THE MIDLAND BUILDING
LEASE
Between
250 East Broad Street Properties, LLC
(“Landlord”)
(“Tenant”)
Ohio Indemnity Company
August 11, 2008
LEASE
SUMMARY
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Date of Execution
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August 14, 2008
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of
Lease:
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Landlord:
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250 East Broad Street Properties, LLC
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Address of Landlord:
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250 East Broad Street Properties, LLC
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250 East Broad Street, Suite 1250
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Columbus, Ohio 43215
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Tenant:
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Ohio Indemnity Company
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Address of Tenant:
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250 E. Broad Street – 7 th
Floor
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Columbus, OH 43215
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Building:
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The office building located at 250 E. Broad
Street in Columbus, Ohio 43215
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Leased Premises:
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That portion of the Building outlined on
Exhibit A and known as Suite 700.
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The leased premises contains 11,700 square
feet of rentable space and are
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located on the 7th floor.
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Permitted Use:
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General office use.
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Lease Term:
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Seven (7) Years
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Commencement Date:
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January 1, 2009
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Termination Date:
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December 31, 2015
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Full Service Rent:
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Lease
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PRSF
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Monthly Full
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Annual
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Period
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Full Service Rent
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Service Rent
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Full Service Rent
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Year 1:
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$16.00/SF
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$
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15,600.00
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187,200
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Year 2:
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$
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16.50
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$
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16,087.50
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193,050
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Year 3:
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$
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17.00
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$
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16,575.00
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$
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198,900
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Year 4:
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$
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17.50
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$
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17,062.50
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204,750
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Year 5:
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$
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18.00
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17,550.00
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210,600
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Year 6:
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$
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18.50
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$
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18,037.50
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216,450
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Year 7:
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$
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19.00
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$
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18,525.00
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222,300
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Tenant Improvements:
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Landlord will turnkey tenant improvements
at its cost per the signed off
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drawings dated August 4, 2008
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1
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Payment Due Dates:
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All monthly installments of the Full
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Service Rent shall be due and payable in
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advance on or before the first
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(1
st ) day of each calendar
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month during the Lease Term.
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Security Deposit :
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$
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15,600.00
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Real Estate Brokers:
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CB Richard Ellis representing the
Landlord.
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CB Richard Ellis representing the Tenant.
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Parking:
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Tenant will have the right to the
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following guaranteed reserved parking
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spaces in the attached garage for the
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initial term:
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(24)
spaces @ $100 /space/month
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Parking shall increase $5.00 per space per
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year during the term of this lease.
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Tenant shall also have the temporary use
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of an additional 11 spaces in the garage
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at the aforementioned rates. Landlord
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shall have the right to terminate the
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temporary parking by giving tenant 90 days
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notice.
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Proportionate Share:
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5.25% (11,700/222,878
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Rent Abatement:
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Tenant will receive five (5) months of
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full service rent abatement at the
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beginning of this lease term.
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Storage:
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Tenant shall have the right to lease its
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existing storage space containing
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approximately 1,600 sq. ft. on the
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3
rd floor of the building for
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$933.33 per month. Landlord reserves the
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right to relocate said storage at its cost
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to
other available storage in the building
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should it come available. The size of any
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such substitute storage space shall be
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equal to or greater than the original
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storage space. Tenant’s monthly storage
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fee for the substitute storage space shall
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remain the same.
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2
LEASE
THE MIDLAND BUILDING
COLUMBUS, OHIO
THIS LEASE made as of this 11th day
of August, 2008 (this “Lease”) between 250 East Broad
Street Properties, LLC, (“Landlord”), and Ohio
Indemnity Company, an Ohio Corporation, whose address is 250 East
Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (“Tenant”).
WITNESSETH:
Landlord hereby agrees to lease to
Tenant, and Tenant hereby agrees to accept, the premises (the
“Premises”) designated on the plan attached hereto as
Exhibit A and commonly described as space on the
seventh (7 th ) floor containing approximately
11,700 square feet of “Rentable Area” in the
building known as The Midland Building (the “Building”)
located on a parcel of land at the northeast corner of 5th Street
and East Broad Street, in the City of Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio (the “Land”), subject to the terms and conditions
of this Lease. Tenant shall also have the right to lease storage
space (“Storage Space”) as described in the Lease
Summary. During the Lease Term, Tenant shall have the nonexclusive
right to use all areas in and around the Building made available
from time to time by Landlord for the common use of the occupants
of the Building (“common areas”).
In consideration thereof, Landlord
and Tenant covenant and agree as follows:
1. TERM .
The term of this Lease (the
“Term”) shall commence on January 1, 2009
(the “Commencement Date”) and end on
December 31 st , 2015 (the
“Termination Date”), unless sooner terminated (or
extended) as provided herein.
2. FULL SERVICE RENT .
A. Full Service Rent .
Tenant shall pay Full Service Rent in the amount set forth in the
Lease Summary. All Rental payments due until this Lease shall be
payable by the Tenant on the first (1 st ) day of every
month to the Landlord as follows, or to such other place as
Landlord shall from time to time designate. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease, Tenant will also
receive rent abatement as set forth in the Lease Summary.
250 East Broad Street Properties,
250 E. Broad Street, Suite 1250, Columbus, Ohio 43215
B. Operating Expense
Payments . Tenant shall pay its Proportionate Share of any
increase in Operating Expenses over and above the Operating
Expenses in the base year, subject, however, to the
“cap” described below. Base year will be calendar year
2009 .
Proportionate Share shall mean the
percentage set forth in the Lease Summary, using the percentage
calculated by dividing the rentable area of the Premises by the
rentable area of the Building. Landlord represents and warrants
that the rentable areas of the Building and Premises have been
calculated in accordance with applicable BOMA standards.
“Cap” on Controllable
Operating Expenses : The forgoing notwithstanding, the amount
that Tenant shall be required to pay each year as its Proportionate
Share of Controllable Operating Expenses in excess of base year
Controllable Operating Expenses shall not increase by more than
four percent (4%) over the amount payable therefor for the previous
calendar year. Those expenses which are included within the
definitions of “Operating Expenses” and
“Controllable Operating Expenses” are set forth below.
The amount payable by Tenant under this paragraph B as
Tenant’s Proportionate Share of Operating Expenses in excess
of base year Operating Expenses, after applying the
“cap” on Controllable Operating Expenses described
above, is sometimes referred to herein as Tenant’s
“Operating Expense Payment(s).”
Beginning with calendar year
2010 , Tenant shall pay Operating Expenses Payments monthly
along with the Full Service Rent based upon Landlord’s
estimate of the Operating Expenses which will be incurred during
each calendar year during the Lease Term. Tenant’s Operating
Expense Payments for the first calendar year of the Lease Term are
included in the Full Service Rent for the first year. Landlord will
use its best efforts to notify Tenant by the end of each calendar
year during the Lease Term of the amount of Tenant’s
estimated Operating Expense Payment for the upcoming calendar
year.
As soon as reasonably practicable
after the end of each calendar year (but no later than one hundred
twenty (120) days after the end of such year), Landlord will
deliver to Tenant a written operating expense statement, reasonably
itemized, showing the actual Operating Expenses and actual
Controllable Operating Expenses for such calendar year, the sum of
the payments made by Tenant for such year as its estimated
Operating Expenses Payments, and the amount of Tenant’s
actual Operating Expenses Payments for such year. If the sum of the
estimated Operating Expense Payments paid by Tenant during such
calendar year exceeds Tenant’s actual Operating Expense
Payments for such year, then Landlord will pay such excess amount
to Tenant within thirty (30) days after the date on which the
amount of such excess Operating Expense Payments are determined but
in any event no later than 120 days after the end of such
year; or if the Lease Term has ended, Landlord shall refund such
excess amount to Tenant. If the sum of the estimated Operating
Expense Payments paid by Tenant during such calendar year is less
than Tenant’s actual Operating Expense Payments for such
year, then Tenant will pay the deficiency to Landlord with thirty
(30) days after Tenant’s receipt of Landlord’s
written operating expense statement. If the Lease Term begins on a
day other than January 1st or expires on a date other than
December 31st, Tenant’s Operating Expense Payments for
the first and last calendar year during which the Lease Term is in
effect will be prorated to take into consideration the number of
days during such calendar year in which the Lease Term is in
effect.
Tenant will have the right, upon
reasonable prior written notice to Landlord, to audit and inspect
Landlord’s books and records with respect to Landlord’s
computation of its Operating Expenses for any particular calendar
year. Any such right of audit and inspection for a particular
calendar year must be exercised, if at all, within one hundred
twenty (120) days after Tenant’s receipt of
Landlord’s operating expense statement for such calendar
year. If Tenant fails to so exercise its audit and inspection right
within such 120-day period, then its rights with respect to the
subject calendar year will terminate for all purposes of this
Lease. If any audit or inspection conducted by Tenant discloses an
overage in the amount billed to Tenant over the amounts actually
due from Tenant hereunder, then Landlord will reimburse Tenant:
(a) for such overage; and (b) to the extent such overage
exceeds five (5%) of the amount actually due from Tenant hereunder,
for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and professional fees
incurred by Tenant in connection with its auditing and inspection
of Landlord’s books and records. The reimbursements referred
to in the immediately preceding sentence will be made by Landlord
to Tenant within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s
receipt of a detailed invoice identifying the amounts of such
reimbursements. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
Tenant will bear all costs associated with the auditing and
inspection of Landlord’s books and records.
C. Definitions of Operating
Expenses
(1)
“Tenant’s Proportionate Share of Operating
Expenses” shall mean a percentage factor, determined by
dividing the rentable square footage contained in the Premises by
the rentable square footage contained in the Building, multiplied
by the amount of Operating Expenses.
(2) “Base
Year” shall mean calendar year 2009 .
(3)
“Operating Expenses” shall mean those expenses paid or
incurred by or on behalf of Landlord in respect to the operation of
the Building, including without limitation, real estate taxes,
utilities, maintenance, repairs, payroll, management fees, and
janitorial services. Landlord shall provide janitorial services
Monday through Friday with major holidays excepted.
“Controllable Operating Expenses” shall mean all
Operating Expenses excluding real estate taxes, utility costs, and
insurance premiums.
The foregoing
notwithstanding, the following items shall be excluded from
Operating Expenses:
(a) The cost
of any special service rendered to a tenant of the Building which
is not rendered generally to the other tenants of the Building;
(b) Costs of
initial improvements to, or initial alterations of, space leased or
to be leased to any tenant of the Building for the sole benefit of
such tenant, and the cost of correcting defects in the original
construction of the Building;
(c) Costs
and expenses incurred in connection with leasing space in the
Building, such as leasing commissions, tenant allowances, space
planner fees, advertising and promotional expenses, legal fees for
the preparation of leases, and rent payable with respect to any
leasing office;
(d) Costs of
capital improvements to the building;
(e) Principal or interest payments on loans secured by
mortgages on the Building or on the Lot, and any rental under any
ground or underlying lease or leases of the Building;
(f) Interest
or penalties for late payments by Landlord, except to the extent
resulting from a default by Tenant;
(g) The cost
of repairing or restoring any substantial portion of the Building
damaged by fire or other casualty to the extent such casualty is
customarily insured against by landlords of office buildings of
similar size, age and construction in the same urban area;
(h) The cost
of repairs, alterations or replacements required as a result of the
exercise of any right of eminent domain;
(i) The cost
of items and services which are reimbursable by Tenant or other
tenants of the Building or which are paid directly by Tenant or
other tenants to third persons, and any other costs for which
Landlord received reimbursement;
(j) Costs
incurred in advertising and promotional activities for the
Building;
(k) Costs of
performing any clean up, remediation, evaluation or other costs
associated with Hazardous Materials (as defined below) at the
Project;
(l) Costs
associated for collection of rent from other tenants AFTER they
have defaulted on their lease payment or any other costs incurred
by Landlord in connection with the enforcement of leases against
the tenants of the Building, including without limitation legal
fees and arbitration and mediation costs; and
(m) Depreciation.
If the Building is only partially
occupied during any calendar year, Landlord shall estimate the
Operating Expenses for the calendar year as if the Building were at
least ninety-five percent (95%) occupied.
If Landlord is permitted by a taxing
authority to pay real estate taxes or assessments in installments,
then, for purposes of this section, Landlord shall be deemed to
have elected to pay the taxes and assessments in installments over
the longest time period permitted, and the amount of such taxes and
assessments included in Operating Expenses for any given year shall
be the sum of such installments allocable to such year.
3. USE OF THE PREMISES .
A. Reserved Areas . This
Lease does not give Tenant any right to use, and Landlord hereby
excludes and reserves for its sole and exclusive use, the following
areas in and about the Premises: janitor closets, stairways and
stairwells outside Tenant’s finished space, fan, mechanical,
electrical, telephone and similar rooms (other than those installed
for Tenant’s exclusive use); elevator, pipe and other
vertical shafts, flues and ducts; all areas above the acoustical
ceiling and below the finished floor covering installed in the
Premises; all other structural or mechanical elements serving other
areas of the Building; and all subterranean, mineral, air, light
and view rights.
B. Permitted Use .
Tenant shall use and occupy the Premises for any general office
purpose and incidental related purposes consistent with the
operation of a first-class office building in Columbus, Ohio.
C. Compliance with Laws
. Tenant shall not use or permit the use of any part of the
Premises for any purpose prohibited by law or in any manner that
would create any nuisance or interfere with, annoy or disturb any
other tenant or Landlord in its operation of the Building. Tenant
shall, at its sole expense, comply with and conform to all of the
requirements of all governmental authorities having jurisdiction
over the Building which relate in any way to the condition, use and
occupancy of the Premises throughout the entire Term of this Lease.
Tenant represents and warrants that, on the Commencement Date, the
Premises and Building will be in compliance with all applicable
laws.
D. Hazardous Materials .
Tenant agrees that it will not use, handle, generate, treat, store
or dispose of, or permit the handling, generation, treatment,
storage or disposal of any Hazardous Materials (as defined
hereinafter) in, on, under, around or above the Premises, the
Building or the Land, now or at any future time and will indemnify,
defend and save Landlord harmless from any and all actions,
proceedings, claims, costs, expenses and losses of any kind,
including, but not limited to, those arising from injury to any
person, including death, damage to or loss of use or value of real
or personal property, and costs of investigation and cleanup in
connection with the existence of Hazardous Materials on the
Premises caused by Tenant during the Term hereof. The term
“Hazardous Materials”, when used herein, shall include,
but shall not be limited to, any substances, materials or wastes to
the extent quantities thereof are regulated by the City of Columbus
or any other local governmental authority, the State of Ohio, or
the United States of America because of toxic, flammable,
explosive, corrosive, reactive, radioactive or other properties
that may be hazardous to human health or the environment, including
asbestos and including any materials or substances that are listed
in the United States Department of Transportation Hazardous
Materials Table, as amended, 49 C.F.R. 172.101, or in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. subsections 9601 et seq., or the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
subsections 6901 et seq., or any other applicable governmental
regulation imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning
any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substances, waste or material,
now or hereafter in effect. Tenant does hereby indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Landlord and its agents and their respective
officers, directors, beneficiaries, shareholders, partners, agents
and employees from all fines, suits, procedures, claims and actions
of every kind, and all costs associated therewith (including
attorneys’ and consultants’ fees) arising by, through
or under Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, servants and
invitees and out of or in any way connected with any deposit,
spill, discharge or other release of Hazardous Materials caused by
Tenant that occurs during the Term of this Lease, at or from the
Premises, or which arises at any time from Tenant’s use or
occupancy of the Premises, or from Tenant’s failure to
provide all information, make all submissions, and take all steps
required by all applicable governmental authorities. Tenant’s
obligations and liabilities under this paragraph shall survive the
expiration of the Term of this Lease. Landlord represents and
warrants to Tenant that, to the best of Landlord’s knowledge,
on the Commencement Date, there shall be no Hazardous Materials at
the Premises or elsewhere at the Project.
4. POSSESSION .
A. Possession of the Premises
shall be tendered to Tenant by Landlord on the Commencement Date
provided Landlord has substantially completed its express
obligations set forth in the Work Letter attached hereto as
Exhibit [B] and made a part hereof (the “Work
Letter”). If Landlord is unable to complete substantially
such obligations by the specified Commencement Date or Landlord is
unable to tender possession on such date by reason of the holding
over or retention of possession by any tenant or occupant, this
Lease shall nevertheless continue in force and effect, but the
Commencement Date shall be delayed until such time as such
obligations of Landlord are substantially completed or Landlord has
tendered possession, as the case may be, and Landlord shall have no
other liability whatsoever on account of such delay. However, there
shall be no postponement of the Commencement Date to the extent
that Landlord’s obligations are not substantially completed
because of any delays caused by Tenant as described in the Work
Letter. Landlord’s obligations shall not be deemed incomplete
if only insubstantial details of construction, decoration or
mechanical adjustments remain to be done. The determination of
Landlord’s architect or interior space planner for the
Building shall be final and conclusive on Tenant as to whether such
obligations have been substantially completed.
B. If Landlord’s
obligations to improve the Premises, if any, are substantially
completed prior to the Commencement Date and Landlord and Tenant
agree, without in any way being bound to so agree, Tenant may take
possession of the Premises or part thereof prior to the
Commencement Date. In such event, all of the covenants and
conditions of this Lease shall be binding upon the parties hereto
with respect to such whole or part of the Premises as of the date
when Tenant took possession and Tenant shall pay Full Service Rent
at the initial annual rate stated herein, without abatement,
prorated for the period of such occupancy prior to the Commencement
Date. If less than the whole Premises are occupied and the
unoccupied portions have not been substantially completed due to
the fault of Landlord. Rent shall also be prorated based on the
percentage the occupied portion comprises the full Premises.
C. Under no circumstances shall
the occurrence of any of the events described in this Section be
deemed to accelerate or defer the Termination Date.
D. The Tenant’s taking
possession of any portion of the Premises shall be conclusive
evidence that such portion of the Premises was in good order and
satisfactory condition when the Tenant took possession, except as
to defects contained on a punch list to be prepared and signed by
Landlord and Tenant based on an inspection made prior to the date
on which Tenant takes possession of such portion of the Premises
and except for defects not reasonably discoverable upon an ordinary
inspection of the Premises; provided, however, that if the Premises
are not available to Tenant for such inspection prior to the date
on which Tenant takes possession, such punch list shall be prepared
and signed by Landlord and Tenant within seven (7) days after
Tenant takes possession of such portion of the Premises. Landlord
shall promptly correct all defects noted on such agreed punch list.
No promise of the Landlord to construct, alter, remodel or improve
the Premises or the Building and no representation by Landlord or
its agents respecting the condition of the Premises or the Building
have been made to Tenant or relied upon by Tenant other than as may
be contained in this Lease.
5. SERVICES .
A. Landlord’s Repair
and Maintenance. Subject to the condemnation and casualty
provisions contained in this Lease and except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, Landlord will maintain and repair the
common areas of the Project, including lobbies, stairs, elevators,
corridors, and restrooms, the windows in the Building, the
mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment serving the Building,
the parking garage, the roof and structure of the Building, and the
walkways, driveways, and landscaped areas at the Project, if any,
in reasonably good order and condition. Landlord shall maintain the
Building in a first-class condition comparable to other
Class A office buildings in the area in which the Building is
located.
B List of Services. Landlord
will furnish the Premises with services, including without
limitation:
(1) electricity for lighting and the operation of low-wattage
office machines (such as desktop calculators, personal computers
and photocopy machines) during Business Hours, although Landlord
will not be obligated to furnish more power to the Premises than is
proportionally allocated to the Premises under the Building
design;
(2) heat
and air conditioning reasonable required for the comfortable
occupation of the Premises during Business Hours;
(3) access and elevator service
(at least one passenger elevator shall be in service 24 hours
day/7 days per week);
(4) lighting replacement during Business Hours (for building
standard lights, but not for any special Tenant lights, which will
be replaced at Tenant’s sole cost and expense);
(5) restroom supplies;
(6) window washing with
reasonably frequency, as determined by Landlord; and
(7) daily
cleaning service on weekdays, (in accordance with
Exhibit C , which is attached hereto).
As used herein,
“Business Hours” means 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Mondays through Fridays.
Tenant’s Computer Server
Room : With reference to subparagraph B(2) above, Landlord, at
no additional expense to Tenant, shall maintain the temperature in
Tenant’s computer server room at 72° F or cooler (but no
colder than 60° F) on a 24 hour/day, 7 days/week
basis.
Landlord may provide, but will not
be obligated to provide, any such services (except access and
elevator service) on holidays or weekends. Electricity will be
available to the Premises and will, at Landlord’s option, be
separately metered or directly sub metered for the Premises. The
cost of electricity at such secondary rates as applicable will be
due and payable by the Tenant as billed during the Term of this
Lease. There shall be a minimum of one (1) security guard on
site at all times and security guard in the garage during business
hours. There shall provide a card access system to the garage,
building elevators, and building exterior for after hour
accessibility.
Tenant will have the right to
purchase the use during Business Hours and non-Business Hours the
services described in clauses (b) (1) and (2) in excess
of the amounts Landlord has agreed to furnish so long as:
(1) Tenant gives Landlord
reasonable prior written notice of its desire to do so;
(2) the excess services are
reasonably available to Landlord and to the Premises; and
(3) Tenant
pays as Additional Rent (at the time the next payment of Monthly
Rent is due) the cost of such excess service charged by Landlord
from time to time for providing such additional or excess
services.
C. Tenant’s Costs.
Whenever equipment or lighting (other than building standard
lights) is used in the Premises by Tenant and such equipment or
lighting affects the temperature otherwise normally maintained by
the design of the Building’s air conditioning system,
Landlord will have the right, after prior written notice to Tenant,
to install supplementary air conditioning facilities in the
Premises or otherwise modify the ventilating and air conditioning
system serving the Premises; and the cost of such facilities,
modifications, and additional service will be paid by Tenant as
Additional Rent. If Landlord reasonably believes that Tenant is
using more power than normal business usage then Tenant may be
billed extra service charges.
D. Limitation on
Liability. Landlord will use reasonable efforts to diligently
remedy any interruption in the furnishing of such services.
Landlord reserves the right temporarily to discontinue such
services at such times as may be necessary by reason of accident;
repairs, alterations or improvements; strikes; lockouts; riots;
acts of God; governmental preemption in connection with a national
or local emergency; any rule, order, or regulation of any
governmental agency; conditions of supply and demand that make any
product unavailable; Landlord’s compliance with any mandatory
governmental energy conservation or environmental protection
program, or any voluntary energy conservation program at the
request of or with consent or acquiescence of Tenant; or any other
happening beyond the control of Landlord. Landlord will not be
liable to Tenant or any other person or entity for direct or
consequential damages resulting from the admission to or exclusion
from the Building or Project of any person. In the event of
invasion, mob, public excitement, strikes, lockouts, or other
circumstances rendering such action advisable in Landlord’s
sole opinion, Landlord will have the right to prevent access to the
Building or Project during the continuance of the same by such
means as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate,
including without limitation locking doors and closing parking
areas and other common areas. Unless caused by the willful acts of
Landlord, its employees, agents or contractors or Landlord’s
breach of this Lease, Landlord will not be liable for damages to
person or property or for injury to, or interruption of, business
for any discontinuance nor will such discontinuance in any way be
construed as an eviction of Tenant or cause an abatement of Rent or
operate to release Tenant from any of Tenant’s obligations
under this Lease.
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Tenant will maintain the Premises
(including Tenant’s equipment, personal property, and trade
fixtures located in the Premises) in their condition at the time
they were delivered to Tenant, reasonable wear and tear excluded.
Tenant will immediately advise Landlord of any damage to the
Premises. All damage or injury to the Premises, the Project, or the
fixtures, appurtenances, and equipment in the Premises or the
Project that is caused by Tenant, its agents invitees or employees
may be repaired, restored, or replaced by Landlord, at the expense
of Tenant. Such expense (plus 15% of such expense for
Landlord’s overhead) will be collectible as Additional Rent
and will be paid by Tenant within 10 days after delivery of
the statement for such expense.
7. ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS
Tenant shall not, without the prior
written consent of Landlord (not to be unreasonably withheld), make
any alterations, improvements or additions to the Premises.
Landlord’s refusal to give said consent shall be conclusive.
If Landlord consents to said alterations, improvements or
additions, it may impose such reasonable conditions with respect
thereto as Landlord deems appropriate, including, without
limitation, requiring Tenant to furnish Landlord with security for
the payment of all costs to be incurred in connection with such
work, insurance against liabilities which may arise out of such
work, plans and specifications plus permits necessary for such work
and “as-built” drawings or an accurately marked record
set of drawings showing the actual location of said alterations,
improvements and additions. The work necessary to make any
alterations, improvements or additions to the Premises, whether
prior to or subsequent to the Commencement Date, shall be done at
Tenant’s expense by employees of, or contractors hired by,
Landlord except to the extent Landlord gives its prior written
consent to Tenant’s hiring its own contractors (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, except that Landlord may
arbitrarily withhold consent in cases involving Building systems
such as plumbing, HVAC and electrical). Tenant shall promptly pay
to Landlord or the Tenant’s contractors, as the case may be,
when due, the cost of all such work and of all decorating required
by reason thereof. Tenant shall also pay to Landlord a percentage
of the cost of such work (such percentage to be established on a
uniform basis for the Building) sufficient to reimburse Landlord
for all overhead, general conditions, fees and other costs and
expenses arising from Landlord’s involvement with such work
forthwith upon being billed for the same. Upon completion of such
work Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, if payment is made directly
to contractors, evidence of payment, contractors’ affidavits
and full and final waivers of all liens for labor, services or
materials all in form satisfactory to Landlord. Tenant shall defend
and hold Landlord and the Land and Building harmless from all
costs, damages, liens and expenses related to such work. All work
done by Tenant or its contractors pursuant to this Section shall be
done in a first-class workmanlike manner using only good grades of
materials and shall comply with all insurance requirements and all
applicable laws and ordinances and rules and regulations of
governmental departments or agencies.
8. COVENANT AGAINST LIENS .
Tenant has no authority or power to
cause or permit any lien or encumbrance of any kind whatsoever,
whether created by act of Tenant, operation of law or otherwise, to
attach to or be placed upon Landlord’s title or interest in
the Land, Building or Premises, and any and all liens and
encumbrances created by Tenant shall attach to Tenant’s
interest only. Tenant covenants and agrees not to suffer or permit
any lien of mechanics or materialmen or others to be placed against
the Land, Building or the Premises with respect to work or services
claimed to have been performed for or materials claimed to have
been furnished to Tenant or the Premises, and, in case of any such
lien attaching, or claim thereof being asserted, Tenant covenants
and agrees to cause it to be immediately released and removed of
record. In the event that such lien is not released and removed
within thirty (30) days, Landlord, at its sole option, may
take all action necessary to release and remove such lien (without
any duty to investigate the validity thereof) and Tenant shall
promptly upon notice reimburse Landlord for all sums, costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by
Landlord in connection with such lien.
9. INSURANCE .
A. Waiver of Subrogation
. Notwithstanding anything in this Lease to the contrary, Landlord
and Tenant each hereby waive any and every claim for recovery from
the other for any and all loss of or damage to the Building or
Premises or to the contents thereof, which loss or damage is
covered by valid and collectible physical damage insurance
policies, or which would be covered if insurance required hereunder
were in effect. Inasmuch as this mutual waiver will preclude the
assignment of any such claim by subrogation (or otherwise) to an
insurance company (or any other person), Landlord and Tenant each
agree to give to each insurance company which has issued, or in the
future may issue, to it policies of physical damage insurance,
written notice of the terms of this mutual waiver, and to have said
insurance policies properly endorsed, if necessary, to prevent the
invalidation of said insurance coverage by reason of said
waiver.
B. Coverage . Tenant
shall purchase and maintain insurance during the entire Term for
the benefit of Tenant and Landlord (as their interest may appear)
with terms, coverages and in companies satisfactory to Landlord,
and with such increases in limits as Landlord may from time to time
request, but initially Tenant shall maintain the following
coverages in the following amounts:
(1) Commercial general liability insurance, naming Landlord
and Landlord’s management agent as additional insureds,
covering any liability for bodily injury, personal injury and
property damage arising out of Tenant’s operations, assumed
liabilities or use of the Premises, for limits of liability not
less than:
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$2,000,000 each occurrence
$2,000,000 annual aggregate
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Personal Injury Liability
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$1,000,000 each occurrence
$1,000,000 annual aggregate
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(2) Physical
damage insurance covering all office furniture, trade fixtures,
office equipment, merchandise and all other items of Tenant’s
property on the Premises. Such insurance shall be written on an
“all risks” of physical loss or damage basis, for the
full replacement cost value of the covered items and in amounts
that meet any coinsurance clause of the policies of insurance.
(3) To the
extent applicable, “dram-shop” insurance or host liquor
liability insurance naming Tenant, Landlord, Landlord’s
beneficiary and Landlord’s management agent covering any
liability that might arise from the sale, provision or use of
alcoholic beverages by Tenant on the Premises in an amount
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord from time to time in light of
statutory limits.
Tenant shall, prior to the
Commencement Date, furnish to Landlord certificates evidencing such
coverage, which certificates shall state that such insurance
coverage may not be changed or canceled without at least ten days
prior written notice to Landlord and Tenant.
C. Avoid Action Increasing
Rates . Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and
ordinances, all orders and decrees of court and all requirements of
other governmental authorities, and shall not, directly or
indirectly, make any use of the Premises which may thereby be
prohibited or be dangerous to person or property or which may
jeopardize any insurance coverage or may increase the cost of
insurance or require additional insurance coverage. If by reason of
the failure of Tenant to comply with the provisions of this
Section, any insurance premium is increased, Tenant shall make
immediate payment of the increased insurance premium upon demand by
Landlord or if insurance coverage is jeopardized, Landlord shall
have the option to terminate this Lease by written notice to
Tenant.
D. Landlord’s
Insurance . Landlord shall insure the Building on an “all
risks” of physical loss or damage basis, in an amount
equivalent to the full replacement cost of the Building, and shall
maintain commercial general liability insurance as is customarily
maintained by landlords of first class office buildings in downtown
Columbus, Ohio. These insurance provisions shall in no way limit or
modify Tenant’s obligations under the provisions of this
Lease. All insurance premiums on such policies and the deductible
portion of any claims thereunder shall be included in Operating
Expenses.
10. FIRE OR CASUALTY .
A. If the Premises or the
Building (including machinery or equipment used in its operation)
shall be damaged by fire or other casualty and if such damage does
not render all or a substantial portion of the Premises or Building
untenantable and if such damage is covered by Landlord’s
insurance, then Landlord shall repair and restore the same with
reasonable promptness, subject to reasonable delays for insurance
adjustments and delays caused by matters beyond Landlord’s
reasonable control, but shall not be obligated to expend therefore
an amount in excess of the proceeds of insurance recovered with
respect thereto. If any such damage renders all or a substantial
portion of the Premises or Building untenantable or if such damage
is uninsured and not covered by customary fire and extended
coverage insurance or if any damage by fire or other casualty
occurs within two (2) years of the Termination Date which
renders all or a substantial portion of the Premises untenantable,
Landlord and Tenant shall each have the right to terminate this
Lease as of the date of such damage (with appropriate prorations of
Rent being made for Tenant’s possession subsequent to the
date of such damage of those tenantable portions of the Premises)
upon giving written notice to the other party at any time within
one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of such damage. If the
Lease is no so terminated, Landlord shall have no liability to
Tenant, and Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate this Lease,
by virtue of any delays in completion of such repairs and
restoration. Rent, however, shall abate on those portions of the
Premises as are, from time to time, untenantable as a result of
such damage.
B. Landlord shall repair or
restore any portion of the alterations, additions or improvements
in the Premises or the decorations thereto to the extent that such
alterations, additions, improvements and decorations were provided
by Landlord at the beginning of the Term. Landlord shall have no
further obligation pursuant to this Lease to repair or restore any
alterations, additions or improvements in the Premises or the
decorations thereto. If Tenant desires any other or additional
repairs or restoration and if Landlord consents thereto, the same
shall be done at Tenant’s sole cost and expense subject to
all of the provisions of Section 7 hereof. Tenant acknowledges
that Landlord shall be entitled to the full proceeds of any
insurance coverage, whether carried by Landlord or Tenant, for
damage to alterations, additions, improvements or decorations which
would become Landlord’s property upon the termination of this
Lease.
11. WAIVER OF CLAIMS — INDEMNIFICATION .
To the extent not prohibited by law,
Landlord and Landlord’s partners, affiliates, officers,
agents, servants and employees shall not be liable for any damage
either to person, property or business or resulting from the loss
of use thereof sustained by Tenant or by other persons due to the
Building or any part thereof or any appurtenances thereof becoming
out of repair, or due to the happening or any accident or event in
or about the Building, including the Premises, or due to any act or
neglect of any tenant or occupant of the Building or of any other
person. This provision shall apply particularly, but not
exclusively, to damage caused by gas, electricity, snow, ice,
frost, steam, sewage, sewer gas or odors, fire, water or by the
bursting or leaking of pipes, faucets, sprinklers, plumbing
fixtures and windows, and shall apply without distinction as the
person whose act or neglect was responsible for the damage and
whether the damage was due to any of the causes specifically
enumerated above or to some other cause of an entirely different
kind; provided however, that the provisions of this section shall
not excuse Landlord for liability for damage or loss resulting from
the willful acts of Landlord, its employees, agents or contractors.
Tenant further agrees that all personal property upon the Premises,
or upon loading docks, receiving and holding areas, or freight
elevators of the Building, shall be at the risk of Tenant only, and
that Landlord shall not be liable for any loss or damage thereto or
theft thereof. Without limitation of any other provisions thereof,
Tenant agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and save harmless
Landlord and Landlord’s beneficiary and their respective
partners, affiliates, officers, agents, servants and employees from
and against all liability to third parties arising out of the use
of the Premises or acts of Tenant or its servants, agents,
employees, contractors, suppliers, workers or invitees while within
the Premises.
12. NONWAIVER .
No waiver of any provision of this
Lease shall be implied by any failure of Landlord to enforce any
remedy on account of the violation of such provisions, even if such
violation be continued or repeated subsequently, and no express
waiver shall affect any provision other than the one specified in
such waiver and that one only for the time and in the manner
specifically stated. No receipt of monies by Landlord from Tenant
after the termination of this Lease shall in any way alter the
length of the Term or of Tenant’s right of possession
hereunder or after the giving of any notice shall reinstate,
continue or extend the Term or affect any notice given Tenant prior
to the receipt of such monies, it being agreed that after the
service of notice or the commencement of a suit or after final
judgment for possession of the Premises, Landlord may receive and
collect any Rent due, and the payment of said Rent shall not waive
or affect said notice, suit or judgment.
13. CONDEMNATION .
A. In the event all or
substantially all of the Building or the Premises is taken or
condemned by eminent domain or by any conveyance in lieu thereof
(such taking, condemnation or conveyance in lieu thereof being
hereinafter referred to as “condemnation”), the Term
shall cease and this Lease shall terminate on the earlier of the
date the condemning authority takes possession or the date title
vests in the condemning authority. In the event any portion of the
Building shall be taken by condemnation (whether or not such taking
includes any portion of the Premises), which taking, in
Landlord’s judgment, is such that the Building cannot be
restored in an economically feasible manner for use substantially
as originally designed, then Landlord shall have the right, at
Landlord’s option, to terminate this Lease, effective as of
the date specified by Landlord in a written notice of termination
from Landlord to Tenant. In the event that a portion, but less than
substantially all, of the Premises shall be taken by condemnation,
then this Lease shall be terminated as of the date of such
condemnation as to the portion of the Premises so taken, and,
unless Landlord exercises its option to terminate this Lease set
forth in this Section, this Lease shall remain in full force and
effect as to the remainder of the Premises. In the event of
termination of this Lease pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, the Rent shall be apportioned as of such date of
termination; provided, however, that those provisions of this Lease
which are designated to cover matters of termination and the period
thereafter shall survive the termination hereof.
B. All compensation awarded or
paid upon a condemnation of any portion of the Building shall
belong to and be the property of Landlord without participation by
Tenant. Nothing herein shall be construed, however, to preclude
Tenant from prosecuting any claim directly against the condemning
authority for loss of business, loss of good will, moving expenses,
damage to, and cost of removal of, trade fixtures, furniture and
other personal property belonging to Tenant; provided, however,
that Tenant shall make no claim which shall diminish or adversely
affect any award claimed or received by Landlord.
C. If any portion of the Land
other than the Building is taken by condemnation or if the
temporary use or occupancy of all or any part of the Premises shall
be taken by condemnation during the Term, this Lease shall be and
remain unaffected by such condemnation, and Tenant shall continue
to pay in full the Rent payable hereunder. In the event of any such
temporary taking for use or occupancy of all or any part of the
Premises, Tenant shall be entitled to appear, claim, prove and
receive the portion of the award that represents the cost of
restoration of the Premises and the use or occupancy of the
Premises after the end of the Term hereof. In any event of any such
condemnation of any portion of the Land other than the Building,
Landlord shall be entitled to appear, claim, prove and receive all
of the award.
14. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING .
A. Subject to any provisions of
this Section to the contrary, Tenant shall not, without the prior
written consent of Landlord (not to be unreasonably withheld),
(i) assign, convey or mortgage this Lease or any interest
hereunder; (ii) permit to occur or permit to exist any
assignment of this Lease, or any lien upon Tenant’s interest,
voluntarily or by operation of law; (iii) sublet the Premises
or any part thereof; or (iv) permit the use of the Premises by
any parties other than Tenant and its employees. Any such action on
the part of Tenant shall be void and of no effect. There shall be
no partial assignment of Tenant’s interest in this Lease. The
term “sublease” and all words derived therefrom, as
used in this Section, shall include any subsequent sublease or
assignment of such sublease and any other interest arising under
such sublease. Landlord’s consent to any assignment,
subletting or transfer or Landlord’s election to accept any
assignee, subtenant or transferee as the tenant hereunder and to
collect rent from such assignee, subtenant or transferee shall not
release Tenant or any subsequent tenant from any covenant or
obligation under this Lease. Landlord’s consent to any
assignment, subletting or transfer shall not constitute a waiver of
Landlord’s right to withhold its consent to any future
assignment, subletting, or transfer. Landlord may condition its
consent upon execution by the subtenant or assignee of an
instrument confirming such restrictions on further subleasing or
assignment and joining in the waivers and indemnities made by
Tenant hereunder.
B. If Tenant desires the consent
of Landlord to an assignment or subletting, Tenant shall submit to
Landlord at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed
effective date of the assignment or sublease a written notice which
includes:
(1) all
documentation then available related to the proposed sublease or
assignment (copies of final executed documentation to be supplied
on or before the effective date); and
(2) sufficient information to permit Landlord to determine the
identity and character of the proposed subtenant or assignee and
the financial condition of the proposed assignee.
C. If Landlord does not
terminate this Lease, in whole or in part, it may, nevertheless
withhold its consent to such assignment or subletting if:
(1) in the
reasonable judgment of Landlord the subtenant or assignee is of a
character or engaged in a business or attracts a volume, frequency
or type of employee or visitor which is not in keeping with the
standards maintained by Landlord in the Building or that will
impose an excessive demand on or use of the facilities or services
of the Building;
(2) in the
reasonable judgment of Landlord the subtenant or assignee does not
have a financial condition comparable to other tenants in the
Building;
(3) in the
reasonable judgment of Landlord the purpose for which the subtenant
or assignee intends to use the subleased space is in violation of
the terms of this Lease or the lease of any other tenant in the
Building which prohibits such use;
(4) the
subtenant or assignee is a governmental authority or agency or an
organization or persons enjoying sovereign or diplomatic immunity;
or
(5) such
assignment or subletting would cause a default under another lease
in the Building or under any ground lease, deed of trust, mortgage,
restrictive covenant, easement or other encumbrance affecting the
Land.
D. In addition to withholding
its consent, Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease
as to that portion of the Premises which Tenant seeks to assign or
sublet, whether by requesting Landlord’s consent thereto or
otherwise. Landlord may exercise such right to terminate by giving
written notice to Tenant at any time prior to Landlord’s
written consent to such assignment or sublease. In the event that
Landlord exercises such right to terminate, Landlord shall be
entitled to recover possession of, and Tenant shall surrender such
portion of, the Premises on the later of (i) the proposed date
for possession by such assignee or subtenant, or (ii) ninety
(90) days after the date of Landlord’s notice of
termination to Tenant.
E. In the event that Landlord
consents to any assignment or sublease of any portion of the
Premises, as a condition of Landlord’s consent, if Landlord
so elects to consent, Tenant shall pay to Landlord its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by Landlord in connection with such assignment or sublease
plus any profit derived by Tenant from such assignment or sublease.
Tenant shall furnish Landlord with a statement certified by an
independent certified public accountant, setting forth in detail
the computation of profit (which computation shall be based upon
generally accepted accounting principles), and Landlord, or its
representatives, shall have access to the books, records and papers
of Tenant in relation thereto, and to make copies thereof. Any rent
in excess of that paid by Tenant hereunder for the Premises so
assigned or sublet realized by reason of such assignment or
sublease shall be deemed an item of such profit payable to
Landlord. If a part of the consideration for such assignment or
sublease shall be payable other than in cash, the payment to
Landlord shall shall be payable in accordance with the foregoing
percentage of the cash and other non cash considerations in such
form as is satisfactory to Landlord. Such profits shall be paid to
Landlord promptly by Tenant upon Tenant’s receipt of such
excess rent from such assignee or subtenant or at such other time
as Tenant shall realize its profits from such assignment or
sublease. If such sublease or assignment is part of a larger
transaction in which other assets of Tenant are being transferred,
the consideration for the assignment or sublease shall be the fair
market value of such assignment or the fair market rental for such
sublease, as reasonably determined by Landlord.
F. Tenant acknowledges that this
Lease is a lease of nonresidential real property and, therefore
agrees that Tenant, as the debtor in possession, or the trustee for
Tenant (collectively “the Trustee”) in any proceeding
under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code relating to
bankruptcy, as amended, or under any similar federal or state
statute (collectively, the “Bankruptcy Code”), shall
not seek or request any extension of time to assume or reject this
Lease or to perform any obligations of this Lease which arise from
or after the order of relief.
If the Trustee proposes to assume or
to assign this Lease or sublet the Premises (or any portion
thereof) to any person who shall have made a bona fide offer to
accept an assignment of this Lease or a subletting on terms
acceptable to the Trustee, the Trustee shall give Landlord, and
lessors and mortgagees of Landlord of which Tenant has notice,
written notice setting forth the name and address of such person
and the terms and conditions of such offer, no later than twenty
(20) days after receipt of such offer, but in any event no
later than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the
Trustee makes application to the bankruptcy court for authority and
approval to enter into such assumption and assignment or
subletting. Landlord shall have the prior right and option, to be
exercised by written notice to the Trustee given at any time prior
to the effective date of such proposed assignment or subletting, to
accept an assignment of this Lease or subletting of the Premises
upon the same terms and conditions and for the same consideration,
if any, as the bona fide offer made by such person, less any
brokerage commissions which may be payable out of the consideration
to be paid by such person for the assignment or subletting of this
Lease.
The Trustee shall have the right to
assume Tenant’s rights and obligations under this Lease only
if the Trustee: (i) promptly cures, or provides adequate
assurance that the Trustee will promptly cure, any default under
this Lease; (ii) compensates, or provides adequate assurance
that the Trustee will promptly compensate, Landlord for any actual
pecuniary loss incurred by Landlord as a result of Tenant’s
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