OFFICE LEASE By And Between MARRIOTT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (LANDLORD) And COMMERCEBID.Com A DELAWARE CORPORATION (TENANT) 2901 TASMAN DRIVE, SUITE 211 SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95054 OFFICE LEASE BASIC LEASE INFORMATION

EX-10.32 6 j7047_ex10d32.htm EX-10.32

 

Exhibit 10.32

 

 

 

OFFICE LEASE

 

By And Between

 

MARRIOTT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P.,

A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(“LANDLORD”)

 

 

And

 

 

COMMERCEBID.Com

A DELAWARE CORPORATION

(“TENANT”)

 

2901 TASMAN DRIVE, SUITE 211

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95054

 

 



 

OFFICE LEASE

 

BASIC LEASE INFORMATION

 

Date:

 

August    , 1999

 

 

 

Landlord:

 

Marriott Plaza Associates L.P., a California limited partnership

 

 

 

Tenant:

 

COMMERCEBID.Com, a Delaware Corporation

 

 

 

Premises:

 

Suite 211, located on the second floor of the building located at 2901 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California.

 

 

 

Base Year:

 

1999

 

 

 

Rentable Area of Premises:

 

10,029 square feet

 

 

 

Tenant’s Percentage Share:

 

10.02%

 

 

 

Term:

 

Five (5) years, beginning on the Term Commencement Date and expiring on the Term Expiration Date unless properly extended or renewed pursuant to any right granted in the Lease or any Addendum to the Lease.

 

 

 

Term Commencement Date:

 

October 1, 1999, or as determined in accordance with Exhibit F.

 

 

 

Term Expiration Date:

 

September 30, 2004, or as determined in accordance with Exhibit F.

 

 

 

Base Rent:

 

$25,072.50/per month, months 1-12
$26,075.40/per month, months 13-24
$27,078.30/per month, months 25-36
$28,081.40/per month, months 37-48
$29,084.10/per month, months 49-60

 

 

 

Security Deposit:

 

$87,252.30

 

 

 

Tenant’s Required Liability Coverage:

 

$2,000,000.00

 

 

 

Tenant’s Address for Notices:

 

2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 211 Santa Clara, CA 95054

 

 

 

Landlord’s Address for Notices:

 

c/o Menlo Equities LLC 525 University Avenue, Suite 100 Palo Alto, California 94301

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

Menlo Equities Management Company LLC 2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 220 Santa Clara, California 95054

 

 

 

Tenant’s/Procuring Broker:

 

Cabot Templeton, Bristol Commercial Real Estate

 

 

 

Parking:

 

Thirty-two (32) non-exclusive spaces onsite

 

 

 

Exhibits and Addenda:

 

Exhibit A — Legal Description of the Property
Exhibit B — Floor Plan of Suite
Exhibit C — Rules and Regulations
Exhibit D —Tenant Improvements
Exhibit E — Form of Estoppel
Exhibit F — Commencement Date Certificate

 

 

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Each reference in the Lease to particular Basic Lease Information shall Incorporate the applicable Basic Lease Information.  In the event of any conflict between any Basic Lease Information and the Lease, the latter shall control.

 

Each reference in the Lease to particular Basic Lease Information shall Incorporate the applicable Basic Lease Information.  In the event of any conflict between any Basic Lease Information and the Lease, the latter shall control.

 

LANDLORD:

 

MARRIOTT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P.,

a California limited partnership

 

By:

Menlo Equities Associates IV LLC, a California Limited Liability Company,

 

 

Its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Menlo Equities LLC, a California Limited Liability Company,

 

 

 

Its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

[ILLEGIBLE]

 

 

 

Its:

   Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

8/30/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TENANT:

 

COMMERCEBID.Com,

a Delaware corporation

 

Signature:

 /s/ NAOMI PETRUSHKA

Name:

Naomi Petrushka

Its:

CFO

 

 

Signature:

 /s/ LIRON PETRUSHKA

Name:

Liron Petrushka

Its:

CEO

 

 

Date:

8/27/99

 

 

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OFFICE LEASE

 

                THIS LEASE, dated August 30, 1999, for purposes of reference only, is made and entered into by and between MARRIOTT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P., a California limited partnership (“Landlord”) and COMMERCEBID.Com, a Delaware Corporate (“Tenant”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

                Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord, the Premises described in Paragraph 1(b) below for the term and subject to the terms, covenants, agreements and conditions hereinafter set forth, to each and all of which Landlord and Tenant hereby mutually agree.

 

                1.             DEFINITIONS.

 

                                Unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the following terms shall have the meanings herein specified:

 

                                (a)           The term “Property” shall mean the parcel of real property the street address of which is 2901 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California, and which is more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, the building, sidewalks, landscaping, and parking facilities constructed or to be constructed thereon, and all other improvements on or appurtenances to the parcel, subject to all easements, rights of way and encumbrances (collectively, the “Building”). Notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, Landlord hereby reserves to itself and its designees all rights of access, use and occupancy of the Building roof, and Tenant shall have no right of access, use or occupancy of the Building roof.

 

                                (b)           The term “Premises” shall mean the portion of the Building located on the floor(s) specified in the Basic Lease Information which is outlined on the floor plan(s) attached hereto as Exhibit B, and which is improved or to be improved with the improvements described on Exhibit D attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

                                (c)           The term “Base Year” shall mean the calendar year specified in the Basic Lease Information as the Base Year.

 

                                (d)           The term “operating Expenses” shall mean:

 

                                                (i)            All costs of management, operation, repair and maintenance of the Property, including, without limitation; wages, salaries and payroll of employees; property management fees, janitorial, repairs and maintenance, guard, parking, and other services; rent or rental value of offices used in connection with the management of the Property; power, water, waste disposal and other utilities and services; materials and supplies; maintenance and repairs; costs for licenses, permits and inspections, insurance premiums and the deductible portion of any loss insured under Landlord’s liability insurance; costs for accounting, legal and other professional services incurred in connection with the operation of the Property and the calculation of Operating Expenses and Property Taxes; the reasonable cost of contesting the validity or applicability of any governmental enactments that may affect the Property; a reasonable allowance for depreciation on machinery and equipment used to maintain the Property and on other personal property used by Landlord in the Building; and any other expense or charge, whether or not included herein, which in accordance with general accounting and management practices would be considered an expense of managing, operating, maintaining and repairing the Property.

 

                                                (ii)           The cost of any capital improvements made to the Property by Landlord during or after the Base Year, such cost or allocable portion thereof to be amortized over such reasonable period as Landlord shall determine in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles together with interest at a rate equal to the greater of (a) 12%, or (b) the sum of that rate quoted by Wells Fargo Bank, N.T. & S.A. from time to time as its prime rate (the “Prime Rate”), plus two percent (2%) or (c) such higher rate as may have been paid by Landlord on funds borrowed for the purpose of constructing such capital improvements or performing any capital repairs and/or replacements (but in no event more than the maximum rate of interest not prohibited or made usurious by Law).

 

                                                (iii)          If less than 95% of the total rentable area of the Building is occupied during the Base Year or any calendar year during the term of this Lease, then Operating Expenses shall be adjusted to equal Landlord’s reasonable estimate of Operating Expenses had such percentage of the total rentable area of the Building been occupied.

 

                                (e)           The term “Base Operating Expenses” shall mean the Operating Expenses defined in Paragraph I (d) above that are paid or incurred by Landlord in the Base Year.

 

                                (f)            The term “Property Taxes” shall mean (i) all taxes, assessments, levies and other charges of any kind or nature whatsoever, general and special, foreseen and unforeseen (including all instruments of principal and interest required to pay any general or special assessments for public improvements and any increases resulting from reassessments caused by any change in ownership or new construction), now or hereafter imposed by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority or special district having the direct or indirect power to tax or levy assessments, which are levied or assessed for whatever reason against the Property or any portion thereof, or Landlord’s interest herein, or the fixtures, equipment and other property of Landlord that is an integral part of the Property and located thereon, or Landlord’s business of owning, leasing or managing the Property or the gross receipts, income or rentals from the Property, (ii) all charges, levied or fees imposed by any governmental authority against Landlord by reason of or based upon the use of or number of parking spaces within the Property, the amount

 

 

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of public services on public utilities used or consumed (e.g. water, gas, electricity, sewage or waste water disposal) at the Property, the number of person employed by Tenants of the Property, the size (whether measured in area, volume, number of tenants or whatever) or the value of the Property, or the type of use or uses conducted within the Property, and all costs and fees (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by Landlord in contesting any Property Tax and in negotiating with public authorities as to any Property Tax. If, at any time during the Lease Term, the taxation or assessment of the Property prevailing as of the Term Commencement Date shall be altered so that in lieu of or in addition to any the Property Tax described above there shall be levied, awarded or imposed (whether by reason of a change in the method of taxation or assessment, creation of a new tax or charge, or any other cause) an alternate, substitute, or additional use or charge (i) on the value, size, use or occupancy of the Property or Landlord’s interest therein or (ii) on or measured by the gross receipts, income or rentals from the Property, or on Landlord’s business of owning, leasing or managing the Property or (iii) computed in many manner with respect to the operation of the Property, then any such tax or charge, however designated, shall be included within the meaning of the terms “Property Tax” or “Property Taxes” for purposes of this Lease. If any Property Tax is partly based upon property or rents unrelated to the Property, then only that part of such Property Tax that is fairly allocable to the Property shall be included within the meaning of the terms “Property Tax” or “Property Taxes.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms “Property Tax” or “Property Taxes” shall not include estate, inheritance, transfer, gift or franchise taxes of Landlord or the federal or state income tax imposed on Landlord’s income from all sources.

 

                                (g)           The term “Base Property Taxes” shall mean the amount of Property Taxes paid or accruing during the Base Year.

 

                                (h)           The term “Rentable Area” shall mean the net rentable area specified in the Basic Lease Information.

 

                                (i)            The term “Common Areas” shall mean all areas in the Building and the Property (as defined herein) not reserved for the exclusive use of Landlord, Tenant or any other tenant, including without limitation, plazas, walkways, private roadways, loading docks, parking areas, landscaped areas, and the areas devoted to corridors, fire vestibules, stairways, elevator foyers, lobbies, electric and telephone closets, rest rooms, mechanical rooms and other similar facilities for the benefit of all tenants (or invitees) or servicing the Buildings as a whole. Landlord reserves the right to make changes to the Common Area as it deems necessary, provided Landlord shall not reduce the number of parking spaces provided to Tenant pursuant to this Lease, Landlord reserves the right to grant easements and access rights to others for use of the Common Areas and shall not be liable to Tenant for any diminution in Tenant’s right to use the Common Areas as a result.

 

                                (j)            The term “Tenant’s Percentage Share” shall mean the percentage figure specified in the Basic Lease Information. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that Tenant’s percentage share has been obtained by dividing the Rentable Area of the Premises, as specified in the Basic Lease Information, by the total Rentable Area of the Building, which Landlord and Tenant agree is 100,114 square feet, and multiplying such quotient by 100. In the event the Rentable Area of the Premises is increased or decreased, Tenant’s Percentage Share shall be appropriately adjusted, and as to the calendar year in which such change occurs, for the purposes of Paragraph 3 below Tenant’s Percentage Share shall be determined on the basis of the number of days during such calendar year at each such Percentage Share.

 

                                (k)           The term “Private Restrictions” shall mean (as they may exist from time to time) any and all covenants, conditions and restrictions, private agreements, easements, and any other recorded documents or instruments affecting the use of the Property, the Building, the Premises, or the Common Areas.

 

                                (j)            The term “Law” shall mean any judicial decisions and any statute, constitution, ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, administrative order, or other requirements of any municipal, county, state, federal, or other governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction over the parties to this Lease, the Premises, the Building or the Property, or any of them, in effect either at the Term Commencement Date or at any time during the Lease Term, including, without limitation, any regulation, order, or policy of any quasi-official entity or body (e.g. a board of fire examiners or a public utility or special district).

 

                2.             TERM.

 

                                The term of this Lease shall commence and, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided, shall end on the dates respectively specified in the Basic Lease Information. If Landlord, for any reason whatsoever beyond Landlord’s reasonable control, cannot deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant at the commencement of the term, this Lease shall not be void or voidable, nor shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for any loss or damage resulting therefrom, but in that event, rental shall be waived for the period between the commencement of the term and the time when Landlord can deliver possession. In the event Tenant occupies any part of the Premises prior to the Term Commencement Date, Tenant shall commence paying Base Rent as of such date for the portion of the Premises occupied.

 

                3.             RENTAL.

 

                                (a)           Tenant shall pay to Landlord throughout the term of this Lease as rental for the Premises the sum specified in the Basic Lease Information as the Base Rent, provided that the rental payable during each calendar year after the end of the Base Year shall be the Base Rent, increased by Tenant’s Percentage Share of the total dollar amount above or increase in, if any, Operating Expenses paid or incurred by Landlord in such year over the Base Operating Expenses, and also increased by Tenant’s Percentage Share of the total dollar amount above or increase in, if any, Property Taxes paid by Landlord in such year over the Base Property Taxes. The increased rental due pursuant to this Paragraph 3(a) is hereinafter referred to as “Escalation Rent.”

 

 

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                                (b)           Rental shall be paid to Landlord on or before the first day of the term hereof and on or before the first day of each and every successive calendar month thereafter during the term hereof. In the event the term of this Lease commences on a day other than the first day of a calendar month or ends on a day other than the last day of a calendar month, the monthly rental for the first and last fractional months of the term hereof shall be appropriately prorated.

 

                                (c)           All sums of money due to Landlord hereunder not specifically characterized as rental shall constitute additional rent, and if any such sum is not paid at the time provided in this Lease, it shall nonetheless be collectible as additional rent at any time thereafter, including, without limitation on the date on which the next installment of rental is due. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to suspend or delay the payment of any sum of money at the time it becomes due and payable hereunder; or to limit any other remedy of Landlord.

 

                                (d)           Tenant hereby acknowledges that late payment by Tenant to Landlord of rent and other sums due hereunder will cause Landlord to incur costs not contemplated by this Lease, the exact amount of which will be difficult to ascertain. Such costs include, but are not limited to, processing and accounting charges, and late charges, which may be imposed on Landlord by the terms of any trust deed covering the Premises. Accordingly, if any installment of rent or any other sums due from Tenant shall not be received by Landlord when due or in the time period provided herein, Tenant shall pay to Landlord a late charge equal to 5% of such overdue amount. The parties hereby agree that such late charge represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs. Landlord will incur by reason of late payment by Tenant. Acceptance of such late charge by Landlord shall in no event constitute a waiver to Tenant’s default with respect to such overdue amount, nor prevent Landlord from exercising any of the other rights and remedies granted hereunder.

 

                                (e)           Any amount due to Landlord, if not paid when due, shall bear interest from the date due until paid at the lower of (i) the rate of the Prime Rate plus 2% per annum, and (ii) the highest rate legally permitted; provided that interest shall not be payable on late charges incurred by Tenant nor on any amounts upon which late charges are paid by Tenant to the extent such interest would cause the total interest to be in excess of the then maximum rate of interest not prohibited or made usurious by law until paid. Payment of interest shall not excuse or cure any default hereunder by Tenant.

 

                                (f)            All payments due from Tenant to Landlord shall be paid to Landlord, without deduction or offset, in lawful money of the United States of America at Landlord’s address for notices hereunder, or to such other person or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate by notice to Tenant.

 

                4.             ESCALATION RENT PAYMENTS.

 

                                Escalation Rent shall be paid monthly on an estimated basis, with subsequent annual reconciliation, in accordance with the following procedures.

 

                                (a)           During December of the Base Year and December of each subsequent calendar year, or as soon as practicable, Landlord shall give Tenant notice of its estimate of any Escalation Rent due under Paragraph 3(a) above for the calendar year. On or before the first day of each month during the calendar year, Tenant shall pay to Landlord 1/12th of such estimated Escalation Rent, provided that if such notice is not given in December Tenant shall continue to pay on the basis of the prior year’s estimate until the month after such notice is given. If at any time or times it appears to Landlord that the Escalation Rent for the current calendar year will vary from its estimate by more than 5%, Landlord may, in its sole discretion, by notice to Tenant, revise its estimate for such year, and subsequent payments by Tenant for such year shall be based upon such revised estimate.

 

                                (b)           Unless Tenant shall dispute Landlord’s statement of Operating Expenses and Property Taxes in accordance with its rights under Paragraph 4(d) below, within 90 days after the close of each calendar year or as soon after such 90-day period as practicable, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a statement of the actual Escalation Rent for such calendar year, accompanied by a statement showing the Operating Expenses and Property Taxes on the basis of which the actual Escalation Rent was determined. The statement shall be final and binding upon Landlord and Tenant as the amount of the Operating Expenses and Property Taxes. If Landlord’s statement discloses that Tenant owes an amount that is less than the estimated payments for such calendar year previously made by Tenant, Landlord shall credit such excess against the next payment of rental due from Tenant hereunder. If Landlord’s statement discloses that Tenant owes an amount that is more than the estimated payments for such calendar year previously made by Tenant, Tenant shall pay the deficiency to Landlord within 30 days after delivery of the statement.

 

                                (c)           The amount of Escalation Rent for any fractional year in the term hereof shall be appropriately prorated. The termination of this Lease shall not affect the obligations of Landlord and Tenant pursuant to Paragraph 4(b) above to be performed after such termination.

 

                                (d)           Tenant shall have the right to dispute Landlord’s Statement of Operating Expenses and Property Taxes by so notifying Landlord no later than 30 days after receipt of same. If Tenant disputes such statement, Landlord shall provide Tenant with reasonable verification of the figures shown on the statement and the parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any disputes. If Landlord and Tenant cannot agree, Tenant shall have the right to have a certified public accountant approved by Landlord audit, at Tenant’s expense, at Landlord’s offices, Landlord’s accounts and records relating to Operating Expenses and Property taxes. If such audit reveals that landlord has overcharged Tenant, the amount overcharged shall, at Landlord’s option, be paid to Tenant within 20 days after the audit is concluded or be deducted from Tenant’s next payment(s) of rent. In addition, if the statement overstates actual Operating Expenses and Real Property Taxes by more than 10%, the cost of the audit shall be paid by Landlord. Any objection by Tenant to Landlord’s statement and resolution of any dispute shall not postpone the time for payment of any amounts due Landlord based on Landlord’s statement or due under the Lease.

 

 

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                5.             SECURITY DEPOSIT.

 

                                Tenant has deposited with Landlord the amount set forth in the Basic Lease Information as the “Security Deposit” as security for the performance by Tenant of the terms of this Lease to be performed by Tenant, and not as prepayment of rent.  Landlord may apply such portion or portions of the Security Deposit as are reasonably necessary for the following purposes: (i) to remedy and default by Tenant in the payment of Base Rent or Escalation Rent or a late charge or interest on defaulted rent, or any other monetary payment obligation of Tenant under this Lease; (ii) to repair damage to the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas caused or permitted to occur by Tenant; (iii) to clean and restore and repair the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas following their surrender to Landlord if not surrendered in the condition required pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 7, and (iv) to remedy any other default of Tenant to the extent permitted by Law including, without limitation, paying in full on Tenant’s behalf any sums claimed by materialman or contractors of Tenant to be owing to them by Tenant for work done or improvements made at Tenant’s request to the Premises.  In this regard, Tenant herby waives any restriction on the uses to which the Security Deposit my be applied as contained in Section 1950.7(c) of the California Civil Code and/or any successor statute. In the event the Security Deposit or any portion thereof is so used, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, promptly upon demand, an amount in cash sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to the full original sum.  If Tenant fails to promptly restore the Security deposit and if Tenant shall have paid to Landlord any sums as “Last Month’s Prepaid Rent.”  Landlord may, in addition to any other remedy Landlord my have under this Lease, reduce the amount of Tenant’s Last Month’s Prepaid Rent by transferring all or portions of such Last Month’s Prepaid Rent to Tenant’s Security Deposit until such Security Deposit is restored to the amount set forth in the Basic Lease Information.  Landlord shall not be deemed a trustee of the Security Deposit.  Landlord may use the Security Deposit in Landlord’s ordinary business and shall not be required to segregate it form Landlord’s general accounts.  Tenant shall not be entitled to any interest on the Security Deposit.  If Landlord transfers the Building or the Property during the Lease Term, Landlord my pay the Security Deposit to any subsequent owner in conformity with the provisions of Section 1950.7 of the California Civil Code and/or any successor statute, in which event the transferring landlord shall be released from all liability for the return of the Security Deposit.  Tenant specifically grants to Landlord (and Tenant hereby waives the provisions of California Civil Code Section 1950.7 to the contrary) a period of ninety days following a surrender of the Premises by Tenant to Landlord with in which to inspect the Premises, make required restorations and repairs, receive and verify workmen’s billings therefore, and prepare a final accounting with respect to the Security Deposit.  In no event shall the Security Deposit or any portion thereof, be considered prepaid rent.

 

                6.             USE.

 

                                Tenant shall be entitled to use the Premises solely for office/research and development, sales, marketing and other related uses and for no other use whatsoever.  Tenant shall continuously and without interruption use the Premises for such purpose for the entire Lease Term.  Any discontinuance of such use for a period of sixty (60) consecutive calendar days shall be, at Landlords election, a default by Tenant under the terms of this Lease.  Tenant shall have the right to use the Common Areas in conjunction with its permitted use of the Premises solely for the purposes for which they were designed and intended and for no other purposes whatsoever.  Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property which does or could (i) jeopardize the structural integrity of the Building or (ii) cause damage to any part of the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property.  Tenant shall not operate any equipment within the Premises which does or could (i) injure, vibrate or shake the Premises or the Building, (ii) damage, overload or impair the efficient operation of any electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating or air conditioning systems within or servicing the Premises or the Building, or (iii) damage or impair the efficient operation of the sprinkler system (if any) within or servicing the Premises or the Building.  Tenant shall not install any equipment on or antennas or make any penetrations of the exterior walls or roof of the Building.  Tenant shall not affix any equipment to or make any penetrations or cuts in the floor, ceiling, walls or roof of the Premises.  Tenant shall not place any loads upon the floors, walls, ceiling or roof systems which could endanger the structural integrity of the Building or damage its floors, foundations or supporting structural components.  Tenant shall not place any explosive, flammable or harmful fluids or other waste materials in the drainage systems of the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property.  Tenant shall not drain or discharge any fluids in the landscaped areas or across the paved areas of the Property.  Tenant shall not use any of the Common Areas for the storage of its materials, supplies, inventory or equipment and all such materials, supplies, inventory or equipment shall at all times be stored within the Premises.  Tenant shall not commit nor permit to be committed any waste in or about the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property.

 

                7.             SURRENDER OF POSSESSION.

 

                                Immediately prior to the expiration or upon the sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall remove all Tenant’s signs from the Building and shall remove all of Tenant’s equipment, trade fixtures, furniture, supplies, wall decorations and other personal property from within the Premises, the Building and the Common Areas, and shall vacate and surrender the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas and the Property to Landlord in the same condition, broom clean, as existed at the Term Commencement Date, reasonable wear and tear excepted.  Tenant shall repair all damage to the Premises, the exterior of the Building and the Common Areas caused by Tenant’s removal of Tenant’s property.  Tenant shall patch and refinish, to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction, all penetrations made by Tenant or its employees to the floor, walls or ceiling of the Premises, whether such penetrations were made with Landlord’s approval or not.  Tenant shall repair or replace all stained or damaged ceiling tiles, wall coverings and floor coverings to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord.  Tenant shall repair all damage caused by Tenant to the exterior surface of the Building and the paved surfaces of the Common Areas and where necessary, replace or resurface same.  Additionally, Tenant shall, upon the expiration or sooner termination of the Lease, remove any improvements constructed or installed by Tenant (or by Landlord at Tenant’s request) and repair all damage caused by such removal.  If the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas and the Property are not surrendered to Landlord in the condition required by this Paragraph at the expiration or sooner termination of

 

 

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this Lease, Landlord may, at Tenant’s expenses, so remove Tenant’s signs, property and/or improvements not so removed and make such repairs and replacements not so made or hire, at Tenant’s Expense, independent contractors to perform such work.  Tenant shall be liable to Landlord for all costs incurred by Landlord in returning the Premises, the Building and Common Areas to the required condition, together with interest on all costs so incurred from the date paid by Landlord at the then maximum rat of interest not prohibited or made usurious by law until paid.  Tenant shall pay Landlord the amount of all costs so incurred plus such interest thereon, within ten (10) days of Landlord’s billing tenant for same.  Tenant shall indemnify Landlord against loss or liability resulting from delay by Tenant in surrendering the Premises, including, without limitation, any claims made by any succeeding Tenant or any losses to Landlord with respect to lost opportunities to lease to succeeding tenants.

 

                8.             COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

 

                                Tenant shall abide by and shall promptly observe and comply with, at its sole cost and expense, all Laws and Private Restrictions respecting the use and occupancy of the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas, or the Property, and shall defend with competent counsel, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless form any claims, damages or liability resulting from Tenant’s failure to so abide, observe, or comply.  The indemnity provision of this Paragraph shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.

 

                9.             ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.

 

                                (a)           As used herein, the term “Hazardous Materials” shall mean any toxic or hazardous substance, material or waste or any pollutant or infectious or radioactive material, including but not limited to those substances, materials or wastes regulated now or in the future under any of the following statutes or regulations any and all of those substances included within the definitions of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous chemical substance or mixture,” “imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture,” “toxic substances,” “hazardous air pollutant, “ toxic pollutant,” or “solid waste” in the (a) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1990 (“CERCLA” or “Superfund,”) as amended by Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., (b) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., (c) Federal Water Pollution Control Act (“FSPCA”), 33 U.SC. § 1251 et seq., (d) Clean Air Act (“CAA”), 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., (e) Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”), 14 U.SC. § 2601 et seq., (f) Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.SC. § 1801 et seq., (g) Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act (“California Superfund”), Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25300 et seq., (h) California Hazardous Waste Control Act, Cal. Health & Safety code § 25100 et seq., (i) Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (“Porter-Cologne Act”), Cal. Water Code § 13000 et seq., (j) Hazardous Waste Disposal Land Use Law, Cal. Health & Safety codes § 25220 et seq., (k) Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (“Proposition 65”), Cal. Health & Safety code § 252495 et seq., (l) Hazardous Substances Underground Storage Tank Law, Cal. Health & Safety code § 25280 et seq., (m) Air Resources Law, Cal. Health & Safety Code § 39000 et seq., and (n) regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws or any replacement thereof, or as similar terms are defined in the federal, state and local laws, statutes, regulations, orders or rules.  Hazardous Materials shall also mean any and all other biohazardous wastes and substances, materials and wastes which are, or in the future become, regulated under applicable Laws for the protection of health or the environment, or which are classified as hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, as defined, listed or regulated by any federal, state or local law, regulation or order or by common law decision, including , without limitation, (i) trichlorethylene, tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene and other chlorinated solvents, (ii) any petroleum products or fractions thereof, (iii) asbestos, (iv) polychlorinated biphenyls, (v) flammable explosives, (vi) urea formaldehyde, (vii) radioactive materials and waste, and (viii) materials and wastes that are harmful to or may threaten human health, ecology or the environment.

 

                                (b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, Tenant, at its sole cost, shall comply with all Laws relating to the storage, use and disposal of Hazardous Materials in, on or under the Property; provided, however that Tenant shall not be responsible for contamination of the Premises by Hazardous Materials existing as of the date the Premises are delivered to Tenant (whether before or after the Term Commencement Date) unless caused by Tenant.  Except for small quantities of standard household or office products containing chemicals which Tenant may use in conducting its business at the Premises so long as such use is in compliance with all Laws, Tenant shall not store, use or dispose of any Hazardous Materials except for those Hazardous Materials listed in Hazardous Materials management plan (“HMMP’) which Tenant shall deliver to Landlord for approval in advance of any such use, storage or disposal and update at least annually with Landlord (once so approved by Landlord, the “Permitted Materials”), which may be used, stored and disposed of provided (i) such Permitted Materials are used, stored, transported, and disposed of in strict compliance with applicable laws, (ii) such Permitted Materials shall be limited to the materials listed on and may be used only in the quantities specified in the HMMP, and (iii) Tenant shall provide Landlord with copies of all material safety data sheets and other documentation required under applicable Laws in connection with Tenant’s use of Permitted Materials as and when such documentation is provided to any regulatory authority having jurisdiction, in no event shall Tenant cause or permit to be discharged into the plumbing or sewage system of the Building or onto the land underlying or adjacent to the Building any Hazardous Material.  Tenant shall be solely responsible for and shall defend, indemnify, and hold Landlord and its agents harmless from and against all claims, costs and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and costs, arising our of or in connection with Tenant’s storage, use and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.  If the presence of Hazardous Materials on the Premises caused or permitted by Tenant results in contamination or deterioration of water or soil, then Tenant shall promptly take any and all action necessary to clean up such contamination, but the foregoing shall in no event be deemed to constitute permission by Landlord to allow the presence of such Hazardous Materials. At any time prior to the expiration of the Lease Term if Tenant has a reasonable basis to suspect that there has been any release or the presence of Hazardous Materials in the ground or ground water on the Premises which did not exist upon commencement of the Lease Term, Tenant shall have the right to conduct appropriate tests of water and soil and to deliver to Landlord the results of such tests to demonstrate that no contamination in excess of permitted levels has occurred as a result of Tenant’s use of the Premises.  Tenant shall further be solely responsible for, and shall

 

 

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defend, indemnify, and hold Landlord and its agents harmless from and against all claims, costs and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or in connection with any removal, cleanup and restoration work and materials required hereunder to return the Premises and any other property of whatever nature to their condition existing prior to the appearance of the Hazardous Materials.  Tenant’s obligation hereunder shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease.

 

                                (c)           Upon termination or expiration of the Lease, Tenant at its sole expense shall cause all Hazardous Materials placed in or about the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas, the Property, and/or the Property by Tenant, its agents, contractors, or invitees, and all installations (whether interior or exterior) made by or on behalf of Tenant relating to the storage, use, disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials to be removed and transported for use, storage or disposal in accordance and compliance with all Laws and other requirements respecting Hazardous Materials used or permitted to be used by Tenant.  Tenant shall apply for and shall obtain from all appropriate regulatory authorities (including any applicable fire department or regional water quality control board) all permits, approvals and clearances necessary for the closure of the Building and the Property, and shall take all other actions as may be required to complete the closure of the Building and the Property.  In addition, prior to vacating the Premises, Tenant shall undertake and submit to Landlord an environmental site assessment from an environmental consulting company reasonably acceptable to Landlord which site assessment shall evidence Tenant’s compliance with this Paragraph 9.

 

                                (d)           At any time prior to expiration of the Lease term, subject to reasonable prior notice (not less than forty-eight (48) hours) and Tenant’s reasonable security requirements and provided such activities do not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of Tenant’s business at the Premises, Landlord shall have the right to enter in and upon the Premises, Building, Common Areas and Property in order to conduct appropriate tests of water and soil to determine whether levels of any Hazardous Materials in excess of legally permissible levels has occurred as a result of Tenant’s use thereof.  Landlord shall furnish copies of all such test results and reports to Tenant and, at Tenant’s option and cost, shall permit split sampling for testing and analysis by Tenant.  Such testing shall be at Tenant’s expense if Landlord has a reasonable basis for suspecting and confirms the presence of Hazardous Materials in the soil or surface or ground water in, on, under, or about the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas, or the Property, which has been caused by or resulted from the activities of Tenant, its agents, contractors, or invitees.

 

                                (e)           Landlord may voluntarily cooperate in a reasonable manner with the efforts of all governmental agencies in reducing actual or potential environmental damage.  Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate this Lease or to any reduction in or abatement of rent by reason of such compliance or cooperation.  Tenant agrees at all times to cooperate fully with the requirements and recommendations of governmental agencies regulating, or otherwise involved in, the protection of the environment.

 

                10.          NOTICES AND CONSENTS.

 

                Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Lease shall be in writing and (i) personally delivered, (ii) sent by United States mail, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (iii) sent by Federal Express or similar nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) transmitted by facsimile with a hard copy sent within one (1) business day by any of the foregoing means, and in all cases addressed as follows, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given upon the date of actual receipt or delivery (or refusal to accept delivery) at the address specified in the Basic Lease Information (or such other addresses as may be specified by notice in the foregoing manner) as indicated on the return receipt or air bill.  Tenant hereby appoints as its agent to receive the service of all dispossessory or distraint proceedings and notices thereunder the person in charge of or occupying the Premises at the time, and, if no person shall be in charge of or occupying the same, then such service may be made by attaching the same in the main entrance of the Premises.

 

                11.          BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS.

 

                                Tenant represents, warrants and agrees that it has not had any dealings with any real estate broker(s), leasing agents(s), finders(s) or salesmen, other than the Procuring/Tenant Brokers (as named in the Basic Lease Information) with respect to the lease by it of the Premises pursuant to this Lease, and that it will indemnify, defend with competent counsel, and hold Landlord harmless from any liability for the payment of any real estate brokerage commissions, leasing commissions or finder’s fees claimed by any other real estate broker(s), leasing agent(s), finder(s), or salesmen to be earned or due and payable by reason of Tenant’s agreement or promise (implied or otherwise) to pay (or to have Landlord pay) such a commission or finder’s fee by reason of its leasing the Premises pursuant to this Lease.  The provisions of this Paragraph shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

 

                12.          HOLDING OVER.

 

                This Lease shall terminate without further notice on the Lease Expiration Date (as set forth in the Basic Lease Information).  Any holding over by Tenant after expiration of the Term shall neither constitute a renewal nor extension of this Lease nor give Tenant any rights in or to the Premises except as expressly provided in this Paragraph.  Any such holding over to which Landlord has consented shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month, on the same terms and conditions herein specified insofar as applicable, except that the Base Rent shall be increased to an amount equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Base Rent payable during the last full month immediately preceding such holding over.  Tenant acknowledges that if Tenant holds over without Landlord’s consent, such holding over may compromise or otherwise affect Landlord’s ability to enter into new leases with prospective tenants regarding the Premises.  Therefore, if Tenant fails to surrender the Premises upon the expiration or termination of this lease, in addition to any other liabilities to Landlord accruing therefrom, Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against all claims resulting from such failure,

 

 

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including, without limiting the foregoing, any claims made by any succeeding tenant founded upon such failure to surrender, and any losses suffered by Landlord, including lost profits, resulting from such failure to surrender.

 

                13.          ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS PAYABLE BY TENANT.

 

                                In addition to the monthly rental and other charges to be paid by Tenant hereunder, Tenant shall pay or reimburse Landlord for any and all of the following items when due (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Additional Obligations”), whether or not now customary or in the contemplation of the parties hereto: taxes other than local, state and federal personal or corporate income taxes measured by the net income of Landlord from all sources, assessments including, without limitation, all assessments for public improvements, services or benefits, irrespective of when commenced or completed, excises, levies, business taxes, license, permit, inspection and other authorization fees, transit development fees, assessments or charges for housing funds, service payments in lieu of taxes and any other fees or charges of any kind, which are levied, assessed, confirmed or imposed by any public authority.  In the event that it shall not be lawful for Tenant to reimburse Landlord for the Additional Obligations but it is lawful to increase the monthly rental to take into account Landlord’s payment of the Additional Obligations, the monthly rental payable to Landlord shall be revised to net Landlord the same net return without reimbursement of the Additional Obligations as would have been received by Landlord with reimbursement of the Additional Obligations.

 

                14.          ALTERATIONS.

 

                                (a)           Tenant shall not make any alterations to or modifications of the Premises or construct any improvements within the Premises until Landlord shall have first approved, in writing, the plans and specifications therefor, which approval may be withheld in Landlord’s sole discretion.  All such modifications, alterations or improvements, once so approved, shall be made, constructed or installed by Tenant at Tenant’s expense (including all permit fees and governmental charges related thereto), using a licensed contractor first approved by Landlord, in substantial compliance with the Landlord-approved plans and specifications therefor.  All work undertaken by Tenant shall be done in accordance with all Laws and in a good and workmanlike manner using new or like-new materials of good quality.  Tenant shall not commence the making of any such modifications or alterations or the construction of any such improvements until (i) all required governmental approvals and permits shall have been obtained, (ii) all requirements regarding insurance imposed by this Lease have been satisfied, (iii) Tenant shall have given Landlord at lease five business days prior written notice of its intention to commence such work so that Landlord may post and file notices of non-responsibility, and (iv) if requested by Landlord, Tenant shall have obtained contingent liability and broad form builder’s risk insurance in an amount satisfactory to Landlord in its reasonable discretion to cover any perils relating to the proposed work not covered by insurance carried by Tenant pursuant to Paragraph 20.  In no event shall Tenant make any modification, alterations or improvements whatsoever to the Common Areas or the exterior or structural components of the Building including, without limitation, any cuts or penetrations in the floor, roof or exterior walls of the Premises.  As used in this Paragraph, the term “modifications, alterations and/or improvements” shall include, without limitation, the installation of additional electrical outlets, overhead lighting fixtures, drains, sinks, partitions, doorways, or the like.

 

                                (b)           All modifications, alterations and improvements made or added to the Premises by Tenant (other than Tenant’s inventory, equipment, movable furniture, wall decorations and trade fixtures) shall be deemed real property and a part of the Premises, but shall remain the property of Tenant during the Lease.  Any such modifications, alterations or improvements, once completed shall not be altered or removed from the Premises during the Lease Term without Landlord’s written approval first obtained in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 14(a) above. At the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, all such modifications, alterations and improvements other than Tenant’s inventory, equipment, movable furniture, wall decorations and trade fixtures, shall automatically become the property of Landlord and shall be surrendered to Landlord as part of the Premises as required pursuant to Paragraph 7, unless Landlord shall require Tenant to remove any of such modifications, alterations or improvements in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 7, in which case Tenant shall so remove same.  Landlord shall have no obligations to reimburse Tenant for all or any portion of the cost or value of any such modifications, alterations, or improvements so surrendered to Landlord.  All modifications, alterations or improvements which are installed or constructed on or attached to the Premises by Landlord and/or at Landlord’s expense shall be deemed real property and a part of the Premises and shall be property of Landlord.  All lighting, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning fixtures, partitioning, window coverings, wall coverings and floor coverings installed by Tenant shall be deemed improvements to the Premises and not trade fixtures of Tenant.

 

                                (c)           Tenant shall make all modifications, alterations and improvements to the Premises, at its sole cost, that are required by any Law because of (i) Tenant’s use or occupancy of the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property, (ii) Tenant’s application for any permit or governmental approval, or (iii) Tenant’s making of any modifications, alterations or improvements to or within the Premises.  If Landlord shall, at any time during the Lease Term, be required by any governmental authority to make any modifications, alterations or improvements to the Building or the Property, the cost incurred by Landlord in making such modifications, alterations or improvements, including interest at a rate equal to the greater of (a) 12%, or (b) the sum of that rate quoted by Wells Fargo Bank, N.T. & S.A. from time to time as its prime rate, plus two percent (2%) (“Wells Prime Plus Two”) (but in no event more than the maximum rate of interest not prohibited or made usurious by Law), shall be amortized by Landlord over the useful life of such modifications, alterations or improvements, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the monthly amortized cost of such modifications, alterations and improvements as so amortized shall be included in Operating Expenses.

 

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concrete monument sign for the Building.  Any such sign shall be subject to Landlord’s prior written consent as to design, location and materials.

 

                15.          REPAIRS.

 

                                By entry hereunder Tenant accepts the Premises as being in the condition in which Landlord is  obligated to deliver the Premises.  Tenant shall, at all times during the term hereof, and at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, keep the Premises in good condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear, damage thereto by fire, earthquake, act of God or the elements excepted.  Tenant herby waives all rights to make repairs at the expense of Landlord or in lieu thereof to vacate the Premises.  Tenant shall at the end of the term hereof surrender to Landlord the Premises and all alterations thereto in the good and clean condition, ordinary wear and tear and damage by fire, earthquake, act of God or the elements excepted.  Landlord has no obligation and has made no promise to alter, remodel, improve, repair, decorate or paint the premises or any part thereof, except as specifically herein set forth.  No representations or warranties respecting the condition of the Premises or the Building have been made by Landlord to Tenant, except as specifically herein set forth.

 

                16.          LIENS.

 

                                Tenant shall keep the Premises and the Building free from any liens arising out of any work performed, materials furnished or obligations incurred by Tenant.  Landlord shall have the right to post and keep posted on the Premises any notices that may be provided by law or which Landlord may deem to be proper for the protection of Landlord, the Premises and the Building from such liens.  In the event any such lien attaches to the Premises or the Property, and Tenant does not cause the same to be released by payment, bonding or otherwise, within ten (10) days after the attachment thereof, Landlord shall have the right but not the obligation to cause the same to be release by such means as it shall deem proper, and any sums expended by Landlord in connection therewith shall be payable by Tenant on demand with interest thereon from the date of expenditure by Landlord at the rate specified in Paragraph 3(e).  Landlord and Tenant each hereby warrant to use best efforts to notify the other of the existence or attachment of any and all liens contemplated under this Paragraph 15 within five (5) business days of Landlord’s or Tenant’s actual knowledge of such lien(s).

 

                17.          ENTRY BY LANDLORD.

 

                                Landlord, upon reasonable notice to Tenant, may enter the Premises at reasonable hours to (a) inspect the same; (b) exhibit the same to prospective purchasers, lenders or tenants; (c) determine whether Tenant is complying with all its obligations hereunder; (d) supply janitor service and any other service to be provided by Landlord to Tenant hereunder; (e) post notices of non-responsibility; and (f) make repairs or perform maintenance required of Landlord under the terms hereof, make repairs to any adjoining space or utility services, or make repairs, alterations or improvements to any other portion of the Building.  Landlord shall at all times have and retain a key with which to unlock all of the doors in, on or about the Premises excluding Tenant’s vaults, safes and similar areas designated in writing by Tenant in advance; and Landlord shall have the right to use any and all means which Landlord may deem proper to open Tenant’s doors in any emergency in order to obtain entry to the Premises, and any entry to the Premises obtained by Landlord in a real or perceived emergency shall not be construed or deemed to be a forcible or unlawful entry into or a detainer of the Premises or an eviction, actual or constructive, of Tenant from the Premises or any portion thereof.

 

                18.          SERVICES.

 

                                (a)           Landlord shall maintain the Common Areas and public areas of the Property, including lobbies, stairs, elevators, corridors and restrooms, all exterior landscaping, the windows in the Building, the mechanical, plumbing and electrical equipment serving the Building, and the structure itself in reasonably good order and condition, except for damage occasioned by the act or omission of Tenant, its employees, contractors, agents or invitees which damage shall be repaired by Landlord at Tenant’s expense.

 

                                (b)           Landlord shall cause to be furnished (1) electricity for lighting and the operation of office equipment, on a 24-hours basis, with power usage in excess of the time allowance referred to in Paragraph 18(d) below to be at Tenant’s cost, (2) heat and air conditioning to the extent reasonably required for the comfortable occupancy by Tenant in its use of the Premises during the period from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekdays excluding holidays, or as set forth in the Rules and Regulations, which may be changed from time to time, or such shorter periods as may be prescribed by any applicable policies or regulations adopted by any utility or governmental agency, (3) elevator service, (4) lighting replacement for building standard lights, (5) restroom supplies, (6) window washing with reasonable frequency, (7) water for lavatory and drinking purposes, and (8) security patrol services and janitor service during the times and in the manner that such services are customarily furnished in comparable office buildings in the area; provided that in no event shall Landlord be obligated to furnish janitor service on Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays.  Landlord may establish reasonable measures to conserve energy, including but not limited to, automatic switching of lights after hours and more efficient forms of lighting, so long as such measures do not unreasonably interfere with Tenant’s use of the Premises.  Landlord shall not be in default hereunder or be liable for any damages directly or indirectly resulting from, nor shall the rental herein reserved by abated by reason of (i) the installation, use or interruption of use of any equipment in connection with the furnishing of any of the foregoing services, (ii) failure to furnish or delay in furnishing any such services when such failure or delay is caused by accident or any condition beyond the control of Landlord or by the making of necessary repairs or improvements to the Premises or to the Building, or (iii) the limitation, curtailment, rationing or restrictions on use of water, electricity, gas or any other form of energy serving the Premises or the Building.  Tenant herby waives the provisions of California Civil Code Section 1932 or any other applicable existing or future law or ordinance or governmental regulation permitting the termination of this Lease due to any interruption, failure or inability to provide Landlord services as provided for herein.

 

 

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                                (c)           Tenant shall reimburse Landlord, upon billing therefor, for the cost of all heat or air conditioning provided to the Premises during hours required by Tenant when such services are not otherwise furnished by Landlord pursuant to Paragraph 18(b) above.  The cost of such after hours heat or air conditioning shall be a per-hour charge reflecting the electrical energy, labor and fixed plant costs of running the heating and air conditional system which per hour charge shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).  In the event that Landlord has reasonable cause to believe that the cost of after hours heating, air conditioning and electricity used by Tenant is exceeding the per hour charge, Landlord may at its option install separate meter(s) for the Premises, or portions thereof, at Tenant’s sole expense, and Tenant thereafter shall pay all charges of the utility providing service.

 

                                (d)           In the event that Landlord, at Tenant’s request, provides services to Tenant that are (i) in excess of those services required to maintain “Building Standard Improvements,” or (ii) are not otherwise provided for in this Lease, Tenant shall pay Landlord’s reasonable charges for such services upon billing therefor.

 

                19.          INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LANDLORD’S LIABILITY.

 

                (a)           Tenant shall defend with competent counsel satisfactory to Landlord any claims made or legal actions filed or threatened against Landlord with respect to the violation of any Law, or the death, bodily injury, personal injury, property damage, or interference with contractual or property rights suffered by any third party occurring within the Premises or resulting from Tenant’s use or occupancy of the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, or resulting from Tenant’s activities in or about the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property, and Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord, Landlord’s partners, principals, members, employees, agents and contractors harmless from any loss liability, penalties or expense whatsoever (including any loss attributable to vacant space which otherwise would have been leased, but for such activities) resulting therefrom, except to the extent proximately caused by the active negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord.  This indemnity agreement shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.

 

                (b)           Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for, and Tenant herby releases Landlord and its partners, principals, members, officers, agents, employees, lenders, attorneys and consultants from any and all liability, whether in contract, tort or on any other basis, for any injury to or any damage sustained by Tenant, Tenant’s agents, employees, contractors or invitees, any damage to Tenant’s property, or any loss to Tenant’s business, loss of Tenant’s profits or other financial loss of Tenant resulting from or attributable to the condition of, the management of, the repair or maintenance of, the protection of, the supply of services or utilities to, the damage in or destruction of the Premises, the Building, the Property or the Common Areas, including without limitation (i) the failure, interruption, rationing or other curtailment or cessation in the supply of electricity, water, gas or other utility service to the Property, the Building or the Premises, (ii) the vandalism or forcible entry into the Building or the Premises; (iii) the penetration of water into or onto any portion of the Premises; (iv) the failure to provide security and/or adequate lighting in or about the Property, the Building or the Premises, (v) the existence of any design or construction defects within the Property, the Building or the Premises, (vi) the failure of any mechanical systems to function property (such as the HVAC systems); (vii) the blockage of access to any portion of the Property, the Building or the Premises, except that Tenant does not so release Landlord from such liability to the extent such damage was proximately caused by Landlord’s active negligence, willful misconduct, or Landlord’s failure to perform an obligation expressly undertaken pursuant to this Lease after a reasonable period of time shall have lapsed following receipt of written notice from Tenant to so perform such obligation.  In this regard, Tenant acknowledges that it is fully apprised of the provisions of Law relating to releases, and particularly to those provisions contained in Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which reads as follows:

 

“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”

 

Notwithstanding such statutory provision, and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge, Tenant herby (i) waives the benefit of such statutory provision and (ii) acknowledges that, subject to the exceptions specifically set forth herein, the release and discharge set forth in this Paragraph is a full and complete settlement and release and discharge of all claims and is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all claims which Tenant, as of the date hereof, does not know of or suspect to exist in its favor.

 

                20.          INSURANCE AND SUBROGATION.

 

                (a)           Tenant shall maintain insurance complying with all of the following:

 

                (i)            Tenant shall procure, pay for and keep in full force and effect, at all times during the Lease Term, the following:

 

                                (1)           Comprehensive general liability insurance insuring Tenant against liability for personal injury, bodily injury, death and damage to property occurring with the Premises, or resulting from Tenant’s use or occupancy of the Premises, the Building, the Common Areas or the Property, or resulting from Tenant’s activities in or about the Premises or the Property, with coverage in an amount equal to Tenant’s Required Liability Coverage (as set forth in Basic Lease Information), which insurance shall contain “blanket contractual liability” and “broad form property damage” endorsements insuring Tenant’s performance of Tenant’s obligations to indemnify Landlord as contained in this Lease.

 

                                (2)           Fire and property damage insurance in so-called “fire and extended coverage” form insuring Tenant against loss from physical damage to Tenant’s personal property, inventory, trade fixtures and improvements within the Premises with coverage for the full actual replacement cost thereof.

 

 

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                                (3)           Business Income/Extra Expense Insurance sufficient to pay Base Rent and Escalation Rent for a period of not less than twelve (12) months;

 

                                (4)           Plate glass insurance, at actual replacement cost;

 

                                (5)           Boiler and Machinery insurance, if applicable, in limits sufficient to restore the Building;

 

                                (6)           Product liability insurance (including, without limitation, if food and/or beverages are distributed, sold and/or consumed within the Premises, to the extent obtainable, coverage for liability arising out of the distribution, sale, use or consumption of food and/or beverages (including alcoholic beverages, if applicable) at the Premises for not less than Tenant’s Required Liability Coverage (as set forth in Basic Lease Information);

 

                                (7)           Workers’ compensation insurance (statutory coverage) with Employer’s Liability in an amount no less than $1,000,000; and

 

                                (8)           With respect to making of any alterations or modifications or the construction of improvements or the like undertaken by Tenant, course of construction, commercial general liability, automobile liability and workers’ compensation (to be carried by Tenant’s contractor), in an amount and with coverage reasonably satisfactory to Landlord.

 

                (ii)           Each policy of liability insurance required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to this Paragraph or actually carried by Tenant with respect to the Premises or the Property: (i) shall, except with respect to insurance required by subparagraph (a)(7) above, name Landlord, and such others as are designated by Landlord, as additional insureds; (ii) shall be primary insurance providing that the insurer shall be liable for the full amount of the loss, up to and including the total amount of liability set forth in the declaration of coverage, without the right of contribution from or prior payment by any other insurance coverage of Landlord; (iii) shall be in a form satisfactory to Landlord; (iv) shall be carried with companies reasonably acceptable to Landlord with Best’s ratings of at least A and XI; (v) shall provide that such policy shall not be subject to cancellation, lapse or change except after at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Landlord, and (vi) shall contain a so-called “severability” or “cross liability” endorsement.  Each policy of property insurance maintained by Tenant with respect to the Premises or the Property or any property therein (i) shall provide that such policy shall not be subject to cancellation, lapse or change except after at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Landlord and (ii) shall contain a waiver and/or a permission to waive by the insurer of any right of subrogation against Landlord, its partners, principals, members, officers, employees, agents and contractors, which might arise by reason of any payment under such policy or by reason of any act or omission of Landlord, its partners, principals, members, officers, employees, agents and contractors.

 

                (iii)          Prior to the time Tenant or any of its contractors enters the Premises, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, with respect to each policy of insurance required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to this Paragraph, a copy of such policy (appropriately authenticated by the insurer as having been issued, premium paid) or a certificate of the insurer certifying in form satisfactory to Landlord that a policy has been issued, premium paid, providing the coverage required by this Paragraph and containing the provisions specified herein.  With respect to each renewal or replacement of any such insurance, the requirements of this Paragraph must be complied with not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration or cancellation of the policies being renewed or replaced.  Landlord may, at any time and from time to time, inspect and/or copy any and all insurance policies required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to this Paragraph.  If Landlord’s Lender insurance broker, advisor or counsel reasonably determines at any time that the amount of coverage set forth herein for any policy of insurance Tenant is required to carry pursuant to this Paragraph is not adequate, then Tenant shall increase the amount of coverage for such insurance to such greater amount as Landlord’s Lender, insurance broker, advisor or counsel reasonably deems adequate.

 

                                (b)           With respect to insurance maintained by Landlord.

 

                                (i)            Landlord shall maintain, as the minimum coverage required of it by this Lease, fire and property damage insurance in so-called “fire and extended coverage” form insuring Landlord (and such others as Landlord may designate) against loss from physical damage to the Building with coverage of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the full actual replacement cost thereof and against loss of rents for a period of not less than six months.  Such fire and property damage insurance, at Landlord’s election but without any requirements on Landlord’s behalf to do so, (i) may be written in so-called “all risk” form, excluding only those perils commonly excluded from such coverage by Landlord’s then property damage insurer; (ii) may provide coverage for physical damage to the improvements so insured for up to the entire full actual replacement cost thereof; (iii) may be endorsed to cover loss or damage caused by any additional perils against which Landlord may elect to insure including earthquake and/or flood; and/or (iv) may provide coverage for loss of rents for a period of up to twelve months.  Landlord shall not be required to cause such insurance to cover any of Tenant’s personal property, inventory, and trade fixtures, or any modifications, alterations or improvements made or constructed by Tenant to or within the Premises.  Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such insurance at competitive rates.

 

                                (ii)           Landlord shall maintain commercial general liability insurance insuring Landlord (and such others as are designated by Landlord) against liability for personal injury, bodily injury, death, and damage to property occurring in, on or about, or resulting from the use or occupancy of the Property, or any portion thereof, with combined single limit coverage of at least Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000).  Landlord may carry such greater coverage as Landlord or Landlord’s Lender, insurance broker, advisor or counsel may from time to time determine is reasonably necessary for the adequate protection of Landlord and the Property.

 

                                (iii)          Landlord may maintain any other insurance which in the opinion of its insurance broker, advisor or legal counsel is prudent in carry under the given circumstances, provided such insurance is commonly carried by owners of property similarly situated and operating under similar circumstances.

 

 

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                (c)           Landlord hereby releases Tenant, and Tenant hereby releases Landlord and its respective partners, principals, members, officers, agents, employees and servants, from any and all liability for loss, damage or injury to the property of the other in or about the Premises or the Property which is caused by or results from a peril or event or happening which is covered by insurance actually carried and in force at the time of the loss by the party sustaining such loss; provided, however, that such waiver shall be effective only to the extent permitted by the insurance covering such loss and to the extent such insurance is not prejudiced thereby.

 

                21.          DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.

 

                (a)           If the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas are damaged by any peril after the Effective Term Commencement Date, Landlord shall restore the same, as and when required by this Paragraph, unless this Lease is terminated by Landlord pursuant to Paragraph 21(c) or by Tenant pursuant to Paragraph 21(d).  If this Lease is not so terminated, then upon the issuance of all necessary governmental permits, Landlord shall commence and diligently prosecute to completion the restoration of the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, as the case may be, to the extent then allowed by law, to substantially the same condition in which it existed as of the Term Commencement Date.  Landlord’s obligation to restore shall be limited to the improvements constructed by Landlord.  Landlord shall have no obligation to restore any improvements made by Tenant to the Premises or any of Tenant’s personal property, inventory or trade fixtures.  Upon completion of the restoration by Landlord, Tenant shall forthwith replace or fully repair all of Tenant’s personal property, inventory, trade fixtures and other improvements constructed by Tenant to like or similar conditions as existed at the time immediately prior to such damage or destruction.

 

                (b)           All insurance proceeds available from the fire and property damage insurance carried by Landlord shall be paid to and become the property of Landlord.  If this Lease is terminated pursuant to either Paragraph 21(c) or 21(d), all insurance proceeds available from insurance carried by Tenant which cover loss of property that is Landlord’s property or would become Landlord’s property on termination of this Lease shall be paid to and become the property of Landlord, and the remainder of such proceeds shall be paid to and become the property of Tenant.  If this Lease is not terminated pursuant to either Paragraph 21(c) or 21(d), all insurance proceeds available from insurance carried by Tenant which cover loss to property that is Landlord’s property shall be paid to and become the property of Landlord, and all proceeds available from such insurance which cover loss to property which would only become the property of Landlord upon the termination of this Lease shall be paid to and remain the property of Tenant.  The determination of Landlord’s property and Tenant’s property shall be made pursuant to Paragraph 14(b).

 

                (c)           Landlord’s Right To Terminate.  Landlord shall have the option to terminate this Lease in the event any of the following occurs, which option may be exercised only by delivery to Tenant of a written notice of election to terminate within thirty (30) days after the date of such damage or destruction.

 

                                (i)            The Building is damaged by any peril covered by valid and collectible insurance actually carried by Landlord and in force at the time of such damage or destruction (an “insured peril”) to such an extent that the estimated cost to restore the Building exceeds the lesser of (i) the insurance proceeds available from insurance actually carried by Landlord, or (ii) fifty percent of the then actual replacement cost thereof;

 

                                (ii)           The Building is damaged by an uninsured peril, which peril Landlord was not required to insure against pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 20 of this Lease.

 

                                (iii)          The Building is damaged by any peril and, because of the laws then in force, the Building (i) cannot be restored at reasonable cost or (ii) if restored, cannot be used for the same use being made thereof before such damage.

 

                (d)           If the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas are damaged by any peril and Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease or is not entitled to terminate this Lease pursuant to this Paragraph, then as soon as reasonably practicable, Landlord shall furnish Tenant with the written opinion of Landlord’s architect or construction consultant as to when the restoration work required of Landlord may be complete.  Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease in the event any of the following occurs, which option may be exercised only by delivery to Landlord of a written notice of election to terminate within seven (7) days after Tenant receives from Landlord the estimate of the time needed to complete such restoration;

 

                (i)            If the time estimated to substantially complete the restoration exceeds twelve months from and after the date the architect’s or construction consultant’s written opinion is delivered; or

 

                (ii)           If the damage occurred within twelve (12) months of the last day of the Lease Term and the time estimated to substantially complete the restoration exceeds one hundred eighty days from and after the date such restoration is commenced.

 

                (e)           Landlord and Tenant agree that the provisions of Paragraph 21(d) above are intended to supersede and replace the provisions contained in California Civil Code, Section 1932, Subdivision 2, and California Civil Code, Section 1934, and accordingly, Tenant hereby waives the provisions of such Civil Code Sections and the provisions of any successor Civil Code Sections or similar laws hereinafter enacted.

 

                (f)            In the event of damage to the Premises which does not result in the termination of this Lease, the Base Rent (and any Escalation Rent) shall be temporarily abated during the period of restoration in proportion in the degree to which Tenant’s use of the Premises is impaired by such damage.

 

 

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                22.          EMINENT DOMAIN.

 

                (a)           Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 22(d) below regarding temporary takings, Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease if, as a result of any taking, (i) all of the Premises is taken, or (ii) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Premises is taken and the part of the Premises that remains cannot, within a reasonable period of time, be made reasonably suitable for the continued operation of Tenant’s business.  Tenant must exercise such option within a reasonable period of time, to be effective on the later to occur of (i) the date that possession of that portion of the Premises that is condemned is taken by the condemnor or (ii) the date Tenant vacated the Premises.

 

                (b)           Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 22(d) below regarding temporary takings, Landlord shall have the option to terminate this Lease if, as a result of  any taking, (i) all of the Premises is taken, (ii) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Premises is taken and the part of the Premises that remains cannot, within a reasonable period of time, be made reasonably suitable for the continued operation of Tenant’s business, or (iii) because of the laws then in force, the Premises may not be used for the same use being made before such taking, whether or not restored as required by Paragraph 22(c) below.  Any such option to terminate by Landlord must be exercised within a reasonable period of time, to be effective as of the date possession is taken by the condemnor.

 

                (c)           If any part of the Premises or the Building is taken and this Lease is not terminated, then Landlord shall, to the extentnot prohibited by laws then in force, repair any damage occasioned thereby to the remainder thereof to a condition reasonably suitable for Tenant’s continued operations and otherwise, to the extent practicable, in the manner and to the extent provided in Paragraph 21(a).

 

                (d)           If a portion of the Premises is temporarily taken for a period of one year or less and such period does not extend beyond the Lease Expiration Date, this Lease shall remain in effect.  If any portion of the Premises is temporarily taken for a period which exceeds one year of which extends beyond the Lease Expiration Date, then the rights of Landlord and Tenant shall be determined in accordance with Paragraphs 22(a) and 22(b) above.

 

                (e)           Any award made for any taking of the Property, the Building, or the Premises, or any portion thereof, shall belong to and be paid to Landlord, and Tenant hereby assigns to Landlord all of its right, title and interest in any such award; provided, however, that Tenant shall be entitled to receive any portion of the award that is made specifically (i) for the taking of personal property, inventory or trade fixtures belonging to Tenant, (ii) for the interruption of Tenant’s business or its moving costs, or (iii) for the value of any leasehold improvements installed and paid for by Tenant.  The rights of Landlord and Tenant regarding any condemnation shall be determined as provided in this Paragraph, and each party hereby waives the provisions of Section 1265.130 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, and the provisions of any similar law hereinafter enacted, allowing either party to petition the Supreme Court to terminate this Lease and/or otherwise allocate condemnation awards between Landlord and Tenant in the event of a taking of the Premises.

 

                (f)            In the event of a taking of the Premises which does not result in a termination of this Lease (other than a temporary taking), then, as of the date possession is taken by the condemning authority, the Base Rent shall be reduced in the same proportion that the area of that part of the Premises so taken (less any addition to the area of the Premises by reason of any reconstruction) bears to the area of the Premises immediately prior to such taking.

 

                (g)           The term “taking” or “taken” as used in this Paragraph shall mean any transfer or conveyance of all or any portion of the Property to a public or quasi-public agency or other entity having the power of eminent domain pursuant to or as a result of the exercise of such power by such an agency, including any inverse condemnation and/or any sale or transfer by Landlord of all or any portion of the Property to such an agency under threat of condemnation or the exercise of such power.

 

                23.          EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

                (a)           Tenant shall be in default of its obligations under this Lease if any of the following events occur:

 

                                (i)            Tenant shall have failed to pay Base Rent or any Escalation Rent within five (5) days of when due; or

 

                                (ii)           Tenant shall have done or permitted to be done any act, use or thing in its use, occupancy or possession of the Premises or the Building or the Common Areas which is prohibited by the terms of this Lease; or

 

                                (iii)          Tenant shall have failed to perform any term, covenant or condition of this Lease (except those requiring the payment of Base Rent or Escalation Rent, which failures shall be governed by subparagraph (a) above) within thirty (30) days after written notice from Landlord to Tenant specifying the nature of such failure and requesting Tenant to perform same; or

 

                                (iv)          Tenant shall have sublet the Premises or assigned or encumbered its interest in this Lease in violation of the provisions contained in Paragraph 24, whether voluntarily or by operation of law; or

 

                                (v)           Tenant shall have abandoned the Premises; or

 

                                (vi)          Tenant or any guarantor of this Lease shall have permitted or suffered the sequestration or attachment of, or execution on, or the appointment of a custodian or receiver with respect to, all or any substantial part of the property or assets of Tenant (or such guarantor) or any property or asset essential to the conduct of Tenant’s (or such guarantor’s) business, and Tenant (or such guarantor) shall have failed to obtain a return or release of the same within thirty (30) days thereafter, or prior to sale pursuant to such sequestration, attachment or levy, whichever is earlier; or

 

 

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                                (vii)         Tenant or any guarantor of this lease shall have made a general assignment of all or a substantial part of its assets for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

                                (viii)        Tenant or any guarantor of this Lease shall have allowed (or sought) to have entered against it a decree or order which: (i) grants or constitutes an order of relief, appointment of a trustee, or condemnation or a reorganization plan under the bankruptcy laws of the United States; (ii) approves as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization under said bankruptcy laws or any other debtor’s relief law or similar statute of the United States or any state thereof; or (iii) otherwise directs the winding up or liquidation of Tenant; provided, however, if any decree or order was entered without Tenant’s consent or over Tenant’s objection, Landlord may not terminate this Lease pursuant to this subparagraph if such decree or order is rescinded or reversed within thirty (30) days after its original entry; or

 

                                (ix)           Tenant or any guarantor of this Lease shall have availed itself of the protection of any debtor’s relief law, moratorium law or other similar law which does not require the prior entry of a decree or order.

 

                (b)           In the event of any default by Tenant, and without limiting Landlord’s right to indemnification as provided in Paragraph 19, Landlord shall have the following remedies, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law or otherwise provided in this Lease, to which Landlord may resort cumulatively, or in the alternative:

 

                                (i)            Landlord may, at Landlord’s election, keep this Lease in effect and enforce, by an action at law or in equity, all of its rights and remedies under this Lease including, without limitations, (i) the right to recover the rent and other sums as they become due by appropriate legal action, (ii) the right to make payments required by Tenant, or perform Tenant’s obligations and be reimbursed by Tenant for the cost thereof with interest at the then maximum rate of interest not prohibited by law from the date the sum is paid by Landlord until Landlord is reimbursed by Tenant, and (iii) the remedies of injunctive relief and specific performance to prevent Tenant from violating the terms of this Lease and/or to compel Tenant to perform its obligations under this Lease, as the case may be.

 

                                (ii)           Landlord may, at Landlord’s election, terminate this Lease by giving Tenant written notice of termination, in which event this Lease shall terminate on the date set forth for termination in such notice, in which event Tenant shall immediately surrender the Premises to Landlord, and if Tenant fails to do so, Landlord may, without prejudice to any other remedy which it may have for possession or arrearages in rent, enter upon and take possession of the Premises and expel or remove Tenant and any other person who may be occupying the Premises or any part thereof, without being liable for prosecution or any claim or damages therefore. Any termination under this subparagraph shall not relieve Tenant from its obligation to pay to Landlord all Base Rent and Escalation Rent then or thereafter due, or any other sums due or thereafter accruing to Landlord, or from any claim against Tenant for damages previously accrued or then or thereafter accruing. In no event shall any one or more of the following actions by Landlord, in the absence of a written election by Landlord to terminate this Lease constitute a termination of this Lease:

 

                                                (1)           Appointment of a receiver of keeper in order to protect Landlord’s interest hereunder;

 

                                                (2)           Consent to any subletting of the premises or assignment of this Lease by Tenant, whether pursuant to the provisions hereof or otherwise; or

 

                                                (3)           Any action taken by Landlord or its partners, principals, members, officers, agents, employees, or servants, which is intended to mitigate the adverse effects of any breach of this Lease by Tenant, including, without limitation, any action taken to maintain and preserve the Premises on any action taken to relet the Premises or any portion thereof for the account at Tenant and in the name of Tenant.

 

                                (iii)          In the event Tenant breaches this Lease and abandons the Premises, Landlord may terminate this Lease, but this Lease shall not terminate unless Landlord gives Tenant written notice of termination. If Landlord does not terminate this Lease by giving written notice of termination, Landlord may enforce all its rights and remedies under this Lease, including the right and remedies provided by California Civil Code Section 1951.4 (“lessor may continue lease in effect after lessee’s breach and abandonment and recover rent as it becomes due, if lessee has right to sublet or assign, subject only to reasonable limitations”), as in effect on the Term Commencement Date.

 

                                (iv)          In the event Landlord terminates this Lease, Landlord shall be entitled, at Landlord’s election, to the rights and remedies provided in California Civil Code Section 1951.2, as in effect on the Term Commencement Date. For purposes of computing damages pursuant to Section 1951.2, an interest rate equal to the maximum rate of interest then not prohibited by law shall be used where permitted. Such

damages shall include, without limitation:

 

                                                (1)           The worth at the time of the award of the unpaid rent which had been earned at the time of termination;

 

                                                (2)           The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent for the balance of the term after the time of the award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could be reasonably avoided, computed by discounting such amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, at the time of award plus one percent; and

 

                                                (3)           Any other amount necessary to compensate Landlord for all detriment proximately caused by Tenant’s failure to perform Tenant’s obligations under this lease, or which in the ordinary

 

 

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course of things would be likely to result therefrom, including without limitation, the following: (i) expenses for cleaning, repairing or restoring the Premises, (ii) expenses for altering, remodeling or otherwise improving the Premises for the purpose of reletting, including removal of existing leasehold improvements and/or installation of additional leasehold improvements (regardless of  how the same is funded, including reduction of rent, a direct payment or allowance to a new tenant, or otherwise), (iii) broker’s fees allocable to the remainder of the term of this Lease, advertising costs and other expenses of reletting the Premises; (iv) costs of carrying and maintaining the  Premises, such as taxes, insurance premiums, utility charges and security precautions, (v) expenses incurred in removing, disposing of and/or storing any of Tenant’s personal property, inventory or trade fixtures remaining therein; (vi) reasonable attorney’s fees, expert witness fees, court costs and other reasonable expenses incurred by Landlord (but not limited to taxable costs) in retaking possession of the Premises, establishing damages hereunder, and releasing the Premises; and (vii) any other expenses, costs or damages otherwise incurred or suffered as a result of Tenant’s default.

 

                (c)           In the event Landlord fails to perform its obligations under this Lease, Landlord shall nevertheless not be in default under the terms of this Lease until such time as Tenant shall have first given Landlord written notice specifying the nature of such failure to perform its obligations, and then only after Landlord shall have had thirty (30) days following its receipt of such notice within which to perform such obligations; provided that, if longer than thirty (30) days is reasonably required in order to perform such obligations, Landlord shall have such longer period. In the event of Landlord’s default as above set forth, then, and only then, Tenant may then proceed in equity or at law to compel Landlord to perform its obligations and/or to recover damages proximately caused by such failure to perform (except as and to the extent Tenant has waived its right to damages as provided in this Lease).

 

                (d)           If Landlord is a corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, unincorporated association, or other form of business entity, Tenant agrees that (i) the obligations of Landlord under this Lease shall not constitute personal obligations of the officers, directors, trustees, partners, joint venturers, members, owners, stockholders, or other principals as such business entity, and (ii) Tenant shall have recourse only to the property of such corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, unincorporated association, or other form of business entity for the satisfaction of such obligations and not against the assets of such officers, directors, trustees, partners, joint venturers, members, owners, stockholders or principals. Additionally, if Landlord is a partnership or limited liability company, then Tenant covenants and agrees:

 

                                (i)            No partner or member of Landlord shall be sued or named as a party in any suit or action brought by Tenant with respect to any alleged breach of this Lease (except to the extent necessary to secure jurisdiction over the partnership and then only for that sole purpose);

 

                                (ii)           No service of process shall be made against any partner or member of Landlord except for the sole purpose of securing jurisdiction over the partnership; and

 

                                (iii)          No writ of execution will ever be levied against the assets of any partner or member of Landlord other than to the extent of his or her interest in the assets of the partnership or limited liability company constituting Landlord.

 

Tenant further agrees that each of the foregoing covenants and agreements shall be enforceable by Landlord and by any partner or member of Landlord and shall be applicable to any actual or alleged misrepresentation or nondisclosure made regarding this Lease or the Premises or any actual or alleged failure, default or breach of any covenant or agreement either expressly or implicitly contained in this Lease or imposed by statute or at common law.

 

                (e)           Landlord and Tenant agree that the provisions of Paragraph 23(c) above are intended to supercede and replace the provisions of California Civil Code Sections 1932(1), 1941 and 1942, and accordingly, Tenant hereby waives the provisions of California Civil Code Sections 1932(1), 1941 and 1942 and/or any similar or successor law regarding Tenant’s right to terminate this Lease or to make repairs and deduct the expenses of such repairs from the rent due under this Lease.

 

                24.          ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

 

                (a)           Tenant shall not sublet the Premises or any portion thereof or assign its interest in this lease, whether voluntarily or by operation of Law, without Landlord’s prior written consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any attempted subletting or assignment without Landlord’s prior written consent, at Landlord’s election, shall constitute a default by Tenant under the terms of this Lease. The acceptance of rent by Landlord from any person or entity other than Tenant, or the acceptance of rent by Landlord from Tenant with knowledge of a violation of the provision of this Paragraph, shall not be deemed to be a waiver by Landlord of any provision of this Paragraph of this Lease or to be a consent to any subletting by Tenant or any assignment of Tenant’s interest in this Lease. Without limiting the circumstances in which it may be reasonable for Landlord to withhold its consent to an assignment or subletting, Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that it shall be reasonable for Landlord to withhold its consent in the following instances:

 

                                (i)            the proposed assignee or sublessee is a governmental agency;

 

                                (ii)           in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, the use of the Premises by the proposed assignee or sublessee would involve occupancy by other than primarily general office, would entail any alterations which would lessen the value of the leasehold improvements in the Premises, or would require increased services by Landlord;

 

                                (iii)          in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, the financial worth of the proposed assignee is less than that of Tenant or does not meet the credit standards applied by Landlord;

 

 

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                                (iv)          the proposed assignee or sublessee (or any of its affiliates) has been in material default under a lease, has been in litigation with a previous landlord, or in the ten years prior to the assignment or sublease has filed for bankruptcy protection, has been the subject of an involuntary bankruptcy, or has been adjudged insolvent;

 

                                (v)           Landlord has experienced a previous default by or is in litigation with the proposed assignee or sublessee;

 

                                (vi)          in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, the Premises, or the relevant part thereof, will be used in a manner that will violate any negative covenant as to use contained in this Lease;

 

                                (vii)         the use of the Premises by the proposed assignee or sublessee will violate any applicable law, ordinance or regulation;

 

                                (viii)        the proposed assignee or sublessee is, as of the date of this Lease, a tenant in the Building;

 

                                (ix)           the proposed assignment of sublease fails to include all of the terms and provisions required to be included therein pursuant to this Paragraph 24;

 

                                (x)            Tenant is in default of any obligation of Tenant under this Lease, or Tenant has defaulted under this Lease on three or more occasions during the 12 months preceding the date that Tenant shall request consent; or

 

                                (xi)           in the case of a subletting of less than the entire Premises, if the subletting would result in the division of the premises into more than two subparcels or would require improvements to be made outside of the Premises.

 

                (b)           Any dissolution, merger, consolidation or other reorganization of Tenant, or the sale or other transfer in the aggregate over the Lease Term of a controlling percentage of the capital stock of Tenant, or the sale or transfer of all or a substantial portion of the assets of Tenant, shall be deemed a voluntary assignment of Tenant’s interest in this Lease. The phrase “controlling percentage” means the ownership of and the right to vote stock possessing more than fifty percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of Tenant’s capital stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors. If Tenant is a partnership, a withdrawal or change, voluntary, involuntary or by operation of Law, of any general partner, or the dissolution of the partnership, shall be deemed a voluntary assignment of Tenant’s interest in this Lease.

 

                (c)           If Tenant shall desire to assign its interest under the Lease or to sublet the Premises, Tenant must first notify Landlord, in writing, of its intent to assign or sublet, at least thirty (30) days in advance of the date it intends to so assign its interest in this Lease or sublet the Premises but not sooner than one hundred eighty (180) days in advance of such date, specifying in detail the terms of such proposed assignment or subletting, including the name of the proposed assignee or sublessee, the property assignee’s or sublessee’s intended use of the Premises, current financial statements (including a balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flow, all prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) of such proposed assignee or sublessee, the form of documents to be used in effectuating such assignment or subletting and such other information as Landlord may reasonably request. Landlord shall have a period of ten (10) business days following receipt of such notice and the required information within which to do one of the following: (i) consent to such requested assignment or subletting subject to Tenant’s compliance with the conditions set forth in Paragraph 24(d) below, or (ii) refuse to so consent to such requested assignment or subletting, provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably refused, or (iii) terminate this Lease as to the portion (including all) of the Premises that is the subject of the proposed assignment or subletting. During such ten (10) business day period, Tenant covenants and agrees to supply to Landlord, upon request, all necessary or relevant information which Landlord may reasonably request respecting such proposed assignment or subletting and/or the proposed assignee or sublessee.

 

                (d)           If Landlord elects to consent, or shall have been ordered to so consent by a court of competent jurisdiction, to such requested assignment or subletting, such consent shall be expressly conditioned upon the occurrence of each of the conditions below set forth, and any purported assignment or subletting made or ordered prior to the full and complete satisfaction of each of the following conditions shall be void and, at the election of Landlord, which election may be exercised at any time following such a purported assignment or subletting but prior to the satisfaction of each of the stated conditions, shall constitute a material default by Tenant under this Lease until cured by satisfying in full each such condition by the assignee or sublessee. The conditions are as follows:

 

                                (i)            Landlord having approved in form and substance, the assignment or sublease agreement and any ancillary documents, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld by Landlord if the requirements of this Paragraph 24 are otherwise complied with.

 

                                (ii)           Each such sublessee or assignee having agreed in writing satisfactory to Landlord and its counsel and for the benefit of Landlord, to assume, to be bound by, and to perform the obligations of this Lease to be performed by Tenant which relate to space being subleased.

 

                                (iii)          Tenant having fully and completely performed all of its obligations under the terms of this Lease through and including the date of such assignment or subletting.

 

                                (iv)          Tenant having reimbursed to Landlord all reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by Landlord in conjunction with the processing and documentation of any such requested subletting or assignment.

 

 

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                                (v)           Tenant having delivered to Landlord a complete and fully-executed duplicate original of such sublease agreement or assignment agreement (as applicable) and all related agreements.

 

                                (vi)          Tenant having paid, or having agreed in writing to pay as to future payments, to Landlord fifty percent (50%) of all assignment consideration or excess rentals to be paid to Tenant or to any other on Tenant’s behalf or for Tenant’s benefit for such assignment or subletting as follows:

 

                                                (1)           If Tenant assigns its interest under this Lease and if all or a portion of the consideration for such assignment is to be paid by the assignee at the time of the assignment, that Tenant shall have paid to Landlord and Landlord shall have received an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the assignment consideration so paid or to be paid (whichever is greater) at the time of the assignment by the assignee; or

 

                                                (2)           If Tenant assigns its interest under this Lease and if Tenant is to receive all or a portion of the consideration for such assignment in future installments, that Tenant and Tenant’s assignee shall have entered into a written agreement with and for the benefit of Landlord satisfactory to Landlord and its counsel whereby Tenant and Tenant’s assignee jointly agree to pay to Landlord an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of all such future assignment consideration installments to be paid by such assignee as and when such assignment consideration is so paid.

 

                                                (3)           If Tenant subleases the Premises, that Tenant and Tenant’s sublessee shall have entered into a written agreement with and for the benefit of Landlord satisfactory to Landlord and its counsel whereby Tenant and Tenant’s sublessee jointly agree to pay to Landlord fifty percent (50%) of all excess rentals to be paid by such sublessee as and when such excess rentals are so paid.

 

                (e)           For purposes of this Paragraph, including any amendments to this Paragraph by way of addendum or other writing, the term “assignment consideration” shall mean all consideration to be paid by the assignee to Tenant or to any other party on Tenant’s behalf or for Tenant’s benefit as consideration for such assignment, after deduction for reasonable market rate leasing commissions paid by Tenant and tenant improvements made by Tenant for any subtenant, but without deduction for any other costs or expenses (including, without limitation, building upgrades, permit fees, attorneys’ fees, and other consultants’ fees) incurred by Tenant in connection with such assignment, and the term “excess rentals” shall mean all consideration to be paid by the sublessee to Tenant or to any other party on Tenant’s behalf or for Tenant’s benefit for the sublease of all or any part of the Premises in excess of the rent due to Landlord under the terms of this Lease for the portion subleased for the same period, after deduction for reasonable market rate leasing commissions paid by Tenant and tenant improvements made by Tenant for any subtenant, but without deduction for any other costs or expenses (including, without limitation, building upgrades, permit fees, attorneys’ fees, and other consultants’ fees) incurred by Tenant in connection with such sublease. Tenant agrees that the portion of any assignment consideration and/or excess rentals arising form any assignment or subletting by Tenant which is to be paid to Landlord pursuant to this Paragraph now is and shall then be the property of Landlord and not the property of Tenant.

 

                (f)            All payments required by this Paragraph to be made to Landlord shall be made in cash in full as and when they become due. At the time Tenant, Tenant’s assignee or sublessee makes each such payment to Landlord, Tenant or Tenant’s  assignee or sublessee, as the case may be, shall deliver to Landlord an itemized statement in reasonable detail showing the method by which the amount due Landlord was calculated and certified y the party making such payment as true and correct.

 

                (g)           The rights granted to Tenant by this Paragraph are granted in consideration of Tenant’s express covenant that all pertinent allocations which are made by Tenant between rental value of the Premises and the value of any of Tenant’s personal property which may be conveyed or lease generally concurrently with and which may reasonably be considered a part of the same transaction as the permitted assignment of subletting shall be made fairly, honestly and in good faith. If Tenant shall breach covenant, Landlord may immediately declare Tenant to be in default under the terms of this Lease and terminate this Lease and/or exercise any other rights and remedies Landlord would have under the terms of this Lease in the case of a material default by Tenant under this Lease.

 

                (h)           No subletting or assignment, even with the consent of Landlord, shall relieve Tenant of its personal and primary obligation to pay rent and to perform all of the other obligations to be performed by Tenant hereunder. Consent by Landlord to one of more assignments of Tenant’s interest in this Lease or to one or more sublettings of the Premises shall not be deemed to be consent to any subsequent assignment or subletting. If Landlord shall have been order by a court of competent jurisdiction to consent to a requested assignment or subletting, shall have been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction over the objection of Landlord, such assignment of subletting shall not be binding between the assignee (or sublessee) and Landlord until such time as all conditions set forth in Paragraph 24(d) above have been fully satisfied (to the extent not then satisfied) by the assignee or sublessee, including, without limitation, the payment to Landlord of all agreed assignment considerations and/or excess rentals then doc Landlord.

 

                25.          SUBORDINATION.

 

                (a)           The Lease is subject to and subordinate to all ground leases, mortgage and deeds of trust which affect the Building or the Property and which are of public record as of the Term Commencement Date, and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions thereof. However, if the lessor under any such ground lease or any lender holding any such mortgage or deed of trust shall advise Landlord that it desires or requires this Lease to be made prior and superior thereto, then, upon written request of Landlord to Tenant, Tenant shall promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all customary or reasonable documents or instruments which Landlord and such lessor or lender deems necessary or desirable to make this Lease prior thereto. Tenant hereby consents to Landlord’s ground leasing the land underlying the Building or the Property and/or encumbering

 

 

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ground leases, mortgages or deeds of trust shall be subject to and subordinate to this Lease.  However, if any lessor under any such future ground lease or any lender holding such future mortgage or deed of trust shall desire or require that this Lease be made subject to and subordinate to such future ground lease, mortgage, or deed to trust, then Tenant agrees, within ten days after Landlord’s written request therefore, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to necessary or proper to assure the subordination of this Lease to such future ground lease, mortgage, or deed of trust, but only if such lessor or lender agrees to recognize Tenant’s rights under this Lease and agrees not to disturb Tenant’s quiet possession of the Premises so long as Tenant is not tin default under this Lease.  If Landlord assigns the Lease as security for a loan, Tenant agrees to execute such documents as are reasonably requested by the lender and to provide reasonable provisions in the Lease protecting such lender’s security interest which are customarily required by institutional lenders making loans secured by a deed of trust.

 

                (b)           Tenant shall, upon request, attorn (i) to any purchaser of the Building or the Property at any foreclosure sale or private sale conducted pursuant to any security instruments encumbering the Building of the Property, (ii) to any grantee or transferee designated in any deed given in lieu of foreclosure of any security interest encumbering the Building or the Property, or (iii) to the lessor under an underlying ground lease of the land underlying the Building or the Property, should such ground lease be terminated, provided that such purchaser, grantee or lessor recognizes Tenant’s rights under this Lease.

 

                26.          ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE.  Tenant will, following any request by Landlord, promptly execute and deliver to Landlord an estoppel certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E, (i) starting the date to which the rent and other charges are paid in advance, if any, (iii) acknowledging that therea re not, to Tenant’s knowledge, any uncured defaults on the part of Landlord hereunder, or specifying such defaults if any are claimed and (iv) certifying such other information about this Lease as may be reasonable requested by Landlord, its Lender or prospective lenders, investors or purchasers of the Building or the Property.  Tenant’s failure to execute and deliver such estoppel certificate within ten days after Landlord’s request therefore shall be a material default by Tenant under this Lease, and Landlord shall have all of the rights and remedies available to Landlord as Landlord would otherwise have in the case of any other material default by Tenant, including the right to terminate this Lease and sue for damages proximately caused thereby, it being agreed and understood by Tenant that Tenant’s failure to so deliver such estoppel certificate in a timely manner could result in Landlord being unable to perform committed obligations to other third parties which were made by Landlord in reliance upon this covenant of Tenant.  Landlord and Tenant intend that any statement delivered pursuant to this Paragraph may be relied upon by any Lender or purchaser or prospective Lender or purchaser of the Building, the Property, or any interest in them.

 

                27.          TENANT’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION.  Tenant shall, within ten (10) business days after Landlord’s request therefor, deliver to Landlord a copy of Tenant’s (and any guarantor’s) current (or, the most recently published if Tenant is then a corporation publicly traded on a national exchange) financial statements (including a balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flow, all prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) and any such other information reasonable requested by Landlord regarding Tenant’s financial donation.  Landlord shall be entitled to disclose such financial statement or other information to its Lender, to any present or prospective principal of or investor in Landlord, or, to any prospective Lender or purchaser of the Building, the Property, or any portion thereof or interest therein.  Any such financial statement or other information which is marked “confidential” or “company secrets” (or, is otherwise similarly marked by Tenant) shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by Landlord to any third party except as specifically provided in this Paragraph, unless the same becomes a part of the public domain without the fault of Landlord.

 

                28.          RULES.

 

                                Tenant shall faithfully observe and comply with the rules and regulations attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated herin by reference, and after notice thereof, all reasonable modifications thereof and additions thereto from time to time promulgated in writing by Landlord.  Landlord shall not be responsible to Tenant for the non-performance by any other tenant or occupant of the Building of any of said rules and regulations

 

                29.          ATTORNEYS’ FEES.

 

                                If as a result of any breach or default in the performance of any of the provisions of this Lease, Landlord or Tenant uses the services of an attorney and brings an action in a local, state or federal court of law in order to secure compliance with such provisions or to recover damages therefor, or to terminate this Lease or evict Tenant, the party against whom judgment has been rendered shall reimburse the prevailing party upon demand for any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses so incurred by the prevailing party.

 

                30.          WAIVER.

 

                                The waiver by Landlord of any agreement, condition or provision herin contained shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other agreement, condition or provision herin contained, nor shall any custom or practice which may grow up between the parties in the administration of the terms hereof be construed to waive or to lessen the right of Landlord to insist upon the performance by Tenant in strict accordance with such terms.  The subsequent acceptance of rental hereunder by Landlord shall not be deemed to be a wavier of any preceding breach by Tenant of any agreement, condition or provision of this Lease, other than the failure of Tenant to pay the particular rental so accepted, regardless of Landlord’s knowledge of the preceding breach at the time of acceptance or payment of the rental.

 

 

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                31.          PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT.

 

                                (a)           Unless Tenant is in default hereunder, Tenant shall be entitled to park in the Building’s parking lot (the “Lot”) on a non-assigned, unreserved basis the number of automobiles designed in the Basic Lease Information for “onsite”, subject to all of the rules and regulations applicable to such parking as are promulgated by Landlord and to any restrictions or regulations at any time imposed by the City of Santa Clara on Landlord’s ability of offer such parking.

 

                                (b)           Landlord may assign any unserved and unassigned parking spaces and/or make all or a portion of such spaces reserved, if it determines in its sole discretion that such action is necessary for orderly and efficient parking. Tenant shall not use more parking spaces than the number of parking privileges specified herein. Landlord may, at its option, cause all parking to be valet parked or implement a regulated or monitored parking program with any associated costs deemed on Operating Expense. If Tenant permits or allows any of the prohibited activities described in this Paragraph 31, then Landlord shall have the right, without notice, an addition to such other rights and remedies that it may have, to remove or tow away the vehicle involved and charge file cost to Tenant, which cost shall be immediately payable upon demand by Landlord. Landlord shall have no responsibility for damage to automobiles incurred in the Lot.

 

                                (c)           All parking rights granted to Tenant in this Paragraph 31 shall be for the sole use of the employees and invitees of the name Tenant, and no parking rights may be assigned or sublet to any other party.

 

                                (d)           Tenant agrees that it will use its best efforts to cooperate in programs which may be undertaken by Landlord independently, or in cooperation with local municipalities or governmental agencies or other property owners in the vicinity of the Building, to reduce peak levels of commuter traffic. Such programs may include, but shall not be limited to, carpools, vanpools and other ride sharing or transportation system management programs, public and private transit, and flexible work hours. Tenant agrees to cooperate with Landlord in Landlord’s administration of a transportation management program (if any) required by the City of Santa Clara. Tenant acknowledges that as a part of this program, Tenant may be required to distribute employee transportation information at the Term Commencement Date, participate in annual employee transportation surveys, allow employees to participate in commuter activities, designate a liaison for commuter transportation related activities, distribute commuter information to all employees prior to relocation and to new employees when hired, and otherwise participate in other programs or services initiated under the transportation management program.

 

                32.          COMPLETE AGREEMENT.

 

                                There are no oral agreements between Landlord and Tenant affecting this Lease, and this Lease supersedes and cancels any and all previous negotiations, arrangements, brochures, agreements and understandings if any, between Landlord and Tenant or displayed by Landlord to Tenant with respect to the subject matter of this Lease or the Property. There are no representations between Landlord and Tenant other than those contained in this Lease and all reliance with respect to any representation is solely upon the representations contained in this Lease. All implied warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness, are excluded. Except as otherwise provided herein, no subsequent change, modification or addition to this Lease shall be binding unless in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

 

                33.          MODIFICATION FOR LENDER.

 

                                If, in connection with obtaining financing or refinancing for the Property or the Premises or the Building or any portion thereof, Landlord’s lender shall request reasonable modification of or to this Lease as a condition to such financing or refinancing, Tenant shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or defer its consent thereto, provided such modifications do not materially affect Tenants rights or obligations hereunder.

 

                34.          MERGER.

 

                The voluntary or other surrender of this Lease by Tenant, or a mutual cancellation thereof, shall not work a merger, and shall at the option of Landlord, terminate all or any existing subleases or supremacies, or operate as an assignment to it of any or all such subleases or subtenancies.

 

                35.          SALE.

 

                                In the event the original Landlord hereunder, or any successor owner of the Building or Property, shall sell or convey the Building or Property, all liabilities and obligations on the part of the original Landlord, or such successor owner, under this Lease accruing thereafter shall terminate, and thereupon al such liabilities and obligations shall be binding upon the new owner. Tenant agrees to attorney to such new owner.

 

                36.          NO LIGHT, AIR OR VIEW EASEMENT.

 

                                Any diminution or shutting off of light, air or view by any structure which may be erected on lands adjacent to the Building or the Property shall in no way affect this Lease or impose any liability to Landlord.

 

                37.          CORPORATE AUTHORITY.

 

                                If Tenant is a corporation, each individual executing this Lease on behalf of such corporation represents and warrants that Tenant is validly formed and duly authorized and existing, that Tenant is qualified to do business in the State in which the Premises are located, that Tenant has the full right and legal authority to enter into this Lease, and that he or she is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Lease on Behalf of Tenant in accordance with its terms. Tenant shall, within thirty days after execution of this Lease, deliver to Landlord a certified copy of the resolution of its board of directors authorizing or ratifying the execution of this Lease and if Tenant fails to do so , Landlord at its sole election may elect to terminate this Lease.

 

 

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                38.          ABANDONMENT.

 

                                If Tenant shall abandon or surrender the Premises, or be dispossessed by process of law or otherwise, any personal property belonging to Tenant and left on the Premises shall be deemed to be abandoned, at the option of Landlord, except such property as may be mortgaged to Landlord.

 

                39.          FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

 

                                Tenant agrees that any construction work performed on the Building may result in minor inconveniences to Tenant but shall not entitle Tenant to any rebate of rent or subject Landlord to any liability. Tenant further acknowledges that such construction work shall be in Landlord’s sole discretion. Tenant agrees to execute and deliver, upon demand by Landlord and in the form requested by Landlord, any additional documents needed to conform this Lease to circumstances resulting from such construction. Landlord reserves the right from time to time to grant, without the consent or joiner of Tenant, such easements, rights of way and dedications that Landlord deems necessary and to cause the recordation of parcel maps and restrictions, so long as such easements, rights of way and dedications not unreasonably interfere with the use of the Premises by Tenant. Tenant agrees to execute any documents reasonably requested by Landlord to effectuate any such easement rights, dedications, maps or restrictions.

 

                40.          SECURITY MEASURES.

 

                                Landlord may, but shall be under no obligation to, implement security measures for the Building or the Property, such as the registration or search of all persons entering or leaving the Building, requiring identification for access to the Building, evacuation of the Building for cause, suspected cause, or for drill purposes, the issuance of magnetic pass cards or keys for Building or elevator or access and other actions that Landlord deems necessary or appropriate to prevent any threat of property loss or damage, bodily injury or business interruption. Tenant shall cooperate and comply with, and cause its employees, representatives and visitors to cooperate and comply with, such security measures. Landlord, its agents and employees shall have no liability to Tenant, its employees, agents and invitees for the implementation or exercise of, or the failure to implement or exercise, any such security measures or for any resulting disturbance of Tenant’s use or enjoyment of the Premises.

 

                41.          FORCE MAJEURE.

 

                                In the event Landlord is delayed, interrupted or prevented from performing any of its obligations under this Lease, including its obligations under Exhibit D with respect to Tenant Improvements, and such delay, interruption or prevention is due to fire, act of God, governmental act, strike, labor dispute, unavailability of materials or any other cause outside the reasonable control of Landlord, then the time for performance of the affected obligation of Landlord shall be extended for a period equivalent to the period of such delay, interruption or prevention.

 

                42.          RECORDING.

 

                                Neither Landlord not Tenant shall record this Lease, nor a short form memorandum of this Lease, without prior written consent of the other.

 

                43.          MISCELLANEOUS.

 

                                The words “Landlord” and “Tenant” as used herein shall include the plural as well as the singular. If there be more than one Tenant, the obligations hereunder imposed upon Tenant shall be joint and several. Time is of the essence of this Lease and each and all of its provisions. Submission of this instrument for examination or signature by Tenant does not constitutive a reservation of or option for lease, and it is not effective as a lease or otherwise until execution and delivery by both Landlord and Tenant. The agreements, conditions and provisions herein contained shall, subject to the provisions as to assignment, apply to and bind the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. Tenant shall not, without the consent of Landlord, use the words “Marriott Plaza” or “2901 Tasman Drive” for any purpose other than as the address of the business to be conducted by Tenant in the Premises. If any provision of this Lease shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect any other provision of this Lease and all such other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. This Lease shall be governed by and construed pursuant to the Laws of the State of California. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue for resolving any dispute between Tenant and Landlord shall be in the County of Santa Clara, State of California.

 

                44.          EXHIBITS.

 

                                The exhibits and addendum, if any, specified in the Basic Lease Information are attached to this Lease and by this reference made a part hereof.

 

                45.          TELEPHONE SERVICE.

 

                                (a)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease to the contrary:

 

                                                (i)            Landlord shall have no responsibility for providing to Tenant any telephone equipment, including wiring, within the Premises or for providing telephone service or connections from the utility to the Premises; and

 

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consequential damages (including damage for loss of business) in the event Tenant’s telecommunications services in any way are interrupted, damaged or rendered less effective, except to the extent caused by the grossly negligent or willful act or omission by Landlord, its agent or employees.  Tenant accepts the telephone equipment (including, without limitations, the INC, as defended below) in its “AS-IS” condition, and Tenant shall be solely responsible for contracting with a reliable third party vendor to inspect the INC periodically (the frequency of such inspections to be determined by such vendor based on this experience and professional judgment), and requiring such vendor to meet local and federal requirements for telecommunications material and workmanship).  Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant and Tenant waives all claims against Landlord whatsoever, whether for personal injury, property damage, loss of use of the Premises, or otherwise, due to interruptions or failure of telephone services to the Premises.  Tenant hereby holds Landlord harmless and agrees to indemnify, protect and defend Landlord from and against any liability for any damage, loss or expense due to any failure or interruption of telephone service to the Premises for any damage, loss or expense due to any failure or interruption of telephone service to the Premises for any reason.  Tenant agrees to obtain loss of rental insurance adequate to cover any damage, loss or expense occasioned by the interruption of telephone service.

 

                                (b)           At such time as the entirety of the Leased Premise is no longer leased to Tenant, Landlord shall in its sole discretion have the right, by written notice to Tenant, to elect to assume limited responsibility for INC, as provided below and upon such assumption of responsibility by Landlord, this subparagraph (b) shall apply prospectively.

 

                                                (i)            Landlord shall provide Tenant access to such quantity of pairs in the Building intra-building network cable (“INC”) as is determined to be available by Landlord in its reasonable discretion.  Tenant’s access to INC shall be solely by arrangements made by Tenant, as Tenant may elect, directly with Pacific Bell or Landlord (or such vendor as Landlord may designate), and Tenant shall pay all reasonable charges as may be imposed in connection therewith.  Pacific Bell’s charge shall be deemed to be reasonable.  Subject to the foregoing, Landlord shall have no responsibility for providing to Tenant any telephone equipment, including wiring, within the Premises or for providing telephone serves or connections from the utility to the Premises, except as required by law.

 

                                                (ii)           Tenant shall not alter, modify, add to or disturb any telephone wiring in the Premises or elsewhere in the Building without the Landlord’s prior written consent.  Tenant shall be liable to Landlord for any damage to the telephone wiring in the Building due to the act, negligent or otherwise, of Tenant or any employee, contractor or other agent of Tenant.  Tenant shall have no access to the telephone closets within the Building, except in the manner and under procedures established by Landlord.  Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord of any actual or suspected failure of telephone service to the Premises.

 

                                                (iii)          All costs incurred by Landlord for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of telephone wiring in the Building shall be included in Operating Expenses.

 

                                                (iv)          Landlord makes no warranty as to the quality, continuity or availability of the telecommunications services in the Building, and Tenant hereby waives any claim against Landlord for any actual or consequential damages (including damages for loss of business) in the event Tenet’s telecommunications services in any way are interrupted, damaged or rendered less effective, except to the extent caused by the grossly negligent or willful act or omission by Landlord, its agent or employees.  Tenant acknowledges that Landlord meets its duty of care to Tenant with respect to the Building INC by contracting with reliable third party vendor to assume responsibility for the maintenance and repair thereof (which contract shall contain provisions requiring such vendor to inspect the INC periodically (the frequency of such inspection sot be determined by such vendor based on its experience and professional judgment), and requiring such vendor to meet local and federal requirements for telecommunications material and workmanship).  Subject to the foregoing, Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant and Tenant waives all claims against Landlord whatsoever, whether for personal injury, property damage, loss of use of the Premises, or otherwise, due to (the interruption or failure of telephone services to the Premises.  Tenant hereby holds Landlord harmless and agrees to indemnify, protect and defend Landlord from and against any liability for any damage, loss or expense due to any failure or interruption of telephone service to the Premises for any reason.  Tenant agrees to obtain loss of rental insurance adequate to cover any damage, loss or expense occasioned by the interruption of telephone service.

 

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Lease on the respective dates indicated below:

 

LANDLORD:

 

 

 

 

MARRIOT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P.,
A California Limited Partnership

 

 

 

 

By:

Menlo Equities Associates IV LLC,
a California limited liability company,
Its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By

Menlo Equities LLC, a California Limited Liability Company
It’s Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Diamant Investments LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Illegible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

8/30/99

 

 

 

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TENANT:

 

COMMERCEBID.COM

a Delaware corporation

 

Signature:

/s/ Naomi Golden Petrushka

 

 

Name:

Naomi Golden Petrushka

 

 

Its:

CFO

 

 

Signature:

/s/ Liron Petrushka

 

 

Name:

Liron Petrushka

 

 

Its:

CEO

 

 

Date:

8/26/99

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY

 

Situated in the City of Santa Clara

 

Parcel 126, as shown on that certain Map entitled, “Parcel Map of Portion of Section 15, T.6 S., R. 1 W., M.D.B.&M.”, which Map was filed for record in the Office of Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, on November 16, 1978 in Book 430 of Maps, at Page(s) 23.

 

EXCEPTING THEREFROM: that portion within Tasman Drive, conveyed to the City of Santa Clara, by Deed recorded December 21, 1987 in Book K 396 of Official Records, Page 823.

 

 



 

Exhibit B

 

FLOOR PLANS

 

 

 

[FLOORPLAN]

 

 

 



 

Exhibit C

 

RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

                1.             The sidewalk, halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators, and stairways of the Building shall not be obstructed by any of the tenants or used by them for any purpose other than for ingress to and egress from their respective Premises.  The halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators, and stairways are not for the general public, and Landlord shall in all cases retain the right to control and prevent access thereto of all persons whose presence in the judgment of Landlord would be Prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation and interests of the Building its tenants, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent ingress to and egress from Tenant’s Premises to persons with whom any tenant normally deals in the ordinary course of its business, unless such persons are engaged in illegal activities.  No tenant and no employee or invitee of any tenant shall go upon the roof of the Building.

 

                2.             No sign, placard, picture, name, advertisement or notice visible from the exterior of any tenant’s Premises shall be inscribed, painted, affixed or otherwise displayed by any tenant on any part of the Building without the prior written consent of Landlord.  Landlord will adopt and furnish to tenants general guidelines relating to signs inside the Building on the office floors.  Each tenant shall conform to such guidelines, but may request approval of Landlord for modifications, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.  All approved signs or lettering on doors shall be printed, painted, affixed or inscribed at the expense of the Tenant by a person approved by Landlord, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.  Material visible from outside the Building will not be permitted.

 

                3.             The Premises shall not be used for the storage of merchandise held for sale to the general public or for lodging.  No cooking shall be done or permitted on the Premises, except that use by any tenant of food and beverage vending machines and Underwriters’ Laboratory approved microwave and toaster ovens and equipment for brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar beverages shall be permitted; provided that such use is in accordance with all applicable federal, state and city laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations.

 

                4.             No tenant shall employ any person or persons other than Landlord’s janitorial service for the purpose of cleaning the Premises, unless otherwise approved by Landlord.  No person or persons other than those approved by Landlord shall be permitted to enter the Building for the purpose of cleaning the same.  No tenant shall cause any unnecessary labor by reason of such tenant’s carelessness or indifference in the preservation of good order and cleanliness.  Janitor service will not be furnished on nights when rooms are occupied after 8:00 P.M. unless, by prior arrangement with Landlord, service is extended to a later hour for specifically designated rooms with any additional cost to by paid be the requesting tenant.

 

                5.             Landlord will furnish each tenant free of charge with two keys to each door lock in its Premises.  Landlord may make a reasonable charge for any additional keys.  Tenants shall have the right to make keys.  No tenant shall change any lock without the express written consent of the Lanlord.  The tenants shall in each case furnish Landlord with a key for any such lock.  Each tenant, upon the termination of its tenancy, shall deliver to Landlord all keys to doors in the Building which shall have been furnished to or made by the tenant.

 

                6.             The elevator shall be available for use by all tenants in the Building.  The persons employed to move equipment in or out of the Building must be acceptable to Landlord.  Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight, size and position of all equipment, materials, furniture or other property, brought into the Building.  Heavy objects shall, if considered necessary by Landlord, stand on wood strips of such thickness as is necessary properly to distribute the weight.  Landlord will not be responsible for loss of or damage to any such property from any cause, and all damage done to the Building by moving or maintaining such property shall be repaired at the expense of the tenant.

 

                7.             No tenant shall use or keep in the Premises or the Building any kerosene, gasoline or inflammable or combustible fluid or material other than limited quantities thereof reasonably necessary for the operation or maintenance of office equipment, or, without Landlord’s prior approval, use any method of heating or air conditioning other than that supplied by Landlord.  No tenant shall use or keep or permit to be used or kept any foul or noxious gas or substance in the Premises, or permit or suffer the Premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or objectionable to Landlord or other occupants of the Building by reason of noise, odors or vibrations, or interfere in any way with other tenants or those having business therein.

 

                8.             Landlord shall have the right, exercisable without liability to any tenant to change the

name and street address of the Building.

 

                9.             Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the Building between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. and at all hours on Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays all persons who do not present a proper access card or other identification as an employee of Tenant or who do not otherwise present proper authorization by Tenant for access to the Premises.  Tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom it authorizes access and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons.  Landlord shall in no case be liable for damages for any error with regard to the admission to or exclusion from the Building of any person.  In the case of invasion, mob, riot, public excitement or other circumstances rendering such actions advisable in Landlord’s opinion.  Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the Building during the continuance of the same by such action as Landlord may deem appropriate.

 

                10.           The directory of the Building will be provided for the display of the name and location of tenants.  Any additional name which Tenant desires to have added to the directory shall be subject to Landlord’s approval and may be subject to a change therefor.

 

 

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                11.           No curtains, draperies, blinds, shutters, shades, screens or other coverings, hangings or decorations shall be attached to, hung or placed in, or used in connection with any exterior window in the Building without the prior consent of Landlord.  If consented to by Landlord, such items shall be installed on the office side of the standard window covering and shall in no way be visible from the exterior of the Building.

 

                12.           Messenger service and suppliers of bottled water, food, beverages and other products or services shall be subjected to such reasonable regulations as may be adopted by Landlord.  So long as the time for pick-up and delivery of packages from and to the Premises is not materially increased, Landlord may establish a central receiving station in the Building for delivery and pick-up by all messenger services, and may limit delivery and pick-up at tenant Premises to Building personnel.

 

                13.           Each tenant shall see that the doors of its Premises are closed and locked and that all water faucets or apparatus, cooking facilities and office equipment (excluding office equipment required to be opcrative at all times) are shut off before the tenant or its employees leave the Premises at night, so as to prevent waste or damage, and for any default or carelessness in this regard the tenant shall be responsible for any damage sustained by other tenants or occupants of the Building or Landlord.  All tenants shall keep the doors to the Building corridors closed at all times except for ingress and egress.

 

                14.           The toilets, urinals, wash bowls and other restroom facilities shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which they were constructed, no foreign substance of any kind whatsoever shall be thrown therein and the expense of any breakage, stoppage or damage resulting from the violation of this rule shall be borne by the tenant who, or whose employees or invitees, shall have caused it.

 

                15.           Except with the prior consent of the Landlord, no tenant shall sell, or permit the sale at retail, of newspapers, magazines, periodicals, theater tickets or any other goods or merchandise to the general public in or on the Premises, in or from the Premises for the service or accommodation of occupants of any other portion of the Building, nor shall the Premises of any tenant be used for manufacturing of any kind, or any business or activity other than that specifically provided for in such tenant’s lease.

 

                16.           No tenant shall install any antenna, loudspeaker, or any other device on the roof or exterior walls of the Building.

 

                17.           There shall not be used in any portion of the Building, by any tenant or its invitees, any hand trucks or other material handling equipment except those equipped with rubber tires and side guards unless otherwise approved by Landlord.

 

                18.           Each tenant shall store its refuse within its Premises.  No material shall be placed in the refuse boxes or receptacles if such material is of such nature that it may not be disposed of in the ordinary and customary manner of removing and disposing of refuse in the City of Santa Clara without being in violation of any law or ordinance governing such disposal.  All refuse disposals hall be made only through entryways and elevators provided for such purposes and at such times as Landlord shall designate.

 

19.           Canvassing, peddling, soliciting, and distribution of handbills or any other written materials in the Building are prohibited, and each tenant shall to prevent the same.

 

                20.           Smoking in all portions of the Building is prohibited, and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.

 

                21.           No objects of any kind (including, without limitation, picture frames and cups) shall be placed on the interior window sills, chair rails, or mullions which adjoin the exterior windows of the Building.

 

                22.           Holidays shall include the following: Christmas (December 25); New Years (January 1); Memorial Day; Independence Day (July 4); Labor Day; and Thanksgiving.

 

                23.           The requirements of the tenants will be attended to only upon application by telephone or in person at the office of the Landlord or Landlord’s designated representative.  Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do anything outside of their regular duties unless under special instructions from Landlord.

 

                24.           Subject to the terms of the leases, Landlord may waive any one or more of the these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of any particular tenant or tenants, but no such waiver by Landlord shall be constructed as a waiver of such Rules and Regulations in favor of any other tenant or tenants, nor prevent Landlord from thereafter enforcing any such Rules and Regulations against any or all of the tenants of the Building.

 

                25.           These Rules and Regulations are in addition to, and shall not be construed to in any way modify or amend, in whole or in part, the terms, covenants, agreements and conditions of any lease of Premises in the Building.

 

                26.           Subject to the terms of the leases, Landlord reserves the right to make such other and reasonable rules and regulations as in its judgment may from time to time be needed for the safety, care and cleanliness of the Building, and for the preservation of good order therein.

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

WORK LETTER

 

(Tenant Improvements)

 

                THIS WORK LETTER, dated August 30, 1999, is centered into by and between MARRIOT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P., a California limited partnership (“Landlord”), and COMMERCEDBID.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”).  On or about the date hereof, Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain Office Lease (the “Lease”) for certain premises (the “Premises”) commonly known as Suite 211, 2901 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California.  This Work Letter sets fourth the agreement of Landlord and Tenant with respect to the improvements to be constructed in the Premises.  All defined terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Lease, unless otherwise defined in this Work Letter.

 

                1.             Construction of Improvement Work.  Landlord shall, through its general contractor, Rusciano Construction (the “Contractor”), demolish and construct certain walls, to cause the Premises be reconfigured to the layout set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto (the “Improvement Work”).  Such Improvement Work shall be constructed in accordance with the bid by the Contractor attached hereto as Schedule 2.  The quantities, character and manner of the Improvement Work shall be subject to any limitations imposed by any applicable governmental regulations relating to conservation of energy and by applicable building codes and regulations.

 

                2.             Cost of Improvement Work.  Landlord shall in advance the costs of the Improvement Work up to a maximum of $46,557 (the “Tenant Improvement Costs”) which cost shall include the costs of construction, the cost of permits and all architectural services obtained by the landlord in connection with the tenant improvements.  In addition, Tenant shall bear and pay the cost of the Improvement Work In excess of the Tenant Improvement Costs, if any.

 

3.             Completion; Tenant Delay.

 

(a)           Landlord shall substantially complete the improvement Work by the Term Commencement Date.  If Landlord is unable to so deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant with the Improvement Work substantially complete prior to the Term Commencement Date, Landlord shall not be in default under the Lease, nor shall the Lease be void, voidable or cancelable by Tenant, and in no event shall Landlord be liable in damages to Tenant for such delay, provided, however, that the Term Commencement Date shall be extended until the Improvement Work is substantially complete.

 

“Substantial Completion” shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) Landlord’s delivery to Tenant of a certificate of occupancy issued by the City of Santa Clara for the Premises, (ii) Tenant’s occupancy of all or part of the Premises, (iii) the date that Landlord’s architect furnishes a certificate of substantial completion confirming that the Tenant improvements have been substantially completed, subject to minor details of construction, decoration or mechanical adjustment which do not unreasonably affect Tenant’s ability to do business in the Premises, or (iv) the date upon which Tenant takes occupancy of the Premises.  Upon Substantial Completion, the Improvement Work shall be deemed “Substantially Complete” and possession of the Premises shall be deemed delivered to Tenant for all purposes under the Lease.

 

(b)           If Landlord shall be delayed in substantially completing the Improvement Work as a result of:

 

                                (i)            Any interruption or interference in Landlord’s construction of the Improvement Work caused by Tenant, its contractors or its vendors; or

 

                                (ii)           Tenant’s failure to timely pay any amounts which Tenant is obligated to pay under this Work Letter; or

 

                                (iii)          Any other act, neglect, failure or omission of Tenant, its agents, employees or contractors of which Landlord has given Tenant notice, which Tenant failed to cure within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the notice (items (i) through (iii) above being collectively referred to as “Tenant Delays”);

 

then the date upon which the payment of rental under the Lease shall commence shall be advanced by the cumulative duration of such Tenant Delays.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have executed this Work Letter as of the Respective dates set forth below.

 

 

LANDLORD:

 

 

 

MARRIOT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P., A California Limited Partnership

 

 

 

By:

Menlo Equities Associates IV LLC,
a California limited liability company,
Its General Partner

Dated:

8/30/99

 

 

 

 

By

Menlo Equities LLC, a California Limited Liability Company
It’s Manager

 

 

 

 

By:

Diamant Investments LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom

 

 

 

 

Richard J. Holmstrom,
Member

 

 

 

 

TENANT:

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCEBID.com, INC.

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

By:/s/

[ILLEGIBLE]

 

 

Title:

CEO

Dated:

 

 

By:/s/

[ILLEGIBLE]

 

 

Title:

CEO

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

Premises Layout

 

 

[FLOOR PLAN]

 

 

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Rusciano

 

2020 Alello Ave, Suite B

 

 

San Jose, CA 96111

Construction

 

CA Lic. 715872

 

 

408 ###-###-####

Inc.

 

Fax: 406 ###-###-####

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

August 25, 1999

CONTRACTOR’S BID

 

Alan Webber

Menlo Equities Management Co,

2901 Tasman Dr. Suite 220

Santa Clara, CA 95054

 

Project:

Suite 211 Reconfiguration

 

2901 Tasman Dr.

 

Santa Clara, CA

Quote #:

203.02.03

 

Dear Mr. Webber:

 

Rusciano Construction proposes to provide all materials, labor and equipment necessary to complete the above-mentioned project as per the scope, clarifications, and exclusions listed below.  All work is to be done on straight time.  Progress payment billings will be made on the first of each month and are due and payable within 30 days of date of invoice.

 

Base Bid:               #32,005

 

Allowances: Included in Base Bid

City Permits and Fees

$2178

Architect and Engineering

$1452

 

Alternate Add; Not Included in Base Bid

Demo and removal of approx. 4000 SF of existing carpet and 850 if base on East Side of firewall of Suite 211.                                                                                   $2080

Paint wall at entire Suite 211 Flat Latex, one color, and same color as existing wall’s approx. 15,000

SF.

$3,130

Scope:

•                    Provide necessary drawing to for submittal to local building authority and obtain necessary permits.

•                    Demo approx. 20 if of 9’ partition wall.

•                    Demo 4 ea. 30—80 doors and 20-80 sidelights save for reuse.

•                    Demo and safe off electrical as necessary for removal of walls and install of new door openings.

•                    Provide and install 3 ea. New 30-80 door, frame, w/-keyed lockset (Schlage D53PD Rhodes 609), hinges and floor mount doorstop.

•                    Install 4 ea. relocated doors, frames, and hardware in new openings.

•                    Construct approx. 119 if of 47 wall under existing acoustical grid system w/3 5/8, 25 GA metal studs and 5/8 drywall each side, tape and texture to match existing.

•                    Install 4 ea. Door and sidelight openings in existing wall.

•                    Cut-in and frame 2 ea. door and sidelight openings in existing wall.

•                    Patch existing walls at area of demolition and finish to match existing adjacent walls,

•                    Provide and install 5 supply air registers and ductwork (control from existing VAV box).

•                    Provide and install 5 ea. transfer air registers and ductwork.

 

 



 

EAST BAY FLOORCOVERING, INC.

 

JOB ESTIMATE

 

 

221 F. Lewelling Blvd.

 

 

 

 

SAN LORENZO, CA 94580

 

PHONE

 

DATE

8/5/99

 

 

 

 

 

(510 ###-###-####

 

 

FAX(510 ###-###-####

 

JOB NAME/LOCATION

 

 

 

MENLO EQUITIES

 

SUITE 211

 

 

2901 TASMAN DR

ALCAN

 

SANTA CLARA

 

 

 

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:                                    Carpet — Design Weave “windswept”
DEMO EPT & BASE, PREP FLOOR
BASE-BURKE 4=

 

 

REVISED

425 x13.00 = 5525

425 x 2.00 = $850

4=BASE = $1417

$7792.00

NEW TOTAL

8/26/99

CPT DESIGNWEAVE “WINDSWEPT”

COLOR — WEDGEWOOD 976-776

BASE 321-P INDIGO

 

ACCEPTANCE: I hereby accept the proposal outlined above and authorize work to commence on the date specified.  If any party to this agreement resorts to a legal action to enforce any provision of this agreement the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys fees and costs.

 

Customer:

 

 

Date:

 

NOTE: The proposal may be withdrawn by us if not accepted within 90 days.

 

 



 

EXHIBIT E

 

SAMPLE FORM OF TENANT ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE

 

                    , 19   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Re           2901 Tasman Drive

                Santa Clara, California

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Lease, dated as of                                  , 19    , between                                  , a California Limited partnership (“Landlord”), and the undersigned (herein referred to as the “Lease”).  A copy of the Lease [and all amendment thereto] is[are] attached hereto as Exhibit A.  At the request of Landlord in connection with [State reasons for request for estoppel certificate          ], the undersigned hereby certifies to Landlord and to [State names of other parties requiring certification    ] and each of your respective successors and assigns as follows:

 

                1.  The undersigned is the tenant under the Lease.

 

                2.  The Lease is in full force and effect and has not been amended, modified, supplemented or superseded except as indicated in Exhibit A.

 

                3.  There is no defense, offset, claim or counterclaim by or in favor of the undersigned against Landlord under the Lease or against the obligations of the undersigned under the Lease.  The undersigned has no renewal, extension or expansion option, no right of first offer or right of first refusal and no other similar right to renew or extend the term of the Lease or expand the property demised thereunder except as may be expressly set forth in the Lease.

 

                4.  The undersigned is not aware of any default now existing of the undersigned or of Landlord under the Lease, nor of any event which with notice or the passage of time or both would constitute a default of the undersigned or of Landlord under the Lease.

 

                5.  The undersigned has not received notice of a prior transfer, assignment, hypothecation or pledge by Landlord of any of Landlord’s interest in the Lease.

 

                6.  The Monthly rent due under the Lease is $                                      and has been paid through                                  , and all additional rent due and payable under the Lease has been paid through                                 .

 

                7.  The term of the Lease commenced on                                      , and expires on                                  , unless sooner terminated pursuant to the provisions of the Lease, Landlord has performed all work required by the Lease for the undersigned’s initial occupancy of the demised property.

 

                8.  The undersigned has deposited the sum of $___ with Landlord as security for the performance of its obligations as tenant under the Lease, and no portion of such deposit has been applied by Landlord to any obligation under the Lease.

 

                9.  There is no free rent period pending, nor is Tenant entitled to any Landlord’s contribution.

 

The above certifications are made to Landlord and Lender knowing that Landlord and Lender will rely thereon in accepting an assignment of the Lease.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT F

 

COMMENCEMENT DATE CERTIFICATE

 

This Commencement Date Certificate is entered into by Landlord and Tenant pursuant to Exhibit D of the Lease.

 

1.

 

(a)

 

Landlord:

 

Marriott Plaza Associates L.P., a California limited partnership

 

 

(b)

 

Tenant:

 

Commercebid.Com, Inc.

 

 

(c)

 

Lease:

 

Office Lease dated August 30, 1999 between Landlord and Tenant

 

 

(d)

 

Premises:

 

Suite 211

 

 

(e)

 

Building Address:

 

2901 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California

 

2.             CONFIRMATION OF LEASE COMMENCEMENT.

 

                Landlord and Tenant confirm that the Commencement Date of the lease is October 4, 1999 and the Expiration Date is October 3, 2004 and that the Basic Lease Information is amended accordingly.

 

                Landlord and Tenant have executed this Commencement Date Certificate as the dates set forth below.

 

LANDLORD:

 

MARRIOTT PLAZA ASSOCIATES L.P.,

a California limited partnership

 

By:

Menlo Equities Associates IV LLC, a California Limited Liability Company,

 

 

Its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Menlo Equities LLC, a California Limited Liability Company,

 

 

 

Its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: Diamant Investments LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard J. Holmstrom

 

 

 

 

Richard J. Holmstrom
Member

 

 

TENANT:

 

COMMERCEBID.Com,

a Delaware corporation

 

Signature:

 /s/ LIRON PETRUSHKA

Name:

Liron Petrushka

Its:

CEO

 

 

Signature:

 /s/ NAOMI PETRUSHKA

Name:

Naomi Petrushka

Its:

CFO

 

 

Date:

10/15/99