EXECUTION COPY TWENTY- SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT by and between MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY and FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION Dated as of September 1, 2005

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

TWENTY- SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY

 

 

and

 

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

 

Dated as of September 1, 2005

 

 

AMENDING THE CONSOLIDATED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 1979 BETWEEN THE MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION.

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Definitions

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Granting Leasehold

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Term; Delivery and Acceptance of Possession

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Rental

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Hazardous Substances/Waste

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

Lease Agreement Still in Effect; Provisions There of Applicable to this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Descriptive Headings

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Effectiveness of this Twenty-Sixth Lease Agreement

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Execution of Counterparts

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Summaries

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notary

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leased Parcel Summary

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental Summary

 

12

 



 

TWENTY-SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS TWENTY-SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 1st of September 2005, by and between MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY (herein sometimes referred to as “Authority”), a public and governmental body politic and corporate of the State of Tennessee, and FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION (herein sometimes referred to as “Tenant”), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and qualified to do business in the State of Tennessee.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Authority and Tenant on October 3, 1979 entered into a Consolidated and Restated Lease Agreement dated as of August 1, 1979; and

 

WHEREAS, Authority and Tenant between April 1, 1981 and April 1, 2005, have entered into Twenty Five Supplemental Lease Agreements amending the 1979 Consolidated and Restated Lease Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the said Consolidated and Restated Lease Agreement dated as of August 1, 1979, together with the First through the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Lease Agreements, is herein referred to as the “Lease Agreement”; and

 

WHEREAS, Authority and Tenant have agreed to further supplement the Lease Agreement so as to add certain property currently leased to Tenant on a month-to-month basis referred to as AMR Combs-North Complex and certain land associated therewith containing approximately 850,996 square feet;and

 

WHEREAS, Authority and Tenant have also agreed to add additional land containing approximately 22,651 square feet; and

 

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WHEREAS, Authority and Tenant have also agreed to add additional unimproved land containing approximately 465,874 square feet.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements hereinafter contained to be kept and performed by the parties hereto and upon the provisions and conditions hereinafter set forth, Authority and Tenant do hereby covenant and agree, and each for itself does hereby covenant and agree, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.           Definitions.   Except as otherwise provided herein, and unless the context shall clearly require otherwise, all words and terms used in this Twenty–Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement which are defined in the Lease Agreement, shall, for all purposes of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement, have the respective meanings given to them in the Lease Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.           Granting of Leasehold.   In addition to the lease and demise to Tenant of the land in the Lease Agreement, the Authority hereby leases and demises to Tenant, and Tenant hereby takes and hires from Authority, subject to the provisions and conditions set forth in the Lease Agreement and this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement, the additional lands described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and containing approximately 873,647 square feet or 20.0562 acres, and described in Exhibit “B” attached hereto containing approximately 465,874 square feet or 10.695 acres.

 

SECTION 3.           Term; Delivery and Acceptance of Possession.   The term of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement shall commence as outlined in Section 4 for the land described in Exhibits “A” and  “B” and shall expire at such time as the Consolidated and Restated Lease Agreement dated August 1, 1979 shall expire, to-wit:  August 31, 2012 or upon such earlier termination, extension or otherwise as provided therein.

 

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SECTION 4.           Rental.   In addition and supplemental to the rentals required to be paid to the Authority pursuant to Section 5 of the Lease Agreement (including all prior Supplemental Lease Agreements), during the term of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement, Tenant shall pay to the Authority in advance on the first business day of each month equal rental installments as follows:

 

Beginning September 1, 2005

 

Monthly Rental

 

Annual Rental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

873,647 sq. ft.

 

$

24,172.50

 

$

290,070.00

 

 

The rental rate shall be adjusted upward by fifteen (15%) for this leased area on February 1, 2008.

 

Beginning January 1, 2007

 

Monthly Rental

 

Annual Rental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

465,874 sq. ft.

 

$

6,696.94

 

$

80,363.30

 

 

The rental rate shall be adjusted upward by twenty-five (25%) every five (5) years in accordance with the Base Lease Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.           Hazardous Substances/Waste.   Tenant agrees to take the above parcels included in this Supplement in an “as is” condition as it relates to Hazardous Substances/Waste material that may be located at the site.

 

Tenant, at its own expense, may arrange for a Phase I Environmental Survey on the land described herein by a reputable environmental consultant to determine the existence of “Hazardous Substances”, as such term is defined in this Agreement.  In the event that “Hazardous Substances” are discovered during excavation for construction on the property described in Exhibits “A” & “B”, and those “Hazardous Substances” require special handling, removal or disposal (“Remediation”), then Tenant shall immediately notify Authority.  The Tenant and Authority will confer and jointly determine the method of handling, removing or disposing of the “Hazardous Substances” within 14

 

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days after Tenant provides the Authority, in writing, its plan for Remediation.  The form of Remediation agreed to by the parties must comply with “Environmental Laws”, as such term is defined below.  In the event that Tenant and Authority are unable to agree on a method for handling, removing or disposing of the “Hazardous Substances” due to differing interpretations of the requirements for Remediation as set forth in the applicable “Environmental Laws”, then the form of Remediation will be determined by the appropriate federal, state or local agency with relevant regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction over the subject site.  Authority will grant to Tenant a rent credit equal to the reasonable documented costs paid by Tenant for the Remediation of such “Hazardous Substances” associated with the property described in Exhibits “A” & “B”.

 

The term “Hazardous Substances”, as used in this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement, shall mean any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, including, but not limited to, those substances, materials, and wastes (i) listed in the United States Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Table (49 CFR § 172.101) or by the Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous substances (40 CFR Part 302 and amendments thereto), (ii) designated as a “Hazardous Substance” pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (33 U.S.C. § 1321) or listed pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317), (iii) defined as a “Hazardous Waste” pursuant to Section 1004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq. (42 U.S.C. § 6903), or (iv) defined as “Hazardous Substance” pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq. 42 U.S.C. § 9601), or any other substances, (including, without limitation, asbestos and raw materials which include hazardous constituents), the general, discharge or removal of which or the use of which is restricted, prohibited or penalized by any

 

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“Environmental Law”, which term shall mean any Federal, State or local law, regulation, or ordinance relating to pollution or protection of the environment.

 

SECTION 6.           Lease Agreement Still in Effect; Provisions Therefore Applicable to this Supplemental Lease Agreement.   All of the terms, provisions, conditions, covenants and agreements of the Lease Agreement, as supplemented, shall continue in full force and effect as supplemented hereby, and shall be applicable to each of the provisions of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement during the term hereof with the same force and effect as though the provisions hereof were set forth in the Lease Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.           Descriptive Headings.   The descriptive headings of the sections of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a part of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement and shall not affect  meaning, construction, interpretation or effect of this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.           Effectiveness of this Supplemental Lease Agreement.   This Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement shall become effective as described in Section 4.

 

SECTION 9.           Execution of Counterparts.   This Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 10.         Summaries.   For the convenience of both parties a Leased Parcel Summary and a Rental Summary are attached to this Lease Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION have caused this Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Lease Agreement to be duly executed in their respective behalfs, as of the day and year first above written.

 

WITNESS:

 

MEMPHIS-SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT
AUTHORITY

 

 

 

 

/s/ RICHARD V. WHITE

 

 

BY:

/s/ LARRY COX

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE: Director of Properties

TITLE:

President

 

 

 

 

 

Approved as to Form and Legality:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ R. GRATTAN BROWN, JR.

 

 

 

 

R. Grattan Brown, Jr., Attorney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS:

 

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
A Delaware Corporation

 

 

 

 

/s/ MARILYN JONES.

 

 

BY:

/s/ GRAHAM R. SMITH

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE: Project Coordinator

 

TITLE:

Vice President, Properties and Facilities

 

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(STATE OF TENNESSEE)

(COUNTY OF SHELBY)

 

On this 30th day of January, 2006 before me appeared Larry Cox, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed), did say that he is the President of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, the within named Lessor, and that he as such President, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the Authority by himself as such President.

 

MY COMMISSION EXPIRES

 

 

 

September 19, 2007

/s/ SHAWNITA L. NEELY

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

 

(seal)

 

 

 

(STATE OF TENNESSEE)

(COUNTY OF SHELBY)

 

On this 24th day of January, 2006 before me appeared Graham R. Smith, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed), did say that he is a Vice President of Federal Express Corporation, the within named Lessee, and that he as such Vice President, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the Corporation by himself as such Vice President.

 

MY COMMISSION EXPIRES

 

 

 

September 19, 2007

/s/ MARILYN JONES

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

 

(seal)

 

 

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