DENVER
PLACE
RANCHER ENERGY
CORP.
OFFICE
LEASE
DENVER
PLACE
OFFICE
LEASE
I N D E
X
General
Lease Provisions--
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1.
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THE LEASED
PREMISES
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2.
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DEFINITIONS
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3.
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TERM OF
LEASE
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4.
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BASE
RENT
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5.
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COMMENCEMENT
AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
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6.
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QUIET
ENJOYMENT
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7.
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SERVICES
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Telephone
Service Paid by Tenant
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8.
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BUSINESS TAXES,
ETC
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9.
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METERS
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10.
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USE OF
ELECTRICITY
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11.
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REPAIRS AND
MAINTENANCE
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12.
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ASSIGNMENT,
SUBLETTING, PARTING WITH POSSESSION
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13.
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RULES AND
REGULATIONS
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14.
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USE OF LEASED
PREMISES
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15.
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TENANT'S
INSURANCE
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16.
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CANCELLATION OF
INSURANCE
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17.
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OBSERVANCE OF
LAW
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18.
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WASTE AND
NUISANCE
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19.
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ENTRY BY
LANDLORD
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20.
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF LANDLORD
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21.
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EXHIBITING
PREMISES
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22.
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ALTERATIONS
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23.
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GLASS
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24.
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SIGNS AND
ADVERTISING
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25.
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NAME OF
BUILDING
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26.
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SUBORDINATION
AND ATTORNMENT
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27.
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ACCEPTANCE OF
PREMISES
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28.
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ESTOPPEL
CERTIFICATES
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29.
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FIXTURES
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30.
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LANDLORD'S
INSURANCE
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31.
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FIRES,
ETC
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32.
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CONDEMNATION
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33.
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LOSS AND
DAMAGE
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34.
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DELAYS
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35.
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DEFAULT
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36.
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REMEDIES OF
LANDLORD
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37.
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HOLDING
OVER
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DIRECTORY
BOARD
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39.
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TRANSFER BY
LANDLORD
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40.
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NOTICE
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41.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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42.
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LEASE ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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43.
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BINDING
EFFECT
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44.
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SECURITY
DEPOSIT
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45.
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INTERPRETATION
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46.
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SEVERABILITY
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47.
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INDEPENDENT
COVENANTS
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48.
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ADDITIONAL
NOTICES
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49.
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GOVERNMENTALLY
REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS
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50.
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RECORDING -
SHORT FORM MEMO
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51.
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REAL ESTATE
BROKER
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52.
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CAPTIONS AND
EXHIBITS
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53.
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SUBSTITUTION OF
OTHER PREMISES
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54.
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ADDITIONAL
CHARGES FOR TAXES AND LANDLORD'S OPERATING EXPENSES
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55.
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HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS
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56.
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TELEPHONE AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
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57.
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TRANSFER OF
LANDLORD'S INTEREST
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58.
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TIME IS OF THE
ESSENCE
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59.
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ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS
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Americans With
Disabilities Act
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Addendum
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Exhibit
A
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Leased
Premises Diagram
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Exhibit
A-1
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Layout
Plans (to be attached upon completion)
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Exhibit
A-2
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Offer
Space Diagram
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Exhibit
B
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Rules and
Regulations
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Exhibit
C
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Lease
Term Agreement
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Exhibit
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Parking
Agreement
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Exhibit
E
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List of
Landlord's Furniture
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Exhibit
E-1
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Form of
Bill of Sale
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DENVER
PLACE
Office Lease Facing
Page
THIS OFFICE
LEASE FACING PAGE, together with the General Lease Provisions and
any Schedules or Riders and Lease Guaranties attached hereto, shall
constitute the Lease between Tenant described below, as Tenant, and
DENVER PLACE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership, as Landlord, for the Leased Premises described below,
made and entered into as of the Lease Date specified
below.
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LEASE
DATE:
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October
30, 2006
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LANDLORD:
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DENVER
PLACE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership
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TENANT:
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RANCHER
ENERGY CORP., a Nevada corporation
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LEASED
PREMISES:
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1740
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Seventeenth (17th) floor, South
Tower
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5,869
square feet of rentable area
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LEASE
TERM:
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November
10, 2006*
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Sixty-Three (63) months
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February
9, 2012**
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* subject to
adjustment pursuant to subsection 2.01(b) of the Lease
** subject to
adjustment pursuant to subsection 2.01(i) of the Lease
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BASE
RENT:
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0.00 per annum / $0.00 per
month
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114,445.56 per annum / $9,537.13 per
month
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120,314.52 per annum / $10,026.21
per month
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129,117.96 per annum / $10,759.83
per month
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132,052.56 per annum / $11,004.38
per month
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Base Operating
Cost including Real Estate Taxes shall be the total amount of
Operating Expenses (on a per rentable square foot basis) incurred
by Landlord during the Calendar Year 2007 (Landlord's Operating
Expense Contribution)
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Proportionate
Share of applicable taxes and
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Building
Operating Expenses:
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0.78
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LEASE
DEPOSIT:
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$40,104.84
payable at the time of execution and delivery of Lease by Tenant,
and subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Section
44.01 and subsection 62.02(d) of the Addendum.
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GENERAL OFFICE LEASE PROVISIONS
WHEREAS,
Landlord owns that building commonly known as Denver Place and
located at 999 - 18th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202 (hereinafter
called the "Building"), which is situated on a portion of real
property being more particularly described as Lots 1 through 32
inclusive, Block 110, East Denver Subdivision City and County of
Denver, State of Colorado. The Building, the land upon which the
Building stands and the land and improvements surrounding the
Building and designated from time to time by Landlord as land or
common areas appurtenant to or servicing the Building, together
with any other buildings or land located on the above-described
real property are hereinafter called the "Real Property";
and
WHEREAS,
Landlord has agreed to lease to Tenant the Leased Premises
hereinafter on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth:
1.
THE LEASED PREMISES
1.01
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the rent and the covenants and agreements hereinafter made on the
part of the Tenant to be paid, observed and performed, the Landlord
has demised and leased and by these presents does demise and lease
the Leased Premises described on the Office Lease Facing Page,
attached hereto and depicted on the drawing attached hereto as
Exhibit A and forming part hereof but excluding therefrom
any part of the exterior face of the Building to the Tenant,
together with the right of the Tenant in common with the Landlord,
its other tenants, sub-tenants and invitees thereof to the
nonexclusive use of the following portions of the
Building:
(a)
the entrance foyer and lobby of the
Building; and
(b)
the common corridors on the floor
of the Building on which the Leased Premises are situated and other
areas appurtenant to or servicing the Building, together with
public entrance doors, halls, stairways, passages, elevators,
shipping and receiving areas and lavatories in the Building,
provided, however, that Landlord shall have the right from time to
time to eliminate, substitute, build upon or rearrange all of items
(a) and (b) above, including, but not limited to, the garden court
on the third floor of the Building, as Landlord deems appropriate
in its discretion.
2.
DEFINITIONS
2.01
In this Lease or on the Office
Lease Facing Page, the following terms or words shall have the
following meanings:
(a)
"Business Day" means any of the
days from Monday to Friday excluding any nationally recognized
holiday.
(b)
"Commencement Date" means the date
so designated on the Office Lease Facing Page, attached hereto, or
the date upon which the Landlord notifies the Tenant that the
Leased Premises are ready for occupancy, whichever last
occurs.
(c)
"Net Rentable Square Feet" or "Net
Rentable Area", as the term is used throughout this Lease, for a
multiple tenancy floor means the total square feet which is
computed by measuring to the inside finish of permanent outer
building walls, or to the center line of the glass if a portion of
the outer building wall is glass, to the center line of corridor
partitions, and to the center of partitions that separate the
Leased Premises from adjoining rentable area. No deductions shall
be made for columns and projections necessary to the
Building.
(d)
"Net Rentable Square Feet" or "Net
Rentable Area", as the term is used throughout this Lease, for a
single tenancy floor, means the total square feet which is computed
by measuring to the inside finish of permanent outer building
walls, or from the center line of glass. Net Rentable Area shall
include all area within outside walls less stairs, elevator shafts,
flues, pipe shafts, and vertical ducts. No deductions shall be made
for columns and projections necessary to the Building. Lavatories
or public toilets within and exclusively serving only that floor,
janitor closets, electrical closets, telephone closets, slop sinks
and a proportionate share of main and second floor lobby areas
shall be included in Net Rentable Area.
(e)
"Normal Business Hours" means the
hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Business Days and the hours 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Saturdays excluding nationally recognized
holidays.
(f)
"Proportionate Share" means the
amount so designated on the Office Lease Facing Page, attached
hereto and calculated by dividing the Total Rentable Area as set
forth on the Facing Page by 95% of the Total Rentable Area of the
Building.
(g)
"Public Areas" means and shall
include all square feet or areas on the floor less the Net Rentable
square feet and less public stairs, public elevator shafts, flues,
stacks, pipe shafts, vertical ducts and vents.
(h)
"Rent", as the term is used
throughout this Lease, shall denote the "Base Rent," as is
hereinafter defined, plus all other financial obligations of the
Tenant hereunder which are herein described as "Additional Rental"
or "Additional Rent."
(i)
"Term" means the number of months
in the Lease Period, set forth on the Office Lease Facing Page
attached hereto, to be computed from 12 o'clock noon on the
Commencement Date and expiring at 12 o'clock noon the last day of
such Lease Term.
(j)
"Total Rentable Area of the Leased
Premises" means the total square feet of the Net Rentable Area of
the Leased Premises and Tenant's Proportionate Share of the Public
Areas on a multiple-tenancy floor; or the total square feet of the
Net Rentable Area on a single-tenancy floor.
(k)
"Total Rentable Area of the
Building" shall mean 754,288 square feet, which is 95% of the
rentable area of the Building.
3.
TERM OF LEASE
3.01
Tenant shall have the right to have
and hold the Leased Premises for and during the Term subject to the
payment of the Base Rent and the Additional Rent and the full and
timely performance by Tenant of the covenants and conditions
hereinafter set forth. In the event that the Commencement Date has
not occurred on or before December 15, 2006, then this Lease may be
terminated by either party upon delivery of written notice to the
other party, and in such event both parties hereto shall be
released from all obligations hereunder; provided, however, that in
the event the delay in the commencement of the Term is due to a
Tenant Delay (hereinafter defined) Tenant shall not have the right
to elect to terminate this Lease pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 3.01. In the event that the actual Commencement Date of the
Lease is other than as set forth on the Office Lease Facing Page,
Landlord and Tenant shall execute a Lease Term Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C .
4.
BASE RENT
4.01
Tenant covenants and agrees to
timely pay without notice, deduction, set-off or abatement to the
Landlord, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease, at
DENVER PLACE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A/R DEPARTMENT,
DENVER, COLORADO 80256-0165, or such other address as Landlord may
notify Tenant of in writing not less than thirty (30) days prior to
the effective date of the change in address, yearly and every year
during the Term hereof, the annual Base Rent, in lawful money of
the United States, payable in monthly installments set forth on the
Office Lease Facing Page, attached hereto, each month, in advance
on the tenth (10th) day of each month during the Term hereof. If
the Term hereof commences on any day other than the first day of
the month, Base Rent for the fractions of a month at the
commencement of the Term shall be adjusted pro rata on a per diem
basis using a thirty (30) day month.
5.
COMMENCEMENT AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
5.01
Tenant shall occupy the Leased
Premises in a reputable manner and in compliance with the
provisions of this Lease and the requirements of all applicable
governmental laws and regulations.
6.
QUIET ENJOYMENT
6.01
Landlord covenants that if, and so
long as Tenant performs each and every covenant, agreement, term,
provision and condition of this Lease on the part and on behalf of
Tenant to be kept and performed, Tenant shall quietly enjoy its
rights under this Lease without hindrance or molestation by
Landlord, subject to the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions
and conditions of this Lease.
7.
SERVICES
7.01
Standard Services
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(a)
Climate Control
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rule, or governmental order or regulation, Landlord shall provide
climate control to the Leased Premises during Normal Business Hours
to maintain a temperature adequate for comfortable occupancy,
except during the making of repairs, alterations or improvements,
provided that the recommendations of Landlord's engineer regarding
occupancy and use of the Leased Premises are complied with by
Tenant, and provided that the Landlord shall have no responsibility
or liability for failure to supply climate control service when
stopped as aforesaid or when prevented from doing so by strikes or
any cause beyond the Landlord's reasonable control, including
failure of any utility company to provide the Building with
appropriate utility service. The Tenant acknowledges that the
Landlord has installed in the Building a system for the purpose of
climate control, which system is designed to heat and cool during
normal occupancy of the Leased Premises as general offices on the
basis of the recommendation of Landlord's engineer regarding
occupancy and use of the Leased Premises and based upon the window
shading (which shading shall, unless otherwise consented to by
Landlord, be uniform in the Building) being fully closed in those
offices having exterior windows exposed to the sun and without
regard to the Tenant's specific use thereof or the installation of
any computers or data processing equipment.
(b)
Elevator Service
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(1)
Subject to the Rules and
Regulations referred to in Section 13.01, the Landlord shall
furnish to the Building in which the Leased Premises are located,
except when repairs are being made, elevator service during Normal
Business Hours, provided that the Tenant, its employees and all
other persons using the same shall do so at their own
risk.
(2)
There shall be no liability on the
Landlord for any claim in respect of any failure by the Landlord to
provide elevator service during any power failure or other cause
beyond the control of the Landlord or by reason of the carrying out
of any repairs, maintenance, or replacement of elevators, nor shall
there be, as a result of the foregoing, any repayment of or
reduction or abatement in the rent reserved hereby.
(c)
Janitorial Services
. The Landlord shall cause, when
reasonably necessary from time to time, the floors to be swept or
vacuumed and windows to be cleaned and the desks, tables and other
furniture of the Tenant to be dusted, trash removed (waste
baskets), and replacement of fluorescent bulbs in Building standard
lighting fixtures, all in keeping with a first class office
building, provided, however, that Landlord shall not be responsible
for any act of omission or commission on the part of the person or
persons employed to perform such work; such work shall be done at
the Landlord's direction without interference by the Tenant, its
servants or employees.
(d)
Water and Electricity
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governmental order or regulation, the Landlord shall make available
domestic water and, if available, at Landlord's discretion,
condenser water, in reasonable quantity and cause electric current
to be supplied for lighting the Leased Premises and public halls
and for the operation of office equipment, subject to the
provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereof.
7.02
Additional Services
. The following services are being
provided to the Leased Premises in addition to the standard
services described in Section 7.01 above ("Additional Services")
and the costs and expenses incurred by Landlord will be charged
directly to Tenant as an Additional Services Charge and will not be
included in the Operating Expenses for the Building:
(a)
Climate Control
Alterations . Any use of
the Leased Premises not in accordance with the design standards or
arrangement of partitioning which interferes with the normal
operation of the climate control system described in subsection
7.01(a) above may require changes or alterations in the system or
ducts through which the same operates. Any changes or alterations
so occasioned, if such changes can be accommodated by the
Landlord's equipment, shall be made by the Tenant at its cost and
expense but only with the prior written consent of the Landlord,
first had and obtained (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), and in accordance with drawings
and specifications and by a contractor first approved in writing by
the Landlord, at Tenant's cost and expense. If Tenant shall
install, or cause to have installed partitions, equipment or
fixtures after the Leased Premises have been balanced originally
and such installation necessitates the re-balancing of the climate
control equipment in the Leased Premises, the same will be
performed by the Landlord at the Tenant's expense as Additional
Services payable on demand, or Landlord may bill Tenant for such
services with other Additional Services. The Tenant acknowledges
that one (1) year may be required after the Tenant has fully
occupied the Leased Premises in order to adjust and balance the
climate control systems.
(b)
Excess Utility Use
. If the Tenant's equipment
requires utilities in excess of normal quantities set forth in
Sections 9 and 10 of this Lease, any facilities to supply excess
quantities, including, without limitation, additional risers,
cabling, pipelines, or conduits, may be provided by the Landlord at
the sole expense of the Tenant as Additional Services, and in
accordance with Sections 9 and 10, subject to the following
conditions:
(1)
the Landlord's certified electrical
engineer or other consultants shall determine that such excess
facilities are required by the Tenant's equipment;
(2)
it is within the capabilities of
the Landlord and the existing structure to provide such excess
utilities;
(3)
the Landlord shall have the right
of refusal to supply in the event that the supplying of additional
facilities shall in any way affect the operation of, the aesthetics
of or structure of the Building, or in any way reduce the
efficiency of existing electricity, water or other utility supplied
to the Building as a part of the whole thereof;
(4)
the supplying of additional
facilities in order to make the required utilities available to the
Tenant shall be subject to compliance with all provisions of law
including, without limitation, federal legislative enactments,
ordinances and other governmental or municipal regulations which
shall in any way relate to the work necessary to be undertaken to
make said utilities available; and
(5)
the Tenant shall pay to the
Landlord the cost of such excess services as Additional Services
from time to time upon demand, or Landlord may bill Tenant for such
services with other Additional Services, such excess services cost
to be determined by the Landlord's certified, professional engineer
for the supply of condenser water to the Leased
Premises.
(c)
Non-Standard Equipment
. In the event Tenant’s use of
the Leased Premises includes the use of existing, or the
installation of any new machines, equipment, or devices in the
Leased Premises that do not constitute standard office equipment
provided or available to all tenants of the Building, including,
without limitation, refrigerators, dishwashers, garbage disposals,
air conditioning units, heating units, computers, water heaters,
and such other machines, equipment, or devices ("Non-Standard
Equipment"), the maintenance, repair and replacement of all such
Non-Standard Equipment located in the Leased Premises, regardless
of whether such Non-Standard Equipment existed in the Leased
Premises on the Commencement Date or such Non-Standard Equipment
was placed in the Leased Premises after the Commencement Date,
shall be made by Tenant at Tenant’s sole cost and expense. In
the event Tenant fails to maintain, repair or replace any
Non-Standard Equipment located in the Leased Premises, after ten
(10) days written notice of such failure from Landlord, Landlord
shall have the option (but not the obligation) to enter the Leased
Premises to undertake the necessary maintenance, repairs or
replacements of such Non-Standard Equipment and Tenant shall
reimburse Landlord for all of Landlord’s costs and expense
incurred in such maintenance, repair or replacement as Additional
Rent.
(d)
Excess Janitorial
Services . If Tenant
requires any janitorial or cleaning services in excess of the
amounts provided by Landlord according to subsection 7.01(c) (such
as cleaning services beyond normal office janitorial services for
kitchens, computer rooms, or other special use areas and carpet
cleaning), Landlord will provide such excess services to Tenant
within a reasonable period after Tenant's request is made to the
manager of the Building, provided that such excess services are
available from Landlord's regular janitorial or cleaning
contractor. Tenant will pay the cost of such excess services as
Additional Services. Landlord will also provide, within a
reasonable period after Tenant's request is made to the manager of
the Building, or at Tenant's cost and to the extent available to
Landlord, replacement of bulbs, tubes, or ballasts in any Building
non-standard lighting fixtures in the Leased Premises. Tenant will
pay the costs of such services as Additional Services.
(e)
Excess Services
. If Tenant requires any work,
service, or materials performed for, or facilities or materials
furnished to Tenant, to a greater extent or in a manner more
favorable to Tenant than those performed for or furnished to other
tenants of the Building, including, but not limited to, supplying
paper towels, restocking recycling containers, hanging pictures or
whiteboards, providing extra keys to the Leased Premises and any
other work or services which relate to Tenant's use of the Leased
Premises, Landlord will provide such excess services to Tenant
within a reasonable period after Tenant's request is made to the
manager of the Building provided that such excess services are
available from the manager of the Building, or the contractors
already retained by the manager of the Building. Tenant will pay
the cost of such excess services as Additional Services.
7.03
Interruption of
Service . Tenant agrees
that Landlord shall not be liable for failure to supply any such
heating, air conditioning, elevator or janitor services or electric
current during any period when Landlord uses reasonable diligence
to supply such services or current. It is understood that Landlord
reserves the right to temporarily discontinue such services, or any
of them, or such current at such time as may be necessary by reason
of accident, unavailability of employees, repairs, alterations or
improvements or whenever by reason of strikes, lockouts, riots,
acts of God or any other happening beyond the control of Landlord.
Landlord shall not be liable for damages to persons or property for
any such discontinuance, nor shall such discontinuance in any way
be construed as eviction of or cause an abatement of rent or
operate to release Tenant from any of the Tenant's obligations
hereunder. Landlord's obligation to furnish services or current
shall be conditioned upon the availability of adequate energy
sources from the public utility companies then servicing the
downtown area of the City and County of Denver. Landlord shall have
the right to reduce heating, cooling or lighting within the Leased
Premises and in the public areas in the Building as required by any
mandatory or voluntary fuel or energy program. Landlord shall have
the right to enter upon the Leased Premises at all reasonable times
after reasonable oral notice in order to make such repairs,
alterations or adjustments as shall be necessary in order to comply
with the provisions of any mandatory or voluntary fuel or energy
saving allocation or similar statute, regulation or program.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.03, Base
Rent shall be abated as provided below in the case Landlord fails
to provide a service which Landlord has agreed to provide under
this Section 7.02, if (i) the provision of the interruption of the
service is within the reasonable control of Landlord, (ii) if such
interruption continues for seven (7) consecutive business days, and
(iii) as a result of such interruption Tenant is not able to use
the Leased Premises (or the affected portion thereof) for the
operation of Tenant’s business. In the event of the
occurrences of the foregoing, the Base Rent for the Leased Premises
(or, if only a portion of the Leased Premises is affected, prorated
for such portion) shall be abated commencing on the eighth (8th)
business day of such disruption until the service in question has
been restored.
7.04
Telephone Service Paid by
Tenant . Tenant shall
separately arrange with the applicable local public authorities or
utilities, as the case may be, for the furnishing of, and payment
for all telephone services as may be required by Tenant in the use
of the Leased Premises. Tenant shall directly pay for such
telephone services, including the establishment and connection
thereof, at the rates charged for such services by said authority
or utility and the failure of Tenant to obtain or to continue to
receive such services for any reason whatsoever shall not relieve
Tenant of any of its obligations under this Lease.
8.
BUSINESS TAXES, ETC.
8.01
Tenant shall fully and timely pay
all business and other taxes, charges, rates, duties, assessments
and license fees levied, rates imposed, charged or assessed against
or in respect of the Tenant's occupancy of the Leased Premises or
in respect of the personal property, trade fixtures, furniture and
facilities of the Tenant or the business or income of the Tenant on
and from the Leased Premises, if any, as and when the same shall
become due, and to indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and
against all payment of such taxes, charges, rates, duties,
assessments and license fees and against all loss, costs, charges
and expenses occasioned by or arising from any and all such taxes,
rates, duties, assessments and license fees.
8.02
Tenant shall promptly deliver to
Landlord for inspection at Landlord's option, upon written request
of the Landlord, receipts for payment of all taxes, charges, rates,
duties, assessments and licenses in respect of all improvements,
equipment and facilities of the Tenant on or in the Leased Premises
which were due and payable up to one (1) year prior to such
request, and in any event to furnish to the Landlord, if requested
by the Landlord, evidence, satisfactory to the Landlord of any such
payments.
9.
METERS
9.01
Tenant shall pay as an Additional
Services Charge, on demand, or Landlord may bill Tenant for such
services with other Additional Services, the cost of any metering
which may be requested by the Tenant to be installed by the
Landlord in the Building for the purpose of determining any utility
(including electricity and water) consumed in the Leased Premises
or any metering which may be required by the Landlord to measure
any excess usage of electricity, water or other utility or
energy.
10.
USE OF ELECTRICITY
10.01
Tenant's use of electricity in the
Leased Premises shall be for the operation of building standard
lighting, electrical fixtures, desk-top computers and other office
machines and lamps and shall not at any time exceed the capacity of
any of the electrical conductors and equipment in or otherwise
serving the Leased Premises.
10.02
In order to ensure that such
capacity is not exceeded and to avert possible adverse effect upon
the Building's electrical services, the Tenant shall not, without
the Landlord's prior written consent in each instance, connect any
additional fixtures, appliances or equipment (other than normal
office electrical fixtures, lamps, desk-top computers and similar
office machines) to the Building's electrical distribution system
or make any alterations or additions to the electric system of the
Leased Premises existing at the commencement of the Term. If the
Landlord grants such consent, the cost of all additional risers and
other equipment required therefor shall be charged to Tenant as an
Additional Services Charge and paid by Tenant to Landlord upon
demand, or Landlord may bill Tenant for such services with other
Additional Services. Furthermore, Tenant shall, at Landlord's
option, pay on demand as Additional Services, the cost of any
electric current or other energy for the operation of heavy
accounting equipment, copy equipment, computer equipment or other
equipment requiring more than is necessary for normal business
office use as determined by the Landlord.
11.
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
11.01
If the Building, the elevators,
boilers, engines, pipes and other apparatus, or members or elements
of the Building (or any of them) used for the purpose of climate
control of the Building or operating the elevators, or if the water
pipes, drainage pipes, electric lighting or other equipment of the
Building or the roof or outside walls of the Building or parking
facilities of Landlord become damaged or are destroyed through the
negligence, carelessness or misuse of the Tenant, its servants,
agents, employees or anyone permitted by Tenant to be in the
Building, or through Tenant, then the cost of the necessary
repairs, replacements or alterations shall be borne by the Tenant
who shall forthwith pay the same on demand to the Landlord as
Additional Rent.
11.02
Tenant shall keep the Leased
Premises in as good order, condition and repair as when they were
entered upon, loss by fire or other casualty (unless caused by the
negligence of Tenant, its agents, employees or invitees or the
gross negligence or willful and wrongful acts of Landlord),
unavoidable accident or ordinary wear and tear excepted. If Tenant
fails to keep the Leased Premises in such good order, condition and
repair as required hereunder to the satisfaction of Landlord,
Landlord may restore the Leased Premises after three (3) business
days prior written notice to Tenant (except in the event of an
emergency or in the event there is a threat to the continuance of
any insurance coverage in which case no prior written notice shall
be required) to such good order and condition and make such repairs
without liability to Tenant for any loss or damage that may accrue
to Tenant's property or business by reason thereof, and upon
completion thereof, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional
Rent, upon demand, the cost of restoring the Leased Premises to
such good order and condition and of the making of such
repairs.
11.03
Tenant shall deliver, at the
expiration of the Term hereof or sooner upon termination of the
Term, the Leased Premises in good repair as aforesaid and in a
state of broom cleanliness. In the event Tenant fails to vacate the
Leased Premises on a timely basis as required, Tenant shall be
responsible to Landlord for all costs incurred by Landlord as a
result of such failure, including, but not limited to, any amounts
required to be paid to third parties who were to have occupied the
Leased Premises.
11.04
Tenant shall leave the Leased
Premises at the end of each Business Day in a reasonably tidy
condition for the purpose of allowing the performance of the
Landlord's cleaning services hereinabove described.
11.05
Landlord shall (subject to Articles
31 and 32 and Landlord's rights under Article 54 and except for
ordinary wear and tear) maintain the exterior walls and roof and
load bearing elements of the Building and perform routine
maintenance in the Common Areas (hereinafter defined). Except for
load bearing elements of the Building located within the Leased
Premises, Landlord shall not be required to maintain or repair any
portions of the Leased Premises.
12.
ASSIGNMENT, SUBLETTING, PARTING WITH
POSSESSION
12.01
Tenant shall not, without the prior
written consent of Landlord (which shall not be unreasoanbly
withheld in the case of an assignment or subletting), (i) assign,
convey or mortgage this Lease or any interest hereunder except to
an Affiliate (hereinafter defined) who is not a Prohibited Entity
(hereinafter defined); (ii) suffer to occur or permit to exist any
assignment of this Lease to an entity which is not an Affiliate
("Non-Affiliate"), or any lien upon Tenant's interest hereunder,
whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law; (iii)
sublet the Leased Premises or any part thereof to a Non-Affiliate;
(iv) permit the use of the Leased Premises by any parties other
than Tenant, its Affiliates and their respective employees. Any
such action on the part of Tenant without Landlord's consent, shall
be void and of no effect. Landlord's consent to any assignment,
subletting or transfer or any assignment, subletting or transfer
permitted in this Article 12, 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 shall be entitled to withhold
consent to a proposed assignment arbitrarily if Landlord exercises
the right hereinafter set out in Section 12.03. Landlord shall
respond to a request by Tenant to sublet or assign within ten (10)
business days after Landlord's receipt of such request and
information pertaining to the proposed subtenant or assignee
required under this Article 12. The sale of fifty percent (50%) or
more of the stock of Tenant, if Tenant is a corporation, shall
constitute an assignment of the Lease for purposes of this Section
12.01. Consent of the Landlord to an assignment or subletting shall
not in any way be construed to relieve the Tenant from obtaining
the consent of the Landlord to any further assignment or
subletting. Without limitation of the circumstances in which
Landlord's withholding of consent to an assignment or subletting
shall not be unreasonable, it shall not be unreasonable for
Landlord to withhold its consent if the reputation, financial
responsibility, or business of the proposed assignee or subtenant
is unsatisfactory to Landlord, or if Landlord deems such business
to be not consonant with that of other tenants in the Building, or
if the intended use by the proposed assignee or subtenant conflicts
with any commitment made by Landlord to any other tenant in the
Building, or if in Landlord's reasonable judgment the assignment or
subletting will have financial consequences adverse to Landlord's
interest, or if the proposed assignee or subtenant is a Prohibited
Entity. Tenant shall not publish or otherwise disseminate any
written advertising material in connection with any proposed
assignment or sublease of all or any portion of the Leased Premises
(the "Advertising") without Landlord's prior written approval of
the same, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld;
provided, however, that no Advertising shall contain any reference
to the price to be charged in connection with any proposed
assignment or sublease.
12.02
For the purposes of this Lease, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
Affiliate shall mean (i) any person
or entity which, directly or indirectly, controls Tenant or is
controlled by Tenant or is under common control with Tenant, (ii)
any successor to Tenant by merger, consolidation or other operation
of law, (iii) any person or entity to whom all or substantially all
of the assets of Tenant are conveyed, or (iv) any person or entity
purchasing the business which Tenant conducts at the Leased
Premises.
(b)
"Prohibited Entity", unless
otherwise agreed in writing by Landlord, shall mean (i) a
governmental or a governmental subdivision, instrumentality or
agency, (ii) a school, college or university, (iii) an employment,
recruitment or temporary help service or agency, (iv) a collection
agency, (v) any entity or an affiliate thereof which has previously
defaulted in the performance of its obligations under a lease
concerning any portion of the Building, (vi) any tenant or
subtenant of the Building, or (vii) any person or entity or any of
their affiliates, with whom Landlord, or any affiliate of Landlord,
has negotiated to lease space in the Building within the six month
period preceding Tenant's request for an assignment or sublease.
Tenant further agrees that it shall not (1) solicit offers for or
negotiate to assign the Lease or to sublet any portion of the
Leased Premises to a Prohibited Entity; or, (2) permit any
announcement or communication to be made to a Prohibited Entity
(including, but not limited to the delivery of any Advertising)
indicating that the Lease is available for assignment or any
portion of the Leased Premises is available for
subletting.
12.03
If Tenant requests Landlord's
consent to an assignment of this Lease or to a subletting of the
whole or any part of the Leased Premises to a Non-Affiliate, Tenant
shall submit to Landlord a written statement, including, without
limitation, the name of the proposed assignee or subtenant, a
description of the terms and conditions of the proposed assignment
or sublease, including the amount of rent Tenant will be charging
the proposed assignee or subtenant, and such information as to the
nature of its business and its financial responsibility and
standing as Landlord may reasonably require, and the effective date
of the proposed assignment. Upon receipt of such request and
information from Tenant, Landlord shall have the right exercisable
by notice in writing within fourteen (14) days after such receipt
to cancel and terminate this Lease if the request is to assign this
Lease or to sublet all of the Leased Premises or, if the request is
to assign or sublet a portion of the Leased Premises to cancel and
terminate the Lease with respect to such portion, in each case as
of the date set forth in Landlord's notice of exercise of such
right, which shall be neither less than sixty (60) nor more than
one hundred and twenty (120) days following the giving of such
notice. If Landlord shall exercise such right Tenant shall
surrender possession of the entire Leased Premises or the portion
which is the subject of the right, as the case may be, on the date
set forth in such notice in accordance with the provisions of this
Lease relating to surrender of the Leased Premises at the
expiration of the Term. If this Lease shall be cancelled as to a
portion of the Leased Premises only, the Rent payable by the Tenant
under this Lease shall be abated proportionately. Tenant shall
notify Landlord in writing of any subletting or assignment to an
Affiliate, Tenant shall submit to Landlord a statement containing
the name, address and affiliation of the proposed subtenant or
assignee to the Tenant, the terms of the proposed sublease or
assignment and financial and other information with respect to the
proposed assignee or subtenant as Landlord may reasonably
request.
12.04
If the Tenant is a corporation or
if this Lease with the consent of the Landlord as aforesaid is
assigned to a corporation, and if any time during the Term hereof,
any part or all of its corporate shares or voting rights of
shareholders shall be transferred by sale, assignment, bequest,
inheritance, trust, operation of law or other disposition, or
shares be issued so as to result in a change in the control of said
corporation by reason of ownership of greater than fifty percent
(50%) of the voting shares of the corporation or otherwise, then
and so often as such a change of control shall occur, the Tenant
shall notify the Landlord in writing of such changes and the
Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease and the Term,
at any time after such change of control by termination, provided
such corporation is controlled by a Non-Affiliate. Once each
Calendar Year (as hereinafter defined), the Tenant shall, upon
request of the Landlord, make available to the Landlord for
inspection or copying or both, all books and records of the Tenant
which, alone or with other data, show the applicability or
inapplicability of this Section 12.04. If any shareholder of the
Tenant shall, upon request of the Landlord fail or refuse to
furnish to the Landlord any data verified by the affidavit of such
shareholder or other credible person, which data, alone or with
other data, show the applicability of Section 12.04, then the
Landlord may terminate this Lease on sixty (60) day's notice as
aforesaid. This Section 12.04 shall not apply to the Tenant if on
and from the date of this Lease the control of the Tenant is
represented by shares listed on a national stock exchange or the
NASDAQ Quotation System.
12.05
Contemporaneously with any request
or proposal by Tenant to sublet or assign any part of this Lease,
Tenant shall pay all costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
incurred by Landlord in connection with Landlord's investigation of
any financial or other information of the proposed assignee or
subtenant. The payment of such costs shall not obligate Landlord in
any way to consent to any proposed assignment or subletting nor
shall the amount of costs paid by Tenant be applied or used as a
set-off to any amounts due or to become due by Tenant to
Landlord.
12.06
If Landlord fails to exercise its
termination right and its right to withhold its consent as set
forth in the preceding sections of this Article 12, Tenant shall
pay to Landlord fifty percent (50%) of all profit derived by Tenant
from the assignment or sublease ("Sublease Profit"). Tenant shall
not be required to pay any Sublease Profit derived by Tenant from
an assignment or sublease with an Affiliate. In determining
Sublease Profit Tenant shall only be permitted to deduct (i)
leasing commissions and brokerage fees paid by Tenant, (ii) cost
and expense of the construction of public corridors, (iii)
reasonable advertising expenses, (iv) reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred in connection with the preparation of such sublease or
assignment, (v) the cost of tenant improvements to the Leased
Premises and other tenant incentives (e.g., moving allowances and
architectural or design allowance) and (vi) any other reasonable
out-of-pocket costs paid by Tenant and which are directly
attributable to such assignment or sublease. Whenever requested by
Landlord, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with a statement, certified
by Tenant's chief financial officer as true, correct and complete,
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 a
right of access to the books, records and papers of Tenant in
relation thereto, and to make copies thereof. Such percentage of
Tenant's profits shall be paid to Landlord promptly by Tenant upon
Tenant's receipt from time to time of periodic payments from such
assignee or subtenant or at such other earlier time as Tenant shall
realize its profits from such assignment or sublease.
12.07
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, if Tenant, as a debtor-in-possession
(the"DIP"), or a trustee for the estate in bankruptcy of Tenant
(the "Trustee"), assumes this Lease and proposes to assign this
Lease, or sublet the Leased Premises (or any portion thereof),
pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, 11
U.S.C. Sections 101 et seq . (the "Bankruptcy
Code") to any person, partnership, corporation or other entity (the
"Proposed Assignee"), then such assumption of this Lease and any
such assignment or sublease shall be subject to all of the
following:
(a)
If the rental agreed upon between
the DIP or the Trustee, as the case may be, and the Proposed
Assignee under any proposed assignment or sublease of the Premises
(or any part thereof) is greater than the rental rate that Tenant
must pay Landlord hereunder for that portion of the Leased Premises
that is subject to such proposed assignment or sublease, or if any
consideration shall be received by the DIP or the Trustee, as the
case may be, in connection with any such proposed assignment or
sublease, then all such excess rental or such consideration shall
be paid or delivered to Landlord, and shall not constitute property
of the DIP, the Trustee, or of the estate of Tenant, as the case
may be, within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code; and
(b)
Any proposed assignment or sublease
of this Lease by the DIP or the Trustee, as the case may be,
pursuant to provisions of the Bankruptcy Code shall provide
adequate assurance of future performance under this Lease by the
Proposed Assignee, which adequate assurance shall include, as a
minimum, the following: (i) any Proposed Assignee of the Lease
shall deliver to Landlord a security deposit in an amount equal to
at least three (3) monthly installments of Base Rent accruing under
this Lease; (ii) any Proposed Assignee of the Lease shall provide
to Landlord an unaudited financial statement, certified to be
accurate by such Proposed Assignee or by an officer, director or
partner thereof and dated no later than six (6) months prior to the
effective date of such proposed assignment or sublease, which
financial statement shall show, the Proposed Assignee to have a net
worth equal to at least the Rent that shall accrue under this Lease
for the next year of the Term; (iii) any Proposed Assignee shall
pay all Rent not previously paid under this Lease including all
payments which have been suspended, mitigated, nullified or reduced
to a claim of any kind against Tenant or the Tenant's property, by
operation of law or otherwise; and (iv) any Proposed Assignee shall
assume Tenant's obligation to pay Landlord's attorneys' fees
pursuant to the provisions of this Lease.
This Section
12.07 shall not apply to any assignment or sublease other than
pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, nor shall it in
any way limit Landlord's right to damages or other relief in a
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.
13.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
13.01
Tenant and employees and all
persons visiting or doing business with the Tenant in the Leased
Premises shall be bound by and shall observe the reasonable Rules
and Regulations promulgated from time to time by the Landlord
relating to the Building or the Leased Premises of which notice in
writing shall be given to the Tenant and all such rules and
regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated into and be a part
of this Lease. Tenant acknowledges that attached hereto as
Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference are the
current Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Landlord for the
Building. Any default in the performance or observance of such
rules and regulations shall be a default hereunder and Landlord
shall have all remedies provided for in this Lease in the event of
default by Tenant. Landlord, however, shall not be responsible to
Tenant for nonobservance by any other tenant or person of such
rules or regulations. In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of the Lease and the rules or regulations, the
provisions of the Lease shall prevail.
14.
USE OF LEASED PREMISES
14.01
Except as expressly permitted by
prior written consent of the Landlord, the Leased Premises shall
not be used other than for general business office purposes. All
use of the Leased Premises shall comply with the terms of this
Lease and all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations or other
governmental ordinances from time to time in existence, including
but not limited to the Skyline Urban Renewal Plan and the deed
restriction imposed thereunder by the Denver Urban Renewal
Authority.
15.
TENANT'S INSURANCE
15.01
(a) Tenant shall, during its occupancy of the Leased
Premises and during the entire Term hereof, at its sole cost and
expense, obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect, and
with the Tenant, the Landlord and the mortgagees of the Landlord
named as beneficiaries therein as their respective interests may
appear, the following types and kinds of insurance:
(i)
"All Risk" or "Special Coverage
Form" insurance upon property of every description and kind owned
by the Tenant and located in the Building or for which the Tenant,
is legally liable or installed by or on behalf of the Tenant,
including, without limitation, furniture, fittings, installations,
alterations, additions, partitions, fixtures and anything in the
nature of a leasehold improvement in an amount not less than eighty
percent (80%) of the full replacement cost thereof, and in the
event that there shall be a dispute as to the amount which
comprises full replacement cost, the decision of the Landlord or
the mortgagees of the Landlord shall be conclusive.
(ii)
Public Liability coverage with
respect to the Leased Premises and Tenant's use of any part of the
Building which coverage shall include the business operations
conducted by the Tenant and any other persons on the Leased
Premises. Insurance shall be a Comprehensive-General Liability form
(including Contractual Liability) in an amount not less than
$1,000,000.00 per person and $3,000,000.00 per occurrence whether
involving personal injury liability, (or death resulting therefrom)
or property damage liability, or a combination thereof with a
minimum aggregate limit of $3,000,000.00 or such higher limits as
the Landlord may reasonably require from time to time.
(iii)
Any other form or forms of
insurance as the Tenant or the Landlord or the mortgagees of the
Landlord may reasonably require from time to time in form, in
amounts and for insurance risks against which a prudent tenant
would protect itself.
(iv)
Business interruption insurance in
such amounts as will reimburse the Tenant for direct or indirect
loss of earnings attributable to all perils commonly insured
against by prudent tenants or attributable to prevention of access
to the Leased Premises or to the Building as a result of such
perils.
(v)
If Tenant performs any work on the
Leased Premises, prior to the commencement of any such work, Tenant
shall deliver to Landlord certificates issued by insurance
companies qualified to do business in the State of Colorado,
evidencing that workmen's compensation and public liability
insurance and property damage insurance, all in the amounts
satisfactory to Landlord, are in force and effect and maintained by
all contractors and subcontractors engaged by Tenant to perform
such work.
(b)
All property damage policies
written on behalf of the Tenant shall contain a waiver of any
subrogation rights which the Tenant's insurers may have against the
Landlord and against those for whom the Landlord is, in law,
responsible whether any such damage is caused by the act, omission
or fault of the Landlord or by those for whom the Landlord is, in
law, responsible.
(c)
All policies shall be taken out
with insurers acceptable to the Landlord and in form satisfactory
from time to time to the Landlord. All policies shall name Landlord
as an additional insured. The Tenant agrees that certificates of
insurance, or, if required by the Landlord or the mortgagees of the
Landlord, certified copies of each such insurance policies will be
delivered to the Landlord as soon as practicable after the placing
of the required insurance, but in no event later than ten (10) days
after Tenant takes possession of all or any part of the Leased
Premises. All policies shall contain an undertaking by the insurers
to notify the Landlord and the mortgagees of the Landlord in
writing not less than thirty (30) days prior to any material
change, cancellation or other termination thereof.
(d)
The Tenant covenants and agrees
that in the event of damage or destruction to the leasehold
improvements in the Leased Premises covered by insurance required
to be taken out by the Tenant pursuant to subsection 15.01(a)(i),
the Tenant will use the proceeds of such insurance for the purpose
of repairing or restoring such leasehold improvements. Tenant shall
be permitted to request modifications to the Leased Premises
subject to Landlord's consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, provided such modifications do not increase
the cost nor delay the completion of repairing or restoring the
Leased Premises). In the event of damage to or destruction of the
Building entitling the Landlord to terminate this Lease pursuant to
Section 31.02 hereof, then, if the Leased Premises have also been
damaged, the Tenant will pay to the Landlord all of its insurance
proceeds relating to the leasehold improvements in the Leased
Premises and if the Leased Premises have not been damaged, the
Tenant will deliver to the Landlord, in accordance with the
provisions of this Lease, the leasehold improvements and the Leased
Premises.
16.
CANCELLATION OF INSURANCE
16.01
If any insurance policy upon the
Building or any part thereof shall be canceled or cancellation
shall be threatened or the coverage thereunder reduced or
threatened to be reduced or the premium therefor increased, in any
way by reason of the use or occupation of the Leased Premises or
any part thereof by the Tenant or by any assignee or subtenant of
the Tenant or by anyone permitted by the Tenant to be upon the
Leased Premises and, if the Tenant fails to remedy the condition
giving rise to cancellation, threatened cancellation, reduction of
coverage, or increase in premium within forty-eight (48) hours
after notice, the Landlord may, at its option, enter upon the
Leased Premises and attempt to remedy such condition or demand
payment of the amount of increased premium by Tenant and the Tenant
shall forthwith pay the cost thereof to the Landlord as Additional
Rent. The Landlord shall not be liable for any damage or injury
caused to any property of the Tenant or of other located on the
Leased Premises as a result of such entry. In the event that the
Landlord shall be unable to remedy such condition, then Landlord
shall have all of the remedies provided for in the Lease in the
event of a default by Tenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 16.01, if Tenant fails to remedy as
aforesaid, Tenant shall be in default of its obligation hereunder
and Landlord shall have no obligation to attempt to
remedy.
17.
OBSERVANCE OF LAW
17.01
Tenant shall comply with all
provisions of law, including, without limitation, federal, state,
county and city laws, ordinances and regulations and any other
governmental, quasi-governmental or municipal regulations which
relate to the partitioning, equipment operation, alteration,
occupancy and use of the Leased Premises, and to the making of any
repairs, replacements, alterations, additions, changes,
substitutions or improvements of or to the Leased Premises.
Moreover, the Tenant shall comply with all police, fire, and
sanitary regulations imposed by any federal, state, county or
municipal authorities, or made by insurance underwriters, and to
observe and obey all governmental and municipal regulations and
other requirements governing the conduct of any business conducted
in the Leased Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be
the Landlord's sole cost (subject to the provisions of Article 54)
and responsibility to comply with federal, state, county and city
legislative enactments, building codes and any other governmental
or municipal which relate to the Building insofar as they may
require changes of a structural nature in the Building, provided,
nevertheless, that such changes shall be the responsibility of the
Tenant if there are changes required to be made in the Tenant's
improvements or partitioning whether such changes are required by
reason of the nature of the use or improvements contemplated or
made by the Tenant.
18.
WASTE AND NUISANCE
18.01
Tenant shall not commit, suffer or
permit any waste or damage or disfiguration or injury to the Leased
Premises or common areas in the Building or the fixtures and
equipment located therein or thereon, or permit or suffer any
overloading of the floors thereof and shall not place therein any
safe, heavy business machinery, computers, data processing
machines, or other heavy items without first obtaining the consent
in writing of the Landlord (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed) and, if requested, by Landlord's
superintending architect, and not use or permit to be used any part
of the Leased Premises for any dangerous, noxious or offensive
trade or business, and shall not cause or permit any nuisance,
noise or action in, at or on the Leased Premises.
19.
ENTRY BY LANDLORD
19.01
Tenant agrees to and shall permit
the Landlord, its servants or agents to enter upon the Leased
Premises at any time upon reasonable oral notice to Tenant (except
in the event of an emergency in which event no notice shall be
necessary) making repairs, alterations or improvements to the
Leased Premises or to the Building, or for the purpose of having
access to the underfloor or ceiling ducts, if any, or to the access
panels to mechanical shafts (which the Tenant agrees not to
obstruct), and the Tenant shall not be entitled to compensation for
any inconvenience, nuisance or discomfort occasioned thereby. The
Landlord, or its servants or agents may at any time and from time
to time enter upon the Leased Premises to remove any article or
remedy any condition which in the opinion of the Landlord,
reasonably arrived at, would be likely to lead to cancellation of
any policy of insurance hereof, and such entry by the Landlord
shall not be deemed to be re-entry under subsection 36.01(b)
hereof. The Landlord shall have the right to enter the Leased
Premises in order to check, calibrate, adjust and balance controls
and other parts of the heating, ventilation and climate control
system at any time. The Landlord shall attempt to proceed hereunder
in such manner as to minimize interference with the Tenant's use
and enjoyment of the Leased Premises.
20.
INDEMNIFICATION OF LANDLORD
20.01
Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord
and save it harmless from and against any and all loss (including
loss of rentals payable by the Tenant or other tenants in the event
of loss either directly or indirectly caused by commission or
omission of Tenant), claims, actions, damages, liability and
expenses in connection with loss of life, personal injury and
damage to property arising from any occurrence in, upon or at the
Leased Premises or any part thereof, or occasioned wholly or in
part by any act or omission of the Tenant, its agents, or
contractors, employees, servants, licensees, or concessionaires or
invitees or by anyone permitted to be on the Leased Premises by the
Tenant. In case the Landlord shall, without fault on its part, be
made a party to any litigation commenced by or against the Tenant,
then the Tenant shall protect and hold the Landlord harmless and
shall pay all costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred or paid by the Landlord in connection with such
litigation.
20.02
Unless caused by the gross
negligence of Landlord, Tenant shall neither hold nor attempt to
hold Landlord liable for any injury or damage, either proximate or
remote, occurring through or caused by any repairs, alteration,
injury or accident to the Leased Premises, to adjacent premises or
other parts of the Building not herein demised, or for any injury
or damage occasioned by gas, smoke, rain, snow, wind, ice, hail,
lightning, earthquake, war, civil disorder, strike, defective
electrical wiring, or the breaking or stoppage of the plumbing or
sewage upon or in the Building or adjacent premises, whether said
breaking or stoppage results from freezing or otherwise.
21.
EXHIBITING PREMISES
21.01
Tenant shall permit the Landlord or
its agents to exhibit and show the Leased Premises to prospective
tenants during Normal Business Hours of the last twelve (12) months
of the Term or any renewal thereof.
22.
ALTERATIONS
22.01
Tenant shall not, without the prior
written consent of Landlord (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or conditioned, provided the alterations,
improvements and/or additions (i) are not visible from outside of
the Leased Premises, and (ii) do not require the modification of
the electrical, plumbing or mechanical systems of the Building),
make any alterations, improvements or additions to the Leased
Premises. Any such consented to alterations, improvements or
additions to the Leased Premises shall be completed at the sole
cost and expense of Tenant, unless otherwise agreed to by Landlord
as part of any consent thereto. If Landlord consents to any
alterations, improvements or additions, it may impose such
conditions with respect thereto as Landlord deems appropriate,
including, without limitation, Landlord's approval of plans and
specifications for the work (but Tenant shall not be entitled to
rely upon such approval as evidencing that the plans and
specifications are proper in any respect), use of Landlord's
approved contractors to perform the work, insurance against
liabilities which may arise out of such work, permits necessary for
such work and as-built drawings upon completion of such work, and
the furnishing to Landlord of such security as is determined by
Landlord to be appropriate for the proper completion or such work
and its completion free of mechanic's, materialmen's and similar
liens or claims thereof. All work done by Tenant or its contractors
shall be done in a first-class workmanlike manner, using only good
grades of materials and without disturbing other tenants and shall
comply with all insurance requirements and all applicable laws or
ordinances and rules and regulations of governmental departments or
agencies. Before proceeding with any such work, Tenant shall
reimburse Landlord for Landlord's actual costs of Landlord's
architects' review of Tenant's plans and specifications. Any work
performed by or for Tenant shall be performed by competent workmen
whose labor union affiliations are compatible with those of the
workmen who may be employed in the Building by Landlord, its
contractors or subcontractors, and Landlord shall have the right,
at its option, and at no additional cost to Tenant, to directly
supervise the work, which supervision shall be for the protection
of Landlord's interest only.
22.02
If Tenant requests that Landlord,
through its contractors, perform the work associated with any
alteration, improvement or addition to the Leased Premises, and
Landlord agrees, in its sole discretion, to perform such work,
Landlord shall provide Tenant with a Tenant Work Order describing
the work to be performed by Landlord and stating the total cost to
Tenant for the performance of the work. Upon Tenant's acceptance of
the Tenant Work Order, the total cost for the work stated therein
shall become a charge or money obligation herein required to be
paid by Tenant and subject to the Default and Remedies provisions
of this Lease set forth in Sections 35.01 through 36.05, inclusive.
All work performed by Landlord under this Section 22.02 shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 22.01.
22.03
All alterations, additions or
improvements made by Tenant and all fixtures attached to the Leased
Premises shall become the property of Landlord and remain at the
Leased Premises or, at Landlord's option (to be exercised at the
time Landlord grants its approval to such alterations, additions or
improvements), any or all of the foregoing shall be removed at the
cost of Tenant before the expiration or sooner termination of this
Lease and in such event Tenant shall repair all damage to the
Leased Premises caused by the installation and/or removal thereof.
Tenant shall not permit or suffer any signs advertisements or
notices to be displayed, inscribed upon or affixed on any part of
the outside or inside of the Leased Premises, or in the Building,
except on the entrance doors of the Leased Premises, and then only
of such size, color and style as Landlord may approve. Landlord
shall have the right to remove unauthorized signs at Tenant's
expense.
23.
GLASS
23.01
Landlord shall pay on demand the
cost of replacement with as good quality and size of any glass
broken on the Leased Premises, including outside windows and doors
of the perimeter of the Leased Premises (including perimeter
windows in the exterior walls) during the continuance of this
Lease, unless the glass shall be broken by the Tenant, its
servants, employees or agents acting on its behalf, in which event
Tenant shall pay on demand the cost of replacement.
24.
SIGNS AND ADVERTISING
24.01
Tenant shall not install, paint,
display, inscribe, place or affix any sign, picture,
advertisements, notice, lettering or direction on any part of the
outside of the Building or in the interior of the Leased Premises
(if visible from outside the Leased Premises) or other portion of
the Building. The Landlord will prescribe a uniform pattern of
identification signs for tenants to be placed on the outside of the
doors leading into the Leased Premises and other than such
identification signs, Tenant shall not install, paint, display,
inscribe, place or affix, or otherwise attach, any sign, picture,
advertisement, notice, lettering or direction on the outside of the
Leased Premises for exterior view without the written consent of
the Landlord.
25.
NAME OF BUILDING
25.01
Tenant shall not refer to the
Building by a name other than that designated from time to time by
the Landlord, nor to use such name for any purpose other than that
of the business address of Tenant provided that the Tenant may use
the street address of the Building assigned to it by the Landlord
instead of the name of the Building.
26.
SUBORDINATION AND ATTORNMENT
26.01
This Lease is subject to and
subordinate to all mortgages, deeds of trust, or other security
instruments (including any deed of trust and mortgage securing
bonds and all indentures supplemental thereto), whether now in
existence or subsequently placed on the Real Property and to all
underlying, superior, ground or land leases, master leases or
primary leases (all of which are hereinafter referred to
collectively as "Mortgage") which may now or hereafter encumber the
Real Property of which the Leased Premises are a part (the
mortgagee under any such Mortgage or the lessor under any such
lease is referred to herein as "Landlord's Mortgagee"), and to all
or any declaration of covenants regarding maintenance or use of any
areas contained in any portion of the Building , and all advances,
renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and
extensions thereof of such mortgages and leases and declaration of
covenants which may now or hereafter affect the Leased Premises or
any part thereof. This clause shall be self-operative and no
further instrument of subordination shall be required in order for
the same to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant
hereby appoints the Landlord, the agent, or attorney of the Tenant
coupled with an interest for the purpose of executing any
acknowledgment or agreement required by Landlord's Mortgagee.
Tenant, hereby attorns to all successor owners of the Building,
whether or not such ownership is acquired as a result of a sale,
through foreclosure of a Mortgage or otherwise. If Landlord's
Mortgagee shall elect to have this Lease superior to the lien of
its Mortgage, and shall give written notice thereof to Tenant, this
Lease shall be deemed prior to such Mortgage, whether this Lease is
dated prior or subsequent to the date of said Mortgage or the date
of recording thereof. With respect to any Mortgage first
encumbering the Building subsequent to the Commencement Date of the
Lease, upon Tenant's request, Landlord will use its good faith
efforts to cause Landlord's Mortgagee to agree that so long as
Tenant is not in default of its obligations under the Lease, the
Lease will not be terminated and Tenant's possession of the Leased
Premises will not be disturbed by the termination or foreclosure,
or proceeds for enforcement, of such Mortgage.
27.
ACCEPTANCE OF PREMISES
27.01
Subject to Landlord's obligation to
complete the Landlord's Work (hereinafter defined), Tenant accepts
the Leased Premises “AS IS, WHERE IS AND WITH ALL
FAULTS”. Tenant acknowledges that it will examine the Leased
Premises before taking possession hereunder and agrees that upon so
taking possession hereunder Tenant shall be conclusively deemed to
have examined the Leased Premises and that the same were in good
order and such taking of possession shall be conclusive evidence as
against Tenant that at the time of such possession the Leased
Premises were in good order and satisfactory condition (subject to
latent defects), and shall be acknowledgment of satisfactory
completion of any fix-up or remodeling, as the case may be which
Landlord has agreed to perform.
27.02
Tenant agrees that there is no
promise, representation or undertaking by or binding upon the
Landlord with respect to any alteration, remodeling or redecorating
of or installation of equipment or fixtures in the Leased Premises,
except such, if any, as are expressly set forth in this
Lease.
28.
ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES
28.01
Tenant agrees that it shall at any
time and from time to time upon not less than ten (10) days' prior
notice, execute and deliver to the Landlord a statement in writing
certifying that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and
effect (or, if modified, stating the modifications and that the
same is in full force and effect as modified), the amount of the
annual rental then being paid hereunder, the dates to which the
same, by installment or otherwise, and other charges hereunder have
been paid, and whether or not there is any existing default on the
part of the Landlord of which the Tenant has knowledge and such
other information reasonably required by Landlord, Landlord's
Mortgagee, and the City and County of Denver.
29.
FIXTURES
29.01
Any or all installations,
alterations, additions, partitions and fixtures other than Tenant's
trade fixtures in or upon the Leased Premises, whether placed there
by the Tenant or the Landlord, shall, immediately upon such
placement, become the property of the Landlord without compensation
therefor to the Tenant. Notwithstanding anything herein contained,
the Landlord shall be under no obligation to repair, maintain or
insure such installations, alterations, additions, partitions and
fixtures or anything in the nature of a leasehold improvement made
or installed by or on behalf of the Tenant. The Landlord may elect
that any or all installations made or installed by or on behalf of
the Tenant (other than the Landlord's Work) be removed at the end
of the Lease Term and it shall be the Tenant's obligation to
restore the Leased Premises to the conditions they were in previous
to such alterations, installations, partitions and fixtures. Such
removal and restoration shall be at the sole expense of the
Tenant.
30.
LANDLORD'S INSURANCE
30.01
The Landlord covenants and agrees
that throughout the Term it will insure the Building (excluding
foundations and excavations) and the machinery, boilers and
equipment contained therein owned by the Landlord (excluding any
property with respect to which the Tenant is obliged to insure
pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.01 hereof) against damage
by fire and extended perils coverage in such reasonable amounts as
would be carried by a prudent owner of a similar property in the
same locale. The Landlord will also, throughout the Term, carry
public liability and property damage insurance with respect to the
operation of the Building in reasonable amounts as would be carried
by a prudent owner of a similar property in the same locale. The
Landlord may, but shall not be obliged to, take out and carry any
other form or forms of insurance as it or Landlord's Mortgagee may
reasonably determine advisable. Notwithstanding any contribution by
the Tenant to the cost of insurance premiums, as provided herein,
the Tenant acknowledges that it has no right to receive any
proceeds from any such insurance policies carried by the Landlord
and that such insurance will be for the sole benefit of Landlord
with no coverage for Tenant for any risk insured
against.
All property
damage policies written on behalf of the Landlord shall contain a
waiver of any subrogation rights which the Landlord's insurers may
have against the Tenant and against those for whom the Tenant is,
in law, responsible whether any such damage is caused by the act,
omission or fault of the Tenant or by those for whom the Tenant is,
in law, responsible.
31.
FIRES, ETC.
31.01
In the event of damage to the
Leased Premises by fire, or other casualty, or damage resulting
from structural defect, or damage by other casualty against which
the Landlord is insured, and which is not caused by the negligence
of Tenant, rent shall abate in the proportion that the unusable
portion of the Leased Premises as determined by Landlord is of the
Total Rentable Area of the Leased Premises until the Leased
Premises are rebuilt; and the Landlord agrees that it will with
reasonable diligence repair such damage under the terms hereof,
unless this Lease is terminated as hereinafter provided in Sections
31.02 and 31.03.
31.02
If the Leased Premises are damaged
or destroyed by any cause whatsoever, and if, in the reasonable
opinion of the Landlord, the Leased Premises cannot be rebuilt or
made fit for the purposes of the Tenant within ninety (90) days of
the damage or destruction, the Landlord instead of rebuilding or
making the Leased Premises fit for the Tenant, may at its option,
terminate this Lease by giving to the Tenant, within thirty (30)
days after such damage or destruction, notice of termination, and
thereupon, rent and any other payments for which the Tenant is
liable under this Lease shall be apportioned and paid to the date
of such damage and the Tenant shall immediately deliver up
possession of the Leased Premises to the Landlord. Provided,
however, that those provisions of this Lease which are designated
to cover matters of termination and thereafter shall survive the
termination hereof. In the event Landlord does not elect to
terminate this Lease pursuant to this Section 31.02 and does not
complete repairs or restoration within 180 days after such damage,
except for delays of up to sixty (60) days caused by matters beyond
Landlord's reasonable control, Tenant may terminate this Lease upon
thirty (30) days prior written notice to Landlord.
31.03
Irrespective of whether the Leased
Premises are damaged or destroyed, in the event that fifty percent
(50%) or more of the Total Rentable Area of the Building is damaged
or destroyed or made unusable by any cause whatsoever, and if, in
the reasonable opinion of the Landlord the said Total Rentable Area
of the Building cannot be rebuilt or made fit for the purpose of
the tenants of such space within one hundred and eighty (180) days
after the damage or destruction, the Landlord may, at its option,
terminate this Lease by giving to the Tenant within thirty (30)
days after such damage notice of termination requiring it to vacate
the Leased Premises sixty (60) days after delivery of the notice of
termination and thereupon, rent and any other payments for which
the Tenant is liable under this Lease shall be apportioned and paid
to the date on which possession is relinquished and the Tenant
shall deliver up possession of the Leased Premises to the Landlord
in accordance with such notice of termination.
31.04
If the fire or other casualty
causing damage to the Leased Premises or other parts of the
Building shall have been caused by the negligence or misconduct of
Tenant, its agents, servants, or employees, or by any other persons
entering the Building under express or implied invitation of Tenant
and the cost of such repair is not otherwise covered by Landlord's
insurance, such damage shall be repaired by Landlord at the expense
of Tenant (including, without limitation, the cost of any
deductibles or insurance); provided, however, that the expense of
Tenant shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount of Tenant's
insurance coverage, or (ii) the amount of Tenant's insurance
coverage required under this Lease.
32.
CONDEMNATION
32.01
If more than twenty percent (20%)
of the Total Rentable Area of the Leased Premises shall be taken by
eminent domain, or by conveyance in lieu thereof, and if such
taking interferes substantially with the Tenant's use of the Leased
Premises, then this Lease, at the option of either party evidenced
by notice to the other given within thirty (30) days from the
taking or conveyance, shall forthwith cease and terminate entirely.
In the event of such termination of this Lease, then rental shall
be due and payable to the actual date of such termination. If less
than twenty percent (20%) of the Total Rentable Area of the Leased
Premises shall be taken, or if more than twenty percent (20%) of
the Leased Premises is taken and neither party terminates this
Lease, this Lease shall cease and terminate as to that portion of
the Leased Premises so taken as of the date of taking, and the
rental thereafter payable under this Lease shall be abated pro rata
from the date of such taking in an amount by which that portion of
the Total Rentable Area of the Leased Premises prior to such
taking. If any part of the Building or Real Property shall be taken
by eminent domain, or by conveyance in lieu thereof, and if such
taking substantially interferes with the Landlord's ownership or
use of the Building, the Landlord, at its option, may terminate
this lease as of the date of such taking. In any event, the
Landlord shall receive the entire award for the land and
improvements taken by condemnation and the Tenant shall not be
entitled to any portion thereof.
33.
LOSS AND DAMAGE
33.01
The Landlord shall not be liable or
responsible in any way for:
(a)
any death or injury arising from or
out of any occurrence in, upon or at the Building or for damage to
property of the Tenant or others located on the Leased Premises,
nor shall it be responsible in the event of damage to any property
of the Tenant or others from any cause whatsoever, unless such
damage, loss, injury or death results from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Landlord, its agents, servants, or
employees or others for whom it may be responsible within the scope
of their employ. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Landlord shall not be liable for any injury or damage to
persons or property resulting from fire, explosion, falling
plaster, steam, gas, electricity, water, rain, snow or leaks from
any part of the Leased Premises or from the pipes, appliances, or
plumbing works, roof, street, or subsurface of any floor or ceiling
or from any other place or because of dampness or climatic
conditions from any other cause of whatsoever kind. The Landlord
shall not be liable for any damage whatsoever caused by any other
tenant or persons in the Building, or by an occupant of adjacent
property thereto, or the public, or construction of any private,
public or quasi-public work. All property of the Tenant kept or
stored on the Leased Premises shall be kept or stored at the risk
of the Tenant only and the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord in
the event of any claims arising out of damages to the same,
including any subrogation claim by the Tenant's
insurers;
(b)
any act or omission (including
theft, malfeasance or negligence) on the part of any agent,
contractor or person from time to time employed by Landlord to
perform janitor services or security services, or repairs or
maintenance services, in or about the Leased Premises of the
Building;
(c)
loss or damage, however caused, to
money, securities, negotiable instruments, papers or other
valuables of the Tenant; or
(d)
any punitive damages or
consequential damages.
34.
DELAYS
34.01
Whenever and to the extent that the
Landlord shall be unable to fulfill, or shall be delayed or
restricted in the fulfillment of any obligation hereunder in
respect to the supply or provision of any service or utility or the
doing of any work or the making of any repairs by reason of being
unable to obtain the material, goods, equipment, service, utility
or labor required to enable it to fulfill such obligation or by
reason of any statute, law or any regulation or order passed or
made pursuant thereto, or by reason of the order or direction of
any administrator, controller or board, or any governmental
department or officer or other authority, or by reason of not being
able to obtain any permission or authority required thereby, or by
reason of any other cause beyond its control whether of the
foregoing character or not, the Landlord shall be entitled to
extend the time for fulfillment of such obligation by a time equal
to the duration of such delay or restriction, and the Tenant shall
not be entitled to compensation for any inconvenience, nuisance or
discomfort thereby occasioned, except as provided in Section 7.03
hereof.
35.
DEFAULT
35.01
Upon the happening of any one or
more of the following events, Landlord may give notice to Tenant
stating that the Term of this Lease is terminated on a date and if
such notice shall be given, the Term of this Lease shall terminate
on the date so stated:
(a)
The failure of Tenant to timely and
fully pay any installment of rent, or other charge or money
obligation herein required to be paid by Tenant. Provided the first
two (2) times Tenant fails to make timely payment of such amounts,
Landlord shall provide Tenant written notice and Tenant shall have
five (5) business days after receipt of such notice to cure the
default, but after the first two (2) such instances, failure to pay
timely will be an immediate default and Landlord shall have no
obligation to give additional notice to Tenant or grant any cure
period.
(b)
The failure of Tenant to perform
any one or more of its other covenants under this Lease within ten
(10) days after written notice to Tenant specifying the covenant or
covenants Tenant has not performed.
(c)
The making by Tenant of an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
(d)
The levying of a writ of execution
or attachment on or against the property of Tenant if the same is
not released or discharged within thirty (30) days
thereafter.
(e)
The instituting of proceedings in a
court of competent jurisdiction for the involuntary bankruptcy,
arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution of Tenant
under the Federal Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect)
or any state bankruptcy or insolvency act, or for its adjudication
as a bankrupt or insolvent, or for the appointment of a receiver of
the property of Tenant, and said proceedings are not dismissed, or
any receiver, trustee, or liquidator appointed therein is not
discharged within thirty (30) days after the institution of said
proceedings.
(f)
The instituting of proceedings for
the voluntary bankruptcy arrangement, reorganization, liquidation
or dissolution of Tenant under the Federal Bankruptcy Code (as now
or hereafter in effect) or any state bankruptcy or insolvency act
or if Tenant shall otherwise take advantage of any state or federal
bankruptcy or insolvency act as a bankrupt or insolvent.
(g)
The doing, or permitting to be
done, by Tenant of any act which creates a mechanic's lien or claim
therefor against the land or Building of which the Leased Premises
are a part of the same is not released or otherwise provided for by
indemnification satisfactory to Landlord within twenty (20) days
thereafter.
(h)
The abandonment or vacating of the
Leased Premises for more than sixty (60) days.
(i)
The failure to take possession of
the Leased Premises on the term Commencement Date.
Notwithstanding
any such termination, Tenant shall remain liable to Landlord as
hereinafter provided in Article 36 of this Lease.
35.02
No condoning, excusing or
overlooking by the Landlord of any default, breach or
non-observance by the Tenant at any time or times in respect of any
covenants, provisions or conditions herein contained shall operate
as a waiver of the Landlord's rights hereunder in respect of any
continuing or subsequent default, breach or non-observance, or so
as to defeat or affect such continuing or subsequent default or
breach, and no waiver shall be inferred from or implied by anything
done or omitted by the Landlord save only express waiver in
writing. All rights and remedies of the Landlord in this Lease
contained shall be cumulative and not alternative.
36.
REMEDIES OF LANDLORD
36.01
If an event of default set forth in
Section 35.01 occurs, the Landlord shall have the following rights
and remedies in addition to all other remedies, at law or in the
equity, and none of the following, whether or not exercised by the
Landlord, shall preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy
whether herein set forth or existing at law or in
equity:
(a)
Landlord shall have the right to
terminate this Lease by giving the Tenant notice in writing, and
upon the giving of such notice, this Lease and the Term hereof as
well as all the right, title and interest of the Tenant under this
Lease shall wholly cease and expire in the same manner and with the
same force and effect on the date specified in such notice as if
such date were the expiration date of the Term of this Lease,
without the necessity of re-entry or any other act on the
Landlord's part. Upon termination, the Tenant shall quit and
surrender to Landlord the Leased Premises as set forth in Section
11.03. If this Lease is so terminated by Landlord, Landlord shall
be entitled to recover from the Tenant as damages the worth at the
time of such termination of the excess, if any, of the amount of
rent reserved in this Lease for the balance of the term of this
Lease (which shall be calculated on the then current rent under
this Lease) in excess of the then reasonable rental value of the
Leased Premises for the same period plus all costs and expenses of
Landlord caused by the Tenant's default.
(b)
Landlord may, without demand, or
notice, re-enter and take possession of the Leased Premises or any
part thereof, repossess the same and expel the Tenant and those
claiming through or under the Tenant, and remove the effects of any
and all such persons (forcibly, if necessary) without being deemed
guilty of any manner of trespass and without prejudice to any
remedies for arrears of rent or preceding breach of covenants.
Should the Landlord elect to re-enter as provided in this Section
36.01 or should the Landlord take possession pursuant to legal
proceedings or pursuant to any notice provided for by law, the
Landlord may, from time to time, without terminating this Lease,
relet the Leased Premises or any part thereof for such other
conditions as the Landlord may deem advisable with the right to
make alterations and repairs to the Leased Premises. No such
re-entry or repossession of the Leased Premises by the Landlord
shall be construed as an election on the Landlord's part to
terminate this Lease unless a written notice of termination is
given to the Tenant by the Landlord. No such re-entry or
repossession of the Leased Premises shall relieve the Tenant of its
liability and obligation under this Lease, all of which shall
survive such re-entry or repossession. Upon the occurrence of such
re-entry or repossession, the Landlord shall be entitled to damages
in the amount of the monthly rent, and any other sums, which would
be payable hereunder if such re-entry or repossession had not
occurred, less the net proceeds, if any, of any reletting of the
Leased Premises after deducting all the Landlord's expenses in
connection with such reletting, including, but without limitation,
all repossession costs, brokerage commissions, legal expenses,
attorney's fees, expenses of employees, alteration costs and
expenses of preparation for such reletting, Tenant shall pay such
liquidated damages to the Landlord on the days on which the rent or
any other sums due hereunder would have been payable hereunder if
possession had not been retaken. In no event shall the Tenant be
entitled to receive any excess, if any, of net rent collected by
the Landlord as a result of such reletting over the sums payable by
the Tenant to the Landlord hereunder.
36.02
As additional security for the
Tenant's performance of its obligations under this Lease, the
Tenant hereby grants to the Landlord a security interest in and to
all improvements, equipment and other personal property of Tenant
situated on the Leased Premises as security for the payment of all
rent and other sums due or to become due under this Lease. Tenant
shall execute such documents as the Landlord may reasonably require
to evidence the Landlord's security interest in such personal
property. If the Tenant is in default under this Lease, such
personal property shall not be removed from the Leased Premises
(except to the extent such property is replaced with an item of
equal or greater value) without the prior written consent of the
Landlord. It is intended by the parties hereto that this instrument
shall have the effect of a security agreement covering such
personal property, and the Landlord, upon the occurrence of an
event of default set forth in Section 35.01, may exercise any
rights of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of Colorado including the right to take possession of such
personal property (after ten (10) days' notice to those parties
required by statute to be notified) to sell the same for the best
price that can be obtained at public or private sale, and out of
the money derived therefrom, pay the amount due the Landlord and
all costs arising out the execution of the provisions of this
section, paying the surplus, if any, to the Tenant. If such
personal property, or any portion thereof, shall be offered at the
public sale, the Landlord may become the purchaser thereof. In
addition, all movable furniture and personal effects of Tenant not
removed from the Leased Premises upon the vacation or abandonment
thereof or upon the termination of this Lease or for any cause
whatsoever shall conclusively be deemed to have been abandoned and
may be appropriated, sold, stored, destroyed or otherwise disposed
of by Landlord without notice to Tenant or any other power and
without obligation to account therefor; and Tenant shall pay
Landlord all expenses incurred in connection with the disposition
of such property.
36.03
If the Tenant shall default in
making any payment required to be made by the Tenant (other than
payments of rent) or shall default in performing any other
obligations of the Tenant under this Lease, the Landlord may, but
shall not be obligated to, make such payment or, on behalf of the
Tenant, expend such sums as may be necessary to perform such
obligations. All sums so expended by the Landlord, shall bear
interest thereon at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per year,
and shall be repaid by the Tenant to the Landlord on demand. No
such payment or expenditure by the Landlord shall be deemed a
waiver of the Tenant's default nor shall it affect any other remedy
of the Landlord by reason of such default.
If any payment
of rent or any other sum, or any part of any such payment, to be
made by Tenant under the terms of this Lease shall become overdue
for a period in excess of ten (10) days Tenant shall pay to
Landlord (x) a "late charge" of $.05 for each dollar so overdue,
for the purpose of defraying the expense incident to handling such
overdue or delinquent payment, and (y) interest on the overdue
amount at the Lease Interest Rate (defined below) from the date
when such payment was due until the date paid, but in no event more
than the amount or rate which is the maximum amount or rate
Landlord may lawfully charge in respect of Tenant in such
circumstances under applicable law. The "Lease Interest Rate" shall
mean the greater of 18% per annum or such variable rate which is
from time to time equal to 3% above the prime rate as stated by
U.S. Bank, Denver, Colorado or its successor, or, in the absence of
there being a successor to U.S. Bank, by such other bank having an
office in the City of Denver, as Landlord may from time to time
select. Nothing herein shall be construed as waiving any rights of
Landlord arising out of any default of Tenant by reason of
Landlord's accepting any such late charge or interest; the right to
collect a late charge and interest is separate and apart from any
other rights or remedies of Landlord after default by
Tenant.
36.04
Nothing in this Lease contained
shall limit or prejudice the right of Landlord to prove and obtain
as liquidated damages in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
reorganization, or dissolution proceeding an amount equal to the
maximum allowed by any statute or rule of law governing such a
proceeding and in effect at the time when such damages are to be
proved, whether or not such amount be greater, equal to or less
than the amounts recoverable, either as damages or rent, referred
to in any of the preceding provisions of this Lease.
36.05
Notwithstanding anything in this
Article 36 or any other provision of this Lease to the contrary,
this Lease shall not be terminated by service upon Tenant of a
notice from Landlord demanding payment of rent or possession of the
Leased Premises following default by Tenant, or by any action of
Tenant to vacate the Leased Premises following receipt of such a
notice, unless the notice served by Landlord includes a statement
expressly terminating this Lease. Further, Landlord reserves the
right to receive payment of all unaccrued rent for the balance of
the Term originally contemplated under subsection 2.01(i) of this
Lease (and any extensions or renewals thereof which Tenant shall
have become bound) following service of such a notice for payment
of rent or possession, or a notice terminating this Lease for
Tenant's default.
37.
HOLDING OVER
37.01
If the Tenant shall continue to
occupy and continue to pay Rent for the Leased Premises after the
expiration of this Lease with or without the consent of the
Landlord, and without any further written agreement, the Tenant
shall be a tenant from month to month at a monthly Base Rent equal
to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the last full monthly
Base Rent payment due hereunder during the first (1st) month of
Tenant's holdover, and (ii) one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the
last full monthly Base Rent payment due hereunder during any
Tenant's holdover exceeding one (1) month, and subject to all of
the additional rentals, charges, terms and conditions herein set
out except as to expiration of the Lease Term.
37.02
No payments of money by Tenant to
Landlord after the termination of this Lease, in any manner, or
after giving of any notice (other than a demand for payment of
money) by Landlord to Tenant, shall reinstate, continue or extend
the term of this Lease or affect any notice given to Tenant prior
to the payment of such money, it being agreed that after the
service of notice or the commencement of a suit or other final
judgment granting Landlord possession of said premises, Landlord
may receive and collect any sums of Rent due, or any other sums of
money due under the terms of this Lease, or otherwise exercise
its