Operating Lease Without Lender’s prior written consent, Borrower shall not permit Mortgage Borrower or Property Owner to (a) surrender, terminate or cancel the Operating Lease; (b) reduce or consent to the reduction of the term of the Operating Lease; (c) increase or consent to the increase of the amount of any charges under the Operating Lease; (d) modify, change, supplement, alter or amend the Operating Lease or waive or release any of Borrower’s or Property Owner’s rights and remedies under the Operating Lease, except as contemplated in connection with a Restructuring; or (e) waive, excuse, condone or in any way release or discharge Operating Lessee of or from Operating Lessee’s material obligations, covenants and/or conditions under the Operating Lease, except to the extent such Operating Lessee’s obligations are assumed in connection with a Restructuring. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2.12 to the contrary, Borrower may cause or permit Mortgage Borrower and Property Owner to amend the Operating Lease without Lender’s prior written consent as follows: (i) in connection with a Release Prepayment, the Operating Lease shall be amended (or deemed amended) to (x) terminate the Operating Lease with respect to the applicable Released Property and (y) reduce the amount of Minimum Rent (as defined in the Operating Lease) by the amount of Minimum Rent allocable to such Released Property as set forth in the Operating Lease; (ii) increase or reduce the amount of Percentage Rent (as defined in the Operating Lease) payable under the Operating Lease; and (iii) increase or reduce the amount of Minimum Rent payable under the Operating Lease; provided, that in the case of an increase in Minimum Rent, such Minimum Rent shall only be increased to the then fair market value, based on transfer pricing studies conducted by an Independent CPA reasonably acceptable to Lender (any “Big 4” Independent CPA being deemed acceptable).
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: