Execution version
Exhibit 10.41
Execution version |
29 March 2019
B.L.C.T. (PHC 15A) LIMITED
and
MIMECAST SERVICES LIMITED
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MIMECAST LIMITED
0 XXXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXX XX0 LEASE OF 3RD FLOOR |
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INTERPRETATION |
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DEMISE HABENDUM AND REDDENDUM |
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TENANT'S COVENANTS |
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Rent |
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Outgoings |
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Water gas and electricity charges and equipment |
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Repair |
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Decoration and maintenance |
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Yield up |
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Landlord's rights of entry |
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Compliance with notices to remedy |
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Improvements and alterations |
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Notices of a competent authority |
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To comply with enactments |
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To comply with town planning legislation etc |
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User permitted |
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User prohibited |
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Alienation absolutely prohibited |
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Assignment permitted |
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Underletting permitted |
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Registration |
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Not to display advertisements |
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Insurance |
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Notice of damage |
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Landlord's costs |
24 |
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VAT |
24 |
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Regulations affecting the Premises |
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Obstructions and encroachments |
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Covenants and provisions affecting the Landlord's title |
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Operation of plant and equipment |
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Obligations relating to entry and services |
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Registration |
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Energy performance certificates |
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Bicycle Spaces |
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LANDLORD'S COVENANTS |
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Quiet enjoyment |
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Insurance |
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Landlord's obligations in relation to insurance |
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Reinstatement |
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Obligations relating to Services for the Tenant |
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Building Defects |
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Head Lease rents |
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Retail Units |
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PROVISOS |
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Re-entry |
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Suspension of rent |
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Damage before Rent Commencement Date |
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Determination if damage or destruction |
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Roof Terrace |
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Warranty as to use |
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Service of notices |
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Apportionment |
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Exclusions of Landlord's liability |
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Removal of property |
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VAT |
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Sharing of information |
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SURETY |
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CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) XXX 0000 |
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DETERMINATION |
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RIGHT TO RENEW |
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
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FIRST SCHEDULE - The Premises |
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SECOND SCHEDULE |
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Part I Rights granted |
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Part II Rights excepted and reserved |
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THIRD SCHEDULE - Review of Principal Rent |
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FOURTH SCHEDULE - Matters to which the demise is subject |
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FIFTH SCHEDULE - The Service Charge |
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SIXTH SCHEDULE |
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Part I Building Services |
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Part II Estate Services |
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Part III Incidental costs and expenses to be included in the Service Cost |
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SEVENTH SCHEDULE - Surety's Covenant |
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EIGHTH SCHEDULE |
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Appendices:
Appendix A: Plans
Appendix B: Base Building Definition
Appendix C: Occupier Fit-Out Guide
Appendix D: Specification
Appendix E: Reception Side Letter
Appendix F: Western Terrace Side Letter
All appendices have been intentionally omitted.
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PART 1
"Premises" |
The third floor of the Building being the premises described in the First Schedule together with all alterations, additions and improvements thereto other than Tenant's or trade fixtures and fittings |
"Term Commencement Date" |
means 4 March 2019 |
"Contractual Term" |
Fifteen years from and including the Term Commencement Date |
"Principal Rent" |
£2,324,071 per annum (subject to review in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule) |
"Rent Commencement Date" |
means 4 March 2020 |
"Review Dates" |
means 4 March 2024 and every fifth anniversary of that date during the Contractual Term and any date stipulated under paragraph 8 of the Third Schedule |
"Permitted Use" |
High class offices and for ancillary purposes within paragraph (a) of Class B1 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (here meaning the 1987 Order and not any subsequent modification or re-enactment thereof notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1.3) |
PART 2
Term Expiry Date |
3 March 2034 |
Landlord's option to break |
None |
Tenant's option to break |
4 March 2029 |
Landlord and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 |
Not excluded |
Interest on late payments |
2% above base rate |
Interest on shortfall of rent review |
0% above base rate |
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UNDERLEASE (referred to throughout as "this Lease")
DATED 29 March 2019
BETWEEN
(1)B.L.C.T. (PHC 15A) LIMITED (the "Landlord")
(2)MIMECAST SERVICES LIMITED (the "Tenant")
(3)MIMECAST LIMITED (the "Surety")
WITNESSETH as follows:
In this Lease:
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means a fair and reasonable proportion of the Energy Costs that are directly incurred under the Scheme in respect of any Scheme Year wholly in connection with or in relation to the supply of energy to the Building or any part of the Building and such proportion of the Energy Costs shall be made on the following assumptions: |
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(a) the Landlord is a participant in the Scheme; and |
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(b) the Landlord is supplied with energy only at the Building and makes no carbon emissions other than those made from the Building and consumes no energy other than within the Building |
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(and such proportion shall be based upon a comparison of the supply of energy to the Building with the total energy supplied to all the buildings included in the Energy Costs provided that it is agreed by the Landlord that the Energy Levy shall not include any costs incurred in the administration and coordination of compliance with the Scheme by the Landlord or any Group Company of the Landlord within the Scheme nor any fees or expenses of legal advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers engaged by the Landlord or any Group Company of the Landlord in connection with the Scheme) |
Energy Levy Rent |
means a fair and reasonable proportion of the Energy Levy which is attributable on a fair and reasonable basis to the Premises which proportion shall be based: |
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(a) (in the case of energy supplies the use or consumption of which at the Premises is not separately metered) a fair and reasonable proportion of the energy supplied to the Building; and |
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(b) (in the case of energy supplies the use or consumption of which at the Premises is separately metered) on the energy supplied to the Premises as evidenced by the meters or other measuring devices serving the Premises |
Energy Performance Certificate |
means an energy performance certificate and recommendation report as defined in the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 |
Estate |
means the Broadgate Estate from time to time, as shown at the date of this Lease edged red on Plan 2 |
Estate Common Parts |
means each and every open part or parts of the Estate (other than any building or structure) which are from time to time provided by the Landlord or its Group Companies (acting reasonably) for common or general use by or for the benefit of the Tenant and other tenants, licensees and occupiers of the Estate, their employees, agents, servants, licensees and customers and all others authorised by the Landlord or its Group Companies |
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means any of the following uses: (a) turf accountant or betting office; (b) staff or employment agency; (c) amusement arcade; (d) sex shop; (e) sauna or massage parlour (professional physiotherapy or sports massage therapy uses will be permitted); (f) pet shop; (g) launderette or dry cleaners (save where premises to be let are let for the purpose of collection for dry cleaning off the premises); (h) any Government Agency or Department at which the general public are permitted to call without appointment; (i) night club; or (j) traditional high street charity shop |
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Reinstatement Certificate |
means the certificate properly issued by or on behalf of the Landlord certifying that the works to be undertaken by the Landlord in accordance with clause 4.4 have been practically completed |
Renewal Lease |
means the lease of the Premises to be granted pursuant and on the terms set out in clause 9 |
Rents |
means all the rents reserved in clause 2 |
Retail Units |
means those lettable parts of the ground and basement floors of the Building |
Roof Terrace |
means the roof terrace at Level 8 on the eastern side of the Building shown coloured pink and marked "East Terrace" on Plan 3 |
Scheme |
means the mandatory UK cap and trade scheme known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme or the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme as implemented under the Climate Change Act 2008 and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010 the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 (and any modification, amendment, re-enactment or replacement from time to time) and any other similar scheme amending or replacing it (and any other trading scheme relating to greenhouse gas emissions introduced pursuant to Section 44 of the Climate Change Act 2008) |
Scheme Year |
means 1 April to 31 March in each year or such other annual period designated under the Scheme |
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means the provision of wireless data, voice or video connectivity or wireless services either permitting or offering access to the internet or any wireless network mobile network or which involves a wireless or mobile device. |
1.2 |
Where the context requires: |
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words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa; |
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words importing the masculine include the feminine and neuter; |
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where a party consists of more than one person, covenants and obligations of that party shall take effect as joint and several covenants and obligations. |
1.4 |
The clause headings shall not in any way affect the construction of this Lease. |
1.5 |
References to a clause or Schedule shall mean a clause or Schedule of this Lease. |
1.6 |
The powers, rights, matters and discretions reserved to or exercisable by the Landlord hereunder shall also be reserved to or exercisable by their (or any superior landlord's) properly authorised servants, managers, agents, appointees or workmen (the identity of which have been notified to the Tenant in advance where exercise of such rights or reservations requires access to the Premises) but in all cases subject to the same obligations as the Landlord under this Lease. |
1.7 |
Wherever in this Lease the consent or approval of the Landlord is required the relevant provision shall be construed as also requiring the consent or approval of any superior landlord where the same shall be required pursuant to the Head Lease which the Landlord shall use all reasonable endeavours to obtain as expeditiously as possible and the Tenant shall bear the cost of obtaining such consents together with all surveyors’ professional or other fees and disbursements in connection therewith unless such consent is unreasonably withheld or delayed in circumstances where it is unlawful to do so. |
1.8 |
Any covenant on the part of either party not to do any act or thing includes a covenant not to suffer or permit the doing of that act or thing. |
1.9 |
If any provision of this Lease or its application to any person or circumstance or for any period is held to be invalid or unenforceable by any judicial or other competent authority, all other provisions of this Lease and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances or for other periods shall remain in full force and effect and shall not in any way be impaired. If any provision of this Lease is held to be invalid or unenforceable but would be valid or enforceable if some part of the provision were deleted, or the period of the obligation reduced in time, or the range of activities or area covered reduced in scope, the provision in question will apply with the minimum modifications necessary to make it valid and enforceable. |
The Landlord demises with full title guarantee the Premises to the Tenant TOGETHER WITH the rights set out in Part I of the Second Schedule but EXCEPTING AND RESERVING to the Landlord and all others authorised by the Landlord the rights set out in Part II of the Second Schedule TO HOLD the same for the Contractual Term (determinable as herein provided) SUBJECT to (and so far as applicable with the benefit of) the exceptions and reservations, rights, covenants, conditions, agreements or other matters contained or referred to in the Head Lease and the deeds and documents referred to in the Fourth Schedule so far as the same relate to or affect the Premises reserving as rent:
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in respect of the period from the Term Commencement Date to and including the day before the Rent Commencement Date a rent of one peppercorn on demand; |
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in respect of the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date until and including 3 March 2024 the yearly rent of two million three hundred and twenty four thousand and seventy one Pounds (£2,324,071); |
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thereafter the yearly rent determined in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule, |
such rent to be paid by four equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual quarter days the first payment to be made on the Rent Commencement Date in respect of the period commencing on the Rent Commencement Date and expiring on but including the day immediately preceding the next following quarter day; and
SECONDLY a yearly rent equal to a fair and reasonable proportion to be determined by the Landlord (acting reasonably) of the sum or sums paid by the Landlord in performance of the Landlord's covenant for insurance in clause 4.2 (and including the costs properly incurred by the Landlord in connection with the revaluations of the Building for insurance purposes not more than once in every three years and annual desk top updatings of such valuations) such yearly rent to be paid within 21 days of written demand; and
THIRDLY a yearly rent equal to whichever shall be the greater of the Service Charge or the Interim Sum (each as defined in the Fifth Schedule such yearly rent to be paid at the times and in the manner provided in the Fifth Schedule and the first instalment of the Interim Sum shall become due on the date hereof and shall relate to the period commencing on the Term Commencement Date and ending on and including 23 June 2019; and
FOURTHLY by way of additional rent to be paid within 21 days of receipt of written demand an amount equal to interest calculated on a daily basis at an annual rate equivalent to two percentage points above the Prescribed Rate on any instalment (or part thereof) of the Rents or any other sum of money of whatsoever nature due from the Tenant to the Landlord under the provisions of this Lease not received by the Landlord on the due date for payment and all such interest to be in addition and without prejudice to the right of re-entry or to any other remedy herein contained or by-law vested in the Landlord; and
FIFTHLY by way of additional rent any VAT payable pursuant to clauses 3.87 to 3.91.
The Tenant covenants with the Landlord:
Rent
3.1 |
To pay the Rents at the times and in manner aforesaid without any deduction or set-off (whether legal or equitable) save as may be required by-law. |
Outgoings
3.2 |
To pay or reimburse the Landlord for (or in the absence of direct assessment on the Premises to pay to the Landlord or reimburse the Landlord against a fair and reasonable proportion to be determined by the Landlord's Surveyor acting properly and reasonably of) all existing and future rates, duties, taxes, assessments, impositions, charges and other outgoings whatsoever (whether parliamentary, parochial, local or of any other description and whether or not of a capital or non-recurring nature or of a wholly novel character) which are now or at any time during the Term charged, levied, assessed, imposed upon, payable in respect of or attributable to the Premises or in respect of any part thereof or upon or by any owner, landlord, tenant or occupier of them or any Group Company of an owner, landlord, tenant or occupier thereof other than: |
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any tax payable or assessed as a result of any dealing with (including any actual or deemed disposal of) any reversion immediately or mediately expectant on this Lease; or |
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any tax payable or assessed in respect of the Rents or other payments reserved or payable hereunder (save for VAT); or |
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any future property ownership tax payable or assessment in respect of any reversionary interest in the Premises (except to the extent specifically herein provided to be paid by the Tenant); or |
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any tax payable or assessed on the Landlord in respect of or arising out of or relating to the grant of this Lease. |
3.4 |
Upon making any proposal to alter the rating list so far as the list relates to the Premises or lodging an appeal in respect thereof to supply to the Landlord promptly copies of all relevant correspondence and documentation. |
3.5 |
Without prejudice to clause 3.3 within 14 days of receipt to provide the Landlord with a copy of any notice of an alteration or proposed alteration in the rating list that will or may affect the Premises. |
Water, gas and electricity charges and equipment/Outside Normal Business Hours Charges/Electricity Cost
3.6 |
To the extent that the same are not included in the Service Charge (as defined in the Fifth Schedule), the Outside Normal Business Hours Charges or the Electricity Cost to pay to the suppliers thereof all charges for water and electricity (including meter rents) consumed in the Premises (or in the absence of direct assessment on the Premises to pay the Landlord a fair and reasonable proportion thereof to be determined by the Landlord's Surveyor acting reasonably). |
3.7 |
To comply with the requirements and regulations of the respective supply authorities with regard to the water and electrical installations and equipment in the Premises. |
3.8 |
To pay the Outside Normal Business Hours Charges monthly in arrears within 21 days of receipt of written demand. |
3.9 |
To pay the Electricity Cost either annually or by no more than four instalments on the usual quarter days) subject to receipt of a written demand in respect of the Electricity Cost at least 14 days prior to the relevant payment day. |
Repair
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agreement) and in pursuing any claim against the insurers of the Building and/or the Premises provided that the Landlord reimburses the Tenant in respect of any liabilities or costs reasonably and properly incurred in relation to any such claim. |
Decoration and maintenance
Yield up
3.16 |
If the Termination of the Tenancy occurs as the result of the exercise of the determination rights granted to the Tenant pursuant to clause 8, whilst clause 3.13 will apply at the date of determination the Landlord shall be entitled to recover from the Tenant dilapidations subsequent to the determination of the Lease pursuant to exercise of clause 8 on the basis that the Tenant had a repairing obligation at the termination of the Lease in the Lease in the terms of clause 3.15 above. |
Landlord's rights of entry
3.17 |
To permit the Landlord, its agents and all persons authorised by the Landlord at all reasonable times on not less than 24 hours' prior notice (except in the case of emergency) to enter and remain upon the Premises for the purposes of the exercise of all or any of the rights set out in paragraph 2 of Part II of the Second Schedule subject to the conditions set out in such paragraph. |
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Compliance with notices to remedy
3.20 |
To pay to the Landlord within 21 days of receipt of written demand the reasonable and proper costs and expenses properly and reasonably incurred by the Landlord under the provisions of clause 3.17 which sums shall be recoverable as rent in arrears. |
Improvements and alterations
3.23 |
Not to make any alterations, additions or adjustments to the Premises or the Landlord's Services Equipment within the Premises or any other plant, machinery or equipment within the Premises that would whether alone or in aggregate: |
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have a materially adverse effect on the operation or efficiency of the Landlord's Services Equipment whether within the Premises or in any other part of the Building; |
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result in any increase in the level of services to be provided to the Premises by the Landlord's Services Equipment in excess of the Design Standards; or |
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adversely affect the Energy Performance Certificate of the Premises or the Building (were such Energy Performance Certificate to be re-assessed following completion of the proposed alterations, additions or adjustments). |
3.24 |
Not to make any other alterations, additions or adjustments to the Landlord's Services Equipment within the Premises without the prior consent of the Landlord (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or otherwise than in accordance in all respects with drawings and specifications previously submitted to and approved by the Landlord (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). |
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3.27 |
Not to install or maintain within the Premises any equipment or systems providing Wireless Data Services in such a manner as shall have a material adverse effect on other tenants' equipment or systems within the Building or the Landlord's Services Equipment it being agreed that the installation of any equipment or systems providing Wireless Data Services which are not likely to have any such a material adverse effect shall not require the consent of the Landlord. |
3.28 |
To take all reasonably necessary steps to alter (and if alteration is not possible to remove) any such equipment or systems providing Wireless Data Services as soon as reasonably possible following notice from the Landlord requiring the Tenant to do so if such equipment or systems can be shown by the Landlord to have a material adverse effect on other tenants' equipment or systems within the Building or the Landlord's Services Equipment. |
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in such a manner as not to affect in an adverse manner (save temporarily until they have been rebalanced) the operation or efficiency of the Landlord's Services Equipment or to impact on the Building's health and safety systems and provided further that the Tenant shall remove any such works that can be reasonably shown by the Landlord to affect in an adverse manner the operation or efficiency of the Landlord's Services Equipment or to impact on the Building's health and safety systems as soon as reasonably possible upon notice from the Landlord requiring it to do so (the Landlord acknowledging that in respect of the Tenant's Works being carried out pursuant to the Agreement for Lease it shall have no right to require that the Tenant's Works are removed or altered pursuant to clauses 3.29 to 3.30); and |
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in such a manner (provided the Landlord has to the Tenant given full details (where details have not already been provided prior to the date of this Lease) of the relevant trade contract and/or relevant appointment of the member of the professional team) as not to affect adversely the Landlord's ability to pursue a trade contractor or member of the professional team in respect of a breach of contract appointment or warranty in connection with the carrying out of the works to construct the Building; and |
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in accordance with the Occupier Fit Out Guide. |
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any consent of the Landlord required under the provisions of clauses 3.21 to 3.31 may only be given by way of deed; |
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any such deed shall contain covenants by the Tenant with the Landlord in regard to the execution of the works to the Premises and other conditions and restrictions in such form as the Landlord may reasonably require; |
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where the works affect the Landlord's Services Equipment, the Service Conduits and Appliances or the structural stability of the Building the Landlord shall be entitled to require to approve the identity of the contractors, builders or other professionals or persons appointed in respect of the works for which consent is given (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and may if reasonable depending on the nature of the works require the Tenant to procure appropriate collateral warranties or third party rights in the Landlord's favour from the Tenant's relevant contractors and professionals in a form reasonably required by the Landlord; and |
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the Tenant shall pay the reasonable and proper legal and surveyors' costs and expenses reasonably and properly incurred by the Landlord in relation to the granting of any such consent. |
3.33 |
In the event that the Tenant shall carry out works to the Premises in breach of the provisions of clauses 3.18 to 3.29 the Landlord may give to the Tenant notice of any such breach and if the Tenant shall not have remedied such breach within 21 days of the giving of any such notice (or earlier in case of emergency) the Landlord will be entitled having given not less than five days’ notice (or earlier in case of emergency) to enter the Premises and remove such works or any part thereof and reinstate the Premises provided always that the proper costs thereby incurred including interest calculated at four per cent above the Prescribed Rate shall be paid by the Tenant within seven days of demand and shall be recoverable by the Landlord as rent in arrears. |
Connectivity and Spectrum Management
3.36 |
The Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge that, taking account of their respective, rights, duties and obligations in this Lease and the Landlord's overriding obligation to ensure that the tenants of individual demises within the Building have the quiet enjoyment of their respective demises, the provisions of clauses 3.34 and 3.35 together with the application of the Spectrum Management Policy represent a fair and reasonable arrangement, in relation to the Premises and are: |
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reasonably necessary in order to ensure compliance with applicable statutory and non-statutory health and safety rules, regulations and best practice in relation to exposure to electromagnetic radio waves promulgated by the International Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection and the National Radiological Protection Board, the European Council and The Health & Safety Executive. |
Notices of a competent authority
3.38 |
Within 14 days (or sooner if requisite) of the receipt by the Tenant of any notice, order, requisition, direction or plan given, made or issued to or by a competent authority relating to the Premises or the Building or involving any liability or alleged liability on the part of the Landlord or any superior landlord to supply a copy thereof to the Landlord and at the request and cost of the Landlord to make or join in making such objections or representations against the same or in respect thereof as the Landlord may reasonably require unless the Tenant reasonably considers that to support any objection as represented is against the bona fide business interests of the Tenant. |
To comply with enactments
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Not knowingly at any time to do or omit to be done in on or about the Building and/or the Premises any act or thing by reason of which the Landlord may under any Act incur or have imposed upon it or become liable to pay any penalty, damage, compensation, fees, costs, charges or expenses. |
3.41 |
To notify the Landlord in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after the Tenant becomes aware of any physical defect in the Building and/or the Premises. |
3.42 |
Upon the Tenant becoming aware of the happening of any occurrence or receipt of any notice order direction or other thing from a competent authority affecting the Building and/or the Premises whether the same shall be served directly upon the Tenant or the original or a copy thereof be received from any underlessee or other person whatsoever to as soon as reasonably practicable deliver a copy thereof to the Landlord and at the cost of the Landlord to make or join in making such objection or representations against or in respect thereof as the Landlord may reasonably require unless the Tenant reasonably considers that to support any objection or representation is against the bona fide business interests of the Tenant. |
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To comply with town planning legislation etc
3.44 |
To comply with the provisions and requirements of the Planning Acts and of all planning permissions so far as the same respectively relate to the Premises or any part thereof or any operations works acts or things already or hereafter to be carried out executed done or omitted thereon or the use thereof for any purpose. |
3.45 |
Not to make any application for planning permission in respect of the Premises without the previous written consent of the Landlord, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. |
3.46 |
Subject only to any statutory direction to the contrary to pay and satisfy any charge or levy that may hereafter be imposed under the Planning Acts in respect of the carrying out or maintenance to the Premises by the Tenant, any Group Company of the Tenant, any subtenant or their respective agents, servants, licensees or invitees of any operations which may constitute development or the institution of any such operations or the institution or continuance of any use which may constitute development. |
3.47 |
Notwithstanding any consent which may be granted by the Landlord under this Lease not to carry out any development in or to the Premises (whether by alteration or addition or change of use thereto) before all necessary notices under the Planning Acts in respect thereof have been served and all such necessary planning permissions have been produced to the Landlord and in the case of a planning permission acknowledged by it in writing as satisfactory to it (such acknowledgement of satisfaction by the Landlord not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) but so that the Landlord may refuse so to express its satisfaction with any such planning permission on the ground that any condition contained therein or anything omitted therefrom or the period thereof would in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord's Surveyor be or be likely to be materially prejudicial to its interest in the Building or any adjoining property whether during the subsistence of this Lease or following the determination or expiration thereof. |
3.48 |
Unless the Landlord shall otherwise direct, to carry out and complete before the Termination of the Tenancy: |
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(a) |
any works stipulated to be carried out to the Premises by a date subsequent to such expiration or sooner determination as a condition of any planning permission granted to the Tenant for any development begun before such expiration or sooner determination; and |
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(b) |
any works begun by the Tenant, any Group Company of the Tenant or any subtenant or their respective agents, servants, licensees or invitees upon the Premises, |
PROVIDED ALWAYS that the Tenant shall have the option of removing such works and reinstating the Premises to such condition as they were in before the relevant works were commenced.
3.49 |
If and when called upon so to do to produce to the Landlord or the Landlord's Surveyor all such plans documents and other evidence as the Landlord may reasonably require in order to satisfy itself that the provisions of this covenant have been complied with in all respects. |
User permitted
3.50 |
To use and occupy the Premises only as high class offices and for ancillary purposes within paragraph (a) of Class B1 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (here |
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meaning the 1987 Order and not any subsequent modification or re-enactment thereof notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1.3) but for the avoidance of doubt the Landlord agrees that the following ancillary uses are permitted in connection with the use of the Premises by the Tenant for so long as they remain ancillary in nature only: |
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(a) |
kitchen and dining facilities; and |
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(b) |
auditorium for meetings. |
User prohibited
3.51 |
Not to store or bring upon the Premises any materials or liquid of a specially combustible, inflammable, dangerous or offensive nature (other than those properly required in connection with the use of the Premises and then only in appropriate containers). |
3.53 |
Not to use the Premises or any part thereof for any illegal purpose. |
3.54 |
Not to bring into or upon the Premises or do anything which puts on the Premises or any part thereof any load or weight in excess of that which the Premises or any part thereof are designed or constructed to bear nor knowingly to cause any undue vibration to the Premises or any part thereof by machinery or otherwise. |
3.55 |
Not to obstruct or permit to be obstructed whether by loading or unloading goods or any other means any part of the Building or to do anything which is a source of danger to persons using the same and to load and unload goods only in accordance with the rights granted to the Tenant in Part I of the Second Schedule. |
3.56 |
Not to hold any sales by auction, exhibitions, public meetings or public entertainments (other than for the benefit of the Tenant's or a Group Company's members of staff) at the Premises nor to permit any vocal or instrumental music to be performed therein which can be heard from outside the Premises provided that this sub-clause shall not prevent the Tenant or any permitted undertenant or occupier of the Premises from holding meetings of clients and their shareholders or members within the Premises. |
3.57 |
Not to permit any person to reside in the Premises. |
3.58 |
Not to obstruct, hinder or otherwise interfere with the proper exercise by the Landlord and authorised persons of the rights reserved in Part II of the Second Schedule hereto. |
3.59 |
To use reasonable endeavours not to cause the drains to be obstructed by oil, grease or other deleterious matter. |
3.60 |
Not to load or use the lifts in the Building in any manner that will or may cause strain or damage to the lifts in the Building beyond their design capabilities. |
Alienation absolutely prohibited
3.62 |
Not to charge or assign part only of the Premises. |
3.63 |
Not to part with possession or share occupation of or declare any trust in respect of the Premises or any part thereof other than by way of: |
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(a) |
an assignment permitted under clause 3.65; or |
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(b) |
an underlease permitted under clauses 3.69 to 3.73, |
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PROVIDED THAT occupation of the Premises or any part or parts thereof by a Group Company of the Tenant and/or an Associated Entity shall not be in breach of this covenant provided further that:
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(c) |
no legal estate or other right of tenancy shall be created; |
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(d) |
the Tenant shall as soon as reasonably practicable upon being requested in writing to do so by the Landlord give the identity of such Group Company or Associated Entity, the relationship of the Group Company or Associated Entity to the Tenant and the area occupied; and |
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(e) |
the Tenant shall procure (and hereby covenants to this effect) that any such Group Company and/or Associated Entity shall vacate the Premises forthwith upon whichever is the earlier of the date of expiration or sooner determination of this Lease and the date on which such company or entity ceases to be a Group Company of the Tenant or Associated Entity (as the case may be). |
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(a) |
has the right to claim diplomatic immunity or exemption in relation to the observance and performance of the covenants and conditions of and contained in this Lease; or |
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(b) |
is a provider of serviced offices or co-working workspace, |
PROVIDED ALWAYS that nothing in this clause 3.64 and shall prevent the Tenant from underletting to a sub-tenant where the Tenant agrees to provide managed services of any nature to such sub-lessee.
Assignment permitted
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(a) |
save in the case of an assignment to a Group Company the Tenant has first given written notice to the Landlord pursuant to the provisions of clause 3.75; |
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(b) |
the proposed assignee is reasonably acceptable to the Landlord assessed on the basis of the cumulative total of the rents that such proposed assignee will be contracting to pay within the Building (in respect of this and any other leases) against usual prudent institutional standards applied in the market place at the date of application for consent; |
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(c) |
if the Landlord so reasonably requires, on or before completion of the assignment the Tenant enters into a deed of guarantee in the form attached in the Eighth Schedule (with such amendments as the parties may reasonably agree) with the Landlord in relation to the proposed assignment (and any guarantor of the Tenant if the Landlord reasonably considers that the guarantee of the Tenant is not sufficient) guarantees in such form as the Landlord reasonably requires the Tenant's obligations under such authorised guarantee agreement; |
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if the Landlord so reasonably requires on or before completion of the assignment the assignee shall provide a guarantor or guarantors acceptable to the Landlord (acting reasonably) who shall covenant (jointly and severally) with the Landlord in the terms contained in the Seventh Schedule (or in such other terms as the Landlord may reasonably require due to changes in law). |
3.66 |
The conditions set out in clause 3.65 shall not operate to limit the Landlord's right to impose any other reasonable conditions on the grant of such consent or to refuse consent on any other ground or grounds where such refusal would be reasonable. |
3.67 |
Where an assignment would result in a proposed assignee taking a Level or Levels that are connected to other premises demised to the Tenant by an internal staircase and that assignee does not also simultaneously take an assignment of the relevant lease(s) relating to all such Levels, the Tenant shall remove such staircase(s) and reinstate the Premises so affected by such removal to reflect the condition set out in the section of the Specification marked "Category A Specification" and make good any physical damage caused by such reinstatement prior to the completion of the assignment PROVIDED ALWAYS that such reinstatement obligation will not apply if the assignee is a Group Company of the Tenant and the Tenant shall ensure that any transfer to a Group Company contains a provision stating that such Group Company shall comply with the reinstatement provisions of this clause 3.67 immediately upon such assignee and the Tenant ceasing to be Group Companies. |
Underletting permitted
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(a) |
the rent to be reserved by the underlease shall be the rent reasonably obtainable in the open market without taking a fine or premium and shall not be commuted or payable more than one quarter in advance; and |
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(b) |
prior to the entering into of any underlease (or if earlier the parties to that underlease becoming contractually bound to enter into it) the parties to the underlease will enter into a valid agreement under Section 38(a) of the Landlord and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 to exclude the provisions of Sections 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 in relation to that underlease and the Tenant shall provide copies of such valid agreement to the Landlord prior to entering into any such underlease. |
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3.70 |
Not to underlet part only of the Premises without the prior written consent of the Landlord which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that: |
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(a) |
the rent to be reserved by the underlease shall be the rent reasonably obtainable in the open market without taking a fine or premium and shall not be commuted or payable more than one quarter in advance; and |
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(b) |
prior to the entering into of any underlease (or if earlier the parties to that underlease becoming contractually bound to enter into it) the parties to the underlease will enter into a valid agreement under Section 38(a) of the Landlord and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 to exclude the provisions of Sections 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 in relation to that underlease and the Tenant shall provide copies of such valid agreement to the Landlord prior to entering into any such underlease; and |
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(c) |
at no time shall the number of occupiers of any floor of the Premises exceed four, any occupation by the Tenant being taking into account for this purpose (and any occupation by a Group Company of the Tenant ranking as occupation by the Tenant for this purpose); and |
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(d) |
the Tenant shall have regard (inter alia) to the position of the cores in the Building and means of escape from the underlet premises and ensure such demise is capable of separate and independent occupation. |
3.71 |
To incorporate or procure the incorporation in every permitted mediate or immediate underlease of the Premises or any part thereof: |
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(a) |
such provisions as are necessary to ensure that the rent thereunder is reviewed at the same frequency (but not necessarily on the same dates provided that where any underlease rent review would fall within six months either side of the rent review under this Lease then it is to coincide with the rent reviews provided for in this Lease) and upon substantially the same terms as for the review of rent under this Lease provided that if it is common market practice at the relevant time for the review of rents to be undertaken on an alternative basis the Tenant shall be entitled to underlet in accordance with then market practice and provided further that any underlease for a term of five years or less will not be required to provide for the rent thereunder to be reviewed; and |
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(b) |
a covenant that the undertenant shall not assign, charge or (in case of an underlease of part of the Premises) underlet part only of the premises thereby demised; and |
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(c) |
a covenant that the undertenant shall not assign the whole of the premises thereby demised unless on or before completion of the assignment the undertenant if reasonably required enters into an authorised guarantee agreement with the Tenant in such form as the Landlord reasonably requires in relation to the proposed assignment; and |
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(d) |
a covenant that the undertenant shall not assign the whole of the premises thereby demised without the consent of both the Landlord and the Tenant under this Lease which (in the case of the Landlord) shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and |
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(e) |
a covenant that the undertenant shall not part with or share possession or occupation of or declare a trust in respect of the premises thereby demised save by way of an assignment, underletting or charge pursuant to the provisions hereinbefore referred to (save for parting with or sharing occupation or possession with a Group Company or an Associated Entity of the undertenant upon like terms to those referred to in the proviso to clause 3.60); and |
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(g) |
a condition for re-entry in the form or substantially in the form referred to in clause 5.1. |
3.72 |
Upon any permitted underlease to procure that the undertenant shall give a direct covenant by deed in favour of the Landlord to observe and perform the covenants and conditions on the part of the Tenant contained in this Lease (save as to payment of the rents hereby reserved) insofar as the same relate to the premises underlet and if the Landlord reasonably so requires it to procure that such guarantor or guarantors for the underlessee as may be reasonably acceptable to the Landlord guarantee such covenants in the terms contained in the Seventh Schedule (or in such other terms as the Landlord may reasonably require). |
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(a) |
not consent to or participate in any variation to any such underlease (or any of the terms thereof) without the prior consent of the Landlord which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; |
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(b) |
enforce all the covenants and obligations of the underlessee thereunder and not expressly or knowingly by implication waive any breach of the same; |
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(c) |
duly and efficiently operate and effect all reviews of rent pursuant to the terms of any such underlease and prior to agreeing any such review to give reasonable notice to the Landlord of the proposed level of rent and to have regard to (but without being bound by) any reasonable representations made by the Landlord in relation to such level of rent. |
3.74 |
Within one month after any reasonable written request by the Landlord (but not more than once in any period of 12 months) to notify the Landlord in writing; |
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(a) |
whether the Tenant occupies the Premises wholly or in part; |
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(b) |
whether the Tenant has granted an underlease of the whole or any part of the Premises and if so to advise the Landlord of the rent reserved by any underlease and the full name and address of any underlessee; and |
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(c) |
whether there are any other occupiers of the Premises and if so the identity of those occupiers their relationship with the Tenant and the principal terms on which they occupy. |
Charging permitted
Not to charge the whole of the Premises (save by way of floating charge to a reputable institution in respect of substantially the whole of the Tenant's business where consent shall not be required) without the prior written consent of the Landlord, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Intention to market
3.76 |
The Tenant shall thereafter keep the Landlord informed of progress and of expressions of interest from potential assignees and shall afford the Landlord a reasonable opportunity to negotiate with the Tenant with regards to a potential surrender of the Lease. |
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3.77 |
Within one month after any assignment, underlease, assignment of underlease, mortgage, charge, transfer, disposition or devolution of the Premises or any part thereof or any devolution of the estate of the Tenant therein or of this Lease to give notice thereof in duplicate to the Landlord's solicitors and to supply them with a certified copy of the instrument or instruments (including any relevant probate letters of administration or assent) for retention by the Landlord. |
Not to display advertisements
3.78 |
Save as expressly permitted by paragraph 6 of Part I of the Second Schedule not to erect, paint, affix, attach or display any placard, poster, notice, advertisement, name or sign or anything whatever in the nature of an advertisement by display or lights or otherwise in or upon the Premises and/or the Building or any part thereof (including the windows). |
Insurance
3.79 |
Not to knowingly do anything whereby any policy of insurance relating to the Building and/or the Premises may become void or voidable or whereby the rate of premium thereon may be increased where the Tenant has been notified in writing of the relevant terms of the policy and to take such precautions against fire as may be deemed necessary by the Landlord (acting reasonably) or its insurers or required by-law and (in each case) notified to the Tenant. |
3.80 |
Not to effect or maintain any insurance in respect of the Building and/or the Premises (except as to the Tenant's fixtures and contents). |
3.81 |
To reimburse to the Landlord a fair and reasonable proportion of any sum payable in respect of excess payable on any insurance policy relating to the Building. |
Notice of damage
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3.85 |
To indemnify the Landlord against and to pay within 21 days of written demand all costs and expenses including professional fees incurred by the Landlord in connection with all and every loss and damage whatsoever incurred or sustained by the Landlord as a consequence of every breach of the covenants by and conditions on the part of the Tenant set out herein or implied PROVIDED that such indemnity shall extend to and cover all costs and expenses properly incurred by the Landlord in connection with any steps which the Landlord may reasonably take to remedy any such breach and be without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Landlord in respect of any such breach any such sum arising hereunder to be recoverable by action or at the option of the Landlord as rent in arrear PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the Landlord shall in relation to all indemnities given by the Tenant in this Lease: |
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(a) |
as soon as reasonably practicable give the Tenant written notice and full details of any claim against the Landlord from a third party; |
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(b) |
consider and pay due account to written representations made by the Tenant relating to any such claim; |
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(c) |
not settle or compromise any such claim unless the Landlord is required to do so by its insurers; |
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(d) |
use all reasonable endeavours to mitigate as far as practicable any loss or costs incurred by or caused to it as a result of such claim. |
Landlord's costs
3.86 |
By way of further or additional rent to pay within 21 days of written demand all costs, expenses, charges, damages and losses (including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing solicitors' costs, counsel's, architects' and surveyors' and other professional fees and commissions payable to a bailiff) properly incurred by the Landlord of or incidental to: |
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(a) |
the preparation and service of any notice under Sections 146 and 147 of the Law of Property Xxx 0000 (whether or not any right of re-entry or forfeiture has been waived by the Landlord or a notice served under the said Section 146 or 147 is complied with by the Tenant or the Tenant has been relieved under the provisions of the said Act and notwithstanding forfeiture is avoided otherwise than by relief granted by the court); |
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(c) |
the enforcement of the covenants given by the Tenant in this Lease including the remedying of any breaches; |
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(d) |
in connection with every application for any consent made under this Lease whether such consent shall be granted or not or the application withdrawn except where such consent shall be unreasonably withheld or delayed by the Landlord or granted on terms which are unreasonable in either case in circumstances where it is not entitled to do so; |
any schedule relating to wants of repair to the Premises whether served during or within three months after the termination of this Lease, provided that in the case of paragraphs (d) and (e) above such costs are to have been reasonably incurred by the Landlord.
VAT
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3.89 |
The Tenant is not intending to use and will not use all or any part of the Building for a relevant charitable purpose (within the meaning of Schedule 8, Group 5 (Note 6) VAT Act 1994). |
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(a) |
any VAT paid or payable by the Landlord which is or may become irrecoverable due to the Landlord's supplies not being taxable; |
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(b) |
any amount in respect of any VAT which the Landlord has to account for or will have to account for to HM Revenue & Customs under the provisions of Part XIV or Part XV of the VAT Regulations; |
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(c) |
any consequential penalties, interest and/or default surcharge; and |
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(d) |
any additional liability to corporation tax on any payment made to the Landlord under this clause. |
Regulations affecting the Premises
Obstructions and encroachments
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Covenants and provisions affecting the Landlord's title
3.95 |
By way of indemnity only to observe and perform the covenants and provisions (other than any obligation to pay any monies) affecting the title of the Landlord specified in the deeds and documents set out in the Fourth Schedule insofar as they relate to the Premises and are still subsisting. |
Operation of plant and equipment
3.96 |
To operate and use all such plant, machinery and equipment as is installed in the Premises from time to time and connected to the Landlord's Services Equipment in accordance with the manufacturers' recommended method of operation and not to use such plant, machinery and equipment in such manner as to affect in a materially adverse manner the operation of the Landlord's Services Equipment. |
Obligations relating to entry and services
3.97 |
At all times when exercising any right granted to the Tenant for entry to any other part of the Building: |
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(a) |
to cause (and procure that all those exercising the said rights on its behalf cause) as little damage and interference as is reasonably practicable to the remainder of the Building and the business of the tenants and occupiers thereof carried on thereat and to make good any physical damage caused to such areas to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord and the tenants and occupiers thereof; |
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(b) |
to comply with the reasonable security requirements of the Landlord and the tenants and occupiers of the remainder of the Building and where requisite the Tenant or such other person exercising the said rights shall only exercise such rights while accompanied by a representative of the Landlord or the tenant or occupier of the relevant part of the remainder of the Building. |
Surety
3.98 |
In the event that any person firm or body corporate which has or shall have guaranteed the Tenant’s obligations contained in this Lease shall die or an event shall occur in relation to such person a firm or body corporate of the type referred to in clauses 5.1(c) to 5.1(f) then without delay to give notice thereof to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord (acting reasonably and having regard to the financial covenant strength of the Tenant) at the expense of the Tenant within 30 working days thereafter to procure that some other guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant’s obligations contained in this Lease in the form referred to in the Seventh Schedule (or on such other terms as the Landlord shall reasonably require). |
Registration
3.99 |
To apply for first registration of this Lease at the Land Registry as soon as reasonably practicable after this Lease is granted. |
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(a) |
a note of the title number allocated to this Lease; and |
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(b) |
an official copy of the registered title to this Lease showing the Tenant as registered proprietor. |
3.101 |
On determination of this Lease (whether by effluxion of time or otherwise) to apply to the Land Registry for closure of the Tenant's registered title to this Lease and for removal of all notices relating to this Lease from the Landlord's title. |
Energy Performance Certificates
3.102 |
Before instructing an energy assessor to prepare any Energy Performance Certificate in respect of the Premises the Tenant shall first give notice to the Landlord informing the Landlord of the area to which the proposed Energy Performance Certificate will relate and the identity of the energy assessor must be reputable and suitably qualified. |
3.103 |
At the Landlord's request the Tenant shall supply the energy assessor with any drawings specifications data or other information that the Landlord (acting reasonably) provides to the Tenant. |
3.104 |
The Tenant shall provide to the Landlord a copy of any Energy Performance Certificate that the Tenant obtains in respect of the Premises. |
3.105 |
The Tenant shall within 72 hours of receipt of written request permit any energy assessor instructed by or on behalf of the Landlord to enter on and inspect the Premises (in the company of an employee of the Tenant if required by the Tenant) at reasonable times and the Tenant shall provide to such energy assessor such information as the Landlord may reasonably request at the cost of the Landlord. |
Bicycle Spaces
3.107 |
Not to do anything in or about the bicycle parking spaces referred to in paragraph 7 of Part I of the Second Schedule or the service roads or accessways leading thereto which would or could constitute a nuisance, annoyance, obstruction, disturbance or cause damage to the Landlord or the tenants or other occupiers of the Building. |
Compliance with Head Lease provisions
3.110 |
Not to do or omit anything thing which would or might cause the Landlord to be in breach of the Head Lease. |
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The Landlord covenants with the Tenant:
Quiet enjoyment
4.1 |
That the Tenant may peaceably hold and enjoy the Premises without any interruption by the Landlord or any person rightfully claiming under or in trust for the Landlord or by title paramount. |
Insurance
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(a) |
the Building and keep the same insured with a reputable insurer in the name of the Landlord subject to such exclusions, excesses and limitations as may be imposed by the insurers and as are common in the London insurance market from time to time against: |
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(iii) |
(to the extent to which the same is not covered by clause 4.2(a)(i)) where applicable engineering and electrical plant and machinery being part of the Building against sudden and unforeseen damage breakdown and inspection; |
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(iv) |
property owner's liability and such other insurances as the Landlord may from time to time (acting reasonably) deem necessary to effect; |
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Landlord's obligations in relation to insurance
4.3 |
In relation to the policy or policies of insurance effected by the Landlord pursuant to its obligations contained in this Lease: |
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(a) |
to produce not more than once in any 12 month period (and one further time in such 12 month period if requested by the Tenant) at the cost of the Tenant and as soon as reasonably practicable following demand either a complete copy or full details of the policy or policies of insurance with full details of any additions or amendments made thereto and either a copy of the last premium, renewal, receipt or reasonable evidence of the fact that the last insurance premium has been paid; |
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(b) |
to procure (unless having used all reasonable endeavours it is unable to procure such a policy at commercial rates) that the interest of the Tenant and any mortgagee of the Tenant (or a general interests clause) is noted or endorsed on the policy or policies of insurance; |
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(c) |
to use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the insurance policy contains terms whereby the insurers will not pursue subrogation rights against the Tenant and its lawful undertenants, licensees and agents (other than where the loss has been occasioned or contributed to by the fraudulent or criminal or malicious act of the Tenant or its undertenants, licensees or agents); |
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(d) |
to use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the insurance policy contains a non-invalidation clause. |
Reinstatement
4.5 |
It is agreed that all monies claimed or received by the Landlord pursuant to clause 4.2(b) belong to the Tenant and shall be held on trust for the Tenant pending application in reinstatement and the Landlord shall keep the Tenant fully informed regarding any claim in respect of insurance monies pursuant to clause 4.2(b) and act in accordance with the Tenant's reasonable instructions at the Tenant's cost. |
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Obligations relating to Services for the Tenant
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(a) |
the Services during Normal Business Hours (and Normal Business Hours shall in the case of security and reception facilities for the Building be on a 24/7 basis); and |
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(b) |
outside Normal Business Hours such of the Services as the Landlord shall in its reasonable discretion deem appropriate; and |
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(c) |
such other of the Services outside the Normal Business Hours as the Tenant shall previously request, |
(having regard to the Design Standards and subject to the provisions of clause 5.14) Provided that the Landlord shall be entitled to employ such reputable managing agents, professional advisers, contractors and other persons as may reasonably be required from time to time in the interests of good estate management for the purpose of the performance of the Services.
Building Services and Estate Services
4.8 |
To provide or procure the provision of electricity to the Premises and the Building (subject to the provisions of clause 5.16) and (in each case) each and every part thereof designed to receive such to the extent necessary to meet the reasonable requirements of the Tenant and to use reasonable endeavours to procure that the same shall not be less than the Design Standards having regard to all relevant statutory provisions from time to time regulating the supply and utilisation of electricity and the terms and conditions relative thereto from time to time imposed by the relevant statutory undertaker. |
4.9 |
As soon as reasonably practicable following any request made in writing by the Tenant the Landlord shall supply to the Tenant full details in writing of (and any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Tenant): |
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(a) |
the total Energy Costs and the method of calculation of the proportion of the Energy Costs included in the Energy Levy; and |
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(b) |
the method of calculation of the proportion of the Energy Levy which comprises the Energy Levy Rent. |
4.10 |
In so far as such rights are not held by the Landlord, to procure for the benefit of the Tenant and all persons authorised by the Tenant the rights over the Estate Common Parts as are set out in the Second Schedule, it being agreed that if the Tenant is prevented from exercising such rights in breach of this clause the Estate Services Costs payable by the Tenant shall be adjusted accordingly. |
Building Defects
4.11 |
Where the Building suffers a defect the Landlord shall, where the Landlord reasonably believes there is a reasonable chance of success and reasonably believes that there is an economic and commercial benefit of pursuing such party, use all reasonable endeavours to recover the cost of remedying any such defect from any professional or contractor employed by the Landlord or its predecessors in title in relation to any building works leading to the occurrence of such defect and shall credit any sums received against the Service Charge to the extent the Landlord has legitimately already recovered any of the costs of remedying any such defect through the Service Charge. |
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4.12 |
To pay the rents reserved by the Head Lease at the times and in the manner provided in the Head Lease and to perform and observe all the covenants on the part of the tenant contained in the Head Lease insofar as they relate to any part of the premises thereby demised and which are not to be observed and performed by the Tenant pursuant to clause 3.109. |
Retail Units
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(a) |
a covenant on the part of the tenant not to cause any legal nuisance to be suffered by the Tenant or its lawful occupiers of the Premises and the Landlord shall at the request and cost of the Tenant enforce such covenant where reasonably requested to do so; |
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(b) |
only rights granting access to the Premises that are on the same terms as the rights reserved to the Landlord under this Lease including the obligation to comply with the Tenant's reasonable requirements and regimes as regards access as provided for in the proviso to paragraph 2 of Part II of the Second Schedule. |
Restriction on naming
4.16 |
If clause 4.15 ceases to apply, the Landlord shall only grant naming rights in relation to the Building to an entity that occupies the majority of the office space within the Building and only for the duration such entity occupies the majority of the office space within the Building. |
IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED as follows:
Re-entry
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the Rents or any part thereof shall be in arrear for 21 days next after becoming payable (whether in the case of the Principal Rent, the rent has been demanded or not); or |
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(b) |
there shall be any material breach, non-performance or non-observance of any of the Tenant's covenants; or |
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(i) |
is the subject of an interim order under Part VIII of the Insolvency Xxx 0000 or makes application to the Court for such an order or makes a voluntary arrangement under such Part; or |
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(ii) |
has a bankruptcy order made against him; or |
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a receiver is appointed in respect of all or any of the assets or undertaking of the Tenant or such surety; or |
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(i) |
makes a voluntary arrangement or submits to its creditors or any of them a proposal under Part I of the Insolvency Xxx 0000; or |
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(ii) |
makes an application to the Court under Section 425 of the Companies Xxx 0000 or resolves to make such an application; or |
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(iii) |
is the subject of an administration order (whether an interim order or otherwise) made under Part II of the Insolvency Xxx 0000 or is subject to a resolution passed by the directors or shareholders for the presentation of an application for such an order or is the subject of a notice of intention to appoint an administrator or files a notice of appointment of an administrator with the court or passes a resolution by its directors or shareholders for the filing of such a notice; or |
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(iv) |
is the subject of a resolution for voluntary winding up (otherwise than for the purpose of an amalgamation or reconstruction which has been approved by the Landlord) or a meeting of creditors is called to consider a resolution for winding up; or |
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(v) |
has an interim order or winding up order made against it; or |
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(vi) |
has an administrative receiver or receiver appointed in respect of all or any of its assets; or |
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(vii) |
ceases to exist; or |
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(viii) |
becomes "Bankrupt" within the meaning of the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954; or |
it shall be lawful for the Landlord at any time thereafter to re-enter the Premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this Lease shall absolutely determine but without prejudice to any rights of action of the Landlord or the Tenant against the other in respect of any antecedent breach by the Landlord or the Tenant (as the case may be) of any of the covenants herein provided that in the event that the Tenant comprises more than one person then the Landlorrd will be entitled to re-enter the Premises and this Lease shall thereupon absolutely determine upon the happening of any of the events referred to in clauses 5.1(c) to 5.1(f) hereof in relation to any one of them.
Replacement of surety
5.2 |
In the event of the occurrence of any of the events referred to in clauses 5.1(d) or 5.1(e) in respect of the Surety, the Landlord shall not exercise its right pursuant to clause 5.1 without first allowing the Tenant a period of 30 working days to procure that some other guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant's obligations contained in this Lease in the form referred to in the Seventh Schedule (or on such other terms as the Landlord shall reasonably require). |
Payment of rent not waiver
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aforesaid as a defence PROVIDED that this clause shall only have effect in relation to a demand receipt or acceptance made or given during such period as may in all the circumstances be reasonable for enabling the Landlord to conduct any negotiations with the Tenant for remedying the breach commenced upon the Landlord becoming aware of such breach. |
Suspension of rent
5.4 |
If the Premises or the Building or the means of access to the Premises shall at any time be so damaged or destroyed: |
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(i) |
the date of issue of the Reinstatement Certificate; and |
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(ii) |
the expiration of the period in respect of which the Landlord has covenanted to insure for loss of the Principal Rent and the Rent thirdly reserved pursuant to clause 4.2(a)(ii), |
and any dispute with reference to this clause 5.3(a) shall be referred by the Landlord or the Tenant to arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Xxx 0000;
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(b) |
by an Uninsured Risk as to render the Premises or the means of access to the Premises unfit for occupation or use then (save to the extent that damage or destruction results from the default of the Tenant, or Group Company of the Tenant or any sub-tenant or their respective agents, servants, licensees or invitees) the Principal Rent, the Rent secondly reserved and the Rent thirdly reserved or a fair proportion thereof according to the nature and extent of the damage sustained shall be suspended from the date 12 months after the date of such damage or destruction until the date of issue of the Reinstatement Certificate and any dispute with reference to this proviso shall be referred by the Landlord or the Tenant to arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Xxx 0000. |
Damage before Rent Commencement Date
5.5 |
If clause 5.4 applies before the Rent Commencement Date the number of days between the date of the damage or destruction and the Rent Commencement Date (or where only a proportion of the Principal Rent is or would have been suspended, an equivalent proportion of those days) will be added to the date the period of rent suspension ends and the resulting date will become the Rent Commencement Date. |
Determination if damage or destruction
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by the expiry of such notice in which case the notice shall be of no effect) determine and this Lease shall cease to be of effect but without prejudice to any claim by the Landlord or the Tenant in respect of any antecedent breach by the other of any of the terms of this Lease. |
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(a) |
in the case of clauses 5.8(a) or 5.8(b) the insurance monies are irrecoverable or the policy rendered void by reason of any act or default on the part of the Tenant, any Group Company of the Tenant, any sub-tenant or their respective servants, agents, licensees or invitees unless the Tenant has complied with its obligations in clause 3.81; or |
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(b) |
in the case of clauses 5.8(c) or (d) the damage or destruction results from the default of the Tenant, any Group Company of the Tenant, any sub-tenant or their respective agents, servants, licensees or invitees. |
5.10 |
If this Lease is determined under clauses 5.6 to 5.7 the Landlord shall be entitled to retain the insurance monies payable in respect of the Building but will hold on trust for the Tenant (and pay to the Tenant such monies within ten working days of receipt) any monies due to it in respect of works insured by it under clause 4.2 and use all reasonable endeavours to obtain such monies for the benefit of the Tenant whether received by the Landlord or by the Tenant. |
Roof Terrace
5.11 |
If at any time during the term of this Lease the Western Roof Terrace shall cease to be designated for exclusive use by Mimecast Services Limited (or a Group Company of it if such Group Company takes an assignment of this Lease), the definition of "Roof Terrace" in clause 1.1 of this Lease shall, at the Landlord's option (which, if exercised, the Landlord shall notify the Tenant of in writing) be amended such that it shall also refer to the Western Roof Terrace and all references in this Lease to "Roof Terrace" shall be construed accordingly. |
Warranty as to use
5.12 |
Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute any warranty by the Landlord that the Premises or any part thereof are under the Planning Acts or any other relevant laws or regulations now or from time to time in force authorised for use for any specific purpose. |
Service of notices
Disputes between tenants/occupiers
5.14 |
That in case any dispute or controversy shall at any time or times arise between the Tenant and the tenants and occupiers of the Building and/or any neighbouring, adjoining or contiguous property belonging to the Landlord relating to Service Conduits and Appliances serving the Building and/or the Premises or any such adjoining or contiguous property or any easements or privileges whatsoever affecting or relating to the Building and/or the Premises or such neighbouring, adjoining or contiguous property the same shall from time to time be settled and determined by the Landlord's Surveyor or agent (in either case acting reasonably) to which determination the Tenant shall submit (save in the case of manifest error). |
Apportionment
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determined by the Landlord's Surveyor (acting reasonably) in accordance with the principles of good estate management and whose reasonable and proper fees for so acting shall be added to and deemed for all purposes to form part of the sum to be so apportioned and shall be borne accordingly. |
Exclusions of Landlord's liability
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(a) |
any temporary interruption in any of the Services or the supply of electricity to the Premises caused by factors outside the Landlord's reasonable control; or |
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(b) |
temporary closure or diversion of any of the Common Facilities or Service Conduits and Appliances by reason of inspection, repair, maintenance or replacement thereof or any part thereof or of any plant, machinery, equipment, installations or apparatus used in connection therewith or damage thereto or destruction thereof by any risk (whether or not an Insured Risk); or |
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(c) |
by reason of electrical, mechanical or other defect or breakdown or frost or other inclement conditions or shortage of fuel, materials, supplies or labour or whole or partial failure or stoppage of any mains supply outside the reasonable control of the Landlord, |
SUBJECT TO the Landlord using reasonable endeavours to minimise the adverse effects of any of the above events or circumstances and using reasonable endeavours to reinstate and remedy such event or circumstance as expeditiously as reasonably possible AND PROVIDED ALWAYS that the Landlord shall (if reasonably practicable) have previously given reasonable notice of any intended interruption or closure of the nature mentioned above.
Development of adjoining property
5.17 |
That subject to compliance with the Landlord's covenants in clause 4.1 the Landlord or any superior landlord may at any time or times without obtaining any consent from or making any arrangement with the Tenant carry out any development or works (or permit the same) or whatsoever nature to the Building (other than the Premises) and/or the Estate and/or any neighbouring, adjoining or contiguous land or premises whether or not the light or air now or at any time or times enjoyed by the Tenant may be diminished PROVIDED THAT proper means of access to and egress from the Premises is afforded at all times and the rights hereby granted expressly to the Tenant are not prejudiced. |
5.18 |
Any access of light and air now or at any time during the Contractual Term enjoyed by the Premises shall be deemed to be by consent or agreement in writing for that purpose within the meaning of Section 3 of the Prescription Xxx 0000 so that neither the enjoyment thereof nor this Lease shall prevent any such development or works referred to in clause 5.16 and the Tenant shall permit such development or works without interference or objection. |
Removal of property
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Landlord in the bona fide mistaken belief (which shall be presumed unless the contrary be proved) that such property belonged to the Tenant and was liable to be dealt with as such pursuant to this clause. |
VAT
5.20 |
Any rent or other sum payable by any party hereunder is exclusive of VAT that is or may be payable thereon and shall be paid upon receipt of a valid VAT invoice. |
5.21 |
Where under this Lease any party (the "Indemnified Party") is entitled to recover from another party (the "Paying Party") the cost of any goods or services supplied to the Indemnified Party, the Paying Party will indemnify the Indemnified Party against so much of the input tax on the cost for which the Indemnified Party is not entitled to credit allowance under Section 24-26 of VATA. |
5.22 |
If VAT is chargeable in respect of any supplies of goods and/or services by any party to the other party under this Lease the recipient of such supplies shall pay such VAT in addition to the amounts (if any) provided for under this Lease and in respect of the supplies made to it under this Lease subject to receipt of a valid VAT invoice. |
Exclusion of easements
5.23 |
Nothing herein contained other than those rights expressly granted to the Tenant in Part I of the Second Schedule shall by implication of law or otherwise operate to confer on the Tenant any easement, right or privilege whatever over or against any neighbouring, adjoining, contiguous or other property which might restrict or prejudicially affect the future rebuilding, alteration or development of such neighbouring, adjoining, contiguous or other property. |
Sharing of information
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(a) |
share the data they hold in respect of energy and water use and waste production/ recycling and other environmental matters as are applicable to the use of the Premises between themselves and with any other third party who the parties agree needs to receive such data; |
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(b) |
keep the data disclosed under this clause 5.24 confidential and will only use such data for the purposes of ensuring that the Building is run in a sustainable way that minimises its environmental impact, |
provided always that this shall not prevent the Landlord from publishing information giving all details as to how central building energy costs are apportioned across the Building nor the general energy performance of the Building.
5.25 |
The Landlord and the Tenant agree that the Tenant's covenant contained in clause 3.1 of this Lease to pay the Energy Levy Rent shall survive the Termination of the Tenancy, but only until the Tenant has paid the Energy Levy Rent in full to the Landlord. |
The Surety in consideration of this Lease having been granted at its request covenants with the Landlord in the terms contained in the Seventh Schedule.
Unless expressly stated to the contrary nothing in this Lease confers on anyone other than the parties to it any right pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000.
8.1 |
The Tenant may terminate this Lease as at the tenth anniversary of the Term Commencement Date (the "relevant date") by serving not less than twelve calendar months' notice on the Landlord. |
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8.2 |
This Lease shall not terminate as a result of any notice served by the Tenant if on the relevant date: |
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(a) |
the Tenant has not paid in cleared funds any part of the Principal Rent (or any VAT in respect of it), which was due to have been paid up to and including the relevant date; or |
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(b) |
the Tenant or any third party remains in occupation of any part of the Premises; or |
except to the extent if at all the Landlord in its absolute discretion expressly and in writing waives compliance with one or more of the pre-conditions specified in this sub-clause.
8.3 |
Termination of this Lease under this clause 8 does not affect any obligation on the Tenant that applies on or at the expiry of this Lease or any right, accrued by the expiry of this Lease, which either the Landlord or the Tenant then has against the other or against any third party. |
8.4 |
Waiver of a pre-condition under 8.2 shall not affect any right which the Landlord may have against the Tenant or against any third party in respect of a breach of the Tenant's obligations. |
8.5 |
Time is of the essence of all dates and periods referred to in this clause 8. |
8.6 |
If notice is not served by the Tenant to terminate this Lease on the relevant date pursuant to clause 8.1 the Landlord and Tenant agree that the Principal Rent shall be reduced to a peppercorn for the period of 9 months from and including the relevant date. |
8.7 |
The parties agree that to the extent the Tenant has paid any Rents or Service Charge to a date which is beyond the relevant date the Landlord shall refund to the Tenant within 14 days of the relevant date all such sums to the extent they have been paid for a period beyond the relevant date. |
8.8 |
The parties agree by way of explanation and example in order to clarify the meaning of "one vertically contiguous space" in clause 8.2(c) above that if the Tenant was the tenant of each of the third floor, fourth floor and fifth floor prior to the date of service of a determination notice by the Tenant and each lease contained in a clause in the terms of this clause 8, the Tenant would be entitled to validly determine any one or more of the following leases by exercising its rights in this clause 8: |
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(a) |
the Third Floor alone; |
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(b) |
the Fifth Floor alone; |
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(c) |
the Third and Fourth Floor together; |
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(d) |
the Fourth and Fifth Floor together; or |
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(e) |
the Third Floor, Fourth Floor and the Fifth Floor together. |
9.1 |
The Tenant may exercise its option to take the Renewal Lease by serving written notice on the Landlord not less than twelve calendar months' prior to the Term Expiry Date. |
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(a) |
on the Term Expiry Date: |
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(i) |
the Tenant and/or a Group Company of the Tenant (assessed together so for these purposes the Tenant and the relevant Group Company are assumed to be the same entity) shall not be in occupation of at least 70,000 square feet of contiguous office space within the Building; and |
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(b) |
on the date following the Term Expiry Date the Tenant and/or a Group Company of the Tenant (assessed together so for these purposes the Tenant and the relevant Group Company are assumed to be the same entity) will not be in occupation of at least 70,000 square feet of contiguous office space within the Building. |
9.3 |
For the purposes of clause 9.2 above it is agreed the contiguous office space means space let to the Tenant and/or a Group Company of the Tenant on sequential floors of the Building (with no lettable area between any such floors which is not let to the Tenant or a Group Company of the Tenant (as the case may be)). |
9.4 |
The Renewal Lease shall be made on the same terms as this lease save that: |
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(a) |
the Term Commencement Date shall be the date immediately following the day of expiry of this Lease; |
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(b) |
the Term shall be five (5) years; |
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(c) |
the Principal Rent shall be ascertained in accordance with clause 9.5; |
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(d) |
the "Review Dates" shall be the term commencement date and the term expiry date of the Renewal Lease; |
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(e) |
the Tenant's option to break in clause 8 and all references to it shall be omitted; and |
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(f) |
the term "Renewal Lease", this clause 9 and all references to them shall be omitted. |
9.6 |
If at the Term Expiry Date the Rents are suspended whether in whole or in part due to the occurrence of damage or destruction by an Insured Risk or an Uninsured Risk then the parties agree that for the purposes of the Renewal Lease it shall be assumed that such damage or destruction is an event which applies to the Renewal Lease so that such suspension continues and the time periods referred to in clauses 5.5 and 5.6 shall be reduced so as to take into account any part of these time periods that have occurred during the term of this Lease. |
9.7 |
Any guarantor who is guaranteeing the obligations of the Tenant at the expiry of the Contractual Term shall be obliged to guarantee the Tenant's obligations under the Renewal Lease on the same terms (but shall not be obliged to do so if during the 12 month period prior to the Term Expiry Date the Tenant itself would have been able to satisfy the condition in clause 3.64(b) if at any time during such period the Tenant had wished to take an assignment of the Lease). |
9.8 |
Subject to clause 9.2, if the Tenant exercises its option pursuant to clause 9.1, the Landlord shall grant and the Tenant shall accept the Renewal Lease on the date specified in clause 9.4(a). |
9.9 |
Time is of the essence of the dates and periods referred to in this clause 9. |
10.1 |
This Lease and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and within the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, to which the parties irrevocably submit. |
10.2 |
Each party agrees that any claim form or other document to be served under the Civil Procedure Rules may be served on it by being delivered to or left at a correct address for the purposes of clause 5.13. |
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10.3 |
If any provision of this Lease is void or prohibited under any Act due to any applicable law, it shall be deemed to be deleted and the remaining provisions of this Lease shall continue in force. |
IN WITNESS whereof this deed has been executed by the parties hereto and is intended to be and is hereby delivered on the day and year first above written.
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The Premises
ALL THAT accommodation on Level 3 of the Building as the same is shown edged red and shaded purple on Plan 5 and which shall include:
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one half severed medially of the non-structural and non-load bearing walls which divide the Premises from the remainder of the Building; |
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(b) |
the entirety of all other non-structural or non-load bearing walls and columns; |
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(c) |
the internal plaster surfaces and other finishes of load bearing walls and columns; |
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(d) |
the ceiling finishes and the whole of any false ceilings and voids between the ceilings (including light fittings) and false ceilings; |
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(e) |
void between the floor screed (but not the floor screed itself nor any of the floor joists or supporting structure) and any raised floors, all raised floors, the carpet or other covering or material; |
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(f) |
the Landlord's fixtures and fittings; |
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(g) |
the Landlord's Services Equipment within and exclusively serving the Premises; |
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(h) |
the whole of any internal windows and the doors, partitions, equipment, fitments and lights of the Premises; |
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(i) |
all Service Conduits and Appliances exclusively serving and within the Premises, |
but there are excluded from the demise:
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(j) |
any structural parts, load bearing walls, columns, roofs, Foundations and Services, external walls, cladding, window frames and glass in the external facades of the Building and joists in and around the Premises; |
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(k) |
any atria in the Building (including any glass therein); |
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(l) |
such of the Landlord's Services Equipment and such of the Service Conduits and Appliances as are used in common with other parts of the Building. |
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Part I
Rights granted
1 |
The right for the Tenant and all persons authorised by the Tenant at all times: |
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(a) |
to pass and xxxxxx on foot only over and along the pedestrian accessways within the Building from time to time designated by the Landlord and to pass and xxxxxx on foot only through and over the Common Facilities and the Estate Common Parts and any part or parts thereof to gain access to and from the Premises and generally to use the Common Facilities and the Estate Common Parts for all purposes in connection with the use and enjoyment of the Premises; |
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(b) |
to pass and xxxxxx with or without vehicles over and along the roads and accessways within the Building and the Estate Common Parts from time to time reasonably designated by the Landlord on the Building for the purpose of gaining access to and egress from the bicycle parking spaces referred to in paragraph 7 of this Part I of the Second Schedule and access to and egress from the loading bay in the Building; |
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(c) |
to use the loading bays in the Building in such locations from time to time designated by the Landlord acting reasonably; |
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(d) |
to use any compactor in the loading bay in the Building from time to time in such location as shall from time to time designated by the Landlord (acting reasonably); |
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(e) |
to use such emergency escape routes from the Premises through the Building and the Estate Common Parts as comply from time to time with statutory requirements and any requirements from time to time of the local authority or local fire authority; |
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(f) |
otherwise to use the Common Facilities and the Estate Common Parts for the purpose for which they are intended, |
(subject in each case to such regulations in relation thereto as may be imposed from time to time pursuant to clause 3.92 and/or clauses 3.106 to 3.108) in each case such rights being exercised in common with others entitled thereto.
2 |
The right of passage and use of all such Service Conduits and Appliances which now or may hereafter during the Contractual Term pass or run into, through, along, under or over the Building and the Estate in each case such rights being exercised in common with others entitled thereto. |
3 |
Subject to clauses 3.19 to 3.31: |
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(a) |
the right at all times to connect into and use (subject to the regulations of any appropriate authority) the Service Conduits and Appliances for the supply of services and for drainage and to connect into and use such other Service Conduits and Appliances as may from time to time be available for connection to the Premises; |
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(b) |
the right at all times to connect into and use such of the Landlord's Services Equipment as may from time to time be available for connection to the Premises, |
provided that such connection and use does not materially adversely affect the supply of services to other premises within the Building having regard to the Specification and on the basis that any residual capacity in such Service Conduits and Appliances and the Landlord's Services Equipment over and above that set out in the Specification shall be available and allocated to all occupiers of the Building on a fair and reasonable basis.
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The right at all reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice (except in the case of emergency) to enter other parts of the Building for the purposes of carrying out any works required to comply with the covenants and conditions of the Tenant herein contained and where such works cannot otherwise conveniently be carried out without such entry the Tenant in the exercise of such right causing as little inconvenience and interference as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances to the Landlord or other occupier of the part of the Building so entered and its trade or business carried on therein and making good to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord or the other occupier (as the case may be) any physical damage thereby caused. |
8 |
The right in common with other occupiers of the Building to use the showers in Level -1 of the Building as are from time to time provided. |
9 |
Subject to the Landlord's entitlement to access and remain on the Roof Terrace in connection with any of the purposes listed in paragraph 2 of Part II of the Second Schedule the right for the Tenant in common with other occupiers of the Building to access onto the Roof Terrace for uses ancillary to the Tenant's use of the Premises and which are consistent with a high class office building provided that the Tenant shall obtain the Landlord's prior approval to any furniture or other item to be placed on the Roof Terrace (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). |
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(a) |
where reasonably possible plant areas will be separate for each tenant and will take into account the riser allocation strategy (being the proviso to paragraph 11 below) and the location of the tenant's facilities requiring connection to those plant areas; |
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(b) |
the tenant plant space available for allocation will exclude the plant space set aside for tenant's generators; |
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(c) |
the Landlord reserves the right to run cables/pipes and other service media over under or along such areas provided that these shall not materially adversely affect the Tenant's use of the same and that the Landlord obtains the Tenant's prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the location of such cables/pipes and other service media; |
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(d) |
the proportion that the Net Internal Area of the Premises bears to the Net Internal Area of all of the offices within the Building let or intended to be let. |
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(a) |
space shall be allocated between each of the tenants (and undertenants shall be not be taken into account for these purposes) in the same proportion as the Net Internal Area they occupy bears to the total Net Internal Area of the Building; |
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(b) |
where reasonably possible separate risers will be allocated to each tenant and will take into account the location of the premises demised to the tenant; |
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(c) |
where reasonably possible the allocation of riser space to be used for IT purposes shall be on the basis of separate cages within the risers provided that the Tenant will reimburse the Landlord for the reasonable cost of such cages; |
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(d) |
the Landlord reserves the right to run cables/pipes and other service media through such risers provided that these shall not materially adversely affect the Tenant's use of the same and that the Landlord obtains the Tenant's prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the location of such cables/pipes and other service media. |
Wayleaves
12 |
The Landlord acknowledges that the Tenant may wish to enter into wayleaves for cabling from external third parties for connection through the Estate and the Building into the Premises and confirms that: |
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(a) |
it will consent to any such wayleave without payment of a premium for such wayleaves; |
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(b) |
it will not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to the entering into of any such wayleave in a form reasonably approved by the Landlord. |
Staircase Rights
13 |
For such duration as the internal staircases connecting the third and fourth floors exist the right to pass and xxxxxx through the airspace of the slabs separating the third and fourth floors for the purposes of utilising such connecting staircase. |
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The right to construct, retain, modify, amend and use the Stadium Seating within the atrium forming part of the Premises. |
Part II
Rights excepted and reserved
1 |
The passage and use of all such Service Conduits and Appliances (if any) as now pass or run into through along under or over the Premises and which are designed to be used for the benefit of the remainder of the Building. |
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(a) |
inspecting the Premises and the state and condition thereof; |
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(b) |
survey measurement or valuation of the Premises; |
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(c) |
reading electricity, water and other check meters or sub-meters installed within the Premises; |
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(d) |
preparation of a schedule of fixtures and fittings in or about the Premises; |
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(e) |
remedying any breach of covenant by the Tenant after failure by the Tenant so to do in accordance with the provisions of clause 3.18; |
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(f) |
access to or egress from any of the plant rooms or Service Conduits and Appliances included within the Premises or accessed from the Premises; |
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(g) |
to comply with obligations owed by the Landlord (or any developer) to third parties or with the covenants on the part of the Landlord (or any developer) contained in this Lease or contained in the Agreement for Lease; |
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(h) |
maintaining, amending, renewing, cleaning, repairing or rebuilding any adjoining premises in so far as such works cannot be carried out without entering upon the Premises; |
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(i) |
to prepare any Energy Performance Certificate for the Premises or the Building; |
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(j) |
in connection with the provision of Services, |
PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT the Landlord or other person exercising such rights shall cause as little interference and inconvenience as reasonably practicable to the Tenant or other occupier of the Premises and its or their trade or business carried on therein and as soon as reasonably practicable make good to the reasonable satisfaction of the Tenant any damage thereby caused to the Premises and the Tenant's fixtures and fittings and stock and PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the Landlord or other person exercising such rights complies with the reasonable security requirements of the Tenant or other occupier and where requisite the Landlord or other person exercising such rights shall only exercise such rights while accompanied by a representative of the Tenant or occupier of the relevant part of the Premises PROVIDED THAT such a representative shall be made available at reasonable times on reasonable request by the Landlord and if such a representative is not made available after a reasonable period after such request (or in the case of emergency) entry may be made without such a representative.
3 |
All rights of light air and other easements and rights (but without prejudice to any expressly granted to the Tenant by this Lease (if any)) now or hereafter belonging to or enjoyed by the premises from or over any adjoining neighbouring or contiguous land or building. |
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5 |
The right to support and shelter and all other easements and rights now and hereafter belonging to or enjoyed by all adjoining, neighbouring or contiguous land or buildings an interest wherein possession or reversion is at any time vested in the Landlord. |
6 |
The right to build on or into any boundary or party wall of the Premises provided always that the Landlord or the person exercising this right shall make good any damage thereby caused to the Premises and the Tenant's fixtures fittings and stock to the reasonable satisfaction of the Tenant. |
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Review of Principal Rent
1 |
In this Schedule: |
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2 |
From each Review Date the Principal Rent shall be such as may at any time be agreed between the Landlord and the Tenant as the Principal Rent payable from that Review Date or (in default of such agreement) whichever is the greater of: |
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(a) |
the Open Market Rent; and |
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(b) |
the Principal Rent contractually payable immediately before that Review Date (ignoring any rent abatement under clause 5.3). |
4 |
Unless the Landlord and the Tenant otherwise agree the Surveyor shall act as an arbitrator in accordance with the Arbitration Xxx 0000. |
5 |
If the Surveyor whether appointed as arbitrator or expert refuses to act or is or becomes incapable of acting or dies the Landlord or the Tenant may apply to the President for the further appointment of a surveyor. |
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(a) |
a statement of reasons; |
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(b) |
a professional rental valuation or report; and |
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(c) |
submissions in respect of each others' statement of reasons, |
but notwithstanding the foregoing the Surveyor shall determine the Open Market Rent in accordance with his own judgement but shall issue the determination with a statement of reasons.
7 |
If by a Review Date the Principal Rent payable from the Review Date has not been ascertained pursuant to this Third Schedule the Tenant shall continue to pay the Principal Rent at the rate payable hereunder immediately before that Review Date and on the quarter day next after such ascertainment the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord the difference between the Principal Rent paid and the Principal Rent so ascertained for the period from the Review Date and ending on the said quarter day together with interest on such difference for such period at the Prescribed Rate (calculated by reference to such difference or the relevant parts thereof from the date or the respective dates on which the same would have become due had the Principal Rent payable from the relevant Review Date been ascertained by such Review Date). |
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9 |
A memorandum of the Principal Rent ascertained from time to time in accordance with this Schedule shall be endorsed on this Lease and the counterpart thereof by way of evidence only and signed by or on behalf of the Tenant and the Landlord respectively. |
10 |
In this Schedule time shall not be of the essence in agreeing or determining the Open Market Rent nor appointing the Surveyor. |
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Matters to which the demise is subject
The entries on the registers of title number NGL770398 dated 6 October 2017 and timed at 12:10:07.
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The Service Charge
1 |
In this Schedule: |
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means the Retail Prices Index (all items) published monthly in the United Kingdom by the Office for National Statistics or any official publication substituted for it |
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means for any Accounting Period: (b) a fair and reasonable proportion of the Estate Service Cost for that Accounting Period which the Landlord reasonably determines is fairly and reasonably attributable to the Premises (c) a fair and reasonable proportion of the Utility Costs for that Accounting Period as reasonably determined by the Landlord (d) a proportion of the Incidental Service Cost for that Accounting Period which the Landlord reasonably determines is fairly and reasonably attributable to the Premises (e) (to the extent the Tenant does not pay it directly to the relevant supplier) the total cost of all utilities separately metered and exclusively supplied to the Premises PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT all interest earned on all Interim Sums and any other service charge monies held by the Landlord whether in anticipation of future expenditure or otherwise shall be credited against Service Costs |
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Service Charge Cap |
means the following amounts (exclusive of VAT): (a) in relation to the first Service Period, or proportionately for the relevant part of the first Accounting Period, the Base Service Charge Cap; (b) in relation to the second and all subsequent Accounting Periods the higher of: i. the Service Charge Cap for the preceding Accounting Period; and ii. an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula: SRC x Index Figure; Base Figure where SRC is the amount of the Service Charge Cap for the preceding Service Period; and |
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means a certificate showing the Service Cost and Service Charge for each Accounting Period served pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Schedule |
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The RICS Service Charges in Commercial Property ‑ a Code of Practice – 3rd Edition - which is effective from 4 February 2014 but not as updated or replaced from time to time thereafter |
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means the total sum calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Schedule. |
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Utility Costs |
means together the cost of the supply of electricity and gas: (a) for the provision of the Services; and (b) to the whole or any part of the Common Facilities. |
3 |
The Capped Element of the Service Charge shall not exceed the Service Charge Cap for the Capped Period. |
4 |
If at any time and from time to time the method or basis of calculating or ascertaining the cost of any item of the Services shall alter or the basis of calculating or ascertaining the Service Charge in relation to any item of the Services shall change and in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord or the Landlord's Surveyor such alteration or change shall require alteration or variation of the calculation of the Service Charge in order to achieve a fairer and better apportionment of the Service Cost amongst the tenants of the Building then and in each and every such case the Landlord shall have the right to vary and amend the Service Charge and to make appropriate adjustments thereto. |
5 |
The Tenant shall pay to the Landlord the Interim Sum without deduction by equal quarterly instalments in advance on the usual quarter days. |
7 |
In the event that the Landlord shall not have served written notice of the Interim Sum for any Accounting Period before any quarterly instalments of the Interim Sum becomes due the Tenant shall within 21 days of the service of such notice pay to the Landlord an amount equal to the difference between instalments of the Interim Sum due on the date of service of such notice and the amount paid by the Tenant on account of the Interim Sum pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Schedule. |
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9 |
A Service Charge Certificate shall contain a detailed summary of the Service Cost in respect of the Accounting Period to which it relates together with the relevant calculations showing the Service Charge which shall be binding upon the Landlord and the Tenant (save in the case of manifest error). |
10 |
The Tenant may request the Landlord to provide or at the Landlord's option make available for inspection further details of the breakdown of the expenditure under a Service Charge Certificate or any particular item or items shown in a Service Charge Certificate by giving notice thereof in writing to the Landlord within three months of the date of service on the Tenant of the relevant Service Charge Certificate and upon receipt of such a notice the Landlord shall furnish to the Tenant or at the Landlord's option make available for inspection and afford to the Tenant all reasonable facilities to enable the Tenant to make copies of full details of such expenditure and other service charge information and documentation as may be reasonably required as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 28 days of each and every request PROVIDED ALWAYS that notwithstanding the giving of any such notice the Tenant shall nevertheless pay all Interim Sums and Service Charges as and when they fall due or as may be underpaid from time to time. |
13 |
The Landlord and Tenant agree that should the Termination of the Tenancy occur during any Accounting Period then the Tenant's liability in respect of the Service Charge shall be apportioned on a daily basis up to the date of Termination of the Tenancy but that the Tenant shall have no liability in respect of the Service Charge for any period after the Termination of the Tenancy but this paragraph shall be without prejudice to any balancing payments to be made pursuant to paragraphs 11 or 12 of this Schedule. |
14 |
The Landlord will in the provision and management of the Services have due and proper regard to and shall use reasonable endeavours to comply with the Service Charge Code. |
15 |
The Landlord shall not be entitled to require any payment from the Tenant towards the establishment or maintenance of any sinking or reserve fund in respect of the Service Cost. |
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17.1 |
If any dispute or question arises between the Landlord and the Tenant as to the calculation of the Service Charge Cap or as to the interpretation, application or effect of any of the provisions of paragraph 16 then the matter in question may (without prejudicing the parties' ability to agree it at any time) be referred for determination by an independent person (the "Expert") who is to be appointed (in default of agreement) on the application of either party by the President for the time being of either (taking into account the nature of the matter in dispute) the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or the Institute of Actuaries and in respect of any Expert appointed to act under this paragraph 17: |
17.2 |
he shall: |
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(a) |
act as an expert and not as an arbitrator; |
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(b) |
allow the Landlord and the Tenant to make written representations and cross-representations concerning the Service Charge Cap (or other matter in dispute) within such time limits as he may prescribe; |
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(c) |
seek appropriate professional advice on any relevant matter beyond his professional expertise; and |
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(d) |
make a reasoned determination which shall be final and binding between the parties unless it contains a manifest error; |
17.3 |
he shall have full power to determine the dispute or matter in question including (without limitation) substituting an alternative index for the RPI that most closely resembles it (but having regard to paragraph 16; |
17.4 |
his fees and the cost of his nomination shall be paid as he may determine or, otherwise, equally by the Landlord and the Tenant; and |
17.5 |
if he refuses to act, or is or becomes incapable of acting or dies, the Landlord or the Tenant may apply for the appointment of another Expert. |
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Part I
Building Services
1 |
The maintenance, repair, decoration and inspection and when reasonably necessary (where in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord the item is beyond economic repair) the renewal of the Building and each and every part thereof (including the glass in the outside walls of the Building in any atria in the Building and in the Common Facilities) excepting: |
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(a) |
the Premises; and |
|
(b) |
other premises within the Building as are from time to time let or intended to be let. |
2 |
The operation, maintenance, repair, inspection and cleansing and when reasonably necessary (where in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord the item is beyond economic repair) the renewal of any roof terrace and the Common Facilities including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the lifts and escalators within and forming part of the Building, the Service Conduits and Appliances, water treatment systems, sanitary apparatus, pneumatics, vehicle turntables, electrically/mechanically operated barrier gates, computer monitoring system, closed circuit television, surveillance system, control security system and indicator installation, refuse compactors and all other mechanical and electrical systems and all plant, machinery and equipment associated therewith (except Landlord's Services Equipment) within the Building. |
3 |
The: |
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(b) |
external cleaning of the Building; and |
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(c) |
external and internal cleaning of the Common Facilities, |
in all such cases as often as in the Landlord's reasonable opinion may be requisite and such maintenance shall include the preparation, cleaning, decoration, repointing, painting, graining, varnishing, papering, polishing and other treatment or replacement of finishes (walls, floors and ceilings) with good quality materials of their several kinds and in a suitable manner for maintenance in good condition as may be appropriate for the particular external or internal finishes.
4 |
The provision (but not the initial capital cost of the provision of equipment) and maintenance of security services (including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) 24 hour security guards in respect of the Common Facilities and electronic surveillance systems as the Landlord shall reasonably deem necessary). |
5 |
The lighting (including the maintenance, repair and for the purposes of repair the proper replacement of the lighting equipment and fittings) of any atria in the Building and the Common Facilities. |
6 |
The disposal of refuse from the Building including the collection and compaction thereof and the provision of receptacles and plant and equipment in connection therewith. |
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8 |
The provision (but not the initial capital cost of providing the same), cultivation, maintenance and replacement of plants and other decorative landscaping on the exterior of the Building in the Common Facilities and in any atria in the Building. |
9 |
The continuous provision of hot water (in compliance with statutory requirements as to minimum temperatures) and cold water to each level of the Building. |
10 |
The provision of a caretaker, engineers, building technicians, receptionist and such other staff as the Landlord may deem reasonably and properly necessary for the good management and security of the Building in accordance with principles of good estate management with on-site security and reception services for the Building to be provided on a 24/7 basis. |
11 |
The reasonable cost of making good any damage occasioned to the Premises or any other premises in the Building let to tenants of the Building as an unavoidable result of carrying out any of the Services. |
12 |
The expenses reasonably and properly incurred by the Landlord in respect of any repairing, rebuilding and re-cleansing any party walls, fences, sewers, drains, channels, sanitary apparatus, pipes, wires, passageways, stairways, entrance ways, roads, pavements and other things the use of which is or is capable of being common to the Building and any other property. |
13 |
The installation and (where appropriate) replacement or updating of separate sub-metering of utilities used in the Common Facilities and the Premises. |
14 |
The provision of all such other services and facilities for the benefit of the Building and the tenants and occupiers of the Building generally as the Landlord shall from time to time reasonably consider to be necessary or expedient in accordance with good principles of estate management prevailing from time to time. |
Part II
Estate Services
1 |
The provision of security services, personnel, plant and equipment (including security gates and barriers) and traffic control systems for the purpose of monitoring, supervising and controlling the Estate and persons present on the Estate (whether with or without vehicles). |
2 |
The maintenance, repair, renewal, replacement, resurfacing, cleansing and keeping open and free from obstructions and detritus all accessways, areas, surfaces and paving (including roadways, footways, ramps, turntables, car parking areas and loading bays) laid out on the Estate from time to time and available for passage, access and parking. |
3 |
The taking of all appropriate steps to clean and maintain on a regular basis the Estate. |
4 |
The provision and operation of means of collection, storage, compaction and disposal of refuse and rubbish (including litter and pest control) arising or occurring on the Estate. |
5 |
The provision of suitable landscaping and planting and to keep such parts of the Estate as are laid out with landscaping and planting from time to time in good order and condition and properly tended, maintained, cultivated and planted including where appropriate or necessary replanting. |
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7 |
The effecting, maintaining and renewing of: |
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(a) |
such insurance on such terms and in such amount as shall be reasonably determined by the Landlord against any liabilities which the Landlord or any of the owners of other buildings on the Estate may incur to third parties on account of the condition of the Estate or any part thereof; and |
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(b) |
such other insurance in connection with the Estate as the Landlord may reasonably determine. |
8 |
The provision of any water, fuel, oil, gas, electricity and other energy supplies as may be required for use in running or operating any of the Services to the Estate except such as are for the exclusive use of a particular tenant or tenants including (if the Landlord reasonably considers it necessary or appropriate) standby power generators and plant. |
9 |
The inspection and maintenance of the Estate. |
10 |
The lighting to an adequate and sufficient standard throughout such periods of the day and night as may be requisite all parts of the Estate to which access is available in fact or by right and the heating, cooling and ventilation as necessary of the underground parts of the Estate. |
11 |
As often as may be necessary the erection, placing, renewal and replacement in suitable locations on the Estate such direction signs, notices, artwork, sculptures, seats/benches, public toilets and other fixtures, fittings and chattels as are in the interests of good estate management appropriate for the enjoyment or better enjoyment of those parts of the Estate to which the public have access in common with the owners of the buildings on the Estate or persons authorised by them provided that no addition will be made which would result in a material adverse change to the nature or quality of the Estate. |
12 |
The maintenance, repair and renewal of such special highway finishes on land immediately adjacent to the Estate or any part thereof as exist at the date hereof until such time as such land and finishes are dedicated to the relevant highway authority and the highway authority assumes responsibility for the maintenance of the same. |
13 |
The installation, cleaning maintenance, repair, insurance, reinstatement and renewal of any canopies that may exist from time to time over any part of the Estate. |
14 |
The provision of other services and benefits which the Landlord properly considers to be in the interest of good estate management generally for the Estate as a whole including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing holding private functions and entertainments and/or events for general or public benefit. |
15 |
Making (and as appropriate from time to time replacing) and enforcing reasonable regulations for the management operation and control of the Estate as a whole and entering into agreements deeds or other arrangements with tenants or users of the Estate or any part or parts thereof and adjoining or neighbouring owners for the purpose of performing any of the Services. |
Any reference in Part II of this Schedule to renewal includes renewal, in accordance with the principles of good estate management, of the relevant part of the Estate which is beyond its natural life or deemed by the Landlord (acting reasonably) to be of insufficient quality to maintain standards in keeping with the remainder of the Estate, even though such item is not malfunctioning or in a state of disrepair.
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Part III
Incidental costs and expenses to be included in the Service Cost
1 |
The proper cost of fuel, oil, gas and electricity or other energy supplies or power sources from time to time used in running or operating any of the Services. |
2 |
All existing and future rates, taxes, assessments, charges and outgoings of whatsoever nature payable in respect of the Building or any part thereof (including general and water rates and in respect of the Common Facilities and Communal Areas) other than: |
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(a) |
rates and other outgoings payable in respect of: |
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(i) |
the Premises; and/or |
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(ii) |
other premises within the Building as are from time to time let or intended to be let but not then let; |
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(b) |
any tax payable or assessed as a result of any dealing with (including any actual or deemed disposal of) any reversion immediately or mediately expectant on this Lease; and/or |
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(c) |
any tax payable or assessed in respect of the Rents or other payments reserved or payable hereunder; and/or |
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(d) |
any future property ownership tax or assessment in respect of any reversionary interest in the Premises; and/or |
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(e) |
any tax payable or assessed on the Landlord in respect of or arising out of or relating to the grant of this Lease. |
3 |
All reasonable and proper costs, fees, expenses and other outgoings incurred in connection with: |
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(a) |
the employment or engagement of such independent contractors, agents, consultants, professional advisers or other personnel as are reasonably necessary in connection with the provision or carrying out of the Services; |
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(b) |
the salaries, wages, pensions and pension contributions and other emoluments and statutory employer's contributions or levies of all persons properly employed in connection with the provision or carrying out of the Services; |
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(c) |
the provision of any necessary uniforms, protective or specialist clothing, tools, appliances, plant, equipment and materials as may be necessary or desirable for use in connection with the provision or carrying out of the Services. |
4 |
The reasonable and proper fees and disbursements of managing agents engaged by the Landlord in connection with the provision or carrying out of the Services which shall be in line with market rates for a central London office building. |
5 |
All reasonable fees and costs properly incurred in respect of keeping full and proper records and accounts of the Services and Service Cost and the preparation of all necessary accounts statements and certificates in relation to the recovery of the Service Cost from tenants of the Building. |
6 |
Reasonable bank charges and interest on overdrawings for discharging items of Service Cost and the collection of the Service Charges after giving credit for any interest earned thereon in respect of the same Accounting Period. |
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where such accommodation is within the Building or on other premises owned by the Landlord and no rent is paid to the Landlord the Landlord shall be entitled to include in the Service Cost an amount equal to market rent of such accommodation as properly and reasonably determined annually by the Landlord's Surveyor; and |
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(b) |
where such accommodation is not used exclusively for the provision and carrying out of the Services a fair and reasonable proportion of such rent or deemed rent shall be allocated to the Service Cost. |
8 |
All proper and reasonable legal and other professional fees and disbursements properly incurred by the Landlord in connection with the enforcement of any contract or agreement entered into by or on behalf of the Landlord with any third party in connection with the provision or carrying out of the Services. |
9 |
The reasonable and proper cost of any maintenance or service agreements or insurance contracts in respect of any of the plant, equipment, services or facilities used in connection with the Services. |
10 |
The supply of requisites to the lavatories comprised in the Common Facilities and such other facilities in the Common Facilities. |
11 |
The reasonable and proper cost of taking steps to comply with or making representations concerning the requirements of any statutes, by-laws and other regulations affecting the Building. |
12 |
The payment of all VAT properly payable on any item of expenditure in connection with the provision or carrying out of the Services to the extent that it is not otherwise recoverable by the Landlord. |
13 |
The cost of making up any amount properly deducted by the insurers pursuant to any excess provisions contained in any insurance policy of the Building. |
14 |
Any other proper and reasonable expense properly incurred by the Landlord or its managing agents or other provider of the Services attributable to the provision supervision and management of the Services or the improvement from time to time of the standard thereof as shall be reasonably considered advisable or necessary not otherwise specifically mentioned in the Schedule. |
15 |
A fair and reasonable proportion of the Energy Levy which is attributable on a fair and reasonable basis to the Common Facilities which proportion shall be based on a comparison of the energy supplied to the Common Facilities with the energy supplied to the Building |
PROVIDED ALWAYS that:
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(a) |
where in this Schedule there are references to matters or things which are then stated to include certain particular matters or things which are not also stated to be without prejudice to the generality of the wording preceding it nevertheless the reference to the particular matters or things shall be deemed to be and in each case shall be without prejudice to the generality of the wording preceding it; |
|
(b) |
the Landlord may temporarily withdraw any item of service matter or thing specified in this Schedule if such withdrawal is in the interest of good estate management provided that the use and enjoyment of the Premises is not thereby impaired in any material respect; |
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(d) |
any parts of the Building occupied by the Landlord for any purpose otherwise than in connection with or incidental to the provision of the Services shall be deemed to be premises "let or intended to be let" for the purposes of this Schedule; |
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(e) |
the Landlord shall credit to the Service Cost any cost or expense to the extent to which the Landlord is paid or reimbursed by any person in connection with the maintenance and repair of the Building including but not necessarily limited to the cost of any item for which the Landlord is paid or reimbursed by insurance proceeds warranties service contracts or otherwise; |
|
(f) |
the Service Cost and the Service Charge shall not include: |
|
(i) |
costs and expenses attributable to any part or parts of the Building or the Estate let or intended to be let to any other tenant or occupier (other than management accommodation which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include marketing suites temporarily located in parts of the Building or the Estate intended to be let) which are not so let or occupied nor the costs in respect of collection of rents and Service Charge or arrears and Service Charge or review of principal yearly rents in respect of such parts of the Building and such costs and expenses shall be borne and be payable by the Landlord; |
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(ii) |
any costs and expenses attributable in any way whatsoever to the initial construction of the Building (including landscaping and the Foundations and Services) and the Estate, the Base Building Definition and the initial installation of the Landlord's Services Equipment and the Services Conduits and Appliances; |
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(iii) |
any fees, costs and commissions of whatsoever nature incurred in procuring or attempting to procure other tenants for the Building; |
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(iv) |
the costs of remedying any disrepair, damage or destruction caused by any of the Insured Risks or by an Uninsured Risk to the Building or the Estate; |
|
(v) |
any costs in connection with enforcing covenants in any other lease of any part of the Building on the Estate; |
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(vi) |
any sums payable by the Landlord in relation to any of its charges or indebtedness or financing; |
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(vii) |
the costs of commissions and charges in respect of collecting of principal rents, service charges and electricity cost and Outside Normal Business Hours charge and of reviewing rents payable by other tenants of the Building; |
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(viii) |
costs of CIL and any costs associated with CIL; |
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(ix) |
costs associated with Historic Contamination; |
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(x) |
costs attributed to the Developer's Works (as defined in the Agreement for Lease); |
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(xi) |
costs which would otherwise form part of the Service Costs but which are directly recoverable in full from any third party occupier in the Estate; |
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(xii) |
costs incurred in connection with applications to assign, sublet or alter in respect of any lease or other occupational document relating to the Building other than in relation to the Premises; |
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(xiii) |
costs in respect of any voids or vacant area in the Building which are available to let and/or intended for letting; |
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(xiv) |
future redevelopment costs; |
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(xv) |
costs associated with any breach of the Landlord of its obligations to repair and maintain the Estate and the Building in accordance with its obligations in this Lease; and |
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(xvi) |
any amounts recovered from a third party contractor or professional employed by the Landlord or its predecessors in title in relation to the construction, modification or improvement of the Building on the Estate (less reasonable and proper costs incurred by the Landlord in making such recovery); |
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Surety's Covenant
1 |
The Surety hereby covenants with the Landlord as a primary obligation that: |
|
(a) |
the Tenant will pay the rents reserved by this Lease on the days and in manner aforesaid and will duly perform and observe all the Tenant's covenants contained in this Lease and that in case of default the Surety will pay and make good to the Landlord on demand all loss, damages, costs and expenses thereby arising or incurred by the Landlord; |
|
(c) |
in the event that a liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy shall disclaim this Lease the Surety shall if the Landlord so requires by notice in writing given to the Surety within three months after such event take a new lease of the Premises for the residue of the term unexpired at the date of such event and at the rents then payable and subject to the terms of this Lease in every respect and to execute and deliver to the Landlord a counterpart thereof and to pay to the Landlord the reasonable costs thereof; |
|
(d) |
in the event that the Landlord shall not require the Surety to take up a lease in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1(b) hereof following the disclaimer of this Lease then the Surety shall pay to the Landlord a capital sum in the amount of the Rents that would have otherwise have been payable under this Lease for the period of 6 months from the date of such disclaimer; |
|
(e) |
for the purposes of paragraph (b): |
|
(i) |
the new lease shall: |
|
(A) |
be completed within 4 weeks after the date when the Landlord notifies the requirement to the Surety; and |
|
(B) |
take effect from the date of forfeiture, subject to any third party rights of vesting and possession; and |
|
(ii) |
the contractual term of the new lease shall expire when the Contractual Term would have expired but for the disclaimer. |
2 |
PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT IT IS HEREBY AGREED THAT: |
2.1 |
The Surety shall not be released or discharged in any way from its obligations under this Lease by: |
|
(a) |
any neglect or forbearance of the Landlord in endeavouring to obtain payment of the Rents when the same become payable or to enforce performance or observance of the Tenant's covenants herein and any time which may be given by the Landlord to the Tenant; |
|
(b) |
any variation of the terms of this Lease with the Surety's consent; |
|
(c) |
the transfer of the Landlord's reversionary interest immediately expectant on the determination of this Lease; |
|
(d) |
any refusal by the Landlord to accept rent tendered by or on behalf of the Tenant at a time when the Landlord was entitled to re-enter the Premises; |
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(e) |
any legal limitation and/or incapacity of the Tenant and/or any change in the constitution or powers of the Tenant the Surety or the Landlord; |
|
(f) |
any liquidation, administration or bankruptcy of the Tenant or the Surety; or |
|
(g) |
any other act, omission, matter or thing whatsoever whereby but for this provision the Surety would be released (other than a release of the Surety by Deed entered into by the Landlord). |
2.2 |
The Surety shall not be entitled to participate in or be subrogated to any security held by the Landlord in respect of the Tenant's obligations or otherwise to stand in the place of the Landlord in respect of any such security. |
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The Surety hereby waives any right to require the Landlord to pursue against the Tenant any rights which may be available to the Landlord before proceeding against the Surety. |
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The Surety abandons and waives any right it may have at any time under the law whether existing or future (whether by virtue of the droit de discussion or division or otherwise) to require that: |
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the Landlord, before enforcing this Lease or any right, interest or obligation under this Lease, takes any action, exercises any recourse or seeks a declaration of bankruptcy against the Tenant or any other person, makes any claim in a bankruptcy, liquidation, administration or insolvency of the Tenant or any other person or enforces or seeks to enforce any other right, claim, remedy or recourse against the Tenant or any other person; |
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the Landlord, in order to preserve any of its rights against the Surety joins the Surety as a party to any proceedings against the Tenant or any other person or the Tenant or any other person as a party to any proceedings against the Surety or takes any other procedural steps or observes any other formalities; or |
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the Landlord divides or apportions the liability of the Surety under this Lease with any other person or such liability is reduced in any manner. |
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Form of authorised guarantee agreement
AUTHORISED GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
DATE: …………………………
PARTIES
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[ ] whose registered office is at/of [ ] [(Co. Regn. No. )] (the "Landlord"); and |
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[ ] whose registered office is at/of [ ]1 [(Co. Regn. No. )] (the "Existing Tenant"); and |
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[[ ] whose registered office is at/of [ ]2 [(Co. Regn. No. )] (the "Existing Tenant's Guarantor")] |
BACKGROUND
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This agreement is supplemental and collateral to the Lease. |
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The Landlord is entitled to the immediate reversion to the Lease. |
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The residue of the term granted by the Lease is vested in the Existing Tenant. |
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The Existing Tenant intends to assign the Lease and in accordance with the provisions of the Lease has agreed to enter into an authorised guarantee agreement with the Landlord. |
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[Under the Lease the Tenant's obligations are guaranteed by the Existing Tenant's Guarantor.] |
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
In this agreement:
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the following expressions have the respective specified meanings: |
"Assignee" the person or persons defined as assignee in the Licence to Assign;
"Assignment" means the assignment authorised by the Licence to Assign, which for the purposes of this agreement, occurs on the date of the transfer of the Lease to the Assignee whether or not the transfer requires to be completed by registration at HM Land Registry;
"Lease" a lease of [ ] floor of 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0 dated [date] and made between (1) B.L.C.T. (PHC 15A) Limited, (2) Mimecast Services Limited and (3) Mimecast Limited, and includes all documents collateral to it including this agreement;
"Licence to Assign" a licence to assign the Lease dated the date hereof and made between [parties];
"Tenant's obligations" has the same meaning as is given by the 1995 Act to the expression "tenant covenants" and applies in relation to the tenancy created by the Lease; and
"1995 Act" means the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Xxx 0000;
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If a foreign company, include an address for service in the UK and specify that it is such an address. |
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If a foreign company, include an address for service in the UK and specify that it is such an address. |
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where a party comprises more than one person, that party's obligations take effect jointly and severally; and |
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references to any clause are to the corresponding clause in this agreement and the headings do not affect the construction or interpretation of this agreement. |
This authorised guarantee agreement is entered into by the Existing Tenant in consideration of the Landlord's entering into the Licence to Assign and, accordingly, the Existing Tenant as a principal obligor agrees with the Landlord that:
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Guarantee |
The Existing Tenant's obligations will be complied with by the Assignee and, to the extent they are not, the Existing Tenant will comply with them and will indemnify the Landlord against any loss it suffers as a result of any non-compliance, without deduction or set-off.
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Preservation of the guarantee |
The Existing Tenant's obligations under this clause are not affected by:
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any delay or other indulgence, compromise or neglect in enforcing the Tenant's obligations or any refusal by the Landlord to accept tendered rent; |
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any partial surrender of the Lease (and the Existing Tenant's liability shall continue but only in respect of the continuing Tenant's obligations); |
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without prejudice to clause 2.4, any disclaimer of the Assignee's liability under the Lease; |
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any legal limitation, immunity, incapacity, insolvency or the winding-up of the Assignee (or, if the Assignee is more than one person, of any such person) or by the Assignee (or any such person) otherwise ceasing to exist; |
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any act or omission in connection with any right or remedy against the Assignee or with any other security which the Landlord holds at any time for the Tenant's obligations or in connection with re-letting the Premises; |
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any other act or omission which, but for this provision, would have released the Existing Tenant from liability, |
or any combination of any such matters and, subject as provided in section 18 of the 1995 Act, the Existing Tenant's obligations are not released by, but shall be construed so as to require compliance with, the terms of any consent or approval by the Landlord or of any variation or waiver of any of the Tenant's obligations and the Existing Tenant shall, if the Landlord requests, join in any such consent, approval, variation or waiver in order to acknowledge and confirm that requirement.
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Subrogation rights, etc. |
The Existing Tenant:
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may not participate in, or exercise any right of subrogation in respect of, any security which the Landlord holds at any time for the Tenant's obligations; |
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will unconditionally waive any right of contribution by the Assignee towards the Existing Tenant's liability under this clause, to the extent the waiver is requisite for preserving that liability; |
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acknowledges that the Existing Tenant's obligations under this clause are and shall remain additional to and separate from any other security which the Landlord holds at any time for the Tenant's obligations and shall be complied with irrespective of any such other security; |
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shall not: |
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claim in competition with the Landlord in any proceedings or any type of arrangement in connection with the Assignee’s insolvency; or |
in respect of any performance of the Existing Tenant's obligations under this clause unless and until all of those obligations are fully performed (and, if, notwithstanding, the Existing Tenant does receive any money pursuant to any such claim, right or remedy, it shall hold the money on trust for the Landlord until those obligations are fully performed); and
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the Landlord's requirement must be notified to the Existing Tenant within six months after the date of the Landlord's receipt of notice of the disclaimer; |
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the new lease shall: |
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be granted in all respects at the Existing Tenant's cost; |
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be completed within four weeks after the date when the Landlord notifies the requirement to the Existing Tenant; and |
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take effect from the date of disclaimer, subject to any third party rights of vesting and possession; and |
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the contractual term of the new lease shall expire when the Term would have expired but for the disclaimer. |
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In the event that the Landlord shall not require the Existing Tenant to take up a new lease of the Premises following the disclaimer of the Lease then the Tenant will continue to pay to the Landlord the rents reserved by the Lease for a period of six months from the date of disclaimer or until the date the Premises are re-let, whichever first occurs. |
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[AGA GUARANTEE |
In consideration of the Landlord entering into the Licence to Assign, the Existing Tenant's Guarantor as a principal obligor agrees with the Landlord, with effect from the Assignment, that:
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Guarantee |
Until the date when the Existing Tenant is released by the 1995 Act from the guarantee and supplementary provisions in clause 2 (referred to in this clause as the "Authorised Guarantee Agreement") the Existing Tenant will comply with the Authorised Guarantee Agreement and, to the extent the Existing Tenant does not, the Existing Tenant's Guarantor will comply with them and will indemnify the Landlord against any loss it suffers as a result of any non-compliance, without deduction or set-off.
The Existing Tenant's Guarantor's obligations under this clause are not affected by:
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any delay or other indulgence, compromise or neglect in enforcing the Authorised Guarantee Agreement; |
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any partial surrender of the Lease (and the Existing Tenant's Guarantor's liability shall continue but only in respect of the continuing Authorised Guarantee Agreement); |
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without prejudice to clause 3.4, any disclaimer of the Authorised Guarantee Agreement; |
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any legal limitation, immunity, incapacity, insolvency or the winding-up of the Existing Tenant (or, if the Existing Tenant is more than one person, of any such person) or by the Existing Tenant (or any such person) otherwise ceasing to exist; |
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any act or omission in connection with any right or remedy against the Existing Tenant or with any security which the Landlord holds at any time for the Tenant's obligations or in connection with re-letting the Premises; |
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any other act or omission which, but for this provision, would have released the Existing Tenant's Guarantor from liability, |
or any combination of any such matters and, subject as provided in section 18 of the 1995 Act, the Existing Tenant's Guarantor's obligations in connection with the Authorised Guarantee Agreement are not released by, but shall be construed so as to require compliance (through the Authorised Guarantee Agreement) with, the terms of any consent or approval by the Landlord or of any variation or waiver of any of the Tenant's obligations and the Existing Tenant's Guarantor shall, if the Landlord requests, join in any such consent, approval, variation or waiver in order to acknowledge and confirm that requirement.
The Existing Tenant's Guarantor:
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may not participate in, or exercise any right of subrogation in respect of any security which the Landlord holds at any time for the Tenant's obligations; |
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will unconditionally waive any right of contribution by the Existing Tenant towards the Existing Tenant's Guarantor's liability under this clause, to the extent the waiver is requisite for preserving that liability; |
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acknowledges that the Existing Tenant's Guarantor's obligations under this clause are and shall remain additional to and separate from any other security which the Landlord holds at any time for the Tenant's obligations and shall be complied with irrespective of any such other security; |
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shall not: |
in respect of any performance of the Existing Tenant's Guarantor's obligations under this clause unless and until all of those obligations are fully performed (and, if, notwithstanding, the Existing Tenant's Guarantor does receive any money pursuant to any such claim, right or remedy, it shall hold the money on trust for the Landlord until those obligations are fully performed); and
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warrants that it has not taken and agrees that it will not take any security over the Existing Tenant's assets for any liability owed to the Existing Tenant's Guarantor (and, if, notwithstanding, the Existing Tenant's Guarantor does receive any such security, it shall hold the security on trust for the Landlord until the Existing Tenant's Guarantor's obligations under this clause are fully performed). |
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3.4.2 |
The Existing Tenant's Guarantor's obligations in clause 3.4.1 shall be on the same terms, subject to any necessary differences of fact, as applied to the obligations which the Existing Tenant's Guarantor had under the Lease before the Assignment. |
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If the Existing Tenant fails to comply with clause 2.4.1, the Existing Tenant's Guarantor will do so by taking the new lease in its own name. |
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TRANSMISSION OF GUARANTEES |
The benefit of every guarantee provided for in this agreement shall:
4.1 |
be annexed and incident to the whole, and to each and every part, of the immediate reversion to the Lease; and |
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pass on an assignment of the whole or any part of that reversion. |
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If any provision of this agreement is void or prohibited under any statutory enactment due to any applicable law, it shall be deemed to be deleted and the remaining provisions of this agreement shall continue in force.
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Governing law and JURISDICTION |
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This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and within the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts, to which the parties irrevocably submit. |
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Each party irrevocably agrees that any claim form or other document to be served under the Civil Procedure Rules may be served on it by being delivered to or left at its address in the United Kingdom as stated in this document or as otherwise notified to [each] [the] other party and each party undertakes to notify the others in advance of any change from time to time of such address for service and to maintain an appropriate address at all times. |
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exclusion of third party rights |
The parties confirm that no term of this agreement is enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 by a person who is not a party to it.
This document has been executed as a deed and is delivered and takes effect on the date stated at the beginning of it.
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director and its company secretary |
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LIMITED, a company incorporated in Jersey, acting |
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By Xxxxx Xxxx , being a |
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person(s) who, in accordance with the laws of that |
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…….B.L.C.T. (PHC 15A) Limited……
Signature in the name of the company
Signature(s): /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
Authorised Signatory /s/ Illegible
For British Land Company Secretarial Limited
EXECUTED as a DEED by MIMECAST |
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SERVICES LIMITED acting by two |
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directors /a director and its |
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LIMITED, a company incorporated in Jersey, |
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Signature(s):_/s/ Xxxxx Bauer_____________________
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