined or
otherwise failed to timely exercise its Right of First Offer (such
portion of the RFO Premises being hereinafter referred to as the
“Declined RFO Premises”), Landlord and Tenant shall
subsequently agree that such Declined RFO Premises shall be leased
to Tenant (it being understood and agreed that Landlord shall be
under no obligation to re-offer such space to Tenant and Tenant
shall be under no obligation to lease such space from Landlord),
Tenant shall be entitled to require that the Annual Fixed Rent for
such Declined RFO Premises be determined by the broker
determination process in the same manner as if Tenant had elected
to exercise its Right of First Offer when the Declined RFO Premises
was initially offered to Tenant by Landlord.
(F)
If Tenant shall timely exercise its rights under this
Section 2.1.1 with respect to the RFO Premises designated in
Landlord’s RFO Premises Notice and if, thereafter, the then
occupant of the RFO Premises with respect to which Tenant shall
have so exercised such right wrongfully fails to deliver possession
of such
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premises at the time
when its tenancy is scheduled to expire, Landlord shall use
reasonable efforts and due diligence (which shall be limited to the
commencement and prosecution of an eviction proceeding within sixty
(60) days after the date on which the hold-over commences, but
shall not require the taking of any appeal) to evict such occupant
from such space and to recover from such occupant any Hold-Over
Premium (as defined below) payable by such occupant. In such event,
the commencement of the term of Tenant’s occupancy and lease
of such additional space shall, in the event of such holding over
by such occupant, be deferred until possession of the additional
space is delivered to Tenant. The failure of the then occupant of
such premises to so vacate shall not constitute a default or breach
by Landlord and shall not give Tenant any right to terminate this
Lease or to deduct from, offset against or withhold Annual Fixed
Rent or Additional Rent (or any portions thereof); except that
(i) if such hold-over exceeds sixty (60) days, then Tenant
may, within ten (10) business days after such date, cancel the
exercise of its option to lease such portion of the RFO Premises by
giving to Landlord a written cancellation notice (the
“Initial Cancellation Option”) and (ii) if Tenant
does not exercise the Initial Cancellation Option and such
hold-over exceeds three hundred (300) days, then Tenant may, within
ten (10) business days after such date, cancel the exercise of
its option to lease such portion of the RFO Premises by giving to
Landlord a written cancellation notice (the “Subsequent
Cancellation Option”) (provided, however, that in the case of
both the Initial Cancellation Option and the Subsequent
Cancellation Option, if Landlord delivers such RFO Premises to
Tenant on or before the date thirty (30) days after Landlord
receives such cancellation notice, such cancellation notice shall
be void and without further force or effect).
Alternatively, in lieu
of exercising the Initial Cancellation Option but without
limitation of Tenant’s right to exercise the Subsequent
Cancellation Option, Tenant shall have the right to require
Landlord to pay to Tenant the net (i.e. net of the costs and
expenses, including, attorneys’ fees, incurred by Landlord in
obtaining such Hold-Over Premium) amount of any Hold-Over Premium
received by Landlord from such hold-over occupant relative to
periods from and after the sixty-first (61 st ) day of
any hold-over, when and if Landlord receives any such payment;
provided, however, that if Tenant does exercise the Subsequent
Cancellation Option, it shall, as a condition precedent to the
effectiveness of such Subsequent Cancellation Option, pay to
Landlord as Additional Rent an amount equal to fifty percent (50%)
of the net Hold-Over Premium paid by Landlord to Tenant through the
date of exercise of the Subsequent Cancellation Option. For the
purposes hereof, the term “Hold-Over Premium” shall be
defined as the amount (if any) which a hold-over occupant of any
portion of the RFO Premises is required to pay to Landlord in
respect of its hold-over in the premises (whether characterized as
rent, damages, or use and occupation) in excess of the amount of
fixed rent and other charges which the tenant under whom such
occupant claims would have been required to pay to Landlord had the
term of such tenant’s lease been extended throughout the
period of such hold-over at the same rental rate as such tenant was
required to pay during the last month of its tenancy.
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In the event that
Tenant elects to cancel its exercise of its option hereunder as the
result of a holding over by the existing occupant of the applicable
portion of the RFO Premises, such portion of the RFO Premises will
not be deemed available for reletting until the space has
thereafter initially been leased to a third party, unless Landlord
failed to comply with its obligations to use reasonable efforts and
due diligence to evict the existing occupant as set forth in and
limited by this Section 2.1.1(F) (in which event Landlord
shall be required to re-offer the RFO Premises to Tenant prior to
leasing the same to a third party).
(G)
Time is of the essence of this Section 2.1.1 and the rights
granted to Tenant under this Section 2.1.1 are continuous to
be effective from time to time as and when Landlord shall determine
that any RFO Premises will become available for reletting and said
rights may become effective more than once during the Term.
(H)
Upon Tenant’s written request made no more than twice in any
calendar year during the Lease Term, Landlord shall provide Tenant
with written updates of the expected availability of the leaseable
areas in the Building and any buildings within the CityPoint
Project then owned by Landlord or its affiliates; provided,
however, that Landlord’s failure to provide such updates
shall in no way be deemed to be a default of Landlord under this
Lease or otherwise give rise to any liability on Landlord’s
part unless such failure was in bad faith.
2.1.2
Tenant’s Contraction Option .
Tenant shall have the
one-time option of surrendering a portion of the Premises
consisting of the entirety of the sixth (6 th ) floor of
the Building (the “Reduction Premises”) and containing
36,174 square feet of Rentable Floor Area (the “Rentable
Floor Area of the Reduction Premises”). If Tenant shall
desire to surrender the Reduction Premises, Tenant shall provide
notice to Landlord its election to reduce the size of the Premises
no later than the end of the fourth (4 th ) Lease Year
and such reduction shall be effective as of the end of the fifth (5
th ) Lease Year (the “Surrender Date”). As
of the Surrender Date, (i) Tenant shall vacate the Reduction
Premises leaving the same in the condition required by this Lease
upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease Term,
(ii) the Reduction Premises shall be removed from the Premises
demised to Tenant under the Lease, (iii) the “Rentable
Floor Area of the Premises” shall be reduced by the Rentable
Floor Area of the Reduction Premises and such reduced Rentable
Floor Area of the Premises shall be used for purposes of
calculating Annual Fixed Rent, Tenant’s Operating Expenses
Payment, Tenant’s Tax Payment, and Tenant’s Electricity
Payment from and after the Surrender Date.
Prior to the Surrender
Date Landlord and Tenant agree to execute an appropriate amendment
to this Lease to reflect the removal of the Reduction Premises from
the space demised from Landlord to Tenant under this Lease. In
addition, and as a
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condition prerequisite
to the reduction of the Premises, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord
on or before the Surrender Date an amount (the “Contraction
Fee”) equal to the Unamortized Part (as defined below)
of Landlord’s Transaction Costs (as defined below) in respect
of the Reduction Premises. For the purposes hereof:
(i)
The “Unamortized Part” shall mean the amount which
would remain unpaid as of the Surrender Date with respect to a loan
in an original amount equal to Landlord’s Transaction Costs
incurred by Landlord with respect to the Reduction Premises and
which is amortized over the Original Term at an interest rate of
ten percent (10%) per annum and repaid over the ten (10) year
period commencing as of the Rent Commencement Date.
(ii)
“Landlord’s Transaction Costs” for the Reduction
Premises shall be equal to the sum of: (i) Landlord’s
Contribution in respect of the Reduction Premises, plus
(ii) all brokerage commissions incurred by Landlord in
connection with the demise of the Reduction Premises to Tenant (to
be determined based upon a per square foot allocation of
Landlord’s overall brokerage commissions in connection with
the execution of this Lease). Landlord shall, upon request of
Tenant, promptly after the amount of the Landlord’s
Transaction Costs has been determined, provide to Tenant a
certified statement setting forth such costs.
2.2
Rights to Use Common Facilities
Subject to
Landlord’s right to change or alter any of the following in
Landlord’s discretion as herein provided, Tenant shall have,
as appurtenant to the Premises, the non- exclusive right to use in
common with others, subject to reasonable rules of general
applicability to tenants of the Building from time to time made by
Landlord of which Tenant is given notice (a) the common
lobbies, corridors, stairways, elevators, trash areas, parking
areas, loading areas, and other similar areas and facilities of the
Building, and the pipes, ducts, conduits, wires and appurtenant
meters and equipment serving the Premises in common with others,
(b) common walkways and driveways necessary for access to the
Building, (c) if the Premises include less than the entire
rentable floor area of any floor, the common toilets, corridors and
elevator lobby of such floor, and (d) the Amenities set forth
in Section 8.27 of this Lease (collectively, the “Common
Areas”). No changes shall be made to the Common Areas that
would unreasonably interfere with Tenant’s access to or use
of the Premises for the purposes of this Lease or that would
adversely affect the quality of the Common Areas (including without
limitation the Amenities) serving the Building as of the Rent
Commencement Date (subject to the provisions of Section 8.27
below). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
Landlord has no obligation to allow any particular
telecommunication service provider to have access to the Building
or to the Premises except as may be required by applicable law and
except that Landlord agrees to permit Verizon to have
telecommunications access to the Premises and the Building at no
additional charge for the purpose of providing telecommunications
service to Tenant. Except as otherwise expressly
provided
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above, if Landlord
permits such access, Landlord may condition such access upon the
payment to Landlord by the service provider of fees assessed by
Landlord in its reasonable discretion. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Landlord will not unreasonably withhold, condition or
delay its approval of any telecommunications provider designated by
Tenant to service the Premises, so long as such provider is not
utilizing the Site to provide service to third parties other than
Tenant.
Tenant shall have a
non-exclusive right to use the fire stairwells in the Building (the
“Fire Stairs”) for the purpose of access between the
floors of the Building on which the Premises are located, at no
additional rental charge to Tenant, provided that (1) such use
shall be permitted by, and at all times be in accordance with, all
applicable Legal Requirements (as that term is defined in
Section 3.4 below); and (2) Tenant shall comply with all
of Landlord’s reasonable rules and regulations adopted
from time to time with respect thereto. Tenant may, at its sole
cost and expense, install a key card locking system reasonably
satisfactory to Landlord on all doors between the Fire Stairs and
the floors of the Premises and tie Tenant’s security system
into the Building security system, provided that in any event such
locking system must be configured in such a way so as to
automatically disengage in the event of an emergency. Tenant shall
provide Landlord with a “master” card key so that
Landlord shall have access through each entry door. Tenant may
paint the Fire Stairs and install light fixtures therein and make
such other Alterations as Landlord shall approve, which approval
shall be granted or withheld in accordance with the terms of this
Lease (provided, however, that under no circumstances shall Tenant
be entitled to install (x) carpeting on the Fire Stairs or
(y) lighting which does not meet the standards for emergency
lighting).
2.2.1
Tenant’s Parking
(A)
Tenant shall have the right, free of charge for the Term of this
Lease, to use in the parking areas on the Site throughout the Term
the Number of Parking Spaces (referred to in Section 1.1) for
the parking of automobiles, in common with use by other tenants
from time to time of the Building, provided, however, that Landlord
shall not be obligated to furnish stalls or spaces on the Site
specifically designated for Tenant’s use (provided further
that if Landlord shall provide any other tenant in the Building
with reserved parking spaces on the Site, Landlord shall
(i) offer Tenant reserved spaces on the same basis as was
provided to the other tenant, in proportion to the respective
rentable floor areas leased by Tenant and such other tenant, and
(ii) so long as Tenant occupies more rentable floor area in
the Building that any other tenant, give Tenant the first
opportunity to select the location of its reserved parking
spaces within the area(s) designated by Landlord for reserved
parking). In the event that the Rentable Floor Area of the Premises
increases or decreases at any time during the Lease Term, the
Number of Parking Spaces provided to Tenant hereunder shall be
increased or reduced proportionately (subject to the provisions of
subsection (B) below) in accordance with the parking ratio set
forth in Section 1.1.
(B)
Tenant has informed Landlord that Tenant may require parking at a
ratio
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greater than the Number
of Parking Spaces set forth in Section 1.1 (the
“Original Parking Ratio”), and Landlord has estimated,
based on projected parking usage patterns, that the existing
parking areas on the Site can accommodate parking for up to 4.0
passenger vehicles per 1,000 square feet of the Rentable Floor Area
of the Premises initially demised to Tenant (the “Higher
Parking Ratio”). In connection with the foregoing, Tenant
acknowledges that the total number of actual parking spaces on the
Site is sufficient to satisfy parking at the Original Parking Ratio
but not at the Higher Parking Ratio, and that the availability of
additional parking in an amount up to the Higher Parking Ratio is
dependent on the actual usage of the existing parking spaces by the
tenants of the Building. Landlord represents that Landlord has not
granted any other tenant or occupant of the Site the right to use
parking spaces in excess of the Original Parking Ratio, and that it
will use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce the terms and
provisions of its leases with other tenants of the Building in the
event of any use by such tenants of parking spaces in excess of the
parking ratios provided to them. In addition, Landlord shall not
(i) grant any tenant or occupant at the Site the right to use
parking spaces serving the Building at a ratio in excess of the
Original Parking Ratio, (ii) voluntarily reduce the number of
available parking spaces at the Site unless expressly permitted in
this Lease or (iii) grant any other owners, occupants or users
of the CityPoint Project or other neighboring properties the right
to park in the parking areas on the Site (such as, by way of
example only, using a portion of the parking areas at the Site to
satisfy any off-site parking obligations set forth in another lease
at the CityPoint Project or other development by Landlord or any
entity affiliated with Landlord), except to the extent that any of
the foregoing can be done without adversely impacting
Tenant’s ability to utilize the Higher Parking Ratio or
causing a Parking Shortage (e.g., Landlord might be permitted to
provide a third party with the right to park on the Site during
off-peak hours or for a limited period of time, etc.)
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary (but subject to
provisions of the last sentence of the next paragraph of this
subsection (B)), Tenant shall not be deemed to be in default of its
obligations under this Lease if it shall utilize more than the
Original Parking Ratio, so long as Tenant does not exceed the
Higher Parking Ratio; provided, however, that (x) the right to
utilize the Higher Parking Ratio shall be personal to Phase
Forward, Inc. (and any permitted assignee pursuant to
Section 5.6.1) and shall not be transferable to any assignee
or subtenant and (y) in the event that the size of the
Premises shall increase at any time during the Term, Tenant shall
only be entitled to additional parking rights for such additional
premises at the Original Parking Ratio.
In the event that
Tenant uses parking spaces in excess of the Original Parking Ratio
and such excess usage results in the existence of a Parking
Shortage (as defined in subsection (C) below), Landlord shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) implement a managed
parking program for the parking areas on the Site (the
“Managed Parking Program”) and/or (y) locate
additional parking areas in the vicinity of the Site and within the
CityPoint Project for use as satellite
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parking for the
Building (the “Off-Site Parking”) (Landlord hereby
further agreeing to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
Off-Site Parking within such CityPoint Project as close to the Site
as possible). All costs associated with the Managed Parking
Program shall be payable by the tenants of the Building as part of
Landlord’s Operating Expenses under Section 2.6
below. To the extent that Tenant is the sole user of the
Off-Site Parking and the sole cause of the Parking Shortage, all
costs associated therewith shall be payable by Tenant as Additional
Rent within thirty (30) days after receipt by Tenant of an invoice
from Landlord therefore (provided, however, that if Tenant is not
the sole user of the Off-Site Parking, or is not the sole cause of
the Parking Shortage, then Tenant shall only be required to pay its
pro rata share of such costs as part of Landlord’s Operating
Expenses under Section 2.6 below). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, under no circumstances shall Landlord be required to
endeavor to obtain the Off-Site Parking in the event of a Parking
Shortage that occurs during the last three (3) years of the
Lease Term unless and until Tenant shall validly exercise its
then-current extension option under Section 8.20 below (it
being understood and agreed in connection with the foregoing that
(x) Landlord shall have no obligation to endeavor to obtain
the Off-Site Parking in the event that Tenant shall have no further
rights to extend the Lease Term and (y) Landlord shall
nonetheless be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to
implement the Managed Parking Program to address the Parking
Shortage irrespective of the amount of time remaining in the Lease
Term).
Tenant acknowledges and
agrees that there may be a temporary disruption in parking in
connection with the conversion to a Managed Parking Program and/or
Off-Site Parking, and Tenant shall reasonably cooperate with
Landlord during such conversion (Landlord hereby agreeing to use
commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such disruption).
Tenant further acknowledges and agrees that Landlord shall in no
event be deemed to be in default of its obligations under this
Lease if it cannot provide Tenant with parking in excess of the
Original Parking Ratio, provided that Landlord has used
commercially reasonable efforts to implement the Managed Parking
Program and/or obtain the Off-Site Parking as set forth
herein. In addition, in the event there is a Parking Shortage
and Landlord has been unable to implement a Managed Parking Program
and/or provide Off-Site Parking despite the use of commercially
reasonable efforts as aforesaid, Landlord shall have the right to
modify the configuration of or access to the parking areas on the
Site (e.g., by creating or designating separate “pods”
within the parking areas for parking by specific tenants) as
Landlord deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion to insure
that Landlord is able to fulfill its obligations under leases with
other Building tenants and Tenant to provide parking to such
tenants and Tenant at the Original Parking Ratio. In the
event that Landlord does create separate “pods” as
aforesaid, Landlord shall meet with Tenant beforehand to discuss
the proposed location(s) of such pods (Landlord hereby
agreeing to consult with Tenant in good faith regarding the
location(s) of such pods, provided that the final
determination shall be made by Landlord in its reasonable
discretion).
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(C)
For the purposes hereof, a “Parking Shortage” shall be
defined as a lack of available parking spaces on the Site, as
determined in accordance with the following procedure:
(i)
In the event that Landlord receives four (4) written
complaints from tenants of the Building (which shall include
complaints by Tenant) over a period of two (2) weeks
indicating that they are unable to find parking spaces at the
Building, Landlord shall perform and complete a parking survey of
the Site within four (4) weeks of its receipt of the last such
complaint.
(ii)
If the parking survey indicates that fewer than seven
(7) parking spaces on the Site are available for tenant and
visitor parking on more than four (4) Business Days over a
period of two (2) weeks, then Landlord shall attempt to
ascertain whether the cause of the problem is a particular
tenant’s overuse of the number of parking spaces provided to
such tenant under the terms of its lease and shall take reasonable
measures to enforce the terms of such lease and rectify the
situation.
(iii)
In the event that the overuse cannot be readily addressed by
Landlord or is caused by Tenant’s use of parking spaces in
excess of the Original Parking Ratio, then a Parking Shortage shall
be deemed to exist and shall trigger Landlord’s obligations
under this Section 2.2.1 to use commercially reasonable
efforts to implement the Managed Parking Program and/or obtain the
Off-Site Parking.
(D)
Tenant covenants and agrees that it and all persons claiming by,
through and under it, shall at all times abide by all reasonable
rules and regulations promulgated by Landlord with respect to
the use of the parking areas on the Site (which may include vehicle
stickers and/or access card programs), provided such rules and
regulations are not inconsistent with Tenant’s rights under
this Lease and are of general applicability to the occupants of the
Site. The parking privileges granted herein are non-transferable
except to a permitted assignee or subtenant as provided in
Section 5.6 through Section 5.6.5 or to a Permitted
Occupant under Section 5.6.7 below (with the exception of the
right to use parking spaces in excess of the Original Parking
Ratio, which may not be transferred other than in connection with a
transfer permitted under Section 5.6.1 of this Lease).
Further, Landlord assumes no responsibility whatsoever for loss or
damage due to fire, theft or otherwise to any
automobile(s) parked on the Site or to any personal property
therein, however caused, and Tenant covenants and agrees, upon
request from Landlord from time to time, to notify its officers,
employees, agents and invitees of such limitation of liability.
Tenant acknowledges and agrees that a license only is hereby
granted, and no bailment is intended or shall be created.
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2.3
Landlord’s Reservations
Landlord reserves the
right from time to time, without unreasonable interference with
Tenant’s use and upon reasonable prior notice to Tenant
(except in the event of an emergency): (a) to install, use,
maintain, repair, replace and relocate for service to the Premises
and other parts of the Building, or either, pipes, ducts, conduits,
wires and appurtenant fixtures, wherever located in the Premises or
Building, and (b) to alter or relocate any other common
facility, provided that substitutions are substantially equivalent
or better. Installations, replacements and relocations referred to
in clause (a) above shall be located so far as practicable in
the central core area of the Building, above ceiling surfaces,
below floor surfaces or within perimeter walls of the Premises. In
exercising its rights hereunder, Landlord shall use reasonable
efforts to minimize interference with Tenant’s use of the
Premises for the Permitted Use, consistent with the nature of the
rights being exercised.
2.4
Habendum
Tenant shall have and
hold the Premises for a period commencing on the date (the
“Commencement Date”) that is the earlier of
(a) the Substantial Completion Date (as that term is defined
in Section 3.3 below) (but in no event prior to
December 1, 2008), and (b) that date on which Tenant
commences occupancy of any portion of the Premises for the
Permitted Use and continuing for the Term unless sooner terminated
as provided in Article VI or Article VII or unless
extended as provided in Section 8.20.
As soon as may be
convenient after the determination of the Commencement Date, Rent
Commencement Date and Expiration Date, Landlord and Tenant agree to
join with each other in the execution of a written Declaration, in
the form of Exhibit E, in which said dates shall be stated. If
Tenant fails to execute or correct such Declaration within thirty
(30) days after such Declaration is submitted by Landlord to
Tenant, the Commencement Date, Rent Commencement Date and
Expiration Date shall be as originally set forth in the Declaration
delivered by Landlord.
2.5
Fixed Rent and Electricity Payments
Tenant agrees to pay to
Landlord, or as directed by Landlord, at Landlord’s Original
Address specified in Section 1.1 hereof, or at such other
place as Landlord shall from time to time designate by at least
thirty (30) days prior written notice to Tenant,
(1) (a) on the Rent Commencement Date (defined in
Section 1.1 hereof) and thereafter monthly, in advance, on the
first day of each and every calendar month during the Original
Term, a sum equal to one twelfth (1/12 th ) of the
Annual Fixed Rent (sometimes hereinafter referred to as
“fixed rent”) and (b) on the Commencement Date and
thereafter monthly, in advance, on the first day of each and every
calendar month during the Original Term, an amount estimated by
Landlord from time to time to cover Tenant’s monthly payments
for electricity under Section 2.8 hereinbelow, and (2) on
the first day of each and every calendar month during each
extension option period (if exercised), a sum equal to (a) one
twelfth (1/12 th ) of the Annual Fixed Rent as
determined in Section 8.20 for the applicable
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extension option period
plus (b) then applicable monthly electricity charges (subject
to escalation for electricity as provided in Section 2.8
hereof). Until notice of some other designation is given, fixed
rent and all other charges for which provision is herein made shall
be paid by remittance to or for the order of Boston Properties
Limited Partnership either (i) by mail to P.O. Box 3557,
Boston, Massachusetts 02241-3557, (ii) by wire transfer to
Bank of America in Dallas, Texas, Bank Routing Number 0260-0959-3
or (iii) by ACH transfer to Bank of America in Dallas, Texas,
Bank Routing Number 111 000 012, and in the case of (ii) or
(iii) referencing Account Number 3756454460, Account Name of
Boston Properties, LP, Tenant’s name and the Property
address. All remittances received by Boston Properties Limited
Partnership, as Agents as aforesaid, or by any subsequently
designated recipient, shall be treated as payment to
Landlord.
Annual Fixed Rent for
any partial month shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord at such rate
on a pro rata basis, and, if the Rent Commencement Date is a day
other than the first day of a calendar month, the first payment of
Annual Fixed Rent which Tenant shall make to Landlord shall be a
payment equal to a proportionate part of such Annual Fixed Rent for
the partial month from the Rent Commencement Date to the first day
of the succeeding calendar month.
Additional Rent payable
by Tenant on a monthly basis, as hereinafter provided, likewise
shall be prorated, and the first payment on account thereof shall
be determined in similar fashion but shall commence on the Rent
Commencement Date (with the exception of payments on account of
electricity, which shall commence on the Commencement Date as set
forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2.5 and
Tenant’s Operating Expenses Payment and Tenant’s Tax
Payment which shall be commence as set forth in Sections 2.6 and
2.7, respectively); and other provisions of this Lease calling for
monthly payments shall be read as incorporating this undertaking by
Tenant.
Notwithstanding that
the payment of Annual Fixed Rent payable by Tenant to Landlord
shall not commence until the Rent Commencement Date, Tenant shall
be subject to, and shall comply with, all other provisions of this
Lease as and at the times provided in this Lease.
The Annual Fixed Rent
and all other charges for which provision is herein made shall be
paid by Tenant to Landlord, without offset, deduction or abatement
except as otherwise specifically set forth in this
Lease.
2.6
Operating Expenses
“Landlord’s
Operating Expenses” means the cost of operation of the
Building and the Site which shall exclude costs of special services
rendered to tenants (including Tenant) for which a separate charge
is made, but shall include, without limitation, the following:
premiums for insurance carried with respect to the Building and the
Site (including, without limitation, liability insurance, insurance
against loss in case of fire or casualty and insurance of monthly
installments of fixed rent and any Additional Rent which may be due
under this Lease and other leases of space in the Building for not
more than twelve (12) months in the case of both fixed rent and
Additional Rent and if there be any
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first mortgage of the
Property, including such insurance as may be required by the holder
of such first mortgage, provided, however, with respect to
insurance coverages required to be carried by a holder of a
mortgage, such coverages are of the type and amounts customarily
required to be carried by lenders of comparable class A,
multi-tenant office buildings in the Market Area); compensation and
all fringe benefits, worker’s compensation insurance premiums
and payroll taxes paid to, for or with respect to all persons
engaged exclusively in the operating, maintaining or cleaning of
the Building or Site (and in the event such persons are also
employed on other properties of Landlord or its affiliates, such
compensation shall be equitably prorated among the Building and
such other properties), water, sewer, electric, gas, oil and
telephone charges (excluding utility charges separately chargeable
to tenants for additional or special services and excluding costs
to supply electricity to leaseable areas of the Building, with the
exception of any building management offices); cost of building and
cleaning supplies and equipment; cost of maintenance, cleaning and
repairs (other than repairs not properly chargeable against income
or reimbursable from contractors under guarantees); cost of snow
removal and care of landscaping; cost of operating, maintaining,
cleaning and providing utilities to any conference center,
cafeteria, fitness center or other amenity serving the Building
(and excluding any costs to construct and initially furnish such
amenities or any subsidy for cafeteria operations unless
specifically agreed to by Tenant in writing); payments under
service contracts with independent contractors; management fees at
reasonable rates for self managed buildings consistent with the
type of occupancy and the service rendered, which management fees
shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the total Gross Rents for
the Building (“Gross Rents for the Building” for the
purposes hereof being defined as annual fixed rent,
Landlord’s Operating Expenses, with the exception of the
aforesaid management fee, and Landlord’s Tax Expenses for the
Building for the relevant calendar year); costs of maintaining a
regional property management office (allocated pro rata among all
properties owned by Landlord or its affiliates served by such
regional property management office) in connection with the
operation, management and maintenance of the Building; and all
other reasonable and necessary expenses paid in connection with the
operation, cleaning and maintenance of the Building and the Site
and properly chargeable against income, provided, however, there
shall be included (a) depreciation for capital expenditures
made by Landlord during the Lease Term (i) to reduce
Landlord’s Operating Expenses if Landlord shall have
reasonably determined that the annual reduction in Landlord’s
Operating Expenses shall exceed the annual depreciation therefor or
(ii) to comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations,
requirements, statutes, ordinances, by-laws and court decisions of
all public authorities which first become applicable to the
Property after the Base Building Completion Date (the capital
expenditures described in subsections (i) and (ii) being
hereinafter referred to as “Permitted Capital
Expenditures”); plus (b) in the case of both
(i) and (ii) an interest factor, reasonably determined by
Landlord, as being the interest rate then charged for long-term
mortgages by institutional lenders on like properties within the
locality in which the Building is located; depreciation in the case
of both (i) and (ii) shall be determined by dividing the
original cost of such capital expenditure by the number of years of
useful life of the capital item acquired and the useful life shall
be reasonably determined by Landlord in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and practices in effect at the time
of acquisition of the capital item.
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Notwithstanding the
generality of the preceding text, the following items shall be
excluded or deducted, as the case may be, from the calculation of
Tenant’s share of Landlord’s Operating
Expenses:
(i)
All capital expenditures and depreciation, including all costs that
under generally accepted accounting principles are properly
classified as capital expenses, capital improvements or capital
repairs, except as otherwise explicitly provided in this
Section 2.6;
(ii)
Interest on indebtedness, debt amortization, ground rent, financing
and refinancing costs for any mortgage or ground lease or overlease
of the Building or the Site and transfer taxes, recording costs and
taxes, title insurance premiums, title closer’s fees and
gratuities and other similar costs incurred in connection with the
sale or transfer of an interest in Landlord or the Building;
(iii)
Legal, auditing, consulting and professional fees and other costs
(other than those legal, auditing, consulting and professional fees
and other costs incurred in connection with the normal and routine
maintenance and operation of the Building and/or the Site),
including, without limitation, those: (i) paid or incurred in
connection with financings, refinancings or sales of any
Landlord’s interest in the Building and/or the Site;
(ii) relating to any special reporting required by securities
laws; (iii) relating to negotiations or disputes with, or
leasing to, tenants or prospective tenants; (iv) relating to
litigation (including costs of settlement judgments and payments in
lieu thereof); (v) the interpretation of leases or other
occupancy agreements; (vi) the enforcement of the provisions
of any lease or other occupancy agreement affecting the Building
including without limitation this Lease; (vii) the initial
construction of the improvements on the Site; (viii) the
review, approval or other actions in connection with the sublease
or assignment of tenant leases (provided, however, that Tenant
shall nonetheless be responsible under
Section 5.6.5(b) for any such costs relative to its own
requests for consent to a sublease or assignment); (ix) any
action against a present or former tenant or occupant under a lease
or other occupancy agreement, including, without limitation,
eviction, distraint, levy and collection actions; and
(x) costs incurred as a result of the violation by Landlord or
any tenant of the terms and conditions of any lease;
(iv)
The cost of any item or service to the extent reimbursed or
reimbursable to Landlord by insurance required to be maintained
under the Lease or by any third party;
(v)
The cost of repairs or replacements incurred by reason of fire or
other casualty or condemnation other than costs not in excess of a
commercially reasonable deductible (currently $25,000.00) on any
insurance maintained by Landlord which provides a recovery for such
repair or replacement;
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(vi)
Any advertising, promotional or marketing expenses for the
Buildings;
(vii)
The cost of any service or materials provided by any party related
to Landlord (other than the management fee), to the extent such
costs exceed the reasonable cost for such service or materials
absent such relationship in buildings similar to the Building in
the vicinity of the Building;
(viii)
Payments for rented equipment, the cost of which equipment would
constitute a capital expenditure if the equipment were purchased to
the extent that such payments exceed the amount which could have
been included in Landlord’s Operating Expenses had Landlord
purchased such equipment rather than leasing such equipment;
(ix)
Penalties, damages, and interest for late payment or violations of
any obligations of Landlord, including, without limitation, taxes,
Legal Requirements, insurance, equipment leases and other past due
amounts;
(x)
Contributions to charitable or political organizations or trade
associations such as BOMA or NAIOP, and any entertainment, dining
or travel expenses of Landlord’s employees for any
purpose;
(xi)
The costs incurred to monitor, test, survey, clean-up, contain,
encapsulate, abate, remove or remediate any “Hazardous
Materials” (as defined in Section 5.3), including
asbestos and mold, in the Buildings or on the Site required by
“Hazardous Materials Laws” (as defined in
Section 5.3) and including costs to defend against claims in
regard to the existence or release of Hazardous Materials at the
Building or the Site;
(xii)
Any and all costs incurred to install, repair, operate, maintain
and replace the subslab venting system installed in the Building as
part of the Base Building Work under Section 3.1 below (or any
costs associated with modifying the original subslab venting system
or installing supplemental systems should it be determined that the
original system installed as part of the Base Building Work was
insufficient to mitigate air quality issues associated with
conditions existing at the Property as of the date of this
Lease);
(xiii)
Wages, salaries, or other compensation (including benefits and
benefit plans) paid to any executive employees above the grade of
Regional Property Manager;
(xiv)
Amounts payable by Landlord for withdrawal liability to a
multi-employer pension plan (under Title IV of the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) due to complete
or partial withdrawal that occurs during the term of this Lease due
to events within the control of Landlord (e.g., the sale of
Landlord’s interest in the Building);
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(xv)
Costs in connection with leasing space in the Building or to retain
existing tenants, including brokerage commissions, lease
concessions, lease assumptions, rental abatements, construction
allowances granted to specific tenants and alteration work
performed by Landlord to prepare space for tenants, including any
utilities or services incurred in connection with performing such
work;
(xvi)
The cost of any work or service performed or rendered exclusively
for any tenant of the Building, including Tenant, and costs
incurred in connection with the making of repairs which are the
obligations of another tenant of the Building;
(xvii) The
cost of acquisition of any sculpture, paintings or other objects of
art;
(xviii) Any
amounts billed or billable to Tenant or any other tenant for any
services furnished to Tenant or any other tenant by Landlord or
Landlord’s agents or contractors for which a separate charge
is made, including, without limitation, the supply of overtime
air-conditioning, ventilation and heating, and above-standard
cleaning services, or for services or work furnished to any tenant
to the extent such services or work are furnished in a more
favorable manner to such tenant than furnished generally to tenants
of the Building as part of Landlord’s Operating Expenses;
(xix)
Any costs of maintenance, repairs or replacements required because
of the negligent or willful act or omission of Landlord, its
officers, directors, servants, agents, employees or
contractors;
(xx)
Any expenses to design and construct (including permitting fees,
costs of insurance and bonds, and costs of equipment and materials)
the Base Building Work and the Base Building Enhancements and any
costs to correct any defects, latent or patent, in any of the
equipment or improvements which are a part of the Base Building
Work and/or the Base Building Enhancements (except to the extent
caused by Tenant’s use of the Premises for other than general
office use);
(xxi)
Reserves for bad debts or for future improvements, repairs or
additions;
(xxii) Any
above-standard cleaning (which shall include trash collection and
removal), including, but not limited to construction cleanup or
special cleanings associated with parties/events and specific
tenant requirements in excess of service provided to Tenant, and
including the costs of initial cleaning and rubbish removal
performed for final completion of the Building, the Site or any
tenant space;
(xxiii) The costs
of new services or substantial increases in existing services (such
as a substantial increase in security services) to the extent such
new or increased level of services are required solely as the
result of the presence of a particular occupant of the Building,
such as for example, the costs of providing additional security
services due to threats against a particular occupant of the
Building;
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(xxiv) Costs in
connection with acquiring additional land or development rights or
of constructing any additional buildings within the Site (provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not be construed so as to limit
or modify Tenant’s obligation to pay the costs associated
with the Off-Site Parking under Section 2.2.1 above);
(xxv)
Without limitation of any other exclusions from Landlord’s
Operating Expenses, costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in
curing, repairing or replacing any structural portion of the
Building (including the roof) within five (5) years of the
Actual Base Building Completion Date (as the term is defined in
Section 3.1(B) below) to the extent such cure, repair or
replacement was made necessary as a result of defects in the
design, workmanship or materials of the Base Building Work);
(xxvi) Costs of
initial landscaping of the Building or the Site;
(xxvii) Costs of the
initial stock of tools and equipment for operation, repair and
maintenance of the Building and Site and all furniture, equipment
and fixtures for the Amenities;
(xxviii) Costs of mitigation or
impact fees or subsidies imposed or incurred in connection with the
initial construction of the Building, or imposed or incurred solely
as a result of any tenant’s use of or occupancy of the
Building or the Site;
(xxix) Costs
incurred in connection with the operation of any retail or
restaurant operations for the Building, including without
limitation, any operating subsidy for the cafeteria (provided that
the costs of operating, maintaining, cleaning and providing
utilities to the cafeteria may be included in Landlord’s
Operating Expenses);
(xxx)
Costs incurred in connection with upgrading the Property to comply
with laws, rules, regulations or codes first applicable to the
Property prior to the Commencement Date; and
(xxxi) Except as
expressly provided in this Lease with respect to the Managed
Parking Program and the Off-Site Parking and for so long as Tenant
directly leases and occupies seventy percent (70%) or more of the
Total Rentable Floor Area of the Building, costs of adding any new
services or new building amenities not in place as of the
Commencement Date which are not either (1) consented to by
Tenant in writing or (2) actually utilized by Tenant’s
employees irrespective of whether Tenant has not consented to the
same (e.g., if Landlord initiates a shuttle bus service to public
transportation and Tenant does not consent to the same but
Tenant’s employees use the shuttle bus on a regular basis) or
(3) required by applicable laws, rules, regulations or codes
first applicable to the Property after the Commencement Date, and
further subject to the gross up of Base Operating Expenses as
hereinafter set forth. Services or building amenities will
not be deemed to be “utilized by Tenant’s
employees” unless either (i) Tenant notifies
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Landlord in writing
that Tenant’s employees will utilize the service or amenity,
or (ii) Landlord provides Tenant with written notice that
Tenant’s employees have been found to be regularly or
consistently using such service or amenity and, thereafter, such
use by Tenant’s employees continues on or after the date that
is two (2) weeks following Tenant’s receipt of
Landlord’s notice.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Lease to the contrary, to the extent that Landlord
provides or procures services for the Building together with other
buildings in the CityPoint Project or otherwise operated by
Landlord or any affiliate thereof, then the costs of such services
shall be allocated between the Building and such other buildings in
a manner reasonably determined by Landlord. In no event shall
Landlord be entitled to retain more than one hundred percent (100%)
of the Landlord’s Operating Expenses actually paid or
incurred by Landlord in any particular calendar year.
“Operating
Expenses Allocable to the Premises” shall mean the same
proportion of Landlord’s Operating Expenses for and
pertaining to the Building and the Site as the Rentable Floor Area
of Tenant’s Space bears to the Total Rentable Floor Area of
the Building.
“Base Operating
Expenses” is hereinbefore defined in Section 1.1.
Base Operating Expenses shall not include (i) market-wide cost
increases due to extraordinary circumstances (as hereinafter
defined), including but not limited to Landlord’s Force
Majeure (as hereinafter defined), conservation surcharges,
boycotts, strikes, or embargoes or shortages and (ii) the cost
of any Permitted Capital Expenditures required in order to comply
with applicable laws, rules, regulations or codes first applicable
to the Property after the Base Building Completion Date; provided,
however, that if there are elements of Building repair and
maintenance which would have been included in Base Operating
Expenses except that they were covered under construction or
installation warranties at no additional cost to Landlord, the cost
of such repair and maintenance items shall be imputed into Base
Operating Expenses. When used in this Section 2.6,
“Landlord’s Force Majeure” shall mean any
prevention, delay or stoppage due to governmental regulation,
strikes, lockouts, acts of God, acts of war, terrorist acts, civil
commotions, unusual scarcity of or inability to obtain labor or
materials, labor difficulties, casualty or other causes reasonably
beyond Landlord’s control or attributable to Tenant’s
action or inaction. For purposes of this Section 2.6,
“market-wide cost increases due to extraordinary
circumstances” shall mean an actual, material increase in a
category of Landlord’s Operating Expenses under this Lease in
excess of the amount reasonably budgeted by Landlord for such
expense category in the Base Operating Expenses which is
attributable to some unanticipated event or circumstance occurring
during the Base Year and that affects the Market Area in general
for a temporary period of time and where the costs for such
category(ies) subsequently returns, within not more than nine
(9) months after the calendar year used for calculating Base
Operating Expenses, to amounts that would otherwise have been
consistent with the projected and normal level of increases in such
category(ies) of costs during subsequent years of the Term.
In the event that the costs of any new service, substantial
increase in existing services or new building amenity (other than
the Managed Parking Program or the Off-Site Parking) is added
to
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Landlord’s
Operating Expenses (subject to the limitations of clause (xxxi)
above) after calendar year 2009, the amount of Base Operating
Expenses shall be equitably adjusted by adding an amount equal to
the annual costs of such new services or amenities or substantial
increase in existing services incurred during the first twelve (12)
months following which such new service or amenity or substantial
increase in service is instituted or first effected (in any event,
discounted to reflect what such costs would have been in
2009).
“Base Operating
Expenses Allocable to the Premises” means the same proportion
of Base Operating Expenses for and pertaining to the Building and
the Site as the Rentable Floor Area of Tenant’s Space bears
to Total Rentable Floor Area of the Building.
If with respect to any
calendar year falling within the Term, or fraction of a calendar
year falling within the Term at the beginning or end thereof, the
Operating Expenses Allocable to the Premises for a full calendar
year exceed Base Operating Expenses Allocable to the Premises, or
for any such fraction of a calendar year exceed the corresponding
fraction of Base Operating Expenses Allocable to the Premises then,
Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent, the amount of
such excess (“Tenant’s Operating Expenses
Payment”). Such payments shall be made at the times and in
the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 2.6. (The Base
Operating Expenses Allocable to the Premises do not include the
tenant electricity to be paid by Tenant at the time of payment of
Annual Fixed Rent and for which provision is made in
Section 2.5 hereof, separate provision being made in
Section 2.8 of this Lease for Tenant’s share of
increases in electricity costs.) In no event will Tenant be
obligated to make any payments of Tenant’s Operating Expenses
Payment prior to January 1, 2010.
Not later than one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of the first calendar
year or fraction thereof ending December 31 and of each
succeeding calendar year during the Term or fraction thereof at the
end of the Term, Landlord shall render Tenant a statement in
reasonable detail and according to usual accounting practices
certified by a representative of Landlord (an “Operating
Expense Statement”), showing for the preceding calendar year
or fraction thereof, as the case may be, Landlord’s Operating
Expenses and Operating Expenses Allocable to the Premises. The
first such Operating Expense Statement from Landlord under this
Lease shall also set forth the Base Operating Expenses and the Base
Operating Expenses Allocable to the Premises. Such Operating
Expense Statement to be rendered to Tenant shall also show for the
preceding year or fraction thereof as the case may be the amounts
of operating expenses already paid by Tenant as Additional Rent,
and the amount of operating expenses remaining due from, or
overpaid by, Tenant for the year or other period covered by such
statement. Within thirty (30) days after the date of delivery of
such Operating Expense Statement, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the
balance of the amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to the
above provisions of this Section 2.6 with respect to the
preceding year or fraction thereof, or Landlord shall credit any
amounts due from it to Tenant pursuant to the above provisions of
this Section 2.6 against (i) monthly installments of
fixed rent next thereafter coming due or (ii) any sums then
due from Tenant to Landlord under this Lease (or refund such
portion of the overpayment as aforesaid if the Term has ended and
Tenant
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has no further
obligation to Landlord). Landlord’s failure to
render or delay in rendering an Operating Expense Statement with
respect to any calendar year shall not prejudice Landlord’s
right thereafter to render the same with respect thereto nor shall
the rendering of an Operating Expense Statement for any calendar
year prejudice Landlord’s right thereafter to render a
corrected Operating Expense Statement for such calendar year,
provided, however, that (1) if Landlord’s delay in
delivering an Operating Expense Statement or any subsequent
corrections thereto would result in a materially adverse impact on
Tenant’s stated earnings or require Tenant to restate
earnings (either such event being hereinafter referred to as an
“Earnings Impact”), Landlord must render the Operating
Expense Statement in question (or any corrections thereto) within
six (6) months after the end of the calendar year in question,
or Landlord will not thereafter have any right to subsequently
deliver an Operating Expense Statement (or any subsequent
corrections thereto) which would increase the amounts owed by
Tenant on account of Tenant’s Operating Expenses Payment such
that it would result in an Earnings Impact, and (2) Landlord
shall in all events render the Operating Expense Statement in
question or any corrections thereto within one (1) year after
the end of the calendar year covered by such Operating Expense
Statement.
In addition, Tenant
shall make payments monthly on account of Tenant’s Operating
Expenses Payment anticipated for the then current year at the time
and in the fashion herein provided for the payment of fixed rent.
The amount to be paid to Landlord shall be an amount reasonably
estimated annually by Landlord to be sufficient to cover, in the
aggregate, a sum equal to Tenant’s Operating Expenses Payment
for each calendar year during the Term.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in determining the amount of Landlord’s Operating
Expenses for the Base Year and any calendar year or portion thereof
falling within the Lease Term, if less than ninety-five percent
(95%) of the Total Rentable Floor Area of the Building shall have
been occupied by tenants at any time during the period in question,
then, at Landlord’s election with respect to years after the
Base Year, but on a mandatory basis for the Base Year, those
components of Landlord’s Operating Expenses that vary based
on occupancy for such period shall be adjusted to equal the amount
such components of Landlord’s Operating Expenses would have
been for such period had occupancy been ninety-five percent (95%)
throughout such period (it being understood and agreed for the
purposes hereof that, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, management fees shall be calculated as if the Building
was ninety-five (95%) occupied for an entire year with all tenants
paying full base rent (without reduction for free rent periods) and
payments on account of operating expenses and real estate taxes (to
the extent applicable for tenants who either do not have base years
in their leases or who have leases with base years that have passed
at the time of the calculation described herein)).
2.6.1
Examination of Landlord’s Books and Records
Subject to the
provisions of this paragraph, and provided that Tenant is not in
default of any of its monetary or other material obligations under
this Lease and
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has failed to cure the
same after notice thereof from Landlord, Tenant shall have the
right, at Tenant’s cost and expense, to examine or cause to
be examined all of Landlord’s books, documentation and
calculations used in the determination of Landlord’s
Operating Expenses, Base Operating Expenses, Landlord’s Tax
Expenses and Base Taxes under Section 2.7 below, and
Tenant’s Electricity Payment under Section 2.8 below
(the “Documentation”).
1.
Such Documentation shall be made available to Tenant at the
offices, in the continental United States, where Landlord keeps
such records during normal business hours within a reasonable time
after Landlord receives a written request from Tenant to make such
examination.
2.
Tenant shall have the right to make such examination no more than
once in respect of any period for which Landlord has given Tenant a
statement of the actual amount of Landlord’s Operating
Expenses or Landlord’s Tax Expenses, as applicable.
3.
Any request for examination in respect of any calendar year may be
made no more than twelve (12) months after Landlord advises Tenant
of the actual amount of Landlord’s Operating Expenses or
Landlord’s Tax Expenses, as applicable, in respect of such
calendar year and provides to Tenant the year-end statement
required above; provided, however, that Tenant shall have the right
to make an examination of Base Operating Expenses and/or Base Taxes
at such time (if any) Tenant makes an examination of
Landlord’s Operating Expenses for calendar year 2010 or
Landlord’s Tax Expenses for fiscal tax year 2011, as
applicable, notwithstanding that more than twelve (12) months have
elapsed since the delivery of Landlord’s year-end statement
of Base Operating Expenses and/or Base Taxes.
4.
Such examination may be made only by Tenant’s employees or by
an independent certified public accounting firm approved by
Landlord, or a qualified real estate professional approved by
Landlord, which approval in either case shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. In no event shall Tenant be
permitted to utilize any examiner who is being paid by Tenant on a
contingent fee basis.
5.
As a condition to performing any such examination, Tenant and its
examiners shall be required to execute and deliver to Landlord an
agreement, in form reasonably acceptable to Landlord, agreeing to
keep confidential any information which it discovers about Landlord
or the Building in connection with such examination, provided
however, that Tenant may disclose such information (i) to
Tenant’s employees, counsel and advisors who have the need to
know such information in order to provide Tenant with advice in
connection with such audit, (ii) actual or proposed
successors, assigns, subtenants, lenders or purchasers of Tenant
and (iii) to the extent required by applicable law or
reporting requirements or by administrative, governmental or
judicial proceeding.
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6.
If, after the audit by Tenant of Landlord’s books and records
pursuant to this Section 2.6.1 with respect to any calendar
year, it is determined that: (i) Tenant has made an
overpayment on account of Tenant’s Operating Expenses Payment
or Tenant’s Tax Payment, as applicable, Landlord shall credit
such overpayment against the next installment(s) of Annual
Fixed Rent and Additional Rent thereafter payable by Tenant, except
that if such overpayment is determined after the termination or
expiration of the Term of this Lease, Landlord shall promptly
refund to Tenant the amount of such overpayment, less any amounts
then due from Tenant to Landlord; and (ii) Tenant has made an
underpayment on account of Tenant’s Operating Expenses
Payment or Tenant’s Tax Payment, as applicable, Tenant shall,
within thirty (30) days of such determination, pay such
underpayment to Landlord; and (iii) if the amount of
Landlord’s Operating Expenses or Landlord’s Tax
Expenses, as applicable, was overstated by more than five percent
(5%) in the aggregate, Landlord shall pay Tenant’s reasonable
out-of-pocket cost for such audit.
7.
Any disputes under this Section 2.6.1 relating to amounts of
Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) or more may be
resolved by arbitration under Section 8.31 below.
2.7
Real Estate Taxes
If with respect to any
full Tax Year or fraction of a Tax Year falling within the Term,
Landlord’s Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises as
hereinafter defined for a full Tax Year exceed Base Taxes Allocable
to the Premises, or for any such fraction of a Tax Year exceed the
corresponding fraction of Base Taxes Allocable to the Premises
then, on or before the thirtieth (30 th ) day following
receipt by Tenant of the certified statement referred to below in
this Section 2.7, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as
Additional Rent, the amount of such excess (“Tenant’s
Tax Payment”). Not later than ninety (90) days after
Landlord’s Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises are
determined for the first such Tax Year or fraction thereof and for
each succeeding Tax Year or fraction thereof during the Term,
Landlord shall render Tenant a statement in reasonable detail
certified by a representative of Landlord showing for the preceding
year or fraction thereof, as the case may be, Real Estate Taxes (as
hereinafter defined) on the Building and the Site and abatements
and refunds of any taxes and assessments. Reasonable expenditures
for legal fees and for other expenses reasonably incurred in
seeking the tax refund or abatement may be charged against the tax
refund or abatement before the adjustments are made for the Tax
Year to the extent such costs were not already included in the
calculation of Real Estate Taxes. Said statement to be rendered to
Tenant shall also show for the preceding Tax Year or fraction
thereof as the case may be the amounts of Tenant’s Tax
Payment already paid by Tenant as Additional Rent, and the amount
of Tenant’s Tax Payment remaining due from, or overpaid by,
Tenant for the year or other period covered by the statement.
Within thirty (30) days after the date of delivery of the foregoing
statement, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the balance of the amounts,
if any, required to be paid pursuant to the above provisions of
this Section 2.7 with respect to the preceding Tax Year or
fraction thereof, or Landlord shall credit any amounts due from it
to Tenant
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pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 2.7 against (i) monthly
installments of fixed rent next thereafter coming due or
(ii) any sums then due from Tenant to Landlord under this
Lease (or refund such portion of the over-payment as aforesaid if
the Term has ended and Tenant has no further obligation to
Landlord).
In addition, payments
by Tenant on account of Tenant’s Tax Payment anticipated for
the then current year shall be made monthly at the time and in the
fashion herein provided for the payment of Annual Fixed Rent,
provided, however, in no event will Tenant have any obligation to
make any payment of Tenant’s Tax Payment prior to
July 1, 2010. The amount so to be paid to Landlord shall be an
amount reasonably estimated by Landlord to be sufficient to provide
Landlord, in the aggregate, a sum equal to Tenant’s Tax
Payment, at least ten (10) days, but not more than thirty (30)
days, before the day on which such payments by Landlord would
become delinquent. In no event shall Landlord be entitled to
retain more than one hundred percent (100%) of the Landlord’s
Tax Expenses (as defined below) actually paid or incurred by
Landlord in any particular fiscal tax year.
To the extent that Real
Estate Taxes shall be payable to the taxing authority in
installments with respect to periods less than a Tax Year, the
foregoing statement shall be rendered and payments made on account
of such installments.
Terms used herein are
defined as follows:
(i)
“Tax Year” means the twelve-(12)-month period beginning
July 1 each year during the Term or if the appropriate
governmental tax fiscal period shall begin on any date other than
July 1, such other date.
(ii)
“Landlord’s Tax Expenses Allocable to the
Premises” shall mean the same proportion of Landlord’s
Tax Expenses for and pertaining to the Building and the Site as the
Rentable Floor Area of Tenant’s Space bears to the Total
Rentable Floor Area of the Building.
(iii)
“Landlord’s Tax Expenses” with respect to any Tax
Year means the aggregate Real Estate Taxes on the Building and Site
with respect to that Tax Year, reduced by any abatement receipts
with respect to that Tax Year.
(iv)
“Base Taxes” is hereinbefore defined in
Section 1.1.
(v)
“Base Taxes Allocable to the Premises” means the same
proportion of Base Taxes for and pertaining to the Building and the
Site as the Rentable Floor Area of Tenant’s Space bears to
the Total Rentable Floor Area of the Building.
(vi)
“Real Estate Taxes” means all taxes and special
assessments of every kind and nature and user fees and other like
fees assessed by any governmental authority on the Building or Site
which the Landlord shall become
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obligated to pay
because of or in connection with the ownership, leasing and
operation of the Site, the Building and the Property (including
without limitation, if applicable, the excise prescribed by
Massachusetts General Laws (Ter Ed) Chapter 121A, Section 10
and amounts in excess thereof paid to the City of Waltham pursuant
to agreement between Landlord and the City) and reasonable expenses
of and fees for any formal or informal proceedings for negotiation
or abatement of taxes (collectively, “Abatement
Expenses”), which Abatement Expenses respecting Base Taxes
shall be excluded from Base Taxes. The amount of special taxes or
special assessments to be included shall be limited to the amount
of the installment (plus any interest, other than penalty interest,
payable thereon) of such special tax or special assessment required
to be paid during the year in respect of which such taxes are being
determined. There shall be excluded from such taxes all mitigation
or impact fees or subsidies associated with the initial
construction of the Building and all income, inheritance, estate,
succession, transfer, gift, franchise, or capital stock taxes;
provided, however, that if at any time during the Term the present
system of ad valorem taxation of real property shall be changed so
that in lieu of the whole or any part of the ad valorem tax on real
property there shall be assessed on Landlord a capital levy or
other tax on the gross rents received with respect to the Site or
Building or Property, or a federal, state, county, municipal, or
other local income, franchise, excise or similar tax, assessment,
levy or charge distinct from any now in effect in the jurisdiction
in which the Property is located) measured by or based, in whole or
in part, upon any such gross rents, then any and all of such taxes,
assessments, levies or charges, to the extent so measured or based,
shall be deemed to be included within the term “Real Estate
Taxes” but only to the extent that the same would be payable
if the Site and Building were the only property of
Landlord.
(vii)
If during the Lease Term the Tax Year is changed by applicable law
to less than a full twelve-(12)-month period, the Base Taxes and
Base Taxes Allocable to the Premises shall each be proportionately
reduced.
Landlord represents
that (i) the Building and the Site constitutes one tax parcel
which does not currently include any real estate or improvements
other than the Building and the parking areas located on the Site,
and (ii) there are no tax exemption benefits contemplated or
proposed for or affecting the Base Taxes that will phase out during
the Term of this Lease (as the same may be extended).
2.7.1
Tenant’s Right to Contest Real Estate Taxes
So long as
(i) this Lease is in full force and effect, (ii) no
monetary or other material Event of Default shall have occurred
under this Lease, (iii) Tenant shall directly lease more than
fifty percent (50%) of the Total Rentable Floor Area of the
Building and (iv) Tenant shall neither have assigned this
Lease nor sublet more
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than twenty-five
percent (25%) of the rentable floor area then leased by Tenant
(except for an assignment or sublease under Section 5.6.1
below and except for the Initial Second Floor Subleases), after
prior written notice to Landlord, Tenant shall have the right to
request that Landlord contest the amount or validity of Real Estate
Taxes by appropriate application or proceedings. If Landlord
notifies Tenant that Landlord does not elect or cause to undertake
such an application and/or proceeding, Tenant may then undertake
the same; provided, however, that as a continuing condition to such
right, Tenant shall be required to make all of the payments
respecting the real estate taxes as and at the times required by
Section 2.7, notwithstanding any such contest.
Tenant further agrees
that each such contest shall be promptly and diligently prosecuted
in good faith to a final conclusion except only as provided
herein. Landlord agrees to cooperate with Tenant in any such
proceeding provided that the same shall be at the sole cost and
expense of Tenant. Tenant will pay and save Landlord harmless
against any and all losses, judgments, decrees and costs (including
all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection
with any such contest and will, promptly after the final
settlement, compromise or determination of such contest, fully pay
and discharge Tenant’s obligations under Section 2.7, as
the case may be, together with all penalties, fines, interests,
costs and expenses. Further, any such contest by Tenant shall
not be discontinued unless and until Tenant has given to Landlord
written notice of Tenant’s intent to so discontinue and if
Landlord shall not by notice to Tenant (the “Assumption
Notice”) within fifteen (15) days after receipt of
Tenant’s notice elect to assume, at Landlord’s sole
cost and expense, the continued prosecution and conduct of such
contest. In the event Landlord shall give such Assumption
Notice, Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in all respects as may
be necessary for Landlord’s continuation of such contest, but
Tenant shall have no other obligation for the prosecution and
conduct of such contest.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.7.1,
Tenant shall have not right to initiate any contest respecting Real
Estate Taxes if less than six (6) months of the tax period for
which Tenant seeks to challenge Real Estate Taxes fall within the
last twelve (12) calendar months of the Lease Term.
2.8
Tenant Electricity
(A)
Landlord shall, as part of Base Building Work, cause check meters
(“Main Check Meters”) to be installed and rendered
operational to measure tenant electric usage for the Premises. If a
Main Check Meter serves only the Premises or the entire floor
leased to a tenant, it is herein referred to as a
“dedicated” Main Check Meter; if it serves the Premises
in common with other premises, it is herein referred to as a
“shared” Main Check Meter. Such Main Check
Meter(s) shall only measure electricity used for lights and
electrical equipment utilized in the Premises, and fan-powered and
variable air volume boxes which are part of the HVAC system serving
the Premises. Any further equipment (including supplemental HVAC
equipment) installed by or for Tenant shall have separate check
meter(s) (“Supplemental Check Meters”) installed
at Tenant’s
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expense. On each floor
there shall be one or more Main Check Meter(s) serving all of
the floor such that the portions of the Premises located on full
floors shall be served by dedicated Main Check Meters, and on
multi-tenant floors Landlord may require that the tenants (at their
sole cost and expense) install Main Check Meters relating to their
premises (to the extent there are no Main Check Meters already
installed serving only such premises) and Supplemental Check Meters
to separately meter special usage within tenant premises such as
computer rooms. With respect to any portion of the Premises that
may in the future not be separately check metered on a dedicated
Main Check Meter, Landlord will not unreasonably withhold its
consent to Tenant to install dedicated Main Check
Meter(s) serving solely such portion of the Premises at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense.
(B)
Tenant’s share of the costs of electricity shall be
determined by Landlord on the following basis:
(i)
Landlord will cause the check meters serving the Premises to be
read periodically, but not less often than once every six
(6) months during the first two (2) years of the Term and
once every twelve (12) months thereafter. Tenant shall have
reasonable access to such check meters to read the same.
(ii)
For portions of the Premises served by dedicated Main Check
Meter(s), and for all Supplemental Check Meter(s) serving the
Premises, Tenant’s allocable share of electricity costs for
the period (“Tenant’s Electricity Payment”) shall
be determined by multiplying the actual average cost per kilowatt
hour by the number of kilowatt hours utilized by Tenant for such
period as indicated by the dedicated Main Check Meter(s) and
Supplemental Check Meter(s) for Tenant’s Premises.
(iii)
For portions of the Premises served by shared Main Check Meter(s),
if any, the Tenant’s Electricity Payment shall be determined
by multiplying the cost per kilowatt hour by the number of kilowatt
hours utilized as indicated by such shared Main Check Meter(s), and
multiplying such total cost by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the rentable area leased to Tenant and the denominator of which
is the total rentable area under lease to tenants (inclusive of any
vacant spaces where electricity is being used on a regular basis)
served by such shared Main Check
Meter(s); provided, however, that if Landlord shall reasonably
determine that the cost of electricity furnished to the Tenant at
such portion of the Premises exceeds the amount being paid by
Tenant, then Landlord shall deliver to Tenant written documentation
establishing Landlord’s basis for such determination and
Landlord may charge Tenant for such excess and Tenant shall
promptly pay the same upon billing therefor as
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Additional Rent under
the Lease, subject to Tenant’s right to challenge such
determination pursuant to Section 2.6.1.
(iv)
Where part or all of the rentable area on a floor has been occupied
for less than all of the period for which adjustments are being
made, appropriate and equitable modifications shall be made to the
allocation formula so that each tenant’s allocable share of
costs equitably reflects its period of occupancy, provided that in
no event shall the total of all costs as allocated to tenants (or
to unoccupied space) be less than the total cost of electricity for
such floor for said period.
(C)
Tenant shall make estimated payments on account of Tenant’s
Electricity Payment, as reasonably estimated by Landlord, on a
monthly basis. No later than one hundred twenty (120) days after
the end of each calendar year falling within the Lease Term,
Landlord shall render Tenant a statement in reasonable detail
certified by a representative of Landlord, showing for the
preceding calendar year the Tenant’s Electricity Payment.
Said statement to be rendered to Tenant also shall show for such
period the amounts already paid by Tenant on account of
Tenant’s Electricity Payment and the amount of Tenant’s
Electricity Payment remaining due from, or overpaid by, Tenant for
the period covered by the statement. If such statement shows a
balance remaining due to Landlord, Tenant shall pay same to
Landlord on or before the thirtieth (30 th ) day
following receipt by Tenant of said statement. Any balance shown as
due to Tenant shall be credited against Annual Fixed Rent next due,
or refunded to Tenant if the Lease Term has then expired and Tenant
has no further obligation to Landlord. All payments by Tenant on
account of Tenant’s Electricity Payment shall be deemed
Additional Rent and shall be made monthly at the time and in the
fashion herein provided for the payment of Annual Fixed Rent.
Tenant shall have the right to examine Landlord’s records
relating to Tenant’s Electricity Payment and to dispute the
amounts claimed to be owed by Landlord in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.6.1 of this Lease.
(D)
All costs of electricity billed to Landlord, other than the costs
of tenant electricity allocated pursuant to the procedures
established herein, shall be treated as part of Landlord’s
Operating Expenses for purposes of determining the allocation of
those costs. Taxes imposed upon the electricity furnished to the
Building shall be included in the calculation of electricity
charges payable under this Lease, however, there shall not be
included in such electricity charges any tax imposed upon Landlord on account of
Landlord’s sale, use or resale of electrical energy to Tenant
or other tenants in the Building (i.e., no double taxation due to
the fact that Landlord is not a licensed reseller of
electricity).
(E)
Landlord shall be responsible for the maintenance of the Main Check
Meter(s) and Tenant shall be responsible for the maintenance
of the Supplemental Check Meter(s).
(F)
At any time following the completion of Base Building Work, Tenant
shall have the right, subject to Landlord’s approval (not to
be unreasonably withheld), to increase
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and/or shift the amount
of electric power being drawn from the buss duct on any full floor
within the Premises, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense,
provided the total amount of power allotted to the Premises is not
increased. At such time as Tenant shall surrender any floor, or
portion thereof to Landlord as provided hereunder (including in
connection with any space recaptured by Landlord), Tenant, at its
sole cost and expense, shall reinstate all electric capacity on
such floor as may have been reallocated or otherwise decreased as a
result of any Tenant’s use thereof such that the electric
capacity serving any such floor is not less than the electrical
capacity for such floor on the date such floor was delivered to
Tenant. In connection with the foregoing, it is acknowledged and
agreed that electrical panels may need to be installed within the
Premises itself (as opposed to within the electric closets or
mechanical rooms outside of the Premises) in order to facilitate a
shift in the amount of electric amount being provided to any given
floor.
ARTICLE III
CONSTRUCTION
3.1
Base Building Work; Base Building Enhancements
(A)
It is acknowledged and agreed that Landlord has, prior to the date
hereof, substantially completed the work (the “Base Building
Work”) as defined in the Base Building Specifications and
list of Base Building Plans attached hereto as
Exhibit B-1. Landlord agrees to diligently pursue the
completion of any components of the Base Building Work that have
not been completed as of the date of this Lease and any delay in
the Substantial Completion of the Landlord’s Work (as both of
such terms are defined in Section 3.3 below) as a result of
Landlord’s failure to complete any outstanding item of Base
Building Work shall constitute a “Landlord Delay.”
(B)
In addition to the Base Building Work, Landlord, at
Landlord’s sole cost and expense, shall perform the
modifications to the Base Building Specifications described on
Exhibit B-2 attached hereto (the “Base Building
Enhancements”) in a good and workmanlike manner, using new
and quality materials, in full compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements. In connection with the foregoing, it is
expressly understood and agreed that Landlord’s obligation to
perform the Base Building Enhancements at its sole cost and expense
shall apply solely to Premises A, and to the extent that Tenant
requires Base Building Enhancements in connection with the
build-out of Premises B and/or Premises C, such Base Building
Enhancements shall be considered to be a part of the Tenant
Improvement Work (as defined in Section 3.2 below).
3.2
Tenant Improvement Work
(A)
Plans .
(1)
Interim Plans . On
or before February 29, 2008, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant
and Tenant’s architect a complete set of updated design
drawings (with architects and/or contractors field notes, if any,
thereon) for the
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Building reflecting the
Base Building Work. On or before the Interim Plans Date,
Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a full set of design development
plans for the work to be performed by Landlord to prepare the
Premises for Tenant’s occupancy (the “Tenant
Improvement Work”), such plans and specifications to be
prepared by an architect, licensed by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and reasonably approved by Landlord (the
“Interim Plans”). Provided that the Interim Plans
(x) contain at least the information required by, and shall
conform to the requirements of, Exhibit B-3 and
(y) comply with Landlord’s requirements to avoid
aesthetic or other material conflicts with or an adverse effect on
the design and function of the balance of the base building,
Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its
consent thereto; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, Landlord’s determination of matters relating to
any aesthetic design of alterations or changes visible outside the
Premises shall be in Landlord’s sole discretion.
(2)
Tenant Plans .
On or before the Tenant Plans Date, Tenant shall deliver to
Landlord a full set of construction drawings for the Tenant
Improvement Work in suitable form for filing with an application
for a building permit with the City of Waltham (the “Tenant
Plans”). Provided that the Tenant Plans (x) contain at
least the information required by, and shall conform to the
requirements of, Exhibit B-4, (y) comply with
Landlord’s requirements to avoid aesthetic or other material
conflicts with or adverse effect on the design and function of the
balance of the base building and (z) are consistent with the
Interim Plans, Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or
condition its consent thereto; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord’s determination of
matters relating to any aesthetic design of alterations or changes
visible outside the Premises shall be in Landlord’s sole
discretion.
In connection with the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that
(i) Landlord must file for a building permit by April 21,
2008 (the “Building Permit Application Date”) based on
the Tenant Plans submitted by Tenant on or before the Tenant Plans
Date in order to commence and complete construction of the Tenant
Improvement Work within the time periods contemplated by this
Article III, even though Landlord’s review of the Tenant
Plans and the pricing of the Tenant Improvement Work will not have
been completed by such Building Permit Application Date, and
(ii) any delay in the performance of the Tenant Improvement
Work caused by the need to amend the application for a building
permit as the result of modification to the Tenant Plans after the
Tenant Plans Date shall be deemed to be a Tenant Delay (as that
term is defined in subsection (B) below) for the purposes of
this Article III.
(3)
General Matters . In
connection with the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that
Landlord’s approval under this Section 3.2(A) is
given solely
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for the benefit of
Landlord, and neither Tenant nor any third party shall have the
right to rely upon Landlord’s approval of the Interim Plans
and/or the Tenant Plans (hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “Plans”) for any other purpose whatsoever other
than for satisfying the consent requirements under this Lease.
Without limiting the foregoing, Tenant shall be responsible for all
elements of the design of the Plans (including, without limitation,
compliance with law, functionality of design, the structural
integrity of the design, the configuration of the Premises and the
placement of Tenant’s furniture, appliances and equipment),
and Landlord’s approval of the Plans shall in no event
relieve Tenant of the responsibility for such design. Landlord
agrees to respond to all Plans within sixteen (16) days of receipt
thereof. In its approval of the Tenant Plans, Landlord shall
specify those alterations, additions and improvements that must be
removed by Tenant at the expiration or earlier termination of the
Term. Landlord’s failure to so respond within said
sixteen (16) day period shall be deemed to constitute
Landlord’s approval of the Tenant Plans and determination
that the alterations, additions and improvements shown thereon do
not need to be removed by Tenant at the expiration or earlier
termination of the Term. If Landlord disapproves of any
Plans, then Tenant shall have the Plans revised by its architect to
incorporate all reasonable objections and conditions presented by
Landlord and resubmitted to Landlord. Such process shall be
followed until the Plans shall have been approved by the Landlord
without objection or condition. Landlord shall respond to the
resubmission of any Plans by Tenant within five (5) days of
Landlord’s receipt thereof (or ten (10) days in the case
of a major redesign). Landlord shall have no obligation to
perform the Tenant Improvement Work until the Tenant Plans shall
have been presented to and approved (or deemed approved) by
Landlord. In addition, Tenant shall, promptly execute and
deliver to Landlord any affidavits and documentation submitted to
Tenant by Landlord in order to obtain all permits and approvals
necessary for Landlord to commence and complete the Tenant
Improvement Work on a timely basis (“Permit
Documentation”).
(B)
Construction Process .
(1)
Pricing .
(a)
Within seventeen (17) days after its receipt of the Interim Plans,
Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a written estimate of all costs of
the Tenant Improvement Work (the “Interim Plans Estimated
Costs Notice”). In preparing the Interim Plans
Estimated Costs Notice, Landlord shall obtain estimates from no
less than two (2) of the general contractors listed on
Exhibit B-5 attached hereto (it being understood and agreed
that throughout the bidding process contemplated by this subsection
(B)(1), Landlord shall
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be obtaining separate
bids for the Tenant Improvement Work and the Base Building
Enhancements). The Interim Plans Estimated Costs Notice shall
include a copy of the estimates received from each of the general
contractors. In all events, Landlord and Tenant shall
cooperate with each other in good faith in order to expedite the
estimate process. If the estimates submitted by Landlord are
not consistent with the Tenant’s budget (a copy of which has
been submitted to Landlord), Tenant shall have ten (10) days
to review and to modify the Tenant Plans as Tenant deems reasonably
necessary to achieve pricing that is consistent with Tenant’s
budget.
(b)
Within twenty-four (24) days after its receipt of the Tenant Plans,
Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a written statement of all costs
of the Tenant Improvement Work (the “Tenant Plans Costs
Notice”) for Tenant’s approval. In
connection with the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that
Landlord shall, after consultation with Tenant and Tenant’s
Construction Representative, make the determination in its
reasonable discretion as to whether to bid the Tenant Improvement
Work project as a Guaranteed Maximum Price “GMP”
contract or a lump-sum contract based on the level of completion of
the Tenant Plans (i.e. if such Tenant Plans are sufficiently
detailed so that the project can be bid out at the subcontractor
level).
(c)
In preparing the Tenant Plans Costs Notice in the case of a GMP
contract, Landlord shall solicit bids from no less than three
(3) of the general contractors listed on Exhibit B-5
attached hereto and shall require that all general contractor bids
be based upon such general contractor having solicited and received
bids from no less than two (2) licensed subcontractors with
respect to all major sub-trades (defined as subcontracts in excess
of $50,000.00) forming a part of the Tenant Improvement Work.
When bids are solicited, upon the receipt of bids from each of the
subcontractors, Landlord or the general contractor selected to
perform the Tenant Improvement Work (the “Contractor”)
shall prepare a bid format which compares each bid, and shall
deliver such bid format, together with copies of the bids
themselves to Tenant (together with Landlord’s designation of
the bid Landlord intends to accept).
In preparing the Tenant
Plans Costs Notice in the case of a lump-sum contract, Landlord
shall solicit bids from no less than three (3) of the general
contractors listed on Exhibit B-5. When bids are
solicited, upon the receipt of bids, Landlord shall prepare a bid
format which compares each bid, and shall deliver such
bid
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format, together with
copies of the bids themselves to Tenant (together with
Landlord’s designation of the bid Landlord intends to
accept).
(d)
Landlord shall have the right to select the general contractor who
will perform the Tenant Improvement Work, subject to Tenant’s
approval (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed); provided, however, that Tenant may not object to
the selection of any general contractor who will be able to
complete the Tenant Improvement Work on or prior to the Estimated
Commencement Date and whose bid for the Tenant Improvement Work
does not exceed the lowest received bid by more than ten percent
(10%). In the event that Tenant does not approve of a general
contractor selected by Landlord who can complete the Tenant
Improvement Work on or prior to the Estimated Commencement Date but
whose bid exceeds the lowest received bid by more than ten percent
(10%), any delay in the completion of the Landlord’s Work
resulting from Tenant’s failure to approve Landlord’s
selected general contractor shall be deemed to be a Tenant Delay
hereunder. In all events, Landlord and Tenant shall cooperate
with each other in good faith in order to expedite the bid
process.
(2)
Construction Contract
. Promptly following Tenant’s approval of the
Contractor and the Tenant Plans Cost Notice, Landlord shall enter
into a construction contract (the “Construction
Contract”) with the Contractor for the performance of the
Tenant Improvement Work on the basis of a guaranteed maximum price
or lump sum equal to the total amount set forth in the Tenant Plans
Cost Notice approved by Tenant (the “Approved Tenant Plan
Costs”). Any and all costs to perform the Tenant
Improvement Work in excess of the Approved Tenant Plan Costs in
such Construction Contract shall be paid for by Landlord and not
included in the Tenant Plan Excess Costs unless such excess costs
are the result of any Change Order requested by Tenant or any
Tenant Delay. Landlord and Tenant shall endeavor to use
commercially reasonable value engineering practices whenever
possible in performing the Tenant Improvement Work. Landlord
agrees to copy Tenant (which copy may be via email to
Tenant’s general counsel) on the first draft of the proposed
construction contract and to deliver to Tenant a copy of the final
Construction Contract executed between Landlord and the
Contractor.
(3)
Tenant Plan Excess Costs
.
To the extent the
Approved Tenant Plan Costs exceed the Landlord’s Contribution
set forth in Section 3.6, or the cost of the Tenant
Improvement Work exceeds the Approved Tenant Plan Costs as a result
of
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Change Orders requested
by Tenant or any Tenant Delay, such excess costs are hereinafter
referred to as “Tenant Plan Excess Costs” and shall be
paid by Tenant as Additional Rent in accordance with said
Section 3.6. Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing, within
three (3) days of receipt by Tenant of the Tenant Plans Cost
Notice, of either its approval thereof and its authorization to
Landlord to proceed with the Tenant Improvement Work in accordance
with the Tenant Plans in the event Landlord had no objection to the
Tenant Plans, or changes in the Tenant Plans prepared by
Tenant’s architect which shall be responsive to any
objections raised by Landlord. In the event of the latter
modification, Landlord shall, as soon as practicable after Landlord
obtains price quotations for any changes in the Tenant Plans, quote
to Tenant all changes in Tenant Plan Excess Costs resulting from
said plan modifications and whether Landlord approves the revised
Tenant Plans. Tenant shall, within five (5) days after receipt
of Landlord’s revised quotation of Tenant Plan Excess Costs
submit to Landlord any revisions to the Tenant Plans required by
Landlord.
(4)
Long Lead Item Release Date;
Authorization to Proceed Date .
In connection with its
review and approval of the Plans, Landlord shall identify and
notify Tenant of any items contained in the Plans which Landlord
then reasonably believes will constitute long lead items.
Landlord will give to Tenant Landlord’s best, good faith
estimate of the period(s) of any delay which would be caused
by a long-lead item. On or before the Long Lead Item Release
Date, Tenant shall have the right to either (a) revise the
Tenant Plans to eliminate any such long-lead item or
(b) authorize Landlord to construct the Tenant Improvement
Work in accordance with the approved Tenant Plans including any
such long-lead items (any such approved long-lead items being
hereinafter called “Tenant Approved Long Lead Items”).
Tenant acknowledges that certain Approved Long Lead Items may still
delay completion of the Tenant Improvement Work and thus result in
a Tenant Delay even if Tenant does authorize them on or before the
Long Lead Item Release Date.
Tenant shall, on or
before the later date to occur of (i) the Authorization to
Proceed Date, and (ii) three (3) days following
Tenant’s receipt of the Tenant Plans Cost Notice, give
Landlord written authorization to proceed with the Tenant
Improvement Work in accordance with the approved Tenant Plans
(“Notice to Proceed”).
(5)
Change Orders . Tenant
shall have the right, in accordance herewith, to submit for
Landlord’s approval change proposals subsequent to
Landlord’s approval of the Tenant Plans and Tenant’s
approval of the Tenant Plan Excess Costs, if any (each, a
“Change Proposal”). Landlord agrees to respond to
any such Change Proposal within such time as is reasonably
necessary (taking into consideration the information contained
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in such Change
Proposal) after the submission thereof by Tenant, advising Tenant
of any anticipated increase in costs (“Change Order
Costs”) associated with such Change Proposal, as well as an
estimate of any delay which would likely result in the completion
of the Landlord’s Work if a Change Proposal is made pursuant
thereto (“Landlord’s Change Order Response”).
Tenant shall have the right to then approve or withdraw such Change
Proposal within five (5) days after receipt of
Landlord’s Change Order Response. If Tenant fails to respond
to Landlord’s Change Order Response within such five
(5) day period, such Change Proposal shall be deemed
withdrawn. If Tenant approves such Change Proposal, then such
Change Proposal shall be deemed a “Change Order”
hereunder and if the Change Order is made and such Change Order
increases the costs of the Tenant Improvement Work in excess of the
Approved Tenant Plans Cost, then the Change Order Costs associated
with the Change Order shall be deemed additions to the Tenant Plan
Excess Costs and shall be paid in the same manner as Tenant Plan
Excess Costs are paid as set forth in Section 3.6.
(6)
Tenant Response to Requests for
Information and Approvals . Except to the extent that
another time period is expressly herein set forth, Tenant shall
respond to any request from Landlord, Landlord’s architect,
Landlord’s contractor and/or Landlord’s Construction
Representative for approvals or information in connection with the
Tenant Improvement Work, within four (4) business days of
Tenant’s receipt of such request.
(7)
Time of the Essence . Time
is of the essence in connection with Landlord’s and
Tenant’s obligations under this Section 3.2.
(C)
Tenant Delay .
(1)
A “ Tenant Delay
” shall be defined as the following to the extent it results
in a delay in the Substantial Completion of the Landlord’s
Work:
(a)
Tenant’s failure to deliver the Interim Plans to Landlord by
the Interim Plans Date, or to deliver the Tenant Plans to Landlord
on or before the Tenant Plans Date, or to provide to Landlord any
Permit Documentation required to be submitted in connection with
the application for a building permit for the Tenant Improvement
Work within three (3) business days after submitted to Tenant
by Landlord, or to give authorization to Landlord to proceed with
the Tenant Improvement Work on or before the later to occur of
(i) the Authorization to Proceed Date and (ii) three
(3) days following Tenant’s receipt of the Tenant Plans
Cost Notice; or
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(b)
Tenant’s failure timely to respond to any request from
Landlord, Landlord’s architect, Landlord’s contractor
and/or Landlord’s Construction Representative within the time
periods set forth in Section 3.2(B)(6) above;
(c)
Tenant’s failure to pay the Tenant Plan Excess Costs in
accordance with Section 3.6;
(d)
Any delay due to Tenant Approved Long Lead Items;
(e)
Any delay due to Change Orders or due to Tenant’s failure to
approve any change orders proposed by Landlord or the Contractor
which would not (i) materially affect the scope or quality of
the Tenant Improvement Work (it being acknowledged and agreed that
for the purposes hereof, the substitution of items of comparable
quality to those shown on the Tenant Plans shall not be deemed to
materially affect the scope or quality of the Tenant Improvement
Work), (ii) delay the completion of the Tenant Improvement
Work beyond December 31, 2008 or (iii) materially
increase the costs to complete the Tenant Improvement Work.
(f)
Any delay resulting from Tenant’s failure to timely approve a
general contractor (where Tenant was being unreasonable in
withholding, conditioning or delaying its consent or where Tenant
does not approve of the general contractor selected by Landlord who
can complete the Tenant Improvement Work on or prior to the
Estimated Commencement Date but whose bid exceeds the lowest
received bid by more than ten percent (10%)); or
(g)
Any other delays caused by Tenant, Tenant’s contractors,
architects, engineers or anyone else engaged by Tenant in
connection with the preparation of the Premises for Tenant’s
occupancy, including, without limitation, utility companies and
other entities furnishing communications, data processing or other
service, equipment, or furniture.
In calculating the
duration of any Tenant Delay, such duration shall be based upon the
actual number of days of delay in Substantial Completion of the
Landlord’s Work attributable to the causes described
above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event shall be
deemed a Tenant Delay unless Landlord has given Tenant written
notice (the “Tenant Delay Notice”) advising
Tenant: (x) that a Tenant Delay is occurring and setting
forth Landlord’s good faith estimate as to the likely length
of such Tenant Delay; (y) of the basis on which Landlord has
determined that a Tenant
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Delay is occurring; and
(z) if readily ascertainable by Landlord, the actions which
Landlord believes that Tenant must take to eliminate such Tenant
Delay. Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a Tenant Delay Notice
within five (5) business days after Landlord becomes aware of
such Tenant Delay or the periods prior to delivery of a Tenant
Delay Notice will not constitute a Tenant Delay hereunder and
provided further that Landlord agrees to exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to immediately notify Tenant of any act,
omission or interference of Tenant, its agents, employees or
contractors in the performance of the Landlord’s Work which
Landlord intends to claim as a Tenant Delay so as to permit Tenant
a reasonable opportunity to promptly mitigate and/or eliminate such
act, omission or interference. Except to the extent that a
specific time period for action is expressly set forth in this
Article III, Tenant Delays shall not include the normal and
ordinary process of communication between Landlord and Tenant
during the design and construction process or the exercise by
Tenant of its rights under this Article III to inspect the
work and/or to dispute the achievement of Substantial Completion of
the Landlord’s Work. Notwithstanding anything herein or
in this Lease to the contrary, Landlord may satisfy the Tenant
Delay Notice requirement by verbal notification to Tenant’s
Construction Representative at a regularly scheduled construction
meeting attended by Tenant’s Construction Representative so
long as such notification satisfies the requirements of clauses
(x), (y) and (z) above and is subsequently reflected in
the written minutes documenting such meeting and circulated to the
attendees, including Tenant’s Construction
Representative.
(2)
Tenant Obligations with Respect to
Tenant Delays .
(a)
Tenant agrees that no Tenant Delay shall delay commencement of the
Term or the obligation to pay Annual Fixed Rent or Additional Rent,
regardless of the reason for such Tenant Delay or whether or not it
is within the control of Tenant or any such employee.
Landlord’s Work shall be deemed substantially completed as of
the date when Landlord’s Work would have been substantially
completed but for any Tenant Delays, as reasonably determined by
Landlord in the exercise of its good faith business judgment and
subject to the terms of this Article III.
(b)
Tenant shall reimburse Landlord, as Tenant Plan Excess Costs, the
amount, if any, by which the Landlord’s Work is increased as
the result of any Tenant Delay.
(c)
Any amounts due from Tenant to Landlord under this
Section 3.2(C)(2) shall be due and payable within thirty
(30) days of billing therefor, and shall be considered to be
Additional Rent. Nothing
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contained in this
Section 3.2(C)(2) shall limit or qualify or prejudice any
other covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions
contained in this Lease.
(D)
Construction Management Fee .
Landlord shall charge a
construction management fee (the “Construction Management
Fee”) for its management of the Tenant Improvement Work in an
amount equal to the sum of (x) $325,000.00 and (y) four
percent (4%) of the so-called “hard costs” of the
Tenant Improvement Work in excess of $12,384,675.00 (being the
product of (i) $75.00 and (ii) the Rentable Floor Area of
the Premises). The Construction Management Fee shall be
payable by Tenant as Additional Rent on the Commencement
Date.
3.3
Substantial Completion
(A)
Subject to any prevention, delay or stoppage due to
Landlord’s Force Majeure (as hereinafter defined) or
attributable to any Tenant Delays, Landlord shall use reasonable
speed and diligence in the construction of the Base Building
Enhancements and the Tenant Improvement Work (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Landlord’s
Work”) so as to have the same Substantially Completed (as
hereinafter defined) on or before the Estimated Commencement Date
set forth in Section 1.1, but Tenant shall have no claim
against Landlord for failure to complete construction of the
Landlord’s Work except as expressly set forth in
Section 3.4 below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
understood and agreed that Landlord shall have no responsibility
for the installation or connection of Tenant’s computer,
telephone, other communication equipment, systems or wiring
(although Landlord will reasonably cooperate with Tenant in order
to facilitate the completion by Tenant of this work).
(B)
Landlord will reasonably cooperate with Tenant and Tenant’s
Construction Representative in the performance of the Tenant
Improvement Work to provide Tenant access to the Premises both
prior to and during construction and the right to attend all job
meetings between Landlord and Contractor for the Tenant Improvement
Work and to review subcontractor submittals and shop
drawings. Tenant shall have the right to have Tenant’s
Construction Representative or other qualified architect, engineer
or contractor inspect the quality of construction of the Tenant
Improvement Work and the compliance of the Tenant Improvement Work
with the Tenant Plans, provided such inspection is performed at a
time mutually agreeable to Landlord and Tenant and which will not
cause any delay in the performance of the Landlord’s
Work. Landlord agrees to notify Tenant (which notice may be
oral) of all job meetings held with the Contractor and related to
the scheduling, design, modifications, change orders, or cost
reporting or pricing of the Tenant Improvement Work. Tenant
shall have the right to review and approve change orders to any
portion of the Tenant Improvement Work proposed by Landlord or
Contractor, which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that Tenant’s
approval of any change order which (i) materially affects the
scope or quality of the Tenant Improvement Work (it being
acknowledged and agreed that for the purposes hereof, the
substitution of items of
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comparable quality to
those shown on the Tenant Plans shall not be deemed to materially
affect the scope or quality of the Tenant Improvement Work),
(ii) delays the completion of the Tenant Improvement Work
beyond December 31, 2008 or (iii) materially increases
the costs to complete the Tenant Improvement Work shall be in
Tenant’s sole and unfettered discretion.
(C)
In addition to and not in limitation of the insurance required to
be maintained by Landlord under Section 4.3 of this Lease,
Landlord shall require the Contractor and all contractors and
subcontractors performing Landlord’s Work to maintain at all
times during the construction of Landlord’s Work commercially
reasonable insurance coverages comparable to those being maintained
by contractors on similar projects in the Market Area.
Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Contractor to name Tenant as a certificate holder and additional
insured on all insurance coverages required under the Construction
Contract (provided, however, that the failure or refusal by the
Contractor to thus name Tenant shall not be considered to be a
default by Landlord of any of its obligations under this
Lease). The cost of such insurance documented as allocable to
Tenant Improvement Work under this subsection (C) shall be a
part of the Approved Tenant Plan Costs.
(D)
Landlord shall provide Tenant with at least thirty (30) days prior
written notice of the date Landlord anticipates that the
Landlord’s Work will be Substantially Complete (the
“Anticipated Delivery Date”) and shall provide Tenant
with written notice of any revisions or changes to such Anticipated
Delivery Date, and if the Landlord’s Work is not
Substantially Complete as of the Anticipated Delivery Date set
forth in Landlord’s notice, then the Substantial Completion
Date will not be deemed to have occurred unless Tenant has been
provided with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of a
revised Anticipated Delivery Date and the Landlord’s Work is
actually Substantially Completed as of such revised Anticipated
Delivery Date. The “Substantial Completion Date”
shall be defined as the date on which the Landlord’s Work has
been Substantially Completed. “Substantial Completion”
and “Substantially Completed” shall each mean the date
on which (1) the Landlord’s Work has been completed
except for so-called “punch-list” items of work and
adjustment of equipment and fixtures the incompleteness of which do
not cause unreasonable interference with Tenant’s use of the
Premises for the Permitted Uses or Tenant’s right to lawfully
occupy the Premises, and (2) permission has been obtained from
the applicable governmental authority (which such permission may be
evidenced by the signature(s) of the appropriate municipal
official(s) on the building permit for the Tenant Improvement Work)
to the extent required by law, for occupancy by Tenant of the
Premises for the Permitted Uses. The above notwithstanding
the parties shall schedule a joint inspection of the Premises at a
mutually convenient time to confirm that the Landlord’s Work
has been Substantially Completed and to identify any minor details,
adjustments or other items of the Landlord’s Work which in
accordance with good construction practice should be performed
after Substantial Completion thereof (collectively, the
“Punchlist Items”), if any, in writing; provided,
however, such joint inspection shall take place at least five
(5) business days prior to the date Landlord has notified
Tenant (in accordance with the requirements of this
Article III) will be the Substantial Completion Date. If
after such joint inspection, Landlord and Tenant
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disagree as to whether
the Landlord’s Work is Substantially Complete or as to the
existence or nature of any Punchlist Items, and such dispute has
not been resolved within ten (10) days of the joint
inspection, either party shall have the right to submit such
dispute to expedited arbitration under Section 3.7 hereof
(provided, however, the during the pendency of any such dispute
and/or arbitration proceeding, the Substantial Completion Date
shall be as determined by Landlord, subject to adjustment upon the
resolution of the dispute by the parties or by arbitration).
After Substantial Completion, Landlord shall proceed diligently to
complete all Punch List Items at Landlord’s expense within
sixty (60) days after the occurrence of Substantial Completion
(except for items which can only be performed during certain
seasons or weather, which items shall be completed diligently as
soon as the season and/or weather permits).
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event that
Landlord is delayed in the performance of Landlord’s Work or
cannot obtain permission from the applicable governmental authority
for the occupancy of the Premises by reason of any Tenant Delay,
then the Substantial Completion Date shall be deemed to be the date
that Landlord would have achieved Substantial Completion or
obtained such governmental permission, but for such Tenant Delay.
Tenant agrees that no Tenant Delay shall delay commencement of the
Term or the obligation to pay rent, regardless of the reason for
such delay or whether or not it is within the control of Tenant or
any such employee. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall
limit or qualify or prejudice any other covenants, agreements,
terms, provisions and conditions contained in this
Lease.
(E)
When used in this Lease “Landlord’s Force
Majeure” shall mean any prevention, delay or
stoppage due to governmental regulation, strikes, lockouts,
acts of God, acts of war, terrorist acts, civil commotions, unusual
scarcity of or unusual inability to obtain labor or materials (to
the extent that such scarcity or inability is the result of
conditions not prevalent in the market, and otherwise unforeseen,
as of the date of this Lease), labor difficulties, casualty or
other causes reasonably beyond Landlord’s control or
attributable to Tenant’s wrongful action or inaction;
provided, however, that in no event shall Landlord’s
financial inability constitute a cause beyond Landlord’s
reasonable control. Landlord shall provide Tenant with written
notice within forty-eight (48) hours after the occurrence of any
Landlord’s Force Majeure event hereunder (together with
Landlord’s good faith estimate of the projected duration of
such Landlord’s Force Majeure event), and shall also notify
Tenant as soon as such Landlord’s Force Majeure event has
ended. In no event shall any Landlord’s Force Majeure under
this Section 3.3 (D) exceed a total of ninety (90) days
in the aggregate. In addition, it is expressly understood and
agreed that any casualty or Taking (as defined in Article VI
below) that occurs prior to the Commencement Date of this Lease
shall be deemed to be an event of Landlord’s Force Majeure
and shall be governed by the provisions of this Article III
related thereto and not by the provisions of said
Article VI.
(F)
Landlord shall permit Tenant access for installing Tenant’s
trade fixtures in portions of the Premises prior to Substantial
Completion when it can be done without material interference with
remaining work or with the maintenance of harmonious labor
relations. Any such early access by Tenant hereunder shall
not in and of itself constitute
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acceptance by Tenant of
the Landlord’s Work or achievement by Landlord of Substantial
Completion of the Landlord’s Work. Landlord agrees to
exercise commercially reasonable efforts to provide Tenant with
access to a clean and secure server room (not to exceed 1,400
square feet of rentable floor area) and related IDF closets, with
electric power, lighting and heating, ventilating and air
conditioning service supplied thereto and operational therein, at
least forty-five (45) days prior to the Anticipated Delivery Date
in order to allow for Tenant to access the same and install and
test its IT equipment prior to the Substantial Completion
Date. Any such access by Tenant shall be at upon all of the
terms and conditions of the Lease (other than the payment of Annual
Fixed Rent, Tenant’s Electricity Payment, Operating Expenses
Allocable to the Premises and Landlord’s Tax Expenses
Allocable to the Premises) and shall be at Tenant’s sole
risk, and Landlord shall not be responsible for any injury to
persons or damage to property resulting from such early access by
Tenant unless resulting from or caused by the negligence or willful
misconduct of Landlord or Landlord’s agents, employees,
affiliates or contractors.
(G)
If, prior to the date that the Premises are in fact actually
Substantially Complete, the Premises are deemed to be Substantially
Complete pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.3 (i.e.
and the Commencement Date has therefore occurred), Tenant shall not
(except with Landlord’s consent and provided Landlord
proceeds with reasonable diligence to complete Landlord’s
Work) be entitled to take possession of the Premises for the
Permitted Uses until the Landlord’s Work is in fact actually
Substantially Complete.
3.4
Tenant’s Remedies Based on Delays in Landlord’s
Work
If the Substantial
Completion Date has not occurred by December 1, 2008 as a
result of a Landlord Delay, then the Rent Commencement Date under
this Lease shall be postponed day for day on account of such
Landlord Delay. If the Substantial Completion Date has not
occurred by February 1, 2009 (which date shall be extended
automatically for such periods of time as Landlord is prevented in
delivering the same by reason of Landlord’s Force Majeure
(subject to the limitations thereon set forth in
Section 3.3(D)) or any Tenant Delay (without limiting
Landlord’s other rights on account thereof), the Annual Fixed
Rent and payments on account of Operating Expenses Allocable to the
Premises and Landlord’s Tax Expenses Allocable to the
Premises shall be abated, from and after the Rent Commencement
Date, by one (1) day for each day beyond February 1, 2009
(as so extended) that the Substantial Completion Date is
delayed.
If the Substantial
Completion Date has not occurred on or before April 30, 2009
which date shall be extended automatically for such periods of time
as Landlord is prevented in delivering the same by reason of
Landlord’s Force Majeure (subject to the limitations thereon
set forth in Section 3.3(D)) or any Tenant Delay (without
limiting Landlord’s other rights on account thereof), the
Annual Fixed Rent and payments on account of Operating Expenses
Allocable to the Premises and Landlord’s Tax Expenses
Allocable to the Premises shall be abated, from and after the Rent
Commencement Date, by two (2) days for each day beyond
April 30, 2009 (as so extended) that the Substantial
Completion Date is delayed.
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If the Substantial
Completion Date shall not have occurred by the Outside Completion
Date (which date shall be extended automatically for such periods
of time as Landlord is prevented in delivering the same by reason
of Landlord’s Force Majeure (subject to the limitations
thereon set forth in Section 3.3(D)) or any Tenant Delay
(without limiting Landlord’s other rights on account
thereof), Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease
effective as of the tenth (10th) business day after receipt by
Landlord of a notice from Tenant given on or after the Outside
Completion Date (as so extended) indicating Tenant’s desire
to so terminate; and upon the giving of such notice, the Term of
this Lease shall cease and come to an end without further liability
or obligation on the part of either party as of the expiration of
the aforesaid ten (10) business day period, unless the
Substantial Completion Date shall in fact have occurred on or
before such expiration date.
The foregoing rent
abatements and right of termination shall be Tenant’s sole
and exclusive remedies at law or in equity or otherwise for the
failure of the Substantial Completion Date to have occurred within
the time periods set forth above.
3.5
Quality and Performance of Work
(A)
All construction work required or permitted by this Lease shall be
done in a good and workmanlike manner and in compliance with all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, by-laws,
court decisions, and orders and requirements of all public
authorities (“Legal Requirements”), all Insurance
Requirements (as defined in Section 5.7 hereof) and, with
respect to the Tenant Improvement Work, with the Tenant Plans.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is
acknowledged and agreed that Landlord shall be responsible, at its
sole cost, for ensuring that the construction of the
Landlord’s Work and the Base Building Work complies with all
provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act in effect and
applicable to the Building and the Site as of the date of the
Substantial Completion Date (with respect to the Landlord’s
Work) and as of the date of this Lease (with respect to the Base
Building Work). Any work performed by or on behalf of Tenant
under this Lease shall be coordinated with any work being performed
by or on behalf of Landlord and in such manner as to maintain
harmonious labor relations.
(B)
Each party authorizes the other to rely in connection with design
and construction upon the written approval or other written
authorizations on such party’s behalf by any Construction
Representative of the party named in Section 1.1 or any person
hereafter designated in substitution or addition by notice to the
party relying. Each party may inspect the work of the other at
reasonable times and shall promptly give notice of observed
defects. Tenant acknowledges that Tenant is acting for its own
benefit and account and that Tenant will not be acting as
Landlord’s agent in performing any work that may be
undertaken by or on behalf of Tenant under this Lease, and
accordingly, no contractor, subcontractor or supplier of Tenant
shall have a right to lien Landlord’s interest in the
Property in connection with any such work.
(D)
Landlord warrants to Tenant that: (a) the materials and
equipment furnished in the performance of the Landlord’s Work
and the Base Building Work will be of good
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quality; (b) the
Landlord’s Work and the Base Building Work will be free from
defects not inherent in the quality described in the applicable
plans and specifications therefor; and (c) the
Landlord’s Work and the Base Building Enhancements and all
components thereof shall be weather-tight and otherwise in good
working order and condition and shall comply with all Legal
Requirements as of the Substantial Completion Date (with respect to
the Landlord’s Work) and as of the date of this Lease (with
respect to the Base Building Work). Any portion of the
Landlord’s Work or the Base Building Work not conforming to
the foregoing requirements will be considered defective.
Landlord’s warranty hereunder shall not apply to the extent
of damage or defect caused by (1) the negligent acts or
omissions or the willful misconduct of Tenant, its employees,
agents, contractors, sublessees or permitted occupants under
Section 5.6.7 below (hereinafter, the “Tenant
Parties”), (2) improper operation by any of the Tenant
Parties, or (3) normal wear and tear and normal
usage.
The foregoing warranty
(x) with respect to the Landlord’s Work shall commence
on the date on the Substantial Completion Date and shall expire on
the day immediately preceding the first anniversary of the
Substantial Completion Date, and (y) with respect to the Base
Building Work shall commence on the date on which Landlord has
completed the Base Building Work and expire on the date which is
eleven (11) months after the commencement of the warranty on the
Base Building Work (either such period, as applicable, being
hereinafter referred to as the “Warranty Period”),
provided that in any event Tenant is required to deliver notice to
Landlord of any defects at least thirty (30) days prior to the
expiration of the applicable Warranty Period (the “Warranty
Notice Period”) in order to permit Landlord to take action to
enforce Landlord’s warranty rights with respect to the
Landlord’s Work and/or the Base Building Work, as applicable,
provided, however, that Landlord shall exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to enforce Landlord’s warranty rights with
respect to any notice delivered by Tenant after the Warranty Notice
Period. Landlord agrees that it shall, without cost to Tenant,
correct any portion of the Landlord’s Work and/or Base
Building Work which during the applicable Warranty Period is found
not to be in accordance with the warranties set forth in this
subsection (D). All defective items shall, subject to Tenant
Delays and provided that Tenant has afforded Landlord with
reasonable access to the Premises subject to the terms and
provisions of Section 5.9 below in order to undertake the work
described herein, be completed by Landlord within a reasonable
period of time to be mutually agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant
given the nature of the defect at issue after Landlord’s
receipt of a written notice from Tenant setting forth in reasonable
detail the nature of the defect and Tenant’s assessment of
why it believes such defect is covered by the warranties set forth
herein (Landlord hereby agreeing to use reasonable efforts to
minimize interference with Tenant’s use and enjoyment of the
Premises, consistent with the fact that Landlord is undertaking to
remedy the defective work). The foregoing warranty and the
expiration of the applicable Warranty Period shall not serve to
limit Landlord’s obligations under this Lease,
including without limitation, Article IV and Exhibit C
nor reduce or eliminate any of the limitations on or
exclusions from Operating Expenses set forth in
Section 2.6, and Landlord covenants that the Premises shall be
delivered to the Tenant on the Commencement Date with all base
building systems identified in Section 4.1 in good and proper
working order for new, Class A buildings in
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the Market Area and
with the Building (including the roof and façade)
weathertight.
(E)
Except to the extent to which Tenant shall have given Landlord
notice of respects in which Landlord has not performed
Landlord’s construction obligations under this
Article III within the applicable Warranty Notice Period,
Tenant shall be deemed conclusively to have approved
Landlord’s construction and shall have no claim that Landlord
has failed to perform any of Landlord’s obligations under
this Article III. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Landlord agrees that upon and after the expiration of the
applicable Warranty Notice Period, Landlord shall, at
Tenant’s request and at Tenant’s sole cost and expense,
enforce and exercise on behalf of Tenant any and all construction
and manufacturers’ warranties and guaranties with respect to
the Landlord’s Work and/or the Base Building Work, as
applicable, to the extent still in force and effect at the time of
Tenant’s request. The provisions of this subsection
(E) shall not relieve Landlord of any obligation which
Landlord has to make repairs or to perform maintenance pursuant to
Article IV of the Lease nor limit any rights and remedies
Tenant may have at law or in equity against the Contractor or any
other party (other than Landlord) performing work or supplying
materials in connection with the Landlord’s Work and/or the
Base Building Work.
3.6
Landlord’s Contribution; Tenant Plan Excess Costs
(A)
As an inducement to Tenant’s entering into this Lease,
Landlord shall provide to Tenant an allowance in an amount not to
exceed Eight Million One Hundred Four Thousand Three Hundred Fifty
and 00/100 Dollars ($8,104,350.00) (“Landlord’s
Contribution”) to be used and applied by Landlord towards the
cost of the Tenant Improvement Work. For the purposes hereof, the
cost of the Tenant Improvement Work shall include the cost of
leasehold improvements and architectural and engineering fees,
mechanical, electrical and plumbing plans, telephone and computer
systems and tel/data cabling installation (provided, however, that
the amount of Landlord’s Contribution that may be applied
towards the reimbursement of architectural and engineering fees,
mechanical, electrical and plumbing plans, telephone and computer
systems and tel/data cabling installation shall be capped at an
amount equal to the product of (i) $15.00 and (y) the
Rentable Floor Area of the Premises initially demised to Tenant),
but shall not include any of Tenant’s other personal
property, trade fixtures or trade equipment. Tenant agrees
that, as part of the Tenant Improvement Work, each floor of the
Premises shall be improved to an average value of at least $40.00
per square foot of the Rentable Floor Area of the Premises located
on such floor.
(B)
Landlord shall be under no obligation to apply any portion of the
Landlord’s Contribution for any pu
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