LEASE AND LEASE AGREEMENT Between S/K BED ONE ASSOCIATES LLC The Landlord And GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. The Tenant For Leased Premises In August 18, 2009
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1. DEFINITIONS |
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2. LEASE OF THE LEASED PREMISES |
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3. RENT |
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4. TERM |
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5. PREPARATION OF THE LEASED PREMISES |
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6. OPTIONS |
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7. USE AND OCCUPANCY |
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8. UTILITIES, SERVICES, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS |
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9. ALLOCATION OF THE EXPENSE OF UTILITIES, SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND TAXES |
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10. COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF ALLOCATED EXPENSES OF UTILITIES, SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS,
TAXES AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES |
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11. LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, FIXTURES AND TRADE FIXTURES |
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12. ALTERATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS BY THE TENANT |
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13. LANDLORD’S RIGHTS OF ENTRY AND ACCESS |
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14. LIABILITIES AND INSURANCE OBLIGATIONS |
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15. CASUALTY DAMAGE TO BUILDING OR LEASED PREMISES |
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16. CONDEMNATION |
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17. ASSIGNMENT OR SUBLETTING BY TENANT |
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18. SIGNS, DISPLAYS AND ADVERTISING |
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19. QUIET ENJOYMENT |
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20. OMITTED INTENTIONALLY |
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21. SURRENDER |
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22. EVENTS OF XXXXXXX |
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00. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES |
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24. TERMINATION OF THE XXXX |
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00. MORTGAGE AND UNDERLYING LEASE PRIORITY |
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26. TRANSFER BY LANDLORD |
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27. INDEMNIFICATION |
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28. PARTIES’ LIABILITY |
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29. SECURITY DEPOSIT |
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30. REPRESENTATIONS |
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31. RESERVATION IN FAVOR OF TENANT |
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32. TENANT’S CERTIFICATES AND MORTGAGEE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS |
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33. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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34. SEVERABILITY |
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35. NOTICES |
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36. CAPTIONS |
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37. COUNTERPARTS |
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38. APPLICABLE LAW |
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39. EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT |
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40. SUCCESSORS |
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41. AMENDMENTS |
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42. WAIVER |
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43. COURSE OF PERFORMANCE |
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EXHIBIT A — LEASED PREMISES FLOOR SPACE DIAGRAM |
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EXHIBIT B — PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
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EXHIBIT C – OMITTED INTENTIONALLY |
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EXHIBIT D — BUILDING RULES AND REGULATIONS |
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EXHIBIT E — DEFINITIONS AND INDEX OF DEFINITIONS |
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EXHIBIT F — CLEANING SPECIFICATIONS |
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2.3.1. | Landlord reserves the right to require Tenant to paint the exterior portions of the Roof Installations consistent with the color of the Building and otherwise to take reasonable measures to shield, in whole or in part as deemed practicable, the exterior portions of the Roof Installations from view. | ||
2.3.2. | No such Roof Installations shall interfere with the communications configurations, frequencies or operating equipment which exist on the Property on the effective date of this Agreement or the rights of tenants of Other Leased Premises. Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord from any claim by any tenant of Other Leased Premises or third party that such Roof Installations interfere or conflicts with the installations of such other persons (“Pre-existing Communications”). Tenant’s Roof Installations and the operation thereof shall comply with all non-interference and health rules of all agencies with jurisdiction including the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). Upon written notice from Landlord of apparent interference by Tenant with Pre-existing Communications of violation of FCC rules, Tenant shall have the responsibility to promptly terminate such interference. | ||
2.3.3. | Tenant shall use the Roof Installations for the transmission, reception and operation of a communications system for its business and for uses incidental thereto and for no other uses. Tenant agrees that the Roof Installations will not cause interference with normal consumer electronics (“Electronics”) used by Landlord or tenants of Other Leased Premises, regardless of whether the Electronics predate or postdate the Roof Installations. Electronics shall include, but not be limited to, computers and accessory equipment, facsimile machines, landline and mobile telephones, Blackberry devices, audio-visual equipment and other similar electronic components commonly associated with operating a commercial enterprise. Tenant has the obligation to not cause interference with Electronics that are operating within the terms of their license and/or intended manufacturer purpose and customary use. | ||
2.3.4. | Within thirty (30) days after the Commencement Date, Tenant shall provide Landlord with as-built drawings of the Roof Installations and the improvements installed on or in the Roof Installations, which show the actual location of all equipment and improvements consistent with the Plans. The drawings shall be accompanied by a complete and detailed inventory of all equipment and personal property. If there are no immediate Roof Installations to be made following Commencement Date, Tenant will provide to Landlord reasonable notice |
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of any Roof Installations prior to taking any measure to install Roof Installations during the Term of this Agreement. |
Months | Annual Rate | Monthly Installments | ||
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$990,000.00 | $82,500.00 | ||
68 through 127 | $1,080,000.00 | $90,000.00 | ||
128 through 131 | waived | |||
132 through 191 | $1,215,000.00 | $101,250.00 |
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4.2.1. | the Target Date; or |
4.2.2. | the date that the last of each of the following conditions set forth in this subsection 4.2.2 of the Agreement that is specifically applicable shall have occurred: |
4.2.2.1. | the date the Leased Premises can be legally occupied for its intended use with a temporary certificate of occupancy issued with no conditions which will materially interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Leased Premises by Tenant; |
4.2.2.2. | preparation of the Leased Premises substantially in accordance with the Tenant Plan is complete (except for (i) any long lead time items that may be required that can not be delivered to the Leased Premises in sufficient time to be incorporated into the work in proper sequence which long lead items Landlord will advise Tenant of within five (5) business days of receipt of Tenant’s Plan and Tenant shall then have five (5) business days to revise Tenant’s Plan to remove or change any long lead items, (ii) minor details of construction, decoration and mechanical adjustments, the non-completion of which do not materially interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Leased Premises by Tenant, and (iii) except as otherwise provided herein, any additional preparation work contemplated by this Agreement that is not being performed by contractors selected and retained by the Landlord); | ||
4.2.2.3. | the Landlord can deliver actual and exclusive possession of the Leased Premises, free of rubbish and debris, to the Tenant (except for any rubbish and debris left by contractors not selected and retained by the Landlord); | ||
4.2.2.4. | a temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy has been issued and the tenant had operational control and full access to the Leased Premises. |
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4.3.1. | the Tenant shall be allowed a period of thirty (30) days prior to the Commencement Date to move furniture, furnishings, and equipment into the Leased Premises to prepare for commencement of operations. Landlord shall provide sufficient vertical riser space to meet Tenant’s electric, voice and data requirements; and | ||
4.3.2. | prior to the Commencement Date, when legally permitted, the Tenant shall be allowed to occupy a portion of the First Floor Premises to prepare a transition of its computer systems (the “Temporary Occupancy Period”). During the Temporary Occupancy Period, Tenant shall pay a Temporary Electric Charge at the rate of $1.75 per square foot per year for the portion occupied for this purpose. |
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6.1.1 | At the time of the exercise of the Option to Renew and at the time of said renewal, the Tenant shall not be in default under the terms and provisions of this Lease, and shall occupy and be in operation at the entire Leased Premises pursuant to this Lease. | ||
6.1.2 | Notice of the exercise of the Option to Renew shall be sent to the Landlord in writing at least twelve (12) months before the expiration of the Initial Term or before the expiration of the first Renewal Term, as the case may be. | ||
6.1.3 | Each Renewal Term shall be for a period of five (5) years to commence at the expiration of the Initial Term or the expiration of the first Renewal Term, as the case may be, and all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, other than the annual amount of Basic Rent, shall apply during either such Renewal Term. In each Renewal Term, he Base Year for Operating Expenses and the Base Year for Taxes shall be revised to the calendar year in which the first month of the Renewal Term occurs. | ||
6.1.4. | The amount of Basic Rent to be paid during each Renewal Term shall equal the Market Rental Rate which is defined below in Exhibit E. |
6.2.1. | by a written notice served on or before the end of the sixty-seventh full calendar month of the Initial Term to be effective at the close of business on the last day of the seventy-ninth full calendar month of the Initial Term. Eleven (11) months after serving a notice exercising this Option to Cancel, Tenant shall become obligated to pay a termination fee (the “Termination Fee”) which is the sum of (i) the unamortized portion of the Allowance; (ii) the unamortized portion of the costs incurred by Landlord for the performance of the work and installations required by subsections 5.4(ii) and 5.4(iii) of this Agreement (the “Other Costs”); (ii) the unamortized portion of the brokerage commissions paid to the Brokers, and (iii) $180,000; which total is the consideration for the granting of this Option to Cancel. If this Option to Cancel is not exercised in a timely manner it shall thereupon expire; and | ||
6.2.2. | by a written notice served on or before the end of the one hundred eighteenth full calendar month of the Initial Term to be effective at the close of business on the last day of the one hundred twenty-seventh full calendar month of the Initial Term. Nine (9) months after serving a notice exercising this Option to Cancel, Tenant shall become obligated to pay a termination fee (the “Alternate Termination Fee”) equal to the unamortized portion of the brokerage commissions paid to the Brokers which is the consideration for the granting of this Option to Cancel. If this Option to Cancel is not exercised in a timely manner it shall thereupon expire. |
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6.2.3. | If the Termination Fee is not paid in a timely manner, the cancellation shall be ineffective and the applicable Option to Cancel shall thereupon expire. | ||
6.2.4. | The unamortized portion of the Allowance shall equal the present value of the remaining forty-eight (48) payments which would be due on a monthly annuity in arrears for one hundred twenty-seven (127) months using the amount of the Allowance as the present value, and an annual rate of interest of eight percent (8%). The unamortized portion of the Other Costs shall equal the present value of the remaining forty-eight (48) payments which would be due on a monthly annuity in arrears for one hundred twenty-seven (127) months using the amount of the Other Costs as the present value, and an annual rate of interest of eight percent (8%). If the first Option to Cancel is exercised, the unamortized portion of the brokerage commissions shall equal the present value of the remaining one hundred twelve (112) payments which would be due on a monthly annuity in arrears for one hundred ninety-one (191) months using the amount of the brokerage commissions paid to the Brokers as the present value, and an annual rate of interest of eight percent (8%). If the second Option to Cancel is exercised, the unamortized portion of the brokerage commissions shall equal the present value of the remaining sixty-four (64) payments which would be due on a monthly annuity in arrears for one hundred ninety-one (191) months using the amount of the brokerage commissions paid to the Brokers as the present value, and an annual rate of interest of eight percent (8%). | ||
6.2.5. | If the Option to Cancel is exercised then, with respect to any space leased by Tenant pursuant to the Right of First Offer or the Right of First Refusal, Tenant shall be obligated to pay Landlord an additional termination fee (the “Additional Termination Fee”) which is the sum of (i) the unamortized portion of any allowance granted in connection with any leases made pursuant to the Right of First Offer and the Right of First Refusal; (ii) the unamortized portion of the brokerage commissions paid to any brokers in connection therewith; and (iii) the unamortized portion of free Rent given in connection therewith; which total is the consideration for the granting of the Option to Cancel any leases made pursuant to the Right of First Offer and the Right of First Refusal. |
6.3.1. | After the Lease execution, Tenant shall have a Right of First Refusal for any available space on the third floor of the Building (“Third Floor Space”), subject and subordinate to existing rights held by tenants of Other Leased Premises as of the date of this Lease provided that, at the time of the exercise of the Right of First Refusal, the Tenant shall not be in default under the terms and provisions of this Lease beyond any applicable cure periods. Landlord shall give Tenant written notice of all terms and conditions of any bona fide third party offer Landlord has received for the Third Floor Space. Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing within five (5) business days after Tenant’s receipt of such written notice as to whether or not Tenant elects to lease such space. If Tenant either notifies Landlord that Tenant does not wish to lease such space, or Tenant fails to notify Landlord of its intentions within such five (5) business day period, then Tenant’s Right of First Refusal shall cease as to such space and Landlord may lease only such space without giving Tenant any further notice thereof. Landlord agrees to notify Tenant if Landlord has entered into such lease of the Third Floor Space (or not entered into such lease, as the case may be). |
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6.3.2. | Tenant’s notice exercising the Right of First Refusal shall constitute a binding commitment to lease the specified space on the following terms: |
6.3.2.1. | If the Right of First Refusal is exercised within the first eighteen (18) months of the Initial Term (i) the term of the lease for the offered space shall be coterminous with the Initial Term, (ii) the Basic Rent per rentable square foot shall be the same as the Basic Rent per rentable square foot being paid from time to time for the Leased Premises, and (iii) Landlord shall provide an allowance of $35 per rentable square foot in the offered space multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the number of whole months remaining in the first ten years of the Initial Term and whose denominator is 120. Tenant may only look to the Landlord and its successors and assigns for the payment of this allowance but, in no circumstances, may Tenant seek recovery of any such sums from the current or any future mortgagee. | ||
6.3.2.2. | If the Right of First Refusal is exercised after the first eighteen (18) months of the Initial Term (i) the term of the lease for the offered space shall be coterminous with the Initial Term and (ii) the Basic Rent shall be the Market Rental Rate for the offered space. | ||
6.3.2.3. | Landlord and Tenant shall execute and deliver an amendment of this Agreement to confirm the exercise of the Right of First Refusal and to set forth its terms. The amendment shall contain all the same terms as this Agreement, modified to conform to the addition of the offered space. Tenant’s Proportionate Share and the total rentable area of the Leased Premises shall be increased accordingly. |
6.3.3. | The Right of First Refusal set forth in this Article, is personal to Tenant, and its permitted assigns (pursuant to subsection 17.6 of this Agreement), and may not otherwise be assigned or transferred by Tenant. |
6.4.1. | After the Commencement Date, Tenant shall have a Right of First Offer for any space which Landlord knows or reasonably anticipates will become available in the Building (the “Other Space”), subject and subordinate to existing rights held by tenants of Other Leased Premises provided that, at the time of the exercise of the Right of First Offer, the Tenant shall not be in default under the terms and provisions of this Lease. |
6.4.1.1. | If Other Space will become available for a term to begin during the first eighteen (18) months of the Initial Term, Landlord shall offer the Other Space to Tenant on the following terms: (i) the term of the lease for the Other Space shall be coterminous with the Initial Term, (ii) the Basic Rent per rentable square foot shall be the same as the Basic Rent per rentable square foot being paid from time to time for the Leased Premises, and (iii) Landlord shall provide an allowance of $35 per rentable square foot in the Other Space multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the number of whole months remaining in the first ten years of the Initial Term and whose denominator is 120. | ||
6.4.1.2. | If Other Space will become available for a term to begin after the first eighteen (18) |
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months of the Initial Term, Landlord shall notify Tenant in writing of the terms on which Landlord proposes to lease the Other Space including, without limitation, when the number of rentable square feet in the Other Space and the term of the proposed lease. The Basic Rent per rentable square foot shall be the FMV of the Other Space but not less than $22 per gross rentable foot. Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing within five (5) business days after Tenant’s receipt of the offer as to whether or not Tenant elects to lease the Other Space. | |||
6.4.1.3. | In either case, if Tenant either notifies Landlord that Tenant does not wish to lease the Other Space, or Tenant fails to notify Landlord of its intentions within such five (5) day period, then Tenant’s Right of First Offer shall cease as to such space and Landlord may lease such space without giving Tenant any further notice thereof. |
6.4.2. | If Tenant exercises the Right of First Offer, Tenant’s notice exercising the Right of First Offer shall constitute a binding commitment to lease the Other Space on the same terms and conditions as are set forth in this Lease as modified by the terms set forth in Landlord’s offer. Tenant’s Proportionate Share and the total rentable area of the Leased Premises shall be increased accordingly. If Tenant leases Other Space under Section 6.4.1.2. above, the Base Year for Operating Expenses and Taxes shall be the year in which the term of the Other Space leased commences and Tenant shall execute and deliver an amendment of this Agreement to confirm the exercise of the Right of First Offer. | ||
6.4.3. | The Right of First Offer set forth in this Article, is personal to Tenant named herein, and its permitted assigns (pursuant to subsection 17.6 of this Agreement), and may not otherwise be assigned or transferred by Tenant. |
6.5.1. | any Option to Renew which the Tenant has theretofore properly exercised with respect to a Renewal Term that has not yet actually commenced shall be rescinded, if the Landlord so elects by notice to the Tenant, to the same extent as if it had not been exercised at all; and | ||
6.5.2. | any Option to Renew or any other type of option or optional right exercisable by the Tenant not theretofore timely and otherwise properly exercised by the Tenant shall thereupon expire. |
7.2.1. | the Tenant shall not do, or permit anything which might have the effect of creating an increased risk of, or damage from, fire, explosion or other casualty; |
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7.2.2. | the Tenant shall not do, or permit anything which would have the effect of (a) increasing any premium for any liability, property, casualty or excess coverage insurance policy otherwise payable by the Landlord or any tenant of Other Leased Premises or (b) making any such types or amounts of insurance coverage unavailable or less available to the Landlord or any tenant of Other Leased Premises; | ||
7.2.3. | to the extent they are not inconsistent with this Agreement, the Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall comply with the Building Rules and Regulations attached hereto as Exhibit D, and with any reasonable changes made therein by the Landlord for all tenants of the Building if, with respect to any such changes, the Landlord shall have given prior notice of the particular changes to the Tenant and such changes shall not adversely affect the conduct of the Tenant’s business in the Leased Premises and Tenant’s use of the Leased Premises; | ||
7.2.4. | the Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall not create, permit or continue any Nuisance in or around the Leased Premises, the Other Leased Premises, the Building, the Common Facilities and the Property; | ||
7.2.5. | The Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall not permit the Leased Premises to be regularly occupied by more than the number of individuals permitted by code (provided that, if any supplemental cooling or ventilation is required, because the Leased Premises are occupied by more than one individual per 200 square feet of usable floor space, the cost of installing, operating and maintaining the same shall be at the Tenant’s sole cost and expense); | ||
7.2.6. | the Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall comply with all Federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and orders as they pertain to the Tenant’s use and occupancy of the Leased Premises, to the conduct of the Tenant’s business and to the use of the Common Facilities, except that this subsection shall not require the Tenant to make any structural changes that may be required thereby; | ||
7.2.7. | the Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall comply with the requirements of the Board of Fire Underwriters (or successor organization) and of any insurance carriers providing liability, property, casualty or excess insurance coverage regarding the Property, the Building, the Common Facilities or any portions thereof, and any other improvements on the Property, except that this subsection shall not require the Tenant to make any structural changes that may be required thereby that are generally applicable to the Building as a whole; | ||
7.2.8. | the Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall not bring or discharge any material or substance (solid, liquid or gaseous) which is a Hazardous Substance, or conduct any activity, in or on the Property, the Building, the Common Facilities or the Leased Premises that shall have been identified by any Federal, state or local statute (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Spill Compensation and Control Act (58 N.J.S.A. §10-23.11 et seq.); the Industrial Site Recovery Act (“ISRA”)(13 N.J.S.A. §1 K-6 et seq.); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.) as amended; the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation |
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and Liability Act of 1980 (42 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act/Clean Water Act (33 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.); the Clean Water Act (33 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.); the Clean Air Act (42 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.); the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.); the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §5101 et seq.) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §300f through §300j) as amended; the Global Warming Response Act, 26 N.J.S.A. §2C-37 et seq.; the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act, 26 N.J.S.A. §2C-45 et seq., and the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to said laws; and in any revisions or successor codes as toxic or hazardous to health or to the environment (“Environmental Laws”) As used herein, “Hazardous Substance” means any material or substance which is toxic, ignitable, reactive, or corrosive; or which is defined as “hazardous waste”, “extremely hazardous waste” or a “hazardous substance” by Environmental Laws; or which is an asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyl or a petroleum product; or which is regulated by Environmental Laws; | |||
7.2.9. | the Tenant and the Tenant’s employees, other agents and Guests shall not draw electricity in the Leased Premises in excess of the rated capacity of the electrical conductors and safety devices including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, circuit breakers and fuses, by which electricity is distributed to and throughout the Leased Premises and, without the prior written consent of the Landlord in each instance, shall not connect any fixtures, appliances or equipment to the electrical distribution system serving the Building and the Leased Premises other than typical professional office equipment such as minicomputers, microcomputers, typewriters, copiers, telephone systems, coffee machines and table top microwave ovens, none of which, considered individually and in the aggregate, overall and per fused or circuit breaker protected circuit, shall exceed the above limits. The system is designed to provide three (3) xxxxx per usable square foot for lighting and five (5) xxxxx per usable square foot for the other electric devices enumerated above; | ||
7.2.10. | on a timely basis the Tenant shall pay directly and promptly to the respective taxing authorities any taxes (other than Taxes) charged, assessed or levied exclusively on the Leased Premises or arising exclusively from the Tenant’s use and occupancy of the Leased Premises; and | ||
7.2.11. | the Tenant shall not initiate any appeal or contest of any assessment or collection of Taxes for any period without, in each instance, the prior written consent of the Landlord which, without being deemed unreasonable, the Landlord may withhold if the Building was not ninety percent (90%) occupied by paying tenants throughout that period or if the Tenant is not joined by tenants of Other Leased Premises that leased throughout that period, and that are then leasing, at least eighty percent (80%) of all Other Leased Premises, determined by their gross rentable floor space. |
8.1.1. | such maintenance and repair of the Building (except the Leased Premises and Other Leased Premises); the Common Facilities; and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (but not including supplemental cooling, whether supplemental cooling units are found in the Leased Premises or not), any plumbing systems and the electrical systems in |
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the Building, the Common Facilities, the Leased Premises and Other Leased Premises as is customarily provided for first class office buildings in the immediate area; | |||
8.1.2. | maintenance and repair of the Leased Premises, except for refinishing walls and wall treatments, base, ceilings, floor treatments and doors in general from time to time or for gouges, spots, marks, damage or defacement caused by anyone other than the Landlord, its employees and other agents, and except for the Tenant’s furniture, furnishings, equipment and other property; | ||
8.1.3. | such garbage removal from the Building and the Common Facilities and such janitorial services for the Building, the Leased Premises and Other Leased Premises as is customarily provided for first class office buildings in the immediate area; | ||
8.1.4. | the electricity required for the operation of the Building, the Property and the Common Facilities during Regular Business Hours and, on a reduced service basis, during other than Regular Business Hours, and, at all times, the electricity required for the Leased Premises; | ||
8.1.5. | such heat, ventilation and air conditioning (but not including supplemental cooling, whether supplemental cooling units are found in the Leased Premises or not) for the Building, the Leased Premises and Other Leased Premises as is customarily provided for first class office buildings in the immediate area for the comfortable use of the Building during Regular Business Hours. The heating and air conditioning shall have the capacity to maintain, and shall be operated to maintain without material variation, maximum and minimum temperature standards throughout the entire building according to the following: the system shall maintain a maximum of 75 degrees F. dry bulb temperature with not more than 50% relative humidity when the outside air is a dry bulb temperature of 95 degrees F. and a wet bulb temperature of 75 degrees F., assuming heat loads generated by one (1) person per 200 usable square foot, three (3) xxxxx per usable square foot for lighting and four (4) xxxxx per usable square foot for other electric devices (inclusive of supplemental cooling). The system shall maintain a minimum temperature of 72 degrees F. when the outside temperature is 0 degrees F. The Building was designed and constructed in accordance with applicable ASHRAE guidelines for office buildings. The Leased Premises shall have ventilation which meets the minimum ventilation requirements of local building codes (Customary cooling shall be determined without reference to the existence of supplemental cooling units.); | ||
8.1.6. | water (including heated water) to the Building and, if the appropriate plumbing has been installed therein, to the Leased Premises; | ||
8.1.7. | sewage disposal for the Building; | ||
8.1.8. | passenger elevator service for the Building; | ||
8.1.9. | snow clearance from, and sweeping of, Parking Facilities and private access roads which are part of the Property or the Common Facilities; | ||
8.1.10. | the maintenance of landscaping which is part of the Property or the Common Facilities; | ||
8.1.11. | a security guard to be stationed at the security desk in the main lobby during Regular Business Hours; |
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8.1.12. | food service to be available from 6:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. on Monday through Friday (except for Legal Holidays); | ||
8.1.13. | a fitness center to be open during Regular Business Hours, provided that, at all hours, Tenant’s employees shall have access to the fitness center by key card; | ||
8.1.14. | the janitorial services specified in Exhibit F which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. |
9.3.1. | the Tenant’s Share of: Operational Expenses and Taxes incurred during each such period of twelve (12) months (or shorter period), up to the amounts of Base Year Operational Expenses and Base Year Taxes, respectively (or proportional amount thereof for periods shorter than twelve (12) months), shall be borne by the Landlord; and | ||
9.3.2. | the Tenant’s Share of: the amounts by which Operational Expenses and Taxes incurred during each such period of twelve (12) months (or shorter period) exceed Base Year Operational Expenses and Base Year Taxes, respectively (or proportional amount thereof for periods shorter than twelve (12) months) shall be allocated to, and borne by, the Tenant as more specifically set forth in section 10 of this Agreement. |
10. | Computation and Payment of Allocated Expenses of Utilities, Services, Maintenance, Repairs, Taxes and Capital Expenditures. |
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10.1.1. | commencing with the first day after the end of the No Pass Through Period, and on the first day of each month thereafter during the Term, one-twelfth of the Tenant’s Share of the amount by which Taxes for the then current calendar year exceeds Base Year Taxes, computed in accordance with subsection 10.5 of this Agreement. When Landlord knows of facts which cause a revision of the estimate, it may serve a revised estimate and, for the balance of the current calendar year, the estimated payments shall be made accordingly; | ||
10.1.2. | within twenty (20) days of the Landlord’s giving notice to the Tenant after the close of each calendar year closing during the Term, commencing with the first calendar year closing after the close of the No Pass Through Period, and after the end of the Term, the Tenant’s Share of the difference between the Landlord’s previously projected amount of Taxes for such period and the actual amount of Taxes for such period, in either case in excess of Base Year Taxes, computed in accordance with subsection 10.6 of this Agreement (unless such difference is a negative amount, in which case the Landlord shall credit such difference against any amounts next due from the Tenant for Basic Rent); | ||
10.1.3. | commencing with the first day after the end of the No Pass Through Period, and on the first day of each month thereafter during the Term, one-twelfth of the Tenant’s Share of the amount by which Operational Expenses for the then current calendar year exceed Base Year Operational Expenses, computed in accordance with subsection 10.7 of this Agreement. When Landlord knows of facts which cause a revision of the estimate, it may serve a revised estimate and, for the balance of the current calendar year, the estimated payments shall be made accordingly; | ||
10.1.4. | within twenty (20) days of the Landlord’s giving notice to the Tenant after the close of each calendar year closing during the Term, commencing with the first calendar year closing after the close of the No Pass Through Period, and after the end of the Term, the Tenant’s Share of the difference between the Landlord’s previously projected amount of Operational Expenses for such period and the actual amount of Operational Expenses for such period, in either case in excess of Base Year Operational Expenses, computed in accordance with subsection 10.8 of this Agreement (unless such difference is a negative amount, in which case the Landlord shall credit such difference against any amounts next due from the Tenant for Basic Rent); | ||
10.1.5. | commencing with the first day of the first month after the Landlord gives any notice contemplated by subsection 10.9 of this Agreement to the Tenant and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter until the earlier of (a) the end of the Term or (b) the last month of the useful life set forth in the respective notice, one-twelfth of the Tenant’s Share of any Annual Amortized Capital Expenditure, computed in accordance with subsection 10.9 of this Agreement; | ||
10.1.6. | on the first day of each month during the Term, the monthly Tenant Electric Charges, set forth in section 9.1 of this Agreement; and | ||
10.1.7. | promptly as and when billed therefore by the Landlord, the amount of any expense which would otherwise fall within the definition of Operational Expenses, but which is specifically paid or incurred by the Landlord for operation and maintenance of the Building, the Common Facilities or the Property outside Regular Business Hours at the specific request |
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of the Tenant or the amount of any expenditure incurred for maintenance or repair of damage to the Building, the Common Facilities, the Property, the Leased Premises or the Other Leased Premises caused directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the active or passive negligence or intentional act of the Tenant or any of its employees, other agents or Guests. |
10.2.1. | Utilities Expenses; | ||
10.2.2. | the expense of providing the services, maintenance and repairs contemplated by subsection 8.1 of this Agreement, whether furnished by the Landlord’s employees or by independent contractors or other agents; | ||
10.2.3. | wages, salaries, fees and other compensation and payments and payroll taxes and contributions to any social security, unemployment insurance, welfare, pension or similar fund and payments for other fringe benefits required by law or union agreement (or, if the employees or any of them are not represented by a union, then payments for benefits comparable to those generally required by union agreement (but not in excess of the union agreements) in first class office buildings in the immediate area which are unionized) made to or on behalf of any employees of Landlord performing services rendered in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Building, the Common Facilities and the Property, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, elevator operators, elevator starters, window cleaners, porters, janitors, miscellaneous handymen, watchmen, persons engaged in patrolling and protecting the Building, the Common Facilities and the Property, carpenters, engineers, mechanics, electricians, plumbers, other tradesmen, other persons engaged in the operation and maintenance of the Building, Common Facilities and Property, Building superintendent and assistants, Building manager, and clerical and administrative personnel working in the Building for the Building manager or the Landlord but not for an persons above the grade of Building manager; | ||
10.2.4. | when employees are required by the Landlord to wear uniforms, the uniforms of such employees and the cleaning, pressing and repair thereof; | ||
10.2.5. | premiums and other related charges incurred by Landlord with respect to all insurance relating to the Building, the Common Facilities and the Property and the operation and maintenance thereof, including, without limitation: property and casualty, fire and extended coverage insurance, including windstorm, flood, hail, explosion, other casualty, riot, rioting attending a strike, civil commotion, aircraft, vehicle and smoke insurance; public liability insurance; elevator, boiler and machinery insurance; excess liability coverage insurance; use and occupancy insurance; workers’ compensation and health, |
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accident, disability and group life insurance for all employees; casualty rent insurance and such other insurance with such limits as may, from time to time, be customary for office buildings or which Landlord may be required to secure by mortgage lenders; | |||
10.2.6. | sales and excise taxes and the like upon any Operational Expenses and Capital Expenditures; | ||
10.2.7. | management fees of any independent managing agent for the Property up to a maximum of three (3%) percent of the gross revenue of the Building, the Building or the Common Facilities; and if there shall be no independent managing agent, or if the managing agent shall be a person affiliated with the Landlord, the management fees that would customarily be charged for the management of the Property, the Building and the Common Facilities by an independent, first class managing agent in the immediate area; | ||
10.2.8. | the cost of replacements for tools, supplies and equipment used in the operation, service, maintenance, inspection, repair and alteration of the Building, the Common Facilities and the Property; | ||
10.2.9. | the cost of repainting or otherwise redecorating any part of the Building or the Common Facilities; | ||
10.2.10. | decorations for the lobbies and other Common Facilities in the Building; | ||
10.2.11. | the cost of licenses, permits and similar fees and charges related to operation, repair and maintenance of the Building, the Property and the Common Facilities; and | ||
10.2.12. | any and all other expenditures of the Landlord in connection with the operation, alteration, repair or maintenance of the Property, the Common Facilities or the Building as a first-class office building and facilities in the immediate area which are properly treated as an expense fully deductible as incurred in accordance with generally applied real estate accounting practice. |
10.3.1. | all costs and expenses incurred by the Landlord in connection with retro-fitting the entire Building or the Common Facilities, or any portion thereof, to comply with any change in Federal, state or local statute, rule, regulation, order or requirement which change takes effect after the original completion of the Building; | ||
10.3.2. | all costs and expenses incurred by the Landlord to replace and improve the Property, the Building or the Common Facilities or portions thereof for the purpose of continued operation of the Property, the Building and the Common Facilities as a first class office complex in the immediate area; and | ||
10.3.3. | all costs and expenses incurred by the Landlord in connection with the installation of any energy, labor or other cost saving device or system on the Property or in the Building or the Common Facilities. |
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10.4.1. | principal or interest on any mortgage indebtedness on the Property, the Building or any portion thereof and any ground rents; | ||
10.4.2. | any capital expenditure, or amortized portion thereof, other than those included in the definition of Capital Expenditures set forth in subsection 10.3 above; | ||
10.4.3. | expenditures for any leasehold improvement which is made in connection with the preparation of any portion of the Building for occupancy by a new tenant or which is not made generally to or for the benefit of the Leased Premises and all Other Leased Premises or generally to the Building or the Common Facilities; | ||
10.4.4. | to the extent the Landlord actually receives proceeds of property and casualty insurance policies on the Building, other improvements on the Property or the Common Facilities, expenditures for repairs or replacements occasioned by fire or other casualty to the Building or the Common Facilities; | ||
10.4.5. | expenditures for repairs, replacements or rebuilding occasioned by any of the events contemplated by section 16 of this Agreement; | ||
10.4.6. | expenditures for costs, including advertising and leasing commissions, and legal expenses and professional fees, incurred in connection with efforts to lease portions of the Building and to procure new tenants for the Building and any amount paid for or on behalf of tenants such as space planning, moving costs, rental and other tenant concessions; | ||
10.4.7. | expenditures for the salaries and benefits of the executive officers, if any, of the Landlord above the level of building manager, and any salary, wages, or other compensation or benefits for off-site employees applicable to the time spent working at other buildings, other than the building manager (provided that with respect to each employee that services the Building and other buildings, a pro-rate portion of such employee’s salary shall be included in Operational Expenses); | ||
10.4.8. | depreciation and amortization (as those terms are used in the accounting sense in the context of generally applied real estate accounting practice) of the Building, the Common Facilities and any other equipment, machinery, fixtures or improvements on the Property; | ||
10.4.9. | costs of electricity sold to tenants of the Building by Landlord or any other special service or benefit to the tenants or service or benefit in excess of that furnished to Tenant whether or not Landlord receives reimbursement from such tenants as an additional charge; | ||
10.4.10. | any amounts which would otherwise be included in Operational Expenses paid to any person, firm or corporation related or otherwise affiliated with Landlord or any general partner, officer or director of Landlord or any of its general partners, to the extent same exceeds arms-length competitive prices paid in the Bedminster, New Jersey area for the services or goods provided (i.e., that portion of the costs and expenses for such services that exceed the competitive rate shall not be included in Operational Expenses); | ||
10.4.11. | Landlord’s general entity overhead and general and administrative expenses except as they relates specifically to the actual management of the Project; |
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10.4.12. | costs incurred to correct violations by Landlord of any law, rule, order or regulation which was in effect as of the date hereof; | ||
10.4.13. | costs relating to maintaining Landlord’s existence as a limited liability company or other entity, such as annual fees, administration expenses, and legal and accounting fees (other than with respect to Building operations); | ||
10.4.14. | any expense for which Landlord is reimbursed under the terms of any insurance policy, warranty, or condemnation award; | ||
10.4.15. | bad debt or rent loss or reserves for bad debts or rent loss; | ||
10.4.16. | costs incurred in connection with the sale of ownership of the Building, including brokerage commissions, attorneys’ and accountant’s fees, closing costs, title insurance premiums, transfer taxes and interest charges; | ||
10.4.17. | fines, penalties or interest for landlord’s failure to make any tax payment in a timely fashion; | ||
10.4.18. | costs of repairs, restoration, replacements or other work occasioned by fire, windstorm or other casualty required to be insured by Landlord under this Lease; | ||
10.4.19. | Landlord’s net income, transfer, excise, capital stock and franchise taxes; and | ||
10.4.20. | costs incurred to contain, xxxxx, remove or otherwise clean up the Building or the Land required as a result of the presence of Hazardous Materials in, about or below the Building or the Land. |
10.5.1. | Taxes billed, or if a xxxx has not then been received for the entire period, the Landlord’s reasonable projection of Taxes to be billed, for the then current calendar year; | ||
10.5.2. | the amount of Base Year Taxes; | ||
10.5.3. | the amount, if any, by which item 10.5.1 above exceeds item 10.5.2 above; and | ||
10.5.4. | the Tenant’s Share of item 10.5.3 above. |
10.6.1. | the actual amount of Taxes for the preceding calendar year in excess of Base Year Taxes (or proportional amount thereof for shorter periods during the Term); | ||
10.6.2. | the Landlord’s previously projected amount of Taxes for the preceding calendar year in excess of Base Year Taxes (or proportional amount thereof for shorter periods during the Term); |
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10.6.3. | the difference obtained by subtracting item 10.6.2 above from item 10.6.1 above; and | ||
10.6.4. | the Tenant’s Share of item 10.6.3 above. |
10.7.1. | the Landlord’s projection of annual Operational Expenses for the current period (if any portion thereof is during the Term); | ||
10.7.2. | the amount of the Base Year Operational Expenses; | ||
10.7.3. | the amount, if any, by which item 10.7.1 above exceeds item 10.7.2 above; and | ||
10.7.4. | the Tenant’s Share of item 10.7.3 above. |
10.8.1. | the actual amount of Operational Expenses for the preceding calendar year in excess of Base Year Operational Expenses (or proportional amount thereof for shorter periods during the Term); | ||
10.8.2. | the Landlord’s previously projected amount of Operational Expenses for the preceding calendar year in excess of Base Year Operational Expenses (or proportional amount thereof for shorter periods during the Term); | ||
10.8.3. | the difference obtained by subtracting item 10.8.2 above from item 10.8.1 above; and | ||
10.8.4. | the Tenant’s Share of item 10.8.3 above. |
10.9.1. | a description of the Capital Expenditure and the subject thereof; | ||
10.9.2. | the date the subject of the respective Capital Expenditure was first placed into service and the period of useful life selected by the Landlord in connection with the determination of the Annual Amortized Capital Expenditure; | ||
10.9.3. | the amount of the Annual Amortized Capital Expenditure; and | ||
10.9.4. | the Tenant’s Share of item 10.9.3 above. |
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12.2.1. | furnished to the Landlord detailed, New Jersey architect-certified construction drawings, construction specifications and, if they pertain in any way to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning or other systems of the Building, related engineering design work and specifications regarding, the proposed alterations, improvements or other modifications; | ||
12.2.2. | not received a notice from the Landlord objecting thereto in any respect within thirty (30) days of the furnishing thereof (which shall not be deemed the Landlord’s affirmative consent for any purpose); | ||
12.2.3. | obtained any necessary or appropriate building permits or other approvals from the Municipality and, if such permits or other approvals are conditional, satisfied all conditions to the satisfaction of the Municipality; and |
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12.2.4. | met, and continued to meet, all the following conditions with regard to any contractors selected by the Tenant and any subcontractors, including materialmen, in turn selected by any of them: |
12.2.4.1. | the Tenant shall have sole responsibility for payment of, and shall pay, such contractors; | ||
12.2.4.2. | the Tenant shall have sole responsibility for coordinating, and shall coordinate, the work to be supplied or performed by such contractors, both among themselves and with any contractors selected by the Landlord; | ||
12.2.4.3. | the Tenant shall not permit or suffer the filing of any notice of construction lien claim or other lien or prospective lien by any such contractor or subcontractor with respect to the Property, the Common Facilities, the Building or any other improvements on the Property; and if any of the foregoing should be filed by any such contractor or subcontractor, the Tenant shall forthwith obtain and file the complete discharge and release thereof or provide such payment bond(s) from a reputable, financially sound institutional surety as will, in the opinions of the Landlord, the holders of any mortgage indebtedness on, or other interest in, the Property, the Building, the Common Facilities or any other improvements on the Property, or any portions thereof, and their respective title insurers, be adequate to assure the complete discharge and release thereof; | ||
12.2.4.4. | prior to any such contractor’s entering upon the Property, the Building or the Leased Premises or commencing work the Tenant shall have delivered to the Landlord (a) all the Tenant’s certificates of insurance set forth in section 14 of this Agreement, conforming in all respects to the requirements of section 14 of this Agreement, except that the effective dates of all such insurance policies shall be prior to any such contractor’s entering upon the Property, the Building or the Leased Premises or commencing work (if any work is scheduled to begin before the Commencement Date) and (b) similar certificates of insurance from each of the Tenant’s contractors providing for coverage in equivalent amounts, together with their respective certificates of workers’ compensation insurance, employer’s liability insurance and products-completed operations insurance, the latter providing coverage in at least the amount required for the Tenant’s comprehensive general public liability and excess insurance; | ||
12.2.4.5. | each such contractor shall perform its work in a good and workpersonlike manner and shall not interfere with or hinder the Landlord or any other contractor in any manner; | ||
12.2.4.6. | there shall be no labor dispute of any nature whatsoever involving any such contractor or any workpersons of such contractor or the unions of which they are members with anyone; and if such a labor dispute exists or comes into existence the Tenant shall forthwith, at the Tenant’s sole cost and expense, remove all such contractors and their workpersons from the Building, the Common Facilities and the Property; and | ||
12.2.4.. | the Tenant shall have the sole responsibility for the security of the Leased |
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Premises and all contractors’ materials, equipment and work, regardless of whether their work is in progress or completed. |
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14.1.1. | commercial general liability insurance (including “broad form and contractual liability” coverage) and excess (“umbrella”) insurance which, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, considered together shall insure against such risks as bodily injury, death and property damage, with a combined single limit of not less than $3,000,000.00 for each occurrence; and | ||
14.1.2. | “all-risks” property insurance covering the Leased Premises in an amount sufficient, as determined by the Landlord from time to time, to cover the replacement costs for all Tenant’s alterations, improvements, fixtures and personal property located in or on the Leased Premises. |
14.2.1. | as to which this Agreement requires either party to maintain insurance, or | ||
14.2.2. | as to which either party is effectively insured and for which risks the other party may be liable, | ||
14.2.3. | the party required to maintain such insurance and the party effectively insured shall use its best efforts to obtain a clause, if available from the respective insurer, in each such insurance policy expressly waiving any right of recovery, by reason of subrogation to such party’s rights or otherwise, the respective insurer might otherwise have or obtain against the other party, so long as such a clause can be obtained in the respective insurance policy without additional premium cost. If such a clause can be obtained in the respective insurance policy, but only at additional premium cost, such party shall, by notice to the other party, promptly advise the other party of such fact and the amount of the additional premium cost. If the other party desires the inclusion of such a clause in the notifying party’s respective insurance policy, the other party shall, within 10 days of receipt of the notifying party’s notice, by notice advise the notifying party of its desire and enclose therewith its check in the full amount of the additional premium cost; otherwise the notifying party need not obtain such a clause in the respective insurance. |
14.3.1. | that the waiver set forth in this subsection 14.3 does not cause or result in any cancellation of, or diminution in, the insurance coverage otherwise available under any applicable insurance policy; |
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14.3.2. | of the proceeds of any applicable insurance policy (without adjustment for any deductible amount set forth therein) actually received by such party for such respective loss or damages; and | ||
14.3.3. | the substance of the clause contemplated by subsection 14.2 of this Agreement is actually and effectively set forth in the respective insurance policy. |
14.6.1. | no act or omission of the Tenant, its employees, other agents or Guests shall result in a loss of insurance coverage otherwise available under such policy to any person required to be named as an additional insured in accordance with subsection 14.1 of this Agreement; and | ||
14.6.2. | the insurance coverage afforded by such policy shall not be diminished, cancelled, permitted to expire or otherwise terminated for any reason except upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice from the insurer to every person required to be named as an additional insured in accordance with subsection 14.1 of this Agreement. |
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15.1.1. | If, in Landlord’s opinion, the restoration described above will take more than 180 days then Landlord may elect to cancel this Agreement effective as of the date of casualty. Notice of the Landlord’s election shall be served upon the Tenant within the thirty (30) day period described above. | ||
15.1.2. | If, in Landlord’s opinion, the restoration described above will take 180 days or less, then Landlord shall not cancel this Agreement and must restore the Building and the Leased Premises as aforesaid. In either of such events, the Landlord shall cause restoration to proceed diligently and expediently to the extent the Landlord has received proceeds of any property, casualty or liability insurance on the damaged portions (or would have received such proceeds had it obtained such coverage). |
15.2.1. | such time as the Leased Premises are again fully usable and be reduced during such period by the amount which bears the same proportion to the Rent otherwise payable during such period as the gross rentable floor space of the Leased Premises which are rendered unusable bears to the gross rentable floor space of the Leased Premises. The restoration of the improvements constructed or installed prior to the Term or during the Term in excess of the original allowance for the same shall be the Tenant’s responsibility. Tenant shall make reasonable, good faith efforts to integrate the restoration which is its responsibility with the work which is being performed by Landlord. To the extent that is not feasible, Tenant shall be allowed an additional, reasonable interval to complete its work, not to exceed sixty days and Rent shall xxxxx during the interval required for such restoration. The Landlord shall cooperate with Tenant to integrate the restoration of such improvements during the reconstruction period; or | ||
15.2.2. | this Agreement is canceled pursuant to the provisions of subsections 15.1. |
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17.1.1. | assign this Agreement or any of the Tenant’s rights hereunder; | ||
17.1.2. | sublet the Leased Premises or any portion thereof; | ||
17.1.3. | license the use or occupancy of the Leased Premises or any portion thereof; | ||
17.1.4. | otherwise transfer any interest including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a mortgage, pledge or security interest, in this Agreement, the Leased Premises, but not the contents of the Leased Premises, or the right to the use and occupancy of the Leased Premises; or | ||
17.1.5. | indirectly accomplish, or permit or suffer the accomplishment of, any of the foregoing by merger or consolidation with another entity, by acquisition or disposition of assets or liabilities outside the ordinary course of the Tenant’s business or by acquisition or disposition, by the Tenant’s equity owners or subordinated creditors, of any of their respective interests in the Tenant. |
17.2.1. | the full name, address and telephone number of the proposed assignee or sublessee; | ||
17.2.2. | a description of the type(s) of business in which the proposed assignee or sublessee is engaged and proposes to engage; | ||
17.2.3. | a description of the use to which the proposed assignee or sublessee intends to put the Leased Premises or portion thereof; | ||
17.2.4. | the proposed assignee’s or subtenant’s most recent quarterly and annual financial |
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statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and any other evidence of financial position and responsibility that the Tenant or proposed assignee or sublessee may desire to submit; | |||
17.2.5. | by diagram and measurement of the actual square feet of floor space, the portion of the Leased Premises proposed to be subject to the assignment of this Agreement or to be sublet; | ||
17.2.6. | a complete summary of the terms of the proposed assignment or sublease including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all consideration paid or given, or proposed to be paid or to be given, by the proposed assignee, sublessee or other person to the Tenant and the respective times of payment or delivery; and | ||
17.2.7. | any other information reasonably requested by the Landlord. |
17.3.1. | grant consent on the terms and conditions set forth in subsection 17.4 of this Agreement and such other reasonable terms and conditions set forth in the Landlord’s notice; | ||
17.3.2. | refuse to grant consent for any of the reasons set forth in subsection 17.5 of this Agreement or for any other reasonable reason set forth in the Landlord’s notice; or | ||
17.3.3. | elect to terminate the Term as of (a) the end of the first full month after the Tenant has given notice of the Tenant’s desire to assign or sublet or (b) the proposed effective date of the proposed assignment or sublease. |
17.4.1. | any proposed assignee or sublessee shall, by document executed and delivered forthwith to the Landlord, agree to be bound by all the obligations of the Tenant set forth in this Agreement except that a sublessee shall only be bound to pay the rent agreed to in the sublease; | ||
17.4.2. | the Tenant shall remain liable under this Agreement, jointly and severally with any proposed assignee or sublessee, for the timely performance of all obligations of the Tenant set forth in this Agreement; | ||
17.4.3. | the Tenant shall forthwith deliver to the Landlord manually executed copies of all documents regarding the proposed assignment or sublease and a written, accurate and complete description, manually executed both by the Tenant and the proposed assignee or sublessee, of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between them regarding the same; | ||
17.4.4. | with respect to any consideration or other thing of value received or to be received by the Tenant in place of or as a substitute for rent in connection with any such assignment or sublease (other than those payable in equal monthly installments each month during the |
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proposed term of any such assignment or sublease), the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord one-half of any such amount and one-half of the fair market value of any other thing of value within 10 days of receipt of same; | |||
17.4.5. | with respect to any amount payable to the Tenant in equal monthly installments each month during the proposed term of any such assignment or sublease in connection with such assignment or sublease, which amount is in excess of the amount of Rent paid by Tenant to Landlord, the Tenant shall pay one-half of such excess to the Landlord together with the Tenant’s monthly installment of Rent after Tenant has deducted therefrom the cost of alterations and improvements, brokerage fees, legal fees and rent concessions; | ||
17.4.6. | the proposed use of the Leased Premises is a permitted use under this Agreement; and | ||
17.4.7. | Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the review of the proposed assignment or sublease and the documentation related thereto, not to exceed five hundred dollars. |
17.5.1. | the Landlord desires to take one of the other actions enumerated in subsection 17.3 of this Agreement; | ||
17.5.2. | if comparable space is available in the Building and the proposed sublessee or assignee is an existing tenant of Other Leased Premises; | ||
17.5.3. | the general reputation, financial position or ability or type of business of, or the anticipated use of the Leased Premises by, the proposed assignee or proposed sublessee is unsatisfactory to the Landlord or is inconsistent with those of tenants of Other Leased Premises or inconsistent with any commitment made by the Landlord to any such other tenant; | ||
17.5.4. | Tenant has advertised or listed the space for subleasing or assignment at a rate or at a proposed rate which is less than the rate being quoted by Landlord for other available space in the Building. |
17.6.1. | the proposed assignee or sublessee is, and continues to be, an Affiliate of the Tenant and the Affiliate relationship was not created to avoid the operation of this section of the Agreement; or | ||
17.6.2. | the proposed assignee or sublessee is an entity (a) resulting from the merger or consolidation of the Tenant with or into such entity or (b) purchasing substantially all the assets (subject to substantially all the liabilities) of the Tenant or (c) purchasing substantially all the issued and outstanding capital stock in the Tenant. |
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17.6.3. | For this purpose, an “Affiliate” of Tenant means an entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, Tenant. | ||
17.6.4. | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 17.6, the provisions of subsections 17.4.1, 17.4.3 and 17.4.6 of this Agreement shall continue to apply in the event of an assignment or sublease to an Affiliate. |
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22.6.1. | the Tenant’s becoming a “debtor,” as that term is defined in section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code; | ||
22.6.2. | any time when either the value of the Tenant’s liabilities exceed the value of the Tenant’s assets or the Tenant is unable to pay its obligations as and when they respectively become due in the ordinary course of business; | ||
22.6.3. | the appointment of a receiver or trustee of the Tenant’s property or affairs; or | ||
22.6.4. | the Tenant’s making an assignment for the benefit of, or an arrangement with or among, creditors or filing a petition in insolvency or for reorganization or for the appointment of a receiver; |
23.1.1. | to elect to terminate the Term by giving notice of such election, and the effective date thereof, to the Tenant and to receive Termination Damages; | ||
23.1.2. | to elect to re-enter and re-take possession of the Leased Premises, without thereby terminating the Term, by giving notice of such election, and the effective date thereof, to the Tenant and to receive Re-Leasing Damages; | ||
23.1.3. | if the Tenant remains in possession of the Leased Premises after the Tenant’s obligation to surrender the Leased Premises shall have arisen, to remove the Tenant and the Tenant’s and any others’ possessions from the Leased Premises by any of the following means without any liability to the Tenant therefore, any such liability to the Tenant therefore which might otherwise arise being hereby waived by the Tenant: legal proceedings (summary or otherwise), writ of dispossession and any other means and to receive Holdover Damages, to receive all expenses incurred in removing the Tenant and the Tenant’s and any others’ possessions from the Leased Premises, and of storing such possessions if the Landlord so elects; | ||
23.1.4. | to be awarded specific performance, temporary restraints and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief regarding Events of Default where the Landlord’s rights and remedies at law may be inadequate, without the necessity of proving actual damages or the inadequacy |
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of the rights and remedies at law; | |||
23.1.5. | to receive all expenses incurred in securing, preserving, maintaining and operating the Leased Premises during any period of vacancy, in making repairs to the Leased Premises, in preparing the Leased Premises for re-leasing and in re-leasing the Leased Premises including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any brokerage commissions; | ||
23.1.6. | to receive all reasonable legal expenses, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with pursuing any of the Landlord’s rights and remedies, including indemnification rights and remedies; | ||
23.1.7. | if the Landlord, in its sole discretion, elects to perform any obligation of the Tenant under this Agreement (other than the obligation to pay Rent) which the Tenant has not timely performed, to receive all expenses incurred in so doing; | ||
23.1.8. | to elect to pursue any legal or equitable right and remedy available to the Landlord under this Agreement or otherwise; and | ||
23.1.9. | to elect any combination, or any sequential combination of any of the rights and remedies set forth in subsection 23.1 of this Agreement. |
23.2.1. | all accrued but unpaid Rent; | ||
23.2.2. | the present value (calculated using the most recently available (at the time of calculation) published weekly average yield on United States Treasury securities having maturities comparable to the balance of the then remaining Term) of the sum of all payments of Rent remaining due (at the time of calculation) until the date the Term would have expired (had there been no election to terminate it earlier) less the present value (similarly calculated) of all payments of rent to be received through the end of the Term (had there been no election to terminate it earlier) from a lessee, if any, of the Leased Premises at the time of calculation (and it shall be assumed for purposes of such calculations that (i) the amount of future Additional Rent due per year under this Agreement will be equal to the average Additional Rent per month due during the 12 full calendar months immediately preceding the date of any such calculation, increasing annually at a rate of five percent (5%), (ii) if any calculation is made before the first anniversary of the end of the No Pass Through Period, the average Additional Rent due for any month after the end of the No Pass Through Period will be equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of the Base Year Operational Expenses, Base Year Taxes and Tenant Electric Charges (considered on an annual basis), (iii) if any calculation is made before the beginning of the Base Year, the sum of Base Year Taxes and Base Year Operational Expenses shall be assumed to be $7.50 per gross rentable square foot and (iv) if any calculation is made before the end of the Base Year, Base Year Taxes and Base Year Operational Expenses may be extrapolated based on the year to date experience of the Landlord); | ||
23.2.3. | the Landlord’s reasonably estimated cost of demolishing any leasehold improvements to the Leased Premises; and |
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23.2.4. | that amount, which as of the occurrence of the Event of Default, bears the same ratio to the costs, if any, incurred by the Landlord (and not paid by the Tenant) in building out the Leased Premises in accordance with section 5 of this Agreement as the number of months remaining in the Term (immediately before the occurrence of the Event of Default) bears to the number of months in the entire Term (immediately before the occurrence of the Event of Default). | ||
23.2.5. | In case this Lease shall be terminated after an Event of Default, Landlord may, in its sole discretion, but shall not have the obligation, in its own name and on its own behalf, relet the whole or any portion of the Leased Premises, for any period equal to or greater or less than the remainder of the then current Lease Term, for any sum which it may deem reasonable, to any tenant which it may deem suitable and satisfactory, and for any use and purpose which it may deem appropriate, and in connection with any such lease Landlord may make such changes in the character of the improvements on the Leased Premises as Landlord may determine to be appropriate or helpful in effecting such lease and may grant concessions or free rent. Tenant hereby waives any rights it may have at law or in equity which may be imposed upon Landlord to perform acts to mitigate Tenant’s damages resulting from Tenant’s default. Landlord shall not in any event be required to pay Tenant any surplus of any sums received by Landlord on a re-letting of the Leased Premises for any sum in excess of the Rent reserved in this Lease. | ||
23.2.6. | Notwithstanding subsection 23.2.5 above, in the event that applicable law or Court order shall impose any obligation upon Landlord to mitigate the damages of Tenant following the occurrence of any Default, then Tenant agrees that in such circumstance Landlord shall completely discharge its obligation by listing with a nationally recognized broker. Landlord shall not be obligated to: (a) accept a lower amount or rate of Annual Rent than that payable under this Lease for the remainder of the Lease Term; (b) lease less than all of the Leased Premises to a single tenant; (c) lease to any party that does not meet Landlord’s financial and creditworthiness requirements; (d) lease for a term shorter than five (5) years; (e) lease to any tenant who would pose an inordinate burden upon the infrastructure of the Building; (f) lease to any tenant that does not meet any criteria established by the holder of a first mortgage on the Premises; or (g) lease to any party that is unable or unwilling to post security deposits reasonably required by Landlord. |
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23.5.1. | any right the Tenant might otherwise have to cause a termination of the action or proceeding by paying to the Landlord or into court or otherwise any Rent in arrears; | ||
23.5.2. | any right the Tenant might otherwise have to transfer or remove such proceeding from the court (or the particular division or part of the court) or other forum in which it shall have been instituted by the Landlord to another court, division or part; and | ||
23.5.3. | any right the Tenant might otherwise have to redeem the Tenant’s former leasehold interest between the entry of any judgment and the execution of any warrant issued in connection therewith by paying to the Landlord or into Court or otherwise any Rent in arrears. |
24.1.1. | expiration of the Term; | ||
24.1.2. | the effective date of an election by the Tenant under subsection 6.2 of this Agreement; | ||
24.1.3. | in connection with a transaction contemplated by section 16 of this Agreement, the later of (a) the vesting of the acquiring party’s right to possession or (b) the Tenant’s vacating the Leased Premises; | ||
24.1.4. | under the circumstances contemplated by subsection 15.1 of this Agreement, upon the Tenant’s giving prompt notice of the failure of the Landlord to give, on a timely basis, the notice contemplated by subsection 15.1.2 of this Agreement and that the Tenant desires termination of the Term (which termination shall be effective as of the date of the subject |
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casualty with respect to those portions of the Leased Premises rendered untenantable and as of the date of the Tenant’s giving notice with respect to those portions of the Leased Premises which were not rendered untenantable); | |||
24.1.5. | under the circumstances contemplated by subsection 15.1 of this Agreement, upon the expiration of thirty (30) additional days (without the Landlord’s completion of restoration in the interim) after the Tenant shall have given prompt notice that the Landlord has not restored the Leased Premises on a timely basis and that the Tenant desires termination of the Term (which termination shall be effective as of the date of the subject casualty with respect to those portions of the Leased Premises rendered untenantable and as of the date of the Tenant’s giving notice with respect to those portions of the Leased Premises which were not rendered untenantable); | ||
24.1.6. | the effective date of any election by the Landlord under subsection 17.3.3 of this Agreement in response to the Tenant’s notice of the Tenant’s desire to assign this Agreement or to sublet all or a portion of the Leased Premises; or | ||
24.1.7. | the effective date of any election by the Landlord to terminate the Term under subsection 23.1.1 of this Agreement. |
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26.5.1. | upon the expiration or earlier termination of the term of any such ground lease before the termination of the Term under this Agreement, the Tenant shall attorn to, and become the Tenant of, the lessor under any such ground lease and recognize such lessor as the Landlord under this Agreement for the balance of the Term; and | ||
26.5.2. | such expiration or earlier termination of the term of any such ground lease shall have no effect on the Term under this Agreement. |
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27.1.1. | any matter, cause or thing arising out of the use, occupancy, control or management of the Leased Premises or any portion thereof which is not caused by the Landlord’s negligence or intentional act; | ||
27.1.2. | any negligence or intentional act on the part of the Tenant or any of its employees, other agents or Guests; | ||
27.1.3. | any accident, injury or damage to any person or property occurring in or about the Leased Premises which is not caused by the Landlord’s negligence or intentional act; | ||
27.1.4. | any representation made by the Tenant in this Agreement shall have been inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect either on the date it was made or the date as of which it was made; | ||
27.1.5. | the imposition of any mechanic’s, materialman’s or other lien on the Property, the Common Facilities, the Building, the Leased Premises or any portion of any of the foregoing, or the filing of any notice of intention to obtain any such lien, in connection with any alteration, improvement or other modification of the Leased Premises made or authorized by the Tenant (which indemnification obligation shall be deemed to include the Tenant’s obligations set forth in subsection 12.2.4.3 of this Agreement); or | ||
27.1.6. | any failure on the part of the Tenant to perform or comply with any obligation of the Tenant set forth in this Agreement. |
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28.1.1. | the inability of the Landlord to provide any utility or service to be provided by the Landlord, as described in section 8 of this Agreement which is due to causes beyond the Landlord’s control, or to necessary or advisable improvements, maintenance, repairs or emergency, so long as the Landlord uses reasonable efforts and diligence under the circumstances to restore the interrupted service or utility; | ||
28.1.2. | any improvement, modification, alteration or other change made to the Property, the Building or the Common Facilities by the Landlord consistently with the Landlord’s obligations set forth in subsection 13.2 of this Agreement providing any change does not affect Tenant’s use and or occupancy to more than a de minimus extent; and | ||
28.1.3. | any change in any Federal, state or local law or ordinance. |
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32.1.1. | whether this Agreement is then in full force and effect; | ||
32.1.2. | whether this Agreement has not been amended, modified, superseded, canceled, repudiated or revoked; | ||
32.1.3. | whether the Landlord has satisfactorily completed all construction work, if any, required of the Landlord or contractors selected and retained by the Landlord in connection with readying the Leased Premises for occupancy by the Tenant in accordance with section 5 of this Agreement; | ||
32.1.4. | whether the Tenant is then in actual possession of the Leased Premises; | ||
32.1.5. | whether the Tenant then has no defenses or counterclaims under this Agreement or otherwise against the Landlord or with respect to the Leased Premises; | ||
32.1.6. | whether Landlord is not then in breach of this Agreement in any respect; | ||
32.1.7. | whether the Tenant then has knowledge of any assignment of this Agreement, the pledging or granting of any security interest in this Agreement or in Rent due and to become due under this Agreement; | ||
32.1.8. | whether Rent is not then accruing under this Agreement in accordance with its terms; |
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32.1.9. | whether any Rent is not then in arrears; | ||
32.1.10. | whether Rent due or to become due under this Agreement has not been prepaid by more than one month; | ||
32.1.11. | if the response to any of the foregoing matters is in the negative, a specification of all the reasons that necessitated the negative response in each instance; and | ||
32.1.12. | any other matter reasonably requested by the Landlord or any of its mortgagees, ground lessors or lessees or transferees or prospective mortgagees, ground lessors or lessees or transferees, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such information as the Landlord may request for purposes of assuring compliance with the Industrial Site Recovery Act (13 N.J.S.A. 1K-6 et seq.), as it may be amended, and any other applicable Federal, state or local statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or order concerned with environmental matters. |
32.2.1. | its written consent to any requested modifications of this Agreement provided that, in each such instance, the requested modification does not increase the Rent otherwise due or, in the reasonable judgment of the Tenant, otherwise to a de minimus extent increase the obligations of the Tenant under this Agreement or to a de minimus extent adversely affect the Tenant’s leasehold interest created hereby or the Tenant’s use and enjoyment of the Leased Premises (except in the circumstances contemplated by section 16 of this Agreement); and | ||
32.2.2. | summary financial information regarding its financial position as of the close of its most recently completed fiscal year and its most recently completed interim fiscal period and regarding its results of operations for the periods then ended and comparable year earlier periods, certified by Tenant’s chief financial officer to be a complete, accurate and fair presentation of the summary financial information purporting to be set forth therein. |
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LANDLORD: | |||||
S/K BED ONE ASSOCIATES LLC | |||||
By: | Majic Investment Corp., manager | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Vice President | |||||
TENANT: | |||||
GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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A. | ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDELINE OF BURNT XXXXX ROAD,SOUTH 76 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST, 143.04 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE |
B. | NORTH 22 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 48 SECONDS WEST 10.13 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND RUNNING; THENCE |
1. | ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF XXX 00 XX XXXXX 00 XXXXX 00 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 48 SECONDS EAST, 351.46 FEET TO A POINT IN THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT 15 IN BLOCK 71; THENCE |
2. | ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID XXX 00 XXXXX 00 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST 287.73 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
3. | ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID XXX 00 XXXXX 00 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 526.36 FEET TO A POINT IN THE WESTERLY SIDELINE OF ROUTE 202-206; THENCE |
4. | ALONG THE WESTERLY SIDELINE OF ROUTE 202-206 SOUTH 20 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 48 SECONDS EAST 48.68 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
5. | STILL ALONG THE WESTERLY SIDELINE OF ROUTE 202-206 SOUTH 19 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST 671.52 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
6. | STILL ALONG THE WESTERLY SIDELINE OF ROUTE 202-206 SOUTH 19 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST 169.80 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
7. | ALONG A NORTHEASTERLY SIDELINE OF NJ INTERSTATE 78 AND 287 SOUTH 84 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 321.96 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
8. | ALONG A NORTHEASTERLY SIDELINE OF NJ INTERSTATE 78 AND 287 NORTH 83 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST 200.25 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
9. | ALONG A NORTHEASTERLY SIDELINE OF NJ INTERSTATE 78 AND 287 NORTH 74 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 271.02 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
10. | ALONG A NORTHEASTERLY SIDELINE OF NJ INTERSTATE 78 AND 287 NORTH 61 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST 191.45 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
11. | ALONG A NORTHEASTERLY SIDELINE OF NJ INTERSTATE 78 AND 287 NORTH 50 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 388.11 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
12. | ALONG A SOUTHERLY LINE OF XXX 0 XX XXXXX 00 XXXXX 00 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 81.14 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
13. | ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 NORTH 11 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 48 SECONDS WEST 661.28 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY SIDELINE OF BURNT XXXXX ROAD; THENCE |
14. | ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDELINE OF BURNT XXXXX ROAD, NORTH 82 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 438.82 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
15. | STILL ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDELINE OF BURNT XXXXX ROAD NORTH 82 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST 72.57 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE |
16. | STILL ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDELINE OF BURNT XXXXX ROAD, NORTH 79 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST 103.34 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. |
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1. | “Additional Rent” means all amounts, other than Basic Rent and any Security Deposit, required to be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord in accordance with this Agreement. | |
2. | “Additional Termination Fee” is defined in subsection 6.2.5 of this Agreement. | |
3. | “Agreement” means this Lease and Lease Agreement (including exhibits), as it may have been amended. | |
4. | “Allowance” is defined in subsection 5.3 of this Agreement. | |
5. | “Alternate Termination Fee” is defined in subsection 6.2.2 of this Agreement. | |
6. | “Annual Amortized Capital Expenditure” means the payment amount determined as an annuity in arrears using the cost incurred by the Landlord for any Capital Expenditure as the present value, a number of periods equal to the number of years of its useful life (not exceeding 10 years) selected by the Landlord in accordance with generally applied real estate accounting practice and the Base Rate in effect when the respective improvement is first placed into service plus two additional percentage points as the annual rate of interest. | |
7. | “Base Rate” means the prime commercial lending rate per year as announced from time to time by Bank of America at its principal office. | |
8. | “Base Year” means the full calendar year 2010 with respect to Operational Expenses and Taxes. | |
9. | “Base Year Operational Expenses” means Operational Expenses incurred by the Landlord during the Base Year as defined in subsection 10.2 of this Agreement. The Base Year Operational Expenses shall be adjusted to the amount which normally would have been incurred had the average occupancy of the rentable area of the Building been 95%, as reasonably estimated by Landlord. The “average occupancy of the rentable area of the Building” for the Base Year shall be the arithmetic average of the rentable area of the Building occupied by tenants on the first day of each month during the Base Year. | |
10. | “Base Year Taxes” means the product of the final assessed value, as the same may subsequently be adjusted in any appeal of the tax assessor’s valuation, of the Property, the Building and any other improvements on the Property in the Base Year and the Municipality’s lowest tax rate for office buildings and the property on which they stand in effect during the Base Year. | |
11. | “Basic Rent” is defined in subsection 3.2 of this Agreement. | |
12. | “Brokers” is defined in subsection 30.2 of this Agreement. | |
13. | “Building” means the office building erected on the Property which is commonly known as 000 X.X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 000/000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx. As the Building is presently constructed it is agreed to contain 161,305 gross rentable square feet of floor space. |
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14. | “Capital Expenditure” is defined in subsection 10.3 of this Agreement. | |
15. | “Commencement Date” is defined in section 4 of this Agreement. | |
16. | “Common Facilities” means the areas, facilities and improvements provided by the Landlord in the Building (except the Leased Premises and the Other Leased Premises) and on or about the Property, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Parking Facilities and access roads thereto, for non-exclusive use by the Tenant in accordance with subsection 2.2 of this Agreement, as they may, in the Landlord’s sole discretion, be increased, decreased, modified, altered or otherwise changed from time to time before, during or after the Term, and subject to rights which may be granted to the major tenant to utilize the lobby as a common reception area. | |
17. | “Common Walls” means those walls which separate the Leased Premises from Other Leased Premises. | |
18. | “Electric Charges” means all the supplying utility’s charges for, or in connection with, furnishing electricity including charges determined by actual usage, any seasonal adjustments, demand charges, energy charges, energy adjustment charges and any other charges, howsoever denominated, of the supplying utility, including sales and excise taxes and the like. | |
19. | “Electronics” is defined in subsection 2.3.3 of this Agreement. | |
20. | “Environmental Laws” is defined in subsection 7.2.8 (ii) of this Agreement. | |
21. | “Event of Default” is defined in section 22 of this Agreement. | |
22. | “Expiring Term” means, when used in the context of any Option to Renew, the Term as it is then scheduled to expire (immediately prior to exercise of the next available Option to Renew). | |
23. | “FCC” is defined in subsection 2.3.2 of this Agreement. | |
24. | “First Floor Premises” is defined in subsection 2.1 of this Agreement. | |
25. | “550 Damages” is defined in subsection 5.5 of this Agreement. | |
26. | “FMV” is defined in the definition of Market Rental Rate below. | |
27. | “FRD” is defined in subsection 32.4 of this Agreement. | |
28. | The Tenant’s “Guests” shall mean the Tenant’s licensees, invitees and all others in, on or about the Leased Premises, the Building, the Common Facilities or the Property, either at the Tenant’s express or implied request or invitation or for the purpose of soliciting or visiting the Tenant. | |
29. | “Hazardous Substance” is defined in subsection 7.2.8 (ii) of this Agreement. | |
30. | A “History of Recurring Events of Default” means the occurrence of two or more Events of Default (whether or not cured by the Tenant) in any period of 12 months. | |
31. | “Holdover Damages” is defined in subsection 23.4 of this Agreement. | |
32. | “Initial Term” means the period so designated in subsection 4.1 of this Agreement. |
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33. | “Initial Year” means the first 12 full calendar months of the Initial Term. | |
34. | “Landlord” means the person so designated at the beginning of this Agreement and those successors to the Landlord’s interest in the Property and/or the Landlord’s rights and obligations under this Agreement contemplated by section 26 of this Agreement. | |
35. | “Landlord’s Work” is defined in subsection 5.1 of this Agreement. | |
36. | “Leased Premises” means that portion of the interior of the Building (as viewed from the interior of the Leased Premises) bounded by the interior sides of the unfinished floor and the finished ceiling on the floor (as the floors have been designated by the Landlord) of the Building, the centers of all Common Walls and the exterior sides of all walls other than Common Walls, the outline of which floor space is designated on the diagram set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which portion contains 4,850 square feet of gross rentable floor space on the first floor of the Building and 40,150 square feet of gross rentable floor space on the third floor of the Building, totaling 45,000 square feet of gross rentable floor space. | |
37. | “Legal Holidays” means New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. | |
38. | “Letter of Credit” is defined in subsection 29.2 of this Agreement. | |
39. | “LSRP” is defined in subsection 32.5 of this Agreement. | |
40. | “Market Rental Rate” means, at the time of reference, the amount agreed to between the parties. If the parties are unable to agree on the Market Rental Rate, then either party may require an appraisal. Within ten (10) days of the service of a notice requiring an appraisal, each party shall designate an appraiser by written notice to the other, specifying in such notice the name and address of such appraiser. Each party shall cause its designated appraiser to appraise the fair market rental value of the Leased Premises (the “FMV”). Each appraiser shall make its determination in a narrative, written appraisal submitted to the parties not later than twenty (20) days after such designation. If either party shall not have designated an appraiser within the aforesaid ten-day period, then the determination of the fair market rental value shall be made by the appraiser designated by the other party. Such determination shall be binding upon the parties and shall constitute the FMV. If each party shall have designated an appraiser, but only one of the two appraisers so designated shall have submitted the required narrative appraisal to both parties within the aforesaid twenty-day period, then the determination of the FMV by that appraiser shall be binding upon the parties and shall constitute the FMV. If the determinations of the FMV by the aforesaid two appraisers do not differ by more than ten percent (10%) of the lower of the two determinations, then the arithmetic average of those two determinations shall be the FMV. Otherwise, the parties shall promptly direct the two appraisers to consult with one another for the purpose of jointly designating a third appraiser. If a third appraiser has not been so designated within five (5) days after such direction, then the parties shall request the designation of a third appraiser by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (or any other organization which is successor to the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and mutually acceptable to the parties). The third appraiser shall not review the appraisals prepared by the other two appraisers unless and until such third appraiser has prepared and submitted its own narrative appraisal of the FMV. The FMV shall be the arithmetic average of the FMV as determined by the two appraisals which are closest together or, if the highest and lowest appraisal differ from the third appraisal by the same amount then the amount of the middle appraisal shall be the FMV. Each appraiser designated pursuant to this provision shall be a licensed |
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appraiser in the State of New Jersey, shall be a certified member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (or any equivalent organization) and shall have at least ten (10) years experience in appraising rental values of properties comparable to the Leased Premises in the market area in which the Property is located. The fees and expenses of the appraisers referred to herein shall be divided equally between the parties. | ||
41. | “Municipality” means Bedminster, New Jersey, or any successor municipality with jurisdiction over the Property. | |
42. | “No Pass Through Period” means, in the context of Operational Expenses and Taxes, the period beginning on the Commencement Date and ending on the day prior to the first anniversary of the Commencement Date. | |
43. | “Nuisance” means any condition or occurrence which unreasonably or materially adversely interferes with the authorized use and enjoyment of the Other Leased Premises and the Common Facilities by any tenant of Other Leased Premises or by any person authorized to use any Other Leased Premises or Common Facilities. | |
44. | “Operational Expenses” is defined in subsection 10.2 of this Agreement. If in any subsequent calendar year, after the Base Year, the average occupancy of the rentable area of the Building is not 95%, the Operational Expenses for such calendar year shall be adjusted to the amount which normally would have been incurred had the occupancy been 95%. The “average occupancy of the rentable area of the Building” for any year shall be the arithmetic average of the rentable area of the Building occupied by tenants on the first day of each month during the year in question. | |
45. | “Option to Cancel” is defined in subsection 6.2 of this Agreement. | |
46. | “Option to Renew” is defined in subsection 6.1 of this Agreement. | |
47. | “Other Costs” is defined in subsection 6.2.1 of this Agreement. | |
48. | “Other Leased Premises” means all premises within the Building, with the exception of the Leased Premises, that are, or are available to be, leased to tenants or prospective tenants, respectively. | |
49. | “Other Space” is defined in subsection 6.4.1 of this Agreement. | |
50. | “Parking Facilities” means the parking area adjacent to the Building, which parking area is provided as Common Facilities. | |
51. | “Person” includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a trust, an estate, an unincorporated group of persons and any group of persons. | |
52. | “Post-Term Rent” is defined in subsection 32.5 of this Agreement. | |
53. | “Pre-existing Communications” is defined in subsection 2.3.2 of this Agreement. | |
54. | “Price” is defined in subsection 5.1 of this Agreement. | |
55. | “Project Costs” is defined in subsection 5.3 of this Agreement. |
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56. | “Project Management Representative” is defined in subsection 5.3 of this Agreement. | |
57. | “Property” means the parcel of land described in Exhibit B attached hereto. | |
58. | “Qualified Bank” is defined in subsection 29.2 of this Agreement. | |
59. | “Regular Business Hours” means 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Monday through Friday and 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, except on Legal Holidays. | |
60. | “Re-Leasing Damages” is defined in subsection 23.3 of this Agreement. | |
61. | “Renewal Term” means, at the time of reference, any portion of the Term, other than the Initial Term, as to which the Tenant has properly exercised an Option to Renew which Option to Renew has not been rescinded in accordance with subsection 6.2 of this Agreement. | |
62. | “Rent” means Basic Rent and Additional Rent. | |
63. | “Right of First Offer” is defined in subsection 6.4 of this Agreement. | |
64. | “Right of First Refusal” is defined in subsection 6.3 of this Agreement. | |
65. | “Roof Installations” is defined in subsection 2.3 of this Agreement. | |
66. | “Security Deposit” is defined in subsection 29.1 of this Agreement. | |
67. | “SRR Act” is defined in subsection 32.4 of this Agreement. | |
68. | “Target Completion Date” is defined in subsection 5.5 of this Agreement. | |
69. | “Target Date” means the estimated Commencement Date which is January 1, 2010. | |
70. | “Taxes” means, in any calendar year, the aggregate amount of real property taxes, assessments and sewer rents, rates and charges, state and local taxes, transit taxes and every other governmental charge, whether general or special, ordinary or extraordinary (except corporate franchise taxes and taxes imposed on, or computed as a function of, net income or net profits from all sources and except taxes charged, assessed or levied exclusively on the Leased Premises or arising exclusively from the Tenant’s occupancy of the Leased Premises) charged, assessed or levied by any taxing authority with respect to the Property, the Building, the Common Facilities and any other improvements on the Property, less any refunds or rebates (net of expenses incurred in obtaining any such refunds or rebates) of Taxes actually received by the Landlord during such calendar year with respect to any period during the Term for the benefit of the Tenant, tenants of Other Leased Premises and the Landlord. If during the Term there shall be a change in the means or methods of taxing real property generally in effect at the beginning of the Term and another type of tax or method of taxation should be substituted in whole or in part for, or in lieu of, Taxes, the amounts calculated under such other types of tax or by such other methods of taxation shall also be deemed to be Taxes. Until such time as the actual amount of Taxes for any calendar year becomes known, the amount thereof shall be the Landlord’s estimate of Taxes for that calendar year. | |
71. | “Temporary Occupancy Period” is defined in subsection 4.3.2 of this Agreement. |
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72. | “Tenant” means the entity designated at the beginning of this Agreement. | |
73. | “Tenant Electric Charges” means (a) during Regular Business Hours, Electric Charges attributable to the Tenant’s use of electricity in the Leased Premises for purposes other than heating, ventilation and air conditioning provided to the Leased Premises by the Landlord in accordance with subsection 8.1.5 of this Agreement, and specifically excluding the charge for electricity for the HVAC for the balance of the Building and the charge for electricity used in the Common Areas, and (b) during other than Regular Business Hours, a charge for the actual costs incurred by the Landlord in connection with the HVAC systems plus Electric Charges chargeable in accordance with subsection 9.1 of this Agreement. | |
74. | “Tenant Plan” means construction drawings and related construction specifications regarding the build-out of the Leased Premises (with any construction drawings in a reproducible diazo sepia mylar form and in CAD readable format) including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the finish schedule and the information called for by Exhibit C, signed and sealed by a New Jersey-licensed architect, complying in all respects with applicable building and fire codes and insurance underwriting standards in effect and in sufficient detail to permit the Municipality to issue any required building permits and to permit skilled contractors to supply and perform the work called for therein. The Tenant Plan shall not include any specialized computer installations or any telecommunications equipment or facilities. The Tenant Plan shall include the layout of all furniture and furniture systems which are required to secure a building permit. | |
75. | “Tenant’s Share” of any amount means 27.9%. | |
76. | “Term” means the Initial Term plus, at the time of reference, any Renewal Term. | |
77. | “Termination Damages” is defined in subsection 23.2 of this Agreement. | |
78. | “Termination Fee” is defined in subsection 6.2.1 of this Agreement. | |
79. | “Third Floor Premises” is defined in subsection 2.1 of this Agreement. | |
80. | “Third Floor Space” is defined in subsection 6.3.1 of this Agreement. | |
81. | “Utilities Expenses” means Electric Charges (other than Tenant Electric Charges) and all charges for any other fuel that may be used in providing heat and in providing electricity and services powered by electricity that the Landlord provides in accordance with section 8 of this Agreement to the Building, the Leased Premises, Other Leased Premises, the Common Facilities and the Property, including sales and excise taxes and the like. | |
82. | “Wire Restoration Work” is defined in subsection 21.2 of this Agreement. | |
83. | “Wiring” is defined in subsection 21.2 of this Agreement. | |
84. | “Work Letter” means Exhibit C attached hereto which generally describes the type of construction of the Building and, unless the Tenant Plan does not require any such respective improvement, those improvements the Landlord will provide or install in the Leased Premises without installation charge to the Tenant in connection with the preparation of the Leased Premises contemplated by section 5 of this Agreement. |
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FREQUENCY OF SERVICE | ||||||||||
EXTENT OF SERVICE | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | As Directed | |||||
I. GENERAL, PRIVATE
OFFICES, LOBBY,
LOUNGE, ETC. |
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1. Empty wastebaskets. |
x | |||||||||
2. Transport
trash to designated area. |
x | |||||||||
3. Recycling services. |
x | |||||||||
4. Dust all furniture
including desks, chairs,
tables. |
2x | |||||||||
5. Dust all exposed filing
cabinets, bookcases and
shelves. |
x | |||||||||
6. Clean and sanitize
telephones. |
x | |||||||||
7. Clean and sanitize
drinking fountains. |
x | |||||||||
8. Low dust all horizontal surfaces to
hand height (70”)
including xxxxx,
ledges, moldings,
shelves, picture
frames, ducts, radiators, etc. |
x | |||||||||
9. High dust above
hand height all horizontal surfaces, including shelves,
molding, ledges. |
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10. Spot clean desk tops. | x | (Provided Desktops are Cleared) | ||||||||
11. Clean entire desk tops. | x | (Provided Desktops are Cleared) | ||||||||
12. Clean counter tops. |
x | |||||||||
13. Spot clean reception
lobby glass including
front door. |
x | |||||||||
14. Spot clean interior
glass in partitions and
doors. |
x | |||||||||
15. Clean entire interior
glass in partitions and
doors. |
x |
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FREQUENCY OF SERVICE | ||||||||||
EXTENT OF SERVICE | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | As Directed | |||||
16. Remove fingerprints
front doors, frames, light
switches, kick and push
plates, handles, railings. |
x | |||||||||
17. Client papers on desks,
drafting tables, filing
cabinets, etc. are not
disturbed. |
x | |||||||||
18. Dust venetian blinds. |
x | |||||||||
19. Damp clean whiteboards
if requested. |
x | |||||||||
20. Vacuum diffuser outlets
in ceiling. |
x | |||||||||
21. Hand dust wood
paneling. |
x | |||||||||
22. Remove
dust and cob-webs from ceiling areas. |
x | |||||||||
23. Stairways-Sweep/
vacuum and dust. |
x | |||||||||
24. Elevators-Dust,
Spotclean |
x | |||||||||
II. WASHROOMS |
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1. Clean, sanitize, and
polish all vitreous
fixtures including
toilet bowls, urinals,
hand basins. |
x | |||||||||
2. Clean and sanitize
all flush rings, drain
& over-flow outlets. |
x | |||||||||
3. Clean and polish
all chrome fittings. |
x | |||||||||
4. Clean and sanitize
toilet seats. |
x | |||||||||
5. Clean and polish
all glass and mirrors. |
x | |||||||||
6. Empty all containers and disposals,
insert liners as required. |
x | |||||||||
7. Wash and sanitize exterior
of all containers |
x | |||||||||
8. Empty and sanitize interior of
sanitary container |
x |
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FREQUENCY OF SERVICE | ||||||||||
EXTENT OF SERVICE | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | As Directed | |||||
9. Dust all metal
partitions. |
x | |||||||||
10. Spot clean metal
partitions. |
x | |||||||||
11. Wash and sanitize
metal partitions. |
x | |||||||||
12. Remove spots, stains,
splashes from wall
area adjacent to hand
basins. |
x | |||||||||
13. Remove fingerprints
from doors, frames,
light switches, kick
and push plates,
handles, etc. |
x | |||||||||
14. Refill all dispensers to
normal limits-napkin,
soap, tissue, towel,
liners, seat holders,
cups. Supplies to be
furnished by Landlord. |
x | |||||||||
15. Low dusts all horizontal
surfaces to hand height
including xxxxx, moldings,
ledges, shelves, frames,
ducts, heating outlets,
etc. |
x | |||||||||
16. High dust above hand
height all horizontal
surfaces including
shelves, ledges,
moldings. |
x | |||||||||
17. Dust all furniture
including tables, chairs,
etc. |
x | |||||||||
18. Vacuum diffuser outlets
in ceilings or walls. |
x | |||||||||
19. Dry clean area adjacent
to diffuser outlet. |
x | |||||||||
20. Flush toilet bowls &
urinals with “Bowlclene”. |
x |
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FREQUENCY OF SERVICE | ||||||||||
EXTENT OF SERVICE | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | As Directed | |||||
III. EATING AREAS/
KITCHEN |
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1. Empty all containers and
disposals. Sanitize interior |
x | |||||||||
2. Wash and sanitize exterior
of all containers. |
x | |||||||||
3. Clean and sanitize
drinking fountain. |
x | |||||||||
4. Remove fingerprints
from doors, frames, light
switches, kick and push
plates, handles. |
x | |||||||||
5. Low dust all horizontal
surfaces to hand height
including xxxxx, moldings,
ledges, shelves, frames,
ducts, heating outlets,
etc. |
x | |||||||||
6. High dust above hand height
all horizontal surfaces including
shelves, ledges, moldings, pipes
ducts, heating outlets, etc. |
x | |||||||||
7. Clean interior glass
in partitions & doors. |
x | |||||||||
IV. RESILIENT AND HARD
FLOORS |
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1. Dust mop or sweep. (alt.) |
x | (alternate days) | ||||||||
2. Damp mop. |
x | (alternate days) | ||||||||
3. Sanitize -(Restrooms) |
x | |||||||||
4. Spray buff open areas
including kneeholes of
desks.(First Flr. Lobby
& Parking Level). |
x | x | ||||||||
5. Scrub and refinish to
maintain adequate protective coating.(First
Floor Lobby & Parking
Level). |
x | x | ||||||||
6. Strip, clean, refinish and
machine polish. |
x | x | ||||||||
V. CARPETS |
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1. Vacuum traffic areas |
2 x |
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FREQUENCY OF SERVICE | ||||||||||
EXTENT OF SERVICE | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | As Directed | |||||
2. Vacuum entire carpet
areas |
x | |||||||||
3. Inspect for spots and
stains |
x | |||||||||
4. Spotlight maintenance
program.(All floors &
Commons Carpet) |
x | |||||||||
5. Machine shampoo entire
open areas |
x | |||||||||
6. Provide service mats |
x |
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