Exhibit 10.21
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO OFFICE
BUILDING LEASE AGREEMENT
This Fifth Amendment to Office
Building Lease Agreement (this “ Amendment
”) is made and entered into this 18 th day of April, 2007, by and between
WESTCORE PYRAMID, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “
Landlord ”), and EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Tenant
”).
RECITALS
A.
Meridian Associates West, a Colorado
general partnership, the predecessor-in-interest to Pacifica
Holding Company, a Colorado corporation, the
predecessor-in-interest to Mack-Cali Realty, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, the predecessor-in-interest to Landlord, and
Tenant entered into that certain Office Building Lease Agreement
dated March 30, 1995, as amended by that certain Amendment Number
One to Lease Agreement dated October 11, 1996 (“ First
Amendment ”), that certain Amendment Number Two to
Lease Agreement dated October 22, 1999 (“ Second
Amendment ”), that certain Third Amendment to Office
Building Lease Agreement dated July 17, 2002 (“ Third
Amendment ”), and that certain Fourth Amendment to
Office Building Lease Agreement dated May 24, 2004 (“
Fourth Amendment ”) (the Office Building Lease
Agreement, the First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third Amendment
and Fourth Amendment are hereinafter sometimes collectively
referred to as the “ Original Lease ”),
with respect to certain premises located within the office building
(the “ Building ” ) located at
9777 Pyramid Court, Englewood, Colorado, as more particularly
described therein.
B.
The term of the Original Lease is
currently set to expire on May 31, 2007. Tenant has
requested, and Landlord has accepted, an extension of the term of
the Original Lease.
C.
Landlord and Tenant desire (i) to
extend the term of the Original Lease, (ii) to reduce the size of
the existing premises, (iii) to establish the Base Rent and Base
Operating Expenses for the extension term, and (iv) to provide
other amendments to the Original Lease, all subject and pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth below.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the
parties agree as follows:
1.
New Premises Lease
Term . The New
Premises Lease Term shall be extended for an additional term of
sixty-five (65) months commencing on June 1, 2007 (the “
Extension Date ”) and terminating on October
31, 2012 (the “ Termination Date
”).
2.
New Premises
. Commencing on the Extension
Date, the New Premises shall be deemed to contain approximately
twenty-four thousand three hundred five (24,305) rentable square
feet of space located on the first floor of the Building as
depicted on the floor plan attached hereto as Exhibit
A .
3.
Monthly Base Rent
. Effective on the Extension
Date, Section 4 of the Lease is amended by deleting it in its
entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
Tenant shall pay to Landlord as Base
Rent for the New Premises, accruing on and after the Extension Date
and monthly thereafter in accordance with the terms of the Original
Lease, as follows:
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Period
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Rent/Sq.Ft.
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Annual Rent
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Monthly Rent
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Extension Date – October 31,
2007
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$
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0.00
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$
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0.00
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$
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0.00
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November 1, 2007 – October 31,
2008
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$
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19.25
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$
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467,871.25
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$
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38,989.27
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November 1, 2008 – October 31,
2009
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$
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19.75
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$
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480,023.75
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$
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40,001.98
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November 1, 2009 – October 31,
2010
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$
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20.25
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$
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492,176.25
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$
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41,014.69
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November 1, 2010 – October 31,
2011
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$
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20.75
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$
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504,328.75
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$
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42,027.40
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November 1, 2011 – Termination
Date
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$
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21.25
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$
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516,481.25
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$
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43,040.10
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Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of
Increased Operating Expenses as provided herein and such other
charges as are required by the terms of this Lease to be paid by
Tenant shall be referred to as “ Additional
Rent .” Landlord shall have the same rights as
to the Additional Rent as it has in the payment of Base Rent.
The Base Rent, Additional Rent and all other amounts due to be paid
under this Lease may be referred to herein collectively as “
Rent .”
The term “ Lease
Year ” as used herein shall be each twelve (12) month
period in the New Premises Lease Term commencing on June 1 of each
calendar year during the New Premises Lease Term.
4.
Base Year Operating
Expenses .
(a)
“ Base Operating
Expenses ” shall mean an amount equal to the actual
Operating Expenses for the Building Complex for the calendar year
2007.
(b)
Effective as of the Extension Date,
Subparagraph 5.B. of the Third Amendment is hereby deleted and
restated in its entirety as follows:
5.B. From and after the Extension Date, Tenant shall
pay to Landlord Tenant’s Prorata Share of any increases in
Operating Expenses in excess of Base Operating Expenses (the
“ Increased Operating Expenses ”) during
each calendar year of the New Premises Lease Term and any extension
thereof. All amounts required to be paid by Tenant shall be
paid within thirty (30) days following billing therefor by
Landlord. Beginning on January 1, 2008, and continuing each
month thereafter during the New Premises Lease Term, or any
extension thereof, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, at the same time
as the Base Rent is paid, an amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of
Landlord’s estimate (as determined by Landlord’s
Accountants) of Tenant’s Prorata Share of the Increased
Operating
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Expenses for the particular calendar
year, with a final adjustment to be made between the parties at a
later date for said calendar year.
(1)
As soon as practicable following the
end of each calendar year during the New Premises Lease Term, or
any extension thereof, Landlord shall submit to Tenant a statement
prepared by a representative of Landlord setting forth the exact
amount of Tenant’s Prorata Share of the Increased Operating
Expenses for the calendar year just completed. Beginning with
said statement for the second full calendar year, it shall also set
forth the difference, if any, between Tenant’s actual Prorata
Share of the Increased Operating Expenses for such calendar year
just completed and the estimated amount of Tenant’s Prorata
Share of Increased Operating Expenses. Each such statement
shall also set forth the projected Increased Operating Expenses, if
any, for the new calendar year and the corresponding increase in
Tenant’s Prorata Share of the Increased Operating Expenses
computed in accordance with the foregoing provisions; provided,
however, in no event will the Rent to be paid by Tenant hereunder
ever be less than the Base Rent as it is to be adjusted for such
calendar year. To the extent that Tenant’s Prorata
Share of the Increased Operating Expenses for the period covered by
such statement is different from the estimated amount upon which
Tenant paid Rent during the calendar year just completed, Tenant
shall pay to Landlord the difference in cash within thirty (30)
days following receipt by Tenant of such statement from Landlord or
receive a credit on the next month’s rental owing hereunder,
as the case may be. Until Tenant receives such statement,
Tenant’s monthly Rent for the new calendar year shall
continue to be paid at the rate paid for the particular calendar
year just completed, but Tenant shall commence payment to Landlord
of the monthly installments of Rent on the basis of such statement
beginning on the first day of the month following the month in
which Tenant receives such statement. Moreover, Tenant shall
pay to Landlord or deduct from the Rent, as the case may be, on the
date required for the first payment of Rent, as adjusted, the
difference, if any, between the monthly installments of Rent so
adjusted for the new calendar year and the monthly installments of
Rent actually paid during the new calendar year.
(2)
In addition to the above, if, during
any particular calendar year, there is a change in the information
on which Landlord’s Accountants based the estimate upon which
Tenant is then paying its estimated Tenant’s Prorata Share of
the Increased Operating Expenses so that such estimate furnished to
Tenant is no longer accurate, Landlord shall be permitted to revise
such estimate by notifying Tenant and there shall be such
adjustments made in the monthly estimated Tenant’s Prorata
Share of the Increased Operating Expenses on the first day of the
month following the serving of such statement on Tenant as shall be
necessary by either increasing or decreasing, as the case may be,
the amount of Tenant’s Prorata Share of the Increased
Operating Expenses then being paid by Tenant for the balance of the
calendar year, as well as an appropriate adjustment in cash based
upon the amount theretofore paid by Tenant during such particular
calendar year pursuant to the prior estimate.
(3)
In the event the Rentable Area is
not fully occupied during any particular calendar year,
Landlord’s Accountants may adjust those Operating Expenses
which are affected by the occupancy rates for the particular
calendar
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year, or portion thereof, as the
case may be, to reflect an occupancy of not less than ninety-five
percent (95%) of such Rentable Area. In the event the
Rentable Area is not fully occupied during the calendar year 2007,
which serves as the basis for the calculation of Base Operating
Expenses, Landlord’s Accountants shall adjust those Operating
Expenses which are affected by the occupancy rates for the calendar
year 2007, or portion thereof, as the case may be, to reflect an
occupancy of not less than ninety-five percent (95%) of such
Rentable Area.
(4)
If the calendar year is not
concurrent with the Lease Year, Landlord shall, at any time during
the New Premises Lease Term, or any extension thereof, make all
adjustments provided for in this Paragraph 5 with an appropriate
proration for the Lease Year in which the New Premises Lease Term
or any extension begins or ends. In addition, Landlord may
elect at any time during the New Premises Lease Term or any
extensions thereof to make all adjustments provided for in this
Paragraph 5 on a Fiscal Year basis with an appropriate proration
for the calendar year in which such conversion is made and in which
the term ends and all references in this Lease to calendar year
shall thereafter be deemed to refer to “ Fiscal
Year ”.
(5)
Landlord’s and Tenant’s
responsibilities with respect to the Operating Expense adjustment
described herein shall survive the expiration or early termination
of this Lease.
(c)
Commencing as of the Extension Date,
Tenant’s Prorata Share shall be deemed to be 20.207%.
The terms Tenant’s Porata Share and Tenant’s Pro Rata
Share are used interchangeably in the Original Lease and shall
carry the same meaning for all purposes hereof.
(d)
Nothing in the foregoing shall be
deemed to modify any obligations of Tenant with respect to
Operating Expenses for any period prior to the Extension
Date.
5.
Tenant Finish Work
. Provisions regarding any
remodeling of or tenant finish work to be completed in the
New Premises shall be as set forth below. Except as provided
below, Landlord shall have no obligation for completion or
remodeling of the New Premises and Tenant shall accept the
Premises in its “as is” condition on the
Extension Date:
(a)
Tenant Improvement
Allowance .
Landlord agrees to pay Tenant a tenant improvement allowance of Two
Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and No/100ths U.S.
Dollars ($291,660.00) (the “ Tenant Improvement
Allowance ”) as contribution toward the cost of
tenant improvement work performed in the New Premises
(collectively, the “ Tenant Finish Costs
” ) . The Tenant Improvement Allowance shall be
applied toward (i) the cost of tenant improvement work completed
within the rentable area of the New Premises in
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accordance with the Construction
Drawings (as defined below), excluding, however, any movable
furniture, equipment and trade fixtures not physically attached to
the Premises (collectively, the “ Tenant Work
”), and (ii) the cost of tenant improvement work completed
within the rentable areas of the New Premises in accordance with
Tenant’s IT Work (as defined below), as well as any soft
costs, such as architectural, engineering, cabling and wiring costs
incurred by Tenant in connection with Tenant’s Work or
Tenant’s IT Work. Landlord shall pay the costs of
Tenant’s IT Work from the proceeds, if any, of the Tenant
Improvement Allowance within thirty (30) days after receipt of
invoices, reasonable supporting documentation, and lien waivers in
such form as Landlord may reasonably require. Any unused
portion of the Tenant Improvement Allowance upon completion of
Tenant’s Work and Tenant’s IT Work will not be refunded
to Tenant and will not be available to Tenant as a credit against
any obligations of Tenant under the Lease. Landlord
shall have the right to charge a construction management fee equal
to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the Tenant Finish Costs,
which amount shall be deducted from the Tenant Improvement
Allowance.
(b)
Design of Tenant’s
Work . Landlord and
Tenant have approved those certain pricing plans for the Premises
prepared by Intergroup Architects (the “
Architect ”) attached hereto as Exhibit
C (collectively, the “ Pricing Plans
“). No changes may be made to the Pricing Plans without
the written approval of Landlord and Tenant.
(c)
Construction Drawings
. Within fifteen (15) business
days after the date of this Amendment, Landlord shall cause the
Architect to prepare the construction drawings for Tenant’s
Work in the New Premises (“ Construction
Drawings ”) based upon the Pricing Plans and shall
submit the Construction Drawings for Tenant’s approval.
Tenant shall either approve the Construction Drawings or submit, in
writing, exceptions to the Construction Drawings to Landlord within
five (5) business days of Tenant’s receipt of the
Construction Drawings. If Tenant does not respond to the
Construction Drawings within such five (5) business day period,
Tenant shall be deemed to have approved the Construction
Drawings. If Tenant submits exceptions to the Construction
Drawings, Landlord shall respond to any of Tenant’s
exceptions within five (5) business days of receipt thereof.
This procedure shall be repeated until both parties agree upon the
final Construction Drawings. After approval of the
Construction Drawings no further changes may be made without the
prior written approval of Landlord.
(d)
Construction of Tenant’s
Work . Once
Landlord and Tenant agree on the final Construction Drawings,
Landlord shall be responsible for the execution and administration
of the construction of Tenant’s Work, which shall be done in
accordance with the following provisions:
(i)
Contractor Selection
. Within fifteen (15) business
days after the date Landlord and Tenant agree upon the final
Construction Drawings, Tenant’s Work shall be competitively
bid to three (3) general contractors, and Tenant shall be provided
a reasonable opportunity to provide input into the bid and bid
review process. Landlo