AGREEMENT OF LEASE
111 CHELSEA LLC
| LANDLORD |
AND
DOUBLECLICK INC.
| TENANT |
| PREMISES: | Portion of the Tenth (10th) Floor | |||
| 111 Eighth Avenue | ||||
| New York, New York 10011 | ||||
| DATED: | as of July 1, 2003 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page No. | ||||||
| Article 1. | Definitions; Interpretation | 1 | ||||
| Article 2. | Demise, Premises, Term, Rent | 5 | ||||
| Article 3. | Use and Occupancy | 7 | ||||
| Article 4. | Alterations | 9 | ||||
| Article 5. | Condition of the Premises; Landlords Work | 12 | ||||
| Article 6. | Repairs; Floor Load | 14 | ||||
| Article 7. | Real Estate Tax Increases | 15 | ||||
| Article 8. | Compliance With Laws | 19 | ||||
| Article 9. | Subordination and Non-Disturbance; Estoppel Certificates | 21 | ||||
| Article 10. | Services | 23 | ||||
| Article 11. | Insurance | 33 | ||||
| Article 12. | Destruction of the Premises; Property Loss or Damage | 35 | ||||
| Article 13. | Eminent Domain | 37 | ||||
| Article 14. | Assignment and Subletting | 38 | ||||
| Article 15. | Access to Premises | 47 | ||||
| Article 16. | Default | 48 | ||||
| Article 17. | Remedies and Damages | 51 | ||||
| Article 18. | Fees and Expenses | 53 | ||||
| Article 19. | No Representations by Landlord | 53 | ||||
| Article 20. | End of Term | 54 | ||||
| Article 21. | Quiet Enjoyment | 54 | ||||
| Article 22. | No Waiver; Non-Liability | 55 | ||||
| Article 23. | Waiver of Trial By Jury | 56 | ||||
| Article 24. | Inability To Perform | 56 | ||||
| Article 25. | Bills and Notices | 57 | ||||
| Article 26. | Rules and Regulations | 57 | ||||
| Article 27. | Broker | 57 | ||||
| Article 28. | Indemnity | 58 | ||||
| Article 29. | Temporary Space | 59 | ||||
| Article 30. | Landlords Contribution | 60 | ||||
| Article 31. | Right of First Offer | 61 | ||||
| Article 32. | Security Deposit | 64 | ||||
| Article 33. | Termination Option | 67 | ||||
| Article 34. | Miscellaneous | 67 | ||||
| Exhibit A: | Floor Plan of the Premises | |||||
| Exhibit B: | Rules and Regulations | |||||
| Exhibit C: | Landlords Work | |||||
| Exhibit D: | Floor Plan of the Temporary Space | |||||
| Exhibit E: | Form of Letter of Credit | |||||
| Exhibit F: | Landlords Consulting Professionals | |||||
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AGREEMENT OF LEASE, dated as of July 1, 2003, between 111 CHELSEA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with an address c/o Taconic Investment Partners LLC, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (Landlord), and DOUBLECLICK INC., a Delaware corporation with an address at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001 (Tenant).
W I T N E S S E T H:
The parties hereto, for themselves, their legal representatives, successors and assigns, covenant and agree as follows.
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 For all purposes of this Lease, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
| Additional Rent: | Tenants Tax Payment, and any and all other sums, other than Fixed Rent, payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Lease. | |
| Affiliate: | With respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person. | |
| Alterations: | Alterations, installations, improvements, additions or other physical changes (other than decorations, movable fixtures and equipment), including the Initial Alterations, in and to the Premises and elsewhere in the Building, made by or on behalf of Tenant prior to and during the Term or any renewal or extension thereof. | |
| Base Rate: | The annual rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A., New York, New York (or any successor thereto) as its base rate, or such other term as may be used by Citibank, N.A. from time to time for the rate presently referred to as its base rate. | |
| Building: | All the buildings, equipment and other improvements and appurtenances of every kind and description now located or hereafter erected, constructed or placed upon the land and any and all alterations, renewals, replacements, additions and substitutions thereto, presently known by the address of 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York. | |
| Building Systems: | The mechanical, electrical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, elevator, plumbing, sanitary, fire suppression, life-safety and other service systems of the Building, but not including the portions of such systems installed in the Premises or elsewhere in the Building by or on behalf of Tenant and exclusively serving the Premises. | |
| Business Days: | All days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and all days observed by either the State of New York, the United States of America or by the labor unions servicing the Building as legal holidays. |
| Commencement | ||
| Date: | July 1, 2003. | |
| Control: | As to any Entity: (a) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Ownership Interests of such entity, and (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Entity, whether through the ownership of Ownership Interests or by contract. | |
| Default Rate: | A rate per annum equal to three (3) percentage points above the Base Rate. | |
| Entity: | A corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, general partnership, business trust, foundation, or any other legal entity in which Ownership Interests may be owned and transferred. | |
| Expiration Date: | June 30, 2018. | |
| Governmental | ||
| Authority: | Any of the United States of America, the State of New York, the City of New York, any political subdivision thereof and any agency, department, commission, board, bureau or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, now or hereafter existing, having jurisdiction over the Real Property or any portion thereof or the vaults, curbs, sidewalks, streets and areas adjacent thereto. | |
| HVAC: | Heat, ventilation and air-conditioning. | |
| Hazardous | ||
| Materials: | Any substances, materials or wastes regulated by any Governmental Authority and deemed or defined as a hazardous substance, hazardous material, toxic substance, toxic pollutant, contaminant, pollutant, solid waste, hazardous waste or words of similar import under applicable Laws, including oil and petroleum products, natural or synthetic gas, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos in any form, urea formaldehyde, radon gas, or the emission of non-ionizing radiation, microwave radiation or electromagnetic fields at levels in excess of those (if any) specified by any Governmental Authority or which may cause a health hazard or danger to property, or the emission of any form of ionizing radiation. | |
| Initial Alterations: | Defined in Section 5.3. | |
| Landlord Party: | Any of Landlord, any Affiliate of Landlord, Landlords managing and leasing agents for the Building, each Mortgagee and Superior Lessor, and each of their respective direct and indirect partners, officers, shareholders, directors, members, trustees, beneficiaries, employees, principals, |
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| contractors, licensees, invitees, servants, advisors, agents and representatives. | ||
| Landlords Work: | Defined in Section 5.2. | |
| Law or Laws: | All present and future laws, rules, orders, ordinances, regulations, statutes, requirements, codes, executive orders, rules of common law, and any judicial interpretations thereof, extraordinary as well as ordinary, of all Governmental Authorities, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §12,101 et seq.), New York City Local Law 58 of 1987, and any law of like import, and all rules, regulations and government orders with respect thereto, and of any applicable fire rating bureau, or other body exercising similar functions, of general applicability or affecting the Real Property or the maintenance, use or occupation thereof, or any street or sidewalk comprising a part of or in front thereof or any vault in or under the Building. | |
| Mortgage: | Any mortgage or trust indenture which may now or hereafter affect the Real Property, the Building or any Superior Lease and the leasehold interest created thereby, and all renewals, extensions, supplements, amendments, modifications, consolidations and replacements thereof or thereto, substitutions therefor, and advances made thereunder. | |
| Mortgagee: | Any mortgagee, trustee or other holder of a Mortgage. | |
| Ownership Interests: | As to any Entity, the outstanding voting stock, membership interests, partnership interests or other legal or equitable ownership interests of any kind, however characterized, in such Entity. | |
| Permitted Use: | The use of the Premises by Tenant as (i) administrative and general offices, and (ii) as to not more than 5,000 Rentable Square Feet of the Premises, as a data center for the installation, operation and maintenance of telecommunications switching and transmission equipment and facilities in connection with Tenants business (the Permitted Data Center), and for no other purposes, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease. | |
| Person: | Any Entity, estate, trust, unincorporated association, tenancy-in-common, or any Governmental Authority. | |
| Premises: | A portion of the tenth (10th) floor of the Building, as shown on the floor plan attached to this Lease as Exhibit A. | |
| Premises Area: | The Rentable Square Foot area of the Premises, consisting of a total of 76,000 Rentable Square Feet, as the Premises Area may be increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to this Lease. | |
| Real Property: | The Building, together with the plot of land upon which it stands. |
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| Rent: | Collectively, Fixed Rent and Additional Rent. | |
| Rent | ||
| Commencement | ||
| Date: | The date that is six (6) months after the Commencement Date. | |
| Rentable Square | ||
| Feet: | The deemed rentable area of the Building or any portion thereof, computed on the basis of the current standard employed by Landlord on the date hereof with respect to the calculation of the deemed Rentable Square Foot area of the Building; provided, however, that in no event shall such deemed Rentable Square Footage constitute or imply any representation or warranty by Landlord as to the actual size of any floor or other portion of the Building, including the Premises. | |
| Rules and | ||
| Regulations: | The rules and regulations attached to this Lease as Exhibit B, and such additional rules and regulations as Landlord may adopt from time to time. | |
| Security Deposit: | Defined in Section 32.1. | |
| Substantial | ||
| Completion: | As to any construction performed by any party in the Premises, including the Initial Alterations, any other Alterations, or Landlords Work, that such work has been completed substantially in accordance with (i) the provisions of this Lease applicable thereto, (ii) the plans and specifications for such work, and (iii) all applicable Laws, except for minor details of construction, decoration and mechanical adjustments, if any, the noncompletion of which does not materially interfere with Tenants use of the Premises or performance of the Initial Alterations, or which, in accordance with good construction practice, should be completed after the completion of other work to be performed in the Premises. | |
| Superior Lease: | Any ground or underlying lease of the Real Property or any part thereof, now existing or in the future entered into by Landlord, and all renewals, extensions, supplements, amendments and modifications thereof. | |
| Superior Lessor: | A lessor under a Superior Lease. | |
| Tenant Party: | Any of Tenant, any Affiliate of Tenant, any subtenant or any other occupant of the Premises (except for any subtenant or occupant of the Leaseback Space pursuant to Section 14.4), and their respective direct or indirect partners, officers, shareholders, directors, members, trustees, beneficiaries, employees, principals, contractors, licensees, invitees, servants, agents or representatives. | |
| Tenants Property: | Tenants movable fixtures and movable partitions, telephone and other communications equipment, computer systems, furniture, trade fixtures, |
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| furnishings, and other items of personal property which are removable without material damage to the Premises or Building. | ||
| Term: | The term of this Lease, which shall commence on the Commencement Date and shall expire on the Expiration Date. | |
| Unavoidable Delays: | Defined in Article 24. |
Section 1.2 All of the Exhibits attached to this Lease are incorporated in and made a part of this Lease, but in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Lease and the Exhibits, the provisions of this Lease shall control. As used in this Lease: (a) the word or is not exclusive and the word including is not limiting, (b) references to a law include any rule or regulation issued under the law and any amendment to the law, rule or regulation, (c) whenever the words include, includes, or including appear, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation, (d) personal pronouns shall be deemed to include the other genders and the singular to include the plural, (e) all references to notices to be given by or to a party shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, be deemed to refer to written notices, (f) all Article, Section and Exhibit references shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, be deemed references to the Articles, Sections and Exhibits of this Lease, (g) if a party has agreed in this Lease that it will not unreasonably withhold its consent or approval, such consent or approval shall not be unreasonably conditioned or delayed, and (h) whenever a financial obligation is stated to be at a partys expense, such obligation shall be at such partys sole cost and expense, unless expressly stated to the contrary. Wherever a period of time is stated in this Lease as commencing or ending on specified dates, such period of time shall be deemed (i) inclusive of such stated commencement and ending dates, and (ii) to commence at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time on such stated commencement date and to end at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on such stated ending date. The captions used in this Lease are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this Lease nor the intent of any provision hereof.
ARTICLE 2. DEMISE, PREMISES, TERM, RENT
Section 2.1 (a) Landlord hereby leases the Premises to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases the Premises from Landlord, for the Term, at an annual rent (Fixed Rent) as follows:
| (i) One Million Sixty-Four Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,064,000.00) per annum ($88,666.67 per month) for the period commencing on the Rent Commencement Date and ending on December 31, 2004; | |
| (ii) One Million One Hundred Six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty and 00/100 Dollars ($1,106,560.00) per annum ($92,213.33 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2005 and ending on December 31, 2005; | |
| (iii) Two Million Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-One and 20/100 Dollars ($2,213,971.20) per annum ($184,497.60 per month) for the period commencing January 1, 2006 and ending on December 31, 2006; |
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| (iv) Two Million Two Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Fifty and 62/100 Dollars ($2,258,250.62) per annum ($188,187.55 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2007; | |
| (v) Two Million Three Hundred Three Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen and 64/100 Dollars ($2,303,415.64) per annum ($191,951.30 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2008; | |
| (vi) Two Million Five Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Three and 95/100 Dollars ($2,577,483.95) per annum ($214,790.33 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2009 and ending on December 31, 2009; | |
| (vii) Two Million Six Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Thirty-Three and 63/100 Dollars ($2,629,033.63) per annum ($219,086.14 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2010 and ending on December 31, 2010; | |
| (viii) Two Million Six Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Six Hundred Fourteen and 30/100 Dollars ($2,681,614.30) per annum ($223,467.86 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2011; | |
| (ix) Two Million Seven Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Six and 59/100 Dollars ($2,735,246.59) per annum ($227,937.22 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2012 and ending on December 31, 2012; | |
| (x) Two Million Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One and 52/100 Dollars ($2,789,951.52) per annum ($232,495.96 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending on December 31, 2013; | |
| (xi) Three Million Seventy-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty and 55/100 Dollars ($3,073,750.55) per annum ($256,145.88 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2014 and ending on December 31, 2014; | |
| (xii) Three Million One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Five and 56/100 Dollars ($3,135,225.56) per annum ($261,268.80 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2015 and ending on December 31, 2015; | |
| (xiii) Three Million One Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty and 07/100 Dollars ($3,197,930.07) per annum ($266,494.17 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2016; | |
| (xiv) Three Million Two Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Eight and 67/100 Dollars ($3,261,888.67) per annum ($271,824.06 per month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2017; and | |
| (xv) Three Million Three Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Six and 45/100 Dollars ($3,327,126.45) per annum ($277,260.54 per |
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| month) for the period commencing on January 1, 2018 and ending on the Expiration Date. |
(b) Tenant agrees to pay Fixed Rent to Landlord without notice or demand, in lawful money of the United States, in monthly installments in advance on the first (1st) day of each calendar month during the Term, at the office of Landlord or such other place as Landlord may designate, without any set-off, offset, abatement (except as expressly provided in this Lease) or deduction whatsoever. Fixed Rent and Additional Rent shall be payable by check drawn on a bank that is a member of the New York Clearinghouse Association, or on any other bank reasonably acceptable to Landlord either having an office in New York City or which is chartered as a national banking association, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
Section 2.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon execution and delivery of this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six and 67/100 Dollars ($88,666.67) representing the installment of Fixed Rent for the first (1st) full calendar month of the Term starting on or after the Rent Commencement Date. If the Rent Commencement Date occurs on a date other than the first (1st) day of any calendar month, Tenant shall also pay to Landlord, on the Rent Commencement Date, a sum equal to Two Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Five and 56/100 Dollars ($2,955.56), multiplied by the number of calendar days in the period from the Rent Commencement Date to the last day of the month in which the Rent Commencement Date occurs.
Section 2.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 2.1, Tenant shall have no obligation to pay Fixed Rent on account of the period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending one day prior to the Rent Commencement Date. Nothing contained herein shall affect Tenants obligation to make any other payment under this Lease during the aforementioned period.
ARTICLE 3. USE AND OCCUPANCY
Section 3.1 Tenant shall use and occupy the Premises for the Permitted Use and for no other purpose. Tenant shall not use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any part of the Premises in any manner not permitted hereunder, or which in Landlords reasonable judgment would adversely affect, in any material respect (i) any services required to be furnished to any tenant or other occupant of the Building, (ii) the use and occupancy of any part of the Building by any other tenant or other occupant, or (iii) the exterior appearance or reputation of the Building.
(b) In connection with and ancillary to the primary use of the Premises for the Permitted Uses, Tenant may, at Tenants expense and subject to the provisions of this Lease and applicable Laws, use certain portions of the Premises, for Tenants own business requirements only, as a pantry for use solely by Tenant and its invitees, which may contain reheating but not cooking equipment, including items such as a microwave, coffee maker, sink, ice maker, vending machines, tables and chairs, dishwasher, hot water heater and refrigerator. In addition, Tenant may, subject to the provisions of this Lease and applicable Laws, use certain portions of the Premises as (i) private lavatories (including shower facilities), (ii) employee lounges and recreation areas, including exercise rooms or areas, and (iii) the Permitted Data Center. All of
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the foregoing uses shall be upon and subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (A) no cooking or other preparation of food (other than the reheating of food by microwave and the preparation of beverages) shall be done in any such pantry, (B) no food or beverages will be kept or served in the Premises in a manner or under any conditions that result in fumes or odors being emitted from, or detectable outside of, the Premises, (C) Tenant will keep such portion or portions of the Premises in a clean and sanitary condition and free of refuse and vermin (including the use of extermination services whenever required), and (D) Tenant will keep the plumbing and sanitary systems and installations serving such portion or portions of the Premises to the points they connect with the main vertical risers and stacks of the Building in a good state of repair and operating condition.
Section 3.2 Tenant shall not use or permit the Premises or any part thereof to be used: (a) for the business of printing or other manufacturing of any kind, (b) as a retail branch of a bank or savings and loan association, or as a retail loan company, or as a retail stock brokers or dealers office, (c) for the storage of significant quantities of merchandise, (d) for the distribution, by mail-order, electronically, or otherwise, of merchandise originating at or shipped from the Premises, (e) as a restaurant or bar or for the sale of food or beverages, (f) as a news or cigar stand, (g) as an employment agency, labor union office, school, physicians or dentists office, dance or music studio, (h) as a barber shop or beauty salon, (i) for the sale, at retail or otherwise, of any goods or products, (j) by the United States Government, the City or State of New York, any Governmental Authority (except for any sublease permitted pursuant to Section 14.1(b)), any foreign government, the United Nations or any agency or department of any of the foregoing or any Person having sovereign or diplomatic immunity, (k) for the rendition of medical, dental or other therapeutic or diagnostic services, (l) for the conduct of an auction, or (m) except for the Permitted Data Center, for the installation, operation and maintenance of a data center or any switching, electronic, optronic and transmission equipment and facilities in connection with the operation of a telecommunications, web hosting or colocation business.
Section 3.3 In the event that on the later to occur of (a) the Commencement Date, or (b) the date Tenant has delivered to Landlord (i) payment of the first months rent pursuant to Section 2.2, (ii) the insurance certificates required pursuant to Section 11.1, and (iii) the Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 32.2, Landlord fails to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant as required under this Lease, then, in addition to any other rights and remedies available to Tenant under applicable Laws, Fixed Rent and Additional Rent shall be abated until Landlord so delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant.
Section 3.4 Landlord shall make available to Tenant, at Landlords expense, the right to park two (2) designated vehicles for Tenants executives, on an unreserved monthly basis, in the parking garage located in the Building (the Spaces), on a nonexclusive basis in common with Landlord and other tenants of the Building and their officers, employees, contractors, agents, customers and invitees, subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the operator of the parking garage from time to time. In no event shall this Section 3.4 be deemed to convey to Tenant any leasehold or other proprietary interest in or to the Spaces. Without limitation of the foregoing, Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant in the event that the parking garage in the Building ceases to operate or is prevented from operating, or the Spaces become unavailable for any reason whatsoever, other than as the result of the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or any Landlord Party.
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ARTICLE 4. ALTERATIONS
Section 4.1 Tenant shall not make any Alterations without Landlords prior written consent in each instance in accordance with Section 4.2, other than decorative Alterations such as painting, wall coverings, floor coverings, shelving and millwork not permanently affixed to the Premises (collectively, Decorative Alterations), as to which Landlords consent shall not be required. Landlords consent shall be granted or denied in Landlords sole discretion; provided, however, that Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to Alterations proposed to be made by Tenant provided that such Alterations (a) are non-structural and do not, in any material respect, adversely affect the Building Systems or services, (b) are performed only by contractors approved in writing by Landlord as provided in Section 4.2(b), (c) do not adversely affect, in any material respect, any part of the Building other than the Premises, and (d) do not adversely affect, in any material respect, any service required to be furnished by Landlord to Tenant or to any other tenant or occupant of the Building.
Section 4.2 (a) Prior to making any Alterations (other than Decorative Alterations), Tenant shall (i) except for Decorative and Minor Alterations (defined in Section 4.2(c)), submit to Landlord, for Landlords written approval, detailed plans and specifications therefor in form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, (ii) if such Alterations require a filing with any Governmental Authority or require the consent of such authority, then such plans and specifications shall (A) be prepared and certified by a registered architect or licensed engineer, and (B) comply with all Laws to the extent necessary for such governmental filing or consent, (iii) at its expense, obtain all required permits, approvals and certificates, and (iv) furnish to Landlord duplicate original insurance policies or certificates of workers compensation (covering all persons to be employed by Tenant, and all contractors and subcontractors supplying materials or performing work in connection with such Alterations) and commercial general liability (including property damage coverage) insurance and Builders Risk coverage (issued on a completed value basis) all in such form, with such companies, for such periods and in such amounts as Landlord may reasonably require, naming Landlord and its managing agent, and any Superior Lessor and any Mortgagee as to which Tenant has been given notice as additional insureds. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, all Alterations shall be performed by Tenant at Tenants expense (A) in a good and workmanlike manner using materials of first class quality, (B) in compliance with all Laws, and (C) in accordance with the plans and specifications previously approved by Landlord (where plans and specifications are required hereunder). Tenant shall at its expense obtain all approvals, consents and permits from every Governmental Authority having or claiming jurisdiction prior to, during and upon completion of any Alterations. Tenant shall promptly reimburse Landlord, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after demand, for any and all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Landlord (without markup) in connection with Landlords review of Tenants plans and specifications for any such Alteration.
(b) Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold, or delay for more than five (5) Business Days, its approval of the contractors proposed to be used by Tenant for Alterations, provided that in the case of the fire safety trade, Tenant shall select its contractors and subcontractors from Landlords list of approved contractors, which list may be modified by Landlord from time to time. Landlord has approved JLS Industries, Inc. as the contractor to be employed by Tenant in the performance of the Initial Alterations.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 4, and in addition to Decorative Alterations as to which no monetary limit shall apply, Tenant shall be permitted to make minor, non-structural alterations to the Premises (Minor Alterations) upon prior notice to Landlord, but without the necessity of procuring Landlords consent thereto, provided that the estimated cost of each Minor Alteration does not exceed $250,000.00 in any one instance. The provisions of 4.2(b) shall be applicable to Minor Alterations. Prior to commencing any Minor Alteration, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with (i) working drawings or plans for such Minor Alteration in sufficient detail to permit Landlord to determine that such Alteration complies with the requirements hereof, and (ii) the names of the contractors proposed to be used by Tenant for such Minor Alteration.
(d) Prior to Landlords approval or disapproval of the plans and specifications for any Alterations, Tenant and its contractors may perform preparatory work in the Premises such as measurements, painting, and other non-structural work that would not, if performed separately, require Landlords consent under this Article 4; provided, however, that Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant in connection with such preparatory work if Landlord shall disapprove, in accordance with the provisions of this Lease, the plans and specifications for the Alterations to which such preparatory work relates.
(e) Upon completion of any Alterations, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly obtain certificates of final approval of such Alterations as may be required by any Governmental Authority, and shall furnish Landlord with copies thereof, together with as-built plans and specifications for such Alterations prepared on an Autocad Computer Assisted Drafting and Design System, Version 12 or later (or such other system or medium as Landlord may accept in Landlords sole discretion).
Section 4.3 (a) All Alterations made by or on behalf of Tenant shall become the property of Landlord on the Expiration Date or sooner termination of this Lease. Landlord may condition its approval of Alterations that differ materially from ordinary office installations, such as kitchen facilities, vaults, shower facilities, raised floors, internal stairways, or slab penetrations, by requiring Tenant to agree in writing to remove such Alterations at the end of the Term as set forth in this Section 4.3 (any such Alterations that Landlord so requires Tenant to agree to remove, Non-Standard Alterations). Landlord acknowledges that Alterations by Tenant consisting of supplemental HVAC equipment or pantries not containing cooking equipment (other than microwave ovens) will not constitute Non-Standard Alterations. In addition, Tenant shall have no obligation to remove or restore telephone wiring or computer or data cabling installed by Tenant in the Building, except to the extent provided in Section 10.10. If Landlord does not specify at the time of its approval that an Alteration constitutes a Non-Standard Alteration, Tenant shall have no obligation to remove such Alteration on the Expiration Date or sooner termination of this Lease. On the Expiration Date or earlier termination of the Term (i) Tenant shall remove Tenants Property from the Premises, and (ii) unless Landlord notifies Tenant no later than sixty (60) days prior to the Expiration Date that any or all of the Non-Standard Alterations shall not be removed from the Premises, Tenant shall remove the Non-Standard
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Alterations from the Premises, at Tenants expense. Tenant shall repair and restore in a good and workmanlike manner (reasonable wear and tear and damage for which Tenant is not liable hereunder excepted) any damage to the Premises and the Building caused by such removal of Tenants Property and the Non-Standard Alterations. Any of the Non-Standard Alterations or Tenants Property that Tenant is required to remove and that are not so removed by Tenant at or prior to the Expiration Date or earlier termination of the Term shall be deemed abandoned and may, at the election of Landlord, either be retained as Landlords property or be removed from the Premises by Landlord, and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after demand, for Landlords actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with such removal. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall survive the Expiration Date or earlier termination of this Lease.
(b) Landlord agrees to respond to any written request for approval of plans and specifications for the Initial Alterations within five (5) Business Days after delivery to Landlord (with simultaneous hand delivery to Landlords designated consulting professionals listed on Exhibit F to this Lease, as such list may be modified by Landlord from time to time on notice to Tenant) of complete and detailed architectural, structural, mechanical and engineering plans and specifications as required for such Alterations (collectively, the Initial Plans). In addition, Landlord agrees to respond to any resubmission of the Initial Plans within three (3) Business Days after written resubmission, unless substantial revisions are required to the Initial Plans, in which event Landlord shall respond to Tenant within five (5) Business Days thereafter. In the event that Landlord disapproves all or any portion of the Initial Plans, Landlord shall notify Tenant of the grounds for such disapproval with reasonable specificity. If Landlord fails to approve or disapprove the Initial Plans proposed by Tenant on or before the end of the applicable review period set forth herein, Tenant shall have the right to provide Landlord with a second written request for approval (a Second Request), which shall specifically identify the Initial Plans to which such request relates, and set forth in bold capital letters the following statement: IF LANDLORD FAILS TO RESPOND WITHIN TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, THEN TENANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO LANDLORD AND TO WHICH LANDLORD HAS FAILED TO TIMELY RESPOND. In the event that Landlord fails to respond to a Second Request within two (2) Business Days after receipt by Landlord, the Initial Plans or revisions thereto for which the Second Request is submitted shall be deemed to be approved by Landlord, and Tenant shall be entitled to commence construction of the Initial Alterations or portion thereof to which the Initial Plans relate, provided that the Initial Plans have been appropriately filed in accordance with applicable Laws, all permits and approvals required to be issued by any Governmental Authority shall have been duly issued, and Tenant shall otherwise have complied with all provisions of this Lease applicable to Alterations.
(c) The provisions of Section 4.3(b) shall be applicable to Alterations proposed by Tenant subsequent to the Initial Alterations, provided that for purposes of such subsequent Alterations, all references in Section 4.3(b) to periods of five (5) Business Days shall be deemed to mean ten (10) Business Days, all references to periods of three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to mean five (5) Business Days, all references to periods of two (2) Business Days shall be deemed to mean five (5) Business Days, and all references to the Initial Plans shall be deemed to mean the plans and specifications submitted by Tenant with respect to such Alterations.
(d) In connection with the performance of Alterations, Landlord will not unreasonably withhold its consent to requests by Tenant or Tenants contractors to enter portions
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of the Building outside the Premises (including tenanted spaces, to the extent Landlord has the right to permit such entry under applicable leases) for the purpose of performing work required in connection with such Alterations. With respect to the Initial Alterations, Landlord hereby consents to the foregoing right of entry, and to the performance by Tenant and Tenants contractors of construction work on a 24-hour a day basis, provided that Tenant and its contractors shall comply with all applicable Laws and with such reasonable limitations and requirements as Landlord shall impose in order to minimize interference with or disruption of Landlords operation of the Building or the use and occupancy of the Building by other tenants and occupants.
(e) Prior to the approval of the Initial Plans and prior to the issuance of the building permits and other approvals, if any, of any Governmental Authorities required for the Initial Alterations, in addition to the preparatory work Tenant may perform pursuant to Section 4.2(d), Tenant and its contractors may perform non-structural elements of the Initial Alterations in the Premises such as installing track for sheetrock walls (but not the sheetrock walls themselves), lamination of existing walls, and similar work; provided, however, that Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant in connection with such work if for any reason the building permits and other approvals, if any, for such Initial Alterations are not issued. Further, following receipt of building permits and any other approvals of any Governmental Authorities required for the Initial Alterations, but before approval of the Initial Plans, Tenant may perform other elements of work in connection with the Initial Alterations other than any structural or MEP work.
Section 4.4 If, because of any act or omission of Tenant or any Tenant Party, any mechanics lien, U.C.C. financing statement or other lien, charge or order for the payment of money shall be filed against Landlord, or against all or any portion of the Premises, the Building or the Real Property, Tenant shall, at its expense, cause the same to be discharged of record, by bonding or otherwise, within thirty (30) days after Tenant receives actual notice of the filing thereof, and Tenant shall indemnify, defend and save Landlord harmless against and from all costs, expenses, liabilities, suits, penalties, claims and demands (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) resulting therefrom.
Section 4.5 Tenant shall not, at any time prior to or during the Term, directly or indirectly employ, or permit the employment of, any contractor, mechanic or laborer in the Premises, whether in connection with any Alteration or otherwise, if in Landlords sole judgment such employment will interfere or cause any conflict with other contractors, mechanics, or laborers engaged in the construction, maintenance or operation of the Building by Landlord, Tenant or others, or the use and enjoyment of other tenants or occupants of the Building.
ARTICLE 5. CONDITION OF THE PREMISES; LANDLORDS WORK
Section 5.1 Tenant has examined the Premises and, subject to the completion of Landlords Work as provided in Section 5.2, agrees to accept possession of the Premises in their as is condition on the Commencement Date, and further agrees that, except for the performance of Landlords Work and the payment of Landlords Contribution as expressly set forth in this Article 5, Landlord shall have no obligation to perform any work, supply any materials, incur any expenses or make any installations in order to prepare the Premises for Tenants occupancy. The taking of possession of the Premises by Tenant shall be conclusive
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evidence as against Tenant that at the time such possession was so taken, the Premises were in good and satisfactory condition, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein and except for latent defects.
Section 5.2 Prior to the Commencement Date, Landlord shall perform the work described on Exhibit C to this Lease at the Premises (and any other work specifically described in this Lease as Landlords Work), at Landlords expense and in accordance with applicable Laws (Landlords Work). Landlord has Substantially Completed the elements of Landlords Work listed as items 1 and 2 on Exhibit C, and Landlord shall Substantially Complete the element of Landlords Work listed as item 4 on Exhibit C (the Slab Work) on or before July 31, 2003. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease, if Landlord fails to Substantially Complete the Slab Work on or before July 31, 2003, Tenant may, on notice to Landlord, perform the Slab Work, at Landlords expense, and Landlord shall reimburse Tenant for the cost thereof within thirty (30) days after presentation of invoices. Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to Substantially Complete the remaining items of Landlords Work (i) in a good and workmanlike manner and so as not to materially interfere with the performance by Tenant of the Initial Alterations, and (ii) on or before the date upon which Tenant shall Substantially Complete the Initial Alterations. Within five (5) days after Landlord gives notice to Tenant that Landlords Work is Substantially Complete, Tenant shall cause its architect, construction manager and/or its contractors to examine the Premises and deliver to Landlord a punch list describing in reasonable detail any fully or partially unfinished or improperly completed portions of Landlords Initial Work, and also describing any of the existing improvements, including existing piping and electrical conduit, then remaining in the Premises that Tenant wishes Landlord to demolish, and Landlord shall promptly complete or correct such Landlords Work in a manner so as to not interfere with the performance of the Initial Alterations.
Section 5.3 (a) Landlord acknowledges that Tenant intends to perform certain Alterations in order to prepare the Premises for its occupancy (collectively, the Initial Alterations). The Initial Alterations shall be approved by Landlord as and to the extent required under Article 4, in compliance with all applicable Laws, and shall include the (i) installation of a sprinkler system or other fire suppression system satisfactory to Landlord, and (ii) the renovation of the mens and womens bathrooms located in the Premises (as distinct from those located in the central core area of the tenth (10th) floor, which are the subject of Section 5.3(b)), without reduction in the number of fixtures as now existing in such bathrooms. Landlord agrees that the existing main sprinkler loop in the eastern core area of the tenth (10th) floor of the Building shall not be removed, and shall be available to Tenant in connection with the installation of its sprinkler system or other fire suppression system. Landlord agrees to make Landlords Contribution toward the cost of the Initial Alterations, subject to and in accordance with Article 30.
(b) Tenant shall have the right, during the performance of the Initial Alterations, to renovate the existing common area hallways, and/or common area mens and womens bathrooms located in the central core area of the tenth (10th) floor (the Common Area Bathrooms), at Tenants expense and subject to the provisions of Article 4, without reduction in the number of fixtures as now existing in the Common Area Bathrooms. If Tenant elects to perform any of such renovations, Tenant shall complete such renovations promptly, in a good
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and workmanlike manner and in compliance with all applicable Laws. Following the completion of such renovations, Landlord shall maintain, clean and supply the Common Area Bathrooms (but not the bathrooms within the Premises) in a Building standard manner.
(c) Tenant shall have the right, during the performance of the Initial Alterations or thereafter during the Term, to connect Tenants electronic security system to the Building security system, provided that Tenants security system is compatible with the Building security system, at Tenants expense and subject to the provisions of Article 4. If technically feasible, Landlord will permit Tenants electronic access cards that provide access to the Premises to also provide access through the Building ground floor lobby turnstiles, provided that Tenants access cards must be imprinted on one side with the Building standard access card logotype and format. Tenant will reimburse Landlord for any actual, reasonable, out-of-pocket costs incurred by Landlord for third-party services for programming, software or connection charges in connection with the foregoing, but otherwise the same shall be without charge to Tenant.
Section 5.4 On request by Tenant, Landlord, at Tenants expense, shall promptly join in any applications for any permits, approvals or certificates from any Governmental Authority required to be obtained by Tenant, and shall sign such applications promptly after request by Tenant and shall otherwise cooperate with Tenant in connection therewith, provided that Landlord shall not be obligated to incur any cost or expense, including attorneys fees and disbursements for which Landlord is not reimbursed by Tenant, or suffer or incur any liability for which Landlord is not indemnified by Tenant. Landlord agrees to promptly sign such applications prior to Landlords review and approval of the plans and specifications to which such applications relate; provided, however, that no such action by Landlord shall in any way constitute a waiver of Landlords right to approve or disapprove such plans and specifications in accordance with the provisions of this Lease.
ARTICLE 6. REPAIRS; FLOOR LOAD
Section 6.1 Landlord shall maintain and repair the Building Systems and the public portions of the Building, both exterior and interior, and the structural elements thereof, including the roof, foundation and curtain wall. Tenant, at Tenants expense, shall take good care of the Premises and the fixtures, systems, equipment and appurtenances therein that serve or benefit the Premises, and make all non-structural repairs thereto as and when needed to preserve them in good working order and condition, except for reasonable wear and tear, obsolescence and damage for which Tenant is not responsible pursuant to the provisions of Articles 11 and 12. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 11.2, all damage or injury to the Premises or to any other part of the Building, or to its fixtures, equipment and appurtenances, caused by or resulting from the negligence or willful misconduct of, or Alterations made by Tenant or any Tenant Party shall be repaired at Tenants expense, (a) by Tenant, if the required repairs are non-structural and do not affect any Building System, subject to Landlords approval as and to the extent provided under Article 4, or (b) by Landlord (if the required repairs are structural or affect, in any material respect, any Building System). Tenant also shall repair all damage to the Building and the Premises caused by the making of any Alterations or by the moving of Tenants Property. All of such repairs shall be of quality or class equal to the original work or construction. If Tenant fails after fifteen (15) days notice to proceed with due diligence to make
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repairs required to be made by Tenant, Landlord may make such repairs at Tenants expense, and Tenant shall pay the costs and expenses so incurred by Landlord, with interest at the Default Rate, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after rendition of a bill or statement therefor.
Section 6.2 Tenant shall not place a load upon any floor of the Premises exceeding the floor load per square foot that such floor was designed to carry and which is allowed by law. Tenant shall not move any safe, heavy equipment, freight, bulky matter or fixtures into or out of the Building without Landlords prior consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld. If such items require special handling, Tenant shall employ only persons holding a Master Riggers license to do such work.
Section 6.3 There shall be no allowance to Tenant for a diminution of rental value, no constructive eviction of Tenant and no liability on the part of Landlord by reason of inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business arising from Landlord making, or failing to make, any repairs, alterations, additions or improvements in or to any portion of the Building or the Premises, or in or to fixtures, appurtenances or equipment thereof. Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize interference with Tenants access to and use and occupancy of the Premises in making any repairs, alterations, additions or improvements; provided, however, that Landlord shall have no obligation to employ contractors or labor at overtime or other premium pay rates or to incur any other overtime costs or additional expenses whatsoever, unless Tenant agrees to reimburse Landlord for the incremental cost thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an emergency condition exists that Landlord is obligated to cure or repair pursuant to this Lease, and such condition poses an imminent danger to persons or property or is likely to render the Premises or any material portion thereof unusable for the conduct of Tenants business, then Landlord shall, at Landlords expense, use overtime labor to the extent necessary to correct such condition.
Section 6.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other provision of this Lease, in the event that (a) Tenant is unable to use all or any material portion of the Premises for the ordinary conduct of Tenants business, and such condition continues for a period in excess of five (5) consecutive days, (b) Tenant does not actually use the Premises or such portion thereof during such period, and (c) such condition has not been caused by any act, negligence or misconduct of Tenant or any Tenant Party, then Fixed Rent and Tenants Tax Payment shall be reduced on a per diem basis in the proportion that the area of the unusable portion of the Premises bears to the total Premises Area, for the period commencing on the first (1st) day after the commencement of such condition and ending on the earlier of (i) the date Tenant reoccupies the Premises or the affected portion thereof, as the case may be, for the ordinary conduct of its business, or (ii) the date that such condition is substantially remedied. Tenant shall give Landlord prompt notice of the occurrence of any such condition.
Section 6.5 Tenant shall not require, permit, suffer or allow the cleaning of any window in the Premises from the outside in violation of Section 202 of the New York Labor Law or any successor statute thereto, or of any other Law.
ARTICLE 7. REAL ESTATE TAX INCREASES
Section 7.1 The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
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(a) Taxes shall include the aggregate amount of (i) all real estate taxes, assessments (special or otherwise) (provided that any such special assessments shall be included as if payable in the maximum number of installments permitted), including assessments made as a result of the Real Property or any part thereof being within a business improvement district, sewer and water rents, rates and charges and any other governmental levies, impositions or charges, whether general, special, ordinary, extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen, which may be assessed, levied or imposed upon all or any part of the Real Property, and (ii) any expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements and experts and other witness fees) incurred in contesting any of the foregoing or the Assessed Valuation (as defined in Section 7.1(d)) of all or any part of the Real Property. Taxes (including Base Taxes) shall be calculated without giving effect to any reductions, abatements, exemptions or similar benefits or paybacks provided under the New York City Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program. If the methods of taxation prevailing at the date hereof are altered so that in lieu of or as an addition to or as a substitute for all or any part of the Taxes, there shall be assessed, levied or imposed (A) a tax, assessment, levy, imposition or charge based on the rents received from the Real Property, whether or not wholly or partially as a capital levy or otherwise, (B) a tax, assessment, levy, imposition or charge measured by or based in whole or in part on all or any part of the Real Property and imposed upon Landlord, or (C) any other tax, assessment, levy, imposition, charge or license fee however described or imposed, then all such taxes, assessments, levies, impositions, charges or license fees or the part thereof so measured or based shall be deemed to be Taxes; provided, however, that any such taxes, fees or charges that are in addition to taxes otherwise payable under this Section 7.1(a) shall (1) only be deemed Taxes if such taxes are imposed upon owners of commercial buildings in Manhattan generally, as constituting real estate taxes for the purpose of calculating similar lease tax escalation provisions, and (2) be calculated on the basis that the Real Property is the only asset of Landlord. Taxes shall not include franchise, gift, inheritance, estate, sales, income or profit taxes imposed upon Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Mortgagee by any Governmental Authority, or any fines, interest or penalties imposed for late payment of Taxes.
(b) Tenants Share means three and 3/10ths of one percent (3.3%).
(c) Base Taxes means the Taxes payable for the Tax Year commencing on July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005.
(d) Assessed Valuation means the amount for which the Real Property is assessed pursuant to applicable provisions of the New York City Charter and of the Administrative Code of the City of New York for the purpose of imposition of Taxes.
(e) Tax Year means the period July 1 through June 30 (or such other period as may be duly adopted by the City of New York as its fiscal year for real estate tax purposes).
(f) Comparison Year means any Tax Year commencing with the 2005/2006 Tax Year.
(g) Landlords Statement means an instrument or instruments containing a comparison of the Base Taxes and the Taxes payable for any Comparison Year.
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(h) Tenants Projected Tax Payment means Tenants Tax Payment (as defined in Section 7.1(i)), if any, made by Tenant for the prior Comparison Year, plus an amount equal to Landlords estimate of the amount of increase in Tenants Tax Payment for the then current Comparison Year, divided by twelve (12) and payable monthly by Tenant to Landlord as Additional Rent.
(i) Tenants Tax Payment means Tenants Share of the excess of the Taxes payable for any Comparison Year over the Base Taxes.
Section 7.2 (a) If the Taxes payable for any Comparison Year (any part or all of which falls within the Term) shall exceed the Base Taxes, Tenant shall pay Tenants Tax Payment to Landlord, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after demand from Landlord accompanied by Landlords Statement. Before or after the start of each Comparison Year, Landlord shall furnish a Landlords Statement to Tenant. If there is any increase in Taxes payable for any Comparison Year, whether during or after such Comparison Year, or if there is any decrease in the Taxes payable for any Comparison Year, Landlord may furnish a revised Landlords Statement for such Comparison Year, and Tenants Tax Payment for such Comparison Year shall be adjusted, and within thirty (30) days after Tenants receipt of such revised Landlords Statement, Tenant shall (i) with respect to any increase in Taxes payable for such Comparison Year, pay such increase in Tenants Tax Payment to Landlord, or (ii) with respect to any decrease in Taxes payable for such Comparison Year, Landlord shall credit such decrease in Tenants Tax Payment against the next installment(s) of Rent, provided that if such decrease in Taxes is attributable to the final Comparison Year of the Term, Landlord shall pay the amount of such decrease in Tenants Tax Payment to Tenant. If, during the Term, Landlord shall elect to collect Tenants Tax Payments in full or in quarterly or bi-annual or other installments on any other date or dates than as presently required, then following Landlords notice to Tenant, Tenants Tax Payments shall be correspondingly revised. The benefit of any discount for any early payment or prepayment of Taxes relating to all or any part of the Real Property shall accrue solely to the benefit of Landlord and Taxes shall be computed without subtracting such discount.
(b) Tenant shall pay Tenants Projected Tax Payment to Landlord, as Additional Rent, for each Comparison Year. On each date that Tenants Tax Payment is due from Tenant pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.2, Landlord shall apply the aggregate of the installments of Tenants Projected Tax Payment then on account with Landlord against Tenants Tax Payment or installment thereof then due from Tenant. In the event that such aggregate amount is not sufficient to discharge such Tax Payment or installment, Landlord shall so notify Tenant, and the amount of Tenants payment obligation with respect to such Tax Payment or installment pursuant to this Section 7.2, shall be equal to the amount of the insufficiency and shall be payable within thirty (30) days of demand by Landlord. If, however, such aggregate amount is greater than the Tax Payment or installment, Landlord shall credit the amount of such excess against the next installment(s) of Rent due hereunder, and if such credit is payable during or on account of the final year of the Term, Landlord shall pay such amount to Tenant within thirty (30) days of Landlords determination of the amount thereof.
(c) Only Landlord shall be eligible to institute Tax reduction or other proceedings to reduce the Assessed Valuation of the Real Property, and the filings of any such proceeding by Tenant without Landlords prior written consent shall constitute a default
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hereunder. If the Base Taxes are reduced by final determination of legal proceedings, settlement or otherwise, then Base Taxes shall be correspondingly revised, the Additional Rent theretofore paid or payable on account of Tenants Tax Payment hereunder for all Comparison Years shall be recomputed on the basis of such reduction, and Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after being billed therefor, any deficiency between the amount of such Additional Rent theretofore computed and paid by Tenant to Landlord and the amount thereof due as a result of such recomputations. If the Base Taxes are increased by such final determination of legal proceedings, settlement or otherwise, then, Landlord shall either pay to Tenant, or at Landlords election, credit against subsequent payments of Rent an amount equal to the excess of the amounts of such Additional Rent theretofore paid by Tenant over the amount thereof actually due as a result of such recomputations. If Landlord receives a refund or reduction of Taxes for any Comparison Year, Landlord shall, within ninety (90) days after such refund is actually received or such credit is actually applied against Taxes then due and payable, either pay to Tenant, or, at Landlords election, credit against subsequent installment(s) of Rent an amount equal to Tenants Share of the refund or reduction, provided that such amount shall not exceed Tenants Tax Payment paid for such Comparison Year. Nothing herein contained shall obligate Landlord to file any application or institute any proceeding seeking a reduction in Taxes or Assessed Valuation.
(d) Tenant shall pay Tenants Tax Payment as provided in this Section 7.2 regardless of the fact that Tenant may be exempt, in whole or in part, from the payment of any taxes by reason of Tenants diplomatic or other tax exempt status or for any other reason whatsoever.
(e) Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after demand, any occupancy tax or rent tax applicable to the Premises now in effect or hereafter enacted, if payable by Landlord in the first instance or hereafter required to be paid by Landlord.
(f) If the Expiration Date occurs on a date other than July 1 or June 30, respectively, any Additional Rent payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Section 7.2 for the Comparison Year in which the Expiration Date occurs, shall be apportioned in that percentage which the number of days in the period from July 1 to the Expiration Date bears to the total number of days in such Comparison Year. In the event of a termination of this Lease, any Additional Rent under this Section 7.2 shall be paid or adjusted within thirty (30) days after submission of Landlords Statement. In no event shall Fixed Rent ever be reduced by operation of this Section 7.2 and the rights and obligations of Landlord and Tenant under the provisions of this Section 7.2 with respect to any Additional Rent shall survive the Expiration Date or earlier termination of this Lease.
Section 7.3 (a) The computations of Additional Rent under this Article 7 are intended to constitute a formula for an agreed rental adjustment and may or may not constitute an actual reimbursement to Landlord for costs and expenses paid by Landlord with respect to the Building.
(b) Each Landlords Statement sent to Tenant shall be conclusively binding upon Tenant unless Tenant shall (i) pay to Landlord the amount set forth in such statement when due, without prejudice to Tenants right to dispute such statement, and (ii) within one hundred
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eighty (180) days after such statement is sent, send a notice to Landlord objecting to such statement and specifying in reasonable detail the reasons for Tenants claim that such statement is incorrect.
Section 7.4 Landlords failure to render a Landlords Statement with respect to any Comparison Year shall not prejudice Landlords right to thereafter render a Landlords Statement with respect thereto or with respect to any subsequent Comparison Year, nor shall the rendering of a Landlords Statement prejudice Landlords right to thereafter render a corrected Landlords Statement for that Comparison Year. Nothing herein contained shall restrict Landlord from issuing a Landlords Statement at any time there is an increase in Taxes during any Comparison Year or any time thereafter.
ARTICLE 8. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
Section 8.1 (a) Tenant, at its expense, shall comply with all Laws applicable to the Premises or the use and occupancy thereof by Tenant, and make all repairs or Alterations required thereby, whether structural or nonstructural, ordinary or extraordinary, unless otherwise expressly provided herein; provided, however, that Tenant shall not be obligated to comply with any Law requiring any structural alteration to the Premises unless the application of such Law arises from (i) Tenants particular manner of use or occupancy of the Premises (as distinguished from the use or occupancy of the Premises for office purposes generally), (ii) subject to Section 11.2, any cause or condition created by or on behalf of any Tenant Party (including any Alterations), (iii) the breach of any of Tenants obligations under this Lease, or (iv) any Hazardous Materials having been brought into the Building by any Tenant Party. Tenant shall not do or permit to be done any act or thing on the Premises that will invalidate or be in conflict with Landlords insurance policies, and shall not do or permit anything to be done in or upon the Premises, or use the Premises in a manner, or bring or keep anything therein, which shall increase the rates for casualty or liability insurance applicable to the Building. If, as a result of the negligence or willful misconduct of Tenant or any Tenant Party, or by reason of Tenants failure to comply with the provisions of this Article 8, the insurance rates for the Building are increased, then Tenant shall desist from doing or permitting to be done any such negligence or willful misconduct and shall reimburse Landlord, as Additional Rent hereunder, for that part of all insurance premiums thereafter paid by Landlord which shall have been charged because of such act, negligence or willful misconduct by Tenant, and shall make such reimbursement within thirty (30) days following demand by Landlord.
(b) Tenant, at its expense, after notice to Landlord, may contest by appropriate proceedings prosecuted diligently and in good faith, the validity, or applicability to the Premises or Tenant, of any Law, provided that: (i) Landlord shall not be subject to criminal penalty or to prosecution for a crime, or any other fine or charge, nor shall the Premises or any part thereof or the Real Property or any part thereof be subject to being condemned or vacated, nor shall the Real Property or any part thereof be subjected to any lien or encumbrance, by reason of non-compliance or otherwise by reason of such contest (unless bonded or otherwise released within thirty (30) days after Tenant receives notice of the filing thereof); (ii) no unsafe or hazardous condition relating to such contest shall remain unremedied; (iii) such non-compliance or contest shall not constitute or result in any default beyond applicable grace and notice periods under any Superior Lease or Superior Mortgage, or if any such Superior Lease or Superior Mortgage shall
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permit such non-compliance or contest on condition of the taking of action or furnishing of security by Landlord, such action shall be taken and such security shall be furnished at the expense of Tenant; (iv) such non-compliance or contest shall not prevent Landlord from obtaining any and all permits and licenses then required under applicable Laws in connection with the operation of the Building; and (v) Tenant shall keep Landlord advised as to the status of such proceedings, including any settlement thereof. Tenant agrees to indemnify Landlord in accordance with Article 28 from liability or expense arising out of any such deferral of compliance or contest. Landlord agrees to execute any documents reasonably required by Tenant in order to permit Tenant effectively to carry on any such contest, provided Landlord is not thereby subjected to any material cost or expense not reimbursed by Tenant or exposed to any material liability or obligation on account thereof.
Section 8.2 Tenant shall not at any time use or occupy the Premises in violation of the certificate of occupancy at such time issued for the Premises or for the Building and in the event that any Governmental Authority shall declare by notice, violation, order or in any other manner whatsoever that the Premises are used for a purpose in violation of such certificate of occupancy, Tenant shall, on five (5) days notice from Landlord or any Governmental Authority, immediately discontinue such use of the Premises. Failure by Tenant to discontinue such use after such notice shall be considered a default in the fulfillment of a material covenant of this Lease, and Landlord shall have the right to exercise any and all of its rights and remedies pursuant to Articles 16 and 17. Landlord represents that the current (temporary) certificate of occupancy for the Building, a copy of which has been provided to Tenant, permits the use of the Premises for the Permitted Uses. Landlord will not amend or modify the certificate of occupancy for the Building so as to prevent the use of the Premises for the Permitted Uses.
Section 8.3 (a) Landlord, at its expense, shall comply with all Laws applicable to (i) the Premises, to the extent that such compliance is not the obligation of Tenant pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.1, and (ii) the Building, in either case only to the extent that the failure to effect such compliance would subject Tenant to liability or adversely affect, in any material respect (A) Tenants use or occupancy of the Premises for the Permitted Uses, (B) Tenants access to the Premises, (C) the provision of required Building services to the Premises, or (D) Tenants ability to perform Alterations that would otherwise be permitted hereunder.
(b) Landlord may defer compliance with any Laws that it is obligated to comply with hereunder, so long as Landlord shall be contesting the validity or applicability thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that (i) Tenant shall not be subject to criminal penalty or to prosecution for a crime, or any other fine or charge, (ii) neither the Premises nor any part of the Building or Real Property that affects the Premises or Tenants use and occupancy thereof shall be subject to being condemned or vacated by reason of non-compliance or otherwise by reason of such contest, (iii) such non-compliance or contest shall not prevent Tenant from lawfully occupying the Premises for the Permitted Uses, or performing any Alterations in the Premises (including the Initial Alterations), or obtaining any and all permits and licenses then required under applicable Laws in connection with the operation of the Premises, (iv) Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to keep Tenant advised as to the status of such proceedings, (v) no unsafe or hazardous condition relating to such contest remains
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unremedied that affects Tenant or the Premises in any material respect, and (vi) such non-compliance shall not adversely affect, in any material respect, Tenants access to the Premises or the provision of required Building services to the Premises. Landlord agrees to indemnify Tenant in accordance with Article 28 from liability or expense arising out of any such deferral of compliance or contest.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that following the Commencement Date, Tenant is unable to obtain any building permits or other permits, approvals or certificates from any Governmental Authority required for the performance of the Initial Alterations solely as the result of the existence of any violations of Laws affecting the Building, not caused by Tenant and compliance with which are the responsibility of Landlord pursuant to this Lease, then following notice thereof from Tenant (i) Landlord shall proceed diligently and in good faith to cure and/or cause such violations to be discharged of record, and (ii) the Rent Commencement Date shall be postponed by two (2) days for each day that the Substantial Completion of the Initial Alterations is actually delayed by reason of such violations of Laws.
ARTICLE 9. SUBORDINATION AND NON-DISTURBANCE; ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES
Section 9.1 This Lease, and all rights of Tenant hereunder, are and shall be subject and subordinate in all respects to all Mortgages and Superior Leases. This Section 9.1 shall be self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be required. In confirmation of such subordination, Tenant shall promptly execute and deliver any instrument that Landlord or any Superior Lessor or Mortgagee may reasonably request to evidence such subordination.
Section 9.2 Except as set forth in this Article 9 and in Article 12, in the event of any act or omission of Landlord which would give Tenant the right, immediately or after lapse of a period of time, to cancel or terminate this Lease, or to claim a partial or total eviction, Tenant shall not exercise such right (a) until it has given written notice of such act or omission to each Mortgagee and Superior Lessor whose name and address shall previously have been furnished to Tenant in writing, and (b) unless such act or omission shall be one which is not capable of being remedied by Landlord or such Mortgagee or Superior Lessor within a reasonable period of time, until a reasonable period for remedying such act or omission shall have elapsed following the giving of such notice and following the time when such Mortgagee or Superior Lessor shall have become entitled under such Mortgage or Superior Lease, as the case may be, to remedy the same (which reasonable period shall in no event be less than the period to which Landlord would be entitled under this Lease or otherwise, after similar notice, to effect such remedy), provided such Mortgagee or Superior Lessor shall with due diligence give Tenant written notice of its intention to remedy such act or omission, and such Mortgagee or Superior Lessor shall commence and thereafter continue with reasonable diligence to remedy such act or omission. If more than one Mortgagee or Superior Lessor shall become entitled to any additional cure period under this Section 9.2, such cure periods shall run concurrently, not consecutively.
Section 9.3 If a Mortgagee or Superior Lessor shall succeed to the rights of Landlord under this Lease, whether through possession or foreclosure action or delivery of a new lease or deed, then at the request of such party so succeeding to Landlords rights (Successor
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Landlord) and upon Successor Landlords written agreement to accept Tenants attornment, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize Successor Landlord as Tenants landlord under this Lease, and shall promptly execute and deliver any instrument that Successor Landlord may reasonably request to evidence such attornment. Upon such attornment this Lease shall continue in full force and effect as, or as if it were, a direct lease between Successor Landlord and Tenant upon all of the terms, conditions and covenants as are set forth in this Lease and shall be applicable after such attornment except that Successor Landlord shall not:
| (a) be liable for any previous act or omission of Landlord under this Lease, but if such previous act or omission of Landlord constitutes a default under this Lease that continues after the date of such attornment and adversely affects Tenants use and occupancy of the Premises in any material respect, then Successor Landlord shall be obligated to cure such continuing default; | |
| (b) be subject to any offset which theretofore may have accrued to or be claimed by Tenant against Landlord; or | |
| (c) be bound by any previous material modification of this Lease, not expressly provided for in this Lease, or by any previous prepayment of more than one months Fixed Rent, unless such modification or prepayment shall have been expressly approved in writing by such Mortgagee or Superior Lessor. |
Section 9.4 (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 9, as a condition to Tenants agreement hereunder to subordinate Tenants interest in this Lease to any existing or future Mortgages or Superior Leases, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant for execution and acknowledgment a Non-Disturbance Agreement from the holder of each Mortgage and Superior Lease. A Non-Disturbance Agreement shall mean a subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement duly executed and acknowledged by the holder of a Mortgage or a Superior Lease, as the case may be, in recordable form and in the form customarily employed by such Mortgagee or Superior Lessor and reasonably satisfactory to Tenant. Landlord represents to Tenant that (i) 111 8th Funding Company, a Delaware corporation (Lender) is the sole Mortgagee of the Building and the Real Property, and (ii) there are no Superior Leases affecting the Building or the Real Property. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord, within thirty (30) days after demand therefor, for Landlords out-of-pocket costs incurred in payment of the fees and disbursements of counsel to any Mortgagee or Superior Lessor. Tenant agrees to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord any such Non-Disturbance Agreement promptly after delivery by Landlord or any Mortgagee or Superior Lessor.
(b) If Landlord fails to deliver to Tenant a Non-Disturbance Agreement from Lender within thirty (30) days following the date that this Lease is fully executed and unconditionally delivered to Landlord and Tenant, then Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease by notice to Landlord, and upon the giving of such notice this Lease shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect, and thereafter neither party shall have any liability to the other hereunder, except as expressly provided hereunder, and Landlord shall return to Tenant the Security Deposit and any prepaid rent deposited by Tenant hereunder.
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Section 9.5 Each party agrees, at any time and from time to time, as requested by the other party, upon not less than ten (10) Business Days prior notice, to execute and deliver to the other a written statement executed and acknowledged by such party (a) stating that this Lease is then in full force and effect and has not been modified (or if modified, setting forth all modifications), (b) setting forth the then annual Fixed Rent, (c) setting forth the date to which the Fixed Rent and Additional Rent have been paid, (d) stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signatory, the other party is in default under this Lease, and if so, setting forth the specific nature of all such defaults, (e) stating the amount of the Security Deposit, (f) stating whether there are any subleases affecting the Premises, (g) stating the address of the signatory to which all notices and communication under the Lease shall be sent, the Commencement Date and the Expiration Date, and (h) as to any other matters reasonably requested by the party requesting such certificate. The parties acknowledge that any statement delivered pursuant to this Section 9.5 may be relied upon by others with whom the party requesting such certificate may be dealing, including any purchaser or owner of the Real Property or the Building, or of Landlords interest in the Real Property or the Building or any Superior Lease, or by any Mortgagee or Superior Lessor, or by any prospective or actual sublessee of the Premises or assignee of this Lease, or permitted transferee of or successor to Tenant.
Article 10. Services
Section 10.1 Electricity. (a) Landlord shall, as part of Landlords Work, make available to Tenant, at two disconnect switches to be installed by Landlord within the two existing electrical closets located on the tenth (10th) floor of the Building, 1400 amperes (connected load) of 460/480 volt, 3-phase, 4-wire, AC electrical capacity dedicated to Tenant (the Electrical Capacity), consisting of 600 amperes at one disconnect switch, and 800 amperes at the other disconnect switch. The Electrical Capacity shall be available to Tenant throughout the Term, subject to Unavoidable Delays. Tenant shall be solely responsible, at Tenants expense, for the installation of any additional risers or other electrical facilities and equipment required in order to deliver the Electrical Capacity from such disconnect switches to the interior of the Premises and to distribute it therein. Tenant shall use Landlords designated electrical contractor to perform any required tap-ins to the Buildings electrical system. There shall be no tap-in or other charge to Tenant for the initial work necessary to provide the Electrical Capacity to Tenant at the disconnect switches described above in this Section 10.1(a). Tenant shall pay Landlord, as Additional Rent, at any time and from time to time, but no more frequently than monthly, for its consumption of electricity at the Premises, as provided in Section 10.1(c).
(b) Landlords Electricity Cost means the cost per kilowatt hour and cost per kilowatt demand, adjusted by time of day factors, fuel adjustment charges and other applicable rate adjustments, to Landlord for the purchase of electricity from the public utility or other electricity provider furnishing electricity service to the Building from time to time (the Electricity Provider), including sales and other taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority on Landlords purchase of electricity. If at any time during the Term the cost elements comprising Landlords Electricity Cost shall be increased or decreased by the Electricity Provider, or Landlords Electricity Cost shall be increased or decreased for any other reason, then effective as of the date of such increase or decrease, Tenants payment for submetered electricity under this Section 10.1 shall be proportionately increased or decreased. Landlord reserves the right to contract with different Electricity Providers from time to time in its sole
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judgment, and without reference to whether any Electricity Provider selected by Landlord provides lower rates than any other electricity supplier. Currently, Landlords Electricity Cost is based upon Consolidated Edison Companys Service Classification rate schedule S.C. #4 Rate II as in effect on the Commencement Date. If Landlord receives any rebates applicable generally to the S.C. #4 Rate II rate schedule or a successor classification, Landlords Electricity Cost will be appropriately adjusted to reflect such rebates.
(c) The calculations and determinations of the charges for electricity consumed by Tenant shall be based on the readings of one or more submeters to be installed by Landlord at Tenants expense, applied to Landlords Electricity Cost, including a coincident demand submeter (the Coincident Demand Submeter). If more than one submeter is used to measure Tenants consumption of electricity in the Premises, Tenant shall be billed only on the basis of the coincident demand as measured and calculated from time to time by the Coincident Demand Submeter, i.e., as though a single meter were measuring such demand. Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent on demand from time to time but no more frequently than monthly, for its consumption of electricity at the Premises, a sum equal to 103% of the product of (i) Landlords Electricity Cost, multiplied by (ii) the actual number of kilowatts and kilowatt-hours of electric current consumed by Tenant in such billing period. In addition, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent, the amount of any taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority on Landlords receipts from the sale of electricity to Tenant. Landlord agrees to maintain and repair such submeters during the Term, at Landlords expense, excluding any required repairs resulting from the negligence or willful misconduct of Tenant or any Tenant Party.
(d) During the period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the date upon which the submeters to be installed by Landlord in the Premises become operational, Tenant shall pay to Landlord a fixed fee for electricity supplied to the Premises of (i) during the period prior to the date Tenant first occupies all or any portion of the Premises for the conduct of its business, an amount per annum equal to One and 00/100 Dollar ($1.00) multiplied by the Premises Area, in equal monthly installments on the first (1st) day of each month during such period, and (ii) from and after the date Tenant first occupies all or any portion of the Premises for the conduct of its business, an amount per annum equal to Two and 50/100 Dollars ($2.50) multiplied by the Premises Area, in equal monthly installments on the first (1st) day of each month during such period, through the date such submeters become operational. If such submeters are not operational as of the date Tenant first occupies all or any portion of the Premises for the conduct of its business, then within six (6) months following the date such submeters become operational, Landlord and Tenant will meet and compare Tenants actual electric charges as determined by such submeters, over a period of not less than three (3) months, to the electric charges paid by Tenant pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence on account of the period prior to the date such submeters become operational. If such comparison indicates that there has been an overpayment or underpayment, then the appropriate party shall pay or refund the amount thereof to the other party within thirty (30) days of the date such amount is determined. During the Term, Landlord shall test such submeters at reasonable intervals upon request by Tenant. If any such test discloses that any such submeters are inaccurate, then within six (6) months following the date such submeters are repaired, replaced or recalibrated, Landlord and Tenant will make appropriate financial adjustments in accordance with the procedure described in the two immediately preceding sentences.
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(e) Tenant covenants that its use and consumption of electricity shall not at any time exceed the Electrical Capacity supplied to the Premises from time to time pursuant to this Section 10.1, nor exceed the capacity of any of the electrical facilities and installations in or otherwise serving or being used in the Premises, and Tenant shall, on notice from Landlord, promptly cease the use of any of Tenants electrical equipment that will cause Tenant to exceed such capacity. Any additional feeders, risers, electrical facilities and other such installations required for electric service to the Premises will be supplied by Landlord, at Tenants expense, on Landlords prior consent in each instance, provided that in Landlords reasonable judgment such additional electrical facilities and installations, feeders or risers are necessary for Tenants use of the Premises and are permissible under applicable Laws (including the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code) and insurance regulations and the installation of such feeders or risers will not cause permanent damage or injury to the Building or the Premises or cause or create a dangerous or hazardous condition or entail excessive or unreasonable alterations or repairs or interfere with, or disturb, other tenants or occupants of the Building.
(f) Landlord shall not in any way be liable or responsible to Tenant for any loss, damage or expense which Tenant may sustain or incur as a result of the unavailability of or interruption in the supply of electric current to the Premises or a change in the quantity or character or nature of such current and such change, interruption or unavailability shall not constitute an actual or constructive eviction, in whole or in part, or entitle Tenant to any abatement or diminution of rent (except that Tenants liability to pay Landlord for electricity under this Section 10.1 shall cease as of the date of such disturbance), or relieve Tenant from any of its obligations under this Lease, or impose any liability upon Landlord or its agents, by reason of inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant, or injury to or interruption of Tenants business, or otherwise, unless caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or any Landlord Party, subject to Section 11.2.
(g) Landlord reserves the right to discontinue furnishing electricity to Tenant in the Premises on not less than sixty (60) days notice to Tenant, at Landlords option, or if submetering of electricity in the Building is hereafter prohibited by any Laws, or if Landlord is otherwise required by the Electricity Provider to discontinue furnishing electricity to Tenant. This Lease shall continue in full force and effect and shall be unaffected thereby except that from and after the effective date of such discontinuance, Landlord shall not be obligated to furnish electricity to Tenant, and Tenant shall have no further obligation to pay Landlord for electricity to supplied to the Premises. If Landlord so discontinues furnishing electricity, Tenant shall arrange to obtain electricity directly from the Electricity Provider. Such electricity may be furnished to Tenant by means of the then existing electrical facilities serving the Premises to the extent available, suitable and safe for such purposes.
(h) Tenant shall apply, within ten (10) Business Days of Tenants receiving notice from Landlord pursuant to Section 10.1(g), to the Electricity Provider in order to obtain direct electric service, and from and after the date upon which Tenant procures direct electric service, Landlord shall be relieved of any further obligation to furnish electricity to Tenant pursuant to this Section 10.1. All costs associated with Tenants obtaining direct electric service to the Premises shall be borne by (i) Landlord, if Landlord voluntarily discontinues such service, or is compelled to discontinue such service by the Electricity Provider or pursuant to applicable Laws, or (ii) Tenant, if such discontinuance arises out of the negligence or willful misconduct of
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Tenant. Landlord will not voluntarily discontinue furnishing electricity to Tenant until Tenant receives directly from the Electricity Provider at a level of service not less than the Electrical Capacity, unless the Electricity Provider is not prepared to furnish electricity to the Premises on the date required as a result of Tenants delay or negligence in arranging for service, Tenants refusal to provide a deposit or other security requested by the Electricity Provider, or Tenants refusal to take any other action reasonably requested by the Electricity Provider.
Section 10.2 Heat, Ventilation And Air-Conditioning. (a) Landlord shall provide steam heat to the perimeter radiators in the Premises on Business Days from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Business Days, and from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays, during each period from October 15th through April 15th during the Term, through the Building standard heating system (the Building Heating System). Landlord shall not be responsible if the normal operation of the Building Heating System shall fail to provide heat at uniform temperatures throughout the Premises. Tenant shall cooperate fully with Landlord and shall comply with the regulations and requirements Landlord may prescribe for the proper functioning and protection of the Building Heating System.
(b) Landlord shall not be required to furnish heat during periods other than the hours and days set forth in this Section 10.2 (Overtime Periods), unless Landlord has received notice from Tenant requesting such service not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time Tenant requires overtime heating service. Tenant shall pay Landlord, as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after demand, for heating service during Overtime Periods at the standard rate then fixed by Landlord for the Building, which rate is presently $75.00 per hour, subject to increase during the Term to reflect increases in Landlords actual costs in providing overtime heating service. Failure by Landlord to provide heat or any other services during Overtime Periods shall not constitute an actual or constructive eviction, in whole or in part, or entitle Tenant to any abatement or diminution of Fixed Rent or Additional Rent, or relieve Tenant from any of its obligations under this Lease, or impose any liability upon Landlord or its agents by reason of inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant, or injury to or interruption of Tenants business or otherwise.
(c) Landlord shall have no obligation to provide air-conditioning or ventilation services to the Premises. Tenant shall be solely responsible, at Tenants expense, for the installation of an HVAC system serving the Premises, and of all feeders, risers, ductwork, fans, piping and other mechanical, electrical and plumbing facilities and equipment required in order to make such HVAC system functional in the Premises (collectively, Tenants HVAC System). Landlords approval of such work will not be unreasonably withheld, provided that such installation shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of Article 4. Following the installation of Tenants HVAC System, Tenant shall be solely responsible, at its expense, for the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of Tenants HVAC System.
(d) Landlord will provide to Tenant condenser water sufficient to operate up to 400 tons of air-conditioning from the Building HVAC system on Business Days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., without additional charge to Tenant. Tenant shall have the right to tap into the Buildings condenser water system, at Tenants expense, at either of two locations on the tenth (10th) floor of the Building, one located in Staircase C, and the other located on the west side of the truck elevator area on the Eighth Avenue side of the Building.
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There shall be no tap-in or other charge to Tenant for the initial work necessary to tap into the Building condenser water system. If Tenant requires condenser water at times other than between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Business Days, then Landlord shall provide up to 400 tons of condenser water to Tenant at the Buildings then-applicable rate for overtime condenser water service. As of the date hereof, such rate is twenty-two cents ($0.22) per hour per ton of condenser water, subject to increase during the Term to reflect increases in Landlords actual costs in providing overtime condenser water service.
(e) In connection with the installation of Tenants HVAC System, Landlord will not unreasonably withhold its consent to the removal by Tenant of certain windows in the Premises and the installation by Tenant of exterior louvers in place of such windows in the exterior curtain wall of the Building on the 15th Street and/or 16th Street sides of the Building, provided that (i) Tenant will not install louvers or in any other way alter the appearance of the windows of the Premises facing Eighth Avenue or on the 15th Street or 16th Street sides of the Building within two (2) full window bays of the Eighth Avenue façade of the Building, and (ii) all elements of the design and materials of such louvers that would be visible from the exterior of the Building shall be consistent with the existing louvers installed in the Building, in Landlords reasonable judgment.
Section 10.3 Elevators. (a) Landlord shall provide passenger elevator service (consisting of not less than three (3) passenger elevators) to the Premises on Business Days from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and freight elevator facilities on a non-exclusive basis, on Business Days from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (Freight Business Hours), and shall have one passenger elevator available at all other times, so that Tenant shall have access to the Premises 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Such elevator service shall be subject to such rules and regulations as Landlord may promulgate from time to time with respect thereto. Landlord shall have the right to change the operation or manner of operation of any of the elevators in the Building, to temporarily discontinue the use of any one or more cars in any of the passenger, freight or truck elevator banks, and/or to permanently or temporarily discontinue the use of any one or more cars in any of the freight or truck elevator banks, provided that Tenant shall continue to be provided with adequate freight elevator service, taking into account Tenants use of the Premises for the Permitted Uses. Tenant shall have the right to close off the elevator doors to the truck elevator located in the Premises so as to prevent access to the Premises through such doors, provided that Tenant shall not thereby interfere in any material respect with the functioning of the truck elevator itself.
(b) Tenant shall have the right, in common with others, to use the Building freight elevators during Freight Business Hours on a first-come, first-served basis, including use in connection with the construction of the Initial Alterations and for moving into the Premises. Landlord will make the freight elevator available to Tenant during other than Freight Business Hours, on not less than 24 hours prior request by Tenant (subject to reasonable Building requirements and any prior reservations made by other tenants and occupants of the Building), and Tenant shall pay Landlords then-current hourly charge therefor as Additional Rent within thirty (30) days after demand. As of the date hereof, Landlord s current charge for freight elevator service during other than Freight Business Hours is $100 per hour, subject to increase to reflect increases in Landlords costs of providing such service (including the charges for a hoisting engineer, if required). Landlord shall provide Tenant with up to fifty (50) hours of
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overtime freight elevator service for the Initial Alterations and Tenants move into the Premises, at Landlords expense and without charge to Tenant.
Section 10.4 Cleaning and Rubbish Removal. Tenant shall, at Tenants expense, provide cleaning services at the Premises pursuant to reasonable rules and regulations established by Landlord from time to time, and use a cleaning contractor approved by Landlord, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, subject to the provisions of Section 4.5. Tenant shall, at Tenants expense, provide refuse and rubbish removal service at the Premises at times, and pursuant to regulations, established by Landlord from time to time. Such services may be provided by Tenants own employees, subject to the provisions of Section 4.5.
Section 10.5 Water. Landlord shall furnish cold water in such quantities as are reasonably required for ordinary drinking, lavatory, pantry, shower and cleaning purposes to the Premises, without additional charge to Tenant except as follows. If Tenant uses materially greater quantities of water than that ordinarily required for such purposes by reason of additional Alterations, then, at Landlords option, Landlord may install a water meter and