Option to Extend Lease Term At the expiration of the original Lease Term, Tenant may extend this Lease as to the entire Premises or a portion of the Premises for two (2) extended terms of five (5) years each (each an “Extended Term”) by giving Landlord written notice (the “Option Notice”) of its intention to do so not later than twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the original Lease Term, and thereafter twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the applicable Extended Term; provided, however, that Tenant is not in material default beyond any applicable notice and cure period under the Lease on the date of giving such notice or on the date of commencement of such Extended Term. The Option Notice shall set forth Tenant’s election to extend the Lease for all or a portion of the Premises. If Tenant elects to extend the Lease for only a portion of the Premises, the portion of the Premises for which Tenant elects not to extend the Lease shall be: (i) either located entirely on one floor of the Premises or located on one entire floor and a portion of the other floor; (ii) a minimum of 15,000 RSF; (iii) adjacent to a window line and easily accessible; and (iv) shall be in a readily marketable and leasable location. Landlord shall be responsible for any and all costs to separate the portion of the Premises for which Tenant elects not to extend the Lease from the remainder of the Premises such that the space is a separate easily accessible and readily marketable space promptly following the commencement of the applicable Extended Term. Any termination of the entire Lease shall result in automatic termination of this option. Tenant’s right to extend the Lease Term provided herein is personal to Tenant and may not be assigned or otherwise transferred except in connection with a permitted assignment of this Lease, including to a Tenant’s Affiliate. The Extended Term shall be upon all of the terms and conditions of this Lease, except that the following rights of Tenant during the original Lease Term shall not apply during such Extended Term unless granted as part of the Fair Market Rental: (a) any right to rent-free possession; (b) any right to further extension of the Lease Term beyond the Extended Terms set forth herein above; (c) any right to continue to pay the same Base Rent; (d) any right to additional Tenant Allowance; (e) any right to terminate the Extended Term early; (f) any right to continue to exclude HVAC Capital Expenditures; (g) cost of security for the Building; and (h) the right to the continuation of any cap on Controllable Operating Expenses from the previous year (it being understood that the Operating Expenses for the first twelve (12) months of each new Extended Term shall be the actual Operating Expenses without any cap and thereafter the cap set forth in Section 4.2(e) shall apply). Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge and agree that the Base Rent during each Extended Term shall be equal to ninety-five (95%) of the Base Rent component of the “Fair Market Rental” and one hundred percent (100%) of the economic concessions, including without limitation, free rent, improvement allowance, base year and other monetary concessions, component of the Fair Market Rental for the Premises, as determined by as follows:
(a) Concurrent with Tenant’s delivery of each Option Notice, Tenant shall provide Landlord with written notice of its determination of Fair Market Rental for the Premises (“Tenant’s Determination of FMR”). Within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s receipt of Tenant’s Determination of FMR, Landlord shall, by written notice delivered to Tenant, either (a) accept Tenant’s Determination of FMR (“Notice of Acceptance”), or (b) reject Tenant’s Determination of FMR (“Notice of Rejection”). If Landlord does not deliver either the Notice of Acceptance or the Notice of Rejection within said thirty (30) day period, Landlord shall be deemed to have accepted Tenant’s Determination of FMR. If Landlord delivers a Notice of Rejection, Landlord shall also concurrently deliver to Tenant Landlord’s determination of Fair Market Rental for the Premises (“Landlord’s Determination of FMR”). If Landlord delivers the Notice of Rejection within said thirty (30) day period, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon the Fair Market Rental within thirty (30) days after Landlord delivers the Notice of Rejection (“Negotiation Period”).
(b) If the parties fail to agree on the Fair Market Rental for such Extended Term during the Negotiation Period, then the Fair Market Rental shall be established as set forth below. Within fifteen (15) days following expiration of the Negotiation Period, Landlord and Tenant shall mutually agree upon a broker to determine the Fair Market Rental and shall concurrently deliver their final Tenant’s Determination of FMR and final Landlord’s Determination of FMR to use for the arbitration procedure set forth below; provided however, that if the difference between the final Landlord’s Determination of FMR and the final Tenant’s Determination of FMR is five percent (5%) or less, then a broker shall not be designated and the Fair Market Rental shall equal the average of the two (2) determinations. If Landlord and Tenant cannot agree upon a broker, then either party hereunder may request that the Presiding Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court appoint such broker. Within ten (10) business days after the selection of the broker, such broker shall select either the final Landlord’s Determination of FMR or the final Tenant’s Determination of FMR in its entirety, without averaging or otherwise adjusting such value in any manner, and shall notify the parties of his or her decision. The broker’s decision concerning the Fair Market Rental shall be binding upon the parties, shall not be subject to any right of appeal and shall constitute the Rent payable by Tenant during the Extended Term.
(c) Landlord and Tenant intend that the “Fair Market Rental” shall be deemed to be the rent per square foot of rentable area of space that is then being charged for space located in buildings in the vicinity of the Building that are comparable in quality, age and size and offer similar amenities to the Building (“Comparable Buildings”) and involving non-renewing leases (i.e. leases where the tenant is not already occupying the leased premises) with similar terms and conditions, and involving the use of the premises for similar purposes allowed under the Lease for tenants of similar size, credit quality and stature and include current market concessions including tenant improvement allowances, abatement, downtime to secure a new tenant and build out space, brokerage commissions, a new base year (if given in comparable deals) and/or the anticipated budget for Additional Rent, inducements and other economic considerations for the lease of space comparable to the Premises then being offered in similar buildings in the Southeast Valley Submarket. The spaces used for comparison shall be comparable in size, age, quality and design to the Premises, and such spaces used for comparison shall be comparable to the Premises with respect to their location within such buildings, the quality and quantity of tenant improvements installed at each landlord’s expense, the services provided by each landlord to such tenant, and the financial strength of tenant.
(d) The parties shall share equally in the cost of the broker. No person shall be appointed or designated a broker unless he or she is a real estate broker licensed in the State of Arizona, who specializes in the field of commercial office space leasing in the Southeast Valley market, has at least ten (10) years’ experience in leasing of commercial office space in the Southwest Valley market and is recognized within the field as being reputable and ethical. The broker shall not have ever been employed (full-time or part-time or on a consulting basis) by Landlord or Tenant.
(e) In the event that the Fair Market Rental is not established before the commencement of the Extended Term, Tenant shall continue to pay the Base Rent in effect as of the end of the prior term; when the Fair Market Rental has been established, the new Base Rent and concessions granted pursuant to the Fair Market Rental shall be retroactively effective as of the beginning of the Extended Term, and Tenant shall pay Landlord any deficiency or Tenant shall receive a credit, as applicable, with in thirty (30) days after the establishment of the new Fair Market Rental.
Lease Term The terms and provisions of this Lease shall be effective as of the date of this Lease. The term of this Lease (the “Lease Term”) shall commence on the “Lease Commencement Date,” as that term is set forth in Section 3.2 of the Summary, and shall terminate on the “Lease Expiration Date,” as that term is set forth in Section 3.3 of the Summary, unless this Lease is sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. Tenant hereby acknowledges that the Premises are currently occupied by another tenant of the Building. If Landlord is unable for any reason to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant on any specific date , then Landlord shall not be subject to any liability for its failure to do so, and such failure shall not affect the validity of this Lease or the obligations of Tenant hereunder. For purposes of this Lease, the term “Lease Year” shall mean each consecutive twelve (12) month period during the Lease Term. At any time during the Lease Term, Landlord may deliver to Tenant a notice in the form as set forth in Exhibit C, attached hereto, as a confirmation only of the information set forth therein, which Tenant shall execute and return to Landlord within ten (10) business days of receipt thereof; provided, however, Tenant’s failure to execute and return such notice to Landlord within such time shall be conclusive upon Tenant that the information set forth in such notice is as specified therein. In addition to the foregoing, subject to any delays caused by Tenant or any Tenant Parties and events of Force Majeure, if Landlord fails to tender possession of the Premises to Tenant on or before January 2, 2015 (the “Base Rent Delivery Date”), Tenant shall be entitled to one (1) day of per diem Base Rent abatement for each day commencing on the day after the Base Rent Delivery Date and ending on the date Landlord so tenders possession of the Premises to Tenant. Any such Base Rent Abatement shall be separate from and in addition to any Rent Abatement described in Section 3.2 below.
