This lease
made this 9th day of April, 2009.
Elk
Property Management Limited, as agent
for
PBX Properties Ltd. and 350 Palladium Drive Inc. and 856581 Alberta
Ltd .
(Hereinafter called the” Landlord”)
ZixCorp
Canada Inc. and Zix Corporation.
(Hereinafter called the “Tenant”)
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This document and all schedules
shall hereafter be referred to as the “Lease” or the
“lease.
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B.
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Lease Year — means the twelve
month financial year of the Landlord commencing on the 1
st
day of January in each
calendar year.
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C.
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Proportionate Share means, with
respect to the Tenant, a fraction, the numerator of which is the
leasable area of the Premises and the denominator of which is the
leasable area of the Building with such leasable areas to be
determined in accordance with the most recent BOMA
standard.
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D.
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Rent means either or both of Minimum
Rent and Additional Rent.
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1. WITNESSETH
that in consideration of the Tenant paying the rents and any other
amounts provided for herein and in consideration of the Tenant
meeting all its other obligations as provided for herein, the
Landlord does demise herein and lease unto the Tenant the premises
as described herein. These premises shall be hereinafter called
either the “Leased Premises” or the
“Premises” and has been measured to have a rentable
area of 6,080 square feet, as shown on the attached
Schedule B, and located on the second floor of the building
bearing the civic address of 350 Palladium Drive in the City of
Ottawa, Province of Ontario which said building and lands are
legally described and shown in Schedule “A” hereto
annexed. The building, including the Leased Premises and lands,
including all driveways, parking areas and access and egress points
shall be hereafter referred to as the Building or building. The
rentable area of the Leased Premises, for the purposes of
calculating any and all rent as provided for herein, shall include
a share of the common areas of the Building.
2(a) The
Tenant shall lease the Leased Premises for and during the term,
(hereinafter called “the Term”) starting from the
1 st
day of
July 2009 (the “Commencement Date”) and to be
completed and ended on the 31st day of July, 2012.
EARLY
OCCUPANCY —
(INTENTIONALLY DELETED)
3(a) The
Tenant covenants and agrees to pay to the Landlord as rental for
the Leased Premises, without any set-off or deduction whatsoever
for the full term of the lease the following:
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(i)
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For
the period from July 1 st , 2009 to July 31st, 2009 the
Tenant shall not pay any Minimum or Additional Rent.
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(ii)
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From August 1
st
, 2009 to
July 31st, 2012 the Tenant shall pay the amount of $127,680.00
plus GST in equal monthly installments of $3,546.67 plus GST based
on a rate of $7 per square foot.
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All such
rental payments shall be made in advance, on the first day of each
calendar month and shall be referred to either as the
“Minimum Rental” or “Minimum
Rent”;
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(iii)
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In
addition to the Minimum Rent described herein and without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Tenant shall also pay
Additional Rental representing payment by the Tenant of its
proportionate share of all taxes, insurance, interior cleaning, and
operating costs for the Building and other costs as set forth in
subparagraphs 3(j), 3(k) and 3(l) and elsewhere herein, as
applicable. The Landlord hereby estimates such Additional Rental
for the 2009 portion of this Lease to be $12.75 per square foot.
All such payments of Additional Rental shall be based on the
Landlord’s estimates and shall also be paid monthly on the
first day of each calendar month.
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The Tenant
agrees that all rental amounts referred to in this paragraph and
the amount shown under paragraph 3(d) entitled Security Deposit may
be subject to small changes to reflect the actual rentable area of
the Leased Premises (i.e. including its share of any common areas),
as reasonably determined by the Landlord in accordance with
prevailing BOMA standards.
MINIMUM
RENTAL and ADDITIONAL RENTAL
3(b) The
Minimum Rental and Additional Rental will be adjusted
proportionately for any Lease Year that is other than twelve
(12) calendar months. The initial lease payment, if
applicable, under this Lease shall include also any pro-rated
Minimum Rental and Additional Rental for the period from the date
of the commencement of the Term to the first day of the first full
calendar month in the Term.
RENT
ADJUSTMENT FOR INTEREST RATE INCREASE
3(c)
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3(d) The
Tenant, as a requirement of its original terms of occupancy has
provided a deposit of $12,800.41 which will continue to be retained
by the Landlord without interest, as a security deposit, to be
released after the expiry of the term, or any renewal thereof,
subject to deductions for any unpaid rent or other amounts due by
the Tenant to the Landlord under this lease and any remainder of
the security deposit to be released only so long as the Tenant has
complied with all its obligations herein including but not limited
to the paragraph entitled Surrender of the Leased
Premises.
MANNER AND
PLACE OF PAYMENT OF RENT
3(e)
(i) All rent shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord or to
any entity designated by the Landlord, at par at the principal
office of the Landlord or at such other place as the Landlord may
designate in writing from time to time without any prior demand
therefore, and shall be payable in lawful money of
Canada.
(ii) Any
sums received by the Landlord from or for the account of the Tenant
when the Tenant is in default hereunder may be applied at the
Landlord’s option to the satisfaction, in whole or part, of
any of the obligations of the Tenant then due hereunder in such
manner as the Landlord sees fit, and regardless of any designation
or instruction of the Tenant to the contrary.
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3(f)
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3(g) All
Minimum Rent and Additional Rent and other sums payable hereunder
by the Tenant to the Landlord shall be payable without any
deduction, set-off or abatement whatsoever.
3(h) If the
Tenant shall fail to pay, when due, any Minimum Rent, Additional
Rent, or installment on account thereof, or any other amount
payable to the Landlord hereunder, the amount unpaid shall bear
interest from the due date thereof to the date of payment at the
rate of four (4%) percent in excess of the prime rate of interest
then chargeable by the Landlord’s bankers to its most
favoured customers on commercial loans in Canadian currency, but
this provision for interest shall not limit any other remedies
which the Landlord may have in respect of such default.
OPERATE ON
CONTINUOUS BASIS
3(i)
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ADDITIONAL
TAXES AND RATES
3(j) In
addition to the Minimum Rent, The Tenant shall pay an additional
monthly sum (herein called the “Additional Rental for
Taxes”) estimated by the Landlord as sufficient to reimburse
the Landlord for the Tenant’s Proportionate Share of all
municipal, provincial, federal or other governmental taxes or rates
or charges of every nature or description that are attributable to
the Building (hereafter “Taxes”). These Taxes shall
include without limiting the generality of the foregoing, realty
taxes, school taxes, general taxes, goods and services taxes (i.e.
GST or any other tax or levy that replaces or is in addition to
such tax or that is charged on any of the rent payable by the
Tenant as called for herein), value added taxes, business transfer
taxes, any and all capital taxes including but not limited to taxes
based upon or computed by reference to capital or paid up capital
of the Landlord so long as such capital taxes relate to this
Building, fire protection charges, water rates, sewerage rates,
local improvement rates, general or particular levies or
assessments, or charges or any similar rates, taxes, assessments or
charges levied by any municipal, provincial, federal or other
governmental authority against the building to the extent that the
same are attributed, by the Landlord, to the Leased Premises but
excluding any interest or penalty payable as a result of the
failure by the Landlord to make any payment of any such taxes,
rates, or charges when due. Upon the receipt by the Landlord of any
demand for payment or statement of account with respect to any such
taxes, rates and charges, it shall notify the Tenant and the Tenant
shall pay for any variation in the monthly amount payable as
Additional Rental for Taxes under this clause; provided, however,
that the Landlord shall be entitled to vary the Additional Rental
for Taxes at any time upon giving notice in writing of such
variation to the Tenant and all amounts payable under this Lease as
Additional Rental for Taxes shall be recoverable by the Landlord
from the Tenant in the same manner as rent under the terms
hereof.
If at any
time during the Term, Taxes payable for the Building are calculated
based, in whole or in part, on the Building being less than fully
occupied by tenants carrying on business, then the Landlord may
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its option
and acting reasonably, adjust the Taxes payable as if the Building
had been fully occupied by tenants carrying on business. The
parties acknowledge that the purpose of this clause is to ensure
that the Landlord solely benefits from any lower rate or assessment
levied on vacant space in the Building. It is the intent of this
paragraph that the Tenant pays no more in Taxes than if the
Building were fully occupied and that the Landlord benefit from any
reduction in Taxes related to vacancies in the Building.
3(k) The
Tenant shall, during the term of this tenancy and any renewal
thereof, at the Tenant’s sole cost and expense, obtain and
keep in full force and effect insurance policies to cover fire and
property damage, business interruption, and public liability of not
less than two million ($2,000,000) dollars for each occurrence.
Such Tenant’s insurance shall include, but not be limited to
coverage from loss or damage caused by malicious damage, lightning,
explosion, windstorm, hail, sprinkler leakage (if applicable),
smoke, impact of vehicles or aircraft and such other insurable
hazards as the Landlord may from time to time reasonably decide but
not in an amount exceeding the replacement value thereof. Such
Tenant’s “all risk” insurance shall also cover
property of every kind and nature owned by the Tenant or for which
the Tenant is legally liable, or installed by or on behalf of the
Tenant and which is located within, in or about, the Leased
Premises in an amount not less than the full replacement cost
thereof. The Tenant shall provide the Landlord with copies of all
policies of insurance coverage required to be placed by the Tenant
pursuant hereto prior to the rental commencement date and annually
thereafter with renewals thereof at least thirty (30) days prior to
any expiry thereof. In addition if required by a mortgagee the
Tenant shall furnish to the Landlord, within five (5) days
after demand thereof by the Landlord, additional copies of same. In
the event the Tenant fails to obtain any insurance referred to in
this section, the Landlord may place such insurance, and the cost
thereof together with interest on such payment at a rate equal to
the stipulated rate of interest (Royal Bank prime rate plus 4.0%)
from the date such payments are made by the Landlord until
reimbursed by the Tenant shall forthwith be payable by the Tenant
to the Landlord. The Tenant hereby agrees and understands that the
placing of any of the above mentioned insurance by the Landlord
shall in no way relieve the Tenant from any obligation assumed
under this Lease.
The Tenant
covenants that nothing will be done or omitted to be done upon the
Leased Premises or any part thereof and nothing will be brought
upon the Leased Premises or any part thereof which may result in an
insurance policy to be cancelled or the Leased Premises or Building
to be rendered uninsurable.
All
insurance policies shall be in form and substance and with insurers
satisfactory to the Landlord. The “all risk” insurance
required to be maintained by the Tenant under this clause shall
include a waiver of subrogation in favour of the Landlord and
against those for whom the Landlord is in law responsible and the
comprehensive general liability policy shall in addition contain a
provision for cross-liability and severability of
interest.
The
Landlord and the Building manager shall be entitled to be named as
a co-insured or additional insured, under the Tenant’s public
liability policy required herein , and, in any event, the
Tenant will arrange, if possible, for notice to be given by an
insurer to the Landlord of any cancellation of any of the policies
of insurance required by this Lease to be maintained by the
Tenant.
The
Landlord shall maintain on the building, fire insurance and
insurance against all perils, reasonable in the circumstances, for
full replacement cost with minimum by-law endorsement and broad
extended coverage, boiler insurance coverage, insurance against
loss of rental income by reason of fire or related
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perils and
third person liability and any other liability insurance protecting
the Landlord against all or any claims for personal injury
including death or property damage in an amount deemed advisable by
the Landlord from time to time, and if and when deemed advisable by
the Landlord, insurance against loss of an “all risk”
nature including but not limited to earthquake, and the Tenant
shall reimburse the Landlord by paying a further additional monthly
sum (herein called the “Additional Rental for
Insurance”) for its proportionate share of all costs and
charges of any such insurance and all such costs and charges may be
recovered by the Landlord from the Tenant in the same manner as
rent under the terms hereof.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Tenant shall not be required to contribute any
part of a premium for terrorism insurance unless such terrorism
insurance is required by a lender or mortgagee to the property or
unless such terrorism insurance becomes customary amongst
institutional owners of office buildings.
OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
3(l) Unless
caused by Tenant misuse or neglect and subject to Tenant’s
obligation to maintain and effect repairs, at the Tenant’s
cost, as outlined in paragraph 4(e) herein entitled Tenant Repairs
and Alterations and elsewhere as called for in the Lease, the
Landlord shall maintain and repair the building, including the
repair and replacement of any building components such as the roof
as well as the foundations, structural columns of the building and
mechanical, electrical and other basic systems of the building as
well as perimeter fences, if applicable and the Landlord shall
maintain, operate and manage (including the provisioning of
cleaning and janitorial services and refuse collection) to the
standard of a high quality building, all the lands comprising the
said building including the parking areas and landscaped areas and
the Tenant shall reimburse the Landlord its proportionate share for
all costs related to the aforementioned repairs and replacements
and for all other operating costs to maintain, operate and manage
the building and lands in such a manner. Such Tenant’s
reimbursement for such costs shall hereinafter be called
“Additional Rental for Operating Costs”. Subject to the
Tenant Repairs and Alterations clause herein, the said operating
costs shall include all the aforenoted costs and shall also
include, without duplication, the amounts paid whether by the
Landlord or others on behalf of the Landlord for complete
maintenance services for the building such as are in keeping with
maintaining the standard of a high quality building and shall
include all repairs and replacements required for such maintenance,
including but not limited to the following: all grass cutting and
removal and other landscaping costs including litter removal,
parking lot maintenance and snow removal, maintenance of the
exterior of the building including roof repairs and maintenance,
the costs of providing water and electricity or any other utility
not otherwise chargeable directly to or payable by tenants, and any
costs related to consumption of utilities (including but not
limited to electricity, gas, water, oil, cable, etc.) or any costs
incurred to investigate or to install any devices, systems or
equipment designed to reduce the consumption of such utilities,
service contracts with independent contractors, all amounts paid
for wages, benefits, and other payments to janitors, caretakers and
any other staff, to the extent they are directly involved in the
maintenance and management of the building, managerial fees,
supplies used in the maintenance of the building, the cost of
heating, ventilating and/or air-conditioning the building,
including the common areas of the building not directly chargeable
to the Tenant and including repairs and replacements to all
equipment used in the provision of plumbing, electricity, heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning of the building including any
meters and all other expenses paid or payable by the Landlord in
connection with the operation of the building. Such operating costs
shall not include interest on debt or capital retirement of debt,
or any amount directly chargeable by the Landlord to any tenant or
tenants as otherwise provided herein, or the proceeds realized by
the Landlord from any insurance claims made by
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the
Landlord in connection with repairs done by the Landlord, sums
payable by the Landlord as taxes on income of the Landlord and
which are clearly personal to the Landlord and are not directly
related to the Building, the costs of enforcing other
tenants’ obligations under leases, costs and expenses of
leasehold improvements relating to renewed tenancies, and marketing
costs, real estate commissions, tenant inducements or
tenants’ work costs incurred by the Landlord in acquiring new
tenants for the Building.
All such
costs and charges, except as noted above, may be recoverable by the
Landlord from the Tenant in the same manner as rent under the terms
hereof. Operating costs shall be determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and without duplication.
The management fee that forms part of the above costs shall not
exceed five percent (5%) of gross rentals paid (i.e. including
Minimum Rental and all Additional Rental), excluding such
management fee.
In respect
of the replacement of major structural items, including by way of
illustration and not limitation, the roof, foundations, structural
columns of the building, the amount which the Landlord can expense
in any one year (and, commensurately, the Tenant’s
proportionate amount of which is permitted to be included in
“Additional Rental for Operating Costs”) shall not
exceed the greater of the cost of such replacement divided by the
item’s life expectancy in years or that amount which would be
permitted to be expensed in any one year and still comply with
generally accepted accounting principles and that are applied in a
fashion consistent with the Landlord’s past practice. Such
expense shall be permitted on an annual basis until the cost of
such replaced item has been fully amortized or the Term has
expired.
Should part
of the Building be vacant any time during the term of the lease,
then, where appropriate, the Landlord may reasonably allocate
expenses such that the Landlord shall benefit from any reduced
costs that are reasonably attributable to the vacancy and such that
the Tenant shall pay amounts which it otherwise would have had to
pay if the building were fully occupied. The expenses to be
allocated pursuant to this clause must be real, out of pocket
expenses of the Landlord which are more fairly attributed to
occupied space than to vacant space.
Except for
costs which are in any way related to the Tenant’s occupancy
which shall be the Tenant’s responsibility as called for in
paragraph 37 herein, the Tenant shall not be responsible to
contribute to costs of clean up or remediation in connection with
any condition of environmental concern in respect of the Building
other than the costs incurred by the Landlord related to any
insurance premiums paid to obtain coverage for such clean up or
remediation or to cost of the deductible paid by the Landlord in
the event of a claim related to such coverage (unless the Landlord
has recovered all or a portion of the deductible, in which case the
Tenant shall not be responsible for the cost of the deductible so
recovered). Without effecting or delaying the Tenant’s
obligation to contribute, the Landlord will use reasonable efforts
to recover from third parties any monies payable by them to which
the Tenant would otherwise contribute under this
section.
DIRECT
CHARGE FOR WATER & SEWERAGE RATES & HYDRO
CHARGES
3(m)
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PAYMENT OF
ADDITIONAL RENT
3(n) During
the Term of the Lease, the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord,
Additional Rental for Taxes, Additional Rental for Insurance and
Additional Rental for Operating Costs which shall be collectively
be referred to herein as Additional Rent, Additional Rental or
Additional Rentals. Prior to the commencement of the term of this
Lease and of each Lease Year selected by the Landlord
thereafter
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which
commences during the term of this Lease, the Landlord shall
estimate the amounts of the said Additional Rentals as herein
before set forth for the ensuing Lease Year or (if applicable)
broken portion thereof, as the case may be, and shall notify the
Tenant in writing of such estimate. The amount so estimated shall
be payable in equal monthly installments in advance over the Lease
Year or broken portion thereof in question, on the first day of
each and every month during such Lease Year. The Landlord may from
time to time alter the Lease Year selected in which case the
appropriate adjustment in monthly installments shall be made. From
time to time during a Lease Year, the Landlord may re-estimate the
amount of the taxes, insurance, or operating costs or any of them,
in which event the Landlord shall notify the Tenant in writing of
such re-estimate and the Tenant shall pay the amended monthly
installments for the then remaining balance of such Lease Year or
broken portion thereof.
Within
sixty (60) days after the expiration of each Lease Year, the
Landlord shall make a calculation of such taxes, insurance, and
operating costs for such Lease Year or broken portion thereof and
shall notify the Tenant of such calculation and the Landlord and
the Tenant shall make the necessary readjustment within thirty
(30) days of such notification to the Tenant. Neither the
Landlord nor the Tenant may claim a re-adjustment with respect to
such Additional Rentals based upon any error of estimation,
determination or calculation thereof unless claimed in writing
within one (1) year after the Landlord has provided the Tenant
with the calculation referred to herein.
3(o) The
Tenant and its agents may within thirty (30) days of the
receipt by the Tenant of any notice respecting Additional Rental
for Taxes, Insurance or Operating Costs payable hereunder, at
reasonable times, and upon giving reasonable prior notice in
writing of its intention to do so, examine at the expense of the
Tenant (subject to the cost allocation between the parties for the
accountant referred to below in this Section 3(o)), the
accounts, records, books, statements and other documents concerning
such Additional Rental all of which accounts, records, books,
statements and other documents will be made available by the
Landlord to the Tenant at reasonable times and at the
Landlord’s place of business. All information obtained by the
Tenant as a result of such examination shall be treated as
confidential. Should, as a result of the Tenant’s examination
of records, the Landlord or Tenant feel an adjustment is warranted
and should the Landlord and Tenant fail to agree on such adjustment
then an accountant, agreed upon by both parties, shall be appointed
to examine the Landlord’s records to determine what
adjustment if any, is required. The cost of such accountant shall
not be included in operating and maintenance costs under Section
3(l) of this Lease.
Should the
adjustment, if any, be less than 5% of the total annual cost for
the Additional Rent then the Tenant shall pay, on it own, for the
cost of such accountant. Should the cost be more than the 5% figure
noted herein and should such adjustment result, in the Landlord
being requested to pay such adjustment to the Tenant, then the
Landlord shall pay the cost for such accountant.
3(p) The
Tenant shall be entitled at any time and from time to time,
provided that it has first obtained the Landlord’s written
consent, at the Tenant’s own cost and expense to appeal any
assessment or taxes imposed or levied on the Leased Premises or the
building and may take such appeal in the name of the Landlord
provided that such appeal is prosecuted in good faith, and provided
that if the building or any part thereof or the Landlord shall
become liable to assessment, prosecution, fine or other liability,
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Tenant
shall have given cash security in an amount satisfactory to the
Landlord in respect of such liability and such undertakings as the
Landlord may reasonably require to indemnify the Landlord from any
costs of any nature in connection with such appeal. In no event
shall the Tenant’s appeals noted herein permit the Tenant to
delay any payments of rent to the Landlord including but not
limited to payment of Additional Rent for Taxes as called for
herein.
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THE
TENANT COVENANTS WITH THE LANDLORD AS FOLLOWS:
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To
pay, without setoff, Minimum Rent and Additional Rents as herein
set forth;
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(b)
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To
observe and perform all covenants and obligations of the Tenant
herein;
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(c)
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To
pay the costs of, as and when the same become due, all gas,
electrical, water and sewer rates and charges levied or imposed or
any other utility consumption costs including the cost of
installing, repairing or replacing any meter so long as such cost
does not also form part of the cost outlined in paragraph 3(l)
herein entitled Operating and Maintenance Costs charged or assessed
against the Leased Premises as and when the same become
due;
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4(d) To pay
business and other taxes, charges, rates, duties and assessments
levied, rated, charged or assessed against and in respect of the
Tenant’s occupancy of the Leased Premises or in respect of
the personal property, trade fixtures, furniture and facilities of
the Tenant or business of the Tenant on the Leased Premises, as and
when the same become due, and to indemnify and keep indemnified the
Landlord from and against all payment of all loss, costs, charges
and expenses occasioned by or arising from any and all such taxes,
rates, duties, assessments, license fees and any and all taxes
which may in future be levied in lieu of such taxes, and also if
the Tenant or any person occupying the Leased Premises or any part
thereof shall elect to have the Leased Premises or any part thereof
assessed for separate school taxes, the Tenant shall pay to the
Landlord as soon as the amount of the separate school taxes is
ascertainable, any amount by which the separate school taxes exceed
the amount which would have been payable for school taxes had such
election not been made as aforesaid.
TENANT
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
4( e) (i)
General Repairs : Subject to the provisions of
Section 9 of this Lease, the Tenant shall, at its own cost and
expense, keep and maintain the Premises in good order, condition
and repair, including all replacements, maintenance and repair,
ordinary, extraordinary, foreseen and unforeseen, except for normal
wear and tear and those matters that are clearly indicated herein
as the Landlord’s obligation to repair. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing the Tenant shall, at all times, at its
sole cost, keep and maintain the whole of the Premises including
without limitation, all interior partitions and interior walls,
interior and exterior of all door frames and doors including, where
applicable, loading doors, dock levels, interior of all windows,
fixtures, shelves, equipment and appurtenances thereof and
improvements thereto (including without limitation, electrical,
lighting, including ballasts and tubes, wiring, plumbing fixtures
and equipment), and all telephone outlets and conduits within or
serving the Premises in good working order and repair (which shall
include periodic painting and decoration) as reasonably determined
by the Landlord, and the Tenant shall make all needed repairs and
replacements with due diligence and dispatch. The Tenant shall be
responsible to replace any glass broken on the Premises (excluding
outside windows and doors of the perimeter of the Premises and
perimeter windows in the exterior walls, but including those that
are broken by Tenant’s employees, agents, or invitees and
including those that are broken due to the acts
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or
omissions to act of Tenant’s employees, agents, or invitees)
during the Term and such glass shall be replaced by the Tenant with
glass of as good quality and size as that glass so broken. The
Tenant shall effect all repairs referred to herein according to
notice from the Landlord but failure to give notice shall not
relieve the Tenant from its obligation to repair.
4 (e) (ii)
Urgent Repairs : Notwithstanding anything herein before
contained, the Landlord may, in any event, enter the Leased
Premises and make repairs to the Leased Premises without notice if
such repairs are, in the Landlord’s opinion, necessary for
the protection of the building and the Tenant covenants and agrees
with the Landlord that if the Landlord exercises any such option to
repair, the Tenant will pay to the Landlord together with the next
installment of rent which shall become due after the exercise of
such option, all sums which the Landlord shall have expended in
making such repairs (less any insurance proceeds recovered in
connection therewith) and such sums if not so paid within such time
shall be recoverable from the Tenant as rent in arrears. Provided
further that in the event that the Landlord from time to time makes
any repairs as herein before provided, the Tenant shall not be
deemed to have been relieved from its ongoing obligation during the
Term, to repair and maintain the Leased Premises in a good state of
repair including leaving the Leased Premises in a good state of
repair and cleanliness after the Tenant leaves.
4 (e) (iii)
Additional Repairs : Notwithstanding any other terms,
covenants and conditions contained in this Lease, including without
limitation, the Landlord’s obligations to take out insurance
and the Tenant’s obligation to pay the cost of such
insurance, if the building or any part thereof including but not
limited to the Leased Premises, or any equipment, machinery,
facilities or improvements contained therein or made thereto, or
the roof or outside walls of the building or any other structural
portions thereof require repair or become damaged or destroyed
through the negligence, carelessness or misuse of the Tenant or its
servants, agents, employees or anyone permitted by the Tenant to be
in the building, or through the Tenant in any way blocking or
damaging the heating apparatus, water pipes, drainage pipes or
other equipment or facilities or parts of the building, the cost of
the resulting repairs, replacements or alterations plus a sum equal
to fifteen percent (15%) of the cost thereof representing the
Landlord’s administrative overhead and charges, shall be
borne by the Tenant who shall pay the same to the Landlord together
with interest (with such interest to be calculated in accordance
with paragraph 3(h) herein), forthwith upon presentation of an
account for such expenses incurred by the Landlord.
4 (e) (iv)
Tenant to Notify . The Tenant shall promptly notify the
Landlord of any damage to, malfunction of, or deficiency or defect
in any part of the Premises or any equipment or utility systems or
installations therein or serving the Premises that might cause or
result in injury to any person or property including the Building
upon becoming aware of any such condition.
4(e) (v)
Alterations . The Tenant shall not make any repairs,
alterations, additions, decorations, improvements nor add fixtures
except trade fixtures (hereafter collectively referred to as the
“Alterations”) to any part of the Premises without
first obtaining the Landlord’s written approval. Prior to
commencing any such Alterations, the Tenant shall submit the
following, at the sole cost of the Tenant, to the Landlord, for the
Landlord’s approval:
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(a)
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If
reasonably required by the Landlord, drawings and specifications
prepared by qualified architects or engineers and conforming to
good engineering practice;
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(b)
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Such indemnification as the Landlord
reasonably requires; and,
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(c)
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Evidence satisfactory to the
Landlord that the Tenant has obtained, at its expense, all
necessary consents, permits, licences and inspections from all
governmental and regulatory authorities having
jurisdiction.
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(d)
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Should the Landlord’s review
and approval require the use of third party consultants the Tenant
shall be responsible to pay the reasonable costs of all said third
party consultants.
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Landlord shall have 10 business days from having received all the
previous information to indicate, in writing, whether it shall
permit such Alterations.
4 (e)
(vi) All Alterations approved by the Landlord shall be
performed in the following manner:
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(a)
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At
the sole cost of the Tenant.
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(b)
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By
competent workmen approved by the Landlord whose labour union
affiliations, if any are compatible with others employed by the
Landlord and its contractors. In the case of work or repairs
related to the mechanical, electrical or structural systems of the
Building, the Landlord will have the right to insist that the
Tenant use the Landlord’s trades, professionals or
contractors provided the amount charged by any such contractor
shall be at market rates.
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(c)
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In
a good and workmanlike manner;
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(d)
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In
accordance with the drawings and specifications approved in writing
by the Landlord
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(e)
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subject to the reasonable
regulations, controls, approvals, and inspections of the Landlord
or its professionals with any cost of such supervision or
inspection to be at the Tenant’s expense.
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(f)
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The
Tenant covenants that it will not suffer or permit during the term
hereof any mechanics’ or other liens, for work, labour,
services or materials ordered by it or for the costs of which it
may be in any way obligated, to attach to the Leased Premises or to
the building and that whenever and so often as any such liens shall
attach or claims therefore shall be filed, the Tenant shall, within
twenty (20) days after the Tenant has notice of the claim for
lien, procure the discharge thereof by payment or by giving
security or in such other manner as is or may be required or
permitted by law.
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(g)
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Except for the Tenant’s trade
fixtures, the Tenant accepts that any repairs, alterations,
additions, decorations, improvements, including those referenced in
Section 17, and fixtures (hereafter collectively referred to
as the “Alterations”) shall, when made or installed in
the Leased Premises, be and become the property of the Landlord
without any payment or compensation to the Tenant being made and
that unless specifically instructed, in writing, by the Landlord,
the Tenant shall not remove any such Alterations from the Leased
Premises either during or after the term. Notwithstanding this and
except for the demising wall referred to in Section 17, , the
Landlord shall be under no obligation to repair, maintain, or
insure the Alterations The Tenant also accepts that upon the
termination of this Lease whether at expiry or otherwise, the
Landlord may, at its option, require the Tenant to remove all or
part of such Alterations except for those referred to in
Section 17, and to require the Tenant to repair any damage
caused to the Leased Premises or the Building by such installation
or removal and or the Landlord
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may require the
Tenant to restore all or part of the Leased Premises to the
condition in which they were at the commencement of this Lease,
except for reasonable wear and tear, all being done at the
Tenant’s expense. Should the Tenant fail to perform such
repair or restoration work requested by the Landlord, then the
Landlord may do such work at the expense of the Tenant and collect
from the Tenant the cost of same as Additional Rent whether before
or after the expiry of the Lease.
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Tenant’s obligation to observe and perform this covenant
shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the
Term.
4(e) (vii)
Landlord’s Right to Perform . At all reasonable times,
the Landlord has the right to enter and view the conditions or
state of repair of the Leased Premises. If the Tenant shall fail to
make any of the repairs required by any of the provisions of
sections 4(e)(i) to 4(e)(vii) inclusive hereof, or any other
section of the Lease, or to commence the performance of any of its
obligations thereunder within ten (10) days after notice to
the Tenant by the Landlord or any shorter period of time required
by any mortgage affecting the Premises, the Landlord shall have the
right (but not the obligation) to make any such repairs,
replacements or perform maintenance work or any other work required
of the Tenant pursuant to the above noted sections or any other
section of this Lease and charge the actual cost plus 15% of such
cost representing the Landlord’s administrative and overhead
charges and such total cost shall be paid by the Tenant to the
Landlord as Additional Rent within 15 days of invoicing by the
Landlord.
4(f)
(1) The Tenant will not:
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(i)
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assign this Lease; nor
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(ii)
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sublet, share or part with
possession of all or any part of the Leased Premises;
nor
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(iii)
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mortgage or encumber the Lease or
the Leased Premises,
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(collectively, a
“Transfer”) by or in favour of any person, corporation
or other entity (a “Transferee”) without the prior
written consent of the Landlord. The Landlord will take into
account the following factors in deciding whether to grant or
withhold its consent:
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a.
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whether the Transfer is contrary to
any covenants or restrictions granted by the Landlord to any other
party including, but not limited to, governmental authorities or to
other existing or prospective tenants or occupants of the Building;
and
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b.
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whether in the Landlord’s
opinion the financial strength and background, business and credit
history and capability of the Transferee is satisfactory to the
Landlord.
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(2)
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The
Landlord shall have no liability for or in connection with any
claims, actions, damages, liabilities or expenses or any kind or
nature whatsoever of the Tenant as a result of the Landlord
withholding its consent to any Transfer pursuant to and in
accordance with this paragraph 4(f). The Tenant agrees that its
only remedy in respect of the Landlord’s withholding of
consent will be to bring an application for a declaration that the
Transfer should be allowed.
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The
consent by the Landlord to any Transfer will not constitute a
waiver of any necessity for consent to any subsequent Transfer.
This prohibition against a Transfer includes:
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(i)
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a
change in the direct or indirect effective voting control of the
Tenant from the persons or entities holding voting control at the
date of this Lease:
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(ii)
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an
assignment by operation of law; and
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(iii)
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a
change in the composition or control of the partnership if the
Tenant is a partnership or is controlled by a
partnership.
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(3)
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If
the Tenant intends to effect a Transfer, then the Tenant will give
prior written notice to the Landlord of such intent, specifying the
proposed Transferee and providing additional information, including
without limitation:
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(i)
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financial and business information
relating to the Transferee that the Landlord may reasonably
request, and
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(ii)
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a
copy of the Transfer agreement entered into between the Tenant and
the Transferee.
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The
Landlord will, within ten(10) business days after having received
notice and all necessary information, notify the Tenant in writing
either that it consents or does not consent to the
Transfer.
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(4)
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If
there is a Transfer, the Landlord may collect Rent from the
Transferee, and apply the net amount collected to the Rent required
to be paid pursuant to this Lease, but no acceptance by the
Landlord of any payments by a Transferee will be a waiver of this
covenant, or the acceptance of the Transferee as the Tenant, or a
release of the Tenant from the further performance by the Tenant of
its covenants or obligations.
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(5)
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Any
documents evidencing the Transfer will be prepared by the Landlord
or its solicitors, and all legal costs and other reasonable costs
incurred by the Landlord, including but not limited to costs to
offset the Landlord’s time and effort in processing the
transfer, shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord, or its
agent, as a condition of and prior to the transfer and, if
necessary may be collected as Additional Rent.
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(6)
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Notwithstanding a Transfer, the
Tenant will remain jointly and severally liable with the Transferee
on this Lease and will not be released from performing any of its
obligations and it shall be a condition of receipt of the
Landlord’s consent that the Transferee enter into a written
agreement directly with the Landlord agreeing to be bound by all of
the terms contained in this Lease.
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(7)
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If
the Landlord consents to the Transfer, notwithstanding the
provisions of paragraph 4(f), any rent or any other consideration
received by the Tenant on account of the Transfer of its interest
in all or part of the Leased Premises or this Lease in excess of
the rent payable by the Tenant under this Lease shall be payable to
the Landlord.
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4(g) If
there is a sale, lease or other disposition by the Landlord of the
building, or the assignment by the Landlord of this Lease or any
interest of the Landlord hereunder, the party acquiring the
Landlord’s interest in the Building or this Lease shall be
bound by the covenants of the Landlord under this Lease,
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which case, then the Landlord will, thereupon and without further
agreement, be relieved of all further liability with respect to its
covenants and obligations.
At any time
it so chooses, the Landlord may designate a management company to
manage th
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