OFFICE BUILDING LEASE
BETWEEN
KILROY REALTY, L.P.,
A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
LANDLORD
AND
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a Nevada corporation,
NETSOL eR, INC.,
a Nevada corporation
TENANT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. BASIC LEASE TERMS..................................................................1
2. PREMISES AND COMMON AREAS..........................................................3
3. TERM...............................................................................3
4. POSSESSION.........................................................................6
5. RENT...............................................................................6
6. OPERATING EXPENSES.................................................................7
7. SECURITY DEPOSIT...................................................................8
8. USE................................................................................8
9. NOTICES............................................................................9
10. BROKERS............................................................................9
11. SURRENDER; HOLDING OVER...........................................................10
12. TAXES ON TENANT'S PROPERTY........................................................10
13. ALTERATIONS.......................................................................10
14. REPAIRS...........................................................................12
15. LIENS.............................................................................13
16. ENTRY BY LANDLORD.................................................................13
17. UTILITIES AND SERVICES............................................................13
18. ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND INDEMNIFICATION............................................14
19. INSURANCE.........................................................................14
20. DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.............................................................16
21. EMINENT DOMAIN....................................................................18
22. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.............................................................19
23. LANDLORD'S DEFAULT................................................................21
24. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING.........................................................21
25. SUBORDINATION.....................................................................24
26. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE..............................................................24
27. BUILDING PLANNING.................................................................25
28. RULES AND REGULATIONS.............................................................25
29. MODIFICATION AND CURE RIGHTS OF LANDLORD'S MORTGAGEES AND LESSORS.................25
30. DEFINITION OF LANDLORD............................................................25
31. WAIVER............................................................................26
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32. PARKING...........................................................................26
33. FORCE MAJEURE.....................................................................27
34. SIGNS.............................................................................28
35. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY...........................................................28
36. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS..............................................................28
37. QUIET ENJOYMENT...................................................................28
38. MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................................28
39. EXECUTION OF LEASE................................................................29
EXHIBITS:
A-I Site Plan
A-II Outline of Floor Plan of Premises
B Rentable Square Feet and Usable Square Feet
C Work Letter Agreement
D Notice of Lease Term Dates and Tenant's Percentage
E Definition of Operating Expenses
F Standards for Utilities and Services
G Estoppel Certificate
H Rules and Regulations
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OFFICE BUILDING LEASE
This OFFICE BUILDING LEASE ("Lease") is entered into as of the _______ day of
July, 2000 by and between KILROY REALTY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Landlord"), and NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada corporation and NETSOL
eR, INC., a Nevada corporation ("Tenant").
1. BASIC LEASE TERMS. For purposes of this Lease, the following terms have the
following definitions and meanings:
(a) LANDLORD: Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
(b) LANDLORD'S ADDRESS (FOR NOTICES):
2250 East Imperial Highway, Suite 1200
El Segundo, California 90245
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
or such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate by notice to
Tenant.
(c) TENANT: NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a Nevada corporation and NETSOL ER, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION.
(d) TENANT'S ADDRESS (FOR NOTICES): 5000 North Parkway Calabasas, Suite 202,
Calabasas, California 91302 or such other place as Tenant may from time to time
designate by notice to Landlord.
(e) DEVELOPMENT: The parcel(s) of real property located within and consisting of
a portion of Calabasas Park Centre, located in the City of Calabasas (the
"City"), County of Los Angeles (the "County"), State of California ("State"), as
shown on the site plan attached hereto as EXHIBIT "A-I".
(f) BUILDING: The four (4) story westernmost office building located within the
Development and known as Building C, which Building contains approximately one
hundred thousand (100,000) Rentable Square Feet (subject to adjustment as
provided in EXHIBIT "B"), with the street address of 24025 Park Sorrento,
Calabasas, California.
(g) PREMISES: Those certain premises known as Suite 220 as generally shown on
the floor plan(s) attached hereto as EXHIBIT "A-II", located on the second floor
of the Building, which Premises contains approximately 4,690 Rentable Square
Feet and 4,114 Usable Square Feet (subject to adjustment as provided in Exhibit
"B" and Exhibit "D").
(h) TENANT'S PERCENTAGE: Tenant's percentage of the Building on a Rentable
Square Foot basis, which initially is 4.69%, subject to final determination as
provided in Exhibit "B" and Exhibit "D".
(i) TERM: SEVEN (7) Years.
(j) ESTIMATED COMMENCEMENT DATE: AUGUST 1, 2000, subject to substantial
completion of Landlord's tenant improvement work.
Estimated Expiration Date: JULY 31, 2007.
(k) COMMENCEMENT DATE: The date on which the Term of this Lease will commence as
determined in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit "C" and as stated on
Exhibit "D".
(l) INITIAL MONTHLY BASE RENT: TWO Dollars and FORTY-FIVE Cents ($2.45) times
the Rentable Square Feet contained within the premises, subject to the credit
set forth in Paragraph 5 below and further subject to adjustment as provided in
Subparagraph 1(m) below and as otherwise provided in this Lease.
(m) ADJUSTMENT TO MONTHLY BASE RENT: Monthly Base Rent will be adjusted in
accordance with the following:
MONTHS MONTHLY BASE RENT
(per Rentable Square Foot)
13-24 $2.52
25-36 $2.60
37-48 $2.68
49-60 $2.76
61-72 $2.84
73-84 $2.93
(n) OPERATING EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: Operating Expense Allowance means Tenant's
Percentage of Operating Expenses as described in Paragraph 6 below which
Landlord has included in Monthly Base Rent, which, for purposes of this Lease,
will be an amount equal to the Operating Expenses incurred for calendar year
2000.
(o) SECURITY DEPOSIT: $11,490.50, i.e., an amount equal to one (1) month of
Initial Monthly Base Rent based upon 4,690 Rentable Square Feet (subject to
adjustment as provided in Exhibit "B"), payable concurrently with the execution
of this Lease by Tenant.
(p) TENANT IMPROVEMENTS: All tenant improvements installed or to be installed by
Landlord or Tenant within the Premises to prepare the Premises for occupancy
pursuant to the terms of the Work Letter Agreement attached hereto as EXHIBIT
"C".
(q) TENANT IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE: Thirty-Five Dollars ($35) per Usable Square
Foot of the Premises, to be applied as provided in the Work Letter Agreement
attached hereto as EXHIBIT "C".
(r) PERMITTED USE: General office uses and no other use without the express
written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord may withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion.
(s) PARKING: Tenant may use twelve (12) unreserved parking permits and four (4)
reserved parking permits in a location to be designated by Landlord, during the
original term of the Lease, at no cost to Tenant, subject to the terms and
conditions of Paragraph 32 below and the Rules and Regulations regarding parking
contained in EXHIBIT "H".
(t) BROKER(S): (i) Landlord's Broker: CB Richard Ellis
(ii) Tenant's Broker: Told Partners
(u) GUARANTOR(S): ___________________________________________________________.
(v) INTEREST RATE: shall mean the greater of ten percent (10%) per annum or two
percent (2%) in excess of the prime lending or reference rate of Wells Fargo
Bank N.A. or any successor bank in effect on the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the
calendar month immediately prior to the event giving rise to the Interest Rate
imposition; provided, however, the Interest Rate will in no event exceed the
maximum interest rate permitted to be charged by applicable law.
(w) LETTER OF CREDIT: Concurrently herewith, Tenant has caused Imperial Bank to
issue in favor of Landlord an Irrevocable Stand-By Letter of Credit in the
original principal sum of $250,000 (the "Letter of Credit"), by the terms of
which Landlord shall be entitled to draw on the Letter of Credit upon the
conditions and as set forth in the Letter of Credit. In the event Tenant fails
to renew the Letter of Credit within thirty (30) days of the expiration date of
the Letter of Credit, Landlord shall be entitled to draw on the Letter of Credit
in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord hereby agrees that the amount
of each renewal Letter of Credit shall be reduced by a sum equal to $35,714 per
annum.
(x) EXHIBITS: A through H, inclusive, which Exhibits are attached to this Lease
and incorporated herein by this reference. As provided in Paragraph 3 below, a
completed version of EXHIBIT "D" will be delivered to Tenant after Landlord
delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant.
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This Paragraph 1 represents a summary of the basic terms and definitions of this
Lease. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms contained in this
Paragraph 1 and any specific provision of this Lease, the terms of the more
specific provision shall prevail.
2. PREMISES AND COMMON AREAS.
(a) PREMISES. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from
Landlord the Premises as improved or to be improved with the Tenant Improvements
described in the Work Letter Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit "C".
(b) MUTUAL COVENANTS. Landlord and Tenant agree that the letting and hiring of
the Premises is upon and subject to the terms, covenants and conditions
contained in this Lease and each party covenants as a material part of the
consideration for this Lease to keep and perform their respective obligations
under this Lease.
(c) TENANT'S USE OF COMMON AREAS. During the Term of this Lease, Tenant shall
have the nonexclusive right to use in common with Landlord and all persons,
firms and corporations conducting business in the Development and their
respective customers, guests, licensees, invitees, subtenants, employees and
agents (collectively, "Development Occupants"), subject to the terms of this
Lease, the Rules and Regulations referenced in Paragraph 28 below and all
covenants, conditions and restrictions now or hereafter affecting the
Development, the following common areas of the Building and/or the Development
(collectively, the "Common Areas"):
(i) The Building's common entrances, hallways, lobbies, public restrooms on
multi-tenant floors, elevators, stairways and accessways, loading docks, ramps,
drives and platforms and any passageways and serviceways thereto, and the common
pipes, conduits, wires and appurtenant equipment within the Building which serve
the Premises (collectively, "Building Common Areas"); and
(ii) The parking facilities of the Development which serve the Building (subject
to the provisions of Exhibit "H"), loading and unloading areas, trash areas,
roadways, sidewalks, walkways, parkways, driveways, landscaped areas, plaza
areas, fountains and similar areas and facilities situated within the
Development and appurtenant to the Building which are not reserved for the
exclusive use of any Development Occupants (collectively, "Development Common
Areas").
(d) LANDLORD'S RESERVATION OF RIGHTS. Provided Tenant's use of and access to the
Premises and parking to be provided to Tenant under this Lease is not interfered
with in an unreasonable manner, Landlord reserves for itself and for all other
owner(s) and operator(s) of the Development Common Areas and the balance of the
Development, the right from time to time to: (i) install, use, maintain, repair,
replace and relocate pipes, ducts, conduits, wires and appurtenant meters and
equipment above the ceiling surfaces, below the floor surfaces, within the walls
and in the central core areas of the Building; (ii) make changes to the design
and layout of the Development, including, without limitation, changes to
buildings, driveways, entrances, loading and unloading areas, direction of
traffic, landscaped areas and walkways, and, subject to the parking provisions
contained in Paragraph 32 and Exhibit "H", parking permits and parking areas;
and (iii) use or close temporarily the Building Common Areas, the Development
Common Areas and/or other portions of the Development while engaged in making
improvements, repairs or alterations to the Building, the Development, or any
portion thereof.
3. TERM.
(a) ORIGINAL TERM. The term of this Lease ("Term") will be for the period
designated in Subparagraph 1(i), commencing on the Commencement Date, and ending
on the last day of the month in which the expiration of such period occurs,
including any extensions of the Term pursuant to any provision of this Lease or
written agreement of the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Commencement Date falls on any day other than the first day of a calendar month
then the Term of this Lease will be measured from the first day of the month
following the month in which the Commencement Date occurs. Each consecutive
twelve (12) month period of the Term of this Lease, commencing on the
Commencement Date, will be referred to herein as a "Lease Year". Landlord's
Notice of Lease Term Dates and Tenant's Percentage ("Notice"), in the form of
Exhibit "D" attached hereto, will set forth the Commencement Date, the date upon
which the Term of this Lease shall end, the Rentable Square Feet within the
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Premises and the Building, and Tenant's Percentage and will be delivered to
Tenant after Landlord delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant. The Notice
will be binding upon Tenant unless Tenant objects to the Notice in writing
within five (5) days of Tenant's receipt of the Notice.
(b) EXTENSION. Subject to the terms of this Paragraph 3, Landlord hereby grants
to Tenant one (1) option ("Extension Option") to extend the original Term as to
the entire Premises only for an additional period of five (5) years ("Option
Term"), on the same terms, covenants and conditions as provided for in the Lease
for the original Term, except that the economic Lease terms during the Option
Term shall be as set forth in this Paragraph 3.
(c) RENT FOR OPTION TERM. Monthly Base Rent at the beginning of the Option Term
shall be adjusted to equal the "fair market" determined based on the parameters
described in subparagraph (e) below;.(initials:NG,AG;JH,HG)
(d) EXERCISE OF OPTION. The Extension Option must be exercised, if at all, by
written notice ("Extension Notice") delivered by Tenant to Landlord no earlier
than the date which is two hundred forty (240) days and no later than the date
which is one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the expiration of the original
Term.
(e) DETERMINATION OF MONTHLY BASE RENT. The "fair market" determination as
described in this Paragraph 3 shall mean the annual amount per square foot,
projected during the Option Term, that Landlord is accepting from renewal
tenants for comparable space at Calabasas Park Centre with such concessions and
allowances as Landlord shall then be offering to such renewal tenants at
Calabasas Park Centre ("Comparison Market Area"). In the event that because of
circumstances particular to the Premises, it is not possible to identify
comparable space at Calabasas Park Centre, "fair market" shall mean the annual
amount per square foot, projected during the Option Term, that a willing,
comparable renewal tenant (excluding sublease and assignment transactions) would
pay, and a willing and comparable landlord of a comparable quality building
located within the City of Calabasas would accept, at arm's length, for space of
comparable size, quality, etc.
(f) TENANT REVIEW PERIOD. Within thirty (30) days following Tenant's due and
timely exercise of the Extension Option as provided herein, Landlord shall
provide Tenant with written notice of Landlord's good faith determination of
fair market for the Premises for the applicable Option Term determined by taking
into account the matters described in subparagraph (e) above. Tenant shall have
fifteen (15) days ("Tenant's Review Period") after receipt of Landlord's notice
of the fair market determination within which to accept such fair market
determination or to reasonably object thereto in writing. Failure of Tenant to
so object to the fair market determination submitted by Landlord in writing
within Tenant's Review Period shall conclusively be deemed Tenant's approval and
acceptance thereof. In the event Tenant reasonably objects to the fair market
determination submitted by Landlord within Tenant's Review Period, Landlord and
Tenant shall attempt in good faith to agree upon such fair market determination
using their best good faith efforts. If Landlord and Tenant fail to reach
agreement on such fair market determination within ten (10) days following the
expiration of Tenant's Review Period (the "Outside Agreement Date"), then
Landlord and Tenant shall submit their respective good faith determinations of
fair market for the Premises for the relevant period of time to appraisal in
accordance with the provisions below.
(g) APPOINTMENT OF APPRAISERS. Landlord and Tenant shall each appoint one (1)
independent, unaffiliated appraiser who is by profession a licensed real estate
broker who has been active over the five (5) year period ending on the date of
such appointment in the leasing of office/industrial space located in the
Comparison Market Area. Each such appraiser shall be appointed within fifteen
(15) days after the Outside Agreement Date. If the two (2) appraisers so
appointed do not within fifteen (15) days of the date of the appointment of the
last appointed appraiser agree upon whether Landlord's or Tenant's last
submitted (on the Outside Agreement Date) fair market determination, then said
appraisers within five (5) days thereafter agree upon and appoint a third
appraiser who shall be qualified under the same criteria for qualification of
the initial two (2) appraisers.
(h) THIRD APPRAISER. The third appraiser shall determine whether the parties
shall use Landlord's or Tenant's last submitted (on the Outside Agreement Date)
fair market determination, and shall notify Landlord and Tenant thereof. The
determination of the third
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appraiser shall be limited solely to the issue of whether Landlord's or Tenant's
last submitted (on the Outside Agreement Date) fair market determination is the
closest to the actual fair market for such area as solely determined by the
third appraiser, taking into account the requirements specified above. The
decision of the third appraiser shall be final and binding upon Landlord and
Tenant.
(i) FAILURE TO APPOINT APPRAISER. If either Landlord or Tenant fails to appoint
an appraiser within the time period specified in subparagraph (g) hereinabove,
the appraiser appointed by one of them shall, within fifteen (15) days following
the date on which the party failing to appoint an appraiser could have last
appointed such appraiser, reach a decision based upon the procedures set forth
above (i.e., by selecting either Landlord's or Tenant's last submitted [on the
Outside Agreement Date] fair market determination) and shall notify Landlord and
Tenant thereof, and such appraiser's decision shall be final and binding upon
Landlord and Tenant.
(j) FAILURE TO APPOINT THIRD APPRAISER. If the two (2) appraisers selected by
Landlord and Tenant fail to agree upon and timely appoint a third appraiser,
both appraisers shall be dismissed and the matter to be decided shall be
forthwith submitted to arbitration under the provisions of the American
Arbitration Association based upon the procedures set forth above (i.e., by
selecting either Landlord's or Tenant's last submitted [on the Outside Agreement
Date] fair market determination).
(k) DELAY IN DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET RENT. If the process described in this
Paragraph 3 has not resulted in a selection of Landlord's or Tenant's fair
market determinations by the commencement of the applicable Option Term, then
the average of the fair market determinations estimated by Landlord or Tenant
shall be used until a final decision has been reached by the appropriate
appraiser, with an appropriate rental credit and other adjustments for any
overpayments of Base Rent or other amounts if the appropriate appraiser selects
Tenant's estimate of fair market.
(l) COST OF APPRAISERS. The cost of each party's appraiser shall be the
responsibility of the party selecting such appraiser, and the cost of the third
appraiser (and, if necessary, arbitration) shall be shared by Landlord and
Tenant equally.
(m) INCREASES DURING OPTION PERIOD. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Paragraph 3 above, commencing on the anniversary date of the
commencement of the Option Term, and annually thereafter, Monthly Base Rent
shall be increased by the percentage increase between the Index (as defined
below) for the calendar month which is three (3) months before the calendar
month in which the Option Term is to commence and the Index for the calendar
month which is three (3) months before the calendar month in which the Monthly
Base Rent is to then adjust; provided, however, in no event will Monthly Base
Rent increase by less than three percent (3%) as a result of any adjustment. For
purposes hereof, the term "Index" means the Consumer Price Index--Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, California, all
items, base 1982-84 = 100). Should the Index be discontinued, or should it be
published less frequently or on a different schedule, or should it be altered in
some other manner, including, without limitation, by name change or geographic
area covered by the Index, then Landlord shall, in its discretion, adopt a
substitute index or procedure which reasonably reflects and monitors consumer
prices.
(n) EXTENSION IS PERSONAL. The Extension Option is personal to the original
Tenant executing this Lease and may be exercised only by the original Tenant
executing this Lease while occupying the entire Premises and without the intent
of thereafter assigning this Lease or subletting the Premises and may not be
exercised or be assigned, voluntarily or involuntarily, by any person or entity
other than the original Tenant executing this Lease. The Extension Option is not
assignable separate and apart from this Lease, nor may the Extension Option be
separated from this Lease in any manner, either by reservation or otherwise.
(o) EFFECT OF DEFAULT. Tenant shall have no right to exercise the Extension
Option, notwithstanding any provision of the grant of the Extension Option to
the contrary, and Tenant's exercise of the Extension Option may be nullified by
Landlord and deemed of no further force or effect, if (i) Tenant shall be in
default of any monetary obligation or material non-monetary obligation under the
terms of this Lease as of Tenant's exercise of the Extension Option in question
or at any time after the exercise of such Option and prior to the commencement
of the Option Term, or (ii) Landlord has given Tenant two (2) or more notices of
default, whether or
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not such defaults are subsequently cured, during any twelve (12) consecutive
month period of the Lease.
4. POSSESSION.
(a) DELIVERY OF POSSESSION. Landlord agrees to deliver possession of the
Premises to Tenant in accordance with the terms of the Work Letter Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit "C". Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord will not
be obligated to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant (but Tenant will be
liable for rent if Landlord can otherwise deliver the Premises to Tenant) until
Landlord has received from Tenant all of the following: (i) a copy of this Lease
fully executed by Tenant and the guaranty of Tenant's obligations under this
Lease, if any, executed by the Guarantor(s); (ii) the Security Deposit and the
first installment of Monthly Base Rent; (iii) executed copies of policies of
insurance or certificates thereof as required under Paragraph 19 of this Lease;
(iv) copies of all governmental permits and authorizations, if any, required in
connection with Tenant's operation of its business within the Premises; and (v)
if Tenant is a corporation or partnership, such evidence of due formation, valid
existence and authority as Landlord may reasonably require, which may include,
without limitation, a certificate of good standing, certificate of secretary,
articles of incorporation, statement of partnership, or other similar
documentation.
(b) CONDITION OF PREMISES. Prior to the Commencement Date and in accordance with
the Work Letter Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit "C", Landlord and Tenant
will jointly conduct a walk-through inspection of the Premises and will jointly
prepare a punch-list ("Punch-List") of items required to be installed by
Landlord under the Work Letter Agreement which require finishing or correction.
The Punch-List will not include any items of damage to the Premises caused by
Tenant's move-in or early entry, if permitted, which damage will be corrected or
repaired by Landlord, at Tenant's expense or, at Landlord's election, by Tenant,
at Tenant's expense. Other than the items specified in the Punch-List, by taking
possession of the Premises, Tenant will be deemed to have accepted the Premises
in its condition on the date of delivery of possession and to have acknowledged
that the Tenant Improvements have been installed as required by the Work Letter
Agreement and that there are no additional items needing work or repair.
Landlord will cause all items in the Punch-List to be repaired or corrected
within thirty (30) days following the preparation of the Punch-List or as soon
as practicable after the preparation of the Punch-List. Tenant acknowledges that
neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any representation or
warranty with respect to the Premises, the Building, the Development or any
portions thereof or with respect to the suitability of same for the conduct of
Tenant's business and Tenant further acknowledges that Landlord will have no
obligation to construct or complete any additional buildings or improvements
within the Development.
5. RENT.
(a) MONTHLY BASE RENT. Tenant agrees to pay Landlord the Monthly Base Rent for
the Premises (subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) in advance on the
first day of each calendar month during the Term without prior notice or demand,
except that Tenant agrees to pay the Monthly Base Rent for the first month of
the Term directly to Landlord concurrently with Tenant's delivery of the
executed Lease to Landlord. If the Term of this Lease commences or ends on a day
other than the first day of a calendar month, then the rent for such period will
be prorated in the proportion that the number of days this Lease is in effect
during such period bears to the number of days in such month. All rent must be
paid to Landlord, without any deduction or offset, in lawful money of the United
States of America, at the address designated by Landlord or to such other person
or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate in writing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall receive a credit against the Monthly
Base Rent payable by Tenant for the initial twelve (12) months of the Lease in a
sum equal to $1,825 per month. Monthly Base Rent will be adjusted during the
Term of this Lease as provided in Subparagraph l(m).
(b) ADDITIONAL RENT. All amounts and charges to be paid by Tenant hereunder,
including, without limitation, payments for Operating Expenses, insurance,
repairs and parking, will be considered additional rent for purposes of this
Lease, and the word "rent" as used in this Lease will include all such
additional rent unless the context specifically or clearly implies that only
Monthly Base Rent is intended.
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(c) LATE PAYMENTS. Late payments of Monthly Base Rent and/or any item of
additional rent will be subject to interest and a late charge as provided in
Subparagraph 22(f) below.
6. OPERATING EXPENSES.
(a) OPERATING EXPENSES. In addition to Monthly Base Rent, throughout the Term of
this Lease, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord as additional rent in accordance with
the terms of this Paragraph 6, Tenant's Percentage of Operating Expenses as
defined in Exhibit "E" attached hereto to the extent Tenant's Percentage of
Operating Expenses exceeds Tenant's Operating Expense Allowance.
(b) ESTIMATE STATEMENT. Prior to the Commencement Date and on or about March 1st
of each subsequent calendar year during the Term of this Lease, Landlord will
endeavor to deliver to Tenant a statement ("Estimate Statement") wherein
Landlord will estimate both the Operating Expenses and Tenant's Percentage of
Operating Expenses for the then current calendar year. If the estimate of
Tenant's Percentage of Operating Expenses in the Estimate Statement exceeds
Tenant's Operating Expense Allowance, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord, as
"Additional Rent", one-twelfth (1/12th) of such excess each month thereafter,
beginning with the next installment of rent due, until such time as Landlord
issues a revised Estimate Statement or the Estimate Statement for the succeeding
calendar year; except that, concurrently with the regular monthly rent payment
next due following the receipt of each such Estimate Statement, Tenant agrees to
pay Landlord an amount equal to one monthly installment of such excess (less any
applicable Operating Expenses already paid) multiplied by the number of months
from January, in the current calendar year, to the month of such rent payment
next due, all months inclusive. If at any time during the Term of this Lease,
but not more often than quarterly, Landlord reasonably determines that Tenant's
Percentage of Operating Expenses for the current calendar year will be greater
than the amount set forth in the then current Estimate Statement, Landlord may
issue a revised Estimate Statement and Tenant agrees to pay Landlord, within ten
(10) days of receipt of the revised Estimate Statement, the difference between
the amount owed by Tenant under such revised Estimate Statement and the amount
owed by Tenant under the original Estimate Statement for the portion of the then
current calendar year which has expired. Thereafter Tenant agrees to pay
Tenant's Percentage of Operating Expenses based on such revised Estimate
Statement until Tenant receives the next calendar year's Estimate Statement or a
new revised Estimate Statement for the current calendar year. In the event
Tenant's Percentage of Operating Expenses for any calendar year is less than
Tenant's Operating Expense Allowance, Tenant will not be entitled to a credit
against any rent, additional rent or Tenant's Percentage of future Operating
Expenses payable hereunder.
(c) ACTUAL STATEMENT. By March 1st of each calendar year during the Term of this
Lease (commencing March 1 in the calendar year following the base year for
Operating Expenses, if applicable), Landlord will also endeavor to deliver to
Tenant a statement ("Actual Statement") which states the actual Operating
Expenses for the preceding calendar year. If the Actual Statement reveals that
Tenant's Percentage of the actual Operating Expenses is more than the total
Additional Rent paid by Tenant for Operating Expenses on account of the
preceding calendar year, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord the difference in a lump
sum within ten (10) days of receipt of the Actual Statement. If the Actual
Statement reveals that Tenant's Percentage of the actual Operating Expenses is
less than the Additional Rent paid by Tenant for Operating Expenses on account
of the preceding calendar year, Landlord will credit any overpayment toward the
next monthly installment(s) of Tenant's Percentage of the Operating Expenses due
under this Lease.
(d) MISCELLANEOUS. Any delay or failure by Landlord in delivering any Estimate
Statement or Actual Statement pursuant to this Paragraph 6 will not constitute a
waiver of its right to require an increase in rent nor will it relieve Tenant of
its obligations pursuant to this Paragraph 6, except that Tenant will not be
obligated to make any payments based on such Estimate Statement or Actual
Statement until ten (10) days after receipt of such Estimate Statement or Actual
Statement. Even though the Term has expired and Tenant has vacated the Premises,
when the final determination is made of Tenant's Percentage of the actual
Operating Expenses for the year in which this Lease terminates, Tenant agrees to
promptly pay any increase due over the estimated expenses paid and, conversely,
any overpayment made in the event said expenses decrease shall promptly be
rebated by Landlord to Tenant. Such obligation will be a continuing one which
will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. Prior to the
expiration or sooner termination of the Lease Term and Landlord's acceptance of
Tenant's
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surrender of the Premises, Landlord will have the right to estimate the actual
Operating Expenses for the then current Lease Year and to collect from Tenant
prior to Tenant's surrender of the Premises, Tenant's Percentage of any excess
of such actual Operating Expenses over the estimated Operating Expenses paid by
Tenant in such Lease Year.
7. SECURITY DEPOSIT. Concurrently with Tenant's execution of this Lease, Tenant
will deposit with Landlord the Security Deposit designated in Subparagraph 1(o).
The Security Deposit will be held by Landlord as security for the full and
faithful performance by Tenant of all of the terms, covenants, and conditions of
this Lease to be kept and performed by Tenant during the Term hereof. If Tenant
fully and faithfully performs its obligations under this Lease, including,
without limitation, surrendering the Premises upon the expiration or sooner
termination of this Lease in compliance with Subparagraph 11(a) below, the
Security Deposit or any balance thereof will be returned to Tenant (or, at
Landlord's option, to the last assignee of Tenant's interest hereunder) within
thirty (30) days following the expiration of the Lease Term or as required under
applicable law, provided that Landlord may retain the Security Deposit until
such time as any outstanding rent or additional rent amount has been determined
and paid in full. The Security Deposit is not, and may not be construed by
Tenant to constitute, rent for the last month or any portion thereof. If Tenant
defaults with respect to any provisions of this Lease including, but not limited
to, the provisions relating to the payment of rent or additional rent, Landlord
may (but will not be required to) use, apply or retain all or any part of the
Security Deposit for the payment of any rent or any other sum in default, or for
the payment of any other amount which Landlord may spend or become obligated to
spend by reason of Tenant's default or to compensate Landlord for any loss or
damage which Landlord may suffer by reason of Tenant's default. If any portion
of the Security Deposit is so used or applied, Tenant agrees, within ten (10)
days after Landlord's written demand therefor, to deposit cash with Landlord in
an amount sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to its original amount and
Tenant's failure to do so shall constitute a default under this Lease. Landlord
is not required to keep Tenant's Security Deposit separate from its general
funds, and Tenant is not entitled to interest on such Security Deposit. Should
Landlord sell its interest in the Premises during the Term hereof and deposit
with the purchaser thereof the then unappropriated Security Deposit funds,
Landlord will be discharged from any further liability with respect to such
Security Deposit.
8. USE.
(a) TENANT'S USE OF THE PREMISES. The Premises may be used for the use or uses
set forth in Subparagraph 1(r) only, and Tenant will not use or permit the
Premises to be used for any other purpose without the prior written consent of
Landlord, which consent Landlord may withhold in its sole and absolute
discretion. Nothing in this Lease will be deemed to give Tenant any exclusive
right to such use in the Building or the Development.
(b) COMPLIANCE. At Tenant's sole cost and expense, Tenant agrees to procure,
maintain and hold available for Landlord's inspection, all governmental licenses
and permits required for the proper and lawful conduct of Tenant's business from
the Premises, if any. Tenant agrees not to use, alter or occupy the Premises or
allow the Premises to be used, altered or occupied in violation of, and Tenant,
at its sole cost and expense, agrees to use and occupy the Premises and cause
the Premises to be used and occupied in compliance with: (i) any and all
applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, zoning restrictions,
ordinances, rules, regulations, orders and rulings now or hereafter in force
including, but not limited to, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and all amendments
thereto, the Foreign Investment In Real Property Tax Act, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Americans With
Disabilities Act, and any requirements of any insurer, insurance authority or
duly constituted public authority having jurisdiction over the Premises, the
Building or the Development now or hereafter in force, (ii) the requirements of
the Board of Fire Underwriters and any other similar body, (iii) the Certificate
of Occupancy issued for the Building, and (iv) any recorded covenants,
conditions and restrictions and similar regulatory agreements, if any, which
affect the use, occupation or alteration of the Premises, the Building and/or
the Development. Tenant agrees to comply with the Rules and Regulations
referenced in Paragraph 28 below. Tenant agrees not to do or permit anything to
be done in or about the Premises which will in any manner obstruct or interfere
with the rights of other tenants or occupants of the Development, or injure or
unreasonably annoy them, or use or allow the Premises to be used for any
unlawful or unreasonably objectionable purpose. Tenant agrees not to cause,
maintain or permit any nuisance or waste in, on, under or about the Premises or
elsewhere within the Development. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Lease to the contrary, all transferable development rights related in any way to
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the Development are and will remain vested in Landlord, and Tenant hereby waives
any rights thereto.
(c) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Except for ordinary and general office supplies
typically used in the ordinary course of business within office buildings, such
as copier toner, liquid paper, glue, ink and common household cleaning materials
(some or all of which may constitute "Hazardous Materials" as defined in this
Lease), Tenant agrees not to cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be
brought upon, stored, used, handled, generated, released or disposed of on, in,
under or about the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or any other portion
of the Development by Tenant, its agents, employees, subtenants, assignees,
licensees, contractors or invitees (collectively, "Tenant's Parties"), without
the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord may withhold in
its sole and absolute discretion. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of
this Lease, Tenant agrees to promptly remove from the Premises, the Building and
the Development, at its sole cost and expense, any and all Hazardous Materials,
including any equipment or systems containing Hazardous Materials which are
installed, brought upon, stored, used, generated or released upon, in, under or
about the Premises, the Building and/or the Development or any portion thereof
by Tenant or any of Tenant's Parties. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
Tenant agrees to promptly indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless Landlord
and Landlord's partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and
assigns (collectively, "Landlord Indemnified Parties") from and against any and
all claims, damages, judgments, suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities,
penalties, fines, expenses and costs (including, without limitation, clean-up,
removal, remediation and restoration costs, sums paid in settlement of claims,
attorneys' fees, consultant fees and expert fees and court costs) which arise or
result from the presence of Hazardous Materials on, in, under or about the
Premises, the Building or any other portion of the Development and which are
caused or permitted by Tenant or any of Tenant's Parties. Tenant agrees to
promptly notify Landlord of any release of Hazardous Materials at the Premises,
the Building or any other portion of the Development which Tenant becomes aware
of during the Term of this Lease, whether caused by Tenant or any other persons
or entities. In the event of any release of Hazardous Materials caused or
permitted by Tenant or any of Tenant's Parties, Landlord shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to cause Tenant to immediately take all steps Landlord
deems necessary or appropriate to remediate such release and prevent any similar
future release to the satisfaction of Landlord and Landlord's mortgagee(s). As
used in this Lease, the term "Hazardous Materials" shall mean and include any
hazardous or toxic materials, substances or wastes as now or hereafter
designated under any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order or ruling
of any agency of the State, the United States Government or any local
governmental authority, including, without limitation, asbestos, petroleum,
petroleum hydrocarbons and petroleum based products, urea formaldehyde foam
insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"), and freon and other
chlorofluorocarbons. The provisions of this Subparagraph 8(c) will survive the
expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
9. NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder must be in
writing and may be given by personal delivery (including delivery by overnight
courier or an express mailing service) or by mail, if sent by registered or
certified mail. Notices to Tenant shall be sufficient if delivered to Tenant at
the address designated in Subparagraph 1(d) and notices to Landlord shall be
sufficient if delivered to Landlord at the address designated in Subparagraph
1(b). Either party may specify a different address for notice purposes by
written notice to the other, except that the Landlord may in any event use the
Premises as Tenant's address for notice purposes.
10. BROKERS. The parties acknowledge that the broker(s) who negotiated this
Lease are stated in Subparagraph 1(t). Each party represents and warrants to the
other, that, to its knowledge, no other broker, agent or finder (a) negotiated
or was instrumental in negotiating or consummating this Lease on its behalf, and
(b) is or might be entitled to a commission or compensation in connection with
this Lease. Landlord and Tenant each agree to promptly indemnify, protect,
defend and hold harmless the other from and against any and all claims, damages,
judgments, suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities, penalties, fines,
expenses and costs (including attorneys' fees and court costs) resulting from
any breach by the indemnifying party of the foregoing representation, including,
without limitation, any claims that may be asserted by any broker, agent or
finder undisclosed by the indemnifying party. The foregoing mutual indemnity
shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
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11. SURRENDER; HOLDING OVER.
(a) SURRENDER. The voluntary or other surrender of this Lease by Tenant, or a
mutual cancellation thereof, shall not constitute a merger, and shall, at the
option of Landlord, operate as an assignment to Landlord of any or all subleases
or subtenancies. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease,
Tenant agrees to peaceably surrender the Premises to Landlord broom clean and in
a state of first-class order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear and
casualty damage (if this Lease is terminated as a result thereof pursuant to
Paragraph 20) excepted, with all of Tenant's personal property and Alterations
(as defined in Paragraph 13) removed from the Premises to the extent required
under Paragraph 13 and all damage caused by such removal repaired as required by
Paragraph 13. Prior to the date Tenant is to actually surrender the Premises to
Landlord, Tenant agrees to give Landlord reasonable prior notice of the exact
date Tenant will surrender the Premises so that Landlord and Tenant can schedule
a walk-through of the Premises to review the condition of the Premises and
identify the Alterations and personal property which are to remain upon the
Premises and which items Tenant is to remove, as well as any repairs Tenant is
to make upon surrender of the Premises. The delivery of keys to any employee of
Landlord or to Landlord's agent or any employee thereof alone will not be
sufficient to constitute a termination of this Lease or a surrender of the
Premises.
(b) HOLDING OVER. Tenant will not be permitted to hold over possession of the
Premises after the expiration or earlier termination of the Term without the
express written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord may withhold in its
sole and absolute discretion. If Tenant holds over after the expiration or
earlier termination of the Term, Landlord may, at its option, treat Tenant as a
tenant at sufferance only, and such continued occupancy by Tenant shall be
subject to all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease, so far as
applicable, except that the Monthly Base Rent for any such holdover period shall
be equal to the greater of (i) one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Monthly
Base Rent in effect under this Lease immediately prior to such holdover, or (ii)
the then currently scheduled rental rate for comparable space in the Building,
in either event prorated on a daily basis. Acceptance by Landlord of rent after
such expiration or earlier termination will not result in a renewal of this
Lease. The foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 11 are in addition to and do
not affect Landlord's right of re-entry or any rights of Landlord under this
Lease or as otherwise provided by law. If Tenant fails to surrender the Premises
upon the expiration of this Lease in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph
11 despite demand to do so by Landlord, Tenant agrees to promptly indemnify,
protect, defend and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, damages, judgments,
suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities, penalties, fines, expenses and
costs (including attorneys' fees and costs), including, without limitation,
costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in returning the Premises to the
condition in which Tenant was to surrender it and claims made by any succeeding
tenant founded on or resulting from Tenant's failure to surrender the Premises.
The provisions of this Subparagraph 11(b) will survive the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease.
12. TAXES ON TENANT'S PROPERTY. Tenant agrees to pay before delinquency, all
taxes and assessments (real and personal) levied against (a) any personal
property or trade fixtures placed by Tenant in or about the Premises (including
any increase in the assessed value of the Premises based upon the value of any
such personal property or trade fixtures); and (b) any Tenant Improvements or
Alterations in the Premises (whether installed and/or paid for by Landlord or
Tenant) to the extent such items are assessed at a valuation higher than the
valuation at which tenant improvements conforming to Landlord's building
standard tenant improvements are assessed. If any such taxes or assessments are
levied against Landlord or Landlord's property, Landlord may, after written
notice to Tenant (and under proper protest if requested by Tenant) pay such
taxes and assessments, in which event Tenant agrees to reimburse Landlord all
amounts paid by Landlord within ten (10) business days after demand by Landlord;
provided, however, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, will have the right,
with Landlord's cooperation, to bring suit in any court of competent
jurisdiction to recover the amount of any such taxes and assessments so paid
under protest.
13. ALTERATIONS. After installation of the initial Tenant Improvements for the
Premises pursuant to Exhibit "C", Tenant may, at its sole cost and expense, make
alterations, additions, improvements and decorations to the Premises
(collectively, "Alterations") subject to and upon the following terms and
conditions:
(a) PROHIBITED ALTERATIONS. Tenant may not make any Alterations which: (i)
affect any area outside the Premises; (ii) affect the Building's structure,
equipment, services or systems, or the
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proper functioning thereof, or Landlord's access thereto; (iii) affect the
outside appearance, character or use of the Building or the Building Common
Areas; (iv) in the reasonable opinion of Landlord, lessen the value of the
Building; or (v) will violate or require a change in any occupancy certificate
applicable to the Premises.
(b) LANDLORD'S APPROVAL. Before proceeding with any Alterations which are not
prohibited in Subparagraph 13(a) above, Tenant must first obtain Landlord's
written approval of the plans, specifications and working drawings for such
Alterations, which approval Landlord will not unreasonably withhold or delay;
provided, however, Landlord's prior approval will not be required for any such
Alterations which are not prohibited by Subparagraph 13(a) above and which cost
less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) as long as (i) Tenant
delivers to Landlord notice and a copy of any final plans, specifications and
working drawings for any such Alterations at least ten (10) days prior to
commencement of the work thereof, and (ii) the other conditions of this
Paragraph 13 are satisfied, including, without limitation, conforming to
Landlord's rules, regulations and insurance requirements which govern
contractors. Landlord's approval of plans, specifications and/or working
drawings for Alterations will not create any responsibility or liability on the
part of Landlord for their completeness, design sufficiency, or compliance with
applicable permits, laws, rules and regulations of governmental agencies or
authorities. In approving any Alterations, Landlord reserves the right to
require Tenant to increase its Security Deposit to provide Landlord with
additional reasonable security for the removal of such Alterations by Tenant as
may be required by this Lease.
(c) CONTRACTORS. Alterations may be made or installed only by contractors and
subcontractors which have been approved by Landlord, which approval Landlord
will not unreasonably withhold or delay; provided, however, Landlord reserves
the right to require that Landlord's contractor for the Building be given the
first opportunity to bid for any Alteration work. Before proceeding with any
Alterations, Tenant agrees to provide Landlord with ten (10) days prior written
notice and Tenant's contractors must obtain and maintain, on behalf of Tenant
and at Tenant's sole cost and expense: (i) all necessary governmental permits
and approvals for the commencement and completion of such Alterations; and (ii)
if requested by Landlord, a completion and lien indemnity bond, or other surety,
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord for such Alterations. Throughout the
performance of any Alterations, Tenant agrees to obtain, or cause its
contractors to obtain, workers compensation insurance and general liability
insurance in compliance with the provisions of Paragraph 19 of this Lease.
(d) MANNER OF PERFORMANCE. All Alterations must be performed: (i) in accordance
with the approved plans, specifications and working drawings; (ii) in a
lien-free and first-class and workmanlike manner; (iii) in compliance with all
applicable permits, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders and
rulings now or hereafter in effect and imposed by any governmental agencies and
authorities which assert jurisdiction; (iv) in such a manner so as not to
interfere with the occupancy of any other tenant in the Building, nor impose any
additional expense upon nor delay Landlord in the maintenance and operation of
the Building; and (v) at such times, in such manner, and subject to such rules
and regulations as Landlord may from time to time reasonably designate.
(e) OWNERSHIP. The Tenant Improvements, including, without limitation, all
affixed sinks, dishwashers, microwave ovens and other fixtures, and all
Alterations will become the property of Landlord and will remain upon and be
surrendered with the Premises at the end of the Term of this Lease; provided,
however, Landlord may, by written notice delivered to Tenant concurrently with
Landlord's approval of the final working drawings for any Alterations, identify
those Alterations which Landlord will require Tenant to remove at the end of the
Term of this Lease. Landlord may also require Tenant to remove Alterations which
Landlord did not have the opportunity to approve as provided in this Paragraph
13. If Landlord requires Tenant to remove any Alterations, Tenant, at its sole
cost and expense, agrees to remove the identified Alterations on or before the
expiration or earlier termination of this Lease and repair any damage to the
Premises caused by such removal (or, at Landlord's option, Tenant agrees to pay
to Landlord all of Landlord's costs of such removal and repair).
(f) PLAN REVIEW. Tenant agrees to pay Landlord, as additional rent, the
reasonable costs of professional services and costs for general conditions of
Landlord's third party consultants if utilized by Landlord (but not Landlord's
"in-house" personnel) for review of all plans, specifications and working
drawings for any Alterations, within ten (10) business days after Tenant's
receipt of invoices either from Landlord or such consultants. In addition,
Tenant agrees
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to pay Landlord, within ten (10) business days after completion of any
Alterations, a fee to cover Landlord's costs of supervising and administering
the installation of such Alterations, in the amount of eight percent (8%) of the
cost of such Alterations, but in no event less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
($250.00).
(g) PERSONAL PROPERTY. All articles of personal property owned by Tenant or
installed by Tenant at its expense in the Premises (including Tenant's business
and trade fixtures, furniture, movable partitions and equipment [such as
telephones, copy machines, computer terminals, refrigerators and facsimile
machines]) will be and remain the property of Tenant, and must be removed by
Tenant from the Premises, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, on or before the
expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. Tenant agrees to repair any
damage caused by such removal at its cost on or before the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease.
(h) REMOVAL OF ALTERATIONS. If Tenant fails to remove by the expiration or
earlier termination of this Lease all of its personal property, or any
Alterations identified by Landlord for removal, Landlord may, at its option,
treat such failure as a hold-over pursuant to Subparagraph 11(b) above, and/or
Landlord may (without liability to Tenant for loss thereof) treat such personal
property and/or Alterations as abandoned and, at Tenant's sole cost and expense,
and in addition to Landlord's other rights and remedies under this Lease, at law
or in equity: (a) remove and store such items; and/or (b) upon ten (10) days
prior notice to Tenant, sell, discard or otherwise dispose of all or any such
items at private or public sale for such price as Landlord may obtain or by
other commercially reasonable means. Tenant shall be liable for all costs of
disposition of Tenant's abandoned property and Landlord shall have no liability
to Tenant with respect to any such abandoned property. Landlord agrees to apply
the proceeds of any sale of any such property to any amounts due to Landlord
under this Lease from Tenant (including Landlord's attorneys' fees and other
costs incurred in the removal, storage and/or sale of such items), with any
remainder to be paid to Tenant.
14. REPAIRS.
(a) LANDLORD'S OBLIGATIONS. Landlord agrees to repair and maintain the
structural portions of the Building and the plumbing, heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, elevator and electrical systems installed or furnished by
Landlord, unless such maintenance and repairs are (i) attributable to items
installed in Tenant's Premises which are above standard interior improvements
(such as, for example, custom lighting, special HVAC and/or electrical panels or
systems, kitchen or restroom facilities and appliances constructed or installed
within Tenant's Premises) or (ii) caused in part or in whole by the act, neglect
or omission of any duty by Tenant, its agents, servants, employees or invitees,
in which case Tenant will pay to Landlord, as additional rent, the reasonable
cost of such maintenance and repairs. Landlord will not be liable for any
failure to make any such repairs or to perform any maintenance unless such
failure shall persist for an unreasonable time after written notice of the need
of such repairs or maintenance is given to Landlord by Tenant. Except as
provided in Paragraph 20, Tenant will not be entitled to any abatement of rent
and Landlord will not have any liability by reason of any injury to or
interference with Tenant's business arising from the making of any repairs,
alterations or improvements in or to any portion of the Building or the Premises
or in or to fixtures, appurtenances and equipment therein. Tenant waives the
right to make repairs at Landlord's expense under any law, statute, ordinance,
rule, regulation, order or ruling (including, without limitation, to the extent
the Premises are located in California, the provisions of California Civil Code
Sections 1941 and 1942 and any successor statutes or laws of a similar nature).
(b) TENANT'S OBLIGATIONS. Tenant agrees to keep, maintain and preserve the
Premises in first class condition and repair and, when and if needed, at
Tenant's sole cost and expense, to make all repairs to the Premises and every
part thereof. Any such maintenance and repairs will be performed by Landlord's
contractor, or at Landlord's option, by such contractor or contractors as Tenant
may choose from an approved list to be submitted by Landlord. Tenant agrees to
pay all costs and expenses incurred in such maintenance and repair within seven
(7) days after billing by Landlord or such contractor or contractors. Tenant
agrees to cause any mechanics' liens or other liens arising as a result of work
performed by Tenant or at Tenant's direction to be eliminated as provided in
Paragraph 15 below. Except as provided in Subparagraph 14(a) above, Landlord has
no obligation to alter, remodel, improve, repair, decorate or paint the Premises
or any part thereof.
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(c) TENANT'S FAILURE TO REPAIR. If Tenant refuses or neglects to repair and
maintain the Premises properly as required hereunder to the reasonable
satisfaction of Landlord, Landlord, at any time following ten (10) days from the
date on which Landlord makes a written demand on Tenant to effect such repair
and maintenance, may enter upon the Premises and make such repairs and/or
maintenance, and upon completion thereof, Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord as
additional rent, Landlord's costs for making such repairs plus an amount not to
exceed ten percent (10%) of such costs for overhead, within ten (10) days of
receipt from Landlord of a written itemized bill therefor. Any amounts not
reimbursed by Tenant within such ten (10) day period will bear interest at the
Interest Rate until paid by Tenant.
15. LIENS. Tenant agrees not to permit any mechanic's, materialmen's or other
liens to be filed against all or any part of the Development, the Building or
the Premises, nor against Tenant's leasehold interest in the Premises, by reason
of or in connection with any repairs, alterations, improvements or other work
contracted for or undertaken by Tenant or any other act or omission of Tenant or
Tenant's agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. At Landlord's
request, Tenant agrees to provide Landlord with enforceable, conditional and
final lien releases (or other evidence reasonably requested by Landlord to
demonstrate protection from liens) from all persons furnishing labor and/or
materials at the Premises. Landlord will have the right at all reasonable times
to post on the Premises and record any notices of non-responsibility which it
deems necessary for protection from such liens. If any such liens are filed,
Tenant will, at its sole cost, promptly cause such liens to be released of
record or bonded so that it no longer affects title to the Development, the
Building or the Premises. If Tenant fails to cause any such liens to be so
released or bonded within ten (10) days after filing thereof, such failure will
be deemed a material breach by Tenant under this Lease without the benefit of
any additional notice or cure period described in Paragraph 22 below, and
Landlord may, without waiving its rights and remedies based on such breach, and
without releasing Tenant from any of its obligations, cause such liens to be
released by any means it shall deem proper, including payment in satisfaction of
the claims giving rise to such liens. Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord within
ten (10) days after receipt of invoice from Landlord, any sum paid by Landlord
to remove such liens, together with interest at the Interest Rate from the date
of such payment by Landlord.
16. ENTRY BY LANDLORD. Landlord and its employees and agents will at all times
have the right to enter the Premises to inspect the same, to supply janitorial
service and any other service to be provided by Landlord to Tenant hereunder, to
show the Premises to prospective purchasers or tenants, to post notices of
nonresponsibility, and/or to repair the Premises as permitted or required by
this Lease. In exercising such entry rights, Landlord will endeavor to minimize,
as reasonably practicable, the interference with Tenant's business, and will
provide Tenant with reasonable advance notice of any such entry (except in
emergency situations). Landlord may, in order to carry out such purposes, erect
scaffolding and other necessary structures where reasonably required by the
character of the work to be performed. Landlord will at all times have and
retain a key with which to unlock all doors in the Premises, excluding Tenant's
vaults and safes. Landlord will have the right to use any and all means which
Landlord may reasonably deem proper to open said doors in an emergency in order
to obtain entry to the Premises. Any entry to the Premises obtained by Landlord
by any of said means, or otherwise, will not be construed or deemed to be a
forcible or unlawful entry into the Premises, or an eviction of Tenant from the
Premises. Landlord will not be liable to Tenant for any damages or losses for
any entry by Landlord.
17. UTILITIES AND SERVICES. Throughout the Term of the Lease so long as the
Premises are occupied, Landlord agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Premises the utilities and services described in the Standards for Utilities
and Services attached hereto as Exhibit "F", subject to the conditions and in
accordance with the standards set forth therein. Landlord may require Tenant
from time to time to provide Landlord with a list of Tenant's employees and/or
agents which are authorized by Tenant to subscribe on behalf of Tenant for any
additional services which may be provided by Landlord. Any such additional
services will be provided to Tenant at Tenant's cost. Landlord will not be
liable to Tenant for any failure to furnish any of the foregoing utilities and
services if such failure is caused by all or any of the following: (i) accident,
breakage or repairs; (ii) strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbance or labor
dispute of any character; (iii) governmental regulation, moratorium or other
governmental action or inaction; (iv) inability despite the exercise of
reasonable diligence to obtain electricity, water or fuel; or (v) any other
cause beyond Landlord's reasonable control. In addition, in the event of any
stoppage or interruption of services or utilities, Tenant shall not be entitled
to any abatement or reduction of rent (except as expressly provided in
Subparagraphs 20(f) or 21(b) if
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such failure results from a damage or taking described therein), no eviction of
Tenant will result from such failure and Tenant will not be relieved from the
performance of any covenant or agreement in this Lease because of such failure.
In the event of any failure, stoppage or interruption thereof, Landlord agrees
to diligently attempt to resume service promptly. If Tenant requires or utilizes
more water or electrical power than is considered reasonable or normal by
Landlord, Landlord may at its option require Tenant to pay, as additional rent,
the cost, as fairly determined by Landlord, incurred by such extraordinary usage
and/or Landlord may install separate meter(s) for the Premises, at Tenant's sole
expense, and Tenant agrees thereafter to pay all charges of the utility
providing service and Landlord will make an appropriate adjustment to Tenant's
Operating Expenses calculation to account for the fact Tenant is directly paying
such metered charges, provided Tenant will remain obligated to pay its
proportionate share of Operating Expenses subject to such adjustment.
18. ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) ASSUMPTION OF RISK. Tenant, as a material part of the consideration to
Landlord, hereby agrees that neither Landlord nor any Landlord Indemnified
Parties (as defined in Subparagraph 8(c) above) will be liable to Tenant for,
and Tenant expressly assumes the risk of and waives any and all claims it may
have against Landlord or any Landlord Indemnified Parties with respect to, (i)
any and all damage to property or injury to persons in, upon or about the
Premises, the Building or the Development resulting from any act or omission
(except for the grossly negligent or intentionally wrongful act or omission) of
Landlord, (ii) any such damage caused by other tenants or persons in or about
the Building or the Development, or caused by quasi-public work, (iii) any
damage to property entrusted to employees of the Building, (iv) any loss of or
damage to property by theft or otherwise, or (v) any injury or damage to persons
or property resulting from any casualty, explosion, falling plaster or other
masonry or glass, steam, gas, electricity, water or rain which may leak from any
part of the Building or any other portion of the Development or from the pipes,
appliances or plumbing works therein or from the roof, street or subsurface or
from any other place, or resulting from dampness. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Lease, neither Landlord nor any Landlord
Indemnified Parties will be liable for consequential damages arising out of any
loss of the use of the Premises or any equipment or facilities therein by Tenant
or any Tenant Parties or for interference with light or other incorporeal
hereditaments. Tenant agrees to give prompt notice to Landlord in case of fire
or accidents in the Premises or the Building, or of defects therein or in the
fixtures or equipment.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION. Tenant will be liable for, and agrees, to the maximum
extent permissible under applicable law, to promptly indemnify, protect, defend
and hold harmless Landlord and all Landlord Indemnified Parties, from and
against, any and all claims, damages, judgments, suits, causes of action,
losses, liabilities, penalties, fines, expenses and costs, including attorneys'
fees and court costs (collectively, "Indemnified Claims"), arising or resulting
from (i) any act or omission of Tenant or any Tenant Parties (as defined in
Subparagraph 8(c) above); (ii) the use of the Premises and Common Areas and
conduct of Tenant's business by Tenant or any Tenant Parties, or any other
activity, work or thing done, permitted or suffered by Tenant or any Tenant
Parties, in or about the Premises, the Building or elsewhere within the
Development; and/or (iii) any default by Tenant of any obligations on Tenant's
part to be performed under the terms of this Lease. In case any action or
proceeding is brought against Landlord or any Landlord Indemnified Parties by
reason of any such Indemnified Claims, Tenant, upon notice from Landlord, agrees
to promptly defend the same at Tenant's sole cost and expense by counsel
approved in writing by Landlord, which approval Landlord will not unreasonably
withhold.
(c) SURVIVAL; NO RELEASE OF INSURERS. Tenant's indemnification obligations under
Subparagraph 18(b) will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this
Lease. Tenant's covenants, agreements and indemnification obligation in
Subparagraphs 18(a) and 18(b) above, are not intended to and will not relieve
any insurance carrier of its obligations under policies required to be carried
by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of this Lease.
19. INSURANCE.
(a) TENANT'S INSURANCE. On or before the earlier to occur of (i) the
Commencement Date, or (ii) the date Tenant commences any work of any type in the
Premises pursuant to this Lease (which may be prior to the Commencement Date),
and continuing throughout the entire Term
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hereof and any other period of occupancy, Tenant agrees to keep in full force
and effect, at its sole cost and expense, the following insurance:
(i) "All Risks" property insurance including at least the following perils: fire
and extended coverage, smoke damage, vandalism, malicious mischief, sprinkler
leakage (including earthquake sprinkler leakage). This insurance policy must be
upon all property owned by Tenant, for which Tenant is legally liable, or which
is installed at Tenant's expense, and which is located in the Building
including, without limitation, any Tenant Improvements which satisfy the
foregoing qualification and any Alterations, and all furniture, fittings,
installations, fixtures and any other personal property of Tenant, in an amount
not less than the full replacement cost thereof. If there is a dispute as to
full replacement cost, the decision of Landlord or any mortgagee of Landlord
will be presumptive.
(ii) One (1) year insurance coverage for business interruption and loss of
income and extra expense insuring the same perils described in Subparagraph
19(a)(i) above, in such amounts as will reimburse Tenant for any direct or
indirect loss of earnings attributable to any such perils including prevention
of access to the Premises, Tenant's parking areas or the Building as a result of
any such perils.
(iii) Commercial General Liability Insurance or Comprehensive General Liability
Insurance (on an occurrence form) insuring bodily injury, personal injury and
property damage including the following divisions and extensions of coverage:
Premises and Operations; Owners and Contractors protective; blanket contractual
liability (including coverage for Tenant's indemnity obligations under this
Lease); products and completed operations; liquor liability (if Tenant serves
alcohol on the Premises); and fire and water damage legal liability in an amount
sufficient to cover the replacement value of the Premises, including Tenant
Improvements, that are rented under the terms of this Lease. Such insurance must
have the following minimum limits of liability: bodily injury, personal injury
and property damage - $2,000,000 each occurrence, provided that if liability
coverage is provided by a Commercial General Liability policy the general
aggregate limit shall apply separately and in total to this location only (per
location general aggregate), and provided further, such minimum limits of
liability may be adjusted from year to year to reflect increases in coverages as
recommended by Landlord's insurance carrier as being prudent and commercially
reasonable for tenants of first class office buildings comparable to the
Building, rounded to the nearest five hundred thousand dollars.
(iv) Comprehensive Automobile Liability insuring bodily injury and property
damage arising from all owned, non-owned and hired vehicles, if any, with
minimum limits of liability of $1,000,000 per accident.
(v) Worker's Compensation as required by the laws of the State of California
with the following minimum limits of liability: Coverage A - statutory benefits;
Coverage B - $1,000,000 per accident and disease.
(vi) Any other form or forms of insurance as Tenant or Landlord or any
mortgagees of Landlord may reasonably require from time to time in form, in
amounts, and for insurance risks against which, a prudent tenant would protect
itself, but only to the extent coverage for such risks and amounts are available
in the insurance market at commercially acceptable rates. Landlord makes no
representation that the limits of liability required to be carried by Tenant
under the terms of this Lease are adequate to protect Tenant's interests and
Tenant should obtain such additional insurance or increased liability limits as
Tenant deems appropriate.
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL TENANT INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
(i) All policies must be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and
issued by an insurer admitted to do business in the State of California.
(ii) All policies must be issued by insurers with a policyholder rating of "A"
and a financial rating of "X" in the most recent version of Best's Key Rating
Guide.
(iii) All policies must contain a requirement to notify Landlord (and Landlord's
property manager and any mortgagees or ground lessors of Landlord who are named
as additional insureds, if any) in writing not less than thirty (30) days prior
to any material change, reduction in coverage, cancellation or other termination
thereof. Tenant agrees to deliver to Landlord, as
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soon as practicable after placing the required insurance, but in any event
within the time frame specified in Subparagraph 19(a) above, certificate(s) of
insurance and/or if required by Landlord, certified copies of each policy
evidencing the existence of such insurance and Tenant's compliance with the
provisions of this Paragraph 19. Tenant agrees to cause replacement policies or
certificates to be delivered to Landlord not less than thirty (30) days prior to
the expiration of any such policy or policies. If any such initial or
replacement policies or certificates are not furnished within the time(s)
specified herein, Tenant will be deemed to be in material default under this
Lease without the benefit of any additional notice or cure period provided in
Subparagraph 22(a)(iii) below, and Landlord will have the right, but not the
obligation, to procure such insurance as Landlord deems necessary to protect
Landlord's interests at Tenant's expense. If Landlord obtains any insurance that
is the responsibility of Tenant under this Paragraph 19, Landlord agrees to
deliver to Tenant a written statement setting forth the cost of any such
insurance and showing in reasonable detail the manner in which it has been
computed and Tenant agrees to promptly reimburse Landlord for such costs as
additional rent.
(iv) General Liability and Automobile Liability policies under Subparagraphs
19(a)(iii) and 19(a)(iv) must name Landlord and Landlord's property manager (and
at Landlord's request, Landlord's mortgagees and ground lessors of which Tenant
has been informed in writing) as additional insureds and must also contain a
provision that the insurance afforded by such policy is primary insurance and
any insurance carried by Landlord and Landlord's property manager or Landlord's
mortgagees or ground lessors, if any, will be excess over and non-contributing
with Tenant's insurance.
(c) TENANT'S USE. Tenant will not keep, use, sell or offer for sale in or upon
the Premises any article which may be prohibited by any insurance policy
periodically in force covering the Building or the Development Common Areas. If
Tenant's occupancy or business in, or on, the Premises, whether or not Landlord
has consented to the same, results in any increase in premiums for the insurance
periodically carried by Landlord with respect to the Building or the Development
Common Areas or results in the need for Landlord to maintain special or
additional insurance, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord the cost of any such
increase in premiums or special or additional coverage as additional rent within
ten (10) days after being billed therefor by Landlord. In determining whether
increased premiums are a result of Tenant's use of the Premises, a schedule
issued by the organization computing the insurance rate on the Building, the
Development Common Areas or the Tenant Improvements showing the various
components of such rate, will be conclusive evidence of the several items and
charges which make up such rate. Tenant agrees to promptly comply with all
reasonable requirements of the insurance authority or any present or future
insurer relating to the Premises.
(d) CANCELLATION OF LANDLORD'S POLICIES. If any of Landlord's insurance policies
are cancelled or cancellation is threatened or the coverage reduced or
threatened to be reduced in any way because of the use of the Premises or any
part thereof by Tenant or any assignee or subtenant of Tenant or by anyone
Tenant permits on the Premises and, if Tenant fails to remedy the condition
giving rise to such cancellation, threatened cancellation, reduction of
coverage, threatened reduction of coverage, increase in premiums, or threatened
increase in premiums, within forty-eight (48) hours after notice thereof, Tenant
will be deemed to be in material default of this Lease and Landlord may, at its
option, either terminate this Lease or enter upon the Premises and attempt to
remedy such condition, and Tenant shall promptly pay Landlord the reasonable
costs of such remedy as additional rent. If Landlord is unable, or elects not to
remedy such condition, then Landlord will have all of the remedies provided for
in this Lease in the event of a default by Tenant.
(e) WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. Tenant's property insurance shall contain a clause
whereby the insurer waives all rights of recovery by way of subrogation against
Landlord. Tenant shall also obtain and furnish evidence to Landlord of the
waiver by Tenant's worker's compensation insurance carrier of all rights of
recovery by way of subrogation against Landlord.
20. DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.
(a) PARTIAL DESTRUCTION. If the Premises or the Building are damaged by fire or
other casualty to an extent not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the full
replacement cost thereof, and Landlord's contractor reasonably estimates in a
writing delivered to Landlord and Tenant that the damage thereto may be
repaired, reconstructed or restored to substantially its condition immediately
prior to such damage within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date
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of such casualty, and Landlord will receive insurance proceeds sufficient to
cover the costs of such repairs, reconstruction and restoration (including
proceeds from Tenant and/or Tenant's insurance which Tenant is required to
deliver to Landlord pursuant to Subparagraph 20(e) below to cover Tenant's
obligation for the costs of repair, reconstruction and restoration of any
portion of the Tenant Improvements and any Alterations for which Tenant is
responsible under this Lease), then Landlord agrees to commence and proceed
diligently with the work of repair, reconstruction and restoration and this
Lease will continue in full force and effect.
(b) SUBSTANTIAL DESTRUCTION. Any damage or destruction to the Premises or the
Building which Landlord is not obligated to repair pursuant to Subparagraph
20(a) above will be deemed a substantial destruction. In the event of a
substantial destruction, Landlord may elect to either (i) repair, reconstruct
and restore the portion of the Building or the Premises damaged by such
casualty, in which case this Lease will continue in full force and effect,
subject to Tenant's termination right contained in Subparagraph 20(d) below; or
(ii) terminate this Lease effective as of the date which is thirty (30) days
after Tenant's receipt of Landlord's election to so terminate.
(c) NOTICE. Under any of the conditions of Subparagraphs 20(a) or 20(b) above,
Landlord agrees to give written notice to Tenant of its intention to repair or
terminate, as permitted in such paragraphs, within the earlier of sixty (60)
days after the occurrence of such casualty, or fifteen (15) days after
Landlord's receipt of the estimate from Landlord's contractor (the applicable
time period to be referred to herein as the "Notice Period").
(d) TENANT'S TERMINATION RIGHTS. If Landlord elects to repair, reconstruct and
restore pursuant to Subparagraph 20(b)(i) hereinabove, and if Landlord's
contractor estimates that as a result of such damage, Tenant cannot be given
reasonable use of and access to the Premises within one hundred eighty (180)
days after the date of such damage, then Tenant may terminate this Lease
effective upon delivery of written notice to Landlord within ten (10) days after
Landlord delivers notice to Tenant of its election to so repair, reconstruct or
restore.
(e) TENANT'S COSTS AND INSURANCE PROCEEDS. In the event of any damage or
destruction of all or any part of the Premises, Tenant agrees to immediately (i)
notify Landlord thereof, and (ii) deliver to Landlord all property insurance
proceeds received by Tenant with respect to any Tenant Improvements installed by
or at the cost of Tenant and any Alterations, but excluding proceeds for
Tenant's furniture, fixtures, equipment and other personal property, whether or
not this Lease is terminated as permitted in this Paragraph 20, and Tenant
hereby assigns to Landlord all rights to receive such insurance proceeds. If,
for any reason (including Tenant's failure to obtain insurance for the full
replacement cost of any Tenant Improvements installed by or at the cost of
Tenant and any Alterations from any and all casualties), Tenant fails to receive
insurance proceeds covering the full replacement cost of any Tenant Improvements
installed by or at the cost of Tenant and any Alterations which are damaged,
Tenant will be deemed to have self-insured the replacement cost of such items,
and upon any damage or destruction thereto, Tenant agrees to immediately pay to
Landlord the full replacement cost of such items, less any insurance proceeds
actually received by Landlord from Landlord's or Tenant's insurance with respect
to such items.
(f) ABATEMENT OF RENT. In the event of any damage, repair, reconstruction and/or
restoration described in this Paragraph 20, rent will be abated or reduced, as
the case may be, from the date of such casualty, in proportion to the degree to
which Tenant's use of the Premises is impaired during such period of repair
until such use is restored. Except for abatement of rent as provided
hereinabove, Tenant will not be entitled to any compensation or damages for loss
of, or interference with, Tenant's business or use or access of all or any part
of the Premises or for lost profits or any other consequential damages of any
kind or nature, which result from any such damage, repair, reconstruction or
restoration.
(g) INABILITY TO COMPLETE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Paragraph 20, if Landlord is obligated or elects to repair, reconstruct
and/or restore the damaged portion of the Building or the Premises pursuant to
Subparagraphs 20(a) or 20(b)(i) above, but is delayed from completing such
repair, reconstruction and/or restoration beyond the date which is ninety (90)
days after the date estimated by Landlord's contractor for completion thereof by
reason of any causes (other than delays caused by Tenant, its subtenants,
employees, agents or contractors or delays which are beyond the reasonable
control of Landlord as described in Paragraph 33), then either Landlord or
Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease upon ten (10) days prior written notice
given to the other after the expiration of such ninety (90) day period.
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(h) DAMAGE NEAR END OF TERM. Landlord and Tenant shall each have the right to
terminate this Lease if any damage to the Premises occurs during the last twelve
(12) months of the Term of this Lease where Landlord's contractor estimates in a
writing delivered to Landlord and Tenant that the repair, reconstruction or
restoration of such damage cannot be completed within sixty (60) days after the
date of such casualty. If either party desires to terminate this Lease under
this Subparagraph 20(h), it shall provide written notice to the other party of
such election within ten (10) days after receipt of Landlord's contractor's
repair estimates.
(i) WAIVER OF TERMINATION RIGHT. Landlord and Tenant agree that the foregoing
provisions of this Paragraph 20 are to govern their respective rights and
obligations in the event of any damage or destruction and supersede and are in
lieu of the provisions of any applicable law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order or ruling now or hereafter in force which provide remedies for
damage or destruction of leased premises (including, without limitation, to the
extent the Premises are located in California, the provisions of California
Civil Code Section 1932, Subsection 2, and Section 1933, Subsection 4 and any
successor statute or laws of a similar nature).
(j) TERMINATION. Upon any termination of this Lease under any of the provisions
of this Paragraph 20, the parties will be released without further obligation to
the other from the date possession of the Premises is surrendered to Landlord
except for items which have accrued and are unpaid as of the date of termination
and matters which are to survive any termination of this Lease as provided in
this Lease.
21. EMINENT DOMAIN.
(a) SUBSTANTIAL TAKING. If the whole of the Premises, or such part thereof as
shall substantially interfere with Tenant's use and occupancy of the Premises,
as contemplated by this Lease, is taken for any public or quasi-public purpose
by any lawful power or authority by exercise of the right of appropriation,
condemnation or eminent domain, or sold to prevent such taking, either party
will have the right to terminate this Lease effective as of the date possession
is required to be surrendered to such authority.
(b) PARTIAL TAKING; ABATEMENT OF RENT. In the event of a taking of a portion of
the Premises which does not substantially interfere with Tenant's use and
occupancy of the Premises, then, neither party will have the right to terminate
this Lease and Landlord will thereafter proceed to make a functional unit of the
remaining portion of the Premises (but only to the extent Landlord receives
proceeds therefor from the condemning authority), and rent will be abated with
respect to the part of the Premises which Tenant is deprived of on account of
such taking. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence to the contrary,
if any part of the Building or the Development is taken (whether or not such
taking substantially interferes with Tenant's use of the Premises), Landlord may
terminate this Lease upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to Tenant if
Landlord also terminates the leases of the other tenants of the Building which
are leasing comparably sized space for comparable lease terms.
(c) CONDEMNATION AWARD. In connection with any taking of the Premises or the
Building, Landlord will be entitled to receive the entire amount of any award
which may be made or given in such taking or condemnation, without deduction or
apportionment for any estate or interest of Tenant, it being expressly
understood and agreed by Tenant that no portion of any such award will be
allowed or paid to Tenant for any so-called bonus or excess value of this Lease,
and such bonus or excess value will be the sole property of Landlord. Tenant
agrees not to assert any claim against Landlord or the taking authority for any
compensation because of such taking (including any claim for bonus or excess
value of this Lease); provided, however, if any portion of the Premises is
taken, Tenant will have the right to recover from the condemning authority (but
not from Landlord) any compensation as may be separately awarded or recoverable
by Tenant for the taking of Tenant's furniture, fixtures, equipment and other
personal property within the Premises, for Tenant's relocation expenses, and for
any loss of goodwill or other damage to Tenant's business by reason of such
taking.
(d) TEMPORARY TAKING. In the event of taking of the Premises or any part thereof
for temporary use, (i) this Lease will remain unaffected thereby and rent will
abate for the duration of the taking in proportion to the extent Tenant's use of
the Premises is interfered with, and (ii) Landlord will be entitled to receive
such portion or portions of any award made for such use provided that if such
taking remains in force at the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease,
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Tenant will then pay to Landlord a sum equal to the reasonable cost of
performing Tenant's obligations under Paragraph 11 with respect to surrender of
the Premises and upon such payment Tenant will be excused from such obligations.
For purpose of this Subparagraph 21(d), a temporary taking shall be defined as a
taking for a period of ninety (90) days or less.
22. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.
(a) DEFAULTS. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events will be
deemed a default by Tenant:
(i) The abandonment of the Premises by Tenant, which for purposes of this Lease
means any absence by Tenant from the Premises for five (5) business days or
longer while in default of any other provision of this Lease and, with respect
to ground floor space only, any vacation of the Premises, which for purposes of
this Lease means any absence by Tenant from the Premises for thirty (30) days or
longer whether or not Tenant is in default under any provision of this Lease.
(ii) The failure by Tenant to make any payment of rent or additional rent or any
other payment required to be made by Tenant hereunder, as and when due, where
such failure continues for a period of three (3) days after written notice
thereof from Landlord to Tenant; provided, however, that any such notice will be
in lieu of, and not in addition to, any notice required under applicable law
(including, without limitation, to the extent the Premises are located in
California, the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1161
regarding unlawful detainer actions or any successor statute or law of a similar
nature).
(iii) The failure by Tenant to observe or perform any of the express or implied
covenants or provisions of this Lease to be observed or performed by Tenant,
other than as specified in Subparagraphs 22(a)(i) or 22(a)(ii) above, where such
failure continues (where no other period of time is expressly provided) for a
period of ten (10) days after written notice thereof from Landlord to Tenant.
The provisions of any such notice will be in lieu of, and not in addition to,
any notice required under applicable law (including, without limitation, to the
extent the Premises are located in California, California Code of Civil
Procedure Section 1161 regarding unlawful detainer actions and any successor
statute or similar law). If the nature of Tenant's default is such that more
than ten (10) days are reasonably required for its cure, then Tenant will not be
deemed to be in default if Tenant, with Landlord's concurrence, commences such
cure within such ten (10) day period and thereafter diligently prosecutes such
cure to completion.
(iv) (A) The making by Tenant of any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (B) the filing by or against Tenant of a petition to have Tenant
adjudged a bankrupt or a petition for reorganization or arrangement under any
law relating to bankruptcy (unless, in the case of a petition filed against
Tenant, the same is dismissed within sixty (60) days); (C) the appointment of a
trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all of Tenant's assets
located at the Premises or of Tenant's interest in this Lease, where possession
is not restored to Tenant within thirty (30) days; or (D) the attachment,
execution or other judicial seizure of substantially all of Tenant's assets
located at the Premises or of Tenant's interest in this Lease where such seizure
is not discharged within thirty (30) days.
(b) LANDLORD'S REMEDIES; TERMINATION. In the event of any default by Tenant, in
addition to any other remedies available to Landlord at law or in equity under
applicable law (including, without limitation, to the extent the Premises are
located in California, the remedies of Civil Code Section 1951.4 and any
successor statute or similar law), Landlord will have the immediate right and
option to terminate this Lease and all rights of Tenant hereunder. If Landlord
elects to terminate this Lease then, to the extent permitted under applicable
law, Landlord may recover from Tenant (i) The worth at the time of award of any
unpaid rent which had been earned at the time of such termination; plus (ii) the
worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent which would
have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of
such rent loss that Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided; plus (iii)
the worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent for the
balance of the Term after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rent loss
that Tenant proves could be reasonably avoided; plus (iv) any other amount
necessary to compensate Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by
Tenant's failure to perform its obligations under this Lease or which, in the
ordinary course of things, results therefrom including, but not limited to:
attorneys' fees and costs; brokers' commissions; the costs of refurbishment,
alterations, renovation and repair of the Premises, and removal (including the
repair of any damage caused by such removal)
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and storage (or disposal) of Tenant's personal property, equipment, fixtures,
Alterations, the Tenant Improvements and any other items which Tenant is
required under this Lease to remove but does not remove, as well as the
unamortized value of any free rent, reduced rent, free parking, reduced rate
parking and any Tenant Improvement Allowance or other costs or economic
concessions provided, paid, granted or incurred by Landlord pursuant to this
Lease. The unamortized value of such concessions shall be determined by taking
the total value of such concessions and multiplying such value by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of months of the Lease Term not yet elapsed
as of the date on which the Lease is terminated, and the denominator of which is
the total number of months of the Lease Term. As used in Subparagraphs 22(b)(i)
and 22(b)(ii) above, the "worth at the time of award" is computed by allowing
interest at the Interest Rate. As used in Subparagraph 22(b)(iii) above, the
"worth at the time of award" is computed by discounting such amount at the
discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at the time of award
plus one percent (1%).
(c) LANDLORD'S REMEDIES; RE-ENTRY RIGHTS. In the event of any default by Tenant,
in addition to any other remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, at law
or in equity, Landlord will also have the right, with or without terminating
this Lease, to re-enter the Premises and remove all persons and property from
the Premises; such property may be removed and stored in a public warehouse or
elsewhere and/or disposed of at the sole cost and expense of and for the account
of Tenant in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph 13(h) of this Lease
or any other procedures permitted by applicable law. No re-entry or taking
possession of the Premises by Landlord pursuant to this Subparagraph 22(c) will
be construed as an election to terminate this Lease unless a written notice of
such intention is given to Tenant or unless the termination thereof is decreed
by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) LANDLORD'S REMEDIES; RE-LETTING. In the event of the vacation or abandonment
of the Premises by Tenant or in the event that Landlord elects to re-enter the
Premises or takes possession of the Premises pursuant to legal proceeding or
pursuant to any notice provided by law, then if Landlord does not elect to
terminate this Lease, Landlord may from time to time, without terminating this
Lease, either recover all rent as it becomes due or relet the Premises or any
part thereof on terms and conditions as Landlord in its sole and absolute
discretion may deem advisable with the right to make alterations and repairs to
the Premises in connection with such reletting. If Landlord elects to relet the
Premises, then rents received by Landlord from such reletting will be applied:
first, to the payment of any indebtedness other than rent due hereunder from
Tenant to Landlord; second, to the payment of any cost of such reletting; third,
to the payment of the cost of any alterations and repairs to the Premises
incurred in connection with such reletting; fourth, to the payment of rent due
and unpaid hereunder and the residue, if any, will be held by Landlord and
applied to payment of future rent as the same may become due and payable
hereunder. Should that portion of such rents received from such reletting during
any month, which is applied to the payment of rent hereunder, be less than the
rent payable during that month by Tenant hereunder, then Tenant agrees to pay
such deficiency to Landlord immediately upon demand therefor by Landlord.
Such deficiency will be calculated and paid monthly.
(e) LANDLORD'S REMEDIES; PERFORMANCE FOR TENANT. All covenants and agreements to
be performed by Tenant under any of the terms of this Lease are to be performed
by Tenant at Tenant's sole cost and expense and without any abatement of rent.
If Tenant fails to pay any sum of money owed to any party other than Landlord,
for which it is liable under this Lease, or if Tenant fails to perform any other
act on its part to be performed hereunder, and such failure continues for ten
(10) days after notice thereof by Landlord, Landlord may, without waiving or
releasing Tenant from its obligations, but shall not be obligated to, make any
such payment or perform any such other act to be made or performed by Tenant.
Tenant agrees to reimburse Landlord upon demand for all sums so paid by Landlord
and all necessary incidental costs, together with interest thereon at the
Interest Rate, from the date of such payment by Landlord until reimbursed by
Tenant. This remedy shall be in addition to any other right or remedy of
Landlord set forth in this Paragraph 22.
(f) LATE PAYMENT. If Tenant fails to pay any installment of rent within five (5)
days of when due or if Tenant fails to make any other payment for which Tenant
is obligated under this Lease within five (5) days of when due, such late amount
will accrue interest at the Interest Rate and Tenant agrees to pay Landlord as
additional rent such interest on such amount from the date such amount becomes
due until such amount is paid. In addition, Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord
concurrently with such late payment amount, as additional rent, a late charge
equal to five
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percent (5%) of the amount due to compensate Landlord for the extra costs
Landlord will incur as a result of such late payment. The parties agree that (i)
it would be impractical and extremely difficult to fix the actual damage
Landlord will suffer in the event of Tenant's late payment, (ii) such interest
and late charge represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the detriment that
Landlord will suffer by reason of late payment by Tenant, and (iii) the payment
of interest and late charges are distinct and separate in that the payment of
interest is to compensate Landlord for the use of Landlord's money by Tenant,
while the payment of late charges is to compensate Landlord for Landlord's
processing, administrative and other costs incurred by Landlord as a result of
Tenant's delinquent payments. Acceptance of any such interest and late charge
will not constitute a waiver of the Tenant's default with respect to the overdue
amount, or prevent Landlord from exercising any of the other rights and remedies
available to Landlord. If Tenant incurs a late charge more than three (3) times
in any period of twelve (12) months during the Lease Term, then, notwithstanding
that Tenant cures the late payments for which such late charges are imposed,
Landlord will have the right to require Tenant thereafter to pay all
installments of Monthly Base Rent quarterly in advance throughout the remainder
of the Lease Term.
(g) LANDLORD'S SECURITY INTEREST. Tenant hereby grants to Landlord a lien and
security interest on all property of Tenant now or hereafter placed in or upon
the Premises including, but not limited to, all fixtures, machinery, equipment,
furnishings and other articles of personal property, and all proceeds of the
sale or other disposition of such property (collectively, the "Collateral") to
secure the payment of all rent to be paid by Tenant pursuant to this Lease. Such
lien and security interest shall be in addition to any landlord's lien provided
by law. This Lease shall constitute a security agreement under the Commercial
Code of the State so that Landlord shall have and may enforce a security
interest in the Collateral. Tenant agrees to execute as debtor and deliver such
financing statement or statements and any further documents as Landlord may now
or hereafter reasonably request to protect such security interest pursuant to
such code. Landlord may also at any time file a copy of this Lease as a
financing statement. Landlord, as secured party, shall be entitled to all rights
and remedies afforded as secured party under such code, which rights and
remedies shall be in addition to Landlord's liens and rights provided by law or
by the other terms and provisions of this Lease.
(h) RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. All rights, options and remedies of Landlord
contained in this Lease will be construed and held to be cumulative, and no one
of them will be exclusive of the other, and Landlord shall have the right to
pursue any one or all of such remedies or any other remedy or relief which may
be provided by law or in equity, whether or not stated in this Lease. Nothing in
this Paragraph 22 will be deemed to limit or otherwise affect Tenant's
indemnification of Landlord pursuant to any provision of this Lease.
23. LANDLORD'S DEFAULT. Landlord will not be in default in the performance of
any obligation required to be performed by Landlord under this Lease unless
Landlord fails to perform such obligation within thirty (30) days after the
receipt of written notice from Tenant specifying in detail Landlord's failure to
perform; provided however, that if the nature of Landlord's obligation is such
that more than thirty (30) days are required for performance, then Landlord will
not be deemed in default if it commences such performance within such thirty
(30) day period and thereafter diligently pursues the same to completion. Upon
any default by Landlord, Tenant may exercise any of its rights provided at law
or in equity, subject to the limitations on liability set forth in Paragraph 35
of this Lease.
24. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING.
(a) RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER. Except as expressly provided in this Paragraph 24,
Tenant will not, either voluntarily or by operation of law, assign or encumber
this Lease or any interest herein or sublet the Premises or any part thereof, or
permit the use or occupancy of the Premises by any party other than Tenant (any
such assignment, encumbrance, sublease or the like will sometimes be referred to
as a "Transfer"), without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent
Landlord will not unreasonably withhold.
(b) CORPORATE AND PARTNERSHIP TRANSFERS. For purposes of this Paragraph 24, if
Tenant is a corporation, partnership or other entity, any transfer, assignment,
encumbrance or hypothecation of twenty-five percent (25%) or more (individually
or in the aggregate) of any stock or other ownership interest in such entity,
and/or any transfer, assignment, hypothecation or encumbrance of any controlling
ownership or voting interest in such entity, will be deemed a
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Transfer and will be subject to all of the restrictions and provisions contained
in this Paragraph 24. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the immediately preceding
sentence will not apply to any transfers of stock of Tenant if Tenant is a
publicly-held corporation and such stock is transferred publicly over a
recognized security exchange or over-the-counter market.
(c) PERMITTED CONTROLLED TRANSFERS. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Paragraph 24 to the contrary, Tenant may assign this Lease or sublet the
Premises or any portion thereof ("Permitted Transfer"), without Landlord's
consent and without extending any sublease termination option to Landlord, to
any parent, subsidiary or affiliate corporation which controls, is controlled by
or is under common control with Tenant, or to any corporation resulting from a
merger or consolidation with Tenant, or to any person or entity which acquires
all the assets of Tenant's business as a going concern, provided that: (i) at
least twenty (20) days prior to such assignment or sublease, Tenant delivers to
Landlord the financial statements and other financial and background information
of the assignee or sublessee described in Subparagraph 24(d) below; (ii) if an
assignment, the assignee assumes, in full, the obligations of Tenant under this
Lease (or if a sublease, the sublessee of a portion of the Premises or Term
assumes, in full, the obligations of Tenant with respect to such portion); (iii)
the financial net worth of the assignee or sublessee as of the time of the
proposed assignment or sublease equals or exceeds that of Tenant as of the date
of execution of this Lease; (iv) Tenant remains fully liable under this Lease;
and (v) the use of the Premises under Paragraph 8 remains unchanged.
(d) TRANSFER NOTICE. If Tenant desires to effect a Transfer, then at least
thirty (30) days prior to the date when Tenant desires the Transfer to be
effective (the "Transfer Date"), Tenant agrees to give Landlord a notice (the
"Transfer Notice"), stating the name, address and business of the proposed
assignee, sublessee or other transferee (sometimes referred to hereinafter as
"Transferee"), reasonable information (including references) concerning the
character, ownership, and financial condition of the proposed Transferee, the
Transfer Date, any ownership or commercial relationship between Tenant and the
proposed Transferee, and the consideration and all other material terms and
conditions of the proposed Transfer, all in such detail as Landlord may
reasonably require. If Landlord reasonably requests additional detail, the
Transfer Notice will not be deemed to have been received until Landlord receives
such additional detail, and Landlord may withhold consent to any Transfer until
such information is provided to it.
(e) LANDLORD'S OPTIONS. Within fifteen (15) days of Landlord's receipt of any
Transfer Notice, and any additional information requested by Landlord concerning
the proposed Transferee's financial responsibility, Landlord will elect to do
one of the following (i) consent to the proposed Transfer; (ii) refuse such
consent, which refusal shall be on reasonable grounds including, without
limitation, those set forth in Subparagraph 24(f) below; or (iii) terminate this
Lease as to all or such portion of the Premises which is proposed to be sublet
or assigned and recapture all or such portion of the Premises for reletting by
Landlord.
(f) REASONABLE DISAPPROVAL. Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge that
Landlord's disapproval of any proposed Transfer pursuant to Subparagraph 24(e)
will be deemed reasonably withheld if based upon any reasonable factor,
including, without limitation, any or all of the following factors: (i) if the
Building is less than eighty percent (80%) occupied, if the net effective rent
payable by the Transferee (adjusted on a rentable square foot basis) is less
than the net effective rent then being quoted by Landlord for new leases in the
Building for comparable size space for a comparable period of time; (ii) the
proposed Transferee is a governmental entity; (iii) the portion of the Premises
to be sublet or assigned is irregular in shape with inadequate means of ingress
and egress; (iv) the use of the Premises by the Transferee (A) is not permitted
by the use provisions in Paragraph 8 hereof, (B) violates any exclusive use
granted by Landlord to another tenant in the Building, or (C) otherwise poses a
risk of increased liability to Landlord; (v) the Transfer would likely result in
a significant and inappropriate increase in the use of the parking areas or
Development Common Areas by the Transferee's employees or visitors, and/or
significantly increase the demand upon utilities and services to be provided by
Landlord to the Premises; (vi) the Transferee does not have the financial
capability to fulfill the obligations imposed by the Transfer and this Lease;
(vii) the Transferee is not in Landlord's reasonable opinion consistent with
Landlord's desired tenant mix; or (viii) the Transferee poses a business or
other economic risk which Landlord deems unacceptable.
(g) ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. A condition to Landlord's consent to any Transfer of
this Lease will be the delivery to Landlord of a true copy of the fully executed
instrument of assignment,
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sublease, transfer or hypothecation, and, in the case of an assignment, the
delivery to Landlord of an agreement executed by the Transferee in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, whereby the Transferee assumes
and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Lease and to
perform all of the obligations of Tenant hereunder. As a condition for granting
its consent to any assignment or sublease, Landlord may require that the
assignee or sublessee remit directly to Landlord on a monthly basis, all monies
due to Tenant by said assignee or sublessee. As a condition to Landlord's
consent to any sublease, such sublease must provide that it is subject and
subordinate to this Lease and to all mortgages; that Landlord may enforce the
provisions of the sublease, including collection of rent; that in the event of
termination of this Lease for any reason, including without limitation a
voluntary surrender by Tenant, or in the event of any reentry or repossession of
the Premises by Landlord, Landlord may, at its option, either (i) terminate the
sublease, or (ii) take over all of the right, title and interest of Tenant, as
sublessor, under such sublease, in which case such sublessee will attorn to
Landlord, but that nevertheless Landlord will not (1) be liable for any previous
act or omission of Tenant under such sublease, (2) be subject to any defense or
offset previously accrued in favor of the sublessee against Tenant, or (3) be
bound by any previous modification of any sublease made without Landlord's
written consent, or by any previous prepayment by sublessee of more than one
month's rent.
(h) EXCESS RENT. If Landlord consents to any assignment of this Lease, Tenant
agrees to pay to Landlord, as additional rent, all sums and other consideration
payable to and for the benefit of Tenant by the assignee on account of the
assignment, as and when such sums and other consideration are due and payable by
the assignee to or for the benefit of Tenant (or, if Landlord so requires, and
without any release of Tenant's liability for the same, Tenant agrees to
instruct the assignee to pay such sums and other consideration directly to
Landlord). If for any sublease, Tenant receives rent or other consideration,
either initially or over the term of the sublease, in excess of the rent fairly
allocable to the portion of the Premises which is subleased based on square
footage, Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord as additional rent fifty percent (50%)
of the excess of each such payment of rent or other consideration received by
Tenant promptly after its receipt. In calculating excess rent or other
consideration which may be payable to Landlord under this paragraph, Tenant will
be entitled to deduct commercially reasonable third party brokerage commissions
and attorneys' fees and other amounts reasonably and actually expended by Tenant
in connection with such assignment or subletting if acceptable written evidence
of such expenditures is provided to Landlord.
(i) TERMINATION RIGHTS. If Tenant requests Landlord's consent to any assignment
or subletting of all or a portion of the Premises, Landlord will have the right,
as provided in Subparagraph 24(e), to terminate this Lease as to all or such
portion of the Premises which is proposed to be sublet or assigned effective as
of the date Tenant proposes to sublet or assign all or less than all of the
Premises. Landlord's right to terminate this Lease as to less than all of the
Premises proposed to be sublet or assigned will not terminate as to any future
additional subletting or assignment as a result of Landlord's consent to a
subletting of less than all of the Premises or Landlord's failure to exercise
its termination right with respect to any subletting or assignment. Landlord
will exercise such termination right, if at all, by giving written notice to
Tenant within thirty (30) days of receipt by Landlord of the financial
responsibility information required by this Paragraph 24. Tenant understands and
acknowledges that the option, as provided in this Paragraph 24, to terminate
this Lease as to all or such portion of the Premises which is proposed to be
sublet or assigned rather than approve the subletting or assignment of all or a
portion of the Premises, is a material inducement for Landlord's agreeing to
lease the Premises to Tenant upon the terms and conditions herein set forth. In
the event of any such termination with respect to less than all of the Premises,
the cost of segregating the recaptured space from the balance of the Premises
will be paid by Tenant and Tenant's future monetary obligations under this Lease
will be reduced proportionately on a square footage basis to correspond to the
balance of the Premises which Tenant continues to lease.
(j) NO RELEASE. No Transfer will release Tenant of Tenant's obligations under
this Lease or alter the primary liability of Tenant to pay the rent and to
perform all other obligations to be performed by Tenant hereunder. Landlord may
require that any Transferee remit directly to Landlord on a monthly basis, all
monies due Tenant by said Transferee. However, the acceptance of rent by
Landlord from any other person will not be deemed to be a waiver by Landlord of
any provision hereof. Consent by Landlord to one Transfer will not be deemed
consent to any subsequent Transfer. In the event of default by any Transferee of
Tenant or any successor of Tenant in the performance of any of the terms hereof,
Landlord may proceed
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directly against Tenant without the necessity of exhausting remedies against
such Transferee or successor. Landlord may consent to subsequent assignments of
this Lease or sublettings or amendments or modifications to this Lease with
assignees of Tenant, without notifying Tenant, or any successor of Tenant, and
without obtaining its or their consent thereto and any such actions will not
relieve Tenant of liability under this Lease.
(k) ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATTORNEYS' FEES. If Tenant effects a Transfer or requests
the consent of Landlord to any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is
consummated), then, upon demand, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord a non-refundable
administrative fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), plus any reasonable
attorneys' and paralegal fees incurred by Landlord in connection with such
Transfer or request for consent (whether attributable to Landlord's in-house
attorneys or paralegals or otherwise) not to exceed One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) for each one thousand (1,000) rentable square feet of area contained
within the Premises or portion thereof to be assigned or sublet. Acceptance of
the Two Hundred Fifty Dollar ($250.00) administrative fee and/or reimbursement
of Landlord's attorneys' and paralegal fees will in no event obligate Landlord
to consent to any proposed Transfer.
25. SUBORDINATION. Without the necessity of any additional document being
executed by Tenant for the purpose of effecting a subordination, and at the
election of Landlord or any mortgagee or beneficiary with a deed of trust
encumbering the Building and/or the Development, or any lessor of a ground or
underlying lease with respect to the Building, this Lease will be subject and
subordinate at all times to: (i) all ground leases or underlying leases which
may now exist or hereafter be executed affecting the Building; and (ii) the lien
of any mortgage or deed of trust which may now exist or hereafter be executed
for which the Building, the Development or any leases thereof, or Landlord's
interest and estate in any of said items, is specified as security.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord reserves the right to subordinate any
such ground leases or underlying leases or any such liens to this Lease. If any
such ground lease or underlying lease terminates for any reason or any such
mortgage or deed of trust is foreclosed or a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure
is made for any reason, at the election of Landlord's successor in interest,
Tenant agrees to attorn to and become the tenant of such successor in which
event Tenant's right to possession of the Premises will not be disturbed as long
as Tenant is not in default under this Lease. Tenant hereby waives its rights
under any law which gives or purports to give Tenant any right to terminate or
otherwise adversely affect this Lease and the obligations of Tenant hereunder in
the event of any such foreclosure proceeding or sale. Tenant covenants and
agrees to execute and deliver, upon demand by Landlord and in the form
reasonably required by Landlord, any additional documents evidencing the
priority or subordination of this Lease and Tenant's attornment agreement with
respect to any such ground lease or underlying leases or the lien of any such
mortgage or deed of trust. If Tenant fails to sign and return any such documents
within ten (10) days of receipt, Tenant will be in default hereunder.
26. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE.
(a) TENANT'S OBLIGATIONS. Within ten (10) days following any written request
which Landlord may make from time to time, Tenant agrees to execute and deliver
to Landlord a statement, in a form substantially similar to the form of Exhibit
"G" attached hereto or as may reasonably be required by Landlord's lender,
certifying: (i) the date of commencement of this Lease; (ii) the fact that this
Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if there have been
modifications, that this Lease is in full force and effect, and stating the date
and nature of such modifications); (iii) the date to which the rent and other
sums payable under this Lease have been paid; (iv) that there are no current
defaults under this Lease by either Landlord or Tenant except as specified in
Tenant's statement; and (v) such other matters reasonably requested by Landlord.
Landlord and Tenant intend that any statement delivered pursuant to this
Paragraph 26 may be relied upon by any mortgagee, beneficiary, purchaser or
prospective purchaser of the Building or any interest therein.
(b) TENANT'S FAILURE TO DELIVER. Tenant's failure to deliver such statement
within such time will be conclusive upon Tenant (i) that this Lease is in full
force and effect, without modification except as may be represented by Landlord,
(ii) that there are no uncured defaults in Landlord's performance, and (iii)
that not more than one (1) month's rent has been paid in advance. Without
limiting the foregoing, if Tenant fails to deliver any such statement within
such ten (10) day period, Landlord may deliver to Tenant an additional request
for such statement and Tenant's failure to deliver such statement to Landlord
within ten (10) days after delivery of such
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additional request will constitute a default under this Lease. Tenant agrees to
indemnify and protect Landlord from and against any and all claims, damages,
losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs)
attributable to any failure by Tenant to timely deliver any such estoppel
certificate to Landlord as required by this Paragraph 26.
27. BUILDING PLANNING. If Landlord requires the Premises for use in conjunction
with another suite or for other reasons connected with the planning program for
the Building, Landlord will have the right, upon sixty (60) days prior written
notice to Tenant, to move Tenant to other space in the Building of substantially
similar size as the Premises, and with tenant improvements of substantially
similar age, quality and layout as then existing in the Premises. Any such
relocation will be at Landlord's cost and expense, including the cost of
providing such substantially similar tenant improvements (but not any furniture
or personal property) and Tenant's reasonable moving, telephone installation and
stationary reprinting costs. If Landlord so relocates Tenant, the terms and
conditions of this Lease will remain in full force and effect and apply to the
new space, except that (a) a revised Exhibit "A-II" will become part of this
Lease and will reflect the location of the new space, (b) Paragraph 1 of this
Lease will be amended to include and state all correct data as to the new space,
(c) the new space will thereafter be deemed to be the "Premises", and (d) all
economic terms and conditions (e.g. rent, total Operating Expense Allowance,
etc.) will be adjusted on a per square foot basis based on the total number of
rentable square feet of area contained in the new space. Landlord and Tenant
agree to cooperate fully with one another in order to minimize the inconvenience
of Tenant resulting from any such relocation. However, if the new space does not
meet with Tenant's reasonable approval, Tenant will have the right to cancel
this Lease upon giving Landlord thirty (30) days notice within ten (10) days of
receipt of Landlord's relocation notification; provided, however, Landlord has
the right, by written notice to Tenant given within ten (10) days following
receipt of Tenant's cancellation notice to rescind Landlord's relocation notice,
in which event Landlord's relocation notice will be rescinded, Tenant's
cancellation notice will be cancelled and this Lease will remain in full force
and effect. If Tenant cancels this Lease pursuant to this Paragraph 27, Tenant
agrees to vacate the Building and the Premises within thirty (30) days of its
delivery to Landlord of the notice of cancellation.
28. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Tenant agrees to faithfully observe and comply with
the "Rules and Regulations," a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference as Exhibit "H", and all reasonable and
nondiscriminatory modifications thereof and additions thereto from time to time
put into effect by Landlord. Landlord agrees to use reasonable efforts (but
shall not be obligated to institute or threaten to institute any litigation) to
cause other tenants of the Building and the Development to comply with the Rules
and Regulations; provided, however, that Landlord will not be responsible to
Tenant for the violation or non-performance by any other tenant or occupant of
the Building or the Development of any of the Rules and Regulations.
29. MODIFICATION AND CURE RIGHTS OF LANDLORD'S MORTGAGEES AND LESSORS.
(a) MODIFICATIONS. If, in connection with Landlord's obtaining or entering into
any financing or ground lease for any portion of the Building or the
Development, the lender or ground lessor requests modifications to this Lease,
Tenant, within ten (10) days after request therefor, agrees to execute an
amendment to this Lease incorporating such modifications, provided such
modifications are reasonable and do not increase the obligations of Tenant under
this Lease or adversely affect the leasehold estate created by this Lease and
are otherwise reasonably acceptable to Tenant.
(b) CURE RIGHTS. In the event of any default on the part of Landlord, Tenant
will give notice by registered or certified mail to any beneficiary of a deed of
trust or mortgage covering the Premises or ground lessor of Landlord whose
address has been furnished to Tenant, and Tenant agrees to offer such
beneficiary, mortgagee or ground lessor a reasonable opportunity to cure the
default (including with respect to any such beneficiary or mortgagee, time to
obtain possession of the Premises, subject to this Lease and Tenant's rights
hereunder, by power of sale or a judicial foreclosure, if such should prove
necessary to effect a cure).
30. DEFINITION OF LANDLORD. The term "Landlord," as used in this Lease, so far
as covenants or obligations on the part of Landlord are concerned, means and
includes only the owner or owners, at the time in question, of the fee title of
the Premises or the lessees under any
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ground lease, if any. In the event of any transfer, assignment or other
conveyance or transfers of any such title (other than a transfer for security
purposes only), Landlord herein named (and in case of any subsequent transfers
or conveyances, the then grantor) will be automatically relieved from and after
the date of such transfer, assignment or conveyance of all liability as respects
the performance of any covenants or obligations on the part of Landlord
contained in this Lease thereafter to be performed, so long as the transferee
assumes in writing all such covenants and obligations of Landlord arising after
the date of such transfer. Landlord and Landlord's transferees and assignees
have the absolute right to transfer all or any portion of their respective title
and interest in the Development, the Building, the Premises and/or this Lease
without the consent of Tenant, and such transfer or subsequent transfer will not
be deemed a violation on Landlord's part of any of the terms and conditions of
this Lease.
31. WAIVER. The waiver by either party of any breach of any term, covenant or
condition herein contained will not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent
breach of the same or any other term, covenant or condition herein contained,
nor will any custom or practice which may develop between the parties in the
administration of the terms hereof be deemed a waiver of or in any way affect
the right of either party to insist upon performance in strict accordance with
said terms. The subsequent acceptance of rent or any other payment hereunder by
Landlord will not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding breach by Tenant of
any term, covenant or condition of this Lease, other than the failure of Tenant
to pay the particular rent so accepted, regardless of Landlord's knowledge of
such preceding breach at the time of acceptance of such rent. No acceptance by
Landlord of a lesser sum than the basic rent and additional rent or other sum
then due will be deemed to be other than on account of the earliest installment
of such rent or other amount due, nor will any endorsement or statement on any
check or any letter accompanying any check be deemed an accord and satisfaction,
and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord's
right to recover the balance of such installment or other amount or pursue any
other remedy provided in this Lease. The consent or approval of Landlord to or
of any act by Tenant requiring Landlord's consent or approval will not be deemed
to waive or render unnecessary Landlord's consent or approval to or of any
subsequent similar acts by Tenant.
32. PARKING.
(a) GRANT OF PARKING RIGHTS. So long as this Lease is in effect and provided
Tenant is not in default hereunder, Landlord grants to Tenant and Tenant's
Authorized Users (as defined below) a license to use the number and type of
parking permits designated in Subparagraph 1(s) subject to the terms and
conditions of this Paragraph 32 and the Rules and Regulations regarding parking
contained in Exhibit "H" attached hereto. Tenant agrees to submit to Landlord
or, at Landlord's election, directly to Landlord's parking operator with a copy
to Landlord, written notice in a form reasonably specified by Landlord
containing the names, home and office addresses and telephone numbers of those
persons who are authorized by Tenant to use Tenant's parking permits on a
monthly basis ("Tenant's Authorized Users") and shall use its best efforts to
identify each vehicle of Tenant's Authorized Users by make, model and license
number. Tenant agrees to deliver such notice prior to the beginning of the Term
of this Lease and to periodically update such notice as well as upon specific
request by Landlord or Landlord's parking operator to reflect changes to
Tenant's Authorized Users or their vehicles.
(b) VISITOR PARKING. So long as this Lease is in effect, Tenant's visitors and
guests will be entitled to use those specific parking areas which are designated
for short term visitor parking and which are located within the surface parking
area(s), if any, and/or within the parking structure(s) which serve the
Building. Visitor parking will be made available to Tenant, Tenant's visitors
and guests at no charge during the original Term of the Lease. Tenant, at its
sole cost and expense, may elect to validate such parking for its visitors and
guests. All such visitor parking will be on a non-exclusive, in common basis
with all other visitors and guests of the Development.
(c) USE OF PARKING PERMITS. Tenant will not use or allow any of Tenant's
Authorized Users to use any parking permits which have been specifically
assigned by Landlord to other tenants or occupants or for other uses such as
visitor parking or which have been designated by any governmental entity as
being restricted to certain uses. Tenant will not be entitled to increase or
reduce its parking privileges applicable to the Premises during the Term of the
Lease except as follows: If at any time Tenant desires to increase or reduce the
number of parking permits allocated to it under the terms of this Lease, Tenant
must notify Landlord in writing of such
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desire and Landlord will have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
either (a) approve such requested increase in the number of parking permits
allocated to Tenant (with an appropriate increase to the additional rent payable
by Tenant for such additional permits based on the then prevailing parking
rates), (b) approve such requested decrease in the number of parking permits
allocated to Tenant (with an appropriate reduction in the additional rent
payable by Tenant for such eliminated parking permits based on the then
prevailing parking rates), or (c) disapprove such requested increase or decrease
in the number of parking permits allocated to Tenant. Promptly following receipt
of Tenant's written request, Landlord will provide Tenant with written notice of
its decision including a statement of any adjustments to the additional rent
payable by Tenant for parking under the Lease, if applicable.
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Subparagraph
1(s), Landlord reserves the right to set and increase monthly fees and/or daily
and hourly rates for parking privileges from time to time during the Term of the
Lease. Landlord may assign any unreserved and unassigned parking permits and/or
make all or any portion of such spaces reserved, if Landlord reasonably
determines that it is necessary for orderly and efficient parking or for any
other reasonable reason. Failure to pay the rent for any particular parking
permits or failure to comply with any terms and conditions of this Lease
applicable to parking may be treated by Landlord as a default under this Lease
and, in addition to all other remedies available to Landlord under the Lease, at
law or in equity, Landlord may elect to recapture such parking permits for the
balance of the Term of this Lease if Tenant does not cure such failure within
the applicable cure period set forth in Paragraph 22 of this Lease. In such
event, Tenant and Tenant's Authorized Users will be deemed visitors for purposes
of parking space use and will be entitled to use only those parking areas
specifically designated for visitor parking subject to all provisions of this
Lease applicable to such visitor parking use. Except in connection with an
assignment or sublease expressly permitted under the terms of this Lease,
Tenant's parking rights and privileges described herein are personal to Tenant
and may not be assigned or transferred, or otherwise conveyed, without
Landlord's prior written consent, which consent Landlord may withhold in its
sole and absolute discretion. In any event, under no circumstances may Tenant's
parking rights and privileges be transferred, assigned or otherwise conveyed
separate and apart from Tenant's interest in this Lease.
(e) COOPERATION WITH TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES. Tenant agrees to use its
reasonable, good faith efforts to cooperate in traffic mitigation programs which
may be undertaken by Landlord independently, or in cooperation with local
municipalities or governmental agencies or other property owners in the vicinity
of the Building. Such programs may include, but will not be limited to,
carpools, vanpools and other ridesharing programs, public and private transit,
flexible work hours, preferential assigned parking programs and programs to
coordinate tenants within the Development with existing or proposed traffic
mitigation programs.
(f) PARKING RULES AND REGULATIONS. Tenant and Tenant's Authorized Users shall
comply with all rules and regulations regarding parking set forth in Exhibit "H"
attached hereto and Tenant agrees to cause its employees, subtenants, assignees,
contractors, suppliers, customers and invitees to comply with such rules and
regulations. Landlord reserves the right from time to time to modify and/or
adopt such other reasonable and non-discriminatory rules and regulations for the
parking facilities as it deems reasonably necessary for the operation of the
parking facilities.
33. FORCE MAJEURE. If either Landlord or Tenant is delayed, hindered in or
prevented from the performance of any act required under this Lease by reason of
strikes, lock-outs, labor troubles, inability to procure standard materials,
failure of power, restrictive governmental laws, regulations or orders or
governmental action or inaction (including failure, refusal or delay in issuing
permits, approvals and/or authorizations which is not the result of the action
or inaction of the party claiming such delay), riots, civil unrest or
insurrection, war, fire, earthquake, flood or other natural disaster, unusual
and unforeseeable delay which results from an interruption of any public
utilities (e.g., electricity, gas, water, telephone) or other unusual and
unforeseeable delay not within the reasonable control of the party delayed in
performing work or doing acts required under the provisions of this Lease, then
performance of such act will be excused for the period of the delay and the
period for the performance of any such act will be extended for a period
equivalent to the period of such delay. The provisions of this Paragraph 33 will
not operate to excuse Tenant from prompt payment of rent or any other payments
required under the provisions of this Lease.
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34. SIGNS. Prior to the Commencement Date, Landlord will designate the location
on the Premises for one Tenant identification sign. Tenant agrees to have
Landlord install and maintain Tenant's identification sign in such designated
location in accordance with this Paragraph 34 at Tenant's sole cost and expense.
Tenant has no right to install Tenant identification signs in any other location
in, on or about the Premises or the Development and will not display or erect
any other signs, displays or other advertising materials that are visible from
the exterior of the Building or from within the Building in any interior or
exterior common areas. The size, design, color and other physical aspects of any
and all permitted sign(s) will be subject to (i) Landlord's written approval
prior to installation, which approval may be withheld in Landlord's discretion,
(ii) any covenants, conditions or restrictions governing the Premises, and (iii)
any applicable municipal or governmental permits and approvals. Tenant will be
solely responsible for all costs for installation, maintenance, repair and
removal of any Tenant identification sign(s). If Tenant fails to remove Tenant's
sign(s) upon termination of this Lease and repair any damage caused by such
removal, Landlord may do so at Tenant's sole cost and expense. Tenant agrees to
reimburse Landlord for all costs incurred by Landlord to effect any
installation, maintenance or removal on Tenant's account, which amount will be
deemed additional rent, and may include, without limitation, all sums disbursed,
incurred or deposited by Landlord including Landlord's costs, expenses and
actual attorneys' fees with interest thereon at the Interest Rate from the date
of Landlord's demand until paid by Tenant. Any sign rights granted to Tenant
under this Lease are personal to Tenant and may not be assigned, transferred or
otherwise conveyed to any assignee or subtenant of Tenant without Landlord's
prior written consent, which consent Landlord may withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion.
35. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. In consideration of the benefits accruing
hereunder, Tenant on behalf of itself and all successors and assigns of Tenant
covenants and agrees that, in the event of any actual or alleged failure, breach
or default hereunder by Landlord: (a) Tenant's recourse against Landlord for
monetary damages will be limited to Landlord's interest in the Building
including, subject to the prior rights of any Mortgagee, Landlord's interest in
the rents of the Building and any insurance proceeds payable to Landlord; (b)
Except as may be necessary to secure jurisdiction of the partnership or company,
no partner or member of Landlord shall be sued or named as a party in any suit
or action and no service of process shall be made against any partner or member
of Landlord; (c) No partner or member of Landlord shall be required to answer or
otherwise plead to any service of process; (d) No judgment will be taken against
any partner or member of Landlord and any judgment taken against any partner or
member of Landlord may be vacated and set aside at any time after the fact; (e)
No writ of execution will be levied against the assets of any partner or member
of Landlord; (f) The obligations under this Lease do not constitute personal
obligations of the individual members, partners, directors, officers or
shareholders of Landlord, and Tenant shall not seek recourse against the
individual members, partners, directors, officers or shareholders of Landlord or
any of their personal assets for satisfaction of any liability in respect to
this Lease; and (g) These covenants and agreements are enforceable both by
Landlord and also by any partner or member of Landlord.
36. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Prior to the execution of this Lease by Landlord and
at any time during the Term of this Lease upon ten (10) days prior written
notice from Landlord, Tenant agrees to provide Landlord with a current financial
statement for Tenant and any guarantors of Tenant and financial statements for
the two (2) years prior to the current financial statement year for Tenant and
any guarantors of Tenant. Such statements are to be prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and, if such is the normal practice of
Tenant, audited by an independent certified public accountant.
37. QUIET ENJOYMENT. Landlord covenants and agrees with Tenant that upon Tenant
paying the rent required under this Lease and paying all other charges and
performing all of the covenants and provisions on Tenant's part to be observed
and performed under this Lease, Tenant may peaceably and quietly have, hold and
enjoy the Premises in accordance with this Lease without hindrance or
molestation by Landlord or its employees or agents.
38. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) CONFLICT OF LAWS. This Lease shall be governed by and construed solely
pursuant to the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to choice
of law principles thereunder.
(b) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided in this Lease, all of
the covenants, conditions and provisions of this Lease shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the
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benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal
representatives, successors and assigns.
(c) PROFESSIONAL FEES AND COSTS. If either Landlord or Tenant should bring suit
against the other with respect to this Lease, then all costs and expenses,
including without limitation, actual professional fees and costs such as
appraisers', accountants' and attorneys' fees and costs, incurred by the party
which prevails in such action, whether by final judgment or out of court
settlement, shall be paid by the other party, which obligation on the part of
the other party shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the commencement
of such action and shall be enforceable whether or not the action is prosecuted
to judgment. As used herein, attorneys' fees and costs shall include, without
limitation, attorneys' fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any
(i) postjudgment motions; (ii) contempt proceedings; (iii) garnishment, levy,
and debtor and third party examination; (iv) discovery; and (v) bankruptcy
litigation.
(d) TERMS AND HEADINGS. The words "Landlord" and "Tenant" as used herein shall
include the plural as well as the singular. Words used in any gender include
other genders. The paragraph headings of this Lease are not a part of this Lease
and shall have no effect upon the construction or interpretation of any part
hereof.
(e) TIME. Time is of the essence with respect to the performance of every
provision of this Lease in which time of performance is a factor.
(f) PRIOR AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS. This Lease constitutes and is intended by the
parties to be a final, complete and exclusive statement of their entire
agreement with respect to the subject matter of this Lease. This Lease
supersedes any and all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings
of any kind relating to the subject matter of this Lease. There are no other
agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, or statements, either
oral or in written form, concerning the subject matter of this Lease. No
alteration, modification, amendment or interpretation of this Lease shall be
binding on the parties unless contained in a writing which is signed by both
parties.
(g) SEPARABILITY. The provisions of this Lease shall be considered separable
such that if any provision or part of this Lease is ever held to be invalid,
void or illegal under any law or ruling, all remaining provisions of this Lease
shall remain in full force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.
(h) RECORDING. Neither Landlord nor Tenant shall record this Lease nor a short
form memorandum thereof without the consent of the other.
(i) COUNTERPARTS. This Lease may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall constitute an original and all of which shall be one and the same
agreement.
(j) NONDISCLOSURE OF LEASE TERMS. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that the terms
of this Lease are confidential and constitute proprietary information of
Landlord. Disclosure of the terms could adversely affect the ability of Landlord
to negotiate other leases and impair Landlord's relationship with other tenants.
Accordingly, Tenant agrees that it, and its partners, officers, directors,
employees, agents and attorneys, shall not intentionally and voluntarily
disclose the terms and conditions of this Lease to any newspaper or other
publication or any other tenant or apparent prospective tenant of the Building
or other portion of the Development, or real estate agent, either directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of Landlord, provided, however,
that Tenant may disclose the terms to prospective subtenants or assignees under
this Lease.
(k) NON-DISCRIMINATION. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that there shall be no
discrimination against, or segregation of, any person, group of persons, or
entity on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status,
national origin, or ancestry in the leasing, subleasing, transferring,
assignment, occupancy, tenure, use, or enjoyment of the Premises, or any portion
thereof.
39. EXECUTION OF LEASE.
(a) JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS. If more than one person executes this Lease
as Tenant, their execution of this Lease will constitute their covenant and
agreement that (i) each of them is jointly and severally liable for the keeping,
observing and performing of all of the terms,
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covenants, conditions, provisions and agreements of this Lease to be kept,
observed and performed by Tenant, and (ii) the term "Tenant" as used in this
Lease means and includes each of them jointly and severally. The act of or
notice from, or notice or refund to, or the signature of any one or more of
them, with respect to the tenancy of this Lease, including, but not limited to,
any renewal, extension, expiration, termination or modification of this Lease,
will be binding upon each and all of the persons executing this Lease as Tenant
with the same force and effect as if each and all of them had so acted or so
given or received such notice or refund or so signed.
(b) TENANT AS CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP. If Tenant executes this Lease as a
corporation or partnership, then Tenant and the persons executing this Lease on
behalf of Tenant represent and warrant that such entity is duly qualified and in
good standing to do business in California and that the individuals executing
this Lease on Tenant's behalf are duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Lease on its behalf, and in the case of a corporation, in accordance with a duly
adopted resolution of the board of directors of Tenant, a copy of which is to be
delivered to Landlord on execution hereof, if requested by Landlord, and in
accordance with the by-laws of Tenant, and, in the case of a partnership, in
accordance with the partnership agreement and the most current amendments
thereto, if any, copies of which are to be delivered to Landlord on execution
hereof, if requested by Landlord, and that this Lease is binding upon Tenant in
accordance with its terms.
(c) EXAMINATION OF LEASE. Submission of this instrument by Landlord to Tenant
for examination or signature by Tenant does not constitute a reservation of or
option for lease, and it is not effective as a lease or otherwise until
execution by and delivery to both Landlord and Tenant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Lease to be duly executed by
their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.
TENANT: LANDLORD:
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC., KILROY REALTY, L.P.,
a NEVADA CORPORATION a Delaware limited partnership
By: KILROY REALTY CORPORATION,
By: /s/ Najeeb Ghauri a Maryland corporation
------------------- Its: General Partner
Print Name: Najeeb Ghauri
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Print Title: President By: /s/ Hugh Greenup
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Print Name: Hugh Greenup
By: /s/ Aiesha Ghauri -------------
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Print Title: EVP
Print Name: Aiesha Ghauri ----
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Print Title: Secretary
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By: /s/ Jeffery C. Hauken
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NETSOL eR, INC.,
a Nevada corporation Print Name: Jeffery C. Hauken
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Print Title: EVP & COO
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By: Najeeb Ghauri
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Print Name: Najeeb Ghauri
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Print Title: President
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By: /s/ Naeem Ghauri
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Print Name: Naeem Ghauri
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Print Title: COO/CEO
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SITE PLAN
[To be supplied]
EXHIBIT "A-"
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OUTLINE OF FLOOR
PLAN OF PREMISES
[To be supplied]
EXHIBIT "A-II"
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RENTABLE SQUARE FEET AND USABLE SQUARE FEET
1. The term "Rentable Square Feet" as used in the Lease will be deemed to
include: (a) with respect to the Premises, the usable area of the Premises
determined in accordance with the Method for Measuring Floor Area in Office
Buildings, ANSI Z65.1-1996 (the "BOMA Standard"), plus a pro rata portion of the
main lobby area on the ground floor and all elevator machine rooms, electrical
and telephone equipment rooms and mail delivery facilities and other areas used
by all tenants of the Building, if any, plus (i) for single tenancy floors, all
the area covered by the elevator lobbies, corridors, special stairways,
restrooms, mechanical rooms, electrical rooms and telephone closets on such
floors, or (ii) for multiple tenancy floors, a pro-rata portion of all of the
area covered by the elevator lobbies, corridors, special stairways, restrooms,
mechanical rooms, electrical rooms and telephone closets on such floor; and (b)
with respect to the Building, the total rentable area for all floors in the
Building computed in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph 1(a) above.
In calculating the "Rentable Square Feet" of the Premises or the Building, the
area contained within the exterior walls of the Building stairs, fire towers,
vertical ducts, elevator shafts, flues, vents, stacks and major pipe shafts will
be excluded.
2. The term "Usable Square Feet" as used in EXHIBIT "C" with respect to the
Premises will be deemed to include the usable area of the Premises as determined
in accordance with the BOMA Standard.
3. For purposes of establishing Tenant's Percentage, Tenant's Operating Expense
Allowance, and Monthly Base Rent as shown in Paragraph 1 of the Lease, the
number of Rentable Square Feet of the Premises is deemed to be as set forth in
Subparagraph 1(g) of the Lease, and the number of Rentable Square Feet of the
Building is deemed to be as set forth in Subparagraph 1(f) of the Lease. For
purposes of establishing the amount of the Tenant Improvement Allowance in
EXHIBIT "C", the number of Usable Square Feet of the Premises is deemed to be as
set forth in Subparagraph 1(g). From time to time at Landlord's option,
Landlord's architect may redetermine the actual number of Rentable Square Feet
of the Premises, and the Building, and the actual number of Usable Square Feet
of the Premises respectively, based upon the criteria set forth in Paragraph 1
and Paragraph 2 above, which determination will be conclusive, and thereupon
Tenant's Percentage, Tenant's Operating Expense Allowance, Monthly Base Rent and
the Tenant Improvement Allowance will be adjusted accordingly.
EXHIBIT "B"
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WORK LETTER AGREEMENT
[ALLOWANCE]
This WORK LETTER AGREEMENT ("Work Letter Agreement") is entered into as of the
day of July, 2000 by and between Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("Landlord"), and Netsol International, Inc., a Nevada corporation
and Netsol eR, Inc., a Nevada corporation (collectively, "Tenant").
R E C I T A L S :
A. Concurrently with the execution of this Work Letter Agreement, Landlord and
Tenant have entered into a lease (the "Lease") covering certain premises (the
"Premises") more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached to the Lease.
All terms not defined herein have the same meaning as set forth in the Lease. To
the extent applicable, the provisions of the Lease are incorporated herein by
this reference.
B. In order to induce Tenant to enter into the Lease and in consideration of the
mutual covenants hereinafter contained, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:
1. TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. As used in the Lease and this Work Letter Agreement, the
term "Tenant Improvements" or "Tenant Improvement Work" means those items of
general tenant improvement construction shown on the Final Plans (described in
Paragraph 4 below), more particularly described in Paragraph 5 below.
2. WORK SCHEDULE. Within ten (10) days after the execution of this Lease,
Landlord will deliver to Tenant, for Tenant's review and approval, a schedule
("Work Schedule") which will set forth the timetable for the planning and
completion of the installation of the Tenant Improvements and the Commencement
Date of the Lease. The Work Schedule will set forth each of the various items of
work to be done or approval to be given by Landlord and Tenant in connection
with the completion of the Tenant Improvements. The Work Schedule will be
submitted to Tenant for its approval, which approval Tenant agrees not to
unreasonably withhold, and, once approved by both Landlord and Tenant, the Work
Schedule will become the basis for completing the Tenant Improvements. All plans
and drawings required by this Work Letter Agreement and all work performed
pursuant thereto are to be prepared and performed in accordance with the Work
Schedule. Landlord may, from time to time during construction of the Tenant
Improvements, modify the Work Schedule as Landlord reasonably deems appropriate.
If Tenant fails to approve the Work Schedule, as it may be modified after
discussions between Landlord and Tenant within five (5) business days after the
date the Work Schedule is first received by Tenant, the Work Schedule shall be
deemed to be approved by Tenant as submitted or Landlord may, at its option,
terminate the Lease upon written notice to Tenant.
3. CONSTRUCTION REPRESENTATIVES. Landlord hereby appoints the following
person(s) as Landlord's representative ("Landlord's Representative") to act for
Landlord in all matters covered by this Work Letter Agreement: Rick Mount.
Tenant hereby appoints the following person(s) as Tenant's representative
("Tenant's Representative") to act for Tenant in all matters covered by this
Work Letter Agreement: __________________________.
All communications with respect to the matters covered by this Work Letter
Agreement are to made to Landlord's Representative or Tenant's Representative,
as the case may be, in writing in compliance with the notice provisions of the
Lease. Either party may change its representative under this Work Letter
Agreement at any time by written notice to the other party in compliance with
the notice provisions of the Lease.
4. TENANT IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
(a) PREPARATION OF SPACE PLANS. In accordance with the Work Schedule, Tenant
agrees to meet with Landlord's architect and/or space planner for the purpose of
promptly preparing preliminary space plans for the layout of Premises ("Space
Plans"). The Space Plans are to be sufficient to convey the architectural design
of the Premises and layout of the Tenant Improvements therein and are to be
submitted to Landlord in accordance with the Work Schedule for Landlord's
approval. If Landlord reasonably disapproves any aspect of the Space
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Plans, Landlord will advise Tenant in writing of such disapproval and the
reasons therefor in accordance with the Work Schedule. Tenant will then submit
to Landlord for Landlord's approval, in accordance with the Work Schedule, a
redesign of the Space Plans incorporating the revisions reasonably required by
Landlord.
(b) PREPARATION OF FINAL PLANS. Based on the approved Space Plans, and in
accordance with the Work Schedule, Landlord's architect will prepare complete
architectural plans, drawings and specifications and complete engineered
mechanical, structural and electrical working drawings for all of the Tenant
Improvements for the Premises (collectively, the "Final Plans"). The Final Plans
will show: (a) the subdivision (including partitions and walls), layout,
lighting, finish and decoration work (including carpeting and other floor
coverings) for the Premises; (b) all internal and external communications and
utility facilities which will require conduiting or other improvements from the
base Building shell work and/or within common areas; and (c) all other
specifications for the Tenant Improvements. The Final Plans will be submitted to
Tenant for signature to confirm that they are consistent with the Space Plans.
If Tenant reasonably disapproves any aspect of the Final Plans based on any
inconsistency with the Space Plans, Tenant agrees to advise Landlord in writing
of such disapproval and the reasons therefor within the time frame set forth in
the Work Schedule. In accordance with the Work Schedule, Landlord will then
cause Landlord's architect to redesign the Final Plans incorporating the
revisions reasonably requested by Tenant so as to make the Final Plans
consistent with the Space Plans.
(c) REQUIREMENTS OF TENANT'S FINAL PLANS. Tenant's Final Plans will include
locations and complete dimensions, and the Tenant Improvements, as shown on the
Final Plans, will: (i) be compatible with the Building shell and with the
design, construction and equipment of the Building; (ii) if not comprised of the
Building standards set forth in the written description thereof (the
"Standards"), then compatible with and of at least equal quality as the
Standards and approved by Landlord; (iii) comply with all applicable laws,
ordinances, rules and regulations of all governmental authorities having
jurisdiction, and all applicable insurance regulations; (iv) not require
Building service beyond the level normally provided to other tenants in the
Building and will not overload the Building floors; and (v) be of a nature and
quality consistent with the overall objectives of Landlord for the Building, as
determined by Landlord in its reasonable but subjective discretion.
(d) SUBMITTAL OF FINAL PLANS. Once approved by Landlord and Tenant, Landlord's
architect will submit the Final Plans to the appropriate governmental agencies
for plan checking and the issuance of a building permit. Landlord's architect,
with Tenant's cooperation, will make any changes to the Final Plans which are
requested by the applicable governmental authorities to obtain the building
permit. After approval of the Final Plans no further changes may be made without
the prior written approval of both Landlord and Tenant, and then only after
agreement by Tenant to pay any excess costs resulting from the design and/or
construction of such changes. Tenant hereby acknowledges that any such changes
will be subject to the terms of Paragraph 10 below.
(e) CHANGES TO SHELL OF BUILDING. If the Final Plans or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto shall require changes in the Building shell, the increased
cost of the Building shell work caused by such changes will be paid for by
Tenant or charged against the "Allowance" described in Paragraph 5 below.
(f) WORK COST ESTIMATE AND STATEMENT. Prior to the commencement of construction
of any of the Tenant Improvements shown on the Final Plans, Landlord will submit
to Tenant a written estimate of the cost to complete the Tenant Improvement
Work, which written estimate will be based on the Final Plans taking into
account any modifications which may be required to reflect changes in the Final
Plans required by the City or County in which the Premises are located (the
"Work Cost Estimate"). Tenant will either approve the Work Cost Estimate or
disapprove specific items and submit to Landlord revisions to the Final Plans to
reflect deletions of and/or substitutions for such disapproved items. Submission
and approval of the Work Cost Estimate will proceed in accordance with the Work
Schedule. Upon Tenant's approval of the Work Cost Estimate (such approved Work
Cost Estimate to be hereinafter known as the "Work Cost Statement"), Landlord
will have the right to purchase materials and to commence the construction of
the items included in the Work Cost Statement pursuant to Paragraph 6 hereof. If
the total costs reflected in the Work Cost Statement exceed the Allowance
described in Paragraph 5 below, Tenant agrees to pay such excess, as additional
rent, within five (5) business days after Tenant's approval of the Work Cost
Estimate. Throughout the course of construction,
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any differences between the estimated Work Cost in the Work Cost Statement and
the actual Work Cost will be determined by Landlord and appropriate adjustments
and payments by Landlord or Tenant, as the case may be, will be made within five
(5) business days thereafter.
5. PAYMENT FOR THE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) ALLOWANCE. Landlord hereby grants to Tenant a tenant improvement allowance
of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35) per Usable Square Foot of the Premises (the
"Allowance"). The Allowance is to be used only for:
(i) Payment of the cost of preparing the Space Plans and the Final Plans,
including mechanical, electrical, plumbing and structural drawings and of all
other aspects necessary to complete the Final Plans. The Allowance will not be
used for the payment of extraordinary design work not consistent with the scope
of the Standards (i.e., above-standard design work) or for payments to any other
consultants, designers or architects other than Landlord's architect and/or
Tenant's architect.
(ii) The payment of plan check, permit and license fees relating to construction
of the Tenant Improvements.
(iii) Construction of the Tenant Improvements, including, without limitation,
the following:
(aa) Installation within the Premises of all partitioning, doors, floor
coverings, ceilings, wall coverings and painting, millwork and similar items;
(bb) All electrical wiring, lighting fixtures, outlets and switches, and other
electrical work necessary for the Premises;
(cc) The furnishing and installation of all duct work, terminal boxes, diffusers
and accessories necessary for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning
systems within the Premises, including the cost of meter and key control for
after-hour air conditioning;
(dd) Any additional improvements to the Premises required for Tenant's use of
the Premises including, but not limited to, odor control, special heating,
ventilation and air conditioning, noise or vibration control or other special
systems or improvements;
(ee) All fire and life safety control systems such as fire walls, sprinklers,
halon, fire alarms, including piping, wiring and accessories, necessary for the
Premises;
(ff) All plumbing, fixtures, pipes and accessories necessary for the Premises;
(gg) Testing and inspection costs; and
(hh) Fees for Landlord's tenant improvement coordinator in the amount of five
percent (5%) of the actual Work Cost, and fees for the contractor including, but
not limited to, fees and costs attributable to general conditions.
(iv) All other costs to be expended by Landlord in the construction of the
Tenant Improvements, including those costs incurred by Landlord for construction
of elements of the Tenant Improvements in the Premises, which construction was
performed by Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease by Landlord and
Tenant and which construction is for the benefit of tenants and is customarily
performed by Landlord prior the execution of leases for space in the Building
for reasons of economics (examples of such construction would include, but not
be limited to, the extension of mechanical [including heating, ventilating and
air conditioning systems] and electrical distribution systems outside of the
core of the Building, wall construction, column enclosures and painting outside
of the core of the Building, ceiling hanger wires and window treatment).
(b) EXCESS COSTS. The cost of each item referenced in Paragraph 5(a) above shall
be charged against the Allowance. If the Work Cost exceeds the Allowance, Tenant
agrees to pay to Landlord such excess including fees for the contractor and
Landlord's standard five percent (5%) fee for the tenant improvement coordinator
associated with the supervision of such excess work prior to the commencement of
construction within five (5) business days after invoice therefor (less any sums
previously paid by Tenant for such excess pursuant to the Work Cost Estimate).
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In no event will the Allowance be used to pay for Tenant's furniture, artifacts,
equipment, telephone systems or any other item of personal property which is not
affixed to the Premises.
(c) CHANGES. If, after the Final Plans have been prepared and the Work Cost
Statement has been established, Tenant requires any changes or substitutions to
the Final Plans, any additional costs related thereto including fees for the
contractor and Landlord's standard five percent (5%) fee for the tenant
improvement coordinator associated with the supervision of such changes or
substitutions are to be paid by Tenant to Landlord prior to the commencement of
construction of the Tenant Improvements. Any changes to the Final Plans will be
approved by Landlord and Tenant in the manner set forth in Paragraph 4 above and
will, if necessary, require the Work Cost Statement to be revised and agreed
upon between Landlord and Tenant in the manner set forth in Subparagraph 4(f)
above. Landlord will have the right to decline Tenant's request for a change to
the Final Plans if such changes are inconsistent with the provisions of
Paragraph 4 above, or if the change would unreasonably delay construction of the
Tenant Improvements and the Commencement Date of the Lease.
(d) GOVERNMENTAL COST INCREASES. If increases in the cost of the Tenant
Improvements as set forth in the Work Cost Statement are due to requirements of
any governmental agency, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord the amount of such
increase including fees for the contractor and Landlord's standard five percent
(5%) fee for the tenant improvement coordinator associated with the supervision
of such additional work within five (5) days of Landlord's written notice;
provided, however, that Landlord will first apply toward any such increase any
remaining balance of the Allowance.
(e) UNUSED ALLOWANCE AMOUNTS. Any unused portion of the Allowance upon
completion of the Tenant Improvements will not be refunded to Tenant or be
available to Tenant as a credit against any obligations of Tenant under the
Lease unless Tenant has paid for excess costs as described in Subparagraphs
5(b), 5(c) or 5(d), in which case the unused Allowance may be applied toward
such excess cost amounts and paid to Tenant.
6. CONSTRUCTION OF TENANT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. Until Tenant approves
the Final Plans and Work Cost Statement, Landlord will be under no obligation to
cause the construction of any of the Tenant Improvements. Following Tenant's
approval of the Work Cost Statement described in Subparagraph 4(f) above and
upon Tenant's payment of the total amount by which such Work Cost Statement
exceeds the Allowance, if any, Landlord's contractor will commence and
diligently proceed with the construction of the Tenant Improvements, subject to
Tenant Delays (as described in Paragraph 9 below) and Force Majeure Delays (as
described in Paragraph 10 below).
(b) TENANT'S RIGHT TO SUBMIT CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR BIDS. Tenant shall
have the right to submit to Landlord the names of any reputable tenant
improvement contractors for bid requests in connection with the completion of
the Tenant Improvements.
7. FREIGHT/CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR. Landlord will, consistent with its obligation
to other tenants in the Building, if appropriate and necessary, make the
freight/construction elevator reasonably available to Tenant in connection with
initial decorating, furnishing and moving into the Premises. Tenant agrees to
pay for any after-hours staffing of the freight/construction elevator, if
needed.
8. COMMENCEMENT DATE AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
(a) COMMENCEMENT DATE. The Term of the Lease will commence on the date (the
"Commencement Date") which is the earlier of: (i) the date Tenant moves into the
Premises to commence operation of its business in all or any portion of the
Premises; or (ii) the date the Tenant Improvements have been "substantially
completed" (as defined below); provided, however, that if substantial completion
of the Tenant Improvements is delayed as a result of any Tenant Delays described
in Paragraph 9 below, then the Commencement Date as would otherwise have been
established pursuant to this Subparagraph 8(a)(ii) will be accelerated by the
number of days of such Tenant Delays.
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(b) SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION; PUNCH-LIST. For purposes of Subparagraph 8(a)(ii)
above, the Tenant Improvements will be deemed to be "substantially completed"
when Landlord's contractor certifies in writing to Landlord and Tenant that
Landlord: (a) is able to provide Tenant with reasonable access to the Premises;
(b) has substantially performed all of the Tenant Improvement Work required to
be performed by Landlord under this Work Letter Agreement, other than decoration
and minor "punch-list" type items and adjustments which do not materially
interfere with Tenant's access to or use of the Premises; and (c) has obtained a
temporary certificate of occupancy or other required equivalent approval from
the local governmental authority permitting occupancy of the Premises. Within
ten (10) days after receipt of such certificate from Landlord's contractor,
Tenant will conduct a walk-through inspection of the Premises with Landlord and
provide to Landlord a written punch-list specifying those decoration and other
punch-list items which require completion, which items Landlord will thereafter
diligently complete.
(c) DELIVERY OF POSSESSION. Landlord agrees to deliver possession of the
Premises to Tenant when the Tenant Improvements have been substantially
completed in accordance with Subparagraph (b) above. The parties estimate that
Landlord will deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant and the Term of this
Lease will commence on or before the estimated commencement date set forth in
the Work Schedule delivered to Tenant pursuant to Paragraph 2 above (the
"Projected Commencement Date"). Landlord agrees to use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Premises to be substantially completed on or
before the Projected Commencement Date. Tenant agrees that if Landlord is unable
to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant on or prior to the Projected
Commencement Date, the Lease will not be void or voidable, nor will Landlord be
liable to Tenant for any loss or damage resulting therefrom, but if such late
delivery is due to Landlord's fault or due to any Force Majeure Delay(s), then,
as Tenant's sole remedy, the Commencement Date and the Expiration Date of the
Term will be extended one (1) day for each day Landlord is delayed in delivering
possession of the Premises to Tenant.
9. TENANT DELAYS. For purposes of this Work Letter Agreement, "Tenant Delays"
means any delay in the completion of the Tenant Improvements resulting from any
or all of the following: (a) Tenant's failure to timely perform any of its
obligations pursuant to this Work Letter Agreement, including any failure to
complete, on or before the due date therefor, any action item which is Tenant's
responsibility pursuant to the Work Schedule delivered by Landlord to Tenant
pursuant to this Work Letter Agreement; (b) Tenant's changes to Space Plans or
Final Plans after Landlord's approval thereof; (c) Tenant's request for
materials, finishes, or installations which are not readily available or which
are incompatible with the Standards; (d) any delay of Tenant in making payment
to Landlord for Tenant's share of the Work Cost; or (e) any other act or failure
to act by Tenant, Tenant's employees, agents, architects, independent
contractors, consultants and/or any other person performing or required to
perform services on behalf of Tenant.
10. FORCE MAJEURE DELAYS. For purposes of this Work Letter, "Force Majeure
Delays" means any actual delay in the construction of the Tenant Improvements,
which is beyond the reasonable control of Landlord or Tenant, as the case may
be, as described in Paragraph 33 of the Lease.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Landlord and Tenant have caused this Work
Letter Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized representatives as
of the date of the Lease.
TENANT: LANDLORD:
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. KILROY REALTY, L.P.,
a NEVADA CORPORATION a Delaware limited partnership
By: KILROY REALTY CORPORATION,
By: /s/Najeeb Ghauri a Maryland corporation
------------- Its: General Partner
Print Name: Najeeb Ghauri
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Print Title: President By: /s/ Hugh Greenup
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Print Name: Hugh Greenup
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By:/s/ Aiesha Ghauri
------------- Print Title: EVP
Print Name: Aiesha Ghauri ---
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Print Title: Secretary
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By: /s/ Jeffery C. Hauken
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Print Name: Jeffery C. Hauken
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NETSOL eR, INC.,
a Nevada corporation
Print Title: EVP / COO
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By:/s/ Najeeb Ghauri
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Print Name: Najeeb Ghauri
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Print Title: President
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By: /s/ Naeem Ghauri
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Print Name: Naeem Ghauri
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Print Title: COO/CEO - NetSol eR
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NOTICE OF LEASE TERM DATES
AND TENANT'S PERCENTAGE
To:
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Date:
Re: Lease dated __________________________________, 2000 (the "Lease"),
between Kilroy Realty, L.P., Landlord, and Netsol International, Inc.,
and Netsol eR, Inc., Tenant, concerning Suite 220 located at 24025 Park
Sorrento, Calabasas, California (the "Premises").
To Whom It May Concern:
In accordance with the subject Lease, we wish to advise and/or confirm as
follows:
1. That the Premises have been accepted by the Tenant as being substantially
complete in accordance with the subject Lease and that there is no deficiency in
construction except as may be indicated on the "Punch-List" prepared by Landlord
and Tenant, a copy of which is attached hereto.
2. That the Tenant has possession of the subject Premises and acknowledges that
under the provisions of the Lease the Commencement Date is ____________________,
and the Term of the Lease will expire on _____________________________________.
3. That in accordance with the Lease, rent commenced to accrue on
___________________.
4. If the Commencement Date of the Lease is other than the first day of the
month, the first billing will contain a pro rata adjustment. Each billing
thereafter will be for the full amount of the monthly installment as provided
for in the Lease.
5. Rent is due and payable in advance on the first day of each and every month
during the Term of the Lease. Your rent checks should be made payable to
_________________________ ______________________ at __________________________.
6. The number of Rentable Square Feet within the Premises is ____________ square
feet as determined by Landlord's architect in accordance with the terms of the
Lease.
7. The number of Rentable Square Feet within the Building is ____________ square
feet as determined by Landlord's architect in accordance with the terms of the
Lease.
8. Tenant's Percentage, as adjusted based upon the number of Rentable Square
Feet within the Premises, is ____________________%.
LANDLORD:
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DEFINITION OF OPERATING EXPENSES
1. ITEMS INCLUDED IN OPERATING EXPENSES. The term "Operating Expenses" as used
in the Lease to which this EXHIBIT "E" is attached means: all costs and expenses
of operation and maintenance of the Building and the Common Areas (as such terms
are defined in the Lease), calculated assuming the Building is ninety-five
percent (95%) occupied, including the following costs by way of illustration but
not limitation, but excluding those items specifically set forth in Paragraph 3
below:
(a) Real Property Taxes and Assessments (as defined in Paragraph 2 below) and
any taxes or assessments imposed in lieu thereof;
(b) any and all assessments imposed with respect to the Building pursuant to any
covenants, conditions and restrictions affecting the Development, the Common
Areas or the Building;
(c) water and sewer charges and the costs of electricity, heating, ventilating,
air conditioning and other utilities;
(d) utilities surcharges and any other costs, levies or assessments resulting
from statutes or regulations promulgated by any government or quasi-government
authority in connection with the use, occupancy or alteration of the Building or
the Premises or the parking facilities serving the Building or the Premises;
(e) costs of insurance obtained by Landlord;
(f) waste disposal and janitorial services;
(g) labor;
(h) costs incurred in the management of the Building, including, without
limitation: (i) supplies, (ii) wages and salaries (and payroll taxes and similar
governmental charges related thereto) of employees used in the management,
operation and maintenance of the Building, (iii) Building management office
rental, supplies, equipment and related operating expenses, and (iv) a
management/administrative fee determined as a percentage of the annual gross
revenues of the Building exclusive of the proceeds of financing or a sale of the
Building and an administrative fee for the management of the Development Common
Area determined as a percentage of Development Common Area Operating Expenses;
(i) supplies, materials, equipment and tools including rental of personal
property used for maintenance;
(j) repair and maintenance of the elevators and the structural portions of the
Building, including the plumbing, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and
electrical systems installed or furnished by Landlord;
(k) maintenance, costs and upkeep of all parking and Development Common Areas;
(l) depreciation of personal property used in maintenance;
(m) amortization of all capitalized expenditures which are: (i) reasonably
intended to produce a reduction in operating charges or energy consumption; or
(ii) required under any governmental law or regulation that was not applicable
to the Building at the time it was originally constructed; or (iii) for
replacement of any Building equipment needed to operate the Building at the same
quality levels as prior to the replacement. All such costs shall be amortized
over such reasonable period as Landlord shall determine, on a consistent basis
and in accordance with multi-story office building industry standards of
competing first-class office buildings, with a return on capital at the then
current market rate per annum on the unamortized balance, or at such higher rate
as may have reasonably been paid by Landlord on funds borrowed for the purpose
of constructing such capital improvements.
(n) costs and expenses of gardening and landscaping;
(o) maintenance of signs;
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(p) personal property taxes levied on or attributable to personal property used
in connection with the Building or the Common Areas;
(q) reasonable accounting, audit, verification, legal and other consulting fees;
(r) costs and expenses of repairs, resurfacing, repairing, maintenance,
painting, lighting, cleaning, refuse removal, security and similar items,
including appropriate reserves; and
(s) any other costs or expenses applicable to the ownership, leasing and/or
management of the Building and/or the Development.
When calculating Operating Expenses for purposes of establishing Tenant's
Operating Expense Allowance, Operating Expenses shall not include Real Property
Taxes and Assessments attributable to special assessments, charges, costs, or
fees or due to modifications or changes in governmental laws or regulations
including, but not limited to, the institution of a split tax roll, and shall
exclude market-wide labor-rate increases due to extraordinary circumstances
including, but not limited to, boycotts and strikes and utility increases due to
extraordinary circumstances including, but not limited to, conservation
surcharges, boycotts, embargoes or other shortages. Landlord shall keep books
and records showing the Operating Expenses in accordance with a system of
accounts and accounting practices consistently maintained by Landlord on a
year-to-year basis in compliance with such provisions of this Lease as may
affect such accounts (the "Accounting Practices").
2. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. The term "Real Property Taxes and
Assessments", as used in this Exhibit "E", means: any form of assessment,
license fee, license tax, business license fee, commercial rental tax, levy,
charge, improvement bond, tax or similar imposition imposed by any authority
having the direct power to tax, including any city, county, state or federal
government, or any school, agricultural, lighting, drainage or other improvement
or special assessment district thereof, as against any legal or equitable
interest of Landlord in the Premises, Building, Common Areas or the Development
(as such terms are defined in the Lease), adjusted to reflect an assumption that
the Building is fully assessed for real property tax purposes as a completed
building ready for occupancy, including the following by way of illustration but
not limitation:
(a) any tax on Landlord's "right" to rent or "right" to other income from the
Premises or as against Landlord's business of leasing the Premises;
(b) any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge in substitution, partially or
totally, of any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge previously included within
the definition of real property tax, it being acknowledged by Tenant and
Landlord that Proposition 13 was adopted by the voters of the State of
California in the June, 1978 election and that assessments, taxes, fees, levies
and charges may be imposed by governmental agencies for such services as fire
protection, street, sidewalk and road maintenance, refuse removal and for other
governmental services formerly provided without charge to property owners or
occupants. It is the intention of Tenant and Landlord that all such new and
increased assessments, taxes, fees, levies and charges be included within the
definition of "real property taxes" for the purposes of this Lease;
(c) any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge allocable to or measured by the
area of the Premises or other premises in the Building or the rent payable by
Tenant hereunder or other tenants of the Building, including, without
limitation, any gross receipts tax or excise tax levied by state, city or
federal government, or any political subdivision thereof, with respect to the
receipt of such rent, or upon or with respect to the possession, leasing,
operation, management, maintenance, alteration, repair, use or occupancy by
Tenant of the Premises, or any portion thereof but not on Landlord's other
operations;
(d) any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge upon this transaction or any
document to which Tenant is a party, creating or transferring an interest or an
estate in the Premises; and/or
(e) any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge by any governmental agency related
to any transportation plan, fund or system (including assessment districts)
instituted within the geographic area of which the Building is a part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time after the Commencement Date, the
amount of Real Property Taxes and Assessments decreases, then for purposes of
all subsequent Lease Years,
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including the Lease Year in which such decrease in Real Property Taxes and
Assessments occurs, Tenant's Operating Expense Allowance shall be decreased by
an amount equal to such decrease in Real Property Taxes and Assessments.
3. ITEMS EXCLUDED FROM OPERATING EXPENSES. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Paragraphs 1 and 2 above to the contrary, "Operating Expenses" will not include:
(a) Landlord's federal or state income, franchise, inheritance or estate taxes;
(b) any ground lease rental;
(c) costs incurred by Landlord for the repair of damage to the Building to the
extent that Landlord is reimbursed by insurance (and for this purpose Landlord
shall not be deemed to have been reimbursed with respect to any deductible), or
condemnation proceeds or by tenants, warrantors or other third persons;
(d) depreciation, amortization and interest payments, except as specifically
provided herein, and except on materials, tools, supplies and vendor-type
equipment purchased by Landlord to enable Landlord to supply services Landlord
might otherwise contract for with a third party, where such depreciation,
amortization and interest payments would otherwise have been included in the
charge for such third party's services, all as determined in accordance with the
Accounting Practices;
(e) brokerage commissions, finders' fees, attorneys' fees, space planning costs
and other costs incurred by Landlord in leasing or attempting to lease space in
the Building;
(f) costs of a capital nature, including, without limitation, capital
improvements, capital replacements, capital repairs, capital equipment and
capital tools, all as determined in accordance with the Accounting Practices;
provided, however, the capital expenditures set forth in Subparagraph 1(m) above
will in any event be included in the definition of Operating Expenses;
(g) interest, principal, points and fees on debt or amortization on any
mortgage, deed of trust or other debt encumbering the Building or the
Development;
(h) costs, including permit, license and inspection costs, incurred with respect
to the installation of tenant improvements for tenants in the Building
(including the original Tenant Improvements for the Premises), or incurred in
renovating or otherwise improving, decorating, painting or redecorating space
for tenants or other occupants of the Building, including space planning and
interior design costs and fees;
(i) attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with
negotiations or disputes with present or prospective tenants or other occupants
of the Building; provided, however, that Operating Expenses will include those
attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with
negotiations, disputes or claims relating to items of Operating Expenses,
enforcement of rules and regulations of the Building, and such other matters
relating to the maintenance of standards required of Landlord under the Lease;
(j) except for the administrative/management fees described in Subparagraph 1(h)
above, costs of Landlord's general corporate overhead;
(k) all items and services for which Tenant or any other tenant in the Building
reimburses Landlord (other than through operating expense pass-through
provisions);
(l) electric power costs for which any tenant directly contracts with the local
public service company; provided, however, for purposes of this subparagraph
(l), in calculating the cost of electrical power consumed by tenants of the
Building, the applicable rentable square feet occupied by tenants who separately
contract for electrical power shall be excluded from the denominator when
determining all other tenants' pro-rata share of the costs of such electrical
power.
(m) costs arising from Landlord's charitable or political contributions.
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STANDARDS FOR UTILITIES AND SERVICES
The following standards for utilities and services are in effect. Landlord
reserves the right to adopt nondiscriminatory modifications and additions
hereto.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Lease and provided Tenant remains in
occupancy of the Premises, Landlord will provide or make available the following
utilities and services:
1. Provide non-attended automatic elevator facilities Monday through Friday,
except holidays, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and have one elevator available for
Tenant's use at all other times.
2. On Monday through Friday, except holidays, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon (and other times for a reasonable additional
charge to be fixed by Landlord), ventilate the Premises and furnish air
conditioning or heating on such days and hours, when in the reasonable judgment
of Landlord it may be required for the comfortable occupancy of the Premises.
The air conditioning system achieves maximum cooling when the window coverings
are extended to the full length of the window opening and adjusted to a 45o
angle upwards. Landlord will not be responsible for room temperatures if Tenant
does not keep all window coverings in the Premises extended to the full length
of the window opening and adjusted to a 45o angle upwards whenever the system is
in operation. Tenant agrees to cooperate fully at all times with Landlord, and
to abide by all reasonable regulations and requirements which Landlord may
prescribe for the proper function and protection of said air conditioning
system. Tenant agrees not to connect any apparatus, device, conduit or pipe to
the chilled and hot water air conditioning supply lines of the Building. Tenant
further agrees that neither Tenant nor its servants, employees, agents,
visitors, licensees or contractors shall at any time enter the mechanical
installations or facilities of the Building or the Development or adjust, tamper
with, touch or otherwise in any manner affect said installations or facilities.
The cost of maintenance and service calls to adjust and regulate the air
conditioning system will be charged to Tenant if the need for maintenance work
results from either Tenant's adjustment of room thermostats or Tenant's failure
to comply with its obligations under this Exhibit, including keeping window
coverings extended to the full length of the window opening and adjusted to a
45o angle upwards. Such work will be charged at hourly rates equal to
then-current journeyman's wages for air conditioning mechanics.
3. Landlord will make available to the Premises, 24 hours per day, seven days a
week, electric current as required by the Building standard office lighting and
fractional horsepower office business machines including copiers, personal
computers and word processing equipment in an amount not to exceed four (4)
watts per square foot per normal business day. Tenant agrees, should its
electrical installation or electrical consumption be in excess of the aforesaid
quantity or extend beyond normal business hours, to reimburse Landlord monthly
for the measured consumption at the average cost per kilowatt hour charged to
the Building during the period. If a separate meter is not installed at Tenant's
cost, such excess cost will be established by an estimate agreed upon by
Landlord and Tenant, and if the parties fail to agree, such cost will be
established by an independent licensed engineer selected in Landlord's
reasonable discretion, whose fee shall be shared equally by Landlord and Tenant.
Tenant agrees not to use any apparatus or device in, upon or about the Premises
(other than standard office business machines, personal computers and word
processing equipment) which may in any way increase the amount of such services
usually furnished or supplied to said Premises, and Tenant further agrees not to
connect any apparatus or device with wires, conduits or pipes, or other means by
which such services are supplied, for the purpose of using additional or unusual
amounts of such services without the written consent of Landlord. Should Tenant
use the same to excess, the refusal on the part of Tenant to pay upon demand of
Landlord the amount established by Landlord for such excess charge will
constitute a breach of the obligation to pay rent under this Lease and will
entitle Landlord to the rights therein granted for such breach. Tenant's use of
electric current will never exceed the capacity of the feeders to the Building,
or the risers or wiring installation and Tenants will not install or use or
permit the installation or use of any computer or electronic data processing
equipment in the Premises (except standard office business machines, personal
computers and word processing equipment) without the prior written consent of
Landlord.
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4. Water will be available in public areas for drinking and lavatory purposes
only, but if Tenant requires, uses or consumes water for any purpose in addition
to ordinary drinking and lavatory purposes, of which fact Tenant constitutes
Landlord to be the sole judge, Landlord may install a water meter and thereby
measure Tenant's water consumption for all purposes. Tenant agrees to pay
Landlord for the cost of the meter and the cost of the installation thereof and
throughout the duration of Tenant's occupancy Tenant will keep said meter and
installation equipment in good working order and repair at Tenant's own cost and
expense, in default of which Landlord may cause such meter and equipment to be
replaced or repaired and collect the cost thereof from Tenant. Tenant agrees to
pay for water consumed, as shown on such meter, as and when bills are rendered,
and on default in making such payment, Landlord may pay such charges and collect
the same from Tenant. Any such costs or expenses incurred, or payments made by
Landlord for any of the reasons or purposes hereinabove stated will be deemed to
be additional rent payable by Tenant and collectible by Landlord as such.
5. Landlord will provide janitor service to the Premises, provided the same are
used exclusively as offices, and are kept reasonably in order by Tenant, and
unless otherwise agreed to by Landlord and Tenant no one other than persons
approved by Landlord shall be permitted to enter the Premises for such purposes.
If the Premises are not used exclusively as offices, they will be kept clean and
in order by Tenant, at Tenant's expense, and to the satisfaction of Landlord,
and by persons approved by Landlord. Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord the cost
of removal of any of Tenant's refuse and rubbish to the extent that the same
exceeds the refuse and rubbish usually attendant upon the use of the Premises as
offices.
6. Landlord reserves the right to stop service of the elevator, plumbing,
ventilation, air conditioning and electrical systems, when necessary, by reason
of accident or emergency or for repairs, alterations or improvements, when in
the judgment of Landlord such actions are desirable or necessary to be made,
until said repairs, alterations or improvements shall have been completed, and
Landlord will have no responsibility or liability for failure to supply elevator
facilities, plumbing, ventilating, air conditioning or electric service, when
prevented from so doing by strike or accident or by any cause beyond Landlord's
reasonable control, or by laws, rules, orders, ordinances, directions,
regulations or by reason of the requirements of any federal, state, county or
municipal authority or failure of gas, oil or other suitable fuel supply or
inability by exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain gas, oil or other
suitable fuel supply. It is expressly understood and agreed that any covenants
on Landlord's part to furnish any services pursuant to any of the terms,
covenants, conditions, provisions or agreements of this Lease, or to perform any
act or thing for the benefit of Tenant, will not be deemed breached if Landlord
is unable to furnish or perform the same by virtue of a strike or labor trouble
or any other cause whatsoever beyond Landlord's control.
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ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, __________________________________________ ("Tenant"), hereby
certifies to__________________________________________________________________,
as follows:
1. Attached hereto is a true, correct and complete copy of that certain lease
dated _____________________, 199_, between ____ , a _________________________
("Landlord") and Tenant (the "Lease"), regarding the premises located at ____
___________________________________________(the "Premises"). The Lease is now
in full force and effect and has not been amended, modified or supplemented,
except as set forth in Paragraph 4 below.
2. The Term of the Lease commenced on _________________________, 20______.
3. The Term of the Lease will expire on _______________________, 20______.
4. The Lease has: (Initial one)
(______) not been amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or
assigned.
(______) been amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or assigned
by the following described terms or agreements, copies of which are attached
hereto:
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.
5. Tenant has accepted and is now in possession of the Premises.
6. Tenant and Landlord acknowledge that Landlord's interest in the Lease will be
assigned to ___________________________________________and that no modification,
adjustment, revision or cancellation of the Lease or amendments thereto shall be
effective unless written consent of _________________________________________ is
obtained, and that until further notice, payments under the Lease may continue
as heretofore.
7. The amount of Monthly Base Rent is $_______________________________.
8. The amount of Security Deposit (if any) is $ ______________________.
No other security deposits have been made except as follows: __________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________.
9. Tenant is paying the full lease rental which has been paid in full as of the
date hereof. No rent or other charges under the Lease have been paid for more
than thirty (30) days in advance of its due date except as follows:
______________________________________________________________________________.
10. All work required to be performed by Landlord under the Lease has been
completed except as follows:__________________________________________________.
11. There are no defaults on the part of the Landlord or Tenant under the Lease
except as follows:____________________________________________________________.
12. Neither Landlord nor Tenant has any defense as to its obligations under the
Lease and claims no set-off or counterclaim against the other party except as
follows: ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
13. Tenant has no right to any concession (rental or otherwise) or similar
compensation in connection with renting the space it occupies other than as
provided in the Lease except as
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follows:_______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________.
All provisions of the Lease and the amendments thereto (if any) referred to
above are hereby ratified.
The foregoing certification is made with the knowledge that __________________
___________________ is relying upon the representations herein made in funding
a loan to Landlord in purchasing the Premises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been duly executed and delivered by the
authorized officers of the undersigned as of ___________________, 20 ________.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
A. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS. The following rules and regulations govern the
use of the Building and the Development Common Areas. Tenant will be bound by
such rules and regulations and agrees to cause Tenant's Authorized Users, its
employees, subtenants, assignees, contractors, suppliers, customers and invitees
to observe the same.
1. Except as specifically provided in the Lease to which these Rules and
Regulations are attached, no sign, placard, picture, advertisement, name or
notice may be installed or displayed on any part of the outside or inside of the
Building or the Development without the prior written consent of Landlord.
Landlord will have the right to remove, at Tenant's expense and without notice,
any sign installed or displayed in violation of this rule. All approved signs or
lettering on doors and walls are to be printed, painted, affixed or inscribed at
the expense of Tenant and under the direction of Landlord by a person or company
designated or approved by Landlord.
2. If Landlord objects in writing to any curtains, blinds, shades, screens or
hanging plants or other similar objects attached to or used in connection with
any window or door of the Premises, or placed on any windowsill, which is
visible from the exterior of the Premises, Tenant will immediately discontinue
such use. Tenant agrees not to place anything against or near glass partitions
or doors or windows which may appear unsightly from outside the Premises
including from within any interior common areas.
3. Tenant will not obstruct any sidewalks, halls, passages, exits, entrances,
elevators, escalators, or stairways of the Development. The halls, passages,
exits, entrances, elevators and stairways are not open to the general public,
but are open, subject to reasonable regulations, to Tenant's business invitees.
Landlord will in all cases retain the right to control and prevent access
thereto of all persons whose presence in the reasonable judgment of Landlord
would be prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation and interest of the
Development and its tenants, provided that nothing herein contained will be
construed to prevent such access to persons with whom any tenant normally deals
in the ordinary course of its business, unless such persons are engaged in
illegal or unlawful activities. No tenant and no employee or invitee of any
tenant will go upon the roof of the Building.
4. Tenant will not obtain for use on the Premises ice, drinking water, food,
food vendors, beverage, towel or other similar services or accept barbering or
bootblacking service upon the Premises, except at such reasonable hours and
under such reasonable regulations as may be fixed by Landlord. Landlord
expressly reserves the right to absolutely prohibit solicitation, canvassing,
distribution of handbills or any other written material, peddling, sales and
displays of products, goods and wares in all portions of the Development except
as may be expressly permitted under the Lease. Landlord reserves the right to
restrict and regulate the use of the common areas of the Development and
Building by invitees of tenants providing services to tenants on a periodic or
daily basis including food and beverage vendors. Such restrictions may include
limitations on time, place, manner and duration of access to a tenant's premises
for such purposes. Without limiting the foregoing, Landlord may require that
such parties use service elevators, halls, passageways and stairways for such
purposes to preserve access within the Building for tenants and the general
public.
5. Landlord reserves the right to require tenants to periodically provide
Landlord with a written list of any and all business invitees which periodically
or regularly provide goods and services to such tenants at the premises.
Landlord reserves the right to preclude all vendors from entering or conducting
business within the Building and the Development if such vendors are not listed
on a tenant's list of requested vendors.
6. Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the Building between the hours of
6 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following business day, or such other hours as may be
established from time to time by Landlord, and on Sundays and legal holidays,
any person unless that person is known to the person or employee in charge of
the Building or has a pass or is properly identified. Tenant will be responsible
for all persons for whom it requests passes and will be liable to Landlord for
all acts of such persons. Landlord will not be liable for damages for any error
with regard to the admission to or exclusion from the Building of any person.
Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the Building in case of
invasion, mob, riot, public excitement or other commotion by closing the doors
or by other appropriate action.
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7. The directory of the Building or the Development will be provided exclusively
for the display of the name and location of tenants only and Landlord reserves
the right to exclude any other names therefrom.
8. All cleaning and janitorial services for the Development and the Premises
will be provided exclusively through Landlord, and except with the written
consent of Landlord, no person or persons other than those approved by Landlord
will be employed by Tenant or permitted to enter the Development for the purpose
of cleaning the same. Tenant will not cause any unnecessary labor by
carelessness or indifference to the good order and cleanliness of the Premises.
9. Landlord will furnish Tenant, free of charge, with two keys to each entry
door lock in the Premises. Landlord may make a reasonable charge for any
additional keys. Tenant shall not make or have made additional keys, and Tenant
shall not alter any lock or install any new additional lock or bolt on any door
of the Premises. Tenant, upon the termination of its tenancy, will deliver to
Landlord the keys to all doors which have been furnished to Tenant, and in the
event of loss of any keys so furnished, will pay Landlord therefor.
10. If Tenant requires telegraphic, telephonic, burglar alarm, satellite dishes,
antennae or similar services, it will first obtain Landlord's approval, and
comply with, Landlord's reasonable rules and requirements applicable to such
services, which may include separate licensing by, and fees paid to, Landlord.
11. Freight elevator(s) will be available for use by all tenants in the
Building, subject to such reasonable scheduling as Landlord, in its discretion,
deems appropriate. No equipment, materials, furniture, packages, supplies,
merchandise or other property will be received in the Building or carried in the
elevators except between such hours and in such elevators as may be designated
by Landlord. Tenant's initial move in and subsequent deliveries of bulky items,
such as furniture, safes and similar items will, unless otherwise agreed in
writing by Landlord, be made during the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. or on
Saturday or Sunday. Deliveries during normal office hours shall be limited to
normal office supplies and other small items. No deliveries will be made which
impede or interfere with other tenants or the operation of the Building.
12. Tenant will not place a load upon any floor of the Premises which exceeds
the load per square foot which such floor was designed to carry and which is
allowed by law. Landlord will have the right to reasonably prescribe the weight,
size and position of all safes, heavy equipment, files, materials, furniture or
other property brought into the Building. Heavy objects will, if considered
necessary by Landlord, stand on such platforms as determined by Landlord to be
necessary to properly distribute the weight, which platforms will be provided at
Tenant's expense. Business machines and mechanical equipment belonging to
Tenant, which cause noise or vibration that may be transmitted to the structure
of the Building or to any space therein to such a degree as to be objectionable
to any tenants in the Building or Landlord, are to be placed and maintained by
Tenant, at Tenant's expense, on vibration eliminators or other devises
sufficient to eliminate noise or vibration. Tenant will be responsible for all
structural engineering required to determine structural load, as well as the
expense thereof. The persons employed to move such equipment in or out of the
Building must be reasonably acceptable to Landlord. Landlord will not be
responsible for loss of, or damage to, any such equipment or other property from
any cause, and all damage done to the Building by maintaining or moving such
equipment or other property will be repaired at the expense of Tenant.
13. Tenant will not use or keep in the Premises any kerosene, gasoline or
inflammable or combustible fluid or material other than those limited quantities
necessary for the operation or maintenance of office equipment. Tenant will not
use or permit to be used in the Premises any foul or noxious gas or substance,
or permit or allow the Premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or
objectionable to Landlord or other occupants of the Building by reason of noise,
odors or vibrations, nor will Tenant bring into or keep in or about the Premises
any birds or animals.
14. Tenant will not use any method of heating or air conditioning other than
that supplied by Landlord without Landlord's prior written consent.
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15. Tenant will not waste electricity, water or air conditioning and agrees to
cooperate fully with Landlord to assure the most effective operation of the
Building's heating and air conditioning and to comply with any governmental
energy-saving rules, laws or regulations of which Tenant has actual notice, and
will refrain from attempting to adjust controls. Tenant will keep corridor doors
closed, and shall keep all window coverings pulled down.
16. Landlord reserves the right, exercisable without notice and without
liability to Tenant, to change the name and street address of the Building.
Without the prior written consent of Landlord, which Landlord may deny with or
without cause, Tenant will not use the name, photograph or likeness of the
Building or the Development in connection with or in promoting or advertising
the business of Tenant except as Tenant's address.
17. Tenant will close and lock the doors of its Premises and entirely shut off
all water faucets or other water apparatus, and lighting or gas before Tenant
and its employees leave the Premises. Tenant will be responsible for any damage
or injuries sustained by other tenants or occupants of the Building or by
Landlord for noncompliance with this rule.
18. The toilet rooms, toilets, urinals, wash bowls and other apparatus will not
be used for any purpose other than that for which they were constructed and no
foreign substance of any kind whatsoever shall be thrown therein. The expense of
any breakage, stoppage or damage resulting from any violation of this rule will
be borne by the tenant who, or whose employees or invitees, break this rule.
Cleaning of equipment of any type is prohibited. Shaving is prohibited.
19. Tenant will not sell, or permit the sale at retail of newspapers, magazines,
periodicals, theater tickets or any other goods or merchandise to the general
public in or on the Premises. Tenant will not use the Premises for any business
or activity other than that specifically provided for in this Lease. Tenant will
not conduct, nor permit to be conducted, either voluntarily or involuntarily,
any auction upon the Premises without first having obtained Landlord's prior
written consent, which consent Landlord may withhold in its sole and absolute
discretion.
20. Tenant will not install any radio or television antenna, loudspeaker,
satellite dishes or other devices on the roof(s) or exterior walls of the
Building or the Development. Tenant will not interfere with radio or television
broadcasting or reception from or in the Development or elsewhere.
21. Except for the ordinary hanging of pictures and wall decorations, Tenant
will not mark, drive nails, screw or drill into the partitions, woodwork or
plaster or in any way deface the Premises or any part thereof, except in
accordance with the provisions of the Lease pertaining to alterations. Landlord
reserves the right to direct electricians as to where and how telephone and
telegraph wires are to be introduced to the Premises. Tenant will not cut or
bore holes for wires. Tenant will not affix any floor covering to the floor of
the Premises in any manner except as approved by Landlord. Tenant shall repair
any damage resulting from noncompliance with this rule.
22. Tenant will not install, maintain or operate upon the Premises any vending
machines without the written consent of Landlord.
23. Landlord reserves the right to exclude or expel from the Development any
person who, in Landlord's judgment, is intoxicated or under the influence of
liquor or drugs or who is in violation of any of the Rules and Regulations of
the Building.
24. Tenant will store all its trash and garbage within its Premises or in other
facilities provided by Landlord. Tenant will not place in any trash box or
receptacle any material which cannot be disposed of in the ordinary and
customary manner of trash and garbage disposal. All garbage and refuse disposal
is to be made in accordance with directions issued from time to time by
Landlord.
25. The Premises will not be used for lodging or for the storage of merchandise
held for sale to the general public, or for lodging or for manufacturing of any
kind, nor shall the Premises be used for any improper, immoral or objectionable
purpose. No cooking will be done or permitted on the Premises without Landlord's
consent, except the use by Tenant of Underwriters' Laboratory approved equipment
for brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar beverages shall be permitted,
and the use of a microwave oven for employees use will be permitted,
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provided that such equipment and use is in accordance with all applicable
federal, state, county and city laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations.
26. Neither Tenant nor any of its employees, agents, customers and invitees may
use in any space or in the public halls of the Building or the Development any
hand truck except those equipped with rubber tires and side guards or such other
material-handling equipment as Landlord may approve. Tenant will not bring any
other vehicles of any kind into the Building.
27. Tenant agrees to comply with all safety, fire protection and evacuation
procedures and regulations established by Landlord or any governmental agency.
28. Tenant assumes any and all responsibility for protecting its Premises from
theft, robbery and pilferage, which includes keeping doors locked and other
means of entry to the Premises closed.
29. To the extent Landlord reasonably deems it necessary to exercise exclusive
control over any portions of the Common Areas for the mutual benefit of the
tenants in the Building or the Development, Landlord may do so subject to
reasonable, non-discriminatory additional rules and regulations.
30. Landlord may prohibit smoking in the Building and may require Tenant and any
of its employees, agents, clients, customers, invitees and guests who desire to
smoke, to smoke within designated smoking areas within the Development.
31. Tenant's requirements will be attended to only upon appropriate application
to Landlord's asset management office for the Development by an authorized
individual of Tenant. Employees of Landlord will not perform any work or do
anything outside of their regular duties unless under special instructions from
Landlord, and no employee of Landlord will admit any person (Tenant or
otherwise) to any office without specific instructions from Landlord.
32. These Rules and Regulations are in addition to, and will not be construed to
in any way modify or amend, in whole or in part, the terms, covenants,
agreements and conditions of the Lease. Landlord may waive any one or more of
these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of Tenant or any other tenant, but
no such waiver by Landlord will be construed as a waiver of such Rules and
Regulations in favor of Tenant or any other tenant, nor prevent Landlord from
thereafter enforcing any such Rules and Regulations against any or all of the
tenants of the Development.
33. Landlord reserves the right to make such other and reasonable and
non-discriminatory Rules and Regulations as, in its judgment, may from time to
time be needed for safety and security, for care and cleanliness of the
Development and for the preservation of good order therein. Tenant agrees to
abide by all such Rules and Regulations herein above stated and any additional
reasonable and non-discriminatory rules and regulations which are adopted.
Tenant is responsible for the observance of all of the foregoing rules by
Tenant's employees, agents, clients, customers, invitees and guests.
B. PARKING RULES AND REGULATIONS. The following rules and regulations govern the
use of the parking facilities which serve the Building. Tenant will be bound by
such rules and regulations and agrees to cause its employees, subtenants,
assignees, contractors, suppliers, customers and invitees to observe the same:
1. Tenant will not permit or allow any vehicles that belong to or are controlled
by Tenant or Tenant's employees, subtenants, customers or invitees to be loaded,
unloaded or parked in areas other than those designated by Landlord for such
activities. No vehicles are to be left in the parking areas overnight and no
vehicles are to be parked in the parking areas other than normally sized
passenger automobiles, motorcycles and pick-up trucks. No extended term storage
of vehicles is permitted.
2. Vehicles must be parked entirely within painted stall lines of a single
parking stall.
3. All directional signs and arrows must be observed.
4. The speed limit within all parking areas shall be five (5) miles per hour.
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5. Parking is prohibited: (a) in areas not striped for parking; (b) in aisles or
on ramps; (c) where "no parking" signs are posted; (d) in cross-hatched areas;
and (e) in such other areas as may be designated from time to time by Landlord
or Landlord's parking operator.
6. Landlord reserves the right, without cost or liability to Landlord, to tow
any vehicle if such vehicle's audio theft alarm system remains engaged for an
unreasonable period of time.
7. Washing, waxing, cleaning or servicing of any vehicle in any area not
specifically reserved for such purpose is prohibited.
8. Landlord may refuse to permit any person to park in the parking facilities
who violates these rules with unreasonable frequency, and any violation of these
rules shall subject the violator's car to removal, at such car owner's expense.
Tenant agrees to use its best efforts to acquaint its employees, subtenants,
assignees, contractors, suppliers, customers and invitees with these parking
provisions, rules and regulations.
9. Parking stickers, access cards, or any other device or form of identification
supplied by Landlord as a condition of use of the parking facilities shall
remain the property of Landlord. Parking identification devices, if utilized by
Landlord, must be displayed as requested and may not be mutilated in any manner.
The serial number of the parking identification device may not be obliterated.
Parking identification devices, if any, are not transferable and any device in
the possession of an unauthorized holder will be void. Landlord reserves the
right to refuse the sale of monthly stickers or other parking identification
devices to Tenant or any of its agents, employees or representatives who
willfully refuse to comply with these rules and regulations and all unposted
city, state or federal ordinances, laws or agreements.
10. Loss or theft of parking identification devices or access cards must be
reported to the management office in the Development immediately, and a lost or
stolen report must be filed by the Tenant or user of such parking identification
device or access card at the time. Landlord has the right to exclude any vehicle
from the parking facilities that does not have a parking identification device
or valid access card. Any parking identification device or access card which is
reported lost or stolen and which is subsequently found in the possession of an
unauthorized person will be confiscated and the illegal holder will be subject
to prosecution.
11. All damage or loss claimed to be the responsibility of Landlord must be
reported, itemized in writing and delivered to the management office located
within the Development within ten (10) business days after any claimed damage or
loss occurs. Any claim not so made is waived. Landlord is not responsible for
damage by water or fire, or for the acts or omissions of others, or for articles
left in vehicles. In any event, the total liability of Landlord, if any, is
limited to Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for all damages or loss to any
car. Landlord is not responsible for loss of use.
12. The parking operators, managers or attendants are not authorized to make or
allow any exceptions to these rules and regulations, without the express written
consent of Landlord. Any exceptions to these rules and regulations made by the
parking operators, managers or attendants without the express written consent of
Landlord will not be deemed to have been approved by Landlord.
13. Landlord reserves the right, without cost or liability to Landlord, to tow
any vehicles which are used or parked in violation of these rules and
regulations.
14. Landlord reserves the right from time to time to modify and/or adopt such
other reasonable and non-discriminatory rules and regulations for the parking
facilities as it deems reasonably necessary for the operation of the parking
facilities.
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