Rider 'A' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988 between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
In the event the term commencement date does not occur on or prior to November
1, 1988, then in such event the term of this Lease shall end on the day
preceding the twenty-first anniversary of the term commencement date and the
rates of fixed rent payable hereunder shall be adjusted so that the rate of
$405,900.00 per annum shall run from the term commencement date to and including
the day preceding the fifth anniversary of the term commencement date, the rate
of $510,515.00 per annum shall run from the fifth anniversary of the term
commencement date to and including the day preceding the tenth anniversary of
the term commencement date, the rate of $601,400.00 per annum shall run from the
tenth anniversary of the term commencement date to and including the day
preceding the fifteenth anniversary of the term commencement date, and the rate
of $711,110.00 per annum shall run thereafter. If for any reason the term
commencement date shall not occur on or prior to January 1, 1989, then in such
event the Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease and the term and estate
hereby granted by giving to the Landlord notice thereof specifying the date for
such termination, which specified date shall not be less than 30 days after the
giving of such notice and the term and estate hereby granted shall terminate on
the date specified therefor in such notice, except that, if the term
commencement date shall occur prior to the date so specified in such notice,
then such notice of termination shall be deemed ineffective and this Lease and
the term and estate hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect as if
such notice had never been given.
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Lease, dated June 21, 1988 between ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., a New York
corporation, having an office at No. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
N.Y. 10020 (herein called "the Landlord"), and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., a New
York corporation, c/o The New York Restaurant Group, Inc., No. 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
(herein called "the Tenant"),
Witnesseth:
FIRST. Demise of Premises, Term and Rent. The Landlord does hereby lease
and demise to the Tenant, and the Tenant does hereby hire and take from the
Landlord, subject and subordinate to the underlying mortgages (as defined in
Article Thirteenth hereof), and upon and subject to the covenants, agreements,
terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease, for the term hereinafter stated,
the space(s) substantially as shown hatched on the diagram(s) attached hereto as
Exhibit A and designated as shop 'S' and shop 'G-1' on the Street Floor; and
shop 'B' and shop 'G-2' on the Mezzanine Floor of the building known as 000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx and 1271 Avenue of the Americas (herein called "the Building"),
situated upon a plot of land (herein called "the Land"), in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York, N.Y., together with all fixtures, equipment, improvements,
installations and appurtenances which at the commencement of or during the term
of this Lease are thereto attached (except items not deemed to be included
therein and removable by the Tenant as provided in Article Fourth hereof); which
space(s), fixtures, equipment, improvements, installations and appurtenances are
herein sometimes called "the premises".
The term of this Lease shall commence on October 1, 1988 (subject to
Article Second hereof) or on such earlier date as the Tenant shall occupy the
space(s) above designated with the consent of the Landlord (such date for the
commencement of the term hereof being herein called "the term commencement
date") and shall end on September 30, 2009 or on such earlier date upon which
said term may expire or be terminated pursuant to any of the conditions of
limitation or other provisions of this Lease or pursuant to law.
The premises shall be used for the following, but no other, purpose,
namely: the operation of a first class restaurant of the class and style of
Xxxxx & Wollensky, The Manhattan Ocean Club and The Post House, serving food,
liquor, wine and beer for on-premises consumption, such restaurant to be in 2
separate sections under a common theme and decor (similar to Xxxxx & Wollensky
and Wollensky's Grill) and with clearly related names.
The rent reserved under this Lease for the term hereof shall be and
consist of (a) fixed rent, at the following rate(s), namely: $405,900.00 per
annum during the period from the term commencement date to and including
September 30, 1993; $510,515.00 per annum during the period from October 1, 1993
to and including September 30, 1998; $601,400.00 per annum during the period
from October 1, 1998 to and including September 30, 2003; and $711,110.00 per
annum thereafter,
payable in equal monthly installments in advance on the first day of each and
every calendar month of the term hereof for which fixed rent is reserved as
aforesaid (except that, if the term commencement date shall be other than the
first day of a calendar month, the first monthly installment of fixed rent,
apportioned for the part month in question, shall be payable on the term
commencement date and except that the Tenant shall pay, upon the execution of
this Lease by the Tenant, $ None to be applied against the first installment or
installments of fixed rent coming due hereunder), plus (b) the additional rent
and the percentage rent (if any) hereunder payable as hereinafter provided; all
to be paid to the Landlord, at its office, or at such other place or places as
the Landlord shall designate to the Tenant, in lawful money of the United States
of America; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the fixed
rent payable hereunder shall be abated in the aggregate amount of $418,909.62,
which abatement shall be applicable to the first installment or installments of
fixed rent becoming due hereunder. (See Rider A attached to this Lease).
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If the CPI in effect for the month of December immediately preceding
January 1, 1990 and any January 1 thereafter (herein called an "Adjustment
Date") shall be greater than the CPI in effect for the month of December
immediately preceding the January 1 occurring one year prior to such Adjustment
Date (herein called an "Applicable Standard Date"), then the aggregate fixed
rent payable hereunder shall be increased as of such Adjustment Date by an
amount equal to 25% of the product obtained by multiplying the annual rate of
fixed rent in effect on the day preceding such Adjustment Date (without giving
effect to any abatement of fixed rent other than an abatement under Article
Tenth hereof) by the percentage by which the CPI in effect for the month of
December immediately preceding such Adjustment Date exceeds the CPI in effect
for the month of December immediately preceding such Applicable Standard Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the percentage used in determining the amount of
such increase as of any Adjustment Date shall be the lesser of (i) the
percentage as determined pursuant hereto, or (ii) 8%, it being understood that
in no event shall such increase exceed 2% of the aggregate fixed rent as of any
Adjustment Date. The term "CPI" shall mean as of any particular date the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for New York, N.Y.--Northeastern,
N.J. published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
with a 1967 = 100 base; provided, however, that (a) if such index (or any index
substituted therefor as hereinafter provided) shall cease to be published, then
for the purposes of this paragraph there shall be substituted for such index
such other index of a similar kind published by a governmental or other
nonpartisan organization as may be reasonably selected by the Landlord, (b) if
there is any change in the computation of said index or of any such substituted
index (including a change in the base year or included items), then for the
purposes of this paragraph such index as so changed shall be substituted for the
index in effect prior thereto, and (c) if the base period or date for any such
substituted index is prior to an Adjustment Date but on or subsequent to the
immediately preceding Applicable Standard Date, then such substituted index
shall for all purposes of any computation under this paragraph with respect to
such Adjustment Date be recomputed to arrive at the substituted index for the
December immediately preceding such Applicable Standard Date and such other
adjustments shall be made as shall be required, if any, to carry out the intent
of this paragraph, all in such manner as shall be reasonably determined by the
Landlord.
The Tenant shall pay the fixed rent, additional rent and percentage rent
(if any) as and when the same shall become due and payable as herein provided,
without demand therefor, and without any setoff or deduction whatsoever, and
shall keep, observe and perform, and shall permit no violation of, each and
every of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions herein
contained on the part of the Tenant to be kept, observed and performed.
In determining the rentable area of the Building or any portion thereof
pursuant to any provision of this Lease, the rentable area of the Building or
such portion, as the case may be, shall be the rentable area thereof in square
feet determined in accordance with the Standard Method of Floor Measurement for
Office Buildings approved by The Real Estate Board of New York, Inc., which
became effective on April 16, 1968.
SECOND. Completion and Occupancy. The Tenant has examined and shall accept
the premises in their existing condition and state of repair and understands
that no work is to be performed by the Landlord in connection therewith except
such work, if any, as the Landlord may be required to do by the terms hereof in
the layout or finish of the premises. If the Landlord shall be required by the
terms hereof to do any work in the layout or finish of the premises, the
Landlord, either through its own employees or through a contractor or
contractors to be engaged by it for such purpose, will proceed with due
dispatch, subject to delay by causes beyond its reasonable control and to the
vacating and surrendering of the premises by any present occupant thereof, to do
all of such work during regular working hours and will exercise all reasonable
efforts to complete all of such work not later than the specific date
hereinabove designated for the commencement of the term hereof. If the Landlord
is required by the terms hereof to do any such work without expense to the
Tenant and the cost of such work is increased due to any delay resulting from
any act or omission of the Tenant, its agents or employees, the Tenant shall pay
to the Landlord an amount equal to such increase in cost.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, if the premises shall not
be available for occupancy by the Tenant on the specific date hereinabove
designated for the commencement of the term hereof for any reason, including
noncompletion by the Landlord of such work as it shall be required by the terms
hereof to do in connection with the layout or finish of the premises, then this
Lease shall not be affected thereby but, in such case, said specific date shall
be deemed to be postponed until the date when the premises shall be available
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for occupancy by the Tenant, provided, however, that there shall be no such
postponement of said specific date for any period of delay in the availability
of the premises for occupancy by the Tenant which shall be due to (a) any act or
omission of the Tenant, its agents or employees, including, without limitation,
delays due to changes in or additions to any work to be done by the Landlord as
aforesaid or delays in submission of information, approving working drawings or
estimates or giving authorizations or approvals, (b) any additional time for
completion of such work which may be required because of the inclusion in such
work of any work which may hereinafter be defined as "Special Work", or (c) the
noncompletion by the Landlord of any work, whether in connection with the layout
or finish of the premises or otherwise, which the Landlord is not required to do
by the terms hereof until after the term commencement date, it being understood
that the Tenant shall have no claim against the Landlord, and the Landlord shall
have no liability to the Tenant, by reason of any such postponement of said
specific date. No part of the premises shall be deemed unavailable for
occupancy by the Tenant, nor shall any work which the Landlord is obligated to
perform in such part of the premises be deemed incomplete for the purpose of any
adjustment of fixed rent payable hereunder, solely due to the noncompletion of
details of construction, decoration or mechanical adjustments which are minor in
character and the noncompletion of which does not materially interfere with the
Tenant's use of such part of the premises. Pursuant to Section 223-a of the Real
Property Law of the State of New York and notwithstanding any other law of like
import now or hereafter in force, the parties hereto expressly provide that, if
the premises are not available for occupancy by the Tenant on the term
commencement date due to any cause of the nature referred to in the preceding
clause (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph, the Tenant, except with the consent of
the Landlord, shall not be entitled to possession of the premises until the same
are available for occupancy by the Tenant and there shall be no abatement of
fixed rent by reason thereof and the Tenant shall not have any claim against the
Landlord nor any right to rescind this Lease, and the Landlord shall have no
liability to the Tenant, by reason thereof.
The Tenant by entering into occupancy of any part of the premises shall
be conclusively deemed to have agreed that the Landlord, up to the time of such
occupancy, had performed all of its obligations hereunder with respect to such
part and that such part, except for latent defects and except for minor details
of construction, decoration and mechanical adjustment referred to above, was in
satisfactory condition as of the date of such occupancy, unless within 10 days
after such date the Tenant shall give notice to the Landlord specifying the
respects in which the same was not in such condition.
THIRD. Use of Premises. The Tenant shall not, except with the prior
consent of the Landlord, use, or suffer or permit the use of, the premises or
any part thereof for any purpose other than the use hereinabove specifically
mentioned, provided, however, anything in this Lease to the contrary
notwithstanding, that the portions, if any, of the premises which are identified
as toilets or utility areas shall be used by the Tenant only for the purposes
for which they are designed and the portions, if any, of the premises which are
identified as storage areas shall be used only for storage purposes.
The Tenant shall not use, or suffer or permit the use of, the premises or
any part thereof in any manner or for any purpose or do, bring or keep anything,
or suffer or permit anything to be done, brought or kept, therein (including,
but not limited to, the installation or operation of any electrical, electronic
or other equipment) (i) which would violate any covenant, agreement, term,
provision or condition of this Lease or is unlawful or in contravention of the
Certificate of Occupancy for the Building, or (ii) which in the reasonable
judgment of the Landlord may in any way materially impair or interfere with any
of the Building services or the proper and economic heating, air conditioning,
cleaning or other servicing of the Building or the premises or materially impair
or interfere with the use of any of the other areas of the Building by, or
occasion material discomfort, inconvenience or annoyance to, any of the other
tenants of the Building or materially impair the appearance of the Building; nor
shall the Tenant use, or suffer or permit the use of, the premises or any part
thereof in any manner, or do, or suffer or permit the doing of, anything therein
or in connection with the Tenant's business or advertising which, in the
reasonable judgment of the Landlord, may be prejudicial to the business of the
Landlord or the reputation of the Landlord or the Building or reflect
unfavorably on the Landlord or the Building or confuse or mislead the public as
to any connection or relationship between the Landlord and the Tenant.
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Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Lease, the Tenant, except
in each case with the prior consent of the Landlord, will not use, or suffer or
permit the use of, the premises or any part thereof for any of the following
purposes, whether or not incidental to the Tenant's business, namely: (a)
manufacturing of any kind, (b) the business of a commercial bank, a savings
bank, a savings and loan association, a building and loan association, a trust
company or any other business which, under the banking laws of the United States
of America or the State of New York, may be carried on only by persons, firms or
corporations authorized so to do under the provisions of such laws, (c) the
business of a dealer or broker in, or underwriter of, stocks, bonds or other
securities of any kind whatsoever, (d) or (e) an auction of any kind.
If any governmental license or permit shall be required for the proper and
lawful conduct of any business or other activity carried on in the premises, and
if the failure to secure such license or permit would, in any way, affect the
Landlord, the Tenant shall procure and thereafter maintain such license or
permit, submit the same to inspection by the Landlord, and comply with the terms
and conditions thereof.
The Tenant hereby covenants and agrees that, except to designate the
Tenant's business address (and then only in a conventional manner and without
emphasis or display), the Tenant will not use the name "Time & Life Building" or
any simulation or abbreviation of such name for any purpose whatsoever. The
Tenant will discontinue using such name and any simulation or abbreviation
thereof for the purpose of designating the Tenant's business address, within 30
days after the Landlord or Time, Incorporated, one of the tenants in the
Building, shall notify the Tenant that the Building is no longer known by such
name. The Tenant expressly acknowledges that its covenants made in this
paragraph are made for the benefit of said Time, Incorporated, as well as for
the benefit of the Landlord, and may be enforced by said Time, Incorporated, as
well as by the Landlord.
FOURTH. Fixtures, etc., Not to be Removed. All fixtures, equipment,
improvements and installations attached to, or built into, the premises at the
commencement of or during the term hereof, whether or not installed at the
expense of the Tenant or by the Tenant, shall be and remain part of the premises
and be deemed the property of the Landlord and shall not be removed by the
Tenant, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease. All electric,
plumbing, heating, sprinkling, dumbwaiter, elevator, fixtures and outlets,
venetian blinds, partitions, railings, gates, doors, vaults, stairs, paneling
(including display cases and cupboards recessed in paneling), molding,
shelving, radiator enclosures, flooring, and ventilating, silencing, air
conditioning and cooling equipment shall be deemed to be included in such
fixtures, equipment, improvements and installations, whether or not attached to
or built into the premises. Anything hereinbefore in this Article contained to
the contrary notwithstanding, any fixture, equipment, improvement or
installation furnished and installed in any part of the premises (whether or not
attached thereto or built therein) at the sole expense of the Tenant (and with
respect to which no credit or allowance shall have been granted to the Tenant by
the Landlord, other than the abatement of fixed rent provided in the fourth
paragraph of Article First hereof, and which was not furnished and installed in
replacement of an item which the Tenant would not be entitled to remove in
accordance with this Article) may be removed from the Building by the Tenant
prior to the expiration of the term hereof with respect to such part and, if and
to the extent requested by the Landlord (either prior to or not more than 30
days after such expiration), shall be removed from the Building by the Tenant
not later than such expiration unless such request is made after such expiration
(or is made prior to such expiration and the Tenant acting with reasonable
promptness is not able to so remove the same prior to such expiration), in which
event the same shall be so removed by the Tenant with reasonable promptness
after the receipt of such request. The cost of repairing any damage to the
premises or the Building arising from such removal shall be paid by the Tenant
upon demand. If any fixture, equipment, improvement or installation which as
aforesaid may or is required to be removed by the Tenant is not so removed
within the time above specified therefor, then the Landlord may at its election
deem that the same has been abandoned by the Tenant to the Landlord, but no such
election shall relieve the Tenant of its obligation to pay the cost and expense
of removing the same or the cost of repairing damage arising from such removal.
All the perimeter walls of the premises, any balconies, terraces or roofs
adjacent to the premises (including any flagpoles or other installations on said
walls, balconies, terraces or roofs), and any space in
5 the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Tenant agrees that the
exterior facade
Rider 'B' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988, between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord, and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
"FIFTH. Electric Current and Water. The Landlord shall furnish, through
the existing transmission facilities installed by it in the Building,
alternating electric current to the premises in such reasonable quantity as may
be required for the Tenant's ordinary use of the premises for the purposes
herein specified. Such alternating electric current shall be measured by a meter
or meters provided and installed by the Landlord at the expense of the Landlord
at such location or locations as the Landlord shall select and the Tenant shall
pay to the Landlord, as billed by the Landlord, at the end of each billing
period of the public utility company then supplying such alternating electric
current to the Building an amount which shall be the sum of (i) 106% of the
product obtained by multiplying the actual number of kilowatt hours of electric
current consumed by the Tenant in such billing period by a fraction having as
its numerator the amount charged the Building by said public utility for the
total number of kilowatt hours consumed by the Building in such billing period
and as its denominator said total number of kilowatt hours so consumed by the
Building in such billing period, plus (ii) any taxes applicable to the amount
determined pursuant to the foregoing clause (i).
The Landlord may, at its option, upon not less than 60 days' prior notice
to the Tenant, discontinue the furnishing of electric current to the premises or
any part thereof and, in such event, the Tenant shall contract for the supplying
of such electric current thereto with the public service company supplying
electric current to the neighborhood and the Landlord shall permit its risers,
conduits and feeders serving the premises, to the extent available, suitable and
safely capable, to be used for the purpose of supplying such electric current.
If the Tenant shall require electric current for use in the premises in
excess of such reasonable quantity to be furnished as provided in this Lease and
if, in the Landlord's judgment, such excess requirements cannot be furnished
unless additional risers, conduits, feeders, switchboards and/or appurtenances
are installed in the Building, the Landlord, upon request of the Tenant, will
proceed with reasonable diligence to install such additional risers, conduits,
feeders, switchboards and/or appurtenances provided the same and the use thereof
shall be permitted by applicable laws and insurance regulations and shall 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, and the Tenant shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by
the Landlord in connection with such installation and shall maintain on deposit
with the Landlord such security for the payment by the Tenant of all such costs
and expenses as the Landlord shall from time to time request. The Tenant shall
purchase and install all lamps, starters and ballasts (including replacements
thereof) used in the lighting fixtures in the premises.
Water will be furnished by the Landlord for normal use in lavatory and
toilet facilities, if any, in the premises. Where any water is otherwise
furnished or any steam is furnished by the Landlord, the Tenant shall pay (i)
the cost of supplying, installing and maintaining a meter to measure the water
or steam so furnished, (ii) the reasonable charges of the Landlord for the water
or steam so furnished and, in the case of water, for any required pumping and
heating thereof, and (iii) any taxes, sewer rent or other charges which may be
imposed by any government or agency thereof based upon the quantity of water or
steam so furnished or the charge therefor.
The Landlord shall in no way be liable for any failure, inadequacy or
defect in the character or supply of electric current, water or steam furnished
to the premises except for actual damage suffered by the Tenant by reason of any
such failure, inadequacy or defect caused by the wilful misconduct or negligence
of the Landlord.
When requested by the Tenant within 6 months following the receipt
by it of any xxxx for alternating electric current, the Landlord, in
substantiation of its determination of the amounts set forth in said xxxx, will
furnish to the Tenant such additional information as reasonably may be required
for such purpose, and, as may be necessary for the verification of such
information, will permit the pertinent records of the Landlord to be examined by
an officer of the Tenant or by such independent certified public accountant as
the Tenant may designate; it being expressly understood that the Landlord shall
be under no duty to preserve any such records, or any data or material related
thereto, beyond such time as shall be its customary practice with respect
thereto."
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SIXTH. Various Covenants. The Tenant shall:
(a) take good care of the premises, keep clean the portions of the
premises which the Landlord is not required by this Lease to clean, and pay the
cost of making good any injury, damage or breakage (including, without
limitation, the cost of removing stains from floors and walls) done by the
Tenant or by the employees, licensees or invitees of the Tenant, other than any
damage with respect to which the Tenant is released from liability pursuant to
the third paragraph of Article Ninth hereof;
(b) observe and comply with the rules and regulations annexed hereto and
such other and further reasonable rules and regulations as the Landlord
hereafter at any time may make and communicate to the Tenant, and which, in the
judgment of the Landlord, shall be necessary or desirable for the reputation,
safety, care or appearance of the Building, or the preservation of good order
therein, or the operation or maintenance of the Building, or the equipment
thereof, or the comfort of tenants or others in the Building; provided, however,
that in the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Lease and any
such rule or regulation, the provisions of this Lease shall control;
(c) permit (but, except in the case of an emergency, only upon request,
which may be oral, made to the Tenant or an employee of the Tenant at the
premises) the Landlord and any mortgagee under any of the underlying mortgages,
and their representatives, to enter the premises at such hours as shall not
unreasonably interfere with the Tenant's business, for the purposes of
inspection and permit them or any of their agents or contractors so to enter for
the purpose of complying with any law, order or requirement of any governmental
authority or insurance body, or exercising any right reserved to the Landlord
under Article Eighth hereof or elsewhere by this Lease;
(d) make no claim against the Landlord for any injury or damage to the
Tenant or to any other person or for any damage to, or loss (by theft or
otherwise) of, or loss of use of, any property of the Tenant or of any other
person, irrespective of the cause of such injury, damage or loss, unless caused
by the negligence or wilful misconduct of the Landlord, its agents, servants or
employees, in the operation or maintenance of the premises or the Building, it
being understood that no property other than such as might normally be
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brought upon or kept in the premises as an incident to the reasonable use of the
premises for the purposes herein specified will be brought upon or kept in the
premises; (See Rider 'C' attached to this Lease)
(j) not violate, or permit the violation of, any condition imposed by the
standard fire insurance policy issued for office buildings in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York, N.Y., and not do, suffer or permit anything to be done, or
keep, suffer or permit anything to be kept, in the premises, which would
increase the fire or other casualty insurance rate on the Building or property
therein, or which would result in insurance companies of good standing refusing
to insure the Building or any such property in amounts and against risks as
reasonably determined by the Landlord. The Landlord acknowledges that the normal
intended use and operation of the premises for the purposes set forth in Article
First hereof shall not be deemed to violate this covenant;
(k) permit (but only upon request, which may be oral, made to the Tenant
or an employee of the Tenant at the premises) the Landlord to show the premises
at reasonable times during Business Hours (as hereinafter defined) to any
lessee, or any prospective purchaser, lessee, mortgagee or assignee of any
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(n) indemnify, and save harmless, the Landlord and its officers,
directors, agents and employees (herein collectively called "the Indemnitees")
from and against all liability (statutory or otherwise) claims, suits, demands,
damages, judgments, costs, interest and expenses (including reasonable counsel
fees and disbursements incurred in the defense thereof) to which any Indemnitee
may (except insofar as it arises out of the negligence or wilful misconduct of
such Indemnitee) be subject or suffer whether by reason of, or by reason of any
claim for, any injury to, or death of, any person or persons or damage to
property (including any loss of use thereof) or otherwise arising from or in
connection with the use of, or from any work or thing whatsoever done in, any
part of the premises (other than by the Landlord or its contractors) during the
term of this Lease with respect to such part or during the period of time, if
any, prior to the commencement of such term that the Tenant may have been given
access thereto for the purpose of doing work or otherwise, or arising from any
condition of the premises due to or resulting from any default by the Tenant in
the keeping, observance or performance of any covenant, agreement, term,
provision or condition contained in this Lease or from any act or negligence of
the Tenant or any of its officers, directors, agents, contractors, servants,
employees, licensees or invitees; and (See Rider 'D' attached to this Lease)
Rider 'D' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988 between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
(o) procure and maintain comprehensive general liability insurance
with respect to the premises protecting the interests of both the Landlord and
the Tenant against any liability on account of any claim, loss, damage, injury
or death suffered or sustained by any person or persons and on account of any
claim, loss, damage or injury to property arising out of the use of the
premises, which insurance shall be maintained in such amounts as may be
reasonably specified by the Landlord to the Tenant, but in no event less than
$5,000,000. in respect of bodily injury or death to any one person, not less
than $5,000,000. with respect to bodily injury or death to any number of persons
in respect of any one occurrence and not less than $5,000,000. in respect of any
claim, loss, damage or injury to property such insurance to be carried in such
company or companies and on such forms as may be reasonably approved by the
Landlord and the original policies of such insurance or certificates therefor
shall be delivered by the Tenant to the Landlord; it being understood that the
Tenant, if it so elects, may carry such insurance under its blanket policy, in
which case the Tenant shall deliver to the Landlord a certificate evidencing
such insurance coverage and a duplicate receipt evidencing payment therefor.
or interest in this Lease or in the premises or be deemed to be the consent of
the Landlord mentioned in this Article, it being expressly understood that any
such listing (other than a listing conforming with the next preceding sentence
hereof) is a privilege extended by the Landlord revocable at will by notice to
the Tenant.
EIGHTH. Changes or Alterations by Landlord. The Landlord reserves the
right to make such changes, alterations, additions, improvements, repairs or
replacements in or to the Building (including the premises) and the fixtures and
equipment thereof, as well as in or to the street entrances, halls, passages,
elevators, escalators and stairways and other parts of the Building, and to
erect, maintain and use pipes, ducts and conduits in and through the premises,
all as it may reasonably deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, (a)
that there be no unreasonable obstruction of the means of access to the premises
or unreasonable
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interference with the use of the premises, (See Rider 'E' attached to this
Lease) Nothing contained in this paragraph or in Article Sixth hereof shall be
deemed to relieve the Tenant of any duty, obligation or liability of the Tenant
with respect to making any repair, replacement or improvement or complying with
any law, order or requirement of any governmental or other authority.
The Landlord reserves the right to change the name or address of the
Building at any time. Neither this Lease nor any use by the Tenant shall give
the Tenant any right or easement to the use of any door or any passage
connecting the Building with any subway or any other building or to the use of
any public conveniences, and the use of such doors, passages and conveniences
may be regulated or discontinued at any time by the Landlord.
NINTH. Damage by Fire, etc. If any part of the premises shall be damaged
by fire or other casualty, the Tenant shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Landlord and the Landlord shall proceed with reasonable diligence, to repair
such damage, and if any part of the premises shall be rendered untenantable by
reason of such damage, the annual fixed rent payable hereunder, to the extent
that such fixed rent relates to such part of the premises and such abatement is
in excess of the annual rate of any other existing abatement of fixed rent
relating thereto under any other covenant, agreement, term, provision or
condition of this Lease, shall be abated for the period from the date of such
damage to the date when such part of the premises shall have been made
tenantable or to such earlier date upon which the full term of this Lease with
respect to such part of the premises shall expire or terminate, unless (a) such
fire or other casualty shall have resulted from the negligence of the Tenant or
the employees, licensees or invitees of the Tenant (except to the extent that
the Tenant is released from liability pursuant to the third paragraph of this
Article). The Landlord shall not be liable for any inconvenience or annoyance to
the Tenant or injury to the business of the Tenant resulting in any way from
such damage or the repair thereof. The Tenant understands that the Landlord will
not carry insurance of any kind on the Tenant's goods, furniture or furnishings
or on any fixtures, equipment, improvements, installations or appurtenances
removable by the Tenant as provided in this Lease, and that the Landlord shall
not be obligated to repair any damage thereto or replace the same.
If substantial alteration or reconstruction of the Building shall, in the
opinion of the Landlord, be reasonably required as a result of damage by fire or
other casualty (whether or not the premises shall have been damaged by such fire
or other casualty), then this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted may
be terminated by the Landlord by its giving to the Tenant within 60 days after
the date of such damage a notice specifying a date, not less than 30 days after
the giving of such notice, for such termination. (See Rider 'F' attached to this
Lease.) In the event of the giving of such notice of termination, this Lease and
the term and estate hereby granted shall expire as of the date specified
therefor in such notice with the same effect as if such date were the date
hereinbefore specified for the expiration of the full term of this Lease, and
the fixed rent payable hereunder shall be apportioned as of such date of
termination, subject to abatement, if any, as and to the extent above provided.
Nothing herein contained shall relieve the Tenant from any liability to
the Landlord or to its insurers in connection with any damage to the premises or
the Building by fire or other casualty if the Tenant shall be legally liable in
such respect, except, however, that the Landlord hereby releases the Tenant with
respect to any liability which the Tenant might otherwise have to the Landlord
for any damage to the Building or the premises by fire or other casualty
occurring during the term of this Lease to the extent of the proceeds received
under a policy or policies of insurance permitting such release by the Landlord
of such liability on the part of the Tenant. Whenever the Landlord elects to
insure the Building against fire or other casualty in an amount determined by,
and under terms and conditions acceptable to, the Landlord and with an insurer
selected by the Landlord, the Landlord will cause the policy evidencing such
insurance to include a provision permitting such a release of liability if such
a provision is obtainable from such insurer at no additional expense to the
Landlord. (See Rider 'G' attached to this Lease)
This Lease shall be considered an express agreement governing any case of
damage to or destruction of, or any part of, the Building or the premises by
fire or other casualty, and Section 227 of the Real Property
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Law of the State of New York providing for such a contingency in the absence of
express agreement, and any other law of like import, now or hereafter in force,
shall have no application in such case.
TENTH. Condemnation. In the event that the whole of the premises shall be
lawfully condemned or taken in any manner for any public or quasi-public use,
this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall forthwith cease and
terminate as of the date of vesting of title in such condemnation or taking. In
the event that only a part of the premises shall be so condemned or taken, then
the term and estate hereby granted with respect to such part of the premises
shall forthwith cease and terminate as of the date of vesting of title in such
condemnation or taking and the annual fixed rent payable hereunder, to the
extent that such fixed rent relates to such part of the premises and such
abatement is in excess of the annual rate of any other existing abatement of
fixed rent relating thereto under any other covenant, agreement, term, provision
or condition of this Lease, shall be abated for the period from the date of such
vesting of title to the date specified in this Lease for the expiration of the
full term of this Lease with respect to such part of the premises. In the event
that only a part of the Building shall be so condemned or taken, then (a) if
substantial alteration or reconstruction of the Building shall, in the opinion
of the Landlord, be necessary or desirable as a result of such condemnation or
taking (whether or not the premises be affected), this Lease and the term and
estate hereby granted may be terminated by the Landlord by its giving to the
Tenant, within 60 days following the date on which the Landlord shall have
received notice of such vesting of title, notice specifying a date, not less
than 30 days after the giving by the Landlord of such notice, for such
termination, and (b) if such condemnation or taking shall be of a substantial
part of the premises or of a substantial part of the means of access thereto, or
shall result in the premises being unsuitable for the conduct of the Tenant's
business, this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted may be terminated by
the Tenant by its giving to the Landlord, within 60 days following the date upon
which the Tenant shall have received notice of such vesting of title, notice
specifying a date, not less than 30 days after the giving by the Tenant of such
notice, for such termination, or (c) if neither the Landlord nor the Tenant
elects to terminate this Lease, as aforesaid, this Lease shall be and remain
unaffected by such condemnation or taking, except that this Lease and the term
and estate hereby granted with respect to the part of the premises so condemned
or taken shall expire on the date of such vesting of title to such part and
except that the fixed rent payable hereunder shall be abated to the extent, if
any, hereinabove provided in this Article. In the event that only a part of the
premises shall be so condemned or taken and this Lease and the term and estate
hereby granted with respect to the remaining portion of the premises are not
terminated as hereinbefore provided, the Landlord will proceed with reasonable
diligence to restore the remaining portion of the premises as nearly as
practicable to the same condition as it was in prior to such condemnation or
taking.
The termination of this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted in
any of the cases hereinabove provided shall be with the same effect as if the
date of such termination were the date hereinbefore specified for the expiration
of the full term of this Lease, and the fixed rent payable hereunder shall be
apportioned as of such date of termination.
In the event of any condemnation or taking hereinabove mentioned of all or
a part of the Building, the Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire
award in the condemnation proceeding, including any award made for the value of
the estate vested by this Lease in the Tenant, and the Tenant hereby expressly
assigns to the Landlord any and all right, title and interest of the Tenant now
or hereafter arising in or to any such award or any part thereof, and the Tenant
shall be entitled to receive no part of such award; provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall be deemed to preclude the Tenant from intervening
for the Tenant's own interest in any such condemnation proceeding to claim or
receive from the condemning authority any compensation to which the Tenant may
otherwise lawfully be entitled in such case in respect of property owned by the
Tenant and removable by it under Article Fourth hereof.
The provisions of this Article shall not be applicable to any condemnation
or taking for governmental occupancy for a limited period.
ELEVENTH. Compliance with Laws. The Tenant shall comply with all laws and
ordinances, and all rules, orders and regulations of all governmental
authorities and of all insurance bodies, at any time duly issued and in force,
applicable to the premises or any part thereof, to the Tenant's use thereof or
to the Tenant's keeping, performance or observance of any covenant, agreement,
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to the extent that such costs and expenses are in excess of 50% of the annual
rate of the fixed rent then payable under this Lease
this Lease, except that the Tenant shall not be under any obligation to comply
with any law, ordinance, rule, order or regulation requiring any structural
alteration of or in connection with the premises solely by reason of the use
thereof for any of the purposes specified in Article First hereof and not by
reason of either (i) a condition which has been created by, or at the instance
of, the Tenant, or (ii) a breach of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or
condition hereof on the part of the Tenant to be kept, observed or performed.
Where any structural alteration of or in connection with the premises is
required by any such law, ordinance, rule, order or regulation, and, by reason
of the express exception hereinabove contained, the Tenant is not under any
obligation to make such alteration, then the Landlord shall make such alteration
if the expense of making the same is not in excess of 50% of the annual rate of
fixed rent then payable under this Lease or, if the expense of making such
alteration is in excess thereof, the Landlord shall have the option of making
such alteration, or of terminating this Lease and the term and estate hereby
granted by giving to the Tenant not less than 30 days' prior notice of such
termination; provided, however, that, if within 15 days after the giving by the
Landlord of its notice of termination as aforesaid, the Tenant shall request the
Landlord to make such alteration at the cost and expense of the Tenant, then
such notice of termination shall be ineffective and, in
Rider 'H' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988, between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord, and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
provided, however, that such subordination of this Lease and the term and estate
hereby granted to any underlying mortgage hereafter entered into by the Landlord
shall be upon the condition that the mortgagee thereunder shall deliver to the
Tenant an instrument in writing providing in substance that, so long as no
default exists, nor any event has occurred, which has continued to exist for
such period of time (after notice, if any, required by this Lease) as would
entitle the Landlord to terminate this Lease or would cause, without any further
action of the Landlord, the termination of this Lease or would entitle the
Landlord to disposess the Tenant, this Lease shall not be terminated, nor shall
the Tenant's use, possession or enjoyment of the premises be interfered with,
nor shall the leasehold estate granted by this Lease be affected in any other
manner, in any foreclosure or any action or proceeding instituted under or in
connection with such underlying mortgage or in case such mortgagee takes
possession of the Building pursuant to any provision of such underlying
mortgage, unless the Landlord would have had such right if such underlying
mortgage had not been made or if the Landlord had not defaulted under such
underlying mortgage. The Landlord will use all reasonable efforts to obtain a
similar instrument in writing from the mortgagee under the presently existing
underlying mortgage.
THIRTEENTH. Mortgage Subordination. This Lease and the term and estate
hereby granted are and shall be subject and subordinate to the lien of each
mortgage which may now or at any time hereafter affect the Building and/or the
Land, or the Landlord's interest therein (all such mortgages being collectively
called "the underlying mortgages"), (See Rider 'H' attached to this Lease) The
foregoing provisions for the subordination of this Lease and the term and estate
hereby granted shall be self-operative and no further instrument shall be
required to effect any such subordination; but the Tenant shall, however, upon
request by the Landlord, at any time or times execute and deliver any and all
instruments that may be necessary or proper to effect such subordination or to
confirm or evidence the same, and in the event that the Tenant shall fail to
execute and deliver any such instrument the Landlord, in addition to any other
remedies, may, as the agent or attorney-in-fact of the Tenant, execute and
deliver the same, and the Tenant hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Landlord the Tenant's agent and attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
(and all work done by the Landlord in connection therewith shall be performed in
a good and workmanlike manner and in such a way so as to minimize the
interference to the Tenant's use and occupancy of, and ability to conduct its
business in the premises)
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FOURTEENTH. Notices. Any notice, consent, approval, request,
communication, xxxx, demand or statement provided for hereunder by either party
to the other party shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly
given if delivered personally to such other party or mailed in a postpaid
envelope (registered, certified or otherwise, with or without return receipt)
addressed to such other party, which address for the Landlord shall be as above
set forth and for the Tenant shall be the Tenant's address as above set forth,
or if the address of such other party for notices shall have been duly changed
as hereinafter provided, if so mailed to such other party at such changed
address. Either party may at any time change the address for such notices,
consents, approvals, requests, communications, bills, demands or statements by
delivering or mailing, as aforesaid, to the other party a notice stating the
change and setting forth the changed address. If the term "Tenant" as used in
this Lease refers to more than one person, any notice, consent, approval,
request, communication, xxxx, demand or statement given as aforesaid to any one
of such persons shall be deemed to have been duly given to the Tenant.
FIFTEENTH. Conditions of Limitation. This Lease and the term and estate
hereby granted are subject to the limitation that:
(a) in case the Tenant shall default in the payment of any fixed
rent or additional rent on any date upon which the same becomes due, and
any such default shall continue for 10 days after the Landlord shall have
given to the Tenant a notice specifying such default,
(b) in case the Tenant shall default in the due keeping, observance
or performance of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition of
Article Third or of subparagraph (e) or (f) of Article Sixth hereof on the
part of the Tenant to be kept, observed or performed and if such default
shall continue and shall not be remedied by the Tenant within 3 business
days (except that, with respect to any such default under subparagraph (g)
of Article Sixth hereof, said period shall be 24 hours) after the Landlord
shall have given to the Tenant a notice specifying the same,
(c) in case the Tenant shall default in the due keeping, observance
or performance of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition of
this Lease (other than a default of the character referred to in
subparagraph (a) or (b) of this Article), and if such default shall
continue and shall not be remedied by the Tenant within 30 days after the
Landlord shall have given to the Tenant a notice specifying the same, or,
in the case of such a default which for causes beyond the Tenant's control
cannot with due diligence be cured within said period of 30 days, if the
Tenant (i) shall not, promptly upon the giving of such notice, give the
Landlord notice of the Tenant's intention to duly institute all steps
necessary to remedy such default, (ii) shall not duly institute and
thereafter diligently prosecute to completion all steps necessary to
remedy the same, or (iii) shall not remedy the same within a reasonable
time after the date of the giving of said notice by the Landlord, or
(d) in case any event shall occur or any contingency shall arise
whereby this Lease or the estate hereby granted or the unexpired balance
of the full term hereof would, by operation of law or otherwise, devolve
upon or pass to any person, firm or corporation other than the Tenant
except as permitted under Article Seventh, Article Twenty-seventh or
Article Thirty-second hereof, or whenever the Tenant shall desert or
abandon the premises or the same shall become vacant (whether the keys be
surrendered or not and whether the rent be paid or not),
then in any of said cases the Landlord may give to the Tenant a notice of
intention to end the term of this Lease at the expiration of 3 days from the
date of the giving of such notice, and, in the event such notice is given, this
Lease and the term and estate hereby granted (whether or not the term shall
theretofore have commenced) shall terminate upon the expiration of said 3 days
with the same effect as if the last of said 3
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days were the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the full term of this
Lease, but the Tenant shall remain liable for damages as provided in this Lease
or pursuant to law. If this Lease shall have been assigned, the term "Tenant",
as used in subparagraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of this Article, shall be deemed
to include the assignee and the assignor or either of them under any such
assignment unless the Landlord shall, in connection with such assignment,
release the assignor from any further liability under this Lease, in which
event the term "Tenant", as used in said subparagraphs, shall not include the
assignor so released.
SIXTEENTH. Re-entry by Landlord. If this Lease shall terminate as in
Article Fifteenth hereof provided, or if the Tenant shall default in the payment
of any fixed rent, additional rent or percentage rent (if any) on any date upon
which the same becomes due, and if such default shall continue for 10 days after
the Landlord shall have given to the Tenant a notice specifying such default,
the Landlord or the Landlord's agents and servants may immediately or at any
time thereafter re-enter into or upon the premises or any part thereof in the
name of the whole, either by summary dispossess proceedings or by any suitable
action or proceeding at law or by force or otherwise, without being liable to
indictment, prosecution or damages therefor, and may repossess the same, and may
remove any persons therefrom, to the end that the Landlord may have, hold and
enjoy the premises again as and of its first estate and interest therein. The
words "reenter", "re-entry", and "re-entering" as used in this Lease are not
restricted to their technical legal meanings.
In the event of any termination of this Lease under the provisions of
Article Fifteenth hereof or in the event of the termination of this Lease by or
under any summary dispossess or other proceeding or action or other measure
undertaken by the Landlord for the enforcement of its aforesaid right of
re-entry (any such termination of this Lease being herein called a "Default
Termination"), the Tenant shall thereupon pay to the Landlord the fixed rent,
additional rent and percentage rent (if any) up to the time of such Default
Termination and shall likewise pay to the Landlord all such damages which, by
reason of such Default Termination, shall be payable by the Tenant as provided
in this Lease or pursuant to law. Also in the event of a Default Termination the
Landlord shall be entitled to retain all moneys, if any, paid by the Tenant to
the Landlord, whether as advance rent or as security for rent, but such moneys
shall be credited by the Landlord against any fixed rent, additional rent or
percentage rent (if any) due from the Tenant at the time of such Default
Termination or, at the Landlord's option, against any damages payable by the
Tenant as provided in this Lease or pursuant to law.
In the event of a breach or threatened breach on the part of the Tenant
with respect to any of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions or
conditions on the part of or on behalf of the Tenant to be kept, observed or
performed, the Landlord shall also have the right of injunction. The specified
remedies to which the Landlord may resort hereunder are cumulative and are not
intended to be exclusive of any other remedies or means of redress to which the
Landlord may lawfully be entitled at any time, and the Landlord may invoke any
remedy allowed at law or in equity as if specific remedies were not herein
provided for.
SEVENTEENTH. Damages. In the event of a Default Termination of this Lease,
the Tenant will pay to the Landlord as damages, at the election of the Landlord,
either:
(a) a sum which, at the time of such Default Termination, represents
the then value of the excess, if any, of (1) the aggregate of the fixed
rent, the additional rent under Article Twenty-fourth hereof (if any) and
the percentage rent (if any) which, had this Lease not so terminated,
would have been payable hereunder by the Tenant for the period commencing
with the day following the date of such Default Termination and ending
with the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the full term hereby
granted, over (2) the aggregate rental value of the premises for the same
period, or
(b) sums equal to the aggregate of the fixed rent, the additional
rent under Article Twenty-fourth hereof (if any) and the percentage rent
(if any) which would have been payable by the Tenant had this Lease not
terminated by such Default Termination, payable upon the due dates
therefor specified herein following such Default Termination and until the
date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the full term hereby granted;
provided, however, that if the Landlord shall relet all or any part of the
premises for all or any part of the period commencing on the day following
the date of such Default Termination
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and ending on the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the full
term hereby granted, the Landlord shall credit the Tenant with the net
rents received by the Landlord from such reletting, such net rents to be
determined by first deducting from the gross rents as and when received by
the Landlord from such reletting the reasonable expenses incurred or paid
by the Landlord in terminating this Lease and of re-entering the premises
and of securing possession thereof, as well as the reasonable expenses of
reletting, including altering and preparing the premises for new tenants,
brokers' commissions, and all other expenses properly chargeable against
the premises and the rental therefrom in connection with such reletting,
it being understood that any such reletting may be for a period equal to
or shorter or longer than said period; provided, further, that (i) in no
event shall the Tenant be entitled to receive any excess of such net rents
over the sums payable by the Tenant to the Landlord hereunder, (ii) in no
event shall the Tenant be entitled, in any suit for the collection of
damages pursuant to this subparagraph (b), to a credit in respect of any
net rents from a reletting except to the extent that such net rents are
actually received by the Landlord prior to the commencement of such suit,
and (iii) if the premises or any part thereof should be relet in
combination with other space, then proper apportionment on a square foot
rentable area basis shall be made of the rent received from such reletting
and of the expenses of reletting.
For the purposes of this Article, the amount of the percentage rent (if
any) which would have been payable for the period following a Default
Termination of this Lease shall be deemed to be an amount, for each calendar
month in said period, equal to the monthly average amount of percentage rent (if
any) which became payable under this Lease during the term hereof prior to such
Default Termination. For the purposes of subparagraph (a) of this Article, the
amount of additional rent which would have been payable by the Tenant under
Article Twenty-fourth hereof shall, for each Computation Year (as hereinafter
defined) ending after such Default Termination, be deemed to be an amount equal
to the amount of such additional rent payable by the Tenant for the Computation
Year immediately preceding the Computation Year in which such Default
Termination occurs. Suit or suits for the recovery of any damages payable
hereunder by the Tenant, or any installments thereof, may be brought by the
Landlord from time to time at its election, and nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to require the Landlord to postpone suit until the date when the term
of this Lease would have expired but for such Default Termination.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or precluding the
recovery by the Landlord against the Tenant of any sums or damages to which, in
addition to the damages particularly provided above, the Landlord may lawfully
be entitled by reason of any default hereunder on the part of the Tenant.
EIGHTEENTH. Waivers by Tenant. The Tenant, for the Tenant, and on behalf
of any and all persons, firms and corporations claiming through or under the
Tenant, including creditors of all kinds, does hereby waive and surrender all
right and privilege which they or any of them might have under or by reason of
any present or future law to redeem the premises or to have a continuance of
this Lease for the full term hereby demised after the Tenant is dispossessed or
ejected therefrom by process of law or under the terms of this Lease or after
the expiration or termination of this Lease as herein provided or pursuant to
law. The Tenant also waives (a) the right of the Tenant to trial by jury in any
summary dispossess or other proceeding that may hereafter be instituted by the
Landlord against the Tenant in respect of the premises or in any action that may
be brought to recover rent, damages or other sums payable hereunder, and (b) the
provisions of any law relating to notice and/or delay in levy of execution in
case of an eviction or dispossess of a tenant for nonpayment of rent, and of any
other law of like import now or hereafter in effect. If the Landlord commences
any such summary dispossess proceeding, the Tenant will not interpose any
counterclaim of whatever nature or description in such proceeding.
NINETEENTH. Tenant's Removal. Any personal property which shall remain in
any part of the premises after the expiration or termination of the term of this
Lease with respect to such part shall be deemed to have been abandoned, and
either may be retained by the Landlord as its property or may be disposed of in
such manner as the Landlord may see fit; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Tenant will, upon request of the Landlord
made not later than 30 days after expiration or termination of the term hereof
with respect to such part of the premises, promptly remove from the Building any
such personal property.
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If at any time during the last month of the term of this Lease with
respect to any part of the premises, such part of the premises shall no longer
be occupied by the Tenant in the conduct of its business, the Landlord may, and
the Tenant hereby irrevocably grants to the Landlord a license to, enter such
part of the premises and make such alterations in and redecorate such part of
the premises as the Landlord shall determine in its sole discretion and the
Tenant shall not be entitled to any abatement of fixed rent or other
compensation on account thereof.
TWENTIETH. Elevators, Cleaning, Services, etc. The Landlord will (i)
supply passenger elevator service during Business Hours to each floor, above the
street floor of the Building, which is served by the Building's passenger
elevators and on which the premises are, or any portion thereof is, located,
with one of said elevators being subject to call for such service during hours
other than Business Hours, (ii) supply an elevator for the transmission of
freight to said floor or floors during Business Hours, (iii) subject to any
applicable policies or regulations adopted by any utility or governmental
authority, supply during Business Hours in the cold season heat for the warming
of the premises and the public portions of the Building, (iv) subject to any
applicable policies or regulations adopted by any utility or governmental
authority, supply during Business Hours air conditioning (including cooling
during the period from May 1 to September 30 as, in the Landlord's judgment, may
be necessary) and ventilation to all portions of the premises, if any, which are
served by the Building's air conditioning and ventilation systems, and (v) clean
any portion of the premises which is located on a floor above the street floor
of the Building except any such portion used for preparing, dispensing or
consumption of food or beverages or as an exhibition area or classroom or for
storage, shipping room, mail room or similar purposes or which is a toilet
(other than a toilet shown on any diagram attached hereto as Exhibit A) or a
shop or is used for the operation of computer, data processing, reproduction,
duplicating or similar equipment. The Tenant will at all times comply with all
regulations and requirements which the Landlord may reasonably prescribe for the
proper functioning and protection of said air conditioning system. No
representation is made by the Landlord with respect to the adequacy or fitness
of such air conditioning or ventilation to maintain temperatures as may be
required for, or because of, the operation of any computer, data processing or
other equipment of the Tenant and where air conditioning or ventilation is
required for any such purpose the Landlord assumes no responsibility, and shall
have no liability, for any loss or damage however sustained, in connection
therewith.
The Landlord will, when and to the extent reasonably requested by the
Tenant, furnish additional elevator, heating, air conditioning, ventilating
and/or cleaning services upon such reasonable terms and conditions as shall be
determined by the Landlord, including the payment by the Tenant to the Landlord
of the Landlord's reasonable charge therefor, which charge for additional
heating, air conditioning and ventilation services furnished to the premises
outside of Business Hours at the request of the Tenant, such request to be given
not less than 48 hours in advance, is as of the date of this Lease the rates of
(i) for air conditioning during the cooling season: $68.54 per hour for System
A, $50.00 per hour for System B, and $118.54 for both System A and B (as such
systems are defined in Article Twenty-ninth hereof), and (ii) for heating during
the cold season, $50.00 per hour for System A, $25.00 per hour for System B, and
$75.00 per hour for both System A and B, all such rates being subject to change
at any time at the reasonable discretion of the Landlord. The Tenant will also
pay to the Landlord the Landlord's reasonable charge for (a) any additional
cleaning of the premises required because of the carelessness or indifference of
the Tenant or because of the nature of the Tenant's business, and (b) the
removal of any of the Tenant's refuse and rubbish from the premises and the
Building, except wastepaper and similar discarded material placed by the Tenant
in wastepaper baskets and left for emptying as an incident to the Landlord's
normal cleaning of the premises. If the cost to the Landlord for cleaning the
premises shall be increased due to the use of any part of the premises during
hours other than Business Hours or due to there being installed in the premises,
at the request of or by the Tenant, any materials or finish other than those
which are of the standard adopted by the Landlord for the Building, the Tenant
shall pay to the Landlord an amount equal to such increase in cost.
At any time or times all or any of the elevators in the Building may, at
the option of the Landlord, be manual or automatic elevators, and the Landlord
shall be under no obligation to furnish an elevator operator or starter for any
automatic elevator, but if the Landlord shall at any time or times furnish any
elevator
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operator or starter for any automatic elevator, the Landlord may discontinue
furnishing such elevator operator or starter.
The Landlord reserves the right, without liability to the Tenant and
without constituting any claim of constructive eviction, to stop any heating,
elevator, escalator, lighting, ventilating, air conditioning, power, water,
cleaning or other service and to interrupt the use of any Building facilities,
at such times as may be necessary and for as long as may reasonably be
required by reason of accidents, strikes, the making of repairs, alterations or
improvements, inability to secure a proper supply of fuel, steam, water,
electricity, labor or supplies, or by reason of any other cause beyond the
reasonable control of the Landlord; provided, however, that any such stoppage or
interruption for the purpose of making any alteration or improvement shall be
made at such times and in such manner as shall not unreasonably interfere with
the Tenant's use of the premises.
TWENTY-FIRST. Lease Contains All Agreements--No Waivers. This Lease
contains all of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions, conditions and
understandings relating to the leasing of the premises hereunder and the
Landlord's obligations in connection therewith and neither the Landlord nor any
agent or representative of the Landlord has made or is making, and the Tenant in
executing and delivering this Lease is not relying upon, any warranties,
representations, promises or statements whatsoever, except to the extent
expressly set forth in this Lease. All understandings and agreements, if any,
heretofore had between the parties are merged in this Lease, which alone fully
and completely expresses the agreement of the parties.
The failure of the Landlord to insist in any instance upon the strict
keeping, observance or performance of any covenant, agreement, term, provision
or condition of this Lease or to exercise any election herein contained shall
not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment for the future of such covenant,
agreement, term, provision, condition or election, but the same shall continue
and remain in full force and effect. No waiver or modification by the Landlord
of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition of this Lease shall be
deemed to have been made unless expressed in writing and signed by the Landlord.
No surrender of possession of the premises or of any part thereof or of any
remainder of the term of this Lease shall release the Tenant from any of its
obligations hereunder unless accepted by the Landlord in writing. The receipt
and retention by the Landlord of fixed rent, percentage rent (if any) or
additional rent from anyone other than the Tenant shall not be deemed a waiver
of the breach by the Tenant of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or
condition herein contained, or the acceptance of such other person as a tenant,
or a release of the Tenant from the further keeping, observance or performance
by the Tenant of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions
herein contained. The receipt and retention by the Landlord of fixed rent,
percentage rent (if any) or additional rent with knowledge of the breach of any
covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition herein contained shall not be
deemed a waiver of such breach.
TWENTY-SECOND. Parties Bound. The covenants, agreements, terms, provisions
and conditions of this Lease shall bind and benefit the respective successors,
assigns and legal representatives of the parties hereto with the same effect as
if mentioned in each instance where a party hereto is named or referred to,
except that no violation of the provisions of Article Seventh hereof shall
operate to vest any rights in any successor, assignee or legal representative of
the Tenant and that the provisions of this Article shall not be construed as
modifying the conditions of limitation contained in Article Fifteenth hereof.
The covenants and obligations on the part of the Landlord under this Lease shall
not, however, be binding upon the Landlord herein named (or any transferee of
its interest in the Building) with respect to the period subsequent to the
transfer of its interest in the Building (a lease of the entire interest being
deemed such a transfer, such covenants and obligations being binding upon the
Landlord with respect to the period prior to any transfer of its interest in the
Building; and in any such event said covenants and obligations shall thereafter
be binding upon the transferee of such interest in the Building until the next
such transfer of such interest.
TWENTY-THIRD. Curing Tenant's Defaults--Additional Rents. If the Tenant
shall default (beyond any applicable grace period) in the keeping, observance or
performance of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition herein
contained, the Landlord, without thereby waiving such default, may perform the
same for the account and at the expense of the Tenant (a) immediately or at any
time thereafter and without notice in the case of emergency or in case such
default unreasonably interferes with the use by any other tenant of any space in
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the Building demised to such other tenant or with the efficient operation of the
Building or will result in a violation of law or in a cancellation of an
insurance policy maintained by the Landlord, and (b) in any other case if such
default continues after 15 days from the date the giving by the Landlord to the
Tenant of notice of the Landlord's intention so to perform the same. All
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Landlord in connection with any
such performance by it for the account of the Tenant and also all costs and
expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements incurred by the
Landlord in any action or proceeding (including any summary dispossess
proceeding) brought by the Landlord to enforce any obligation of the Tenant
under this Lease and/or right of the Landlord in or to the premises, shall be
paid by the Tenant to the Landlord upon demand. Except as aforesaid or as
elsewhere provided in this Lease, all costs and expenses which, pursuant to this
Lease (including the rules and regulations referred to herein) are incurred by
the Landlord and payable to it by the Tenant and all charges, amounts and sums
payable to the Landlord by the Tenant for any property, material, labor, utility
or other services which, pursuant to this Lease or at the request and for the
account of the Tenant, are provided, furnished or rendered by the Landlord shall
become due and payable by the Tenant to the Landlord in accordance with the
terms of bills therefor to be rendered by the Landlord to the Tenant. If any
cost, expense, charge, amount or sum referred to in this Article or elsewhere in
this Lease is not paid when due and payable as provided in this Lease, the same
shall become due and payable by the Tenant as additional rent hereunder. If any
fixed rent, additional rent, percentage rent (if any) or damages payable
hereunder by the Tenant to the Landlord is not paid when due (after the
expiration of any applicable grace period) as in this Lease provided, the same
shall bear interest at the rate of 2% per month (but in no event at a rate in
excess of that permitted by law) from the due date thereof until paid and the
amount of such interest shall be deemed additional rent hereunder. In the event
of nonpayment by the Tenant of any such additional rent and/or any other
additional rent and/or percentage rent (if any) becoming due hereunder, the
Landlord, in addition to any other right or remedy, shall have the same rights
and remedies as in the case of default by the Tenant in the payment of the fixed
rent. In the event that the Tenant is in arrears in the payment of fixed rent,
percentage rent (if any) or additional rent, the Tenant waives the Tenant's
right, if any, to designate the items against which any payments made by the
Tenant are to be credited, and the Landlord may apply any payments made by the
Tenant to any items the Landlord sees fit, irrespective of and notwithstanding
any designation or request by the Tenant as to the items against which any such
payments shall be credited, provided, however, that, in each instance the
Landlord shall apply any such payment to the oldest open item in the Tenant's
account. The Landlord reserves the right, without liability to the Tenant and
without constituting any claim of constructive eviction, to suspend furnishing
or rendering to the Tenant any property, material, labor, utility or other
service, wherever the Landlord is obligated to furnish or render the same at the
expense of the Tenant, in the event that (but only so long as) the Tenant is in
arrears in paying the Landlord therefor at the expiration of 10 days after the
Landlord shall have given to the Tenant notice demanding the payment of such
arrears.
TWENTY-FOURTH. Adjustments for Changes in Landlord's Costs and Expenses.
If the sum of the Square Foot Share of the Real Estate Taxes for any Computation
Year plus 107% of the Square Foot Share of the Cost of Operation and Maintenance
for such Computation Year shall be greater (resulting in an excess) or shall be
less (resulting in a deficiency) than the sum of the Building Square Foot Share
of the Real Estate Taxes plus 107% of the Square Foot Share of the Cost of
Operation and Maintenance, each for the Computation Year ending on December 31,
1989, then promptly after the Landlord shall furnish the Tenant with an
Escalation Statement relating to such Computation Year the Tenant shall, in case
of such an excess, pay to the Landlord, as additional rent for the premises for
such Computation Year, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying
such excess by the Tenant's Area or the Landlord shall, in the case of such a
deficiency, pay to the Tenant an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying such deficiency by the Tenant's Area.
In order to provide for current payments on account of the additional rent
which may be payable to the Landlord pursuant to the first paragraph of this
Article for any Computation Year, the Tenant agrees to make such payments on
account of said additional rent for and during such Computation Year in 12
monthly installments, each in an amount equal to 1/12th of the amount which
would have been payable by the Tenant to the Landlord pursuant to said first
paragraph for the period of 12 calendar months immediately preceding such
Computation Year if said 12-month period had been a Computation Year falling
entirely within the term of this Lease and if there had been no abatement of
fixed rent hereunder during such 12-month period (other than an abatement, if
any, pursuant to Article Tenth hereof) except
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actually payable for such month and the Cost of Operation and Maintenance for
such Computation Year as reasonably estimated by the Landlord, the installment
for each calendar month to be due and payable upon the receipt from the Landlord
of a xxxx for the same. If, as finally determined, the amount of additional rent
payable by the Tenant to the Landlord pursuant to the first paragraph of this
Article for such Computation Year shall be greater than (resulting in an
underpayment) or be less than (resulting in an overpayment) the aggregate of all
the installments so paid on account to the Landlord by the Tenant for such
Computation Year, then, promptly after the receipt of the Escalation Statement
for such Computation Year and, in performance of its obligations under the first
paragraph of this Article, the Tenant shall, in case of such an underpayment,
pay to the Landlord an amount equal to such underpayment or the Landlord shall,
in case of such an overpayment, pay to the Tenant an amount equal to such
overpayment.
As used in this Article:
(a) "Computation Year" shall mean each calendar year in which occurs
any part of the term of this Lease and, in the case of a Default
Termination of this Lease, in which would have occurred any part of the
full term of this Lease except for such Default Termination.
(b) "Tenant's Area" shall mean the number of square feet in the
rentable area of the premises; it being assumed for the purposes of this
Article that the rentable area of shop 'S' on the Street Floor is 8,001
square feet, and the rentable area of shop 'G-1' on the Street Floor is
3,755 square feet.
(c) "Square Foot Share" shall mean a fraction whose numerator is one
and whose denominator is the number of square feet in the rentable area of
the Building.
(d) "Real Estate Taxes" shall mean the taxes and assessments imposed
upon the Building and the Land (other than any interest or penalties
imposed in connection therewith) and all expenses, including fees of
counsel and experts, reasonably incurred by, or reimbursable by, the
Landlord in connection with any application for a reduction in the
assessed valuation for the Building and/or the Land or for a judicial
review thereof. If due to a future change in the method of taxation any
franchise, income, profit or other tax shall be levied against the
Landlord in substitution in whole or in part for or in lieu of any tax
which would otherwise constitute a Real Estate Tax, such franchise,
income, profit or other tax shall be deemed to be a Real Estate Tax for
the purposes hereof.
(e) "Cost of Operation and Maintenance shall mean the actual cost
incurred by the Landlord with respect to the operation, maintenance and
repair of the Building (as determined for shops in the Building) and the
curbs and sidewalks adjoining the same, including, without limitation, the
cost incurred for air conditioning; mechanical ventilation; heating;
interior and exterior cleaning; rubbish removal; window washing (interior
and exterior, including inside partitions); elevators; escalators; hand
tools and other moveable equipment; xxxxxx and matron service; electric
current, steam, water and other utilities; protection and security
service; repairs; maintenance; fire, extended coverage, boiler, sprinkler,
apparatus, public liability and property damage insurance; supplies;
wages, salaries, disability benefits, pensions, hospitalization,
retirement plans and group insurance respecting service and maintenance
employees; uniforms and working clothes for such employees and the
cleaning thereof; expenses imposed pursuant to any collective bargaining
agreement with respect to such employees; payroll, social security,
unemployment and other similar taxes with respect to such employees;
sales, use and other similar taxes; water rates; sewer rents; charges of
any independent contractor who does any work with respect to the
operation, maintenance and repair of the Building and the curbs and
sidewalks adjoining the same; and the annual depreciation or amortization
over the useful life thereof of costs, including financing costs incurred
for any equipment, device or other capital improvement made or acquired
which is either intended as a laborsaving measure or to effect other
economies in the operation, maintenance or repair of the Building and said
curbs and sidewalks (provided that the annual benefits anticipated to be
realized therefrom are reasonably related to the annual amount to be
amortized) or which is required by any change in laws, ordinances, rules,
orders or regulations of governmental authorities or insurance bodies,
provided, however, that the term "Cost of Operation and Maintenance" shall
not include (1) Real Estate Taxes, special assessments, franchise taxes or
taxes imposed upon or measured by the income or profits of the Landlord,
(2) except for depreciation and amortization hereinabove provided for in
this subparagraph,
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and the depreciation and amortization of the cost of any hand tools or
other moveable equipment the cost of any item which is, or should in
accordance with sound accounting practice be, capitalized on the books of
the Landlord, (3) the cost of any electricity furnished to the premises or
any other space in the Building demised to other tenants, (4) the cost of
any work or service performed for any tenant of space in the Building
(including the Tenant) at such Tenant's cost and expense or furnished to
any other tenant of space in the Building at the Landlord's cost and
expense to the extent that such work or service is in excess of any work
or service which the Landlord is obligated to furnish hereunder to the
Tenant at the Landlord's cost and expense. (See Rider 'J' attached to this
Lease) If during any period for which the Cost of Operation and
Rider 'I' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988 between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
(5) interest and amortization of any debts, including mortgage
indebtedness, and any rents payable in respect to any underlying lease,
(6) the cost of soliciting prospective tenants (including brokerage
or other leasing commissions) and of preparing and executing leases and
management fees,
(7) the cost of any salary payable to, or the cost of any fringe
benefits in connection with, the Chairman of the Board, the President, or
any Vice President (other than any Vice President of Operations) of the
Landlord and their respective secretaries,
(8) the cost of any repair of any damage caused by fire or other
casualty to the extent that the cost of such repair is covered by
insurance or the Landlord is entitled to be reimbursed therefor by any
tenant in addition to the rent payable by such tenant, or
(9) any cost incurred in the sale or refinancing of the Building.
Rider 'J' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988 between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
When requested by the Tenant within 6 months following the receipt by it
of any Escalation Statement, the Landlord, in substantiation of its
determination of the amounts set forth in said Escalation Statement, will
furnish to the Tenant such additional information as reasonably may be required
for such purpose, and, as may be necessary for the verification of such
information, will permit the pertinent records of the Landlord to be examined by
an officer of the Tenant or by such independent certified public accountant as
the Tenant may designate; it being expressly understood that the Landlord shall
be under no duty to preserve any such records, or any data or material related
thereto, beyond such time as shall be its customary practice with respect
thereto.
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TWENTY-FIFTH. Miscellaneous. If the Landlord shall have heretofore
consented to or shall hereafter consent to the omission or removal of any part
of, or the insertion of any door (other than to a public corridor) or other
opening in, any wall separating the premises from other space adjoining the
premises, then (a) the Tenant shall be deemed to have assumed responsibility for
all risks (including, but not limited to, damage to, or loss or theft of,
property) incident to the use of said door or other opening or the existence
thereof, and shall indemnify and save the Landlord harmless from and against
any claim, demand or action for, or on account of, any such loss, theft or
damage, and (b) in the event of the expiration or termination of this Lease or
any lease of said adjoining space, the Landlord may enter the premises and close
up such door or other opening by erecting a wall to match the wall separating
the premises from said adjoining space, and the Tenant shall pay the reasonable
cost thereof and such work may be done during Business Hours and while the
Tenant is in occupancy of the premises and the Tenant shall not be entitled to
any abatement of fixed rent or other compensation on account thereof; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to vest the Tenant with
any right or interest in, or with respect to, said adjoining space, or the use
thereof, and the Tenant hereby expressly waives any right to be made a party to,
or to be served with process or other notice under or in connection with, any
proceeding which may hereafter be instituted by the Landlord for the recovery
of the possession of said adjoining space.
Without incurring any liability to the Tenant, the Landlord may permit
access to the premises and open the same, whether or not the Tenant shall be
present, upon demand of any receiver, trustee, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, sheriff, marshal or court officer entitled to, or reasonably
purporting to be entitled to, such access for the purpose of taking possession
of, or removing, the Tenant's property or for any other purpose (but this
provision and any action by the Landlord hereunder shall not be deemed a
recognition by the Landlord that the person or official making such demand has
any right or interest in or to this Lease, or in or to the premises), or upon
demand of any representative of the fire, police, building, sanitation or other
department of the city, state or federal government.
If an excavation shall be made upon any land adjacent to the Building, or
shall be authorized to be made, the Tenant shall afford to the person causing or
authorized to cause such excavation a license to enter upon the premises for the
purpose of doing such work as said person shall deem necessary to preserve the
Building from injury or damage, all without any claim for damages or indemnity
against the Landlord or diminution or abatement of rent.
The Tenant shall not be entitled to exercise any right of termination or
other option granted to it by this Lease at any time when the Tenant is in
default, beyond any applicable grace period, in the keeping, performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions or conditions
on its part to be kept, performed or observed under this Lease.
The headings of the Articles of this Lease are for convenience only and
are not to be considered in construing said Articles.
As used in this paragraph, the term "facility" means stores, restaurants,
cafeterias, rest rooms, and any other facility of a public nature in the
Building. The Tenant agrees that it will not discriminate by segregation or
otherwise against any person or persons because of race, creed, color, or
national origin in furnishing, or by refusing to furnish, to such person or
persons the use of any facility in the premises, including any and all services,
privileges, accommodations, and activities provided thereby. It is agreed that
the Tenant's noncompliance with the provisions of this paragraph shall
constitute a material breach of this Lease. In the event of such noncompliance,
the Landlord may take appropriate action to enforce compliance, may terminate
this Lease in accordance with the provisions of this Lease, or may pursue such
other remedies as may be provided by law. In the event of termination, the
Tenant shall be liable to the Landlord for damages in accordance with the
provisions of this Lease.
TWENTY-SIXTH. Shop Covenants. The Tenant, recognizing that the Building is
maintained as a location for an outstanding type of business occupancy and as an
additional inducement to the Landlord to enter into this Lease, covenants and
agrees that at all times (i) the business to be conducted at, through and from
the premises and the kind and quality of the merchandise and services offered in
the conduct thereof will be reputable in every respect, (ii) the sales methods
employed in said business, as well as all other elements of merchandising,
display and advertising, will be dignified and in conformity with the highest
standards of practice obtaining among superior type stores, shops and concerns
dealing in the same or similar merchandise or conducting a similar business in
the Building or in Rockefeller Center, and (iii) the appearance of the premises
(including the lighting and other appurtenances thereto), the appearance and
deportment of all personnel employed therein, and the appearance, number,
location, nature and subject matter of all displays and exhibits placed or
installed in or about the premises, and of any signs, lettering, announcements,
price schedules, tags or any other kinds or forms of inscriptions displayed in
or about the premises will be only such as meet with the Landlord's approval
and, if at any time disapproved by the Landlord, the Tenant shall remove the
basis for such disapproval in such manner and within such reasonable time as may
be specified by the Landlord in a notice given by it to the Tenant for such
purpose. No special sale shall be carried on in the premises other than such
special sale as is incident to the normal routine of the [ILLEGIBLE].
Rider 'J-1' attached to and forming a part of Lease dated June 21, 1988 between
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC., as the Landlord, and WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., as
the Tenant.
such days on which the Landlord permits the premises to be closed consisting of
those holidays for the Building as shall be determined each year by the
Landlord. Such holidays for calendar year 1988 are as follows:
New Year's Day January 1
Washington's Birthday (Observed) February 15
Memorial Day May 30
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day September 5
Presidential Election Day November 8
Thanksgiving Day November 24
Day after Christmas December 26
(d) occupy the premises as soon as the premises are available for
occupancy and the term commencement date shall have occurred and
thereafter keep the premises open for business between the hours of 11
A.M. and 12 Midnight on all days other than Sundays and days upon which
the Landlord permits the premises to be closed, (see Rider 'S-1' attached
to this Lease) and it is hereby agreed that, for the purposes of Article
Twentieth hereof, said hours shall be deemed to be "Business Hours"; and
on such other additional days and/or for such longer hours, none of which
shall be deemed Business Hours, as the Tenant may wish;
(e) place no fixtures, furnishings, decorations or equipment in the
premises except such as are satisfactory to, and, prior to being installed
or placed therein, shall have been approved by, the Landlord, such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld;
(f) display no lettering, sign, advertisement, notice or object and
permit no such display on the windows or doors or on the outside of the
perimeter walls of the premises except with the prior consent of the
Landlord such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;
(g) from time to time during the term hereof and at its expense
redecorate the premises and refinish, renew and/or replace the fixtures,
furnishings, decorations and equipment therein as in the reasonable
judgment of the Landlord may be necessary to preserve the good appearance
of the premises in keeping with the general standard maintained in similar
areas in the Building; and
(h) not install, place or permit any awning on the perimeter walls
of the premises unless provided or consented to by the Landlord and each
such awning so provided or consented to shall, to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Landlord, be kept clean and in good order and state of
repair and appearance by the Tenant, including, whenever necessary in the
reasonable judgment of the Landlord, the replacement of awning coverings
with materials reasonably approved by the Landlord; provided, however,
that, where any such awning has been provided by and at the expense of the
Landlord, the Landlord shall make all repairs and replacements of
framework and/or mechanical parts thereof except that, if any such repair
or replacement is required by reason of the Tenant's negligent act or
omission, the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord the cost and expense of
making the same.
TWENTY-SEVENTH. Assignment by Tenant. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Landlord will not unreasonably withhold its
consent to (i) one assignment of this Lease by the Tenant or (ii) one transfer
of all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Tenant to a person,
firm or corporation (herein called the "Assignee"), upon the express conditions
that:
(a) such assignment or transfer of stock is part of a sale of the
majority of the restaurants then doing business under the firm name and
style of WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., or such other name as may have been
adopted by the Tenant for such restaurants, to such Assignee;
(b) such assignment or transfer of stock will only be to an Assignee
which is controlled by a person or persons with 5 years of experience in
operating a first class restaurant of the type exemplified by The Post
House, Xxxxx & Wollensky, The Manhattan Ocean Club, The "21" Club, or in
the reasonable discretion of the Landlord, has equivalent general business
experience;
(c) at the time of the acquisition by the Assignee of the majority
of the restaurants doing business under the firm name and style of WHITE &
XXXXXXXXX, INC., or such other name as may have been adopted by the Tenant
for such restaurants, such Assignee shall have a net worth (exclusive of
the acquired assets of the restaurants of WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., or such
other name as may have been adopted by the Tenant for such restaurants,)
at least equal to that of all of the restaurants which had been doing
business under the firm name and style of WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC., or such
other name as may have been adopted by the Tenant for such restuarants, as
of the term commencement date of this Lease, adjusted to reflect the
change in the CPI (as such term is defined in Article First hereof) during
the period from the term commencement date to the date of such assignment;
(d) in the event such assignment or transfer of stock shall take
place after the tenth anniversary of the term commencement date of this
Lease, then in such event and in consideration of its consent to such
assignment or transfer of stock, the Landlord shall have the right, in its
sole discretion, to adjust the fixed rent payable under this Lease for the
remainder of the term hereof to the fair market rental value of the
premises at the time of such assignment, which, if the Assignee so
requests, shall be determined by arbitration in accordance with the rules
of the American Arbitration Association, it being
TWENTY-SEVENTH (continued)
understood that the amount set forth in the first paragraph of Article
Twenty-fourth hereof shall be the sum of the Square Foot Share of the Real
Estate Taxes plus 107% of the Cost of Operation and Maintenance, both for
the Computation Year immediately preceding the date on which such
assignment or transfer of stock occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
such adjustment of the fixed rent may be made by the Landlord only in the
event the rental rate for the premises established by the Landlord or by
arbitration as aforesaid at the time of the assignment is 20% or more
above the rate of fixed rent then in effect under this Lease;
(e) in the event of the assignment of this Lease, the Tenant and the
Assignee will execute and deliver to the Landlord an agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Landlord, whereby the Assignee shall agree
to be bound by and upon all of the covenants, agreements, terms,
provisions and conditions set forth in this Lease.
TWENTY-EIGHTH. Tenant's Work. The Tenant shall promptly submit to the
Landlord, for the Landlord's approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), complete architectural and mechanical working drawings and
specifications showing a proposed renovation of the spaces designated shop 'S'
and shop 'G-1' on the Street Floor and shop 'B' and shop 'G-2' on the Mezzanine
Floor in Article First hereof (herein called "the Work Area") as desired by the
Tenant consistent with the design, construction and equipment of the Building
and in conformity with its standards, all in such form and in such detail, as
may be reasonably required by the Landlord, it being understood and agreed that
such work may include, but not be limited to, (a) provision for the construction
of raised platforms throughout the Work Area, which construction may make use of
fire retardant wood to the extent and in the manner permitted by the Building
Code of the City of New York, (b) provision for the installation of awnings
above the exterior windows of the premises, and canvas canopies extending from
the sidewalk entrance to the premises to the curb, upon condition that each such
awning and canopy meets the standard of the Landlord as to style, fabric and
color established for similar awnings and canopies in the Building and in
Rockefeller Center, (c) provision for the installation of exterior windows of
the premises which open to the outside upon condition that (i) the Tenant may
open such windows only under appropriate weather conditions and during the
months of May, June, September and October and (ii) the Tenant shall have
installed revolving doors at all doors in the premises to the lobby of the
Building, and (d) provision for the installation of containers of ornamental
plants on the sidewalk adjacent to the premises, such containers and the
location thereof being acceptable to the City of New York and to the Landlord.
It is understood and agreed that such work will be of such extent and character
that the aggregate cost thereof to the Tenant will be at least $2,000,000.00,
the expenditure of such aggregate cost to be verified by the Tenant to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord. The working drawings and specifications
to be submitted to the Landlord as aforesaid shall be prepared by a competent
architect licensed in the State of New York (in consultation with a competent
engineer where required by the nature of the work), reasonably satisfactory to
the Landlord, who shall be engaged by the Tenant and who, at the Tenant's
expense, shall furnish all architectural and engineering services necessary for
the preparation of said working drawings and specifications and in connection
with securing the aforesaid approval thereof by the Landlord and with the
securing by the Tenant of such approvals as by reason of the nature of the work
shown on said working drawings and specifications, may be required from the
Department of Buildings of the City of New York and any other governmental
authorities.
If the Landlord shall not approve any working drawing or specification as
submitted by the Tenant, the Landlord shall with reasonable promptness, but in
any event within 10 business days of such submission, notify the Tenant thereof
and of the particulars of
TWENTY-EIGHTH (continued)
such revisions therein as are reasonably required by the Landlord for the
purpose of obtaining its said approval and as promptly as reasonably possible
after being so informed by the Landlord the Tenant shall submit to the Landlord,
for the Landlord's approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld),
a working drawing or specification, as the case may be, incorporating such
revisions or incorporating such modifications thereto as are suggested by the
Tenant and approved by the Landlord (said working drawings and specifications as
so approved, being herein called "the Working Drawings"). Any such approval by
the Landlord shall not be deemed to be a representation or warranty that the
same is properly designed to perform the function for which it is intended or
complies with any applicable law, ordinance, rule order or regulation of any
governmental authority or insurance body, but only that the work required
thereby will not interfere with the systems of the Building and is compatible
with the design and structure of the Building.
Such renovation shall be performed in accordance with, and subject to all
of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease
(including, but not limited to, Article Sixth hereof). Upon the approval by the
Landlord of the Working Drawings, the Tenant shall proceed with due dispatch to
cause the work as shown on such approved Working Drawings to be done at the
Tenant's sole cost and expense.
The workmen and the contractors performing the work and the manner, terms
and conditions upon which the same is performed shall be satisfactory to and
approved by the Landlord, so as to best assure the performance of the work in
accordance with the Working Drawings. The work shall at all times comply with
(a) all applicable rules and regulations and orders of any and all governmental
authorities or insurance bodies having juridsiction with respect thereto, and
(b) with the reasonable rules and regulations of the Landlord pertaining to the
performance thereof, taking into consideration that the work to be done is in
the nature of the renovation of the Work Area for use in the operation of a
first class restaurant.
The Tenant, promptly after the execution and delivery of this Lease, will
submit an alteration application to the Buildings Department of the City of New
York seeking approval of the proposed means of egress from the premises. In
connection with such application it is expected that the Buildings Department
will advise the Tenant as to whether an amended Certificate of Occupancy is
needed in order to permit the operation of a restaurant in the premises. In the
event such amended Certificate of Occupancy is deemed required by the Buildings
Department, the Tenant will immediately file for the same and at the same time
seek a temporary Certificate of Occupancy enabling the Tenant to proceed with
the work called for by this Article. The Landlord agrees that any delay
TWENTY-EIGHTH (continued)
in commencing such work caused by such application for a revised Certificate
of Occupancy and a temporary Certificate of Occupancy shall cause the term
commencement date of this Lease to be [ILLEGIBLE] to the extent of such delay
provided, however, the [ILLEGIBLE] postponement shall in no event extend beyond
January 4, 1989. The Tenant agrees to diligently seek to obtain in a
timely manner the necessary permits, certificates and authorizations so
that the work to be done hereunder may commence, and the term commencement
date shall occur, with the least possible postponement of the term commencement
date.
The Tenant has submitted a sketch, attached hereto as Exhibit 'B', showing
the exterior facade of the premises, proposed tentatively by the Tenant and
approved by the Landlord. The Tenant may revise such proposed exterior facade
prior to the construction thereof, subject to the approval of the Landlord as
provided herein.
The parties hereto shall, upon the request of either party, enter into an
agreement amending this Lease for the purpose of establishing the term
commencement date hereof.
TWENTY-NINTH. Modification of Existing Air Conditioning Systems. The
premises are presently served by two separate air conditioning systems, one for
shop 'S' on the Street Floor and shop 'B' on the Mezzanine Floor (herein called
"System A"), and the second for shop 'G-1' on the Street Floor and shop 'G-2' on
the Mezzanine Floor (herein called "System B").
The Landlord has ordered a study to determine those modifications needed
to System A and System B (a) to enable the Landlord to supply air conditioning
to the premises during those periods when the Tenant may elect to open the
exterior windows of the premises, (b) to enable System A alone to supply all of
the heat and air conditioning to the premises as requested by the Tenant during
hours outside of Business Hours, with System B held in readiness as a backup for
such hours outside of Business Hours, and (c) to enable the supply of heat and
air conditioning by System A outside of Business Hours to be furnished
exclusively to the premises, and the Tenant may request such exclusive supply of
air conditioning to the premises except on those occasions when another tenant
or tenants served by System A may request heat or air conditioning for the like
period outside of Business Hours. It is understood that by making such request
for the use of System A alone to supply heat or air conditioning outside of
Business Hours, the Tenant (a) assumes the risk of the adequacy of such heat and
air conditioning, and (b) agrees to pay the charges provided in Article
Twentieth hereof.
The Tenant agrees to include provision for such modifications to the air
conditioning systems in the Working Drawings (as such term is defined in Article
Twenty-eighth hereof), and to incorporate such modifications in the work to be
performed under such Article. The cost of the study ordered by the Landlord
shall be reimbursed to the Landlord by the Tenant upon demand.
THIRTIETH. Asbestos Removal by Tenant. The Landlord has ordered an
inspection for the purpose of detecting the presence of asbestos in the spaces
designated shop 'S' and shop 'G-1 on the Street Floor and shop 'B' and shop
'G-2' on the Mezzanine Floor in Article First hereof (herein called the "Work
Area"), such inspection to be conducted by a licensed inspector selected by the
Landlord.
In the event that the asbestos inspection report indicates the presence of
asbestos in the premises, the Tenant shall submit to the Landlord, for the
Landlord's approval, complete working drawings and specifications showing the
proposed removal of all such asbestos from the Work Area, along with the
replacement of such asbestos, as required, with approved insulating material,
consistent with the design, construction and equipment of the Building and in
conformity with its standards, to be performed by the Tenant as part of the work
provided for in Article Twenty-eighth hereof, all in such form and in such
detail as may be reasonably required by the Landlord. The working drawings and
specifications to be submitted to the Landlord as aforesaid shall be prepared by
a competent engineer licensed in the State of New York, reasonably satisfactory
to the Landlord, who shall be engaged by the Tenant and who, at the Tenant's
expense, shall furnish all architectural and engineering services necessary for
the preparation of said working drawings and specifications and in connection
with securing the aforesaid approval thereof by the Landlord and with the
securing by the Tenant of such approvals as by reason of the nature of the work
shown on said working drawings and specifications may be required, from the
Department of Buildings of the City of New York and any other governmental
authorities.
If the Landlord shall not approve any working drawing or specification as
submitted by the Tenant, the Landlord shall with reasonable promptness, notify
the Tenant thereof and of the particulars of such revisions therein as are
reasonably required by the Landlord for the purpose of obtaining its said
approval, and as promptly as reasonably possible after being so informed by the
Landlord the Tenant shall submit to the Landlord, for the Landlord's approval
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), a working drawing or
specification, as the case may be, incorporating such revisions or incorporating
such modifications thereto as are suggested by the Tenant and approved by the
Landlord and including the estimated cost to the Tenant of such work (said
working drawings and specifications, as so approved, being herein called "the
Working Drawings"). Any such approval by the Landlord shall not be deemed to be
a representation or warranty that the same is properly designed to perform the
function for which it is intended or complies with any applicable law,
ordinance, rule order or regulation of any governmental authority or insurance
body, but only that the work required thereby will not interfere with the
systems of the Building and is compatible with the design and structure of the
Building.
Such removal shall be performed in accordance with, and subject to all of
the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and
THIRTIETH (continued)
conditions of this Lease (including, but not limited to, Article Sixth hereof).
Upon the approval by the Landlord of the Working Drawings, the Tenant shall
proceed with due dispatch to cause the work as shown on such approved Working
Drawings to be done at the Tenant's sole cost and expense.
The Landlord agrees to reimburse the Tenant for the cost of the work provided
for in this Article, in the following manner:
(a) the amount of any prepayment for the work made by the Tenant, such
amount not to exceed 20% of the total cost thereof;
(b) the amount of any subsequent progress payment made by the Tenant
during the course of the work; and
(c) the amount of the final payment made by the Tenant upon receipt by the
Landlord of evidence satisfactory to it of the completion of such work in
a manner satisfactory to the Landlord and upon the furnishing by the
Tenant to the Landlord of (i) the discharge of any lien filed in
connection with such work, and (ii) certificates issued by governmental
authorities indicating the satisfactory removal of the asbestos.
The cost of the work to the Tenant to be reimbursed by the Landlord shall
consist of the actual cost to the Tenant of such work including the cost of
preparation of drawings, installation of replacement material, engineering
studies, reports, permits and approvals in connection therewith. The
reimbursement provided herein shall be made promptly upon receipt of a xxxx from
the Tenant consistent with the provisions of this Article.
THIRTY-FIRST. Security. The Tenant shall at all times maintain on deposit
with the Landlord cash in the Required Amount as security for the full and
faithful keeping, observance and performance of all of the covenants,
agreements, terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease provided to be kept
observed or performed by the Tenant (expressly including without being limited
to, the payment as and when due of the fixed rent, percentage rent, if any,
additional rent and any other sums or damages payable by the Tenant under this
Lease) and the payment of any and all other damages for which the Tenant shall
be liable by reason of any act or omission contrary to any of said covenants,
agreements, terms, provisions or conditions. If at any time the Tenant shall be
in default in the payment as aforesaid of any such fixed rent, percentage rent,
additional rent, and/or any other sums or damages or shall otherwise be in
default in the keeping, observance or performance of any of the covenants,
agreements, terms, provisions or conditions of this Lease, then at the
Landlord's election, the cash on deposit with it as aforesaid may be applied by
the Landlord to the payment of the fixed rent, percentage rent, additional rent,
other sums or damages in respect to which the Tenant is so in default and/or, if
the Tenant is otherwise in default in the keeping, observing or performing as
aforesaid of any of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions or conditions
of this Lease, said cash on deposit may be applied by the Landlord to the
payment of such costs and expenses as the Landlord shall incur in curing any
such default. If as a result of any such application of any such cash, the
amount of cash so on deposit with the Landlord shall at any time be less than
that hereinabove specified, the Tenant shall forthwith deposit with the Landlord
additional cash in an amount equal to the deficiency. If, at the expiration of
the term of this Lease, all of said fixed rent, percentage rent, if any,
additional rent, other sums or damages, costs or expenses shall have been paid
by the Tenant to the Landlord and the Tenant shall not be in default in the
keeping, observance or performance of any other covenant, agreement, term,
provision or condition of this Lease, then the Landlord shall return to the
Tenant all, or such part of the cash, if any, then on deposit with the Landlord
pursuant to this Article.
As used in this Article, the term "Required Amount" shall mean $236,775.00
except that, if on each of the respective anniversaries of the term commencement
date hereinafter set forth the Tenant is not in default in the due keeping,
observance or performance of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or
condition of this Lease, then, on and after each such anniversary, said term
shall mean the amount set forth opposite such anniversary in the following
schedule:
Anniversary Required Amount
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First $169,125.00
Second $135,300.00
Third $101,475.00
THIRTY-FIRST. (Continued)
In lieu of maintaining on deposit with the Landlord cash as aforesaid, the
Tenant may maintain with the Landlord an irrevocable letter of credit issued by
a New York clearing house bank in the Required Amount drawable upon by the
Landlord at any time when cash on deposit with it as aforesaid might and to the
extent could have been applied by the Landlord pursuant to the first paragraph
of this Article upon the delivery to said bank of the Landlord's certificate to
such effect, and otherwise containing terms and conditions satisfactory to the
Landlord. The Landlord shall use any amount so drawn in accordance with said
first paragraph. If at any time the sum of the amount drawable pursuant to said
letter of credit plus any cash on deposit with the Landlord pursuant to this
Article shall be less than the Required Amount, the Tenant agrees forthwith to
deposit with the Landlord cash equal to such deficiency.
If any letter of credit so maintained with the Landlord provides that the
amount drawable pursuant to said letter of credit shall cease to be available on
a date prior to October 31, 2009, the Tenant shall, at least 30 days prior to
the date specified in said letter of credit as being the date on which such
drawable amount will cease to be available, either furnish to the Landlord a
renewal or extension of said letter of credit, a new letter of credit complying
herewith, or deposit with the Landlord such amount of cash as shall, when added
to any cash then on deposit with the Landlord, equal, equal to the Required
Amount. Failure to comply with the provisions of the preceding sentence prior to
the commencement of said 30-day period shall be deemed to be a default under
this Lease and the Landlord may, at any time during said 30-day period, draw
upon such letter of credit and retain as security hereunder the amount so drawn.
THIRTY-SECOND. Stock Control. The Tenant hereby represents that the
majority of the shares of each class of stock of the Tenant now issued and
outstanding is owned by Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, residing at No. 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, X.X. 00000, and it is expressly understood and agreed that, except with
the prior consent of the Landlord, that a Permitted Stockholder (as herein
defined) will continue at all times throughout the term of this Lease to own at
least 35% of the shares of each class of stock of the Tenant now or hereafter
issued and outstanding, and further that the said Xxxx Xxxxxxxx (or in the event
of his death, a qualified person having achieved and demonstrated a high level
of competence in supervising the conduct and operation of a first class
restaurant, and whose achieving and demonstrating a high level of competence
shall be subject to the approval of the Landlord, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall at all times throughout the term of this
Lease have effective working control of the business of the Tenant, and the
breach of this condition shall be deemed for all purposes an assignment of this
Lease in violation of the covenants of Article Seventh hereof. The term
"Permitted Stockholder" shall mean (i) the said Xxxx Xxxxxxxx or in the event of
his death his executor, administrator, heirs or devisees, and (ii) the spouse
and/or any child of the said Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and/or a trust established by the
said Xxxx Xxxxxxxx for the benefit of his spouse or child.
THIRTY-THIRD. Assignment of Lease to a Limited Partnership. The Landlord
will not unreasonably withhold its consent to one assignment of this lease by
the Tenant to a limited partnership to be formed (herein called "the Assignee"),
upon the express condition that (a) at all times a Permitted Stockholder (as
such term is defined in Article Thirty-second hereof) owns, directly or
indirectly not less than a 35% interest in the Assignee, and (b) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx,
residing at No. 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000 (or in the event of
his death, a qualified person having achieved and demonstrated a high level of
competencey in supervising the conduct and operation of a first class
restaurant, and whose achieving and demonstrating a high level of competence
shall be subject to the approval of the Landlord, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall at all times throughout the term of this
lease have effective working control of the business of the Tenant, and the
breach of this condition shall be deemed for all purposes an assignment of this
Lease in violation of the covenants of Article Seventh hereof; and (c) in the
event of the assignment of this Lease, the Tenant and the Assignee will execute
and deliver to the Landlord an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Landlord, whereby the Assignee shall agree to be bound by and upon all of
the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this
Lease.
THIRTY-FOURTH. Brokerage Commission. The Tenant represents and warrants
that neither it nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents has
acted so as to entitle any broker, other than Helmsley-Spear, Inc. of No. 00
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000, to a commission in connection with this
transaction, which commission shall be paid by the Landlord. The Landlord
represents that it has not dealt with any other broker with respect to this
transaction.
FINALLY. Quiet Enjoyment. If, and so long as, the Tenant keeps, observes
and performs each and every covenant, agreement, term, provision and condition
herein contained on the part of the Tenant to be kept, observed and performed,
the Tenant shall quietly enjoy the premises without hindrance or molestation by
the Landlord or by any other person lawfully claiming the same, subject,
however, to the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions of this
Lease and to the underlying leases and the underlying mortgages to which this
Lease is subject and subordinate, as hereinbefore provided.
In Witness Whereof, the Landlord and the Tenant have duly executed this
Lease as of the day and year first above written.
Attest: ROCKEFELLER CENTER NORTH, INC.
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx By /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Assistant Secretary President
Attest: WHITE & XXXXXXXXX, INC.,
By /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] (L.S.)
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Assistant Secretary Vice President
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. The rights of the Tenant in the sidewalks, entrances, corridors,
elevators and escalators of the Building are limited to ingress to and egress
from the premises for the Tenant and its employees, licensees and invitees, and
the Tenant shall not invite to the premises, nor permit the visit thereto by,
persons in such numbers or under such conditions as to interfere with the use
and enjoyment by others of the sidewalks, entrances, corridors, elevators,
escalators or any other facilities of the Building. Fire exits and stairways are
for emergency use only, and they shall not be used for any other purpose by the
Tenant, its employees, licensees or invitees. The Landlord shall have the right
to regulate the use of and operate the public portions of the Building, as well
as portions furnished for the common use of the tenants, in such manner as it
deems best for the benefit of the tenants generally.
2. The Landlord may refuse admission to the Building outside of ordinary
business hours to any person not having a pass issued by the Landlord or not
properly identified, and may require all persons admitted to or leaving the
Building outside of ordinary business hours to register. Any person whose
presence in the Building at any time shall, in the judgment of the Landlord, be
prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation and interests of the Building
or of its tenants may be denied access to the Building or may be ejected
therefrom. In case of invasion, riot, public excitement or other commotion the
Landlord may prohibit all access to the Building during the continuance of the
same, by closing doors or otherwise, for the safety of the tenants or protection
of property in the Building. The Landlord shall, in no way, be liable to the
Tenant for damages or loss arising from the admission, exclusion or ejection of
any person to or from the premises or the Building under the provisions of this
rule. The Landlord may require any person leaving the Building with any package
or other object to exhibit a pass from the tenant from whose premises the
package or object is being removed, but the establishment or enforcement of such
requirement shall not impose any responsibility on the Landlord for the
protection of the Tenant against the removal of property from the premises of
the Tenant.
3. The Tenant shall not obtain or accept for use in the premises ice,
drinking water, food, beverage, towel, linen, uniform, barbering, bootblacking
or similar or related services from any persons not authorized by the Landlord
to furnish such services. Such services shall be furnished only at such hours,
in such places within the premises and under such regulations as may be fixed by
the Landlord.
4. Where any damage to the public portions of the Building or to any
portions used in common with other tenants is caused by the Tenant or its
employees, licensees or invitees, the cost of repairing the same shall be paid
by the Tenant on demand.
5. Except in the case of a shop, no lettering, sign, advertisement,
trademark, emblem, notice or object shall be displayed in or on the windows or
doors, or on the outside of the premises, or at any point inside the premises
where the same might be visible outside the premises, except that the name of
the Tenant may be displayed on the entrance door of the premises, subject to the
approval of the Landlord as to the location, size, color and style of such
display. The inscription of the name of the Tenant on the door of the premises
shall be done by the Landlord and the expense thereof shall be paid by the
Tenant to the Landlord.
6. No awnings or other projections of any kind over or around the windows
or entrances of the premises shall be installed by the Tenant, and only such
window blinds and shades as are approved or supplied by the Landlord shall be
used in the premises. Linoleum, tile or other floor covering shall be laid in
the premises only in a manner approved by the Landlord.
7. The Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight and position
of safes and other objects of excessive weight, and no safe or other object
whose weight exceeds the lawful load for the area upon which it would stand
shall be brought into or kept upon the premises. If, in the judgment of the
Landlord, it is necessary to distribute the concentrated weight of any safe or
heavy object, the work involved in such distribution shall be done in such
manner as the Landlord shall determine and the expense thereof shall be paid by
the Tenant. The moving of safes and other heavy objects shall take place only
upon previous notice to, and at times and in a manner approved by, the Landlord,
and the persons employed to move the same in and out of the Building shall be
acceptable to the Landlord. No machines, machinery or electrical or electronic
equipment or appliances of any kind shall be placed or operated so as to disturb
other tenants. Freight, furniture, business equipment, merchandise and packages
of any description shall be delivered to and removed from the premises only in
the freight elevators and through the service entrances and corridors, and only
during hours and in a manner approved by the Landlord.
8. No noise, including the playing of any musical instrument, radio or
television, which, in the judgment of the Landlord, might disturb other tenants
in the Building, shall be made or permitted by the Tenant. No animal shall be
brought into or kept in the Building or the premises. No dangerous, inflammable,
combustible or explosive object or material shall be brought into or kept in the
Building by the Tenant or with the permission of the Tenant, except as permitted
by law and the insurance companies insuring the Building or the property
therein. Any cuspidors or containers or receptacles used as such in the
premises, or for garbage or similar refuse, shall be emptied, cared for and
cleaned by the Tenant.
9. No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed upon any of
the doors or windows in the premises and no lock on any door shall be changed or
altered in any respect. Duplicate keys for the premises and toilet rooms shall
be procured only from the Landlord, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord the
Landlord's reasonable charge therefor. Upon the termination of the Lease, all
keys of the premises and toilet rooms shall be delivered to the Landlord.
10. All entrance doors in the premises shall be left locked by the Tenant
when the premises are not in use. No door (other than a door in an interior
partition of the premises) shall be left open at any time.
11. The Landlord reserves the right to rescind, alter or waive any rule or
regulation at any time prescribed by the Landlord when, in its judgment, it
deems it necessary, desirable or proper for its best interest or for the best
interests of the tenants, and no recision, alteration or waiver of any rule or
regulation in favor of one tenant shall operate as an alteration or waiver in
favor of any other tenant. The Landlord shall not be responsible to the Tenant
for the nonobservance or violation by any other tenant of any of the rules or
regulations at any time prescribed by the Landlord.
RULES AND REGULATIONS (Continued)
12. Potentially hazardous foods under heat or refrigeration shall be
maintained at appropriate temperatures in accordance with the New York City
Health Code and other applicable legal requirements.
13. Garbage and waste material shall not be permitted to accumulate or
become a nuisance. All refuse shall be disposed of by the Tenant in sealed
plastic bags of adequate strength and size.
14. The Tenant shall promptly notify the Landlord of any inspection of the
premises by governmental agencies having jurisdiction over matters involving
health or safety.
15. The Tenant shall maintain all garbage dumpsters in a clean and
sanitary condition as directed by the Landlord.
16. The Tenant shall be responsible for maintaining the premises rodent
and insect free. Extermination services shall be provided by the Tenant on a
monthly basis and additionally as required by the Landlord.
17. All food storage areas shall be adequately protected against vermin
entry.
18. Drain pipes shall be kept free of obstructions and operable at all
times.
19. Restrooms and lockerrooms shall be kept clean and sanitary at all
times.
20. Exit signs shall be illuminated at all times.
21. Emergency lighting, including battery components, shall be in good
working condition at all times.
