Space Leases (i) To Borrower’s best knowledge, Borrower has delivered a true, correct and complete schedule of all Space Leases as of the date hereof, which accurately and completely sets forth in all material respects, for each such Space Lease, the following (collectively, the “Rent Roll”): the name and address of the tenant; the lease expiration date, extension and renewal provisions; the base rent and percentage rent payable; and the security deposit held thereunder.
(ii) Each Space Lease constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower or, the Operating Tenant, as applicable, and, to the knowledge of Borrower, is enforceable against the tenant thereof. No default exists, or with the passing of time or the giving of notice would exist, which would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) To Borrower’s best knowledge, no tenant under any Major Space Lease has, as of the date hereof, paid Rent more than thirty (30) days in advance, and the Rents under such Major Space Leases have not been waived, released, or otherwise discharged or compromised.
(iv) To Borrower’s best knowledge, except as disclosed in writing to Lender, all work to be performed by Borrower under the Space Leases has been substantially performed, all contributions to be made by Borrower to the tenants thereunder have been made except for any held-back amounts, and all other conditions precedent to each such tenant’s obligations thereunder have been satisfied.
(v) To Borrower’s best knowledge, except as previously disclosed to Lender in writing or contained in the Space Leases, there are no options to terminate any Space Lease.
(vi) To Borrower’s best knowledge, each tenant under a Major Space Lease or such tenant’s authorized subtenant is currently occupying the space demised by such Major Space Lease.
(vii) To Borrower’s best knowledge, Borrower has delivered to Lender true, correct and complete copies of all Space Leases described in the Rent Roll.
(viii) No Space Lease has been assigned or, to Borrower’s best knowledge, modified, supplemented or amended in any way.
(ix) To Borrower’s best knowledge, each tenant under each Space Lease is free from bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement proceedings or a general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
(x) To Borrower’s best knowledge, no Space Lease provides any party with the right to obtain a lien or encumbrance upon the Property superior to the lien of this Security Instrument.
Ground Leases For purposes of this Exhibit C, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner. With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns (collectively, the “Ground Lease and Related Documents”), Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:
Tenant Leases All existing Tenant Leases are listed in the Rent Roll. Seller has delivered, prior to the date hereof, to Buyer true and complete copies of all Tenant Leases including, but not limited to all amendments and notices of commencement and renewal and all correspondence related thereto, with the exception of that certain lease with Motherhood Maternity at the Finger Lakes Property. The Rent Roll is accurate as to the information set forth therein in all material respects as of the date set forth therein. Except as set forth in the Rent Roll and the Tenant Leases, Seller has not entered into any oral or written Tenant Leases, nor has Seller given any person (other than the Tenants named in the Rent Roll) any right of possession to the Property or any part thereof, and there are no other Tenant Leases or rights of possession. Except as set forth in the Rent Roll and the Tenant Leases, Seller has not given any concessions of any kind or character (including, without limitation, free or reduced rent, free or reduced parking, buy-out, finish out, moving, refurbishment, Tenant equity in the Property, cash payments to Tenants, lease assumptions and other concessions or allowances granted to induce a Tenant to enter into a lease, or expand or renew a lease, (collectively, "Concessions")) to any Tenant. No rent under any Tenant Lease has been paid more than one (1) month in advance by any Tenant. No Tenant has made any claim against Seller for any security deposits or other deposits (which has not been satisfied), and, except as set forth in Exhibit B, no Tenant has any defense or offset to rent accruing after the Closing Date. The Tenant Leases described in the Rent Roll are in full force and effect (except as to Tenants in bankruptcy who may assume or reject such Tenant Leases) and, except as set forth on the Rent Roll, no breach exists in the payment of rents except as shown on the Rent Roll, no other default or breach exists on the part of any Tenant thereunder except as disclosed to Buyer in writing or identified on the Rent Roll, and except as set forth in Exhibit B, Seller has not received any notice of any alleged default or breach on the part of Seller thereunder. All Deposits (and a statement as to whether interest is payable thereon in accordance with the terms of the applicable Tenant Lease) are listed in the Rent Roll.
Operating Leases Incur any obligation to pay rent under an operating lease in any Fiscal Year if to do so would result in the aggregate obligation of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to pay rent under all operating leases in that Fiscal Year to exceed $4,000,000.
Real Estate Leases (a) Neither BGH Holdings nor BRH Holdings leases any real estate. Seller does not own or lease any real estate used in connection with the businesses of BGH Holdings, BRH Holdings, or the Companies.
(b) Schedule 4.16 sets forth a list of all of the leases or rights of occupancy pursuant to which the Companies (or any of them) lease or sublease any real property or interest therein (collectively, the "Leases"), including the identification of each of the Lessors thereof and the street addresses of the real estate demised under any of the Leases (collectively, the "Leased Real Estate"). Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, one or more of the Companies is the lessee under all Leases, and no party other than one or more of the Companies has any right to possession, occupancy or use of any of the Leased Real Estate. A true and correct copy of each of the Leases has been delivered to Buyer, together with all amendments and modifications thereto, and no changes, amendments or modifications have been made thereto since the date of such delivery, except as permitted by Section 3.02 (k). Each of the Leases is valid and is in full force and effect and is binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms except to the extent such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights or by general equitable principles. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, none of the Companies is in default (after expiration of applicable cure or grace periods) under any provision of any of the Leases, the failure of which to perform would permit the lessor thereunder to terminate such Lease, and, to Seller's knowledge, no event has occurred which (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) would render any of the Companies in default under any of such provisions which default would permit the lessor thereunder to terminate such Lease. To the knowledge of Seller, BRH Holdings, BGH Holdings, or the Companies, no other party to any of the Leases is in default under any of the material commitments and obligations thereof, and no event has occurred which (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) would render any such other party in default under any of such provisions.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, the Companies are in actual possession of the Leased Real Estate. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, the Companies have good and valid title to all the leasehold estates conveyed under the Leases free and clear of all Liens except for (i) (A) those provided under the relevant lease; (B) matters shown on Schedule 4.16; and (C) defects of title, conditions, easements, covenants or restrictions, if any, none of which items referred to clauses (A), (B) or (C) above is substantial in amount, and none of which, individually or in the aggregate, materially impairs or grants or evidences rights which, if exercised, would materially impair the current use of the affected property in the manner such property is currently being used by the Companies, or impairs the operations of any of the Companies; (ii) zoning or land use ordinances, none of which, to Seller's knowledge, individually or in the aggregate, materially impairs the use of the affected property in the manner such property is currently being used, or impairs the current operations of any of the Companies; and (iii) liens for taxes not yet due and payable (iv) any mortgage liens granted by any lessor under any of the Leases of the lessor's interest in the underlying real estate or the Leases. To Seller's knowledge, none of the Companies has received written notice of any violation of or non-conformity with any zoning, subdivision, wetlands or other similar law, code, rule, regulation or ordinance from any governmental authority with respect to any of the Leased Real Estate, or of any condemnation action, eminent domain proceeding or other litigation concerning any of such properties.
(d) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, the basic rent, all additional rent and all other charges and amounts payable under the Leases have been paid to date and not more than one month in advance. All work required to be performed under the Leases by the landlords thereunder or by any of the Companies have been performed, and, to the extent that any of the Companies is responsible for payment of such work, has been fully paid for, whether directly to the contractor performing such work or to such landlord as reimbursement therefor, except for items which any of the Companies is disputing in good faith (which items are set forth in Schedule 4.16).
(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16, there are no brokerage commissions or finder's fees due from Seller or any of the Companies which are unpaid with regard to any of the Leases or the Leased Real Estate or which will become due at any time in the future with regard to the Leases or the Leased Real Estate.
(f) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16, there have been no casualties which are reasonably likely to result in the termination of any of the Leases or the exercise of any buy-out provision contained in any of the Leases relative to damage by casualty.
(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16, (i) no consent of any of the lessors under any of the Leases is required by reason of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) none of the rights of any of the Companies under any of the Leases will be impaired by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all of such rights will be enforceable by the Companies after the Closing Date without the consent or agreement of any other party, including all rights to purchase any of the Leased Real Estate or to renew any of the Leases pursuant to options to purchase or renew contained in any of the Leases. Any lessor under any of the Leases whose consent or agreement is required is identified as such on Schedule 4.16.
Personal Property Leases Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13.(b), Company has no leases of personal property involving consideration or other expenditure in excess of $5,000 or involving performance over a period of more than three months.
New Leases Continue its present rental program and efforts at such Seller’s Property to rent vacant space in accordance with past practices; provided that, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, which consent may be granted or withheld in the Buyer’s sole discretion, such Seller shall not (i) execute any new lease, license or other occupancy agreement, (ii) amend, supplement, terminate, accept the surrender of, renew or otherwise modify any existing Lease, (iii) approve any assignment or sublease of any existing Lease, or (iv) waive any right or obligation thereunder; provided, however, that, in the case of any amendment, supplement, termination, surrender, renewal or modification of any existing Lease as set forth in clause (ii) above, if such existing Lease expressly and specifically sets forth the terms of any such amendment, supplement, termination, surrender, renewal or modification and requires the landlord under the Lease to acknowledge or counter-sign the same, in which case, the Buyer’s consent shall not be required, but Seller shall provide the Buyer with written notice of (and to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification modifies the rental terms of such Lease which rental amount is not specifically stated in such Lease, the Buyer shall have an opportunity to review and comment upon) such amendment, supplement, termination, surrender, renewal or modification at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of execution. If such Seller enters into any new lease, license or other occupancy agreement, or renews any existing Lease (each such new lease, license, occupancy agreement and renewal, a “New Lease”) after the date hereof in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.2(d), then each such lease, license, occupancy agreement and renewal shall be included in the definition of “Leases” herein and added to Schedule 3.2(c) attached hereto, shall be assigned to and assumed by the Buyer at the Closing in accordance with this Agreement. If the Buyer does not reject or approve a new lease, license, occupancy agreement, renewal or a Lease amendment within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a copy thereof, then the Buyer shall be deemed to have approved such new lease, license, occupancy agreement, renewal or Lease amendment; provided that such notice includes specific reference to this Section 3.3(d) and the deemed approval provision hereof.
Ground Lease Reserved.
Franchise Matters (a) Since June 30, 2003, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have maintained records of all franchise activities in which full, true, and complete entries have been made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to their franchise activities, including all offering circulars, Franchise Agreements (as defined below), correspondence with franchisees, written complaints by franchisees, and government audits, (ii) have complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws regarding franchise activities and other franchise-related matters, (iii) have complied with all franchise agreements and other agreements by which the Company or its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly grant any third party franchise rights (whether not such agreement was entered into before or after June 30, 2002, each, a “Franchise Agreement”), (iv) have obtained and maintained in place franchisee agreements which contain provisions requiring the franchisee to (A) indemnify the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, with respect to claims relating to the franchisee’s business and (B) to obtain insurance from financially sound and respectable insurers to cover such indemnity, naming the Company as additional insured and loss payee, (v) have timely filed with the applicable Governmental Entities all Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars and other required filings, (vi) each Uniform Franchise Offering Circular delivered to any franchisee, prospective franchisee, or Governmental Entity by the Company or any Subsidiary complied in all material respects as of the date delivered with all requirements of applicable Law, and, when delivered, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have accounted for and administered in accordance with the Franchise Agreements and applicable franchise laws all advertising and marketing funds and cooperatives, if any, which the Company and its Subsidiaries administer and into which monies are paid by their franchisees. Section 3.25(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of all currently effective Franchise Agreements, including the name of the franchisee and the date and expiration date of the applicable Franchise Agreement. The Company has provided the Buyer with true, complete and correct copies of all currently effective Franchise Agreements, including any amendments or modifications thereto, as of the date hereof, and there are no oral agreements, promises or understandings with respect to any currently effective Franchise Agreements.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.25(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter:
(i) the royalty rates and required advertising contributions specified in each currently effective Franchise Agreement remain in effect, are being paid when due and have not been reduced, modified, waived, or otherwise affected by any Franchise Agreement “side letter,” modification, amendment, waiver, or suspension, in whole or in part and each currently effective Franchise Agreement is in full force and effect;
(ii) all franchise registrations remain in full force and effect and are not the subject of any existing or threatened action by a Governmental Entity or otherwise intended, in whole or in part, to result in the termination, revocation, modification, suspension, conditioning, or dissolution of any such franchise registration and/or any other circumstance which might or would impair, impede or preclude the Company’s ability routinely to renew or amend (as the case may be) any such franchise registration and/or enter into Franchise Agreements in any jurisdiction;
(iii) there are no written, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, franchisee complaints, threats to initiate litigation or arbitration, or threats to file complaints with a Governmental Entity, whether such threats have been filed either with the Company or any Subsidiary and/or any third party (including any Governmental Entity);
(iv) there exists no extant formal or, to the Knowledge of the Company, informal, complaint, inquiry, investigation, or judicial or administrative action or proceeding, communicated or commenced (as the case may be) by any Governmental Entity, to or against the Company or any Subsidiary regarding its offer and sale of franchises; the administration of its franchise network; advancing or referring to any complaint received from any franchisee; inquiring of or contesting any element of the Company’s franchise program or franchise relationships (including antitrust issues such as predatory pricing or monopolization); and/or, otherwise related to the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s compliance with any franchise Law;
(v) there exists no litigation or other claims asserted by any third party against any of the Company’s franchisees in which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party thereto under any theory, including negligence or “vicarious liability”;
(vi) no supply Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party may be unilaterally terminated by the subject supplier as a result of this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, if that supply contract is material to the operation of the Company’s network of franchisees, taken as a whole;
(vii) since December 31, 2004, neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries has refused to renew any Franchise Agreement;
(viii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no franchisee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently in default in any material respect under any Franchise Agreement;
(ix) since December 31, 2004, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has terminated any Franchise Agreement; and
(x) the Company may enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the consent of any Franchisee.
Existing Leases During the period from the expiration of the Inspection Period through Closing (or earlier termination of this Agreement or default by Buyer hereunder), Seller shall not enter into new leases for portions of the Premises now vacant or for portions of the Premises which may become vacant, or enter into any amendments of any Existing Leases or consent to any renewals, extensions or expansions of Existing Leases or agree to any rental concessions (other than (i) those to which the tenant is entitled pursuant to the terms of the Existing Leases, (ii) those for which the rent is greater than the rent shown on the Rent Roll (as hereinafter defined) for the applicable unit, (iii) the following rental concessions: 10% discounts for law enforcement officers, 5% discount for teachers, 5% discount for hospital personnel, and 3% discount for senior citizens (such discounts are taken off market rent, on one year leases only and cannot be combined with any other discount or concession), so long as not more than twenty (20) new leases subject to such concessions are executed after the expiration of the Inspection Period, and (iv) those rental concessions which are paid by Seller prior to the Closing Date, and in all events using forms substantially the same as those used for the Existing Leases) without first submitting such a copy of such proposed lease or lease amendment (including any renewal, extension or expansion as to which the lessor's consent is required) to Buyer for Buyer's approval. If Buyer does not disapprove in writing such a proposed lease or amendment (or renewal, extension or expansion agreement) within five (5) business days of Buyer's receipt of a copy thereof, Buyer shall be deemed to have approved the proposed lease or amendment (or renewal, extension or expansion agreement). All such new leases and modifications approved or deemed approved by Buyer (and renewals, extensions or expansions approved or deemed approved by Buyer or as to which the lessor's consent is not required), all new leases entered into prior to the expiration of the Inspection Period, and the presently existing leases that are listed on Exhibit "C" hereto are collectively herein called the "Existing Leases". The termination or expiration of any of the Existing Leases prior to Closing shall not excuse Buyer from its obligation to complete Closing and to pay the full Purchase Price.
