OFFICE
LEASE
THIS LEASE is made and entered
into as of the 18th day of October, 2006, by and between DH
Realty, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company
(“Landlord”), and CTI Group (Holdings), Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Tenant”).
ARTICLE I
DEMISE
Subject to and upon the terms,
covenants, conditions and provisions hereinafter set forth, and
each in consideration of the duties, covenants and obligations of
the other hereunder, Landlord hereby leases, demises and lets to
Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord, the Leased Premises
(as hereinafter defined).
SECTION 1.01. PREPARATION OF
LEASED PREMISES . Landlord agrees to perform and complete
the work required for preparation of the Leased Premises for
Tenant’s occupancy as set forth in Landlord’s and
Tenant’s Work Letter (“Work Letter”) attached
hereto and hereby made a part hereof and marked as Exhibit A.
Landlord shall complete all such work prior to the stated
Commencement Date of the Term subject to events and delays beyond
its reasonable control. Landlord shall contribute an amount not to
exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) (the
“Tenant Improvement Allowance”) toward such work as
described in Exhibit A; provided, however, Tenant may use up
to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) of the Tenant Improvement
Allowance for improvements at its discretion. In the event the work
required by Tenant is performed for less than the allowance,
Landlord shall be entitled to benefit by the extent of any savings.
In the event the work required by Tenant is more than the stated
allowance, then Tenant shall bear any such excess cost. Landlord
shall keep Tenant advised of the status of completion and
anticipated completion of such work. Landlord shall notify Tenant
when the work to be performed by Landlord is substantially
completed.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) Building : 333 North Alabama Street, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
(b) Leased Premises : Suite 240, designated on the plan
attached hereto as Exhibit B and by this reference
incorporated herein, and containing approximately 15,000 rentable
square feet. This Lease shall be deemed and construed to constitute
a lease in gross, and Rental shall not be increased or decreased if
the actual rentable square footage of the Leased Premises is
greater or less than that in the parties’ contemplation as
set forth above.
(c) Term : Seven (7) Years; Three (3) Months
(d) Commencement Date : December 1, 2006, or as set by
execution of the Declaration of Commencement of Lease.
(e) Expiration Date : February 28, 2014 or as adjusted
by execution of the Declaration of Commencement of Lease.
(f) Tenant’s Customary Business : general office.
(g) Basic Operating Cost : Actual Operating Cost (as
hereinafter defined) for calendar year 2006, equitably adjusted
upward to reflect the amount that Operating Cost would have been,
in Landlord’s reasonable estimate, had occupancy of the
office portion of the Building been 100% throughout such calendar
year. Within ninety (90) days after the end of such calendar
year, the parties shall execute an addendum hereto specifying Basic
Operating Cost.
(h) Tenant’s Proportionate Share : The Leased Premises
constitute (i) 24.647% of the total rentable square footage of the
office portion of the Project for purposes of assessing Excess
Operating Cost (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to
Section 5.03, and (ii) 8.36% of the total rentable square
footage of the Project for purposes of assessing Impositions (as
hereinafter defined) pursuant to Section 5.05.
(i) Security Deposit : N/A.
(j) Project : Lockerbie Marketplace consisting of the real
estate and improvements thereon located at 333 North Alabama, 303
North Alabama, 324 East New York Street, 350 and 310 East New York
Street and the parking lot at 401 North New Jersey Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
ARTICLE III
TERM
SECTION 3.01. TERM .
Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, or
in any exhibit or addendum, hereto, this Lease shall continue in
force for a term (the “Term”) beginning on the
Commencement Date and ending on the Expiration Date. In the event
that the Leased Premises should not be ready for occupancy by the
Commencement Date for any reason, including holding over by a prior
tenant or the failure to complete Landlord’s portion of the
work of preparation of the Leased Premises for occupancy, Landlord
shall not be liable or responsible for any claims, damages or
liabilities in connection therewith or by reason, thereof, and the
Term of this Lease shall be for the same number of months as set
forth in Article II above but the commencement shall be
effective only from the time that Landlord’s work in
preparation of the Leased premises for occupancy by Tenant has been
substantially completed in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth herein. Should the Term of this Lease commence on a date
other than that specified in Article II, Landlord and Tenant
will, at the request of either, execute a declaration specifying
the revised Commencement Date and Expiration Date of the Term of
this Lease. In such event, rental under this Lease shall not
commence until said revised Commencement Date, the Term of this
lease shall thereupon commence, and the Expiration Date shall be
extended so as to give effect to the full stated term. If, as a
result of the Commencement Date being other than the first day of a
month, this Lease would expire on a day other than the last day of
a month, the length of the Term shall be extended through the last
day of that month.
SECTION 3.02. OPTION TO
EXTEND . Tenant shall have the option (“Extension
Option”) to extend the Initial Term for one (1) period
of five (5) years (“Extension Period”) upon
fulfillment of all the following terms and conditions:
(a) Written notice is given by Tenant to Landlord not later
than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the expiration of
the Initial Term that Tenant elects to exercise such Extension
Option; and
(b) Tenant is not, at the time of exercise of such Extension
Option, in default under any term or condition hereof and there
have been no more than two (2) Events of Default during the
Term of the Lease; and
(c) This Lease has not been terminated during the Initial
Term; and
(d) The Basic Rent and the Basic Operating Cost for the
Extension Period shall be at the then current market rate for
comparable tenants in comparable buildings in downtown
Indianapolis
The Initial Term and the Extension Period, if any, are collectively
referred to herein as the “Term.”
ARTICLE IV
USE AND OCCUPANCY
SECTION 4.01. USE . The
Leased Premises shall be used and occupied by Tenant solely for the
purpose of conducting Tenant’s Customary Business, and for no
other purpose.
SECTION 4.02. CARE OF LEASED
PREMISES . Tenant shall not commit or allow to be committed
any waste or damage on any portion of the Leased Premises. Tenant
shall not occupy or use, or permit to be occupied or used, any
portion of the Leased Premises for any business or purpose that is
unlawful, disreputable, or deemed to be extra-hazardous on account
of fire or other casualty, or would increase the cost of fire and
extended coverage insurance coverage on the Building and/or its
contents. Except for Tenant’s data room, Tenant shall not
place any object in any part of the Leased Premises that would
place a load on the floor of the Leased Premises in excess of
seventy (70) pounds per square foot without prior approval by
Landlord or an engineer designated by Landlord of placement of such
object. Landlord shall have the right to have a floor load analysis
made at any time. If such analysis indicates such limitation has
been exceeded, Tenant shall immediately take such action as may be
required to eliminate such overloading, and shall reimburse
Landlord for the expense incurred in completing such load analysis
and for any damage caused by such overloading.
SECTION 4.03. LAWS AND
REGULATIONS; RULES OF BUILDING . Tenant shall, at its sole
cost, comply with all laws, ordinances, orders, rules and
regulations (state, federal, municipal, or promulgated by other
agencies or bodies having jurisdiction over Tenant’s
Customary Business and the Leased Premises), and all insurance
requirements, relating to use, condition or occupancy of the Leased
Premises, except that, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.03(i), Landlord shall be responsible for any changes
required to comply with such regulations unless the need therefor
arises because of Tenant’s manner of use of the Leased
Premises and would not occur in the event of other general office
usage. Tenant shall comply with the rules of the Building adopted
by Landlord from time to time (including those attached hereto as
Exhibit C and by this reference incorporated herein)
for safety, care and cleanliness of the Leased Premises and the
Building, and preservation of good order therein, all of which
shall be sent by Landlord to Tenant in writing and shall thereafter
be carried out and observed by Tenant. Landlord shall not be held
responsible or liable for any other tenant’s failure to
observe any rule of the Building or any other provision of its
lease.
SECTION 4.04. NUISANCE
. Tenant shall conduct its business, and control its agents,
contractors, employees, invitees and visitors, in such manner as
not to create any nuisance, or interfere with, annoy or disturb
Landlord, in its operation of the Building, or any other
tenant.
ARTICLE V
RENT
SECTION 5.01. COMPONENTS OF
RENT . Tenant shall pay Landlord as rent for the Leased
Premises an amount comprising the aggregate of the components of
rent hereinafter identified and defined as Basic Rent, and
Tenant’s Proportionate Share of Excess Operating Cost and
Impositions. The aggregate of all such components is referred to
herein as “Rental.” Rental shall commence to be due and
payable on the Commencement Date. Tenant shall pay Rental in
monthly installments during the Term. Rental for each calendar
month during the Term shall be due and payable on the first (1st)
day of such calendar month. Tenant shall pay Rental to Landlord c/o
Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, Managing Agent, 1300 One American
Square, Indianapolis, IN 46282, or at such other location as
Landlord may designate from time to time, without demand, and
without any deduction, abatement, counterclaim or setoff. In the
event of a partial calendar month at the end of the Term, Rental,
and any other charges or costs payable by Tenant, shall be prorated
on the basis of a thirty (30) day month. Any Rental not paid
by the due date shall bear a delinquency service charge for each
calendar month or portion thereof during which such delinquency
exists equal to five percent (5%) of such delinquent payment. All
Rental and other charges payable by Tenant pursuant hereto shall be
payable in lawful money of the United States, without relief from
valuation and appraisement laws.
SECTION 5.02. BASIC
RENT . Tenant shall pay Landlord basic rent (“Basic
Rent”) as per the following schedule:
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Rentable
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Rate
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Monthly
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Lease Period
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Sq. Ft.
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PRSF
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Basic Rent
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15,000
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No
Basic Rent Due
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15,000
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15.25
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20,245.65
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15,000
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15.75
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20,909.44
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15,000
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16.25
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21,573.23
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15,000
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16.75
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22,237.02
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15,000
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17.25
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22,900.81
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15,000
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17.75
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23,564.60
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15,000
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18.25
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24,228.40
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SECTION 5.03. EXCESS OPERATING
COST . Tenant shall pay Landlord each calendar year
Tenant’s Proportionate Share of the amount by which Operating
Cost for that calendar year exceeds Basic Operating Cost
(“Excess Operating Cost”). “Operating Cost”
shall comprise all costs and expenses (except specific costs
separately billed to, and paid or reimbursed by, specific tenants)
of every kind and nature Landlord shall pay or become obligated to
pay because of or in connection with ownership and operation of the
Land (as hereinafter defined) and the office portion of the
Building, as determined on an accrual basis and in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied,
including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Wages, salaries, fringe benefit costs, payroll taxes,
unemployment compensation payments, workers’ compensation
insurance premiums and other related expenses of all on-site and
off-site employees engaged in operation, administration,
maintenance and security of the Land and the Building; costs of
Building employee uniforms and cleaning thereof; fair rental value
of a management office in the Building; and management fees payable
by Landlord (except brokerage commissions for leasing) if
management of the Land and the Building is contracted to a third
party;
(b) All labor, supplies and materials used in operation,
cleaning and maintenance of the Land, the Building, and machinery
and equipment therein;
(c) Cost of utilities, including water and power, heating,
lighting, air conditioning and ventilating the entire Building
(including all common and service areas), fuel adjustment charges,
sewer use charges and any utility taxes;
(d) Cost of all management, maintenance and service agreements
for the Land, the Building, and machinery and equipment therein,
including, without limitation, heating, ventilating and air
conditioning maintenance and service, alarm service, trash removal,
window cleaning and maintenance, and elevator maintenance;
(e) Accounting costs pertaining to management and operation of
the Land and the Building;
(f) Cost of all insurance, including, without limitation,
fire, extended coverage, liability and rental insurance, applicable
to the Land, the Building, machinery and equipment therein, and
Landlord’s personal property used in connection with
operation and maintenance thereof;
(g) Cost of repair, replacement and general maintenance of the
Land, the Building, and machinery and equipment therein (except
repairs, replacements and general maintenance paid by proceeds of
insurance, or by Tenant or other third parties, and alterations
attributable solely to other tenants);
(h) Snow removal, landscaping and all other common area
maintenance costs related to public areas, including sidewalks and
landscaping on the Land; and
(i) Amortization of capital improvements made to the Land, the
Building, and machinery and equipment therein, subsequent to the
Commencement Date that may be required to comply with laws,
ordinances, orders, rules or regulations (state, federal,
municipal, or promulgated by other agencies or bodies having
jurisdiction over the Land and the Building), or insurance
requirements, relating to use, condition or occupancy of the Land,
the Building or the Leased Premises, specifically including, but
not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or
that will improve operating efficiency of the Land and the Building
resulting in reduction of Operating Cost.
In determining Operating Cost for any calendar year, if, at any
time during such calendar year, less than 100% of the total
rentable square footage of the office portion of the Building was
occupied by tenants, Operating Cost shall be equitably adjusted
upward to reflect the amount that Operating Cost would have been,
in Landlord’s reasonable estimate, had occupancy of the
office portion of the Building been 100% throughout such calendar
year.
SECTION 5.04. ESTIMATED EXCESS
OPERATING COST . When Operating Cost is estimated to exceed
Basic Operating Cost, Estimated Operating Cost for any calendar
year shall be Landlord’s estimate of Operating Cost for such
calendar year made prior to commencement of such calendar year.
Tenant shall pay Landlord its Proportionate Share of Excess
Operating Cost for each calendar year on the basis of Estimated
Operating Cost for such calendar year in twelve (l2) equal monthly
installments payable on the first (1st) day of each calendar month
as part of Rental. Within ninety (90) days after the end of
each calendar year, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a statement
showing actual Operating Cost for such calendar year, and setting
forth a computation of Tenant’s Proportionate Share of Excess
Operating Cost for such calendar year. However, Landlord’s
failure to provide such Operating Cost statement by the date
provided herein shall in no way excuse Tenant from its obligation
to pay its prorata share of Operating Costs or constitute a waiver
of Landlord’s right to bill and collect such prorata share
Operating Costs from Tenant in accordance with this
Section 5.04. If Estimated Operating Cost for such calendar
year (or, if none, Basic Operating Cost) was less than actual
Operating Cost for such calendar year, Tenant shall make payment to
Landlord of Tenant’s Proportionate Share of such difference
within fifteen (l5) days after receipt of such statement. If
Estimated Operating Cost for such calendar year was more than
actual Operating Cost for such calendar year, Landlord shall
reimburse Tenant for Tenant’s Proportionate Share of such
excess within fifteen (15) days after delivery of such
statement. Basic Operating Cost, Operating Cost, Estimated
Operating Cost and Excess Operating Cost for any partial calendar
year at the end of the Term shall be adjusted proportionately.
SECTION 5.05.
IMPOSITIONS . Tenant shall pay Landlord each calendar year
Tenant’s Proportionate Share of all taxes, service payments
in lieu of taxes, assessments, excises, levies, fees and charges,
general and special, ordinary and extraordinary, unforeseen as well
as foreseen, of any kind, that are assessed, levied, charged,
confirmed or imposed by any public authority upon the Project, the
machinery and equipment therein, Landlord’s personal property
used in connection with operation and maintenance thereof,
Landlord’s operations or Landlord’s rental receipts,
and payable during the Term (collectively,
“Impositions”), except any income taxes upon
Landlord’s rental receipts. In determining Impositions for
any calendar year, any tenant-specific property tax exemptions
shall be disregarded. Tenant shall be responsible for ad
valorem taxes on its own personal property in, on or about
the Building, and on the value of any leasehold improvements to the
Leased Premises made by it. Tenant shall pay Tenant’s
Proportionate Share of Impositions in advance monthly during each
calendar year. The amount payable during each calendar year prior
to the time the actual amount of Impositions payable during such
calendar year is determined shall be based upon Landlord’s
estimate of the amount of such Impositions, to be adjusted in the
month next following the date the exact amount of such Impositions
is determined. Impositions payable during any partial calendar year
at the beginning or end of the Term shall be adjusted
proportionately.
SECTION 5.06. SURVIVAL
. The parties’ obligations under this Article shall survive
expiration or termination hereof.
ARTICLE VI
BUILDING OPERATION AND SERVICES
SECTION 6.01. SERVICES
. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01,
Section 9.05 and Section 15.09, Landlord shall furnish
the Leased Premises the following services:
(a) Water at those points of supply provided for general use
of tenants and such other points to which Tenant may have extended
the water service lines;
(b) Janitorial service on each business day, comprising
standard evening cleaning only, commensurate with that furnished in
comparable office buildings in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana;
(c) Central heat and air conditioning from 8:00 A.M. to 7:00
P.M. Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 A.M. to l:00 P.M.
Saturday, except generally recognized holidays;
(d) Electrical power sufficient for operation of Building
standard lighting, customary general office copying, data
processing, telecopying and word processing equipment and
machinery, and other equipment and machinery of similar low
electrical consumption, but excluding special lighting in excess of
Building standard, or any item of equipment or machinery that
(singly) consumes more than 0.5 kilowatts per hour at rated
capacity or requires a voltage other than one hundred twenty (120)
volts single phase; provided that, if any of Tenant’s
equipment or machinery, or any special electrical equipment or
machinery installed by Landlord to service Tenant’s equipment
or machinery, requires additional electrical service, air
conditioning or ventilating capacity above that provided by the
Building’s standard systems, then the additional electrical,
air conditioning and/or ventilating equipment or machinery shall be
provided by Tenant, and the installation and operating cost of such
additional equipment or machinery shall be Tenant’s
obligation;
(e) Lamps, bulbs, starters and ballasts for Building standard
lighting fixtures used on the Leased Premises; and
(f) Building security service; provided that Landlord
shall not be liable to Tenant, or its agents, contractors,
employees, invitees or visitors, for loss due to theft or burglary,
or damage done by persons in the Building or on the Land.
Landlord may employ an independent power consumption survey
expert to render an opinion as to the quantity of electricity
consumed by Tenant. If such survey indicates Tenant’s
consumption is in excess of one (1) kilowatt-hour per month
per usable square foot in the Leased Premises, Tenant shall pay the
cost of such survey together with the cost to Landlord of such
excess electrical consumption. Heating and air conditioning service
shall be available to Tenant at an additional charge at times other
than the hours during which such service is to be provided pursuant
to Section 6.0l(c). Tenant shall give Landlord eight
(8) hours’ advance notice of need for additional
service. Landlord shall provide upon request a list of such charges
from time to time. Should any equipment or machinery utilized in
supplying the services listed herein cease to function properly,
Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to repair same promptly, but
Tenant shall have no right to terminate this Lease, and no claim
for rebate of Rental or damages, on account of any interruption in
service occasioned thereby or resulting therefrom. Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, if any law, ordinance or other
governmental regulation now or hereafter in effect imposes a limit
or allocation to the Building on any utility or other service,
whether or not the same is to be supplied to the Building or the
Leased Premises by Landlord pursuant to this Section 6.0l, then
Tenant shall not use or cause to be consumed on the Leased
Premises, nor shall Landlord be required to provide to the Leased
Premises, such utility or other service in an amount or manner that
would result in violation by either party of such law, ordinance or
regulation.
SECTION 6.02. LANDLORD’S
REPAIRS . Landlord shall keep the Common Area (as
hereinafter defined), foundations, exterior Building walls
(including door frames, window frames, doors and windows),
exteriors of Building interior demising walls (including door
frames and window frames, but excluding doors, windows and other
glass), roof, drains, gutters, all structural parts of the
Building, and all air conditioning, electrical, heating, mechanical
and plumbing systems in the Building, in good repair and, if
necessary or required by proper governmental authority, but subject
to the provisions of Section 5.03(i), make modifications or
replacements thereof, except that, subject to the provisions of
Section 9.03, Landlord shall not be required to pay for any
such repairs or replacements that become necessary by reason of
Tenant’s, or its agent’s, contractor’s,
employee’s, invitee’s or visitor’s, act or
omission, unless covered by insurance against such hazards however
caused.
SECTION 6.03. TENANT’S
REPAIRS . All repairs, replacements or maintenance to the
Leased Premises that are not Landlord’s express obligation
shall be made by Tenant, and the same shall at all times be kept by
Tenant in good order, condition and repair, and in clean, sanitary
and safe condition in accordance with all applicable laws,
ordinances and regulations of any governmental authority having
jurisdiction thereover. In addition, subject to the provisions of
Section 9.03, Tenant shall repair or replace any damage or
injury done to the Building, or any part thereof, outside the
Leased Premises caused by Tenant’s, or its agent’s,
contractor’s, employee’s, invitee’s or
visitor’s, act or omission, unless covered by insurance
against such hazards however caused. All repairs or replacements
shall be undertaken by Tenant or contractors approved in advance by
Landlord. If Tenant fails to make such repairs or replacements
promptly after notice, Landlord may, at its option, make such
repairs or replacements, and Tenant shall repay the costs thereof,
together with fifteen percent (15%) additional overhead charge, to
Landlord upon demand. Tenant shall also be responsible for all
carpet and drapery cleaning, and other janitorial services, not
included within the standard cleaning set forth in
Section 6.01(b), but Tenant shall obtain Landlord’s
prior approval of contractors engaged to perform such services.
SECTION 6.04. ADDITIONS,
ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS . Tenant shall not make nor
allow to be made any alterations or physical additions in or to the
Leased Premises, without first obtaining Landlord’s prior
consent. All additions, alterations and improvements shall be made
under contracts providing for partial lien waivers from all persons
otherwise entitled to a lien in exchange for each progress payment.
All contractors, mechanics or laborers used by Tenant in
performance of any such work shall be subject to Landlord’s
prior approval. All such additions, alterations or improvements
when made to the Leased Premises by Tenant shall at once become
Landlord’s property, and shall be surrendered to Landlord
upon expiration or termination hereof by lapse of time or otherwise
unless Landlord, by notice to Tenant no later than twenty
(20) days after the date fixed as the expiration or
termination hereof, elects to have them removed immediately at
Tenant’s expense. Tenant shall repair any damage to the
Building caused by installation or removal of any such additions,
alterations or improvements, or any movable equipment or furniture
of Tenant.
SECTION 6.05. LIENS .
Tenant shall keep the Leased Premises free from any liens,
including, but not limited to, mechanics’ liens, arising out
of goods or services furnished to Tenant, or any person claiming
by, through or under Tenant. If any such lien attaches to the
Leased Premises, Landlord may, after thirty (30) days’
notice to Tenant, pay the amount of such lien to cause its release
and such payment shall be deemed an advance under
Section 11.03.
SECTION 6.06. USE OF COMMON
AREA . The “Common Area” shall comprise all
public spaces within the Building, including lobbies, hallways,
stairways, elevators and escalators. Landlord hereby grants to
Tenant, and its agents, contractors, employees, invitees and
visitors, the nonexclusive right to use the Common Area as from
time to time constituted, in common with Landlord and all other
tenants, and its and their respective agents, contractors,
employees, invitees and visitors. No portion of the Common Area
shall be used by Tenant for any purpose whatsoever other than, or
that would interfere with, pedestrian traffic.
ARTICLE VII
SECURITY
SECTION 7.01. SECURITY
DEPOSIT . Intentionally omitted
ARTICLE VIII
ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING
Tenant shall not assign or encumber
this Lease or any interest herein, or sublet the Leased Premises or
any part thereof, or permit use of the Leased Premises or any part
thereof by any person other than Tenant, without Landlord’s
prior. If this Lease is assigned, or the Leased Premises or any
part thereof are sublet or occupied by any person other than
Tenant, Landlord may collect rent from such assignee, subtenant or
occupant, and apply the net amount collected to Rental, but no such
assignment, subletting, occupancy or collection shall be deemed a
waiver of the requirement for consent, or acceptance of such
assignee, subtenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of Tenant
from further performance by Tenant of the terms, covenants,
conditions and provisions hereof. Notwithstanding any assignment,
sublease or occupancy by others, Tenant shall remain fully liable
hereunder, and shall not be released from performing any term,
covenant, condition or provision hereof. If this Lease is assigned,
or the Leased Premises are sublet or occupied by someone other than
Tenant, and such assignee, subtenant or occupant is required by
Tenant to pay an amount in excess of the amount required to be paid
hereunder by Tenant to Landlord, then such excess amount shall be
Landlord’s property and Rental shall be deemed to be raised
to an amount that equals the amount agreed to be paid by such
assignee, subtenant or occupant.
ARTICLE IX
NONLIABILITY, INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
SECTION 9.01. EXCULPATION OF
LANDLORD; WAIVER OF CLAIMS BY TENANT . Landlord, and its
agents, contractors, employees, invitees and visitors, shall have
no liability to Tenant, or its agents, contractors, employees,
invitees or visitors, for any damage to Tenant’s, or its
agents’, contractors’, employees’,
invitees’ or visitors’, person or property, including
any consequential damages arising therefrom, irrespective of the
cause of such damage, and whether or not caused or alleged to be
caused, in part or whole, by joint or several negligence, breach of
contract, breach of warranty or other breach of duty on
Landlord’s, or its agent’s, contractor’s,
employee’s, invitee’s or visitor’s, part. No such
occurrence shall be deemed to be an actual or constructive eviction
from the Leased Premises, or result in abatement of Rental except
as provided in Article IX. Tenant shall carry such insurance
as it deems adequate to fully protect it against loss or damage to
its property by any casualty coverable by fire and extended
coverage insurance, and all such insurance shall contain or be
endorsed with a clause permitting waiver of rights of recovery
prior to loss and waiving all rights of subrogation so long as such
a clause is available. Tenant hereby waives all claims for recovery
from and releases Landlord, and its agents, contractors, employees,
invitees and visitors, and hereby waives all claims of recovery
from and releases all other tenants, and their respective agents,
contractors, employees, invitees and visitors, for any loss or
damage to Tenant’s property, to the extent such loss or
damage is or could have been insured by valid and collectible fire
and extended coverage insurance policies in standard form
containing a waiver of subrogation provision or endorsement, it
being the parties’ intent to assign the entire risk of loss
arising out of damage to Tenant’s property to Tenant or its
insurance carrier. Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to require
other tenants to make similar waivers in their respective
leases.
SECTION 9.02. PUBLIC LIABILITY
INSURANCE FOR LEASED PREMISES . Tenant shall procure and
maintain during the Term a policy or policies of insurance written
by a responsible insurance company or companies (which may be
written to include the Leased Premises in conjunction with other
premises owned or operated by Tenant) insuring Landlord, Tenant and
any mortgagee(s) of Landlord against all losses, claims, demands or
actions for injury to or death of one or more persons in any one
occurrence to the limit of not less than Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000), and for damage to property to the limit of not less
than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), arising from
Tenant’s conduct and operation of its business in the Leased
Premises, and providing that such policy or policies can be amended
or canceled only upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior
notice to Landlord, with contractual liability endorsements, and
shall furnish Landlord certificates evidencing the existence
thereof.
SECTION 9.03. WAIVER OF CLAIMS
BY LANDLORD . Landlord shall procure and keep in effect
during the Term fire and extended coverage insurance on the
Building in such amounts as Landlord deems necessary effectively to
protect itself against loss to its property arising out of casualty
covered by such insurance. All fire and extended coverage insurance
carried by Landlord with respect to the Building or its property
located therein shall contain or be endorsed with a clause
permitting waiver of rights of recovery prior to loss and waiving
all rights of subrogation so long as such a clause is available.
Landlord hereby waives all claims for recovery from and releases
Tenant, and its agents, contractors, employees, invitees and
visitors, for any loss or damage to the Building or
Landlord’s property located therein, to the extent such loss
or damage is or could have been insured by valid and collectible
fire and extended coverage insurance policies in standard form
containing a waiver of subrogation provision or endorsement, it
being the parties’ intent to assign the risk of loss arising
out of damage to the Building or Landlord’s property located
therein to Landlord or its insurance carrier to the maximum extent
possible. Howev