EXHIBIT 10.29
SECOND AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE
This Second
Amendment to Office Lease (the “ Second Amendment ”),
dated June 19, 2008, is made by and between DOUGLAS EMMETT 1993,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord
”), with offices at 808 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 200, Santa
Monica, California 90401, and CytRx CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“ Tenant ”), with offices at 11726
San Vicente Boulevard, Suites 650 and 688, Los Angeles, California
90049.
A. DOUGLAS
EMMETT JOINT VENTURE, a California general partnership (“
DEJV ”), pursuant to the provisions of that certain
Office Lease dated April 13, 2000 (the “ Original
Lease ”), leased to THE KRIEGSMAN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, a
California limited liability company (“ Original
Tenant ”), and Original Tenant leased from DEJV space in
the property located at 11726 San Vicente Boulevard, Suite 650, Los
Angeles, California (the “ Building
”), commonly known as Suite 650 (the “ Original
Premises ”);
B. Subsequently,
Original Tenant and Tenant and Landlord entered into that certain
Assignment, Assumption and Consent dated July 31, 2003 (the “
Assignment ”), whereby Tenant assumed Original
Tenant’s interest in the Original Lease;
C. On
or about August 25, 2005, Landlord acquired all of DEJV’s
interest, right and title in and to the real property and Building
in which the Premises are located, becoming successor-in-interest
to DEJV and landlord under the Lease;
D. Subsequently,
Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain First Amendment to
Office Lease dated October 14, 2005 (the “ First
Amendment ”), wherein Tenant expanded its occupancy
within the Building to include Suite 688;
E. The
Term of the Lease expires June 30, 2008, which Term Landlord and
Tenant wish to hereby extend; and
F. Landlord
and Tenant, for their mutual benefit, wish to revise certain other
covenants and provisions of the Lease.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and provisions contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency
of which Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge, Landlord and
Tenant agree:
1.
Confirmation of Defined Terms. Unless modified
herein, all terms previously defined and capitalized in the Lease
shall hold the same meaning for the purposes of this Second
Amendment. The Original Lease, as amended by the First
Amendment, and this Second Amendment shall be collectively referred
to herein as the “ Lease ”.
2.
Extension of Term. The Term of the Lease is
hereby extended four (4) years (the “ Second Extended
Term ”), from and including July 1, 2008 (the “
Effective Date ”), through and including midnight on
June 30, 2012 (the “ Termination Date
”). It is expressly understood and agreed that in
no event shall Tenant have the right to further extend the Second
Extended Term of the Lease.
3.
Revision in Fixed Monthly Rent. Commencing on
July 1, 2008, and continuing through June 30, 2009, the Fixed
Monthly Rent payable by Tenant shall be $18,081.43 per
month.
Commencing on
July 1, 2009, and continuing through June 30, 2010, the Fixed
Monthly Rent payable by Tenant shall increase from $18,081.43 per
month to $18,895.09 per month.
Commencing on
July 1, 2010, and continuing through June 30, 2011, the Fixed
Monthly Rent payable by Tenant shall increase from $18,895.09 per
month to $19,745.37 per month.
Commencing on
July 1, 2011, and continuing throughout the remainder of the
Extended Term, the Fixed Monthly Rent payable by Tenant shall
increase from $19,745.37 per month to $20,633.91 per
month.
4.
Modification to Security Deposit . Landlord
acknowledges that it currently holds the sum of $120,508.46 as a
Security Deposit under the Lease, which amount Landlord shall
continue to hold throughout the Second Extended Term, subject to
the reductions specified in this Section 4 (and subject to the
other terms of this Section 4), unless otherwise applied pursuant
to the provisions of the Lease. Tenant hereby waives the
provisions of Section 1950.7 of the California Civil Code, and all
other laws, statutes, ordinances or other governmental rules,
regulations or requirements now in force or which may hereafter be
enacted or promulgated, which (i) establish the time frame by which
Landlord must refund
a security
deposit under a lease, and/or (ii) provide that Landlord may claim
from the Security Deposit only those sums reasonably necessary to
remedy defaults in the payment of rent, to repair damage caused by
Tenant or to clean the Premises, it being agreed that Landlord may,
in addition, claim those sums specified in Lease Article 18, and/or
those sums reasonably necessary to compensate Landlord for any loss
or damage caused by Tenant's breach of the Lease or the acts or
omission of Tenant or any Tenant Party. As used in the Lease a
“Tenant Party” shall mean Tenant, any employee
of Tenant, or any agent, authorized representative, design
consultant or construction manager engaged by or under the control
of Tenant.
Section
4.1 Corresponding
Reduction to Security Deposit and Rent Offset.
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