Premises and Term a. Landlord, in consideration of the Rent hereinafter reserved to be paid and of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be kept and performed by Tenant, hereby leases, lets and demises to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases and hires from Landlord, the Project. Upon the Commencement Date for Phase 1, Tenant shall be entitled to the exclusive use and occupancy of Phase 1 and that portion of the Parking Area allocated for Phase 1 plus such spaces in addition to the spaces allocated for Phase 1, if any, that may be constructed by Landlord at the time, so long as Tenant’s use of such spaces in addition to the spaces allocated for Phase 1 does not interfere with the construction of the remainder of the Project by Landlord. Upon the Commencement Date for Phase 2, Tenant shall be entitled to the exclusive use and occupancy of Phase 2 and the entire Parking Area, and at which time Tenant will have the exclusive use and occupancy of the entire Project.
b. Promptly after the actual Commencement Date for each Phase, the parties shall execute an instrument in which the Commencement Date and expiration date for such Phase will be specified, as well as any adjustments to the Rentable Area of the Premises as described above and any corresponding adjustments to the Base Rent.
c. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, although Landlord has estimated a completion date for Phase 1 of October 1, 1999, the parties agree that if Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 1 on or before November 1, 1999 (the “Phase 1 Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events, as hereinafter defined), then, commencing on November 1, 1999, Tenant shall receive a credit against the Base Rent to become due under this Lease in connection with Phase 1, such credit to be equal to one (1) day’s Base Rent for Phase 1 for each day of Landlord’s delay beyond the Phase 1 Completion Date that Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below.
d. If Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 1 on or before November 15, 1999 (the “Phase 1 Extended Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events), then, commencing on November 16, 1999, the Base Rent credit available to Tenant for Phase 1 shall be increased to two (2) days’ Base Rent for each day of Landlord’s delay beyond the Phase 1 Extended Completion Date that Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below.
e. If Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 1 on or before December 17, 1999 (the “Phase 1 Second Extended Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events), then, commencing on December 18, 1999, (x) the Base Rent credit available to Tenant for Phase 1 shall be decreased back to one (1) day’s Base Rent for each day of Landlord’s delay beyond the Phase 1 Second Extended Completion Date that Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion, plus (y) Tenant shall be entitled to receive, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the sum of Ten Thousand and No/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars per day, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below.
f. If Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 1 on or before January 17, 2000 (the “Phase 1 Outside Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events), then Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord delivered within ten (10) days after the Phase 1 Outside Completion Date, whereupon (i) Landlord shall return to Tenant the Prepaid Rent and Security Deposit, and (ii) Landlord shall pay to Tenant liquidated damages equal to (x) the total of the Base Rent abatements for Phase 1 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (y) the total of the $10,000.00 per day damages for Phase 1 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (z) the actual, reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Tenant directly in connection with this Lease, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below, and thereupon both parties shall be relieved of all further obligations hereunder; provided, however, that if Landlord achieves Substantial Completion of Phase 1 within fifteen (15) days after receipt of Tenant’s termination notice, then the termination notice will be deemed to be void and rescinded, and the Lease shall continue in full force and effect.
g. If Tenant does not elect to terminate the Lease as provided above, and Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 1 on or before May 17, 2000 (the “Phase 1 Extended Outside Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays but regardless of Force Majeure events), then Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord delivered within ten (10) days after the Phase 1 Extended Outside Completion Date, whereupon (i) Landlord shall return to Tenant the Prepaid Rent and Security Deposit, and (ii) Landlord shall pay to Tenant liquidated damages equal to (x) the total of the Base Rent abatements for Phase 1 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (y) the total of the $10,000.00 per day damages for Phase 1 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (z) the actual, reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Tenant directly in connection with this Lease, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below, and thereupon both parties shall be relieved of all further obligations hereunder. If Tenant intends to exercise its termination right under this paragraph, then Tenant will use its best efforts to notify Landlord in writing between April 1, 2000 and May 1, 2000 of such intent, but Tenant’s failure to so notify Landlord shall not constitute a waiver of Tenant’s termination right.
h. Although Landlord has estimated a completion date for Phase 2 of October 1, 2001, the parties agree that if Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 2 on or before November 1, 2001 (the “Phase 2 Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events, as hereinafter defined), then, commencing on November 1, 2001, Tenant shall receive a credit against the Base Rent to become due under this Lease in connection with Phase 2, such credit to be equal to one (1) day’s Base Rent for Phase 2 for each day of Landlord’s delay beyond the Phase 2 Completion Date that Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below.
i. If Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 2 on or before November 15, 2001 (the “Phase 2 Extended Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events), then, commencing on November 16, 2001, the Base Rent credit available to Tenant for Phase 2 shall be increased to two (2) days’ Base Rent for Phase 2 for each day of Landlord’s delay beyond the Phase 2 Extended Completion Date that Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below.
j. If Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 2 on or before December 17, 2001 (the “Phase 2 Second Extended Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events), then, commencing on December 18, 2001, (x) the Base Rent credit available to Tenant shall be decreased back to one (1) day’s Base Rent for Phase 2 for each day of Landlord’s delay beyond the Phase 2 Second Extended Completion Date that Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion, plus (y) Tenant shall be entitled to receive, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the sum of Ten Thousand and No/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars per day, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below.
k. If Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 2 on or before January 17, 2002 (the “Phase 2 Outside Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays and Force Majeure events), then Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord delivered within ten (10) days after the Phase 2 Outside Completion Date, whereupon (i) Tenant shall vacate and surrender the Premises to Landlord in the manner required by this Lease, (ii) Landlord shall return to Tenant the Security Deposit, (iii) Landlord shall pay to Tenant liquidated damages equal to (x) the total of the Base Rent abatements for Phase 2 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (y) the total of the $10,000.00 per day damages for Phase 2 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (z) the actual, reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Tenant directly in connection with this Lease between the Commencement Date for Phase 1 and the date of Tenant’s termination notice, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below, and thereupon both parties shall be relieved of all further obligations hereunder; provided, however, that if Landlord achieves Substantial Completion of Phase 2 within fifteen (15) days after receipt of Tenant’s termination notice, then the termination notice will be deemed to be void and rescinded, and the Lease shall continue in full force and effect. Within ninety (90) days after Tenant’s termination notice, Tenant shall notify Landlord of the exact date that Tenant will vacate and surrender Phase 1, which date shall be (a) no earlier than ninety (90) days after the date of Tenant’s notification of such exact date, and (b) no later than one (1) year after the date of Tenant’s termination notice. Rent for Phase 1 shall be prorated through the date that Tenant so vacates and surrenders Phase 1 to Landlord.
l. If Tenant does not elect to terminate the Lease as provided above, and Landlord has not achieved Substantial Completion of Phase 2 on or before May 17, 2002 (the “Phase 2 Extended Outside Completion Date”) (subject to any Tenant Delays but regardless of Force Majeure events), then Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord delivered within ten (10) days after the Phase 2 Extended Outside Completion Date, whereupon (i) Tenant shall vacate and surrender the Premises to Landlord in the manner required by this Lease, (ii) Landlord shall return to Tenant the Security Deposit, (iii) Landlord shall pay to Tenant liquidated damages equal to (x) the total of the Base Rent abatements for Phase 2 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (y) the total of the $10,000.00 per day damages for Phase 2 accrued to the date of Tenant’s termination notice, plus (z) the actual, reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Tenant directly in connection with this Lease between the Commencement Date for Phase 1 and the date of Tenant’s termination notice, subject to the limitations thereon pursuant to subsection (m), below, and thereupon both parties shall be relieved of all further obligations hereunder. Within ninety (90) days after Tenant’s termination notice, Tenant shall notify Landlord of the exact date that Tenant will vacate and surrender Phase 1, which date shall be (a) no earlier than ninety (90) days after the date of Tenant’s notification of such exact date, and (b) no later than one (1) year after the date of Tenant’s termination notice. Rent for Phase 1 shall be prorated through the date that Tenant so vacates and surrenders Phase 1 to Landlord. If Tenant intends to exercise its termination right under this paragraph, then Tenant will use its best efforts to notify Landlord in writing between April 1, 2002 and May 1, 2002 of such intent, but Tenant’s failure to so notify Landlord shall not constitute a waiver of Tenant’s termination right.
m. The abatements, liquidated damages and termination rights in favor of Tenant as described above shall be Tenant’s sole and exclusive remedies in the event of any late delivery of the Buildings by Landlord, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, in no event shall the entire liability of Landlord in connection with the total aggregate amounts of the Base Rent credits, plus the $10,000.00 per day damages, plus the out-of-pocket costs incurred by Tenant exceed a total amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 ($750,000.00) Dollars in the aggregate, regardless of the length of time such rent credits, and/or liquidated damages and/or out-of-pocket costs actually accrue and regardless of whether Tenant terminates this Lease.
n. Although the completion date for Phase 2 is intended to be October 1, 2001, Tenant may notify Landlord in writing of Tenant’s election to have the Commencement Date for Phase 2 be on October 1, 2000. Tenant must provide such notice no later than April 1, 1999. If Tenant timely provides such notice, then the anticipated Commencement Date for Phase 2 will be deemed to be October 1, 2000, and subparagraphs 2.h through 2.I above will be deemed to be modified as follows: All references to the year “2001” in such subparagraphs will be deemed to be “2000,” and all references to the year “2002” in such subparagraphs will be deemed to be “2001.”
Term and Termination The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall stay in effect until the last to expire issued Valid Claim covering Licensed Products included in the Patent Rights, unless otherwise terminated earlier as provided below in this Article 4 (collectively, the “Term”).
a. If LIMR believes in good faith that NewLink has materially breached its obligations under Section 9(a), then LIMR shall, in accordance with the terms of this paragraph 4, have the right and option to reduce NewLink’s exclusive License to a nonexclusive license or revoke the License in its entirety (by terminating the Agreement), provided that prior to taking this action:
(1) LIMR shall provide NewLink written notice of the perceived breach, describing in detail the basis for LIMR’s belief that such perceived breach has occurred, describing the preferred method of cure and the proposed action to be taken by LIMR in the event of non-cure; and
(2) NewLink shall have ninety (90) days to establish that it has met or will, within such ninety (90) day period, meet the applicable obligations; if the parties are still in dispute as to whether NewLink has met such obligations or cured such breach within ninety (90) days after receipt of notice from LIMR, the dispute will be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 23(b) of this Agreement, and if such arbitration determines that NewLink materially breached its obligations under Section 9(a) and did not cure such breach, then LIMR shall have the option to terminate this Agreement or to convert the License granted to NewLink in Section 2(a) to a non-exclusive license, in each case, upon prior written notice to NewLink.
b. LIMR may terminate this Agreement immediately by providing NewLink written notice of termination, if:
(1) NewLink ceases to function as a going concern;
(2) a bankruptcy petition or action is filed or taken by or against NewLink under any United States bankruptcy law;
(3) a receiver, assignee or other liquidating officer is appointed with control for all or substantially all of the assets of NewLink; or
(4) NewLink makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors of all or substantially all its assets; provided, that, in the case of subclauses (b)(2), (3) or (4) above, such aforementioned circumstance is not remedied, dismissed or stayed within the earlier of sixty (60) days of (x) occurrence of (b)(2), (3) or (4) or (y) LIMR’s notice of its intent to terminate this Agreement; Notwithstanding anything in Sections 4(a) or (b) or 23 to the contrary, at any time that LIMR or NewLink believes that the other party has defaulted under this Agreement and that such default will irreparably harm such party, in addition to its rights under this Agreement and at law, such party shall have the right to seek all applicable equitable remedies.
c. If NewLink fails to make any payment whatsoever due and payable to LIMR hereunder, LIMR shall have the right to terminate this Agreement effective on ninety (90) days written notice, unless NewLink shall make all such payments to LIMR within said ninety (90) day period, and provided that the payments demanded by LIMR are not disputed by NewLink. In the event of a dispute of such payments by NewLink, the parties shall use good faith efforts to resolve the dispute, which if not resolved by the end of four (4) months either party may submit the dispute to binding arbitration pursuant to Section 23(b). Any disputed payments submitted to arbitration hereunder be paid into escrow the arbitrator or other independent escrow agent acceptable to both parties in their reasonable discretion unless and until determined due by the arbitrator under Section 23(b), provided, however that if the arbitrator determines that amounts are payable by NewLink to LIMR, then such outstanding amounts will bear interest back to the date that they originally accrued at the default rate of Prime plus 4%. Prime shall be the prime rate published by the Wall Street Journal or if the Wall Street Journal publishes more than one prime rate, then the average of the prime rates published by the Wall Street Journal, and if the Wall Street Journal does not publish a prime rate, then the prime rate of the largest bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
d. NewLink shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time on ninety (90) days prior written notice to LIMR, provided that NewLink shall remain obligated to complete payment of all amounts that have accrued and are owed to LIMR through the effective date of the termination. In the event NewLink terminates the Agreement, the license granted hereunder shall be deemed terminated, and all rights with respect to the subject matter thereof revert to LIMR and all further obligations of NewLink to LIMR (except for obligations accrued prior to such termination) shall automatically be terminated.
e. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, nothing herein shall be construed to release either party from any obligation that has accrued prior to the effective date of such termination. NewLink and any Sublicensee thereof may, however, after the effective date of such termination, sell all then existing Licensed Products, and complete Licensed Products in the process of manufacture at the time of such termination and sell the same, provided that NewLink shall make the payments to LIMR as required by Articles 8 & 9 of this Agreement and shall submit the reports as required by Article 11 hereof.
f. Sections 4(e), 4(f), 7(b) (but solely with respect to sales made pursuant to Section 4(e)), 11, 12, 13 (solely for the period specified therein), 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23 shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
