BREEZE-EASTERN,
CORPORATION
35 Melanie Lane
Hanover, New Jersey
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ARTICLE 2 — DEMISE AND TERM
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ARTICLE 4 — USE OF DEMISED
PREMISES
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ARTICLE 5 — PREPARATION OF DEMISED
PREMISES
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ARTICLE 6 — TAX AND OPERATING EXPENSE
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ARTICLE 9 — SUBORDINATION
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ARTICLE 10 — QUIET ENJOYMENT
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ARTICLE 11 — ASSIGNMENT, SUBLETTING AND
MORTGAGING
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ARTICLE 12 — COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS
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ARTICLE 13 — INSURANCE AND
INDEMNITY
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ARTICLE 14 — RULES AND
REGULATIONS
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ARTICLE 15 — ALTERATIONS AND
SIGNS
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ARTICLE 16 — LANDLORD’S AND
TENANT’S PROPERTY
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ARTICLE 17 — REPAIRS AND
MAINTENANCE
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ARTICLE 18 — UTILITY CHARGES
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ARTICLE 19 — ACCESS, CHANGES AND
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ARTICLE 20 — MECHANICS’ LIENS AND
OTHER LIENS
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ARTICLE 21 — NON-LIABILITY
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ARTICLE 22 — DAMAGE OR
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ARTICLE 23 — EMINENT DOMAIN
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ARTICLE 25 — CONDITIONS OF
LIMITATION
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ARTICLE 26 — RE-ENTRY BY
LANDLORD
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ARTICLE 28 — AFFIRMATIVE
WAIVERS
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ARTICLE 30 — CURING TENANT’S
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ARTICLE 33 — ESTOPPEL
CERTIFICATES
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ARTICLES
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ARTICLE 35 — MEMORANDUM OF
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ARTICLE 36 — LANDLORD REPRESENTATIONS AND
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Demised
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Description of
Land
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Workletter
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Rules and
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Letter of
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Parking Area
Designation
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Superior
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Superior
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Amortization of
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PNC’s
Landlord’s Waiver
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Environmental
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Tenant’s
Protected View Area
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Landlord’s Environmental Reports delivered
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LEASE, dated
May 13, 2009, between 35 MELANIE LANE, L.L.C ., a
Delaware limited liability company, having an office at 400 Plaza
Drive, P.O. Box 1515, Secaucus, New Jersey 07096-1515
(“Landlord”), and BREEZE-EASTERN CORPORATION , a
Delaware corporation, having an office at 700 Liberty Avenue,
Union, New Jersey 07083 (“Tenant”).
1.01. As used in
this Lease (including in all Exhibits and any Riders attached
hereto, all of which shall be deemed to be part of this Lease) the
following words and phrases shall have the meanings
indicated:
A. Advance
Rent: $ 67,325.81
B. Additional
Charges: All amounts that become payable by Tenant to Landlord
hereunder other than the Fixed Rent.
C. Architect:
As Landlord may designate.
D. Brokers:
Colliers Houston & Co., and FirstService Williams
E. Building:
The building or buildings now or hereafter located on the Land and
known or to be known as 35 Melanie Lane, Hanover, New
Jersey.
F. Calendar
Year: Any twelve-month period commencing on a January 1.
G. Commencement
Date: The date on which this Lease has been fully executed by both
parties (the “Execution Date”) at which time possession
of the Demised Premises shall be delivered to Tenant.
H. Common
Areas: All areas, spaces and improvements in the Building and on
the Land which Landlord makes available from time to time for the
common use and benefit of the tenants and occupants of the Building
and which are not exclusively available for use by a single tenant
or occupant, including, without limitation, parking areas, roads,
walkways, sidewalks, landscaped and planted areas, community rooms,
if any, the managing agent’s office, if any, and public rest
rooms, if any. The Common Areas shall also include a parking area
consisting of approximately 250 parking spaces where, as more
particularly provided in Section 7.03, Tenant’s
employees, guests and customers can park as designated on the site
plan attached hereto as Exhibit F.
I. Demised
Premises: The space located on the first and second floors of the
Building that is outlined in red on the floor plan attached hereto
as Exhibit A. The Demised Premises contains or will contain
approximately 116,246 square feet of Floor Space subject to
adjustment upon verification by the Architect. The Demised Premises
shall include all Tenant Work as hereinafter defined.
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J. Environmental
Laws: Any and all federal, state, county, or municipal statutes or
laws now or at any time hereafter in effect, including but not
limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq.), the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§5101
et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
§§6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. §§1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
§§7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as
amended (15 U.S.C. §§2601 et seq.), and the Occupational
Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§651 et seq.), and any
state or local laws, rules, or regulations relating to discharges,
releases, or spills of Hazardous Substances (defined below) to the
lands, waters, or air, including but not limited to the New Jersey
Spill Compensation and Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11 et seq.,
and implementing regulations, and the New Jersey Industrial Site
Recovery Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1K-6, et. seq. (“ISRA”), as
these laws have been amended or may be supplemented from time to
time.
K. Expiration
Date: The date that is the day before the tenth (10
th ) anniversary of the Fixed Rent Commencement
Date if the Fixed Rent Commencement Date is the first day of a
month, or the tenth (10 th )
anniversary of the last day of the month in which the Fixed Rent
Commencement Date occurs if the Fixed Rent Commencement Date is not
the first day of a month. However, if the Term is extended by
Tenant’s effective exercise of Tenant’s right, if any,
to extend the Term, the “Expiration Date” shall be
changed to the last day of the latest extended period as to which
Tenant shall have effectively exercised its right to extend the
Term. For the purposes of this definition, the earlier termination
of this Lease shall not affect the “Expiration
Date.”
L. Fixed
Rent: An amount at the following rates per annum multiplied by the
Floor Space of the Demised Premises: from the Fixed Rent
Commencement Date through the date which is the day before the
fifth (5 th
) anniversary of the Fixed Rent
Commencement, Six and 95/100 ($6.95) Dollars; from the fifth
anniversary of the Fixed Rent Commencement Date through the
original Expiration Date Seven and 95/100 ($7.95) Dollars. It is
intended that the Fixed Rent shall be an absolutely net return to
Landlord throughout the Term, free of any expense, charge or other
deduction whatsoever, with respect to the Demised Premises, the
Building, the Land and/or the ownership, leasing, operation,
management, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, use or occupation
thereof, or any portion thereof, with respect to any interest of
Landlord therein, except as may otherwise expressly be provided in
this Lease.
M. Fixed Rent
Commencement Date: January 1, 2010.
N. Floor
Space: Any reference to Floor Space of a demised premises shall
mean the floor area stated in square feet bounded by the exterior
faces of the exterior walls, or by the exterior or Common Areas
face of any wall between the premises in question and any portion
of the Common Areas, or by the center line of any wall between the
premises in question and space leased or available to be leased to
a tenant or occupant, plus a pro rata portion of the floor area of
the Common Areas in the Building; and any reference to Floor Space
of the Building shall mean the aggregate Floor Space of the demised
premises leased or which Landlord has available to be leased in the
Building. There will be no reduction of Floor Space measurements
for setbacks for store fronts or service entrances, and Floor Space
of any premises with a setback for a store front
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measured to the line of such premises as if such premises had no
setback. Any reference to the Floor Space is intended to refer to
the Floor Space of the entire area in question irrespective of the
Person(s) who may be the owner(s) of all or any part
thereof.
P. Hazardous
Substance: Any pollutant, contaminant, toxic or hazardous waste,
dangerous substance, noxious substance, toxic substance, flammable,
explosive, radioactive material, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
asbestos, PCBs, or any other substances the removal of which is
required, or the manufacture, preparation, production, generation,
use, maintenance, treatment, storage, transfer, handling, or
ownership of which is restricted, prohibited, regulated, or
penalized by any and all Environmental Laws.
Q. Insurance
Requirements: Rules, regulations, orders and other requirements of
the applicable board of underwriters and/or the applicable fire
insurance rating organization and/or any other similar body
performing the same or similar functions and having jurisdiction or
cognizance over the Land and Building, whether now or hereafter in
force.
R. Land: The
Land upon which the Building and Common Areas are located. The Land
is described on Exhibit B.
S. Landlord’s
Work: The materials and work to be furnished, installed and
performed by Landlord at its expense in accordance with the
provisions of Exhibit C.
T. Legal
Requirements: Laws and ordinances of all federal, state, city,
town, county, borough and village governments, and rules,
regulations, orders and directives of all departments,
subdivisions, bureaus, agencies or offices thereof, and of any
other governmental, public or quasi-public authorities having
jurisdiction over the Land and Building, whether now or hereafter
in force, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to
Environmental Laws.
U. Mortgage:
A mortgage and/or a deed of trust.
V. Mortgagee:
A holder of a mortgage or a beneficiary of a deed of
trust.
W. Operating
Expenses: The sum of the following: the cost and expense (whether
or not within the contemplation of the parties) for the repair,
maintenance, policing, insurance and operation of the Building and
Land not for the exclusive benefit of another tenant at the
Building. The “Operating Expenses” shall, include,
without limitation, the following: (i) the cost for rent,
casualty, liability, boiler and fidelity insurance,
(ii) management fees (whether provided directly by the
Landlord or an independent party) not to exceed three percent (3%)
of the Fixed Rent divided by the Tenant’s Fraction,
(iii) costs and expenses incurred for legal, accounting and
other professional services (including, but not limited to, costs
and expenses for in-house or staff legal counsel or outside counsel
at rates not to exceed the reasonable and customary charges for any
such services as would be imposed in an arms length third party
agreement for such services). All items included in Operating
Expenses shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied. To the
extent
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any of the
expenditures by Landlord making up Operating Expenses hereunder
would be classified as capital expenditure items pursuant to
generally accepted accounting principles then an amount, per annum,
equal to the cost of such items shall be amortized over the useful
life of such item, as reasonably determined by Landlord’s
accountant, together with interest, which interest shall be the
lesser of (x) the Prime Rate as announced in the Wall Street
Journal (or a successor index reasonably selected by Landlord) or
(y) the interest rate at which the Landlord borrows money
under the Mortgage encumbering the Building and Land, and shall be
included annually in Operating Expenses with respect to the capital
expenditures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Tenant shall not
be required to pay or reimburse the Landlord for any of the
following costs or expenses as part of Operating
Expenses:
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Legal fees, brokerage commissions,
advertising costs, or other expenses incurred in connection with
mortgage financing, refinancing, sale or entering into or modifying
a superior lease or ground lease;
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Depreciation or amortization of the
Building or Property (except as provided in this Lease);
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Damage and repairs reimbursed under
any insurance policy required to be carried by, Landlord in
connection with the Building and Property (except for any
deductible amount);
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Landlord’s general overhead
expenses related to the Demised Premises or Property;
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Payments of principal or interest on
any mortgage or other encumbrance;
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Legal fees, accountants’ fees,
arbitration expenses and other expenses incurred in connection with
any and all disputes with tenants at the Building, except as
otherwise set forth herein;
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Interest, penalties or other costs
arising out of Landlord’s failure to make timely payment of
its obligations, other than as a result of a default by
Tenant;
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Any
fee or expenditure paid or payable by Landlord to any affiliate of
Landlord, to the extent that such fee or expenditure exceeds the
amount which would be payable in the absence of such
relationship;
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Costs incurred to test, survey,
clean up, contain, abate, remove or otherwise remedy Hazardous
Substances or Hazardous Materials from the Building or Land, to the
extent the cost for same are the Landlord’s responsibility
under Section 12.12 hereof without cost or expense to Tenant
hereunder;
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Property management fees except as
expressly permitted by the Lease;
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Costs incurred in advertising and
promotion related to the leasing of the Property (including gifts
and promotional services to prospective tenants or other
parties);
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Any
entertainment, dining or travel expenses for any
purpose;
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Taxes relating to revenues received
by Landlord;
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Costs incurred in connection with a
financing, transfer or disposition of all or any part of the
Property or any interest therein, other than costs incurred for
items which would be includible in Operating Expenses if not
incurred in connection with such financing, transfer or disposition
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any part of the
Property (such as, without limitation, repairs or maintenance of
the Building or the Land); and
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Monies paid to any charities or
not-for-profit organizations, including, but not limited to,
political donations.
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X. Permitted
Uses: Tenant shall use and occupy the Demised Premises for offices,
laboratory, assembly, light manufacturing, research and
development, product testing and quality control, warehousing,
distribution, engineering and its executive, sales and
administrative offices and for any other lawful purpose similar in
nature to the foregoing, consistent with the character and quality
of the operations being conducted in the warehouse buildings owned
and managed by Landlord’s affiliates in the industrial park
in which the Building is located. Tenant shall not use, permit or
suffer the use of the Premises, or any part thereof, for any
illegal purpose.
Y. Person: A
natural person or persons, a partnership, a corporation, or any
other form of business or legal association or entity.
Z. Property.
The Land and Building.
AA. Ready for
Occupancy: The Demised Premises shall not be deemed Ready for
Occupancy until the Landlord has substantially completed the
Landlord’s Work and the parties do a walk through of the
Demised Premises preparing a punch list of the remaining work to be
completed by the Landlord, if any. In the event the remaining work
to be completed by the Landlord does not interfere with the
Tenant’s moving forward with the Tenant’s Work and the
Landlord agrees to use reasonable efforts to complete the punch
list items within sixty (60) days, then the Demised Premises
shall be deemed Ready for Occupancy.
BB. Real
Estate Taxes: The real estate taxes, assessments and special
assessments imposed upon the Building and Land by any federal,
state, municipal or other governments or governmental bodies or
authorities, and any expenses incurred by Landlord in contesting
such taxes or assessments and/or the assessed value of the Building
and Land, which expenses shall be allocated to the period of time
to which such expenses relate. If at any time during the Term the
methods of taxation prevailing on the date hereof shall be altered
so that in lieu of, or as an addition to or as a substitute for,
the whole or any part of such real estate taxes, assessments and
special assessments now imposed on real estate there shall be
levied, assessed or imposed (a) a tax, assessment, levy,
imposition, license fee or charge wholly or partially as a capital
levy or otherwise on the rents received therefrom, or (b) any
other such additional or substitute tax, assessment, levy,
imposition or charge, then all such taxes, assessments, levies,
impositions, fees or charges or the part thereof so measured or
based shall be deemed to be included within the term “Real
Estate Taxes” for the purposes hereof.
CC. Rent: The
Fixed Rent and the Additional Charges.
DD. Rules and
Regulations: The reasonable rules and regulations that may be
promulgated by Landlord from time to time, which may be reasonably
changed by Landlord from time to time. The Rules and Regulations
now in effect are attached hereto as Exhibit D.
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EE. Security
Deposit: Such amount as Tenant has deposited or hereinafter
deposits with Landlord as security under this Lease. Tenant shall
initially provide security in the form of a Letter of Credit, the
sum of three (3) months Fixed Rent which is equal to
$201,977.43 within fifteen (15) business days of the date
hereof.
FF. Successor
Landlord: As defined in Article 9.03.
GG. Superior
Lease: Any lease to which this Lease is, at the time referred to,
subject and subordinate.
HH. Superior
Lessor: The lessor of a Superior Lease or its successor in
interest, at the time referred to.
II. Superior
Mortgage: Any Mortgage to which this Lease is, at the time referred
to, subject and subordinate.
JJ. Superior
Mortgagee: The Mortgagee of a Superior Mortgage at the time
referred to as set forth on Exhibit H attached
hereto.
KK. Tenant’s
Architect: Horton Architecture & Design.
LL. Tenant’s
Fraction: The Tenant’s Fraction shall mean the fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the Floor Space of the Demised Premises
and the denominator of which shall be the Floor Space of the
Building (51.23 %). If the size of the Demised Premises or the
Building shall be changed from the initial size thereof, due to any
taking, any construction or alteration work or otherwise, the
Tenant’s Fraction shall be changed to the fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the Floor Space of the Demised Premises
and the denominator of which shall be the Floor Space of the
Building.
MM. Tenant’s
Property: As defined in Article 16.02.
NN Tenant’s
Work: The facilities, materials and work which may be undertaken by
or for the account of Tenant (other than the Landlord’s Work)
to equip, decorate and furnish the Demised Premises for
Tenant’s occupancy.
OO. Term: The
period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending at
11:59 p.m. of the Expiration Date, but in any event the Term
shall end on the date when this Lease is earlier
terminated.
PP. Unavoidable
Delays: A delay arising from or as a result of a strike, lockout,
or labor difficulty, explosion, sabotage, accident, riot or civil
commotion, act of war, fire or other catastrophe, Legal Requirement
or an act of the other party and any cause beyond the reasonable
control of that party, provided that the party asserting such
Unavoidable Delay has exercised its best efforts to minimize such
delay.
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ARTICLE 2 — Demise and
Term
2.01. Landlord
hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby hires from Landlord, the
Demised Premises, for the Term. This Lease is subject to
(a) any and all existing encumbrances, conditions, rights,
covenants, easements, restrictions and rights of way, of record,
and other matters of record (“Restrictions of Record”)
and (b) easements now or hereafter created by Landlord in,
under, over, across and upon the Land for sewer, water, electric,
gas and other utility lines and services now or hereafter
installed, and (c) applicable zoning and building laws,
regulations and codes, and such matters as may be disclosed by an
inspection or survey. Landlord represents that, subject to
compliance by Tenant with applicable Legal Requirements, as of the
date hereof none of the Restrictions of Record prohibit the use and
enjoyment of the Demised Premises for the Permitted Uses. Promptly
following the Commencement Date, the parties hereto shall enter
into an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Landlord
setting forth the Commencement Date.
3.01. Tenant shall
pay, commencing on the Fixed Rent Commencement Date, the Fixed Rent
in equal monthly installments in advance on the first day of each
and every calendar month during the Term (except that Tenant shall
pay, upon the execution and delivery of this Lease by Tenant, the
Advance Rent, to be applied against the first installment or
installments of Fixed Rent becoming due under this Lease). If the
Fixed Rent Commencement Date occurs on a day other than the first
day of a calendar month, the Fixed Rent for the partial calendar
month at the Fixed Rent Commencement Date shall be
prorated.
3.02. The Rent
shall be paid in lawful money of the United States to Landlord at
its office, or such other place, or Landlord’s agent, as
Landlord shall designate by notice to Tenant. Tenant shall pay the
Rent promptly when due without notice or demand therefor and
without any abatement, deduction or setoff for any reason
whatsoever, except as may be expressly provided in this Lease. If
Tenant makes any payment to Landlord by check, same shall be by
check of Tenant and Landlord shall not be required to accept the
check of any other Person, and any check received by Landlord shall
be deemed received subject to collection. If any check is mailed by
Tenant, Tenant shall post such check in sufficient time prior to
the date when payment is due so that such check will be received by
Landlord on or before the date when payment is due. Tenant shall
assume the risk of lateness or failure of delivery of the mails,
and no lateness or failure of the mails will excuse Tenant from its
obligation to have made the payment in question when required under
this Lease.
3.03. No payment
by Tenant or receipt or acceptance by Landlord of a lesser amount
than the correct Rent shall be deemed to be other than a payment on
account, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or any
letter accompanying any check or payment be deemed an accord and
satisfaction, and Landlord may accept such check or payment without
prejudice to Landlord’s right to recover the balance or
pursue any other remedy in this Lease or at law
provided.
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3.04. If Tenant is
in default with regard to the payment of Rent, Tenant waives
Tenant’s right, if any, to designate the items to which any
payments made by Tenant are to be credited, and Landlord may apply
any payments made by Tenant to such items as Landlord sees fit,
irrespective of and notwithstanding any designation or request by
Tenant as to the items to which any such payments shall be
credited.
3.05. In the event
that any installment of Fixed Rent due hereunder shall not be paid
by the first business day of the month for which such payment is
due or in the event any other payment of Rent hereunder shall be
overdue, a “Late Charge” equal to four percent (4%) or
the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is less for Rent so
overdue may be charged as an administrative fee by Landlord. If
Rent is not paid within thirty (30) days of its due date, the
Tenant shall, in addition to Landlord’s other remedies and
not in limitation thereof, also pay interest on unpaid Rent at the
annual rate of the lesser of eight (8%) percent per annum or the
maximum legal rate for so long as the Rent remains unpaid
(“Late Payment Rate”). In the event that any check
tendered by Tenant to Landlord is returned for insufficient funds,
Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in addition to the charge imposed by
the preceding sentence, a fee of $50.00. Any such Late Charges if
not previously paid shall, at the option of the Landlord, be added
to and become part of the next succeeding Rent payment to be made
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Tenant pays any
Rent within five (5) days of notice or invoice from the
Landlord that it is late, the first instance of application of the
“Late Charge” shall be abated in each Calendar
Year.
ARTICLE 4 — Use of Demised
Premises
4.01. Tenant shall
use and occupy the Demised Premises for the Permitted Uses, and
Tenant shall not use or permit or suffer the use of the Demised
Premises or any part thereof for any other purpose. Tenant shall,
subject to compliance by Tenant with applicable Legal Requirements,
and subject to the other provisions of this Lease, be permitted
access to the Demised Premises twenty-four (24) hours a day,
seven (7) days a week.
4.02. If any
governmental license or permit, including a certificate of
occupancy or certificate of continued occupancy (a
“Certificate of Occupancy”) shall be required for the
proper and lawful conduct of Tenant’s business in the Demised
Premises or any part thereof, Tenant shall duly procure and
thereafter maintain such license or permit and submit the same to
Landlord for inspection. Tenant shall at all times comply with the
terms and conditions of each such license or permit. Tenant shall
not at any time use or occupy, or suffer or permit anyone to use or
occupy the Demised Premises, or do or permit anything to be done in
the Demised Premises, in any manner which (a) violates the
Certificate of Occupancy for the Demised Premises or for the
Building; (b) causes or is liable to cause injury to the Building
or any equipment, facilities or systems therein;
(c) constitutes a violation of the Legal Requirements or
Insurance Requirements; (d) impairs the character, reputation or
appearance of the Building; (e) impairs the proper and
economic maintenance, operation and repair of the Building and/or
its equipment, facilities or systems; or (f) in any material
manner, annoys or inconveniences other tenants or occupants of the
Building.
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4.03. Tenant shall
never conduct any warehouse sale at the Demised Premises at which
its goods or products are sold to the public.
ARTICLE 5 — Preparation of
Demised Premises
5.01.(a) The
Demised Premises shall be completed and prepared for Tenant’s
occupancy in the manner described in, and subject to the provisions
of, Exhibit C. Landlord shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Landlord’s Work set forth on
Exhibit C to be completed within thirty (30) days of the
Commencement Date. Upon execution of the Lease, the Landlord shall
deliver possession of the Demised Premises to the Tenant. Tenant
shall have thirty (30) days after Landlord approves
Tenant’s Plans and Specifications, defined below, within
which to apply for its building permits. Thereafter, upon the
issuance of the building permits the Tenant shall proceed with
reasonable diligence to engage contractors in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Lease. Within thirty (30) days of
the substantial completion of the Tenant’s Work, the Tenant
shall promptly apply for a certificate of occupancy or temporary
certificate of occupancy. After, receipt of the certificate of
occupancy or the temporary certificate of occupancy, the Tenant
shall occupy the Demised Premises. Except as expressly provided to
the contrary in this Lease, the taking of possession by Tenant of
the Demised Premises shall be conclusive evidence as against Tenant
that the Demised Premises and the Building were in good and
satisfactory condition at the time such possession was taken
subject to Landlord completing the Landlord’s Work. Except as
expressly provided to the contrary in this Lease, Tenant is leasing
the Demised Premises “as is” on the date hereof,
subject to reasonable wear and tear and Landlord’s express
obligation to complete the Landlord’s Work. The cost of the
Landlord’s Work set forth on Exhibit C to prepare the
Demised Premises for Tenant’s initial occupancy shall not be
included in Operating Expenses or billed to Tenant. Subject to
Landlord’s obligation to complete any incomplete items of
Landlord’s Work of which Tenant gives Landlord written notice
within thirty (30) days after the Commencement Date, the
Demised Premises shall be conclusively presumed to be in
satisfactory condition on the Commencement Date.
5.01.(b)(i) Tenant
shall be responsible for all construction and work to prepare the
Demised Premises for Tenant’s occupancy at Tenant’s
cost and expense in accordance with Article 15 hereof. Prior
to performing any work in the Demised Premises, Tenant shall,
within ten (10) days of the date thereof submit to Landlord
for approval its proposed plans and specifications for all
construction work in the Demised Premises including, but not
limited to layout, mechanical, electrical and plumbing plans and
finish schedules (“Plans and Specifications”). Tenant
shall employ licensed architect(s) and/or engineer(s) for the
preparation of the Plans and Specifications. Landlord shall notify
Tenant of Landlord’s approval or disapproval of such Plans
and Specifications within five (5) business days of its
receipt of the Plans and Specifications. If Landlord disapproves,
Landlord shall provide written notice of the reasons for
disapproval and Tenant shall, within ten (10) days of receipt
of notice of Landlord’s disapproval, resubmit revised Plans
and Specifications that correct such items. Landlord shall notify
Tenant of Landlord’s approval or disapproval of such revised
Plans and Specifications within five (5) business days of its
receipt of the Plans and Specifications. With the prior
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approval of the
Landlord which will not unreasonably be delayed, withheld or
conditioned, Tenant may modify or alter the proposed Tenant’s
Work and its Plans and Specification and/or substitute similar
materials of similar quality for those specified in the Plans and
Specifications.
(ii) Tenant
shall, at Tenant’s expense and at no cost or expense to
Landlord, through Tenant’s Architect or such other licensed
professionals as Tenant may reasonably select, obtain and provide
all design and architectural services necessary to perform
Tenant’s Work and shall be responsible for complying with all
building codes and Legal Requirements in connection with
Tenant’s Work, prior to commencing any work in the Demised
Premises. Tenant shall obtain a permanent certificate of occupancy
of the Demised Premises for the Permitted Uses. The construction of
Tenant’s Work in the Demised Premises shall be performed in a
first class workmanlike manner. At all times when construction in
the Demised Premises is in progress, including but not limited to
prior to the Fixed Rent Commencement Date, Tenant shall maintain or
cause to be maintained the insurance coverage required under
Section 13.02.
(iii) Tenant
shall be solely responsible for the structural integrity of
Tenant’s Work and for the adequacy or sufficiency of the
Plans and Specifications and all the improvements depicted thereon
or covered thereby, and Landlord’s consent thereto, approval
thereof, or incorporation therein of any of its recommendations
shall in no way diminish Tenant’s responsibility therefor or
reduce or mitigate Tenant’s liability in connection
therewith. Landlord shall have no obligations or liabilities by
reason of this Lease in connections with the performance of
construction or of the finish, decorating or installation work
performed by Tenant, or on its behalf, or in connection with the
contracts for the performance thereof entered into by Tenant. Any
warranties extended or available to Tenant in connection with the
aforesaid work shall be for the benefit also of Landlord. Tenant
further agrees that once it commences construction, it shall
diligently and continuously proceed with construction to
completion.
5.02. If the
substantial completion of the Landlord’s Work shall be
delayed due to (a) any act or omission of Tenant or any of its
employees, agents or contractors (including, without limitation,
[i] any delays due to changes in or additions to the
Landlord’s Work, or [ii] any delays by Tenant in the
submission of plans, drawings, specifications or other information
or in approving any working drawings or estimates or in giving any
authorizations or approvals), or (b) any additional time needed for
the completion of the Landlord’s Work by the inclusion in the
Landlord’s Work of any items specified by Tenant that require
long lead time for delivery or installation, then the Demised
Premises shall be deemed Ready for Occupancy on the date when they
would have been ready but for such delay(s).
5.03. If Landlord
is unable to give possession of the Demised Premises on the
Commencement Date because of the holding-over or retention of
possession by any tenant, undertenant or occupant, Landlord shall
not be subject to any liability for failure to give possession, the
validity of this Lease shall not be impaired under such
circumstances, and the Term shall not be extended, but the Rent
shall be abated if Tenant is not responsible for the inability to
obtain possession.
5.04. Landlord
reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to increase,
reduce or change the number, type, size, location, elevation,
nature and use of any of the Common
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Areas and the
Building and any other buildings and other improvements on the
Land, including, without limitation, the right to move and/or
remove same, provided same shall not unreasonably block or
interfere with Tenant’s parking or means of ingress or egress
to and from the Demised Premises.
ARTICLE 6 — Tax and
Operating Expense Payments
6.01. Tenant
shall, commencing on the Commencement Date, pay to Landlord, as
hereinafter provided, Tenant’s Fraction of the Real Estate
Taxes. Tenant’s Fraction of the Real Estate Taxes shall be
the Real Estate Taxes in respect of the Building for the period in
question, multiplied by the Tenant’s Fraction, plus the Real
Estate Taxes in respect of the Land for the period in question,
multiplied by the Tenant’s Fraction. If any portion of the
Building shall be exempt from all or any part of the Real Estate
Taxes, then for the period of time when such exemption is in
effect, the Floor Space on such exempt portion shall be excluded
when making the above computations in respect of the part of the
Real Estate Taxes for which such portion shall be exempt. Landlord
shall estimate the annual amount of Tenant’s Fraction of the
Real Estate Taxes (which estimate may be changed by Landlord at any
time and from time to time), and Tenant shall pay to Landlord
1/12th of the amount so estimated on the first day of each month in
advance. Tenant shall also pay to Landlord on demand from time to
time the amount which, together with said monthly installments,
will be sufficient in Landlord’s estimation to pay
Tenant’s Fraction of any Real Estate Taxes thirty
(30) days prior to the date when such Real Estate Taxes shall
first become due. When the amount of any item comprising Real
Estate Taxes is finally determined for a real estate fiscal tax
year, Landlord shall submit to Tenant a statement in reasonable
detail of the same, and the figures used for computing
Tenant’s Fraction of the same, and if Tenant’s Fraction
so stated is more or less than the amount theretofore paid by
Tenant for such item based on Landlord’s estimate, Tenant
shall pay to Landlord the deficiency within ten (10) days
after submission of such statement, or Landlord shall, at its sole
election, either refund to Tenant the excess or apply same to
future installments of Real Estate Taxes due hereunder. Any Real
Estate Taxes for a real estate fiscal tax year, a part of which is
included within the Term and a part of which is not so included,
shall be apportioned on the basis of the number of days in the real
estate fiscal tax year included in the Term, and the real estate
fiscal tax year for any improvement assessment will be deemed to be
the one-year period commencing on the date when such assessment is
due, except that if any improvement assessment is payable in
installments, the real estate fiscal tax year for each installment
will be deemed to be the one-year period commencing on the date
when such installment is due. The above computations shall be made
by Landlord in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the Floor Space referred to will be based upon the
average of the Floor Space in existence on the first day of each
month during the period in question. In addition to the foregoing,
Tenant shall be responsible for any increase in Real Estate Taxes
attributable to assessments for improvements installed by or for
the account of Tenant at the Demised Premises. If the Demised
Premises are not separately assessed, the amount of any such
increase shall be determined by reference to the records of the tax
assessor.
6.02. Real Estate
Taxes, whether or not a lien upon the Demised Premises shall be
apportioned between Landlord and Tenant at the beginning and end of
the Term; it being
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intended that
Tenant shall pay only that portion of the Real Estate Taxes as is
allocable to the Demised Premises for the Term.
6.03. Tenant
shall, commencing on the Commencement Date, pay to Landlord
Tenant’s Fraction of the Operating Expenses within ten
(10) days after Landlord submits to Tenant an invoice for
same.
6.04. Each such
statement given by Landlord pursuant to Article 6.01 or
Article 6.03 shall be conclusive and binding upon Tenant
unless within one (1) year after the receipt of such statement
Tenant shall notify Landlord that it disputes the correctness of
the statement, specifying the particular respects in which the
statement is claimed to be incorrect. Pending the determination of
such dispute, Tenant shall, within ten (10) days after receipt
of such statement, pay the Additional Charges in accordance with
Landlord’s statement, without prejudice to Tenant’s
position. If the dispute shall be determined in Tenant’s
favor, Landlord shall forthwith pay to Tenant the amount of
Tenant’s overpayment resulting from compliance with
Landlord’s statement.
6.05.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any repair or maintenance work
that Landlord is responsible for supervising but Tenant is
responsible to reimburse the Landlord in whole or in part, which
entails an expenditure of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or more
(such repair or maintenance being referred to as a “Bid
Required Repair”), Landlord shall, except with respect to
expenditures in response to an emergency or threat to the safety of
person or property, obtain at least three (3) bids for such
work from qualified vendors prior to awarding the work. For any Bid
Required Repair the Landlord shall award such work to the qualified
vendor that bids the lowest price for the same work, unless
Landlord determines that another vendor will be better suited to
perform the work; provided however that Landlord shall not award
the bid to a bidder whose bid was more than one hundred ten percent
(110%) of the lowest qualified bid without the Tenant’s prior
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed. Upon request of Tenant, Landlord shall
endeavor to provide Tenant with an explanation of Landlord’s
selection of any such bidder who was not the lowest bidder, however
failure to provide such explanation shall not excuse Tenant from
any obligations under this Lease. Landlord shall maintain a record
of the bids for each such Bid Required Repair for at least two
(2) years from awarding such contracts.
6.06 Other than
any Operating Expenses which Landlord is entitled to include in
Operating Expenses on an amortized or installment basis, Landlord
shall not bill to Tenant as part of Operating Expenses for which
Landlord seeks reimbursement under Section 6.02 of this Lease,
the cost or expenses of any item of Operating Expenses actually
paid by Landlord more than three (3) years prior to the date
Landlord seeks reimbursement for such item from Tenant.
7.01. Except as
may be otherwise expressly provided in this Lease and so long as
Tenant is not in default under this Lease beyond any applicable
cure or grace period, Landlord will operate, manage, equip, light,
repair and maintain, or cause to be operated, managed,
equipped,
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lighted,
repaired and maintained, the Common Areas for their intended
purposes. Landlord reserves the right, at any time and from time to
time, to construct within the Common Areas kiosks, fountains,
aquariums, planters, pools and sculptures, and to install vending
machines, telephone booths, benches and the like, provided same
shall not unreasonably block or interfere with Tenant’s means
of ingress or egress to and from the Demised Premises.
7.02. So long as
Tenant is not in default under this Lease beyond any applicable
cure or grace period, Tenant and its subtenants and
concessionaires, and their respective officers, employees, agents,
customers and invitees, shall have the non-exclusive right, in
common with Landlord and all others to whom Landlord has granted or
may hereafter grant such right, but subject to the Rules and
Regulations, to use the Common Areas. Landlord reserves the right,
at any time and from time to time, to close temporarily all or any
portions of the Common Areas when in Landlord’s reasonable
judgment any such closing is necessary or desirable (a) to
make repairs or changes or to effect construction, (b) to
prevent the acquisition of public rights in such areas, (c) to
discourage unauthorized parking, or (d) to protect or preserve
natural persons or property. Landlord may do such other acts in and
to the Common Areas as in its judgment may be desirable to improve
or maintain same.
7.03. Tenant
agrees that it, any subtenant or licensee and their respective
officers, employees, contractors and agents will park their
automobiles and other vehicles only where and as permitted by
Landlord. Tenant will, if and when so requested by Landlord,
furnish Landlord with the license numbers of any vehicles of
Tenant, any subtenant or licensee and their respective officers,
employees and agents. Tenant shall be entitled to the use of two
hundred fifty (250) parking spaces on the Land for the parking of
automobiles of Tenant, its employees and customers, of which
sixty-five (65) automobile parking spaces in the area marked
in yellow on Exhibit F shall be designated for the exclusive
use of Tenant and its customers and business invitees. Landlord
aggress that during the term of this Lease Landlord shall not
reserve those sixty-five (65) parking spaces marked in blue on
Exhibit F for the exclusive use of any other tenant of the
Building; provided however that nothing contained in the preceding
clause of this sentence shall preclude the use of said spaces for
non-exclusive unreserved parking.
8.01. (a) In
the event Tenant deposits with Landlord any Security Deposit, the
same shall be held as security for the full and faithful payment
and performance by Tenant of Tenant’s obligations under this
Lease. If Tenant defaults in the full and prompt payment and
performance of any of its obligations under this Lease, including,
without limitation, the payment of Rent, Landlord may use, apply or
retain the whole or any part of the Security Deposit to the extent
required for the payment of any Rent or any other sums as to which
Tenant is in default or for any sum which Landlord may expend or
may be required to expend by reason of Tenant’s default in
respect of any of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease,
including, without limitation, any damages or deficiency in the
reletting of the Demised Premises, whether such damages or
deficiency accrue before or after summary proceedings or other
re-entry by Landlord. If Landlord shall so use, apply or retain the
whole or any part of the security, Tenant shall upon demand
immediately deposit with Landlord a sum equal to the amount so
used, applied and
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retained, as
security as aforesaid. If Tenant shall fully and faithfully pay and
perform all of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease, the
Security Deposit or any balance thereof to which Tenant is entitled
shall be returned or paid over to Tenant within thirty
(30) days after the Expiration Date or sooner end or
termination of this Lease with an explanation of the use of any
amount not returned to Tenant. In the event of any sale or leasing
of the Land, Landlord shall have the right to transfer the security
to which Tenant is entitled to the vendee or lessee and Landlord
shall thereupon be released by Tenant from all liability for the
return or payment thereof; and Tenant shall look solely to the new
landlord for the return or payment of the same; and the provisions
hereof shall apply to every transfer or assignment made of the same
to a new landlord. Tenant shall not assign or encumber or attempt
to assign or encumber the monies deposited herein as security, and
neither Landlord nor its successors or assigns shall be bound by
any such assignment, encumbrance, attempted assignment or attempted
encumbrance. However, such transfer to the vendee or lessee of the
Security Deposit shall be conditioned on (i) the Landlord
providing written notice to Tenant of such transfer; and
(ii) the written assumption by the vendee or lessee of the
Building and of the obligations of the Landlord under this Lease
and providing the Tenant with a copy of such document.
8.01 (b). In lieu
of the cash security required by this Lease, Tenant shall, unless
at Landlord’s option on not less than fifteen
(15) business days notice given on or after the Commencement
Date (but not before the execution of this Lease by Landlord and
Tenant) Landlord shall elect to require a cash security deposit,
provide to Landlord an irrevocable transferable Letter of Credit
not less than fifteen (15) business days after the
Commencement Date which shall be in customary form acceptable to
the issuing bank and conform to the then applicable requirements of
the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits in the
amount of the Security Deposit substantially in form annexed hereto
as Exhibit E with such changes as the issuing Bank may,
subject to Landlord’s prior review and approval, reasonably
require and issued by a financial institution reasonably acceptable
to Landlord. Landlord hereby approves PNC Bank as the initial
issuer of the Letter of Credit. Landlord shall have the right, upon
written notice to Tenant (except that for Tenant’s
non-payment of Rent or for Tenant’s failure to comply with
Article 8.03, no such notice shall be required) and regardless
of the exercise of any other remedy the Landlord may have by reason
of a default, to draw upon said Letter of Credit to cure any
default of Tenant or for any purpose authorized by
Section 8.01(a) of this Lease and if Landlord does so, Tenant
shall, upon demand, additionally fund the Letter of Credit with the
amount so drawn so that Landlord shall have the full deposit on
hand at all times during the Term of the Lease and for a period of
thirty (30) days’ thereafter. In the event of a sale of
the Land or the Building or a master lease of the Building subject
to this Lease, Landlord shall have the right to transfer the
security to the vendee or lessee. However, such transfer to the
vendee or lessee of the Letter of Credit shall be conditioned on
(i) the Landlord providing written notice to Tenant of such
transfer; and (ii) the delivery to Tenant a written assumption
of Lease by the vendee or lessee of the Land or the Building and of
the obligations of the Landlord under this Lease.
8.02. The Letter
of Credit shall expire not earlier than thirty (30) days after
the Expiration Date of this Lease. Upon Landlord’s prior
consent, the Letter of Credit may be of the type which is
automatically renewed on an annual basis (Annual Renewal Date),
provided however, in such event Tenant shall maintain the Letter of
Credit and its renewals in full force and effect during
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the entire Term
of this Lease (including any renewals or extensions) and for a
period of thirty (30) days thereafter. The Letter of Credit
will contain a provision requiring the issuer thereof to give the
beneficiary (Landlord) sixty (60) days’ advance written
notice of its intention not to renew the Letter of Credit on the
next Annual Renewal Date.
8.03. In the event
Tenant shall fail to deliver to Landlord a substitute irrevocable
Letter of Credit, in the amount stated above, on or before thirty
(30) days prior to the next Annual Renewal Date, said failure
shall be deemed a default under this Lease. Landlord may, in its
discretion treat this the same as a default in the payment of Rent
or any other default and pursue the appropriate remedy. In
addition, and not in limitation, Landlord shall be permitted to
draw upon the Letter of Credit as in the case of any other default
by Tenant under the Lease.
8.04. Provided
Tenant is not then in default of its obligations under this Lease
(beyond any applicable notice and cure period and Tenant timely
cures any such default with such notice and cure period), and
provided Tenant exercises its option to extend the Term of this
Lease pursuant to Section R2 of the Rider to this Lease,
Landlord shall consent to a reduction of the Security Deposit on
the commencement date of the First Extended Period to an amount
equal to two (2) months’ Fixed Rent at the rate in
effect for the First Extended Period.
ARTICLE 9 —
Subordination
9.01. This Lease,
and all rights of Tenant hereunder, are and shall be subject and
subordinate to all ground leases and underlying leases of the Land
and/or the Building now or hereafter existing and to all Superior
Mortgages which may now or hereafter affect the Land and/or
Building and/or any of such leases, whether or not such Superior
Mortgages or Superior Leases shall also cover other lands and/or
buildings, to each and every advance made or hereafter to be made
under such Superior Mortgages, and to all renewals, modifications,
replacements and extensions of such Superior Leases and such
Superior Mortgages and spreaders and consolidations of such
Superior Mortgages. Landlord covenants and agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts deliver to Tenant within sixty
(60) days of the date hereof a subordination, non-disturbance
and attornment agreement (an “SNDA”) with regard to any
existing Superior Leases or Superior Mortgages, and upon the
placing of any new ground leases and underlying leases of the Land
and/or the Building or new Mortgage as a condition of this Lease
and the interest of the Tenant being subordinated to such new
Mortgagee or new ground leases or underlying leases of the Land
and/or the Building. Each such Superior Mortgagee and Superior
Lessor shall expressly covenant, or each such Superior Mortgagee
and Superior Lessor shall expressly provide, that so long as Tenant
is not in default under this Lease beyond the applicable cure or
grace period, Tenant’s quiet possession of the Demised
Premises shall remain undisturbed, on the terms, covenants and
conditions stated herein, whether or not the Superior Mortgage or
Superior Lease is in default and notwithstanding any foreclosure or
other action brought by the Superior Mortgagee or Superior Lessor.
Landlord represents and warrants that as of the date hereof there
are no Mortgages, ground leases or underlying leases of the Land
and/or the Building affecting the Demised Premises currently except
as set forth on Exhibit G and H. Provided that Landlord
complies with the requirements of this section, Tenant agrees to
comply
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with reasonable
requests for execution of documentation to confirm its
subordination of its leasehold interest.
9.02. If any act
or omission of Landlord would give Tenant the right, immediately or
after lapse of a period of time, to cancel or terminate this Lease,
or to claim a partial or total eviction, Tenant shall not exercise
such right until (i) it has given written notice of such act
or omission to Landlord and each Superior Mortgagee and each
Superior Lessor whose name and address shall previously have been
furnished to Tenant (“Tenant’s Notice”); and
(ii) has given Landlord, Superior Mortgagee, and Superior
Lessor a reasonable amount of time to cure such default as set
forth below. Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of
Tenant’s Notice, Landlord, Superior Mortgagee, or Superior
Lessor, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the
Tenant of its intention to cure such default (the “Superior
Notice”). Such default shall be cured within fifteen
(15) days from the date of the Superior Notice or shall have
been commenced within such fifteen (15) day period with
evidence that the Landlord, Superior Mortgagee or Superior Lessor,
as the case may be, have commenced and are proceeding to cure such
default with reasonable diligence.
9.03. If any
Superior Lessor or Superior Mortgagee shall succeed to the rights
of Landlord under this Lease, whether through possession or
foreclosure action or delivery of a new lease or deed, then at the
request of such party so succeeding to Landlord’s rights
(“Successor Landlord”) and upon such Successor
Landlord’s written agreement to accept Tenant’s
attornment, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize such Successor
Landlord as Tenant’s landlord under this Lease and shall
promptly execute and deliver any instrument that such Successor
Landlord may reasonably request to evidence such attornment. Upon
such attornment this Lease shall continue in full force and effect
as a direct lease between the Successor Landlord and Tenant upon
all of the terms, conditions and covenants as are set forth in this
Lease except that the Successor Landlord shall not (a) be
liable for any previous act or omission of Landlord under this
Lease; (b) be subject to any offset, not expressly provided
for in this Lease, which theretofore shall have accrued to Tenant
against Landlord; (c) be liable for the return of any Security
Deposit, in whole or in part, to the extent that same is not paid
over to the Successor Landlord; or (d) be bound by any
previous modification of this Lease or by any previous prepayment
of more than one month’s Fixed Rent or Additional Charges,
unless such modification or prepayment shall have been expressly
approved in writing by the Superior Lessor of the Superior Lease or
the Mortgagee of the Superior Mortgage through or by reason of
which the Successor Landlord shall have succeeded to the rights of
Landlord under this Lease with the exception that in the event
Tenant pays more then one month’s Operating Expenses or Real
Estate Taxes in advance to the Landlord, then the Successor
Landlord shall give the Tenant credit for such advance
payments.
9.04. If any then
present or prospective Superior Mortgagee shall require any
modification(s) of this Lease, Tenant shall promptly execute and
deliver to Landlord such instruments effecting such modification(s)
as Landlord shall request, provided that such modification(s) do
not adversely affect in any material respect any of Tenant’s
rights and obligations under this Lease, including but not limited
to increasing the obligations of the Tenant with regard to the
Fixed Rent, Additional Charges, or other financial obligations of
the Tenant.
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ARTICLE 10 — Quiet
Enjoyment
10.01. So long as
Tenant pays all of the Rent and performs all of Tenant’s
other obligations hereunder, Tenant shall peaceably and quietly
have, hold and enjoy the Demised Premises without hindrance,
ejection or molestation by Landlord or any person lawfully claiming
through or under Landlord, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions
of this Lease.
ARTICLE 11 — Assignment,
Subletting and Mortgaging
11.01. Tenant
shall not, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of
law or otherwise, (a) assign or otherwise transfer this Lease,
or offer or advertise to do so, (b) sublet the Demised
Premises or any part thereof, or offer or advertise to do so, or
allow the same to be used, occupied or utilized by anyone other
than Tenant, or (c) mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise
hypothecate this Lease in any manner whatsoever, without in each
instance obtaining the prior written consent of Landlord except as
expressly set forth herein. However, Landlord recognizes that
Tenant is a government contractor which is required by federal law
to have inspections by the Department of Defense before shipping
its products and that officials from the Department of Defense and
its customers, also Department of Defense contractors, regularly
will use offices within the Demised Premises. Landlord herby
expressly consents to the Department of Defense and Tenant’s
customers using the Demised Premises provided such usage, is at no
cost or expense to Landlord, is subject to compliance by Tenant at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense with all applicable Legal
Requirements, and does not involve any payments to the Tenant for
the use or occupancy of all or any portion of the Land, the
Building or the Demised Premises and is expressly for the business
purposes of the Tenant. Government officials having business with
Tenant on the Demised Premises and customers of Tenant shall be
deemed business invitees of Tenant and not subtenants or licensees
for purposes of this Article 11 (except to the extent that
such government officials or customers also have entered into a
sublease or license with Tenant).
Landlord agrees
not to unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to the subletting
of the Demised Premises or an assignment of this Lease. In
determining reasonableness, Landlord may take into consideration
all relevant factors surrounding the proposed sublease and
assignment, including, without limitation, the following:
(i) the business reputation of the proposed assignee or
subtenant and its officers or directors in relation to the other
tenants or occupants of the Building or any other property owned or
managed by Landlord or its affiliates; (ii) the nature of the
business and the proposed use of the Demised Premises by the
proposed assignee or subtenant in relation to the other tenants or
occupants of the Building or other properties owned by Landlord or
its affiliates; (iii) whether the proposed assignee or
subtenant is then a tenant (or subsidiary, affiliate or parent of a
tenant) of other space in the Building, or any other property owned
or managed by Landlord or its affiliates; (iv) the financial
condition of the proposed assignee or subtenant;
(v) restrictions, if any, contained in leases or other
agreements affecting the Building or the Land or any other property
owned or managed by Landlord or its affiliates; (vi) the
effect that the proposed assignee’s or subtenant’s
occupancy or use of the Demised Premises would have upon the
operation and maintenance of the Building or any other property
owned or managed by Landlord or its affiliates; (vii) the
extent to which the proposed assignee or subtenant and Tenant
provide Landlord with assurances reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord as
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to the
satisfaction of Tenant’s obligations hereunder. In any event,
at no time shall there be more than two (2) subtenants of the
Demised Premises permitted (i.e. three occupants inclusive of
Tenant).
In the event the
Demised Premises are sublet or this Lease is assigned, Tenant shall
pay to Landlord as an Additional Charge the following amounts (the
Additional Charges payable hereunder being referred to sometimes
herein as the “Excess Amount”), if any: (i) in the
case of an assignment, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of
the amount, if any, by which all sums and other consideration paid
to Tenant by the assignee for or by reason of such assignment
exceeds the Permitted Expenses (as hereinafter defined) and
(ii) in the case of a sublease, fifty percent (50%) of the
amount, if any, by which any rents, additional charge or other
consideration payable by the subtenant exceed the Fixed Rent and
Additional Charges payable under this Lease during the term of the
sublease in respect of the subleased space (at the rate per square
foot payable by Tenant hereunder) pursuant to the terms hereof
after recoupment (from such rents, additional charges or other
consideration) of all Permitted Expenses (as hereinafter defined);
provided however that the Excess Amount shall not be less than
zero. As used herein the term “Permitted Expenses”
shall mean the actual reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by
Tenant in connection with such assignment or subletting, as
substantiated by Tenant, in writing, to Landlord’s reasonable
satisfaction, for, a reasonable brokerage fee, reasonable legal
fees of Tenant specifically for negotiating and preparing such
sublease or assignment, and the reasonable cost and expense of any
work performed in the Demised Premises by Tenant specifically for
such subletting or assignment as the case may be, but not including
any expenditures for Tenant’s Work or Tenant’s
Property.
Tenant shall not
be required to obtain Landlord’s consent to an assignment or
sublease to an Affiliate of Tenant or to a transaction expressly
permitted without Landlord’s consent pursuant to
Section 11.02 hereof, provided however that Tenant shall be
required to comply with the notice and other provisions of this
Article 11 (including but not limited to Section 11.02
where applicable) with respect to such assignment or sublease. The
Tenant shall not be required to pay the Excess Amount with respect
to any assignment or sublease to an Affiliate of Tenant or with
respect to a transaction expressly permitted without
Landlord’s consent pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary Tenant
shall not form or sublet, assign or transfer to a Tenant Affiliate,
or merge, consolidate or enter into any transaction covered by
Section 11.02 hereof for the principal or primary purpose of
evading the Excess Amount payments otherwise required hereunder, or
the restrictions on subletting, assignment or transfer otherwise
provided in this Lease (such assignment, subletting, transfer,
merger, consolidation or transaction being referred to herein as an
“Evasion Transfer”); in the event of any such Evasion
Transfer Tenant shall be required to comply with Excess Amount
provisions and the restrictions on subletting, assignment and
transfer otherwise provided in this Article 11 (including, but
not limited to Landlord’s recapture rights pursuant to
section 11.08) as if such subtenant, assignee or transferee were
not an Affiliate of Tenant or such transaction were not permitted
pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof. As used herein the phrases
“Affiliate of Tenant” and “Tenant
Affiliate” shall mean any entity which is fifty percent or
more (50%) owned by Tenant or of which Tenant owns fifty (50%)
percent or more or which is fifty (50%) percent or more owned by a
Person who owns fifty (50%) percent or more of Tenant (including
but not limited to such ownership resulting from merger or
consolidation). For purposes of the
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immediately
preceding sentence “owned” and “owns” shall
mean ownership of the voting stock (if a corporation), partnership
interest (if a partnership) or membership interest (if a limited
liability company).
11.02. If at any
time (a) the original Tenant named herein, (b) the then
Tenant, (c) any Guarantor, or (d) any Person owning a
majority of the voting stock of, or directly or indirectly
controlling, the then Tenant shall be a corporation or partnership,
or other legal entitiy, any transfer of voting stock or other
interest resulting in the person(s) who shall have owned a majority
of such corporation’s shares of voting stock or the general
partners’ interest in such partnership, the membership
interest in any limited liability company or other ownership
interest in any other form of legal entity as the case may be,
immediately before such transfer, ceasing to own a majority of such
shares of voting stock or general partner’s interest,
membership interest or other ownership interest as the case may be,
except as the result of transfers by inheritance or among existing
shareholders or among general partners, or among existing members
shall be deemed to be an assignment of this Lease as to which
Landlord’s consent shall have been required, and in any such
event Tenant shall notify Landlord. Except for any Evasion
Transfer, the provisions of this Article 11.02 shall not be
applicable to any corporation or any other legal entity whose stock
is listed on a national securities exchange (as defined in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) or is traded in the
over-the-counter market with quotations reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers through its automated system for
reporting quotations and shall not apply to transactions with a
corporation or other legal entity into or with which the then
Tenant is merged or consolidated or to which substantially all of
the then Tenant’s assets are transferred or to any
corporation or other legal entity which controls or is controlled
by the then Tenant or is under common control with the then Tenant,
provided that in any of such events (i) the successor to
Tenant has a net worth computed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles at least equal to the net worth of
Tenant at the time of such merger, consolidation or transfer, and
(ii) proof satisfactory to Landlord of such net worth shall
have been delivered to Landlord at least thirty (30) days
after the effective date of any such transaction. For the purposes
of this Article, the words “voting stock” shall refer
to shares of stock or other legal form of ownership regularly
entitled to vote for the election of directors of the corporation
or, if applicable the managers, trustees or directors of such other
legal entity. Landlord shall have the right at any time and from
time to time during the Term to inspect the stock record books of
the corporation or, if applicable or similar ownership records of
any other legal entity to which the provisions of this
Article 11.02 apply, and Tenant will produce the same on
request of Landlord.
11.03. If this
Lease is assigned, whether or not in violation of this Lease,
Landlord may collect rent from the assignee. If the Demised
Premises or any part thereof are sublet or used or occupied by
anybody other than Tenant, whether or not in violation of this
Lease, Landlord may, after default by Tenant, and expiration of
Tenant’s time to cure such default, collect rent from the
subtenant or occupant. In either event, Landlord may apply the net
amount collected to the Rent, but no such assignment, subletting,
occupancy or collection shall be deemed a waiver of any of the
provisions of Article 11.01 or Article 11.02, or the
acceptance of the assignee, subtenant or occupant as tenant, or a
release of Tenant from the performance by Tenant of Tenant’s
obligations under this Lease. The consent by Landlord to any
assignment, mortgaging, subletting or use or occupancy by others
shall not in any way be considered to relieve Tenant
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from obtaining
the express written consent of Landlord to any other or further
assignment, mortgaging or subletting or use or occupancy by others
not expressly permitted by this Article 11. References in this
Lease to use or occupancy by others (that is, anyone other than
Tenant) shall not be construed as limited to subtenants and those
claiming under or through subtenants but shall be construed as
including also licensees and others claiming under or through
Tenant, immediately or remotely.
11.04. Any
permitted assignment or transfer, whether made with
Landlord’s consent pursuant to Section 11.01 or without
Landlord’s consent if permitted by Section 11.02, shall
be made only if, and shall not be effective until, the assignee
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord an agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to Landlord whereby the assignee
shall assume Tenant’s obligations under this Lease and
whereby the assignee shall agree that all of the provisions in this
Article 11 shall, notwithstanding such assignment or transfer,
continue to be binding upon it in respect to all future assignments
and transfers. Notwithstanding any assignment or transfer, whether
or not in violation of the provisions of this Lease, and
notwithstanding the acceptance of Rent by Landlord from an
assignee, transferee, or any other party, the original Tenant and
any other person(s) who at any time was or were Tenant shall remain
fully liable for the payment of the Rent and for Tenant’s
other obligations under this Lease.
11.05. The
liability of the original named Tenant and any other Person(s)
(including but not limited to any Guarantor) who at any time are or
become responsible for Tenant’s obligations under this Lease
shall not be discharged, released or impaired by any agreement or
stipulation made by Landlord extending the time of, or modifying
any of the terms or obligations under this Lease, or by any waiver
or failure of Landlord to enforce, any of this Lease.
11.06. The listing
of any name other than that of Tenant, whether on the doors of the
Demised Premises or the Building directory, or otherwise, shall not
operate to vest any right or interest in this Lease or in the
Demised Premises, nor shall it be deemed to be the consent of
Landlord to any assignment or transfer of this Lease or to any
sublease of the Demised Premises or to the use or occupancy thereof
by others. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lease to the
contrary, Landlord shall have the absolute right to withhold its
consent to an assignment or subletting to a Person who is otherwise
a tenant or occupant of the Building, or of a building owned or
managed by Landlord or its affiliated entities within three
(3) miles of the Land. Tenant shall not place any for rent or
similar signs on the Land, the Building or the exterior areas of
the Demised Premises. Tenant may advertise in a newspaper with
respect to any permitted assignment or sublease hereunder, and may
list, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense (and at no cost or
expense or liability to Landlord), such subletting or assignment
with a broker, provided that neither the address of the Demised
Premises nor any reference to Landlord or its affiliates is
included in any such advertising by Tenant or such
broker.
11.07. Without
limiting any of the provisions of Article 27, if pursuant to
the Federal Bankruptcy Code (or any similar law hereafter enacted
having the same general purpose), Tenant is permitted to assign
this Lease notwithstanding the restrictions contained in this
Lease, adequate assurance of future performance by an assignee
expressly permitted under such Code shall be deemed to mean the
deposit of cash security in an amount equal to the sum of one
(1)
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year’s
Fixed Rent plus an amount equal to the Additional Charges for the
Calendar Year preceding the year in which such assignment is
intended to become effective, which deposit shall be held by
Landlord for the balance of the Term, without interest, as security
for the full performance of all of Tenant’s obligations under
this Lease, to be held and applied in the manner specified for
security in Article 8.
11.08. Except with
respect to assignments, subleases or occupancies permitted without
Landlord’s consent pursuant to Section 11.01 and except
for transfers permitted without Landlord’s consent pursuant
to Section 11.02, if Tenant shall propose to assign or in any
manner transfer this Lease or any interest therein, or sublet the
Demised Premises or any part or parts thereof, or grant any
concession or license therein, Tenant shall give notice thereof to
Landlord, together with a copy of the proposed instrument that is
to accomplish same and such financial and other information
pertaining to the proposed assignee, transferee, subtenant,
concessionaire or licensee as Landlord shall reasonably require;
provided however that with respect to any assignments, subleases or
occupancies permitted without Landlord’s consent pursuant to
Section 11.01 and for transfers permitted without
Landlord’s consent pursuant to Section 11.02, Tenant
shall within five (5) business days after such assignment,
sublease, occupancy or transfer, provide Landlord with written
notice thereof and with a copy of the instrument accomplishing same
and such financial and other information pertaining to the proposed
assignee, transferee, subtenant, concessionaire or licensee as
Landlord shall reasonably require. Except with regard to any
assignment, sublease, license, occupancy or transfer expressly
permitted hereunder without Landlord’s prior written consent,
Landlord may, in addition to Landlord’s right to give or
withhold consent, terminate this Lease with respect notice given to
Tenant within thirty (30) days after receipt of said proposed
instrument and financial and other information, and upon the date
specified in such notice, which date shall be not less than
30 days and not more than 60 days after the giving of
said notice, this Lease shall terminate; provided however that with
respect to a proposed sublet of less than fifty (50%) percent of
the Floor Space of the Demised Premises, this Lease shall only be
terminated as to such portion of the Demised Premises which is the
subject of the proposed sublease. In the event the Landlord advises
the Tenant that it wishes to terminate the Lease (or that Landlord
wishes to terminate this Lease with respect to a portion of the
Demised Premises in the case of a proposed sublease), the Tenant
shall have the right to withdraw its request for the
Landlord’s consent by providing the Landlord with written
notice within fifteen (15) business days after the Landlord
has notified the Tenant of its election to terminate. If Landlord
does not terminate this Lease, and (if Landlord consents to the
subject transaction or if Landlord’s consent is not required
to same) if Tenant does not consummate the subject transaction
within 120 days after the last day on which Landlord might
have so terminated this Lease as a result of such transaction,
Tenant shall again be required to comply with the provisions of
this Section 11.08 in connection with any such transaction as
if the notice by Tenant referred to above in this
Section 11.08 had not been given. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Lease to the contrary, Landlord shall not be
obligated to entertain or consider any request by Tenant to consent
to any proposed assignment of this Lease or sublet of all or any
part of the Demised Premises unless each request by Tenant is
accompanied by a non-refundable fee payable to Landlord in the
amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to cover Landlord’s
administrative costs and expenses incurred in processing each of
Tenant’s requests. Neither Tenant’s payment nor
Landlord’s acceptance of the foregoing fee shall be construed
to impose any obligation whatsoever upon Landlord to consent to
Tenant’s request.
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ARTICLE 12 — Compliance
with Laws
12.01. Tenant
shall comply with all Legal Requirements which shall, in respect of
the Demised Premises or the use and occupation thereof, or the
abatement of any nuisance in, on or about the Demised Premises,
impose any violation, order or duty on Landlord or Tenant; and
Tenant shall pay all the costs, expenses, fines, penalties and
damages which may be imposed upon Landlord or any Superior Lessor
by reason of or arising out of Tenant’s failure to fully and
promptly comply with and observe the provisions of this
Section 12.01. However, Tenant need not comply with any such
law or requirement of any public authority so long as Tenant shall
be contesting the validity thereof, or the applicability thereof to
the Demised Premises, in accordance with
Section 12.02.
12.02. Tenant may
contest, by appropriate proceedings prosecuted diligently and in
good faith, the validity, or applicability to the Demised Premises,
of any Legal Requirement, provided that (a) Landlord shall not
be subject to criminal penalty or to prosecution for a crime or
offense, and neither the Demised Premises nor any part thereof
shall be subject to being condemned or vacated, by reason of
non-compliance or otherwise by reason of such contest;
(b) before the commencement of such contest, Tenant shall
furnish to Landlord either (i) the bond of a surety company
satisfactory to Landlord, which bond shall be, as to its provisions
and form, satisfactory to Landlord, and shall be in an amount at
least equal to 125% of the cost of such compliance (as estimated by
a reputable contractor designated by Landlord) and shall indemnify
Landlord against the cost thereof and against all liability for
damages, interest, penalties and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses), resulting from or incurred in
connection with such contest or non-compliance, or (ii) other
security in place of such bond satisfactory to Landlord;
(c) such non-compliance or contest shall not constitute or
result in any violation of any Superior Lease or Superior Mortgage,
or if any such Superior Lease and/or Superior Mortgage shall permit
such non-compliance or contest on condition of the taking of action
or furnishing of security by Landlord, such action shall be taken
and such security shall be furnished at the expense of Tenant; and
(d) Tenant shall keep Landlord advised as to the status of
such proceedings. Without limiting the application of the above,
Landlord shall be deemed subject to prosecution for a crime or
offense if Landlord, or its managing agent, or any officer,
director, partner, shareholder or employee of Landlord or its
managing agent, as an individual, is charged with a crime or
offense of any kind or degree whatsoever, whether by service of a
summons or otherwise, unless such charge is withdrawn before
Landlord or its managing agent, or such officer, director, partner,
shareholder or employee of Landlord or its managing agent (as the
case may be) is required to plead or answer thereto.
12.03. In the
event Tenant, in writing, requests the right to pursue an appeal of
the Real Estate Taxes with respect to the Property, Landlord shall
not unreasonably withhold its consents to the such appeal by
Tenant. If Landlord’s consent is granted, Tenant, at no cost
or expense to Landlord, may file and pursue, at Tenant’s sole
cost and expense such Real Estate Tax appeal. Provided Tenant is
not in default of its obligations under this Lease beyond any
applicable notice or cure period, Landlord hereby consents to
Tenant, at no cost or expense to Landlord, filing an appeal with
respect to any added assessment for Tenant’s Work for which
Tenant only is
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responsible (an
“Added Assessment Appeal”), upon not less than thirty
(30) days prior written notice to Landlord. Landlord shall
have the right, but not the obligation, to have its counsel join in
or monitor any such Real Estate Tax appeal or Added Assessment
Appeal (any such appeal or similar contest being collectively or
individually referred herein as a “Tax Appeal”) as
co-counsel at the cost and expense of Landlord. If Tenant cannot
proceed in its own name, Landlord shall permit Tenant to proceed in
Landlord’s name and Landlord shall execute all documents
required thereby and promptly return the same to Tenant. If either
party shall prosecute a Tax Appeal, the other party will cooperate
and furnish any pertinent information in its files reasonably
required by the prosecuting party. In the event any Tax Appeal is
filed or prosecuted by Tenant, Tenant shall indemnify and hold
Landlord harmless from all loss, damage, cost, liability and
expense (including but not limited to attorney’s fees and
experts fees and including but not limited to any increase in Real
Estate Taxes resulting from any counterclaim or loss of such Tax
Appeal) arising from or incurred in connection with such Tax
Appeal. Tenant shall provide Landlord with copies of all filings
and all appraisal reports and discovery obtained in connection with
any Tax Appeal filed by Tenant. Landlord reserves the right, but
not the obligation, to prosecute any Tax Appeal itself (except an
Added Assessment Appeal which Tenant shall have the sole right to
prosecute) and in such event may require Tenant to withdraw any
appeal filed by Tenant (except an Added Assessment Appeal). Any
engagement or retainer agreement entered into by Tenant with any
attorney, consultant or expert with respect to such appeal shall be
subject to the prior review and reasonable approval of Landlord
(any such approval not to be construed as obligating Landlord with
respect to such agreement but Landlord shall not unreasonably
withhold its consent if such terms are usual and customary in tax
appeal matters). If any cash payment refund is received or credit
issued as a result of such Tax Appeal proceedings the party herein
paying the legal fees, experts fees, and related costs of such
proceeding shall be entitled to reimbursement from such cash
payment or credit for its legal fees, experts fees, and related
costs incurred as a result of pursuing such proceeding. In the
event a Tax Appeal is successful and a credit or refund is received
by the Landlord for any period during which the Tenant paid Real
Estate Taxes, the Tenant shall be entitled to refund of its
Tenant’s Fraction of the refund after the payment of all
legal fees, experts fees and costs of the appeal or a credit toward
Real Estate Taxes due under this Lease. The obligation to pay such
refund or credit to Tenant shall survive the termination of this
Lease. Landlord shall endeavor to provide notice to Tenant of any
Added Assessment within ten (10) business days after
Landlord’s receipt of written notice of such Added Assessment
from the Township of Hanover; provided however that failure of
Landlord to provide such notice to Tenant shall not be a default by
Landlord or entitle Tenant to any damages or claim against Landlord
for or arising from any such failure.
12.04. Tenant
shall comply with Environmental Laws applicable to the Demised
Premises. Tenant shall not cause or permit the escape, disposal or
release (hereinafter “Discharge”) of any Hazardous
Substance in violation of any applicable Environmental Laws. Except
as set forth below, Tenant (i) shall comply with all
environmental engineering controls and restrictions, if any, in
effect or hereafter affecting the Land, (ii) shall not allow
the storage or use of Hazardous Substances in any manner not
sanctioned by Environmental Laws, and (iii) shall not allow to
be brought onto the Building or the Land any Hazardous Substances
except in compliance with Environmental Laws.
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12.05 Tenant
represents that the NAICS code number applicable to Tenant’s
operations (336413) will subject the Demised Premises and any other
structures, vessels, or contrivances that provide, or are utilized
for, Hazardous Substances to or from the Demised Premises to the
requirements of ISRA (“ISRA Premises”). Tenant agrees
that it shall promptly inform Landlord of any change in its NAICS
number or the nature of the business to be conducted on the ISRA
Premises.
12.06 Subject to
Sections 12.11 and 12.12, Tenant expressly covenants and
agrees to (a) fully comply with the provisions of ISRA at any
time that any action of the Landlord (due to the nature of
Tenant’s operations) or Tenant triggers the applicability of
ISRA, including paying all filing fees and costs associated with
ISRA compliance, retaining consultants and attorneys to assist it
in complying with ISRA and paying for New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) required
investigations and remediation (such fees and costs associated with
ISRA or any other Environmental Laws being referred to collectively
herein as “Compliance Costs”) and (b) to provide
Evidence of Compliance (as defined below) to the
Landlord.
12.07 Evidence of
Compliance, as used herein, shall mean (i) a letter setting
forth a specific regulatory exemption from ISRA, (ii) a De
Minimus Quantity exemption from NJDEP, (iii) any other
exemption then available under ISRA or (iv) a “no
further action letter” (or its equivalent or replacement
pursuant to amended statutes/regulations).
12.08. Evidence of
Compliance shall be delivered to the Landlord, together with copies
of all final submissions made to, and received from, the NJDEP,
including all environmental reports, test results and other
supporting documentation.
12.09 Landlord
shall be given not less than ten (10) days prior written
notice and opportunity to review and comment upon any documents
Tenant plans to submit to the NJDEP in connection with its ISRA
obligation. No later than ten (10) days thereafter, Tenant
shall provide Landlord with written notice in the event Tenant
disagrees with any of Landlord’s comments. Subject to
compliance with the terms of this Lease, including but not limited
to Article 12, Tenant shall have reasonable discretion
regarding whether and to what extent Landlord’s comments
shall be included in Tenant’s final submission to NJDEP
(provided however that Tenant shall include Landlord’s
comments with respect to any matter for which Landlord may have any
responsibility or liability). In the event any meetings are held at
NJDEP concerning the ISRA Premises, Landlord shall be given prior
notice of and be invited to attend those meetings, but Landlord and
Tenant each covenants to the other and agrees that the
communication of any their respective positions to the NJDEP shall
be done in a manner and in substance consistent with the provisions
of this Lease, including but not limited to Article 12
hereof.
12.10 Whether or
not revealed by an ISRA triggering event, in the event that any
investigation or remediation of the ISRA Premises is required
because of a Discharge after the execution of this Lease, and that
Discharge was caused by Tenant or Tenant’s agents, employees,
contractors or invitees, Tenant expressly covenants and agrees that
it shall be responsible for Compliance Costs with respect to that
Discharge.
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12.11 In the event
that any investigation or remediation of the Demised Premises is
required because of a Discharge on the Demised Premises after the
execution of this Lease, whether or not revealed by an ISRA
triggering event, and that Discharge was caused by a person or
entity other than Tenant, or Tenant’s agents, employees,
contractors or invitees, or Landlord or Landlord’s agents,
employees, contractors or invitees, Landlord expressly covenants
and agrees that it shall initially be responsible for paying all
Compliance Costs with respect to such Discharge; provided however
that 50% of the costs and expenses thereof together with interest
thereon at the rate of 6% per annum shall be included in Operating
Expenses and amortized over the remaining term of this Lease (or
any extensions exercised by Tenant before payment in full of amount
due to Landlord) for which Tenant shall pay Tenant’s Fraction
thereof.
12.12 In the event
there is an ISRA triggering event and remediation of the ISRA
Premises is required because of a Discharge prior to the execution
of this Lease, Landlord covenants and agrees that it shall assume
(including the rights and obligations given to Tenant under
Sections 12.08 and 12.09) and be responsible for all
Compliance Costs with respect to that Discharge and Tenant shall
have no ISRA obligations other than paying to Landlord the cost of
the investigation and delineation of the Discharge, not to exceed
$25,000. If the Tenant has expended more than $25,000 toward
investigation and delineation of a Discharge for which Landlord has
Compliance Cost obligations, Landlord shall reimburse Tenant for
said overages within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written
notification from Tenant accompanied by appropriate backup.
Interest on any amounts unpaid by Landlord within thirty
(30) days of receipt of the required documentation shall
accrue at 6% per annum. If there is no ISRA triggering event, but
remediation is required because of a Discharge prior to the
execution of this Lease or a Discharge caused by Landlord or its
agents, employees, contractors or invitees, Landlord is responsible
for all Compliance Costs without recourse to or payment from
Tenant.
12.13 In the event
that Landlord’s remedial obligation pursuant to
Sections 12.11 or 12.12 has a materially adverse affect (which
eventuality Landlord and Tenant shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to avoid) on Tenant’s engineering, testing or
assembling operations, then being conducted at the Demised Premises
as a material and indispensable part of Tenant’s operations
at the Demised Premises, such that these operations can no longer
be performed on the Demised Premises, Tenant shall have the right
and option of terminating this Lease, upon not less than sixty
(60) days written notice written notice to Landlord, given not
earlier than Landlord’s initiation of remediation on the
Demised Premises; provided however that Landlord shall have the
right (but not the obligation) to nullify such termination notice
in the event, prior to the expiration of said sixty (60) day
notice period, Landlord either restores the use of the Demised
Premises to Tenant for such operations or Landlord provides to
Tenant reasonably suitable substitute space at no additional cost
to Tenant (provided Landlord agrees to be responsible for the
reasonable and necessary costs of Tenant moving to, preparing,
improving, or altering the other space to make same suitable for
Tenant’s operation) until such operations can be restored to
the Demised Premises. In the event Tenant elects not to so
terminate the Lease, the Fixed Rent Operating Expenses and Real
Estate Taxes shall be abated for that portion of the Demised
Premises made unusable, until such time as the Demised Premises
becomes usable or suitable substitute premises are provided,
whichever occurs first, together with any reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by Tenant in enforcing Landlord’s
obligations under this Article.
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12.14 If Tenant or
its agents, employees, contractors or invitees have caused a
Discharge, Tenant shall be obligated, at Tenant’s sole cost
and expense, to cleanup and remediate such Discharge to a NJDEP
unrestricted use standard; provided however that if contaminants at
the Demised Premises exceed the NJDEP unrestricted use standard as
a result of the continued presence of levels of contamination
existing on the ISRA Premises prior to the date of this Lease in
excess of NJDEP unrestricted use standards, or as a result of
levels of contamination from a Discharge for which Landlord is
responsible pursuant to Section 12.11 or 12.12 in excess of
NJDEP unrestricted use standards, Tenant shall be permitted to
remediate the Discharge caused by Tenant or its agents, employees,
contractors or invitees on the ISRA Premises to a NJDEP restricted
use standard, utilizing engineering and institutional controls as
defined in N.J.A.C. 7:26E-1.8 and, as necessary, using a
Classification Exception Area for groundwater (“CEA”).
In the event Tenant is permitted to remediate to a NJDEP restricted
use standard as provided above and as a result thereof a deed
notice is necessary, Landlord shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver the deed notice to Tenant and Tenant shall record the deed
notice at Tenant’s cost and expense. In the event such deed
notice is required as a result of the levels of contamination
existing on the ISRA Premises prior to the date of this Lease, in
excess of NJDEP unrestricted use standards, or as a result of a
levels of contamination from a Discharge for which Landlord is
responsible pursuant to Section 12.11 or 12.12 in excess of NJDEP
unrestricted use standards, Landlord shall have the obligation to
maintain the controls set forth in the deed notice on an ongoing
basis and to provide all necessary follow up reports to the NJDEP.
To the extent Landlord elects, in its sole discretion, to permit
Tenant to cleanup or remediate to a NJDEP restricted use standard,
Tenant shall have the obligation to maintain the controls set forth
in the deed notice on an ongoing basis and to provide all necessary
follow up reports to the NJDEP; provided however that to the extent
such controls and reports are required by Environmental Laws after
the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall
be obligated to reimburse Landlord for the cost of maintenance and
reporting with respect to such controls after the expiration or
earlier termination of this Lease. Tenant’s obligations under
this Article 12 shall survive the expiration or termination of
this Lease.
12.15 Prior to
and, if necessary, subsequent to the Expiration Date, Landlord
shall provide Tenant with access to the ISRA Premises in accordance
with the terms of the Environmental Access Agreement attached as
Exhibit K. Tenant’s obligation to comply with ISRA may
be satisfied prior to the expiration or after the termination of
this Lease Agreement; provided that to the extent any part of the
ISRA Premises is not useable by Landlord upon expiration of the
Term or sooner termination of this Lease, for which Landlord has no
Compliance Cost obligations, Tenant shall be deemed a holdover and
shall pay Rent with respect to such unusable portion in accordance
with the terms of Section 24.02 of this Lease
Agreement.
12.16 Both the
Tenant and Landlord agree that they shall, subject to the terms of
this Lease, cooperate with each other and assist one another in
complying with ISRA and any other applicable compliance obligations
with respect to Environmental Laws, including providing and
reasonably executing any document, to the extent consistent with
this Lease, in order to achieve ISRA compliance.
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12.17 The
Tenant’s and Landlord’s obligations and covenants under
this Article 12 shall survive the expiration or earlier
termination of the lease term.
ARTICLE 13 — Insurance and
Indemnity
13.01. Landlord
shall maintain or cause to be maintained All Risk insurance for
full replacement value, with such reasonable deductibles as
Landlord may determine, in respect of the Building and other
improvements on the Land normally covered by such insurance (except
for the property Tenant is required to cover with insurance under
Article 13.02 and similar property of other tenants and
occupants of the Building or buildings and other improvements which
are on land neither owned by nor leased to Landlord) for the
benefit of Landlord, any Superior Lessors, any Superior Mortgagees
and any other parties Landlord may at any time and from time to
time designate, as their interests may appear, but not for the
benefit of Tenant, and shall maintain rent insurance as required by
any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee. The All Risk
insurance shall cover the Tenant’s Work that the Tenant
installs in the Demised Premises that become part of the Building
and are not insurable by the Tenant as its personal property. In
addition, the All Risk insurance will be in the amounts required by
any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee but not less than the
amount sufficient to avoid the effect of the co-insurance
provisions of the applicable policy or policies. Landlord may also
maintain any other forms and types of insurance which Landlord
shall deem reasonable in respect of the Building and Land. Landlord
shall have the right to provide any insurance maintained or caused
to be maintained by it under blanket policies.
13.02. Tenant
shall maintain the following insurance: (a) commercial general
liability insurance in respect of the Demised Premises and the
conduct and operation of business therein, having a limit of
liability not less than a $5,000,000. per occurrence for bodily
injury or property damage coverage to include but not be limited to
premises/operations, completed operations, contractual liability
and product liability, (b) automobile liability insurance
covering all owned, hired and non-owned vehicles used by the Tenant
in connection with the premises and any loading or unloading of
such vehicles, with a limit of liability not less than $2,000,000
per accident and (c) worker’s compensation and employers
liability insurance as required by statutes, but in any event not
less than $500,000 for Employers Liability; (d) All Risk
insurance in respect of loss or damage to Tenant’s stock in
trade, fixtures, furniture, furnishings, removable floor coverings,
equipment, signs and all other property of Tenant in the Demised
Premises in an amount equal to the full replacement value thereof
as same might increase from time to time or such higher amount as
either may be required by the holder of any fee mortgage, or is
necessary to prevent Landlord and/or Tenant from becoming a
co-insurer. Such insurance shall include coverage for property of
others in the care, custody and control of Tenant in amounts
sufficient to cover the replacement value of such property, to the
extent of Tenant’s liability therefor; and (e) such
other insurance as Landlord may reasonably require. Landlord may at
any time and from time to time require that the limits for the
general liability insurance to be maintained by Tenant be increased
to the limits that new tenants in the Building are required by
Landlord to maintain. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord and any
additional insured(s) certificates for such fully paid-for policies
upon execution hereof. Tenant shall procure and pay for renewals of
such insurance from time to time, and Tenant shall deliver to
Landlord and any additional insured(s) certificates therefor prior
to the expiration of any existing policy. All such policies shall
be
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issued by
companies acceptable to Landlord, having a Bests Rating of not less
than A, Class VII (or an equivalent S&P rating if requested by
Landlord), and licensed to do business in New Jersey or, subject to
Landlord’s consent which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, an eligible surplus lines insurer in New Jersey, and all
such policies shall contain a provision whereby the same cannot be
canceled unless Landlord and any additional insured(s) are given at
least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such
cancellation. The policies and certificates of insurance (such
certificates to be on Acord form 27 or its equivalent) to be
delivered to Landlord by Tenant pursuant to this Article 13.02
(other than workers compensation insurance) shall name Landlord as
an additional insured and, at Landlord’s request, shall also
name any Superior Lessors or Superior Mortgagees as additional
insureds, and the following phrase must be typed on the certificate
of insurance: “Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., and its
respective subsidiaries, affiliates, associates, joint ventures,
and partnerships, and (if Landlord has so requested) Superior
Lessors and Superior Mortgagees are hereby named as additional
insureds as their interests may appear. It is intended for this
insurance to be primary and non-contributing.” Tenant shall
give Landlord at least thirty (30) days’ prior written
notice that any such policy is being canceled or
replaced.
13.03. Tenant
shall not do, permit or suffer to be done any act, matter, thing or
failure to act in respect of the Demised Premises or use or occupy
the Demised Premises or conduct or operate Tenant’s business
in any manner objectionable to any insurance company or companies
whereby the fire insurance or any other insurance then in effect in
respect of the Land and Building or any part thereof shall become
void or suspended or whereby any premiums in respect of insurance
maintained by Landlord shall be higher than those which would
normally have been in effect for the occupancy contemplated under
the Permitted Uses. In case of a breach of the provisions of this
Article 13.03, in addition to all other rights and remedies of
Landlord hereunder, Tenant shall (a) indemnify Landlord and the
Superior Lessors and hold Landlord and the Superior Lessors
harmless from and against any loss which would have been covered by
insurance which shall have become void or suspended because of such
breach by Tenant and (b) pay to Landlord any and all increases
of premiums on any insurance, including, without limitation, rent
insurance, resulting from any such breach.
13.04. Except as
expressly provided in Article 12 of this Lease, Tenant shall
indemnify and hold harmless Landlord and all Superior Lessors and
its and their respective partners, joint venturers, directors,
officers, agents, servants and employees from and against any and
all claims arising from or in connection with (a) the
Tenant’s or Tenant’s agents’, employees’,
contractors’ or invitees’ conduct or management of the
Demised Premises or the ISRA Premises or of any business therein,
or any work or thing whatsoever done, or any condition created by
Tenant or Tenant’s agents, employees, contractors or invitees
including, but not limited to the Discharge of a Hazardous
Substance (including but not limited to any period prior to the
Commencement Date or after the Expiration Date or termination of
this Lease that Tenant or its agents were given access to the
Demised Premises or the ISRA Premises); (b) any act, omission
or negligence of Tenant or any of its subtenants or licensees or
its or their partners, joint venturers, directors, officers,
agents, employees or contractors; (c) any accident, injury or
damage whatever (unless caused solely by the negligence or
intentional misconduct of Landlord’s or the negligence or
intentional misconduct of Landlord’s agents, employees,
contractors or invitees) occurring in the Demised Premises or the
ISRA Premises during the Term or any period prior to the
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Commencement
Date or after the Expiration Date or termination of this Lease that
Tenant or its agents were given access to the Demised Premises or
the ISRA Premises; and (d) any breach or default by Tenant in
the full and prompt payment and performance of Tenant’s
obligations under this Lease; together with all costs, expenses and
liabilities incurred in or in connection with each such claim or
action or proceeding brought thereon, including, without
limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses;
provided however that in no event shall Tenant or its agents or
partners, joint ventures, directors, officers, or employees be
responsible or liable for (and the forgoing indemnity and hold
harmless excludes) any consequential damages. In case any action or
proceeding is brought against Landlord and/or any Superior Lessor
and/or its or their partners, joint venturers, directors, officers,
agents and/or employees in connection with conduct or management of
the Demised Premises or by reason of any claim referred to above,
Tenant, upon notice from Landlord or such Superior Lessor, shall,
at Tenant’s cost and expense, resist and defend such action
or proceeding by counsel reasonably satisfactory to Landlord.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing
contained herein shall be construed as relieving any insurer
pursuant to any policy of insurance maintained by Landlord or
Tenant or required to be maintained by Landlord or Tenant pursuant
to this Lease from any obligation to defend and indemnify any party
referred as being entitled to coverage thereunder pursuant to this
Lease. The Tenant’s obligation under this Section 13.04
shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this
Lease.
13.05 Except as
expressly provided in Article 12 of this Lease, Landlord shall
indemnify and hold harmless Tenant and its respective partners,
joint venturers, directors, officers, agents, servants and
employees from and against any and all claims arising from or in
connection with (a) the Discharge of a Hazardous Substance into or
on the Property or the Demised Premises or the ISRA Premises prior
to the Term or caused solely by Landlord or Landlord’s
agents, employees, contractors or invitees during the Term,
(b) any act, omission or negligence of Landlord or any of its
subtenants or licensees or its partners, joint venturers,
directors, officers, agents, employees or contractors in the
conduct or management of the Common Areas; (c) any accident,
injury or damage whatever occurring in the Demised Premises if
caused solely by the negligence or intentional misconduct of
Landlord or Landlord’s agents, employees, contractors or
invitees; and (d) any breach or default by Landlord in the
full and prompt payment and performance of Landlord&
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