EXHIBIT 10.4
SECOND AMENDMENT TO BUILDING
LEASE AND SUBLEASE
This Amendment is made as of
July 30, 2008 between CAPSTONE PF LLC, a Washington
limited liability company (“Landlord”), and
KORRY ELECTRONICS CO., a Delaware corporation
(“Tenant”).
RECITALS:
A. Landlord and Tenant entered into
a Building Lease and Sublease dated as of March 26, 2008, as
amended by a First Amendment to Building Lease and Sublease dated
as of June 25, 2008, pursuant to which Tenant agreed to lease
from Landlord certain premises to be constructed by Landlord as
more particularly described in the Lease. Capitalized terms used in
this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
given to them in the Lease.
B. The obligations of Tenant under
the Lease are guaranteed by Esterline Technologies Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”), pursuant to
a Guaranty of Lease dated as of March 26, 2008 (the
“Guaranty”).
C. Landlord and Tenant have agreed
to modify certain provisions of the Lease, as provided
below.
AGREEMENT:
For and in consideration of the
mutual covenants in this Amendment, and the mutual covenants in the
Lease, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:
1. Commencement Date .
Section 1.3 of the Lease is amended to read as
follows:
The term of this Lease shall
commence on the date (the “Commencement Date”)
on which Landlord has achieved “Substantial Completion”
of the “Base Building Improvements” (as such terms are
defined in the Workletter), and shall continue for a period of
thirty (30) years thereafter, unless sooner terminated or
extended in accordance with the terms of this Lease.
2. Prepaid Rent . The last
sentence in Section 1.6 of the Lease is amended to read as
follows:
So long as Tenant is not in default
under this Lease, this Prepaid Rent shall be applied to the Minimum
Rent payable by Tenant for the first month following the
Commencement Date.
3. Ground Lease . The parties
acknowledge that the Ground Lease has been executed by the County
and the termination right in Section 3.1 of the Lease is no
longer applicable.
4. Delivery of Premises .
Section 7.1 of the Lease is amended to read as
follows:
Subject to delays for “Force
Majeure” (as defined in Section 17.10) and “Tenant
Delays” (as defined in the Workletter), Landlord shall
promptly commence, and diligently pursue in good faith to
completion, the Work described in the Workletter. Landlord shall
use reasonable efforts to complete the Work on or before the
“Anticipated Occupancy Date” (as defined in the
Workletter), and shall deliver the Premises to Tenant when the Work
is Substantially Complete in accordance with the terms of the
Workletter. If Landlord fails to deliver the Premises to Tenant
with the Work Substantially Complete by the Anticipated Occupancy
Date, and the cause of the delay is not a Tenant Delay or a delay
resulting from Force Majeure, Tenant will be entitled to rent
abatement and certain other remedies as more fully described in
Paragraph 4(b) of the Workletter. If for any reason other than a
Tenant Delay, Landlord fails to deliver the Premises to Tenant with
the Work Substantially Complete by June 30, 2010, then Tenant
may elect to terminate this Lease by giving written notice to
Landlord at any time prior to the date Landlord notifies Tenant in
writing that the Work is Substantially Complete.
5. Option to Purchase . The
following section is added to the Lease as new
Section 10.6:
10.6. Option to
Purchase.
(a) Option to
Purchase . Landlord grants to Tenant an option (the
“Purchase Option”) to purchase the Building and
associated improvements, together with Landlord’s interest in
the Ground Lease (collectively, the “Property”),
all subject to the terms of this Section 10.6. Tenant may
exercise the Purchase Option by delivering written notice of its
exercise (the “Purchase Option Notice”) to
Landlord during the period beginning on the date that is the fifth
(5 th ) anniversary of the
Commencement Date and ending at 5:00 pm, Pacific Time, thirty
(30) days later (the “Option Exercise
Period” ). Landlord has certain rights to accelerate the
date of the Option Exercise Period as set forth in
Section 10.6(b) below. It shall be a condition precedent to
Tenant’s right to exercise the Purchase Option that
(i) this Lease shall be in full force and effect at the time
of delivery of Tenant’s Purchase Option Notice, and
(ii) both at the time of delivery of Tenant’s Purchase
Option Notice and at the time designated for closing there shall
not then exist any default on the part of Tenant under this Lease
which remains uncured after the expiration of applicable notice and
cure periods. Any election by Tenant not to exercise a duly granted
Offer Right under Section 10.5 of this Lease, and any sale of
the Property by Landlord to a third party under Section 10.5
as a result of Tenant’s election not to exercise its Offer
Right, shall not affect or invalidate any of Tenant’s rights
under this Section 10.6, all of which shall continue in full
force and effect.
(b) Landlord’s Right to
Accelerate Option Exercise Period . Landlord shall have the
right to notify Tenant that the Option Exercise Period shall be
accelerated, upon giving Tenant written notice thirty
(30) days prior to the date Landlord wishes the Option
Exercise Period to commence
(“Acceleration
Notice”). If an
Acceleration Notice is given by Landlord, the accelerated Option
Exercise Period (“Accelerated Option Exercise
Period”) shall commence thirty (30) days thereafter.
If an Acceleration Notice is given by Landlord prior to the third
(3rd) anniversary of the Commencement Date and Tenant does not
exercise the Purchase Option during the Accelerated Option Exercise
Period, then the Purchase Option shall remain in full force and
effect, and Tenant may still exercise the Purchase Option as
described in Section 10.6(a) during the original Option
Exercise Period. If an Acceleration Notice is given by Landlord on
or after the third (3rd) anniversary of the Commencement Date
and Tenant does not exercise the Purchase Option during the
Accelerated Option Exercise Period, then the Purchase Option shall
be deemed to have been waived and surrendered by Tenant and shall
no longer be in force or effect.
(c) Purchase Option Price
.
(i) The purchase price for the
Property (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the Fair
Market Value (as defined below) of the Property; provided, however,
that if Landlord shall then have a first mortgage loan in place
secured by the Property, the Purchase Price shall not be less than
the amount necessary to pay off such loan (exclusive of prepayment
fees and charges, which shall be paid by Landlord at its sole
cost). As used herein, the term “Fair Market
Value” shall mean the price that a willing seller could
obtain from a willing, third party purchaser of the Property in an
arms-length transaction, neither party being under any compulsion
to complete the purchase and sale of the Property, taking into
account the location, size, type and quality of the Properly, and
all other factors that would be relevant to a third party desiring
to purchase the Property in determining the purchase price that
party would be willing to pay therefor. Excluded from the
calculation of the Fair Market Value of the Property shall be the
value of any improvements, alterations, fixtures and other property
that were part of the Tenant’s Improvements or that were
otherwise constructed or installed at Tenant’s
expense.
(ii) If Landlord and Tenant shall
not have agreed on the Fair Market Value of the Property within
thirty (30) days after Tenant shall have exercised the
Purchase Option, each party shall, within the following twenty
(20) days, select a neutral, licensed and qualified investment
sales broker (a “Broker”), with experience in
commercial real estate activities, including at least ten
(10) years’ experience in selling and/or buying
commercial/industrial property in the greater Everett or Seattle,
Washington, metropolitan areas, who is not a current or former
employee of either Landlord or Tenant (or a relative of any such
employee), and is not currently and has not previously been engaged
by either Landlord or Tenant in connection with the sale, purchase
or leasing of any other property. If only one party selects a
Broker during such twenty (20) day period, that Broker shall
determine the Fair Market Value. If two Brokers are so chosen and
they fail to agree on the Fair Market Value of the Property within
thirty (30) days after the date of the last Broker’s
selection, then they shall together select a neutral and similarly
qualified third Broker (the “Neutral Broker”).
If the two
Brokers fail to agree on a Neutral
Broker within ten (10) days after expiration of the thirty
(30) day period, then either party, on behalf of both, may
apply to the then presiding judge of the Superior Court of
Snohomish County for the selection of the Neutral Broker. Within
seven (7) days after the selection of the Neutral Broker, the
parties’ respective Brokers shall exchange their proposed
resolutions of the Fair Market Value. The role of the Neutral
Broker shall be to select, within thirty (30) days thereafter,
which of the two proposed resolutions most closely approximates his
or her determination of Fair Market Value. The Neutral Broker shall
have no authority or right to propose a middle ground or any
modification of either of the two proposed resolutions. The
resolution chosen by the Neutral Broker as most closely
approximating his or her determination shall constitute the Fair
Market Value of the Property and shall be final and binding upon
the parties. The Neutral Broker’s determination shall be
given in writing to Landlord and Tenant. Each party shall pay the
cost of its own appraiser and one-half of the cost of the Neutral
Broker.
(d) Title Inspection . Within
ten (10) business days after receipt of the Purchase Option
Notice, Landlord shall order a preliminary commitment for an
extended owner’s policy of title insurance for the Property
(the “Preliminary Commitment”) from Transnation
Title Insurance Company (or another title insurance company
reasonably acceptable to both parties) in Seattle, Washington (the
“Title Company”). Landlord shall deliver a copy
of the Preliminary Commitment to Tenant promptly upon receipt of
same. Within ten (10) business days after Tenant’s
receipt of the Preliminary Commitment, Tenant shall notify
Landlord, in writing, of any defects or encumbrances set forth in
the Preliminary Commitment to which Tenant objects, and if Tenant
does not timely object, Tenant shall be deemed to have approved all
matters contained in the Preliminary Commitment. Within ten
(10) business days of receiving Tenant’s objection
notice (if any), Landlord shall give written notice to Tenant
specifying which, if any, of the defects and/or encumbrances to
which Tenant objects Landlord will cure prior to the closing of the
sale. Within five (5) business days after receiving
Landlord’s notice specifying which, if any, defects or
encumbrances Landlord will cure prior to closing, Tenant must
deliver written notice to Landlord of Tenant’s election to
either (i) proceed with the purchase of the Property despite
any remaining defects and/or encumbrances on the title (the
“Permitted Encumbrances”), or
(ii) terminate the purchase of the Property due to
Tenant’s dissatisfaction with the condition of title, and
thereby terminate its Purchase Option. If Tenant fails to deliver
notice of its election to either proceed with or terminate the sale
within such five (5) business day period, Tenant shall be
deemed to have elected to terminate its purchase of the Property.
If Tenant elects to terminate its purchase of the Property or
Tenant is deemed to have elected to terminate its purchase of the
Property, the Purchase Option shall terminate and expire without
further action by either party, and this Lease shall continue in
full force and effect.
(e) Closing .
(i) Closing Date . The
closing of the sale shall occur through escrow, with the escrow
department of the Title Company, on the date that is four
(4) weeks after the final determination of the Purchase Price
(the “Closing Date”).
(ii) Conveyance . Landlord
shall convey the Property to Tenant by (A) a duly executed and
acknowledged bargain and sale deed as to the Building and
associated improvements, subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances
(the “Deed”), and (B) a duly executed and
acknowledged Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and Tenant
(“Assignment and Assumption of Ground
Lease”).
(iii) Escrow Deposits
.
(1) Landlord’s Escrow
Deposits . On or before the Closing Date, Landlord shall
deposit into escrow the following: (A) the duly executed and
acknowledged Deed; (B) a duly executed and completed Real
Estate Excise Tax Affidavit, in the form required by Washington
law; (C) two originals of a duly executed and acknowledged
Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease; (D) written consent
from the landlord under the Ground Lease to the assignment thereof
to Tenant, if required by the terms of the Ground Lease; (E) a
duly executed and completed nonforeign affidavit, certifying that
Landlord is not a foreign person as such term is defined by the
Internal Revenue Code; and (F) all other documents,
instruments or agreements as are reasonably required by the escrow
holder to close the escrow and consummate the sale of the Property
in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 10.6.
(2) Tenant’s Escrow
Deposits . On or before the Closing Date, Tenant shall deposit
into escrow the following: (A) immediately available U.S.
funds sufficient to pay the full Purchase Price plus Tenant’s
share of the closing costs; (B) a duly executed and completed Real
Estate Excise Tax Affidavit, in the form required by Washington
law; (C) two originals of an executed and acknowledged Assignment
of Ground Lease, and (D) all other documents, instruments or
agreements as are reasonably required by the escrow holder to close
the escrow and consummate the sale of the Property in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 10.6.
(iv) Closing Costs . Through
escrow at closing, Landlord shall pay (A) the premium for the
standard coverage portion of the owner’s title policy
insuring title to the Property in Tenant in the amount of the
Purchase Price, plus sales tax on that premium; (B) one half
of the escrow agent’s escrow fee, and (C) the State of
Washington Real Estate Excise Tax due upon the conveyance of the
Property. Through escrow at closing, Tenant shall pay (A) the
cost of recording the conveyance of the Property, (B) one half
of the escrow
agent’s escrow fee, and
(C) the cost differential between the premium for any extended
title coverage and/or endorsements requested by Tenant, and the
premium paid by Landlord for the standard coverage policy, plus the
sales tax on that cost differential. Each party shall bear its own
legal fees incurred in connection with the sale. At closing, the
parties shall prorate and make appropriate adjustments for real
estate taxes, rents, and all amounts prepaid by Tenant prior to
closing, and shall make other appropriate closing
prorations.
6. Minimum Rent . The
reference to “Section 4.2(a)” of the Lease in Paragraph
2 of the First Amendment to the Lease should have been a reference
to “Section 4.1(a)” of the Lease.
7. Abatement of Rent . The
rent abatement provided for in Section 11.2 of the Lease shall
terminate when the Base Building Improvements are
restored.
8. Workletter . The
Workletter attached to the Lease as Exhibit D is hereby replaced by
Exhibit D to this Amendment.
9. Schedule . The Design and
Construction Schedule attached to the Lease as Exhibit D-2 is
hereby replaced by Exhibit D-2 to this Amendment.
10. Guaranty . By executing
this Amendment below, Guarantor hereby consents to the amendments
to the Lease provided for in this Amendment and confirms and
ratifies its obligations under the Guaranty.
11. No Other Changes . Except
as expressly amended or modified pursuant to this Amendment, all of
the terms and conditions of the Lease are hereby ratified and
affirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment
may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original
but all of which together will constitute one and the same
agreement.
Dated as of the day and year first
written above.
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LANDLORD:
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CAPSTONE PF
LLC, a Washington limited
liability company
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By:
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Capstone
Partners NW LLC, a
Washington limited liability company, its Manager
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By:
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CBIL Group,
LLC, a Washington limited
liability company, Authorized Member
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By:
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/s/ Kirk
Johnson
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Kirk Johnson,
Sole Member
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[signatures of Tenant and
Guarantor on next page]
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TENANT:
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KORRY
ELECTRONICS CO. , a
Delaware corporation
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By
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/s/ Dan
McFeeley
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Its
President
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GUARANTOR:
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ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
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By
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/s/ Robert D.
George
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Its VP, CFO,
Secretary & Treasurer
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
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COUNTY OF KING
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On this 31
st
day of July, 2008,
before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of
Washington, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Kirk
Johnson , known to me to be the sole member of CBIL Group,
LLC , an authorized member of Capstone Partners NW LLC ,
the manager of CAPSTONE PF LLC , a Washington limited
liability company, the limited liability company that executed the
foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the said instrument to be
the free and voluntary act and deed of said limited liability
company, for the purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated
that he was authorized to execute said instrument.
I certify that I know