Exhibit 10.1
LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT
THIS LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") dated as of April 19, 2004
is by and between IMMUNEX CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, successor in
interest to Xxxxx Cove Partnership, a Washington general partnership
("Landlord"), and PHOTOWORKS, INC., a Washington corporation, formerly known as
Seattle FilmWorks, Inc., a Washington corporation ("Tenant").
RECITALS
A. Landlord and Tenant are parties to that certain lease agreement dated
March 4, 1997, as amended by that certain first amendment to lease dated as of
January 14, 1998 (the "First Amendment") and that certain second amendment to
lease dated June 14, 2000 (collectively, the "Lease") with respect to office and
warehouse space in the buildings commonly known as 1240 and 0000 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxx in Seattle, Washington (the "Premises").
B. Tenant wishes to vacate the Premises and terminate the Lease before its
stated expiration date, and Landlord has agreed to such vacation and termination
upon the terms and conditions set forth below.
C. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same
meanings as set forth in the Lease.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:
1. Termination
Effective as of April 30, 2004 ("Termination Date"), the Lease shall be
terminated, and the Premises shall be deemed surrendered by Tenant to Landlord;
provided, however, that if Tenant shall, between the date hereof and the
Termination Date, materially violate any provision hereof, and if Tenant shall
not have cured such violation within any applicable notice and cure period
provided to Tenant under the Lease, Landlord shall have the right to declare
this Agreement null and void and to reinstate the Lease in addition to, and not
in lieu of, any other rights or remedies available to Landlord.
2. Vacation
Tenant shall use its best efforts to vacate the Premises on or before
April 30, 2004, but in no event shall Tenant occupy any of the Premises after
May 31, 2004. Tenant shall vacate the Premises in accordance with provisions
relating to the condition of the Premises and removal of Tenant's property
therefrom as agreed by Tenant and Landlord and listed on Schedule 1.
3. Security Deposit
As consideration for this Agreement and Landlord's agreement to terminate
the Lease prior to its stated expiration date, Tenant agrees that Landlord shall
retain the $18,766.00 security deposit currently held by Landlord pursuant to
Section 5 of the Lease.
4. Conveyor; Passageways
Landlord agrees that Tenant shall not be required to remove the Conveyor,
the Passageways or the Access Openings and restore the Premises as required
under Section 1(d) of the First Amendment.
5. Governing Law and Venue
The laws of Washington shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of
this Agreement.
6. Waiver
No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been waived unless
such waiver is in writing signed by the waiving party. Failure by any of the
parties to insist upon the strict performance of any provision of this
Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy upon a breach, shall not
constitute a waiver of such breach, of such provision or of any other provision.
A waiver of one provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any
other provision of this Agreement or a waiver of such provision with respect to
any subsequent breach, unless expressly provided in writing.
7. Costs and Fees
Each party to this Agreement shall pay its respective costs in connection
with the negotiation, drafting, and execution of this Agreement. If, however,
any party files an action to enforce compliance with this Agreement or to allege
a breach of this Agreement, the party prevailing in that action shall be
entitled to recover all costs and attorney fees incurred in connection with such
action, including any appeal arising out of such action.
8. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
concerning the matters referred to herein.
9. Severability
If any part of this Agreement is declared invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the invalidated part shall be amended to reflect the
parties' intentions in a valid manner. If the invalidated part cannot be so
amended, it shall be deleted from this Agreement. In either event, those parts
of the Agreement which have not been declared invalid shall continue in full
force and effect.
10. No Modification Unless Written and Signed
This Agreement shall not be modified unless the parties sign a subsequent
written document that expressly modifies this Agreement.
11. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which taken
together will constitute one and the same instrument, and any party executing
this Agreement may do so by signing any such counterpart.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first
mentioned above.
Landlord:
IMMUNEX CORPORATION,
a Washington corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
Tenant:
PHOTOWORKS, INC.,
a Washington corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: President & CEO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF VENTURA )
On this 26th day of April, 2004, before me, X. Xxxxx, Notary Public,
personally appeared Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, of IMMUNEX CORPORATION, personally known
to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the
instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted,
executed the instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the day
and year first above written.
/s/ X. Xxxxx
(Signature of Notary)
X. Xxxxx ________________________
(Print or stamp name of Notary)
NOTARY PUBLIC.
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
) ss.
COUNTY OF KING )
On this 19th day of April, 2004, before me, the undersigned, a Notary
Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn,
personally appeared Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, to me known to be the person who signed as
President & CEO of PHOTOWORKS, INC., the corporation that executed the within
and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and
voluntary act and deed of said corporation for the uses and purposes therein
mentioned, and on oath stated that he was duly elected, qualified and acting as
said officer of the corporation, that he was authorized to execute said
instrument and that the seal affixed, if any, is the corporate seal of said
corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the day
and year first above written.
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
(Signature of Notary)
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
(Print or stamp name of Notary)
NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State
of Washington, residing at Sammamish.
My appointment expires: 11-7-07.
Schedule 1
Surrender and Premises Restoration Agreement
1. All cyclone fencing with the exception of area surrounding the
electrical panel in the warehouse (Building 2-1250) will be removed.
2. Functional voice/data servers/POP will be disconnected and
inoperable.
3. Furniture and equipment will be removed.
4. Warehouse pallet racking/shelving will be removed.
5. Electrical/voice/data drops will not be removed.
6. Conveyor system (mail machine) will not be removed.
7. Radiant heat in Building 1 (1240) will not be removed.
8. Fire/sprinkler systems will not be removed.
