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EXHIBIT 10.7
LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS LEASE is made and executed by and between CARL HERNDON
("Landlord") and JUPITER MARINE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC., a
Florida
corporation ("Tenant").
SECTION I.
DEMISE AND DESCRIPTION OF LEASED PROPERTY
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Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant leases from Landlord
that
certain premises situated at:
1101 & 1103 12th Avenue East, Palmetto, FL 34221
and all furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements located
thereon (the
"Premises"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord represents
and warrants
that Landlord shall bring the Premises into compliance with all
laws, rules,
statutes and codes for the intended use of the Premises. Other
than the Landlord
requirement to bring the Premises into compliance, it is
specifically agreed and
understood that the Premises are being leased to Tenant in its
"AS-IS" physical
condition and Landlord shall not be obligated or responsible to
correct, repair
or improve any physical condition of the Premises or the
Building. Tenant shall
not use or permit the Premises or any part thereof to be used
for any purpose or
purposes other than what is currently allowable under the
current applicable
zoning for the Premises.
SECTION II.
TERM
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The term of this Lease shall be for five years, commencing on
December
6, 2005 (the "Commencement Date") and ending on December 5,
2010. This Lease
shall automatically renew for three (3) additional terms of five
(5) years each
("Renewal Periods"); however, Landlord may terminate this Lease
prior to the
commencement of any of the Renewal Periods.
SECTION III.
MONTHLY RENT
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Tenant shall pay to the Landlord as rent the following sums
("Monthly
Rent") plus applicable sales tax:
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INITIAL TERM:
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December 6, 2005 - January 5, 2006: $10,000.00 plus sales tax
and additional rent
January 6, 2006 - February 5, 2006: $20,000.00 plus sales tax
and additional rent
February 6, 2006 - December 5, 2006: $30,700.00 plus sales tax
and additional rent
December 6, 2006 - December 5, 2007: $32,235.00 plus sales tax
and additional rent
December 6, 2007 - December 5, 2008: $33,846.75 plus sales tax
and additional rent
December 6, 2008 - December 5, 2009: $35,539.09 plus sales tax
and additional rent
December 6, 2009 - December 5, 2010: $37,316.04 plus sales tax
and additional rent
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For each of the Renewal Periods, annual rent shall increase by
5% per
year. (For example, during the first Renewal Period, Monthly
Rent for the period
of December 6, 2010 through December 5, 2011 shall be $39,181.84
and Monthly
Rent for the period of December 6, 2011 through December 5, 2012
shall be
$41,140.93.)
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In addition to Monthly Rent, each month, Tenant shall also pay
to
Landlord additional rent equal to one-twelfth of the estimated
real property
taxes for the Premises. Landlord shall notify Tenant prior to
each Lease year of
the estimated real property taxes for the following Lease Year.
Once the actual
property taxes for the Premises can be ascertained, an
adjustment shall be made
accordingly (either Landlord will give Tenant a credit if the
amount collected
is higher than actual property taxes or Tenant shall pay
Landlord the difference
as additional rent if the amount actually collected is lower
than actual
property taxes). The monthly installments (including additional
rent) shall be
payable in advance on the first day of each month, but the
Monthly Rent shall
not be late until after the tenth day of each month. In the
event any rental
payment, of any type, due hereunder, shall not be paid by the
tenth day of each
month, in addition to any other rights Landlord shall have, a
Late Payment
Penalty of five percent (5%) of the amount of such payment not
timely made shall
be due to Landlord. In addition to any late payment penalty,
interest shall
accrue on any such payments from the date of default, at a rate
equal to the
lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum, or the maximum
interest rate allow
by law. All rent payable to the Landlord under any provision of
this Lease shall
be paid to the Landlord or as the Landlord may otherwise
designate, in lawful
money of the United States, at the address of the Landlord or
such other place
as the Landlord in writing may designate, without any set-off or
deduction
whatsoever, and without prior demand therefore.
SECTION IV.
SECURITY DEPOSIT
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Tenant shall deposit with Landlord the amount of $50,000.00
("Security
Deposit"), upon Tenant's execution and submission of this Lease.
The Security
Deposit shall be in the form of cash payable to the Landlord.
The Security
Deposit shall serve as security for the prompt, full and
faithful performance by
Tenant of the terms and provisions of this Lease. In the event
that Tenant is in
Default hereunder and fails to cure within any applicable time
pertained under
this Lease, or in the event that Tenant owes any amounts to
Landlord upon the
expiration of this Lease, Landlord may use or apply the whole or
any part of the
Security Deposit for the payment of Tenant's obligations
hereunder. Landlord
shall not be required to keep the Security Deposit separate from
Landlord's
general funds or pay interest on the Security Deposit. Any
remaining portion of
the Security Deposit shall be returned to Tenant within ten (10)
days after
Tenant has vacated the Premises.
SECTION V. S
EXPENSES - TRIPLE NET LEASE
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The parties agree that this Lease is a "Triple Net Lease" and
Tenant
shall pay all expenses in connection with the Premises,
including, but not
limited to all building maintenance, landscaping and lawn care,
real estate
taxes, personal property taxes, insurance, assessments,
utilities and utility
deposits. Tenant shall pay all applicable sales tax on the rent
payments.
SECTION VI.
WASTE AND NUISANCE PROHIBITED
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Tenant shall not commit, or suffer to be committed, any waste
or
nuisance on the Premises.
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SECTION VII.
ABANDONMENT
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Tenant shall not vacate or abandon the Premises at any time
during the
term of this Lease and if Tenant shall abandon, vacate or
surrender the
Premises, or be dispossessed by process of law or otherwise, any
personal
property belonging to Tenant and left on the Premises shall, at
the option of
the Landlord, be deemed to be abandoned.
SECTION VIII.
ENTRY BY LANDLORD
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In addition to Landlord's rights pursuant any other provision of
the
Lease, Landlord and Landlord's employees and other agents shall
have the tight,
but not the obligation, at all reasonable hours, to enter upon,
and pass through
the Premises from time to time in, order to (a) make an
examination of the
Premises, and (b) show the Premises to prospective purchasers,
mortgagees,
prospective mortgagees, and others. In the event of an
emergency, Landlord and
Landlord's employees and other agents shall have the right, but
not the
obligation, without any notice to Tenant to (a) enter upon and
pass through the
Premises as Landlord shall deem appropriate to respond to the
emergency, and (b)
take such other or further action to make repairs or alterations
for the safety
and preservation of the Premises. Landlord shall conduct its
activities on the
Premises as allowed in this Section in a manner that will cause
the least
possible inconvenience, annoyance or disturbance to Tenant.
SECTION IX.
EMINENT DOMAIN
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If a portion of the Premises should become subject to an eminent
domain
proceeding, Tenant shall be required to continue to pay any and
all amounts due
under this Agreement so long as the Tenant has the use of the
Premises. If the
Premises shall become subject to an eminent domain proceeding,
this Agreement
shall terminate upon the date that possession of the Premises is
granted to any
such governmental authority, either by an award by a court of
competent
jurisdiction or by agreement between the Landlord and any such
governmental
agency.
SECTION X.
NOTICES
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All notices, demands, or communications that either party
desires or is
required to give to the other party shall be in writing and
shall be deemed duly
delivered when delivered by a commercially recognized overnight
service (such as
Federal Express) or by certified mail, return receipt requested
and addressed as
follows:
To Landlord: Carl Herndon
2720 NE 44th Street
Lighthouse Point, FL 33064
To Tenant: Jupiter Marine International Holdings, Inc.
3391 SE 14th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
Either party may change its address for notification purposes
by
notifying the other party of such change of address in the
manner as above
provided.
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SECTION XI.
ALTERATIONS
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During the Term of the Lease, Tenant will make no
alterations,
additions or improvements in or to the Premises, of any kind or
nature,
including, but not limited to, alterations, additions or
improvements in, to, or
on, telephone or computer installations (the "Alterations"),
without the prior
written consent of Landlord, which consent may be granted or
withheld in
Landlord's sole discretion. Should Landlord consent to any
proposed Alterations
by Tenant, such consent will be conditioned upon Tenant's
agreement to comply
with all requirements established by Landlord. All Alterations
made hereunder
will become Landlord's property when incorporated into or
affixed to the
Building. However, at Landlord's option Landlord may, at the
expiration of the
Lease Term, require Tenant, at Tenant's expense, to remove
Alterations made by
or on behalf of Tenant and to restore the Premises to its
original condition.
SECTION XII.
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS
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Tenant shall complete any work of restoration, repair,
replacement or
rebuilding with respect to the Premises required to be performed
as a result of
condemnation by any applicable governmental authority or fire or
other casualty
during the Term of the Lease (the "Restoration Work"), which
becomes necessary
at any time during the Term. Whenever Tenant shall be required
under the Lease
to carry out any Restoration Work, Landlord shall be entitled to
receive any
applicable Insurance proceeds and condemnation award in trust.
Landlord may
apply all or any portion of such proceeds to cure a default by
Tenant, and shall
otherwise disburse, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, such
proceeds or awards
to Tenant for reimbursement for the costs and expenses of such
Restoration Work.
With respect to any Restoration Work, Tenant shall (a) obtain
Landlord's prior
written approval of Tenant's construction plans, budget, and
schedule; (b)
provide Landlord with true and complete certified copies of all
permits and
authorizations from applicable government authority necessary to
complete such
Restoration Work; (c) provide Landlord with evidence,
satisfactory to Landlord,
that Tenant has sufficient insurance coverages and funds
earmarked to complete
such Restoration Work; and (d) provide Landlord with evidence,
satisfactory to
Landlord, of payment and performance bonds. Tenant shall carry
out any
Restoration Work in a good and workmanlike manner, lien free, in
accordance with
the plans approved by Landlord and in compliance with all
applicable building,
land use and zoning laws, codes and ordinances and all of the
terms and
conditions of the Lease. Accordingly, Tenant shall (a)
diligently obtain all
permits and authorizations from applicable governmental
authority necessary for
the Restoration Work at the earliest possible date; (b) commence
the Restoration
Work at the earliest possible date; and (c) thereafter in a
diligent and
continuous manner, and in accordance with the construction
schedule which has
been approved by Landlord, prosecute the Restoration Work to
completion at the
earliest possible date. If Tenant shall fail or neglect at any
time to supply
sufficient workmen or sufficient materials of proper quality, or
fail in any
other respect to prosecute any Restoration Work in a diligent
and continuous
manner, then Landlord may give notice to Tenant of such failure
or neglect. If
such failure or neglect continues for 10 days after such notice,
then Landlord,
in addition to all other rights which Landlord may have, shall
have the right,
but not the obligation, to do any or all of the following as
Landlord deems
necessary to complete such Restoration Work: (a) declare a
default by Tenant
under the Lease; (b) enter upon the Premises; (c) provide, or
cause to be
provided, labor and/or materials upon the Premises; (d) perform,
or cause to be
performed, any contract; and (e) do or cause to be done, such
other acts and
things as Landlord may deem advisable. Landlord shall be
entitled to
reimbursement, out of any Insurance proceeds, condemnation
awards, and any other
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monies held by Landlord for application to the cost of
Restoration Work, for all
costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in completing any
Restoration Work
pursuant to this Section. All such costs and expenses for which
Landlord is not
so reimbursed shall be borne by Tenant, in addition to any or
all damages to
which Landlord shall be entitled under the Lease. Upon
Landlord's demand, which
may be made from time to time as such costs and expenses are
incurred, Tenant
shall pay for such costs and expenses as additional Rent.
SECTION XIII.
UTILITIES
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Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, arrange for and
obtain
all such utility services as are necessary for Tenant's use of
the Premises,
including those for drainage, water, sewer, electricity, power,
gas, heating,
lighting, telephones, cable television, and other electronic
communications.
Tenant shall pay when due all fees and charges in connection
with the providing
of such services without any offset against the Rent. Tenant
shall, at Tenant's
own cost and expense, arrange for and be responsible for the
maintaining the
landscaping located adjacent to the Premises.
SECTION XIV.
LIENS
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Tenant shall keep all of the Premises and every part thereof
free and
clear of any and all mechanics' liens and other liens in
connection with work or
labor done, services performed, or materials or appliances used
or furnished for
or in connection with any operations of the leased Premises.
Tenant shall at all
times promptly and fully pay and discharge all claims on which
any such lien may
be based, and Tenant shall indemnify Landlord against all such
liens and claims
of liens and suits or other proceedings pertaining thereto.
Tenant shall have the right to contest the correctness of the
validity
of any such lien if, upon demand by Landlord, Tenant procures a
good and
sufficient surety bond naming Landlord as the beneficiary
against any such lien.
In addition, the Tenant shall pay any cost, liability, or damage
resulting from
such contest. The bond shall provide for the payment of any sum
that the
claimant may recover on the claim together with costs of suit,
if it recovers in
the action.
SECTION XV.
INSURANCE
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(1) Required Insurance. Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and
expense,
obtain and maintain at all times during the Term the following
types of
insurance ("Insurance"):
(i) general liability insurance and premises liability
insurance,
including, without limitation, protecting against any and
all
liability occasioned by negligence, occurrence, accident, or
disaster in or about the Premises, with such insurable
limits
as Landlord may from time to time require with respect to
any
one occurrence, accident, disaster, or incident of
negligence,
with respect to injuries to any one person, and with respect
to damage to property. In no event shall such limits be less
than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $5,000,000 in the
aggregate;
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(ii) hazard insurance, protecting with extended coverage and
broad
form coverage against loss or damage to the Premises by
fire,
lightning, windstorm, hail, flood, explosion, hurricane,
riot,
civil commotion, vehicles, aircraft, smoke, war damage (when
available), falling objects, collapse, sudden tearing
asunder,
breakage of glass, freezing, electricity, sprinkler damage,
water damage, earthquake, vandalism, malicious mischief, and
such other insurable risks, casualties, and hazards as
Landlord may from time to time specify, in an amount of the
greater of either (i) $3,000,000, or (ii) an amount that
represents the full replacement value of the Premises,
without
deduction for depreciation. Such full replacement value
shall
be determined, at Tenant's expense, at annual intervals, by
one or more of the insurers, or by an architect, contractor,
appraiser, or appraisal company selected by Tenant and
acceptable to Landlord in Landlord's sole discretion.
Subject
to the requirements of Landlord's mortgagee (if any), all
proceeds from hazard insurance shall be applied, in
accordance
with the applicable restoration provisions of the Lease, to
the cost of any Restoration Work (hereinafter defined) with
respect to the damage which occasioned the payment of such
proceeds;
(iii) such worker's compensation insurance, employer's
liability
insurance, and other insurance as may be required from time
to
time by applicable law;
(iv) Tenant shall be responsible for maintaining insurance
for
Tenant's property located at the Premises.
(2) Delivery. All Insurance, together with receipts showing
payment of
the premiums, shall be delivered to, and left in the possession
of Landlord. All
renewals of Insurance shall be delivered to Landlord no less
than 30 days before
the expiration date of the Insurance then in effect.
(3) Form and Substance. All Insurance shall (a) be in such form
and
substance, in such amounts, and with such company or companies
licensed to do
business in the State of Florida as are satisfactory to
Landlord; (b) name as
insureds Tenant, Landlord, and Landlord's mortgagee(s) (if any);
(c) include a
mortgagee clause in standard form if there are any such
mortgagees; (d) require
notice of any cancellation or change to be sent to Landlord at
least 30 days
before such cancellation or change, or, if such 30-day notice
period is
generally unavailable, such lesser notice period as is generally
available from
time to time; and (e) provide that the loss, if any, shall be
payable to
Landlord.
(4) Insurance Obtained by Landlord. If, at any time or times
during the
Term, Tenant shall neglect or fail to obtain, deliver to
Landlord, and maintain
in full force and effect any insurance, Landlord:
(i) may effect such Insurance as the agent of Tenant by taking
out
a policy or policies issued by a company or companies
satisfactory to Landlord. The amount of the premium or
premiums paid for such Insurance by Landlord shall be
immediately due from Tenant to Landlord as additional Rent
upon demand; and
(ii) shall not be limited, in the proof of any damages which
Landlord may claim against Tenant arising out of or by
reason
of such neglect or failure, t
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