Exhibit 10.32
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C L I F F O R D
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LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIP
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C H A N C E
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DATED 7 February 2007
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(1)
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LANDLORD:
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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK,
LTD.
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(2)
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TENANT:
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INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP
EUROPE LIMITED
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OCCUPATIONAL LEASE
-OF-
PART 6 TH FLOOR, RIVER PLATE
HOUSE,
7/11 FINSBURY CIRCUS, LONDON EC2
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CONTENTS
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Clause
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Section 1 - Definitions
And Interpretation
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3
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1.
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Definitions
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3
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2.
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Interpretation
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Section 2 - Grant Of
Lease
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3.
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Grant, Rights
And Other Matters
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3.1
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Demise And
Term
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3.2
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Rights And
Easements
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3.3
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Exceptions And
Reservations
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3.4
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Third Party
Rights
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3.5
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No Implied
Easements
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3.6
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Covenants
Affecting Reversion
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3.7
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Encroachments
And Easements
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3.8
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Covenants
Relating To Other Property
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3.9
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Landlord’s Covenants
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3.10
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Rights Of
Entry By Landlord
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3.11
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Terms Of Entry
By Landlord
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Section 3 -
Financial Provisions
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4.
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Rents
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4.1
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Tenant’s
Obligation To Pay
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4.2
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Dates Of
Payment Of Principal Rent
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4.3
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Method Of
Payment Of Principal Rent
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4.4
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Dates Of
Payment Of Insurance Rent And Additional Rent
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12
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4.5
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Dates Of
Payment Of Service Charge
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12
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4.6
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No Right Of
Set-Off
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5.
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Rent
Review
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5.1
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Definitions
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5.2
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Rent
Reviews
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5.3
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Agreement Or
Determination Of The Reviewed Rent
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5.4
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Appointment Of
Review Surveyor
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5.5
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Functions Of
Review Surveyor
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5.6
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Fees Of Review
Surveyor
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5.7
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Appointment Of
New Review Surveyor
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5.8
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Interim
Payments Pending Determination
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5.9
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Rent
Restrictions
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5.10
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Memoranda Of
Reviewed Rent
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5.11
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Time Not Of
The Essence
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6.
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Interest
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6.1
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Interest On
Late Payments
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6.2
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Interest On
Refused Payments
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7.
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Outgoings
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7.1
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Tenant’s
Obligation To Pay
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7.2
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Indemnity
Against Void Rating Relief
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7.3
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Costs Of
Utilities Etc.
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8.
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Value Added
Tax
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8.1
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Sums Exclusive
Of Vat
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8.2
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Tenant To Pay
Vat
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8.3
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Vat Incurred
By Landlord
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9.
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Taxation
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10.
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Landlord’s Costs
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Section 4 -
Repairs, Alterations And Signs
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11.
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Repairs,
Decoration Etc.
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11.1
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Repairs
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11.2
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Damage By The
Insured Risks
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11.3
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Decorations
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11.4
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Cleaning
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11.5
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Carpeting
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12.
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Yield
Up
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12.1
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Reinstatement
Of Premises
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12.2
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Yielding Up In
Good Repair
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12.3
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Notice Of
Selling Or Re-Letting
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13.
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Compliance
With Notices
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13.1
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Tenant To
Remedy Breaches Of Covenant
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13.2
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Failure Of
Tenant To Repair
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14.
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Alterations
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14.1
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No Structural
Alterations Or New Building
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14.2
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Non-Structural
Alterations
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14.3
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Covenants By
Tenant And Security Deposit
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15.
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Signs And
Advertisements
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Section 5
- Use
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16.
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Use Of
Premises
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16.1
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Permitted
Use
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16.2
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Tenant Not To
Leave Premises Unoccupied
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16.3
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Details Of
Keyholders
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16.4
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Keys To Be
Given To Landlord
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17.
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Use
Restrictions
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18.
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Landlord’s Regulations
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19.
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Use Of
Premises Outside Business Hours
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20.
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Exclusion Of
Warranty As To User
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20.1
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No Warranty By
Landlord
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20.2
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Tenant’s
Acknowledgement
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20.3
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Tenant To
Remain Bound
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Section 6 -
Disposals
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21.
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General
Restrictions
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21.1
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Alienation
Generally
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21.2
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Sharing With A
Group Company
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22.
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Assignment
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22.1
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No Assignment
Of Part
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22.2
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Circumstances
In Which Consent To Assignment May Be Withheld
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22.3
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Conditions For
Landlord’s Consent
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22.4
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Assignment Of
The Whole
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22.5
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S.144 Lpa
l925
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23.
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Underletting
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23.1
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Underletting
Of Part
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23.2
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Underletting
Of The Whole
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23.3
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Underletting
Rent
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23.4
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Direct
Covenants From Undertenant
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23.5
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Contents Of
Underlease
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23.6
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Tenant To
Obtain Landlord’s Consent
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23.7
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Tenant To
Enforce Obligations
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23.8
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Review Of
Underlease Rent
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23.9
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No Variation
Of Terms
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23.10
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No Reduction
In Rent
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24.
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Registration
Of Dispositions
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Section 7 - Legal
Requirements
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25.
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Statutory
Requirements
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25.1
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Tenant To
Comply With Statutes
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25.2
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Tenant To
Execute Necessary Works
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25.3
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Tenant To
Refrain From Certain Acts
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26.
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Planning
Acts
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26.1
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Tenant’s
Obligation To Comply
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26.2
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No Application
For Planning Permission Without Consent
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26.3
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Tenant To
Obtain All Permissions
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26.4
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Tenant To Pay
Planning Charges
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26.5
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No
Implementation Of Permission Without Approval
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26.6
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Tenant To
Carry Out Works Before End Of Term
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26.7
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Plans Etc. To
Be Produced
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26.8
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Planning
Conditions
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26.9
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Planning
Refusal
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27.
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Statutory
Notices
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27.1
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Notices
Generally
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27.2
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Party Wall
Etc. Act 1996
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28.
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Fire
Precautions And Equipment
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28.1
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Compliance
With Requirements
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28.2
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Fire Fighting
Appliances To Be Supplied
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28.3
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Access To Be
Kept Clear
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29.
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Defective
Premises
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Section 8 -
Insurance
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30.
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Insurance
Provisions
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30.1
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Buildings
Insurance
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30.2
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Noting Of
Interest
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30.3
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Option To
Determine
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30.4
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Payment Of
Insurance Money Refused
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30.5
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Suspension Of
Rent Payments
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30.6
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Benefit Of
Other Insurances
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30.7
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Insurance
Becoming Void
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30.8
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Requirements
Of Insurers
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30.9
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Notice By
Tenant
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Section 9 - Default Of
Tenant And Rights Of Re-Entry
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31.
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Default Of
Tenant
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31.1
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Re-Entry
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31.2
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Events Of
Default
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Section 10 -
Landlord’s Services And Service Charge
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32.
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Landlord’s Services
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32.1
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Provision Of
Services
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32.2
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Appointment Of
Agents
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32.3
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Variation Of
Services
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32.4
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Failure By
Landlord To Provide Services
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32.5
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Exclusion Of
Landlord’s Liability
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33.
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Service
Charge
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33.1
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Definitions
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33.2
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Account Of
Expenditure
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33.3
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Advance
Payment
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33.4
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Balancing
Payment
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33.5
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Omissions
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33.6
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Continuing
Application Of Provisions
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Section 11 - Superior
Lease
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34.
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Obligations
And Consents Under Superior Lease
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34.1
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Obligations By
Tenant
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34.2
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Obligations By
Landlord
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34.3
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Consents Under
Superior Lease
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Section 12 -
Miscellaneous
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35.
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Quiet
Enjoyment
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36.
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Exclusion Of
Implied Covenants By Landlord
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37.
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Disclosure Of
Information
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38.
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Indemnity
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39.
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Representations
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40.
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Effect Of
Waiver
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41.
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Notices
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41.1
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Notices To
Tenant Or Guarantor
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41.2
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Notices To
Landlord
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42.
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Exclusion Of
Statutory Compensation
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43.
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Exclusion Of
Sections 24 To 28 (Inclusive) Of The 1954 Act
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43.1
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Tenant’s
Confirmation
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43.2
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Tenant’s
Authorisation Of Person Making Declaration
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42
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43.3
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Exclusion Of
Sections 24 To 28
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44.
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New
Tenancy
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42
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45.
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Invalidity Of
Certain Provisions
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46.
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Third Party
Rights
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46.1
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Exclusion Of
Rights
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47.
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Closure Of
Title At The Land Registry
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47.1
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Applications
To Close Title And Cancel Notice
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42
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Schedule
1
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RIGHTS AND
EASEMENTS GRANTED
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Schedule
2
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EXCEPTIONS AND
RESERVATIONS
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Schedule
3
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USE
RESTRICTIONS
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Schedule
4
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COVENANTS BY
GUARANTOR
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Schedule
5
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ITEMS OF
EXPENDITURE AS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE 33
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50
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Schedule
6
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DEEDS AND
DOCUMENTS CONTAINING MATTERS TO WHICH THE PREMISES ARE
SUBJECT
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Schedule
7
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AUTHORISED
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT TO BE GIVEN BY TENANT PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
22.3.2
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PRESCRIBED
CLAUSES
LR1.
Date of lease 7 February 2007
LR2.
Title number
LR2.1
Landlord’s title
number NGL632309
LR2.2
Other title numbers
LR3.
Parties to this lease
Landlord
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. Incorporated in Japan whose
registered office is at Bracken House, One Friday Street, London
EC4M 9JA (Foreign Company Registration No. FC004234)
Tenant
INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP EUROPE LIMITED, incorporated in
Ireland whose registered office is at Dublin Exchange Facility,
Second Floor, Mayor Street, International Financial Services
Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland (Company Registration No.283939)
LR4.
Property
In the case of a conflict
between this clause and the remainder of this lease then, for the
purposes of registration, this clause shall prevail.
Defined in clause 1.35 of this
lease.
LR5.
Prescribed statements etc.
LR5.1 Statements
prescribed under rules 179 (dispositions in favour of a
charity), 180 (dispositions by a charity) or 196 (leases under the
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993) of the
Land Registration Rules 2003.
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LR5.2 This lease is
made under, or by reference to, provisions of:
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LR6.
Term for which the Property is leased
The
term is as follows: from 8 January 2007 up to and
including 27 September 2013.
LR7.
Premium
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1
LR8.
Prohibitions or restrictions on disposing of this lease
This lease contains a provision that prohibits
or restricts dispositions.
LR9.
Rights of acquisition etc
LR9.1 Tenant’s
contractual rights to renew this lease, to acquire the reversion or
another lease of the Property, or to acquire an interest in other
land
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LR9.2 Tenant’s covenant
to (or offer to) surrender the lease
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LR9.3 Landlord’s
contractual rights to acquire this lease
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LR10.
Restrictive covenants given in this lease by the Landlord in
respect of land other than the Property
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LR11.
Easements
LR11.1 Easements granted by
this lease for the benefit of the Property
See
clause 3.2 of this lease.
LR11.2 Easements granted or
reserved by this lease over the Property for the benefit of other
property
See
clause 3.3 of this lease.
LR12.
Estate rentcharge burdening the Property
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LR13.
Application for standard form of restriction
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LR14.
Declaration of trust where there is more than one person
comprising the Tenant.
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THIS UNDERLEASE is
made on the 7 th day of February 2007
BETWEEN:-
(1)
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. (Foreign Company Registration
No. FC004234) whose registered office is at Bracken House, One
Friday Street, London EC4M 9JA (the “Landlord”);
and
(2)
INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP EUROPE LIMITED (Company
Registration No. 283939) whose registered office is at Dublin
Exchange Facility, Second Floor, Mayor Street, International
Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland (the
“Tenant” ).
NOW THIS DEED
WITNESSES as follows:-
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.
DEFINITIONS
In
this Lease, unless the context requires otherwise, the following
expressions shall have the following meanings:-
1.1
“1954 Act” means the Landlord and Tenant Act
1954;
1.2
“1954 Act Notice” means a notice in a form
complying with the requirements of section 38A(3)(a) of the
1954 Act;
1.3
“1954 Act Statutory Declaration” means a
statutory declaration in a form complying with the requirements of
section 38A(3)(b) of the 1954 Act;
1.4
“Additional Rent” means all sums referred to in
clause 6, and all sums which are recoverable as rent in arrear or
stated in this Lease to be due to the Landlord;
1.5
“Adjoining Property” means any land and/or
buildings adjoining or neighbouring the Premises;
1.6
“Base Rate” means the base rate for the time
being of Barclays Bank plc or some other London clearing bank
nominated from time to time by the Landlord or, in the event of
base rate being abolished, such other comparable rate of interest
as the Landlord shall reasonably specify;
1.7
“Building” means the land situated at 7-11
Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7DH together with the building erected
on it or on part of it and known as River Plate House and for the
purpose of identification only shown edged red on Plan No. 1
as the same are registered at the Land Registry under title number
NGL632309 and each and every part of the land and building,
including:-
1.7.1
all landlord’s fixtures, fittings, plant, machinery,
apparatus and equipment now or after the date of this Lease in or
upon the same; and
1.7.2
any additions, alterations and improvements;
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1.8
“Business Hours” means the usual business or
working hours of the Building which shall be 7.00 a.m. to
7.00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays (inclusive) (excluding usual
bank or public holidays);
1.9
“Code of Measuring Practice” means the current
RICS Code of Measuring Practice, 5 th edition published
on behalf of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors;
1.10
“Common Parts” means any entrance halls,
corridors, passages, lobbies, landings, staircases, lifts,
pedestrian ways, courtyards, forecourts, and any other amenities
in, or forming part of, the Building which are or may from time to
time be provided or designated by the Landlord for common use by
the tenants and occupiers of the Building and all persons expressly
or by implication authorised by them but excluding the Lettable
Areas;
1.11
“Conduits” means all drains, pipes, gullies,
gutters, sewers, ducts, mains, channels, subways, wires, cables,
conduits, flues and any other conducting media of whatsoever
nature;
1.12
“Decoration Year” means the year ending on the
date five (5) years after the date hereof;
1.13
“Demise 1” means the part of the Premises edged
and hatched blue and as identified as “Demise 1” on
Plan No. 2;
1.14
“Demise 2” means the part of the Premises edged
and hatched blue and as identified as “Demise 2” on
Plan No. 2;
1.15
“Demise 1 Initial Rent” means two hundred and
fifty three thousand five hundred and forty eight pounds
(£253,548) per annum;
1.16
“Demise 2 Initial Rent” means seventy-seven
thousand, two hundred and forty pounds (£77,240) per
annum;
1.17
“Demise 1 Rent Commencement Date” means 24
October, 2007
1.18
“Demise 2 Rent Commencement Date” means 8
October, 2007
1.19
“Demise 2 Schedule of Condition” means the
schedule of condition in relation to Demise 2 annexed hereto;
1.20
“Development” means development as defined in
section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
1.21
“Former Premises” means the premises described
in the Surrendered Lease (being part of Demise 1);
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1.22
“Group Company” means any company which is, for
the time being a member of the same group as defined in
Section 42 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;
1.23
“Guarantor” means the party (if any) named as
‘Guarantor’ in this Lease and includes the person from
time to time guaranteeing the obligations of the Tenant under this
Lease and, in the case of an individual, includes his personal
representatives;
1.24
“Initial Rent” means the total of the Demise 1
Initial Rent and the Demise 2 Initial Rent;
1.25
“Insurance Charge” means the cost to the
Superior Landlord of effecting and maintaining insurance against
the Insured Risks in respect of the Building or any part thereof
including any plant and machinery therein and the Conduits and all
fees and expenses paid or payable to professionals or other
advisers or consultants in connection with effecting and
maintaining the same and claims arising thereunder together with
the amount expended by the Superior Landlord in effecting and
maintaining insurance against loss of rent in accordance with its
covenants in the Superior Lease;
1.26
“Insurance Rent” means a due proportion (to be
fairly and properly determined by the Landlord or the Surveyor) of
the Insurance Charge which the Landlord shall from time to time pay
to the Superior Landlord, a proportion of such sums in respect of
the period from the Term Commencement Date to the end of the period
covered by such insurance to be paid on the date hereof;
1.27
“Insured Risks” means (to the extent that any of
the same are insurable in the London insurance market at reasonable
cost and on reasonable terms) fire, storm, tempest, flood,
lightning, explosion, aircraft and articles dropped from them,
riot, civil commotion, and such other risks as the Superior
Landlord may from time to time in accordance with the provisions of
the Superior Lease, determine or which the Landlord (in its
reasonable discretion) shall request the Superior Landlord to
insure against subject to such exclusions, excesses and limitations
as are from time to time imposed by or agreed by the Superior
Landlord with the insurers or underwriters;
1.28
“Landlord” means the person for the time being
entitled to the reversion immediately expectant on the
determination of the Term;
1.29
“this Lease” means this Underlease and
any document which is supplemental to it, whether or not it is
expressly stated to be so;
1.30
“Lettable Areas” means those parts of the
Building leased or intended to be leased to occupational
tenants;
1.31
“Net Internal Area” means the total floor area
(expressed in Units of Measurement) measured in accordance with the
Code of Measuring Practice;
1.32
“Permitted Use” means good class offices
within Class Bl (Business) of the Town and Country Planning
(Use Classes) Order 1987 only and not any amendment or re-enactment
of such Order made after the date of this Lease and purposes
ancillary to such use (but excluding offices for a turf
accountancy, pools promoter, estate agency, travel agency, staff
agency, employment agency, job centre, government department,
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diplomatic or embassy purposes and any other
use to which the Landlord may reasonably object on the grounds of
good estate management);
1.33
“Plan No. 1” and “Plan
No. 2” mean respectively the plans or drawings
numbered 1 and 2 annexed to this Lease;
1.34
“Planning Acts” means the Town and Country
Planning Act 1990, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation
Areas) Act 1990, the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990, the
Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990, and the Planning and
Compensation Act 1991, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act
2004 and any other town and country planning or related
legislation;
1.35
“Premises” means those parts of the sixth floor
of the Building shown edged hatched blue on Plan No. 2
including:-
1.35.1
the internal plaster surfaces and finishes of any structural or
load bearing walls and columns in or which enclose them, but not
any other part of such walls and columns;
1.35.2
the entirety of any non-structural or non-load bearing walls and
columns in them;
1.35.3
the inner half (severed medially) of any internal non-load bearing
walls which divide them from any other part of the Building;
1.35.4
the floor finishes of them and all carpets but the lower limit of
the Premises shall not extend to anything below the floor finishes
other than raised floors and the cavity below them which shall be
included;
1.35.5
the ceiling finishes of them, including suspended ceilings (if any)
and light fittings but the upper limit of the Premises shall not
extend to anything above the ceiling finishes other than the cavity
above any suspended ceilings which shall be included;
1.35.6
all internal window frames and window furniture and all glass in
the windows and all doors, door furniture and door frames;
1.35.7
all sanitary and hot and cold water apparatus and equipment and any
radiators in them and all fire fighting equipment and hoses in
them;
1.35.8
all Conduits in them and exclusively serving the same, except those
of any utility company;
1.35.9
all landlord’s fixtures, fittings, plant, machinery,
apparatus and equipment at any time in or on them (but not any air
conditioning units, sprinklers and ducting and ancillary plant,
machinery, apparatus or equipment);
1.35.10 any additions,
alterations and improvements;
1.36
“Prescribed Rate” means four per cent (4%) per
annum above the Base Rate;
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1.37
“Present Tenant” means (in Schedule 4)
the Tenant at the time the covenants on the part of the Guarantor
are entered into and (in Schedule 7) the Tenant at the time
the covenants on the part of the Present Tenant therein referred to
are entered into;
1.38
“President” means the President for the time
being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (or in the
event that such Institution ceases to exist such other independent
body as the Landlord may reasonably nominate) and includes the duly
appointed deputy of the President or any person authorised by the
President or by the Institution or nominated body to make
appointments on his or its behalf;
1.39
“Principal Rent” means the rent payable under
clause 4.1.1;
1.40
“Rents” means the sums payable by the Tenant
under clause 4;
1.41
“Retained Parts” means all parts of the Building
which do not comprise Lettable Areas, including:-
1.41.1
the Common Parts;
1.41.2
office and residential or other accommodation which may, from time
to time, be reserved in the Building for staff;
1.41.3
any parts of the Building reserved by the Landlord for the housing
of plant, machinery or equipment, or otherwise in connection with,
or required for, the provision of services;
1.41.4
all Conduits in, on, over or under, or exclusively serving the
Building, except any that form part of the Lettable Areas;
1.41.5
the main structure of the Building, including the roof and its
structural parts, the foundations, all external walls, any internal
structural or load bearing walls and columns, the structural slabs
of the ceilings and floors, any party structures, boundary walls,
railings and fences, and all exterior parts of the Building and any
pavements, pavement lights, roads and car parking areas (if any)
which form part of the Building;
1.42
“Review Date” means 29 September 2008;
1.43
“Schedule of Condition” means the schedule of
condition annexed hereto;
1.44
“Service Charge” has the meaning given to that
expression in clause 33;
1.45
“Superior Landlord” means the person for the
time being entitled to any estate in the Building which is
reversionary (whether immediate or mediate) upon the
Landlord’s estate;
1.46
“Superior Lease” means the lease of the Building
dated 20 December 1988 and made between Hammerson (Amethyst)
Properties Limited and Taisei Europe Limited (1) and the
Landlord (then known as The Fuji Bank Limited) (2) for the
term of 25 years from 29 September 1988 and any other lease of
the Building which is reversionary (whether immediate or mediate)
upon this Lease;
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1.47
“Surrendered Lease” means the lease dated 25
July 1995 made between the Landlord (1) TMG Financial
Products (Europe) Limited (2) and The Mutual Life Assurance
Company of Canada (3) which was assigned to the Tenant by an
assignment dated 1 July 1998 and which the Tenant surrendered
on 30 November 2004;
1.48
“Surveyor” means any person appointed by the
Landlord to perform the function of a surveyor or an accountant for
any purpose of this Lease and includes any employee of the Landlord
or of a Group Company of the Landlord appointed for that purpose
and any person appointed by the Landlord to collect the rents or to
manage the Building but does not include the Review Surveyor as
defined in clause 5;
1.49
“Tenant” means the party named as
‘Tenant’ in this Lease and includes the Tenant’s
successors in title and assigns and, in the case of an individual,
his personal representatives;
1.50
“Term” means the term of years specified in
clause 3.1;
1.51
“Term Commencement Date” means 8 January,
2007;
1.52
“Unit/s of Measurement” means the unit/s of
square measurement determined in accordance with the Code of
Measuring Practice;
1.53
“Utilities” means water, soil, steam, air, gas,
electricity, radio, television, telegraphic, telephone,
telecommunications and other services and supplies of whatsoever
nature;
1.54
“Utilities Charges” means those utilities
described in clause 7.3.1 which the Landlord incurs the cost
of;
1.55
“Value Added Tax” means value added tax as
defined in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and any tax of a similar
nature substituted for, or levied in addition to, such value added
tax;
1.56
“Working Day” means any day, other than a
Saturday or Sunday, on which clearing banks in the United Kingdom
are open to the public for the transaction of business.
2.
INTERPRETATION
Unless there is something in the subject or
context inconsistent with the same:-
2.1
every covenant by a party comprising more than one person shall be
deemed to be made by such party jointly and severally;
2.2
words importing persons shall include firms, companies and
corporations and vice versa;
2.3
any covenant by the Tenant not to do any act or thing shall include
an obligation not to permit or suffer such act or thing to be
done;
2.4
any reference to the right of the Landlord to have access to, or to
enter, the Premises shall be construed as extending to the Superior
Landlord and to any mortgagee of the Landlord or the Superior
Landlord and to all persons authorised by them, including agents,
professional advisers, contractors, workmen and others;
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