Exhibit 10.1
THIRD AMENDMENT TO
LEASE
THIS THIRD
AMENDMENT TO LEASE is
made as of this 31st day of July, 2009 between CLINTON UNITY
GROUP, LLC, having its principal mailing address as P.O. Box
5301, Clinton, New Jersey 08809 (hereinafter “
Landlord ”), and UNITY BANK , (formerly, First
Community Bank) a banking institution organized under the laws of
the State of New Jersey, having its principal offices at 64 Old
Highway 22, Clinton, New Jersey 08809, (hereinafter “
Lessee ”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS , Lessee occupies property located at 64
Old Highway 22, Clinton, New Jersey identified on the Town of
Clinton Tax Map as Block 22, Lot 22 inclusive of all improvements
thereon pursuant to a revised lease dated December 15, 1995 between
Lessee and Landlord, amended by First Amendment to Lease
dated March 1, 1997 (hereinafter collectively “the
Lease”) and further amended by Second Amendment to Lease
dated September 19, 2003 (hereinafter collectively “the
Lease”); and
WHEREAS,
Landlord and Lessee are
mutually desirous of further amending the Lease in this Third
Amendment upon the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in
consideration of One ($1.00) Dollar and other good and valuable
consideration provided by each party to the other, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Landlord and
Lessee do herein agree to amend the Lease in the manner
following:
1.
LEASE TERM . The Lease, as herein extended, shall
remain in full force and effect until December 31, 2013; unless
otherwise extended by Section 8 (v)(e).
2.
BASE RENT. The Base Rent from and after January
1, 2009 and for the remaining term of the Lease as established in
Paragraph 1 hereinabove shall be $400,000.00 per annum payable
monthly at the rate of $33,333.34
3.
ADDITIONAL RENT. Lessee
shall pay Landlord , as Additional Rent annually, from and
after January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2013, a sum in addition
to the Base Rent, as established in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement,
equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for
the New York Metropolitan area. The first said increase
(commencing on January 1, 2010) shall be based upon the increase in
the CPI, if any, as of January 1, 2010 as compared to the CPI, as
it existed as of January 1, 2009. Each annual increase
thereafter, if any, shall be calculated using the prior January
1 st
CPI, as the base CPI in comparing
same to the CPI, as it exists on January 1 st of
the year for which the increase is being calculated; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER , irrespective of the actual CPI increase in any year
during term hereof the actual increase in rent attributable to CPI
shall not exceed 3% per annum. All Additional Rent is to
be payable annually in twelve (12) equal monthly installments,
together with monthly Base Rent payments as established by
Paragraph 2.
4.
PAYMENT OF ACCRUED ADDITIONAL RENT.
4.1
Lessee agrees to pay, upon execution of this Agreement, all
Additional Rent, as described in the Lease, due and owing
Landlord , as of the date hereof
. Such payment shall be in full satisfaction of any
claims of Landlord for payment under the Lease for periods prior to
the date hereof, and Landlord shall have no further claims to any
such payments.
4.2
Landlord agrees to expend that portion of the Additional
Rent payment paid by Lessee pursuant to Paragraph 4.1 of
this Agreement attributable to Landlord’s management
fee, estimated to be approximately $27,600.00, as reasonably
required for capital repairs to the Leased Premises including, but
not limited to, the leased building’s HVAC, elevator,
plumbing systems. Landlord shall be responsible for the cost of any
plans, architectural work and permits, if any, needed to undertaker
such work. Landlord shall provide Lessee with
invoices or other documents evidencing the expenditure of the
approximate $27,600.00 on the systems identified in this
Paragraph.
5.
LANDLORD IMPROVEMENTS. Landlord agrees
to reseal and restripe the existing driveway/parking areas located
on the Leased Premises and paint the exterior of the building
situate thereon within 120 days of the date of this
Agreement. These improvements are to be made at
Landlord’s sole cost and expense and with funds
separate and distinct from the capital improvement funds to be
expended by Landlord pursuant to Paragraph 4.2 of this
Agreement.
6.
PRO-RATION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS . In the event
Lessee acquires ownership of the Leased Premises pursuant to
its lawful exercise of the Purchase Option Agreement as set forth
in Paragraph 8 hereinafter, Lessee shall, at closing of
title and passage of Deed, reimburse Landlord pro-rata for
Landlord’s expenditures for (i) the improvements made
pursuant to Paragraph 5 and (ii) all capital improvements, other
than those made pursuant to Paragraph 4 hereinabove. The
amount of the reimbursement shall be the amount of
Landlord’s actual out of pocket expense, as properly
documented, reduced by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of months between the date Lessee acquires title and
December 31, 2013 and the denominator of which is sixty
(60).
If Landlord expends $30,000.00 on Capital
Improvements subsequent to the date of this Amendment, in addition
to any sums expanded by Landlord pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this
Amendment,
and remains in
title for fifty percent of the time period calculated from date of
said expenditure to December 31, 2013 then Lessee shall be
obligated to reimburse Landlord in the amount of $15,000.00 at
closing of title and passage of Deed.
7.1 On
and after the date of this Agreement, other than as set forth in
Sections 4 and 5 hereof, Lessee shall assume all management
and maintenance obligations, for the Leased Premises including the
payment at its sole cost and expense of all “Operating
Expenses”. For the purpose of this Lease,
“Operating Expenses” are hereby defined to mean those
expenses paid or incurred in maintaining, operating and repairing
the Leased Premises and all improvements including the Building
situate thereon, and shall include, without limitations, the cost
of electric utility service, ventilation and air-conditioning,
water, window cleaning, janitorial service, insurance including,
but not limited to, public liability insurance and worker’s
compensation insurance, applicable to the Leased Premises; taxes,
as hereinafter defined; painting and decorating, garbage disposal
service, snow removal, security services, landscaping, customary
management fees paid to bona fide third parties retained by
Lessee , the charges of any independent contractor, employed
by Lessee , who does any work of operating, maintaining or
repairing of the Leased Premises, or any other expense or charge,
whether or not hereinbefore mentioned, which in accordance with
generally accepted accounting and management principles would be
considered as an expense of maintaining, operating or repairing the
Leased Premises, inclusive of replacement costs, which replacement
costs shall not include those which are properly capitalized in
accordance with sound accounting practice and
principles. In addition to the foregoing, Operating
Expenses shall also include all costs and expenses for improvements
required by any future governmental law or regulation not
applicable to the Building, as of the date of this Agreement, and
the cost of any such improvements treated as Operating Expenses and
paid by Le
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