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Exhibit
10.17
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE
AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO
LEASE AGREEMENT (this Amendment) is entered into as of
May 11, 2007 (the Date of this Amendment), between
EPSILON DATA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(formerly known as Epsilon Data Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation) (Tenant), and KDC REGENT I INVESTMENTS, LP, a Texas
limited partnership (Landlord).
BACKGROUND:
A. Tenant and Landlord
entered into that certain Lease Agreement dated May 31, 2005
(the Original Lease), covering a certain parcel of real
property located in Irving, Dallas County’, Texas, as more
particularly described in the Original Lease. Per the Original
Lease, Landlord agreed to lease to Tenant a building containing
approximately 75,132 total rentable square feet.
B. The Original Lease was
amended by that certain Amendment to Lease Agreement dated as of
May 4, 2006, between Landlord and Tenant (the First
Amendment, and, together with the Original Lease, the
Lease).
C. On or about
December 30, 2005, Tenant restructured from a Delaware
corporation into a Delaware limited liability company.
D. Tenant desires that
Landlord expand the Premises to include an additional building
containing approximately 75,100 rentable square feet similar to the
existing building and desires to occupy both the existing building
and the new building.
E. Landlord and Tenant desire
to amend the terms of the Lease to evidence the expansion of. the
Premises to include a second building and Tenant’s occupation
of the entire second building, pursuant to the terms set forth in
this Amendment.
AGREEMENTS:
Landlord and Tenant agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms . All
capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the
meaning set forth in the Lease. The following capitalized terms are
given the meanings set forth below, and to the extent such
defined’ terms were defined in the Lease, such terms are
hereby amended for all purposes:
(a) Additional Land is
given the meaning set forth in Section 5 of this
Amendment.
(b) Building means
Building I and Building II. Upon Building II Substantial Completion
(defined below) by Landlord under the terms of this Amendment, all
references to “Building” in the Lease will mean both
Building l and Building II.
(c) Building I means
the existing building located on the land containing approximately
75,132 rentable square feet built by Landlord and as shown on
Exhibit L of this Amendment as the “Existing
Building”.
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(d) Building II means
the building to be constructed by Landlord and added to the
Premises and as shown on Exhibit L of this Amendment as the
“Expansion” and containing approximately 75,100
rentable square feet (+/- 2%), which will include an additional
[402] surface parking spaces to the Initial Premises (for a total
of [749] surface parking spaces for the Premises).
(e) Building II Landlord
Improvements means the shell and core of Building II, to be
completed by Landlord consistent with the Building II Outline
Specifications.
(f) Building II Outline
Specifications means those outline specifications for Building
II attached hereto as Exhibit M .
(g) Building II
Premises means the Additional Land, Building II, the Building
II Landlord Improvements and the Building II Tenant
Improvements.
(h) Building II Tenant
Improvements means all interior improvements, special lighting,
interior demising walls, floor and wall coverings, furniture
systems, security systems, telephone and data cabling, excess HVAC
for computer rooms, equipment, etc. desired by Tenant for Building
II.
(i) Guarantor means
Alliance Data Systems Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
(j) Initial Premises
means the Premises as defined in the Lease prior to the date of
this Amendment.
(k) Premises means the
Initial Premises and the Building II Premises.
2. Building II
.
(a) Landlord will construct
the Building II Landlord Improvements in accordance with the
Building II Outline Specifications and the plans, specifications
and design drawings for Building I with minor adjustments related
solely to differences in the condition of the site unique to each
site (the Final Design Drawings).
(b) Landlord shall furnish,
at Landlord’s sole cost and expense, all of the materials,
labor, and equipment necessary for the design and construction of
the Building II Landlord Improvements in accordance with the Final
Design Drawings. Landlord shall construct the Building II Landlord
Improvements in a good and workmanlike manner, and in accordance
with all Legal Requirements.
(c) Tenant shall retain space
planners, architects, and engineers reasonably approved by Landlord
to design all Building II Tenant Improvements (including, without
limitation, space planning, and preparation of the Final Building
II Tenant Improvements Plans and Specifications in the manner set
forth below). On or before 90 days after the Date of this
Amendment, Tenant shall cause proposed Building II Tenant
Improvements Design Development Plans (herein so called) for
the Building II Tenant Improvements to be prepared and delivered to
Landlord. Within 10 days after receipt of the proposed Building II
Tenant Improvements Design Development Plans, Landlord will approve
or reject the proposed Building II Tenant
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Improvements Design
Development Plans. If Landlord rejects the proposed plans, Landlord
must specify in sufficient detail the reason(s) for its rejection.
Tenant will revise the proposed Building II Tenant Improvements
Design Development Plans based on Landlord’s comments and
resubmit the plans for Landlord’s approval. Upon
Landlord’s approval, the proposed Building II Tenant
Improvements Design Development Plans will constitute the
Building 11 Tenant Improvements Design Development Plans
(herein so called). Within 90 days after Landlord’s approval
of the Building II Tenant Improvements Design Development Plans,
Tenant shall cause proposed Final Building II Tenant Improvements
Plans and Specifications to be prepared in accordance with the
Building II Tenant Improvements Design Development Plans. Within 10
days after receipt of the proposed Final Building II Tenant
Improvements Plans and Specifications, Landlord will approve or
reject the proposed Final Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and
Specifications. If Landlord rejects the proposed Final Building II
Tenant Improvements Plans and Specifications, Landlord must specify
in sufficient detail the reason(s) for Landlord’s rejection.
Tenant will revise the proposed Final Building II Tenant
Improvements Plans and Specifications and resubmit the plans for
Landlord’s approval. If Landlord has not notified Tenant of
Landlord’s disapproval within the 10 day period, Landlord
will be deemed to have approved the proposed Final Building II
Tenant Improvements Plans .and Specifications. Upon
Landlord’s actual or deemed approval, the proposed Final
Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and Specifications will
constitute the Final Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and
Specifications (herein so called). Landlord’s approvals
under this Section 2(c) of this Amendment may not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, except that any
portions of the Building II Tenant Improvements that require
structural attachment(s) to Building II or attachment(s) to any
Building II MEP system are subject to approval by Landlord in its
sole discretion.
(d) Landlord appoints James
Williams as its representative to work with Tenant in the
preparation and approval of the Final Building II Tenant
Improvements Plans and Specifications. Tenant appoints Laura
Marshall as its representative to review the proposed Building II
Tenant Improvements Design Development Plans, the proposed Final
Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and Specifications, and the
Final Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and Specifications so
as not to delay unreasonably the completion of the Building II
Tenant Improvements. Both Landlord and Tenant may replace its
representative(s) with other representative(s) at their discretion;
and Landlord and Tenant shall advise the other party of such
substitution.
(e) Landlord will provide
Tenant with those allowances as specified in Exhibit N of
this Amendment (collectively, the Building II Tenant
Allowances).
(f) Landlord will commence
construction of the Building II Landlord Improvements as soon as
practicable after the date of this Lease but no later than 30 days
after the Date of this Amendment. The commencement of site grading
or site excavation will constitute the commencement of construction
for purposes of the foregoing requirement. Landlord will diligently
proceed with the construction of the Building II Landlord
Improvements and will use commercially reasonable efforts to (i)
“complete the Building II Landlord- Improvements in
substantial accordance with the Final Design Drawings (except for
such’ seasonal landscaping items, which are to be completed
at a later date) (Building II Substantial Completion) and
(ii) deliver possession of same to the Tenant by no later than
255 days after the Date of this
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Amendment (the
Building II Delivery Date), subject to Excused
Delays. Notwithstanding anything in this Lease to the contrary, a
certificate from Landlord’s architect that the Building II
Landlord Improvements have been completed in substantial accordance
with the Final Design Drawings shall confirm that Building II
Substantial Completion Landlord Improvements has occurred, absent
manifest error (the Certificate of Substantial
Completion).
(g) Landlord will coordinate
with Tenant so that Tenant and its contractor for the Building II
Tenant Improvements can accompany Landlord and its architect when
they inspect the Building II in connection with the delivery of the
Certificate of Substantial Completion. Landlord will complete all
punch list items for the Building II Landlord Improvements within
two weeks after Tenant delivers the punch list to Landlord; but if
Tenant prevents Landlord from completing any punch list item within
such period of time, Landlord’s time for completing the item
will be extended one day for each day of Tenant Delay.
(h) Except as hereinafter
provided, if delays in the commencement or completion of the
construction of the Building II Landlord Improvements occur by
reason of Excused Delays, the dates established above for the
commencement of construction, Building II Substantial Completion
and delivery of possession will be postponed by the aggregate
duration of the Excused Delays; provided, however that Excused
Delays, other than days of Tenant Delay, shall not postpone the
Building II Delivery Date beyond 376 days after the Date of this
Amendment.
(i) Upon request by Tenant
after the Building II Landlord Improvements are dried in, Landlord;
in its sole discretion, may allow Tenant and Tenant’s
employees and contractors to enter the Building II Landlord
Improvements for the purpose of installing the Building II Tenant
Improvements in accordance with the Final Building II Tenant
Improvements Plans and Specifications and all Legal Requirements.
Tenant shall, ensure that its employees and contractors do not
interfere with Landlord’s completion of the construction of
the Building II Landlord Improvements. Tenant shall indemnify,
defend, and hold Landlord harmless from and against any damage or
delay caused by Tenant’s early entry. Entry by Tenant’s
employees and contractors for this limited purpose will not
constitute Tenant’s acceptance of the Building II Landlord
Improvements or give rise to any obligation to pay Base Rent
applicable to the Building.
(j) Landlord shall
incorporate only new materials and equipment into the construction
of the Building II Landlord Improvements. Landlord warrants the
Building II Landlord Improvements including, without limitation,
the foundations, slab, structural frame, roof deck, and exterior
walls of Building II against defective design, workmanship, and
materials, latent or otherwise, for a period of one year from the
date of Building II Substantial Completion (the Building II
Warranty Period). Landlord shall repair or replace at its
sole cost and expense any defective item of Building II Landlord
Improvements occasioned by defective design, workmanship, or
materials that Tenant discovers during the Building II Warranty
Period. Upon the expiration of the Building II Warranty Period,
Landlord shall cause the material and labor warranties for the
general contractor, the roof on the Building II, the window glazing
and the mechanical, including HVAC, electric and plumbing systems
to be assigned to Tenant with no reduction in the unelapsed
warranty periods or other benefits thereunder; in addition,
Landlord shall deliver to Tenant all other continuing assignable
guaranties
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and warranties received by
Landlord in connection with the construction of the Building II
Landlord Improvements and shall assign to Tenant Landlord’s
interest in those guaranties and warranties by means of a duly
executed and acknowledged assignment in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and Tenant. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Landlord has no obligation to assign any warranty or
guaranty to Tenant if Landlord is obligated to maintain an item
covered by the warranty or guaranty pursuant to Section 8 of
the Lease. From and after the expiration of the Building 11
Warranty Period, Landlord shall cooperate with Tenant in
Tenant’s enforcement, at Tenant’s sole cost and
expense, of any express warranties or guaranties of workmanship or
materials for the Building II Landlord Improvements given by
subcontractors, architects, draftsmen, or materialmen that
guarantee .or warrant against defective design, workmanship, or
materials for a period of time in excess of the Building II
Warranty Period. The obligations Landlord undertakes under the
terms of this subsection are in addition to the maintenance and
repair obligations that Landlord undertakes under other terms of
this Lease.
(k) Landlord shall complete
construction and equipping of the Building II Landlord Improvements
free of mechanic’s liens or other liens, and shall defend,
indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from and against all claims,
actions, losses, costs, damages, expenses, liabilities and
obligations, including, without limitation, ‘ reasonable
legal fees, resulting from (A) the assertion or filing of any
claim for amounts alleged to be due to the claimant for labor,
services, materials, supplies, machinery, fixtures or equipment
furnished in connection with the construction of the Building II
Landlord Improvements, (B) the foreclosure of any
mechanic’s or materialmen’s lien that allegedly secures
the amounts allegedly owed to the claimant, or (C) any other
legal proceedings initiated in connection with that
claim.
(l) Landlord shall afford
Tenant and its contractors reasonable access to ‘the Building
II Landlord improvements during construction for the purposes of
inspecting the Building II Landlord Improvements.
(m) Throughout the period
between the date on which Landlord commences construction of the
Building II Landlord improvements and the date of Building II
Substantial Completion, Landlord shall maintain in force with
respect to the Building II Landlord Improvements, a policy of
multiple peril (all-risk) builder’s risk insurance on a
completed value basis in an amount equal to the full replacement
cost of the Building II Landlord Improvements. That policy must
name Tenant as an additional insured, as Its interests may appear,
and must provide that coverage will continue for Tenant’s
benefit notwithstanding’ any act or omission on
Landlord’s part. The certificate of insurance evidencing that
policy must provide that no cancellation, surrender or material
change will become effective unless Tenant receives written notice
at least 30 days in advance of the time at which that cancellation,
surrender or material change becomes effective.
(n) Tenant shall furnish, at
Tenant’s sole cost and expense (but subject to payment by
Landlord of the Building II Tenant Allowances), all of the
materials, labor, ‘and equipment necessary for the design and
construction of the Building II Tenant Improvements in accordance
with the Final Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and
Specifications. Tenant shall construct the Building II Tenant
Improvements with all due diligence in a good and workmanlike
manner and in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements and
the Final Building II Tenant Improvements Plans and
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Specifications. Tenant shall
incorporate only new materials and equipment into the construction
of the Building II Tenant Improvements. Unless otherwise approved
in writing by Landlord, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, Tenant may only use the general contractors and major
subcontractors identified as specified in Exhibit J of the Lease in
constructing the Building II Tenant Improvements.
(o) Tenant shall diligently
complete construction and equipping of the Building II Tenant
Improvements free of mechanic’s liens or other liens, and
shall defend, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against
all claims, actions, losses, costs, damages, expenses, liabilities
and obligations, including, without limitation, reasonable legal
fees, resulting from (A) the assertion or filing of any claim
for amounts alleged to be due to the claimant for labor, services,
materials, supplies, machinery, fixtures or equipment furnished in
connection with the construction of the Building II Tenant
Improvements, (B). the foreclosure of any mechanic’s or
materialmen’s lien that allegedly secures the amounts
allegedly owed to the claimant, or (C) any other legal
proceedings initiated in connection with that claim.
(p) Tenant shall afford
Landlord and its contractors reasonable access to the Building II
Tenant Improvements during construction for the purposes of
inspecting the Building II Tenant Improvements.
(q) Tenant shall promptly
provide Landlord with as-built drawings of the Building II Tenant
Improvements upon completion of construction thereof. Landlord
shall provide Tenant with as-built drawings of the Building II
Landlord Improvements as well as all instructions and
operator’s manuals pertaining to any equipment installed by
Landlord within the Building II within 90 days after the date of
Building II Substantial Completion.
(r) Prior to the Building II
Rent Commencement Date (defined below), Landlord shall provide
Tenant with a certificate from Landlord’s architect showing
the ‘Building Square Footage of the Building II measured in
accordance with the method of measuring rentable area in a single
tenant building as specified in the Standard Method for Measuring
Floor Area in Office Buildings published by the BOMA in ANSI
Z65.1-1996 (the Building II Square Footage
Certificate).
(s) Within 15 days after
Building II Substantial Completion occurs, the parties will execute
an Acknowledgment Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit E of
the Lease (the Building II Acknowledgment
Letter).
3. Commencement of Rent
for Building II .
(a) Tenant must begin paying
Base Rent related to Building II beginning 152 days after Building
II Substantial Completion (such date being the Building II Rent
Commencement Date). The Term for the Building II shall end
conterminously with the Term of the Lease for the Initial Premises
and all other terms and provisions of the Lease will remain the
same with respect to Building I and Building II.
(b) If the date of Building
II Substantial Completion does not occur by the Building II
Delivery Date, solely by reason of Tenant Delays, then the Building
I! Rent Commencement Date as. set forth in Section 3(a)
of this Amendment will be accelerated one day for each day of
Tenant Delay.
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4. Base Rent and
Additional Rent.
(a) Section 4(a) of the
Lease is amended by the following: The Base Rent related to the
Building I (the Building I Base Rent) is as
follows:
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Lease Term
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Annual Rent |
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Monthly Rent |
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Building I Base Rent Rate |
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As of the date of this Amendment through
6/30/10:
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$ |
1,207,500.00 |
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100,625.00 |
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16.10 psf |
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7/1/10 through 6/30/14:
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$ |
1,268,250.00 |
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$ |
105,687.50 |
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16.91 psf |
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7/1/14 through 06/30/18:
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$ |
1,332,750.00 |
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$ |
111,062.50 |
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17.77 psf |
(b) The Base Rent related to
the Building II (the Building II Base Rent) will be as
follows:
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Lease Term
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Annual Rent |
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Monthly Rent |
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Building II Base Rent Rate |
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Years 1 through 4
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$ |
1,157,291.04 |
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$ |
96,440.92 |
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15.41 psf |
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Years 5 through 8
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1,227,885.00 |
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$ |
102,323.75 |
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$ |
16.35 psf |
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Years 9 through 06/30/18
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$ |
1,302,984.96 |
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$ |
108,582.08 |
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$ |
17.35 psf |
The above Building II Base
Rent is based on a Building Square Footage of 75,100 and the final
Building II Base Rent will be based on the Building Square Footage
as determined by the Building Square Footage Certificate with the
Building II Base Rent being verified in the Building II
Acknowledgment Letter. The Building II Acknowledgement Letter will
also set forth the specific Base Rent increase dates. All
references to “Base Rent” refers to the Base Rent for
the Premises.
(c) If the Building II Rent
Commencement Date occurs on a day other than the first day of a
calendar month, then the Building II Base Rent for the month in
which the Building II Commencement Date occurs will be equal to the
monthly installment amount specified above multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
period starting on the Building II Rent Commencement Date and
ending on the last day of that month, and the denominator of which
is the total number of days in that month.
(d) If the Building II
Substantial Completion date and the tender of possession of the
Building II Landlord Improvements does not occur by the following
dates (each of which is subject to extension by one day for each
day of Excused Delay):
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(i) the Building II Delivery
Date, then Tenant will receive one day of free Building II Base
Rent and payment by Landlord for, or reimbursement of all charges
for the per diem cost of all utilities, Impositions and other
operating costs for the Building II for each day of delay through
285 days after the Date of this Amendment;
(ii) 286 days after the Date
of this Amendment, then Tenant will receive 2 days of free Building
11 Base Rent and payment by Landlord for, or reimbursement of, all
charges for the per diem cost of all utilities, Impositions and
other operating costs for the Building I! for each additional day
of delay thereafter until 300 days after the Date of this
Amendment; and
(iii) 301 days after the Date
of this Amendment, then Tenant will receive 4 days of free Building
II Base Rent and payment by Landlord for, or reimbursement of, all
charges for the per diem cost of all utilities, Impositions and
other operating costs for the Building II for each additional day
of delay thereafter until 375 days after the Date of this
Amendment; and
(iv) 376 days after the Date
of this Amendment, then Tenant may, at its option, by giving notice
to Landlord at any time thereafter until Landlord achieves
substantial completion of the Landlord Improvements,
either:
(A) elect to take over
completion of the Building II Landlord Improvements, in which event
Tenant shall be entitled to a credit against Building II Base Rent
for all reasonable costs incurred by Tenant in completing the
Building II Landlord Improvements; or
(B) require Landlord to
complete the Building II Landlord Improvements and continue to
allow free Building II Base Rent and expense payment (or
reimbursement) to accrue as provided in
Section 4(d)(iii) of this Amendment
5. Addition of Land .
Landlord will, acquire by no later than May 25, 2007, an
approx
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