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Title: LEASE
Date: 9/18/2008

LEASE, Parties: driftwood ventures  inc. , zoo digital publishing limited
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DATED

1 February

2007

 

 

(1)

PAUL ANDREW WILLIAMS AND CLARE

MARIE WILLIAMS T/A TOWERS INVESTMENTS

 

 

(2)

ZOO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED

 


 

LEASE

 

relating to

Ground Floor Offices Arundel Court Sheffield

 


 

Princess House

122 Queen Street

Sheffield S1 2DW

DX 10643 Sheffield

T: 0114 276 5555 F: 0114 276 3938

(Ref: GAV/THR/W1101/0043)

 


 

CONTENTS

 

Description

Page Number

 

 

PRESCRIBED CLAUSES

2

 

 

 

 

1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

5

 

 

 

 

2.

 

DEMISE AND RENT

11

 

 

 

 

3.

 

TENANTS COVENANTS

11

 

 

 

 

4.

 

LANDLORD’S COVENANTS

37

 

 

 

 

5.

 

RENT REVIEW

39

 

 

 

 

6.

 

PROVISIONS

45

 

 

 

 

7.

 

GUARANTEE

50

 

 

 

 

8.

 

GOVERNING LAW

57

 

 

 

 

9.

 

EXCLUSION OF THE 1954 ACT

57

 

 

 

 

10.

 

CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999

58

 

 

 

 

11.

 

NEW OR OLD LEASE

58

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

59

 

 

RIGHTS GRANTED

59

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

61

 

 

EXCEPTIONS

61

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

63

 

 

ENCUMBRANCES

63

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4

64

 

 

SERVICES

64

 

 

(PART I)

64

 

 

(PART II)

68

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5

73

 

 

AUTHORISED GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

73

 

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PRESCRIBED CLAUSES

 

LR1

Date of Lease

 

1 February 2007

 

LR2

Title Number(s)

 

 

LR2.1

Landlord’s Title Number(s)

 

 

SYK 452393

 

 

 

 

LR2.2

Other Title Number(s)

 

 

None

 

LR3

Parties to this Lease

 

Landlord

 

Paul Andrew Williams and Clare Marie Williams t/a Towers Investments of Valley

House, 1 Overlees, Barlow, Derbyshire S18 7TP

 

Tenant

 

Zoo Digital Publishing Limited

 

Company Number - 5701472

 

Registered Office - 20 Furnival Street Sheffield S1 4QT

 

Other Parties

 

None

 

LR4

Property

 

In the case of a conflict between this clause and the remainder of this Lease

 

then for the purposes of registration this clause shall prevail

 

See the definition of “Premises” set out in the Particulars of the Lease

 

LR5

Prescribed Statements

 

None

 

LR6

Term for which the Property is leased

 

The term as specified in this Lease is set out in the Particulars of the Lease

 

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LR7       Premium

 

None

 

LR8       Prohibitions or Restrictions on Disposing of this Lease

 

This Lease contains a provision that prohibits or restricts dispositions

 

LR9       Rights of Acquisitions

 

 

LR9.1

Tenant’s contractual rights to renew this Lease to acquire the reversion or another lease of the Property or to acquire an interest in other land

 

None

 

 

LR9.2

Tenant’s covenant to (or offer to) surrender this Lease

 

None

 

 

LR9.3

Landlord’s contractual rights to acquire this Lease

 

None

 

LR10

Restrictive Covenants Given in this Lease by the Landlord in Respect of Land Other than the Property

 

None

 

LR11

Easements

 

 

LR11.1

Easements granted by this Lease for the benefit of the Property

 

The easements as specified in Schedule 1

 

 

LR11.2

Easements granted or reserved by this Lease over the Property for the benefit of other Property

 

The easements as specified in Schedule 2

 

LR12

Estate Rentcharge Burdening the Property

 

None

 

LR13

Application for Standard Form of Restriction

 

None

 

LR14     Declaration of Trust Where There is More Than One Person Comprising the Tenant

 

None

 

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LEASE PARTICULARS

 

Date

1 February 2007

 

 

Landlord

Landlord Paul Andrew Williams and Clare Marie Williams t/a Towers Investments of Valley House, 1 Overlees, Barlow, Derbyshire S18 7TP

 

 

Tenant

Zoo Digital Publishing Limited (company number 5701472) whose registered office is at 20 Furnival Street Sheffield S1 4QT

 

 

Premises

Ground floor offices in the Building at Arundel Court Arundel Street Sheffield which premises are shown edged red on the Plan together with the two car parking spaces edged red in the Car Park (“Car Parking Spaces”)

 

 

Term

Eight years from and including 1 February 2007 to and including the 31 January 2015

 

 

Rent

Thirty one thousand four hundred pounds (£31,400.00) per annum subject to review in accordance with Clause 5

 

 

Rent Commencement Date

Three months from the commencement of the Term or the date of occupation, whichever is the sooner

 

 

Review Dates

1 February 2012 and 31 January 2015

 

 

Permitted Use

the use for any purpose within the definition contained in Class B1 of the Schedule of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and any ancillary purposes such as a staff canteen

 

WITNESSES as follows:-

 

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1.            DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

 

1.1

Unless the context otherwise requires the following expressions bear the meanings ascribed to them as follows:

 

Building ” means Block 2 Arundel Court Arundel Street Sheffield tinted pink on the plan attached

 

Car Park ” means that part of the basement level of the Building from time to time designated by the Landlord for car parking

 

CDM Regulations ” means the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994

 

Conduits ” means and includes all supply pipes wires cables ducts sewers drains gutters watercourses meters and all other conducting media and storage tanks or systems used therewith

 

Encumbrances ” means the covenants rights exceptions reservations and other matters contained mentioned or referred to in Schedule 3

 

Environmental Protection Act ” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and any Act or Acts amending replacing or modifying such Act for the time being in force or of a similar nature and all orders and regulations thereunder for the time being in force

 

Exceptions ” means the exceptions and reservations set out in Schedule 2

 

Insured Risks ” the risks of fire terrorism storm tempest flood lightning explosion and in peacetime aircraft and articles dropped therefrom malicious damage impact overflowing of tanks bursting of pipes third party liability and the Landlord’s property owners liability and such other risks as the Landlord shall from time to time insure or the Tenant reasonably requires so far as it is practicable so to insure (subject in all cases to any excesses exclusions and limitations imposed by insurers or underwriters generally in the United Kingdom insurance market when underwriting similar risks) except always such risks in respect of which insurance is not generally available in the United Kingdom insurance market in respect of premises similar to and in locations similar to the Premises

 

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Main Building ” means Block 1 and Block 2 Arundel Court Arundel Street and Furnival Street edged green on the Plan

 

Particulars ” means the Lease Particulars set out in the beginning of this Lease

 

Plan ” means the plan or plans annexed hereto appropriately numbered

 

Prescribed Rate ” means the rate of interest which is from time to time Four per centum per annum above either:

 

 

(a)

the base lending rate of The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC in force; or

 

 

(b)

if at any time no such base lending rate exists such comparable rate as shall be substituted for it in England Provided that if there shall be no such substituted rate the said expression shall mean such rate of interest as shall be agreed between the Landlord and the Tenant as being reasonable in all the circumstances and failing such agreement such rate as shall be determined by a surveyor appointed on the application of the Landlord or the Tenant by the President (or some other officer if the President is unable to act) for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (or any successor to that Institution) who shall act as an arbitrator pursuant to the Arbitration Act for the time being in force

 

Premises ” means the property described in the Particulars and each and every part thereof together with the following parts:

 

 

(a)

all non-loadbearing walls situate wholly within the red edging on the Plan

 

 

(b)

one half (severed vertically) of all non-loadbearing walls separating the Premises from any other part of the Building

 

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(c)

all plaster and other decorative finish applied to the inside surface of any wall bounding the Premises and not included in paragraphs (a) and (b) above or applied to any column or loadbearing wall wholly within the Premises

 

 

(d)

the whole of all internal doors and door frames

 

 

(e)

all ceilings bounding the Premises up to the level of (but excluding) the bottom of the joists, beams or slabs above them

 

 

(f)

all door finishes and floor screeds

 

 

(g)

all additions and improvements to the Premises

 

 

(h)

all the Landlord’s fixtures and fittings for the time being within the Premises

 

but excluding any part of the structure or the exterior of the Building.

 

Rent ” means the sum referred to as the Rent in the Particulars

 

Review Period ” means the period between one Review Date and the ensuing Review Date or the expiry of the Term if there is no further ensuing Review Date

 

Rights ” means the rights set out in Schedule 1

 

Term ” means the contractual term hereby granted together with any period of extension or continuation thereof or of any holding over whether by statute agreement or at common law or otherwise

 

Subtenant ” means a person to whom the Tenant proposes to sublet the whole or a Permitted Part of the Premises.

 

Superior Lease ” means the lease dated 26 June 2002 and made between Sydney & Furnival Properties Limited (1) and Coleridge (Arundel Court 1) Limited & Coleridge (Arundel Court 2) Limited (2)

 

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Town and Country Planning Acts ” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 and the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and any Act or Acts for the time being in force amending or replacing the same and includes any order instrument regulation direction or plan made or issued thereunder or deriving validity therefrom and any future legislation or items such as aforesaid of a like nature or effect

 

VAT ” means value added tax or any equivalent tax which may at any time during the Term be imposed in substitution for it or in addition to it

 

 

1.2

Interpretation

 

 

1.2.1

Landlord ” includes the estate owner for the time being of the reversion immediately expectant on the Term

 

 

1.2.2

Tenant ” includes the Tenant’s successors in title and assignees

 

 

1.2.3

Guarantor ” includes any person who may from time to time guarantee all or any of the Tenant’s obligations under this Lease

 

 

1.2.4

this Lease ” includes (except where the contrary is indicated) any document supplemental or collateral to this document or entered into in accordance with this document

 

 

1.2.5

Losses ” includes all liabilities incurred by the Landlord all damage and loss suffered by it and all damages awarded against it all claims demands actions and proceedings made or brought against it and all costs disbursements and expenses

 

 

1.2.6

where there is more than one person for the time being included in the expression “ Tenant ” or “ Guarantor ” covenants and obligations at any time expressed to be made or assumed by the party shall be joint and several covenants and obligations

 

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1.2.7

the covenants and obligations in this Lease shall be binding on and enforceable against personal representatives of any party to this Lease

 

 

1.2.8

the headings and the index are for locating references in the text and shall not affect the construction of this Lease

 

 

1.2.9

unless otherwise specified references to a particular statute or part of it (“ statutory reference ”) include anything (for example a notice direction order licence regulation byelaw rule and condition) deriving effect from any statute (“ derivative legislation ”) and referring to that statutory reference as it may have been extended modified amended or re-enacted by the date upon which its construction is relevant for the purposes of this Lease and not in the form that it was when originally enacted or as at the date of this Lease

 

 

1.2.10

references generally to “ statute ” or “ statutes ” include derivative legislation and any regulation or other legislation of the European Union that is directly applicable in the United Kingdom and include existing statutes and those that come into effect during the Term

 

 

1.2.11

references to “ parties ” or “ party ” mean the Landlord and the Tenant or either of them but in the absence of a specific provision to the contrary do not include the Guarantor

 

 

1.2.12

references to any clause paragraph or schedule without further designation shall be construed as a reference to the clause paragraph or schedule of this Lease so numbered

 

 

1.2.13

words importing one gender include all genders and words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa

 

 

1.2.14

any covenant by the Tenant not to do any act or thing includes an obligation not to allow that act or thing to be done

 

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1.2.15

for the purposes of section 1 of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 the perpetuity period applicable to this Lease is the shorter of the Term and 80 years from the commencement of the Term

 

 

1.2.16

rights granted by the Landlord are granted only to the extent that the Landlord is able to grant them and in common with the Landlord any superior landlord and everyone authorised by them

 

 

1.2.17

rights excepted reserved or granted to the Landlord are excepted reserved and granted to the Landlord any superior landlord and everyone authorised by them

 

 

1.2.18

in the following cases references to the Landlord include references to any superior landlord and any mortgagee of—the Landlord or any superior landlord:-

 

 

1.2.18.1

where there is any obligation on the Tenant to obtain the Landlord’s consent or approval or any acknowledgement from the Landlord to carry out any act to the satisfaction of the Landlord or to give any form of notice to the Landlord however in each case the requirement is expressed but nothing in this Lease imposes any obligation on any superior landlord or any mortgagee not to unreasonably refuse any consent approval acknowledgement or expression of satisfaction

 

 

1.2.18.2

where there is any obligation to pay any costs or fees to the Landlord or to reimburse the Landlord for any payment made or expense incurred

 

 

1.2.18.3

where there is any indemnity in the Landlord’s favour

 

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2.           DEMISE AND RENT

 

In consideration of the rent and covenants on the part of the Tenant hereinafter reserved and contained the Landlord hereby demises unto the Tenant all that the Premises together with the Rights excepting and reserving unto the Landlord the Exceptions to   hold the same unto the Tenant for the Term yielding   and paying therefor during the Term first the Rent such rent to be paid in advance without any deductions by equal quarterly payments on the usual quarter days the first payment being a proportionate amount in respect of the period from and including the Commencement Date to the next succeeding quarter day to be made on the date hereof and secondly by way of additional yearly rent the amounts payable pursuant to the provisions of clause 3.2 of this Lease and thirdly any VAT which is or may be payable in respect of the rent first hereby reserved and fourthly any interest on the arrears of the rents hereby reserved and fifthly by way of additional rent the amounts payable pursuant to the provisions of clause 3.3 of this Lease

 

3.           TENANTS COVENANTS

 

The Tenant hereby covenants with the Landlord as follows:

 

 

3.1

Rent

 

To pay the rents (including revised rents ascertained under the provisions of clause 5 hereof and rents in respect of the Insured Risks) hereby reserved and made payable at the time and in manner aforesaid without any deductions and not to exercise or seek to exercise any right or claim to legal or equitable setoff

 

 

3.2

Insurance

 

To pay to the Landlord within 14 days of demand in each year during the Term:

 

 

3.2.1

a sum equivalent to the amount from time to time properly assessed by the Landlord’s-insurers as being payable by the Landlord by way of premium for keeping the Premises insured in their full reinstatement value from time to time (together with VAT on building costs) against loss or damage by the Insured Risks and three years rent (and VAT thereon) and architects’ surveyors’ engineers’ and other professional fees (and VAT thereon) and demolition and clearance expenses insured for the amount (reasonably estimated from time to time by the Landlord or its surveyors) necessary to cover the full costs (and VAT on such costs) of rebuilding or reinstating the Premises (including a due allowance for cost increases over the likely rebuilding period) against the Insured Risks;

 

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3.2.2

the amount from time to time properly assessed by the Landlord’s insurers by way of premium as being payable by the Landlord for insuring the loss of rent of the Premises for three years (and VAT thereon) including the Landlord’s surveyor’s proper estimate of such rent where a part of the period in respect of which loss of rent insurance has been effected by the Landlord is subsequent to a date or dates when the yearly rent payable hereunder falls to be reviewed pursuant to the provisions of clause 5 hereof but any agreement of or acquiescence by the Tenant in such estimate shall not be deemed to be an agreement of the revised yearly rent for the purposes of clause 5 hereof;

 

 

3.2.3

any sum or sums by which the amount from time to time properly assessed by the Landlord’s insurers by way of premium as being insurance is increased by reason of the user of the Premises or by reason of any act default or omission on the part of the Tenant or any other occupant for the time being of the Premises;

 

 

3.2.4

any sum or sums properly deducted by the Landlord’s insurers by way of excess in respect of any claim; and

 

 

3.2.5

an amount equal to a proper proportion (to be conclusively determined by the Landlord) of the cost incurred by the Landlord of obtaining from time to time (but not more frequently than would be required by a reasonably prudent landlord) a professional valuation of the Building for insurance purposes.

 

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Provided that the Landlord shall be entitled to retain any agency or other commission paid or allowed to the Landlord on such insurance premiums for the Landlord’s own benefit free of any obligation to bring the same into account under this Lease

 

 

3.3

Service Charge

 

To pay to the Landlord by way of further and additional yearly rent without any deduction firstly such proportion (to be exclusively determined by the Landlord’s surveyor acting reasonably) according to the proportion which the net internal area of the Premises shall from time to time bear to the net internal area of all lettable premises in the Building (as exclusively measured by the Landlord’s surveyor whose measurement shall be binding upon the Tenant in the absence of manifest error and in accordance with the Code of Measuring Practice issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers or any revision thereof for the time being issued) of the reasonable costs, expenses and outgoings properly incurred by the Landlord in connection with the repair maintenance and renewal of the lift and ancillary plant and machinery the lift lobbies staircases and passages within the Building and the provision of the services within the Building and the other heads of expenditure as the same are set out or referred to in Part I of Schedule 4 hereto and in accordance with good estate management and secondly such proportion (to be properly determined by the Landlord’s surveyor) according to the proportion which the net internal area of the Premises shall from time to time bear to the net internal area of the Main Building (as measured by the Landlord’s surveyor) of the reasonable costs expenses and outgoings properly incurred by the Landlord in connection with the repair maintenance renewal and insurance of the Main Building and the curtilage thereof and the provision of the services therein and the other heads of expenditure set out in Part II of Schedule 4 hereto and in accordance with good estate management

 

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The amounts of the Service Charge shall be ascertained and certified annually by a certificate (“the Certificate”) signed by the Landlord’s auditors accountants or managing agents (at the discretion of the Landlord acting reasonably) as soon after the Landlord’s financial year as may be practicable and produced to the Tenant and shall relate to such year in manner hereinafter mentioned

 

 

3.3.1

The expression “the Landlord’s financial year” shall mean the period from the 1 s’ day of January in every year to the 31 st day of December in the same year or such other annual period as the Landlord may in its absolute discretion from time to time determine as being that in which the accounts of the Landlord either generally or relating to the Premises be made up

 

 

3.3.2

A copy of the Certificate for each such financial year shall be supplied by the Landlord to the Tenant on written request and without charge to the Tenant

 

 

3.3.3

The Certificate shall contain a fair summary of the Landlord’s expenses and outgoings incurred by the Landlord during the financial year to which it relates and the Certificate (or a copy thereof duly certified by the person by whom the same was given) shall be conclusive evidence (except for any manifest error contained in it) for the purposes hereof of the matters which it purports to certify

 

 

3.3.4

The expression “The expenses and outgoings incurred by the Landlord” as hereinbefore used shall be deemed to include not only those expenses outgoings and other expenditure hereinbefore described which have been actually disbursed incurred or made by the Landlord during the year in question but also such reasonable part of all such expenses outgoings and expenditure hereinbefore described which are of a periodically recurring nature (whether recurring by regular or irregular periods) whenever disbursed incurred or made during the Term including a sum or sums of money by way of reasonable provision for anticipated expenditure in respect thereof as the Landlord or its agents may in their discretion allocate to the year in question as being fair and reasonable in the circumstances

 

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3.3.5

On each of the usual quarter days in every year during the Term the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord (together with if so required by the Landlord any VAT payable thereon) such a sum (an “advance payment”) in advance and on account of the service charge for the Landlord’s financial year thence ensuing as the Landlord’s or their agents shall from time to specify at their discretion (acting reasonably) to be a fair and reasonable assessment of one quarter of the service charge for the financial year then current

 

 

3.3.6

As soon as practicable after the end of each Landlord’s, financial year the Landlord shall furnish to the Tenant an account of the service charge payable by the Tenant for that year with due credit being given therein for the advance payment made by the Tenant in respect of the said year and upon the furnishing of such an account there shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord the service charge or any balance thereof or there shall be allowed by the Landlord to the Tenant any amount which may have been overpaid by the Tenant by way of advance payments as the case may require

 

 

3.4

Outgoings

 

To pay and discharge all existing and future rates taxes duties charges assessments impositions and outgoings whatsoever (whether parliamentary parochial local or of any other description and whether or not of a capital or non-recurring nature) which are now or may at any time hereafter be assessed charged levied or imposed upon or payable in respect of the Premises or assessed charged levied or imposed upon or payable by any estate owner landlord tenant or occupier in respect thereof provided that the Tenant will not be responsible for any outgoings properly payable by the Landlord in respect of the receipt of any rent hereunder or the ownership of or any dealing with its reversionary interest in the Premises Provided Further That if any payments due under this clause 3.4 are due in respect of the Premises and any other part of the Building jointly to pay a proper proportion of them to be conclusively determined by the Landlord acting reasonably

 

 

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3.5

VAT

 

Upon production of a properly addressed and valid VAT invoice to the Tenant to pay to the Landlord by way of additional rent all VAT at the rate for the time being in force which shall be payable (whether by statute or as the result of the exercise by the Landlord of a statutory right to waive an exemption or make an election) in respect of the rents and other sums payable by the Tenant hereunder and in every case where the Tenant covenants to pay an amount of money hereunder such amount shall be regarded as being exclusive of VAT

 

 

3.6

Interest on arrears

 

If at any time during the Term the said rents or the additional rent or rents or any part or parts thereof or any other sums due hereunder from the Tenant to the Landlord shall remain unpaid for more than ten working days after becoming payable (whether formally demanded or not) or the Landlord shall with good reason refuse to accept the same to pay to the Landlord interest upon the same at the Prescribed Rate calculated on a day to day basis (as well after as before any judgment) from the date upon which the same first became payable until the date of actual payment provided that nothing herein contained shall entitle the Tenant to withhold or delay payment thereof after the date upon which payment first falls due or in any way prejudice affect or derogate from the rights and remedies of the Landlord under this Lease

 

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3.7

Notices

 

To deliver to the Landlord free of charge a copy of every notice order requisition direction or proposal given made or issued by a competent authority affecting the Premises or the user of the Premises as soon as reasonably practicable after the Tenant becomes aware thereof and at the request and cost of the Landlord to make or join in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any such notice order requisition direction or proposal as the Landlord shall reasonably deem expedient

 

 

3.8

Internal decoration

 

In every fifth year of the Term and in the last six months thereof however determined (but not in two consecutive years) to paint paper plaster or otherwise treat as the case may require all interior parts of the Premises usually or requiring to be painted, papered, plastered or otherwise treated with not less than two coats of good quality paint or other suitable material of good quality in a proper and workmanlike manner the colour and quality of the paint and other finishes in the last six months of the Term to be first approved by the Landlord and also at the same time with every such painting to wash down all tiles glazed bricks and similar washable surfaces and make good all ornamental works and generally to redecorate throughout restoring and making good the Premises

 

 

3.9

Repair

 

To repair and keep the Premises in good and substantial repair and condition except for damage caused by an Insured Risk unless and to the extent that the insurance money is irrecoverable because of an act or default of the Tenant or the Tenant’s servants or agents or any person at the Premises with the express and implied authority of the Tenant

 

 

3.10

Expenses

 

To pay on an indemnity basis all expenses (including without prejudice to the generality thereof solicitors’ counsel’s architects’ surveyors’ and bailiffs’ fees and other professional costs) and VAT thereon which may be properly incurred by the Landlord:

 

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3.10.1

in any proceedings under Section 146 or 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force or the preparation and service of any notice under those sections notwithstanding that forfeiture may be avoided otherwise than by relief granted by the court;

 

 

3.10.2

in respect of any application for any consent or the approval of any deed or document required under the terms of this Lease (whether or not such consent or approval shall be granted unless such consent is unlawfully refused);

 

 

3.10.3

in the recovery or attempted recovery of arrears of rent or rents due from the Tenant hereunder;

 

 

3.10.4

in preparing and serving a schedule of dilapidations at any time during the Term or within three months after its expiration or determination

 

 

3.11

Yield up

 

At the expiration or sooner determination of the Term:-

 

 

3.11.1

quietly to yield up the Premises with vacant possession thereof decorated repaired cleaned and kept in accordance with the Tenant’s covenants

 

 

3.11.2

to execute such deed or document as the Landlord shall require in order to cancel any entry or title relating to this Lease at HM Land Registry and

 

 

3.11.3

to ensure that any requisitions raised by HM Land Registry in connection with the cancellation of any entry or title relating to this Lease are dealt with promptly and properly

 

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3.12

Entry

 

To permit the Landlord and its agents with or without workmen and others at any reasonable time or times and upon reasonable notice (except in cases of emergency) to enter and examine the Premises to ensure that nothing has been done therein which constitutes a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Lease and to examine the state and condition of the Premises

 

 

3.13

Remedy breaches

 

Within a reasonable period or in case of emergency immediately to remedy repair and make good all breaches of covenant and defects of which notice in writing shall be given by the Landlord to the Tenant and which the Tenant shall be liable to remedy repair or make good under the covenants contained in this Lease and in case the Tenant shall make default in so doing within three months after the date of any such notice it shall be lawful (but not obligatory) for the Landlord without prejudice to the right of re-entry hereinafter contained to enter upon the Premises and to remedy repair and make good the same at the cost of the Tenant which cost together with the reasonable expenses of the Landlord (including surveyors’ and other professional fees) and VAT thereon thereby properly incurred shall be a debt due from the Tenant to the Landlord and be forthwith recoverable by action subject always to the Landlord making good any such damage as soon as reasonably possible thereafter

 

 

3.14

Inventories

 

To permit the Landlord and its agents at any reasonable time or times on reasonable notice but not more than once in any calendar year to enter the Premises and to take schedules or inventories of the fixtures and things to be yielded up at the expiration or sooner determination of the Term

 

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3.15

Notice Boards

 

 

3.15.1

At all convenient hours in the day time and upon prior notice to permit prospective purchasers of or dealers in the Landlord’s reversionary interest by order in writing of the Landlord or its agents to view the Premises without interruption

 

 

3.15.2

Except while the Tenant shall be entitled to and shall be taking the steps necessary to secure a new lease of the Premises under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or otherwise to permit the Landlord or its agents on reasonable notice within six calendar months next before the expiration of the Term to enter upon the Premises and to fix and retain without interference upon any suitable part thereof but not so as to cause unnecessary interference to the Tenant’s business a notice board for re-letting the same and to permit persons by order in writing of the Landlord or its agents to view the Premises upon making prior appointment at all convenient hours in the day time without interruption

 

 

3.16

Alterations

 

 

3.16.1

Not to make or permit or suffer to be made any structural alterations or additions to the Premises

 

 

3.16.2

Not to make or permit or suffer to be made any non-structural alterations or additions to the Premises without the prior written consent of the Landlord which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed Provided always that nothing in this clause 3.16 shall prevent the Tenant from installing internal demountable partitioning works of a non-structural nature nor shall the consent of the Landlord be required in connection therewith

 

 

3.16.3

Not to make or permit or suffer to be made any alteration or addition to any electrical installation in or on the Premises except in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the regulations of the relevant electricity supply authority and with the prior written consent of the Landlord which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed

 

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3.16.4

Before carrying out any permitted alterations or additions and at its own cost to:-

 

 

3.16.4.1

obtain all necessary consents from any competent authority and any other person

 

 

3.16.4.2

supply all drawings specifications and other information that the Landlord reasonably requires in respect of them

 

 

3.16.4.3

enter into any covenants that the Landlord reasonably requires for the execution supervision and reinstatement of them and provide any security that the Landlord reasonably requires in the case of substantial alterations or additions

 

 

3.16.5

To complete and carry out any permitted alterations or additions:-

 

 

3.16.5.1

at its own cost

 

 

3.16.5.2

to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction

 

 

3.16.5.3

in a good and workmanlike manner

 

 

3.16.5.4

with good quality materials

 

 

3.16.5.5

so as not to interfere with any Conduits or so as to cause access to any of them to be or become more difficult than it was previously

 

 

3.16.5.6

in accordance with the plans specifications and details previously approved by the Landlord and

 

 

3.16.5.7

in accordance with all statutory local authority and insurers’ requirements and recommendations

 

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3.16.6

If the Landlord requires it to remove any alterations or additions to the Premises or any part of them and to reinstate the Premises or the appropriate part of them to their former or proper condition before the end of the Term (however that occurs) with all work being done to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction

 

 

3.17

CDM Regulations

 

Where any works are carried out to or within the Premises to which the CDM Regulations apply and such works are carried out by or on behalf of the Tenant any underlessee (however inferior) or any other occupier of the Premises or any part of the Premises the Tenant:-

 

 

3.17.1

shall comply with the CDM Regulations and procure that any person involved in carrying out such works complies with the CDM Regulations

 

 

3.17.2

shall act (or if such works are to be carried out by an underlessee or any other person procure that such undertenant or other person acts) as the only client in respect of such works and shall make (or procure the making of) a declaration to that effect in accordance with regulation 4 of the CDM Regulations

 

 

3.17.3

shall procure that the declaration mentioned in clause 3.17.2 is sent without delay to the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with the CDM Regulations and that a copy of the Health and Safety Executive’s notice in acknowledgement of the said declaration is delivered without delay to the Landlord

 

 

3.17.4

warrants that it or the relevant underlessee or other person has the competence to perform the duties imposed on a client by the CDM Regulations

 

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3.17.5

shall provide the Landlord with a copy of the health and safety file relating to such works upon their completion and (if the Landlord shall so request) copies of the whole or part of the health and safety file immediately on request

 

 

3.17.6

shall make the health and safety file relating to such works available for inspection by the Landlord on request

 

 

3.17.7

shall hand over to the Landlord the health and safety file relating the such works on the expiration or sooner determination of the Term and shall forthwith after becoming aware of any relevant information concerning health and safety relating to the Premises provide such information to the Landlord and obtain all necessary copyright licences permitting the use of such information

 

 

3.18

Use

 

Not without the consent of the Landlord (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to use or permit the Premises to be used otherwise than for the Permitted Use Provided that no representation or warranty is or has prior to the date hereof been given or made by or on behalf of the Landlord that any such use is or will be or will remain a permitted use under the Town and Country Planning Acts or that the Premises are or will remain otherwise fit for any such use and Provided that at no time shall the Premises or any part thereof be used in connection with the business of collecting storing treating or disposing of controlled waste as such expression is defined in Section 75 of the Environmental Protection Act

 

 

3.19

Restricted Uses

 

 

3.19.1

Not to use the Premises:

 

 

3.19.1.1

for any illegal or immoral purpose or

 

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3.19.1.2

for any offensive noisy or dangerous trade business or manufacture

 

 

3.19.2

Not to allow any person to reside or sleep on the Premises

 

 

3.19.3

Not to hold any sale by auction on the Premises

 

 

3.19.4

Not to do anything on the Premises which is or may become a nuisance damage or annoyance to the Landlord or to any occupier or owner of any part of the Building or to any adjoining or nearby occupier or owner

 

 

3.19.5

Not to generate any noise in the Premises which can be heard or which creates vibrations that can be felt in any other part of the Building or in any neighbouring or adjoining property

 

 

3.20

Compliance with statutes

 

At all times during the Term at the Tenant’s expense to observe and comply with all statutes and all notices directions orders regulations byelaws rules and conditions made or to be made under or by virtue of any statute and all requirements of any public or local authority so far as they relate to or affect the Premises or the contents of or the user of the Premises or the employment thereon of any persons

 

 

3.21

Planning and environmental matters

 

Subject and without prejudice to clause 3.17:

 

 

3.21.1

not to make or permit or suffer to be made any application for planning permission nor to implement any planning permission without the previous consent in writing of the Landlord

 

 

3.21.2

not to do or omit or permit or suffer to be done or omitted any act or thing on or in relation to the Premises or the user of the Premises the doing or omission of which shall be or may in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord constitute a contravention of the Planning Acts

 

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3.21.3

promptly to execute at the Tenant’s expense all such works as are or may under or in pursuance of the Planning Acts or any other statute be directed or required by any local public or other competent authority to be executed at any time and whether by the Landlord or Tenant (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the provision and maintenance of fire escapes and toilet facilities and elimination of smoke effluvia vapour and grit)

 

 

3.21.4

not without the prior written consent of the Landlord to enter into any planning obligation for the purposes of Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

 

 

3.21.5

in relation to any act the commission or omission of which requires any consent licence or other authority under the Environmental Protection Act:-

 

 

3.21.5.1

not to do or omit to do (as the case may be) such act without obtaining such authority and

 

 

3.21.5.2

not to apply for such authority without the Landlord’s prior written consent

 

 

3.22

Insurance

 

 

3.22.1

Not to carry on or suffer upon the Premises any trade business or occupation in any manner or do or suffer any other thing which may make void or voidable any policy for the insurance of the Premises covered by the Insured Risks hereinafter referred to or render any increased or extra premium payable for such insurance and to comply at its own expense with all directions and recommendations of the insurers of the Premises of which the Tenant shall have notice in writing

 

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3.22.2

To make up out of its own monies any deduction in any insurance monies paid by the Landlord’s insurers made as a result of the faulty repair or maintenance of the Premises by the Tenant in the performance of its covenants under this lease or otherwise by any act or default of the Tenant or the Tenant’s servants or agents or any person at the Premises with the express or implied authority of the Tenant

 

 

3.22.3

The Tenant warrants to the Landlord that prior to the execution of this Lease it has disclosed to the Landlord in writing any conviction judgement or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant (or any director or other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant) of such nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue insurance of any of the Insured Risks and covenants to inform the Landlord immediately in writing of any such matter arising in the future

 

 

3.23

Dangerous materials

 

Not to keep or permit or suffer to be kept on the Premises any material of a dangerous nature especially inflammable explosive radioactive or other similar nature

 

 

3.24

Overloading

 

Not to fix to or place upon or permit or suffer to be fixed to or placed upon the Premises any machinery article or substance which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be liable to damage or overload the roofs or floors or other structural parts of the Building

 

 

3.25

Signs

 

Not without the consent in writing of the Landlord first obtained which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed to affix or display or permit or suffer to be affixed or displayed to or on the Premises any sign fascia hoarding poster placard skysign flagpole mast lettering or advertisement or any aerial or satellite dish whatsoever which shall be visible from the outside the Premises and in default of obtaining such consent the Landlord may enter and remove the same at the cost of the Tenant

 

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3.26

Encroachment

 

To take all steps reasonably necessary to prevent any encroachment upon the Premises or the acquisition of any new right to light passage drainage or other encroachment over upon or under the Premises and/or the Building and to give notice to the Landlord of any threatened encroachment or attempt to acquire any such easement

 

 

3.27

Alienation and Parting with Possession

 

 

3.27.1

Not (except by way of a permitted assignment or charging of the whole of the Premises or a permitted underletting of the Premises in accordance with clause 3.27 (“a Transaction”)) to transfer underlet charge or part with or share the possession or occupation of the whole or any part or parts of the Premises

 

 

3.27.2

Not to hold the Premises or any part or parts of the Premises or this Lease on trust for another

 

 

3.27.3

The Tenant may assign the Premises as a whole provided that the Tenant must not make such permitted assignment without first:

 

 

3.27.3.1

making a written application for a licence to assign and obtaining the Landlord’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

 

 

3.27.3.2

satisfying the circumstances specified for the purposes of Section 19 (1A) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 and set out in clause 3.27.4

 

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3.27.3.3

complying with the conditions specified for the purposes of Section 19(1A) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 and set out in clause 3.27.5

 

 

3.27.4

The circumstances referred to in clause 3.27.3.2 are that:

 

 

3.27.4.1

all sums due from the Tenant under this Lease have been paid at the date of the application of the licence to assign; and;

 

 

3.27.4.2

in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion there are at’ the date of the application for licence to assign no material outstanding breaches of any tenant covenant under this Lease or anyh personal covenants undertaken by the Tenant relating to the state and condition of the Premises;

 

 

3.27.4.3

in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion the proposed assignee is of no lesser financial standing than the Tenant or any guarantor of the Tenant;

 

 

3.27.4.4

the Landlord is reasonably sastisfied that the assignment will have no adverse impact on the open market value of the reversion expectant on the determination of the Term;

 

 

3.27.4.5

in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion the proposed assignee is a person who at the date of the application for licence to assign is likely to be able to comply with the tenant covenants of this Lease and is likely to continue to be such a person following the assignment;

 

 

3.27.4.6

the proposed assignee does not have the benefit of diplomatic immunity;

 

 

3.27.4.7

the proposed assignee is a corporation registered in (or if an individual is resident in a jurisdiction in which the order of a Court obtained in England and Wales will be enforced without any consideration of the merits of the case; and

 

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3.27.4.8

in the case of an assignment to a company which is in the same group (within the meaning of Section 42 of the 1954 Act) as the Tenant the proposed assignee is in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion a company which at the date of the application for licence to assign is no less likely than the Tenant was at the date of either the grant or the assignment of this Lease to the Tenant to be able to comply with the Tenant’s covenants in this Lease and is likely to continue to be such a company following the assignment

 

 

3.27.5

The conditions referred to in clause 3.27.3.3 are that:

 

 

3.27.5.1

the Tenant shall enter into an authorised guarantee agreement (as defined in Section 16 of the 1995 Act), such agreement to be by way of deed in a form set out in Schedule 5 hereto with such amendments or additions as the Landlord shall reasonably require;

 

 

3.27.5.2

if so reasonably required by the Landlord the proposed assignee shall obtain one or more guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord who shall covenant by deed with the Landlord in the form set out in clause 7 with such amendments or additions as the Landlord shall reasonably require; and

 

 

3.27.5.3

the written licence to assign shall contain a condition that if at any time prior to the assignment the circumstances (or any of them) specified in clause 3.27.4 cease to exist the Landlord may revoke the licence by written notice to the Tenant .

 

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3.27.6

Nothing in this clause 3.27 shall limit the Landlord’s right to withhold consent to an assignment in circumstances other than those mentioned in clause 3.27.4 if it is reasonable to do so, or to give consent to an assignment subject to conditions other than those mentioned in clause 3.27.5 if those conditions are reasonable

 

 

3.27.7

The Tenant may underlet the Premises as a whole Provided That the Tenant must not make such permitted underletting without first:-

 

 

3.27.7.1

making a written application for licence to underlet and obtaining the Landlord’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and

 

 

3.27.7.2

complying with the conditions specified in clause 3.27.8 and clause 3.27.9

 

 

3.27.8

The conditions referred to in clause 3.27.7.2 are that any underlease must:-

 

 

3.27.8.1

be granted at the full open market rent (and in no case at a rent less than the rent payable under this Lease at the time) without any fine or premium or reverse premium or other concession to the undertenant (other than any rent free period in respect of the time required to fit out the Premises which is required in the open market at the time) with rent being payable in advance on the usual quarter days

 

 

3.27.8.2

contain provisions for the review of the rent on the same dates and on the same basis as the review of the Rent in this Lease

 

 

3.27.8.3

contain covenants controlling dealings in accordance with this clause 3.27

 

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3.27.8.4

contain a re-entry clause in a form equivalent to the re-entry clause in this Lease

 

 

3.27.8.5

be in a form approved by the Landlord (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld)

 

 

3.27.8.6

contain a lawful agreement between the Tenant and the undertenant that the provisions of sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act are excluded from applying to the tenancy created by the underlease

 

 

3.27.8.7

contain provisions requiring the consent of the Landlord to be obtained in respect of any matter for-which the consent of the Landlord is required under this Lease

 

 

3.27.8.8

otherwise be consistent with and include tenant covenants no less onerous than those in this Lease

 

 

3.27.9

Before any underlease is granted:-

 

 

3.27.9.1

the proposed underlessee must enter into a deed (to be prepared by the Landlord&


 
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