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EX-10.34 5 lease-68ghinnovationdrivem.htm EX-10.34 Document


DATED 23 MARCH    2023



(1) MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 1 LIMITED AND MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 2 LIMITED



and



(2) REPLIMUNE LIMITED






LEASE

relating to

68GH Innovation Drive
MILTON PARK








    
    




PRESCRIBED CLAUSES
LR1.     Date of lease
:
23 March                      2023
LR2.     Title number(s)

LR2.1 Landlord’s title number(s)
ON130606
LR2.2 Other title number(s)
BK102078, ON122118, ON122717, ON145942, ON146219, ON225380, ON38283, ON72772, ON96949, ON216090
LR3.     Parties to this lease

:
Landlord
MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 1 LIMITED (Company number ###-###-####) and MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 2 LIMITED (Company number ###-###-####), on behalf of MEPC Milton LP (LP No. LP14504), both of whose registered offices are at Sixth Floor, 150 Cheapside, London EC2V 6ET
Tenant
REPLIMUNE LIMITED (Company number 09496393) whose registered office is at 69 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX14 4RQ
Other parties
None
LR4.     Property
:
In the case of a conflict between this clause and the remainder of this lease then, for the purposes of registration, this clause shall prevail.
68GH Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RX shown edged red on the Plan with a net internal floor area of 191 square metres (2,058 square feet) measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (sixth edition)
LR5.     Prescribed Statements etc.
:
None
LR6.    Term for which the Property is leased

From and including 31 March 2023
To and including 30 March 2028
LR7.    Premium

None
LR8.    Prohibitions or restrictions on disposing of this lease

This lease contains a provision that prohibits or restricts dispositions

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LR9.    Rights of acquisition etc.

LR9.1 Tenant's contractual rights to renew this lease, to acquire the reversion or another lease of the Property, or to acquire an interest in other land
None
LR9.2 Tenant's covenant to (or offer to) surrender this lease
None
LR9.3 Landlord's contractual rights to acquire this lease
None


LR10.    Restrictive covenants given in this lease by the Landlord in respect of land other than the Property

None
LR11.    Easements

LR11.1 Easements granted by this lease for the benefit of the Property
The easements specified in Part I of the First Schedule of this lease
LR11.2 Easements granted or reserved by this lease over the Property for the benefit of other property
The easements specified in Part II of the First Schedule of this lease
LR12.    Estate rentcharge burdening the Property

None
LR13.    Application for standard form of restriction

None
LR14.    Declaration of trust where there is more than one person comprising the Tenant

None

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This lease made on the date and between the parties specified in the Prescribed Clauses Witnesses as follows:
1Definitions and Interpretation
In this lease unless the context otherwise requires:
1.1Definitions
Adjoining Property means any adjoining or neighbouring premises in which the Landlord or a Group Company of the Landlord holds or shall at any time during the Term hold a freehold or leasehold interest;
Base Rate means the base rate from time to time of Barclays Bank PLC or (if not available) such comparable rate of interest as the Landlord shall reasonably require;
Building means 65-71 Innovation Drive, Milton Park (of which the Property forms part) and shown for the purposes of identification edged blue on the Plan and includes any part of it and any alteration or addition to it or replacement of it;
Building Services means the services provided or procured by the Landlord in relation to the Building as set out in Part III of the Third Schedule;
Common Parts means the roads, accesses, lifts and other areas of the Building from time to time designated by the Landlord for common use by the tenants and occupiers of the Building;
Conduit means any existing or future media for the passage of substances or energy and any ancillary apparatus attached to them and any enclosures for them;
Contractual Term means the term specified in the Prescribed Clauses;
Electronic Communications Apparatus has the meaning given to it by the Digital Economy Act 2017;
Encumbrances means the obligations and encumbrances (if any) specified in Part III of the First Schedule;
EPC means both an energy performance certificate and a recommendation report (as each term is defined in The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012);
Estate means Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (of which the Building forms part) and the buildings from time to time standing on it as owned by the Landlord and shown on the Plan together with any other adjoining land which is incorporated into Milton Park;
Estate Common Areas means the roads, accesses, landscaped areas, car parks, estate management offices and other areas or amenities on the Estate or outside the Estate but serving or otherwise benefiting the Estate as a whole which are from time to time provided or designated for the common amenity or benefit of the owners or occupiers of the Estate;
Estate Services means the services provided or procured by the Landlord in relation to the Estate as set out in Part II of the Third Schedule;
Group Company means a company which is a member of the same group of companies within the meaning of Section 42 of the 1954 Act;
Guarantor means any party to this lease so named in the Prescribed Clauses (which in the case of an individual includes his personal representatives) and any guarantor of the obligations of the Tenant for the time being;
Insurance Commencement Date means 31 March 2023;
Insured Risks means fire, lightning, earthquake, explosion, terrorism, aircraft (other than hostile aircraft) and other aerial devices or articles dropped therefrom, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, storm or tempest, bursting or overflowing of water tanks apparatus or pipes, flood and impact by road vehicles (to

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the extent that insurance against such risks may ordinarily be arranged with an insurer of good repute) and such other risks or insurance as may from time to time be reasonably required by the Landlord (subject in all cases to such usual exclusions and limitations as may be imposed by the insurers), and Insured Risk means any one of them;
Landlord means the party to this lease so named in the Prescribed Clauses and includes any other person entitled to the immediate reversion to this lease;
Landlord’s Surveyor means a suitably qualified person or firm appointed by the Landlord (including an employee of the Landlord or a Group Company) to perform the function of a surveyor for the purposes of this lease;
Lease Particulars means the descriptions and terms in the section headed Lease Particulars which form part of this lease insofar as they are not inconsistent with the other provisions of this lease;
Lettable Units means any part of the Building which is let or constructed or adapted for letting from time to time;
Permitted Use means office / research and development / industrial use within Class E(g) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order;
Plan means the plan or plans annexed to this lease;
Prescribed Clauses means the descriptions and terms in the section headed Prescribed Clauses which form part of this lease;
Principal Rent means SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS (£72,000) per annum;
Property means the property described in the Prescribed Clauses and includes any part of it any alteration or addition to the Property and any fixtures and fittings in or on the Property and includes:-
(i)the floorboards, screed, plaster and other finishes on the floors, walls, columns and ceilings, and all carpets;
(ii)the raised floors and false ceilings (including light fittings) and the voids between the ceilings and false ceilings and the floor slab and the raised floors;
(iii)non-load bearing walls and columns in the Property and one half of the thickness of such walls dividing the Property from other parts of the Building;
(iv)all doors and internal windows and their frames, glass and fitments;
(v)all Conduits, plant and machinery within and solely serving the same;
(vi)all Landlord’s fixtures and fittings;
(vii)all alterations and additions;
but excludes:
(i)    all structural and external parts of the Building;
(ii)    all Conduits, plant and machinery serving other parts of the Building;
Quarter Days means 25 March, 24 June, 29 September and 25 December in every year and Quarter Day means any of them;
Rent Commencement Date means 30 June 2023;
Service Charge means the Service Charge set out in the Third Schedule;
Service Charge Commencement Date means 31 March 2023;

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Services means the Estate Services and the Building Services;
Subletting Unit means part of the Property consisting of a self-contained unit suitable for underletting and approved as such by the Landlord;
Tenant means the party to this lease so named in the Prescribed Clauses and includes its successors in title;
Term means the Contractual Term;
This lease means this lease and any document supplemental to it or entered into pursuant to it;
Uninsured Risk means an Insured Risk against which insurance is from time to time unobtainable on normal commercial terms in the London insurance market at reasonable commercial rates for a property equivalent in size, layout, type and location, and Uninsured Risks shall be interpreted accordingly;
Use Classes Order means the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020) as applied in England at the date of this Lease;
VAT means Value Added Tax and any similar tax substituted for it or levied in addition to it;
Working Day means any day except Saturdays, Sundays and bank, public and statutory holidays;
1954 Act means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;
1995 Act means the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995;
2003 Order means The Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003.
1.2Interpretation
1.2.1If the Tenant or the Guarantor is more than one person then their covenants are joint and several;
1.2.2Any reference to a statute includes any modification extension or re-enactment of it and any orders, regulations, directions, schemes and rules made under it;
1.2.3Any covenant by the Tenant not to do any act or thing includes an obligation not knowingly to permit or suffer such act or thing to be done;
1.2.4If the Landlord reserves rights of access or other rights over or in relation to the Property then those rights extend to persons authorised by it;
1.2.5References to the act or default of the Tenant include acts or default or negligence of any undertenant or of anyone at the Property with the Tenant’s or any undertenant’s permission or sufferance;
1.2.6The index and Clause headings in this lease are for ease of reference only;
1.2.7References to the last year of the Term shall mean the twelve months ending on the expiration or earlier termination of the Term;
1.2.8References to Costs include all liabilities, claims, demands, proceedings, damages, losses and proper and reasonable costs and expenses;
1.2.9References to Principal Rent are references to yearly sums.
2Demise
The Landlord with Full Title Guarantee DEMISES the Property to the Tenant for the Contractual Term TOGETHER WITH the rights set out in Part I of the First Schedule, EXCEPT AND RESERVING as mentioned in Part II of the First Schedule and SUBJECT TO the Encumbrances;

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3Rent
The Tenant will pay by way of rent during the Term or until released pursuant to the 1995 Act without any deduction counterclaim or set off except where required by law:
3.1The Principal Rent and any VAT by equal quarterly payments in advance on the Quarter Days to be paid by Direct Debit, Banker’s Standing Order or other means as the Landlord reasonably requires, the first payment for the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date to (but excluding) the next Quarter Day to be made on the Rent Commencement Date;
3.2The Service Charge and any VAT at the times and in the manner set out in the Third Schedule;
3.3The following amounts and any VAT:
3.3.1the sums specified in Clauses 4.1 [interest] and 4.2 [outgoings and utilities];
3.3.2the sums specified in Clause 6.2.1 [insurance];
3.3.3all Costs incurred by the Landlord as a result of any breach of the Tenant’s covenants in this lease.
4Tenant’s covenants
The Tenant covenants with the Landlord throughout the Term, or until released pursuant to the 1995 Act, as follows:
4.1Interest
If the Landlord does not receive any sum due to it within 14 days of the due date to pay on demand interest on such sum at 2 per cent above Base Rate from the due date until payment (both before and after any judgment), provided this Clause shall not prejudice any other right or remedy for the recovery of such sum;
4.2Outgoings and Utilities
4.2.1To pay all existing and future rates, taxes, charges, assessments and outgoings in respect of the Property (whether assessed or imposed on the owner or the occupier), except any tax (other than VAT) arising as a result of the receipt by the Landlord of the rents reserved by this lease and any tax arising on any dealing by the Landlord with its reversion to this lease;
4.2.2To pay for all gas, electricity, water, telephone and other utilities used on the Property, and all charges in connection with such utilities and for meters and all standing charges, and a fair and reasonable proportion (or all subject to a fair and reasonably proportionate reimbursement) of any joint charges as determined by the Landlord’s Surveyor;
4.3VAT
4.3.1Any payment or other consideration to be provided to the Landlord is exclusive of VAT, and the Tenant shall in addition pay any VAT chargeable on the date the payment or other consideration is due;
4.3.2Any obligation to reimburse or pay the Landlord’s expenditure extends to irrecoverable VAT on that expenditure, and the Tenant shall also reimburse or pay such VAT;
4.4Repair
4.4.1To keep the Property and any Conduits plant and equipment serving only the Property in good and substantial repair and condition (damage by the Uninsured Risks or by the Insured Risks excepted save to the extent that insurance moneys are irrecoverable as a result of the act or default of the Tenant);

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4.4.2To make good any disrepair for which the Tenant is liable within 2 months after the date of written notice from the Landlord (or sooner if the Landlord reasonably requires);
4.4.3If the Tenant fails to comply with any such notice the Landlord may enter and carry out the work and the cost shall be reimbursed by the Tenant on demand as a debt;
4.4.4To enter into maintenance contracts with reputable contractors for the regular servicing of all plant and equipment serving only the Property;
4.5Decoration
4.5.1To clean, prepare and paint or treat and generally redecorate all internal parts of the Property in the last year of the Term;
4.5.2All the work described in Clause 4.5.1 is to be carried out:
(i)in a good and workmanlike manner to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction; and
(ii)in colours which (if different from the existing colour) are first approved in writing by the Landlord (approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
4.6Cleaning
4.6.1To keep the Property clean, tidy and free from rubbish;
4.6.2To clean the inside of windows and any washable surfaces at the Property as often as reasonably necessary;
4.7Overloading
Not to overload the floors, ceilings or structure of the Property or the structure of the Building or any plant machinery or electrical installation serving the Property or the Building;
4.8Conduits
To keep the Conduits in or serving the Property clear and free from any noxious, harmful or deleterious substance, and to remove any obstruction and repair any damage to the Conduits as soon as reasonably practicable to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction;
4.9User
4.9.1Not to use the Property otherwise than for the Permitted Use;
4.9.2Not to use the Property for any purpose which is:
(i)noisy, offensive, dangerous, illegal, immoral or an actionable nuisance; or
(ii)which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord causes damage or disturbance to the Landlord, or to owners or occupiers of any neighbouring property; or
(iii)which involves any substance which may be harmful, polluting or contaminating other than in quantities which are normal for and used in connection with the Permitted Use;
4.10Signs
Not to erect any sign, notice or advertisement which is visible outside the Property without the Landlord’s prior written consent;
4.11Alterations
4.11.1Not to make any alterations or additions which:

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(i)affect the structure of the Building (including without limitation the roofs and foundations and the principal or load-bearing walls, floors, beams and columns);
(ii)merge the Property with any adjoining premises;
(iii)affect the external appearance of the Property;
(iv)affect the heating air-conditioning and ventilation systems at the Building;
(v)may adversely affect any EPC rating of the Property;
without the Landlord’s written consent (which is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) PROVIDED THAT the Landlord shall not be obliged to grant consent until all third party approvals required for such alterations have been obtained;
4.11.2Not to make any other alterations or additions to the Property without the Landlord’s written consent (which is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, but is not required in the case of internal non-load bearing, demountable, non-structural partitioning provided plans showing the extent of such works are deposited with the Landlord promptly on completion of the works);
4.11.3Not to install any Electronic Communications Apparatus on the Property without the prior written consent of the Landlord (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
4.12Preservation of Easements
4.12.1Not to prejudice the acquisition of any right of light for the benefit of the Property and to preserve all rights and easements enjoyed by the Property;
4.12.2Promptly to give the Landlord notice if any easement enjoyed by the Property is obstructed, or any new easement affecting the Property is made or attempted;
4.13Alienation
4.13.1Not to:
(i)assign, charge, underlet or part with possession of the whole or part only of the Property nor to agree to do so except by an assignment or underletting of the whole of the Property or an underletting of a Subletting Unit permitted by this Clause 4.13;
(ii)share the possession or occupation of the whole or any part of the Property;
(iii)assign, part with or share any of the benefits or burdens of this lease, or any interest derived from it by a virtual assignment or other similar arrangement;
4.13.2Assignment
Not to assign or agree to assign the whole of the Property without the Landlord’s written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that:
(i)the Landlord may withhold consent in circumstances where in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord
(a)the proposed assignee is not of sufficient financial standing to enable it to comply with the Tenant’s covenants in this lease; or
(b)such persons as the Landlord reasonably requires do not act as guarantors for the assignee and do not enter into direct covenants with the Landlord including the provisions set out in the Second Schedule (but referring in paragraph 1.2 to the assignee);

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(ii)the Landlord’s consent shall in every case be subject to conditions (unless expressly excluded) requiring that:
(a)the assignee covenants with the Landlord to pay the rents and observe and perform the Tenant’s covenants in this lease during the residue of the Term, or until released pursuant to the 1995 Act;
(b)the Tenant enters into an authorised guarantee agreement guaranteeing the performance of the Tenant’s covenants in this lease by the assignee including the provisions set out in paragraphs 1-5 (inclusive) of the Second Schedule (but omitting paragraph 1.2);
(c)all rent and other payments due under this lease (not the subject of a bona fide dispute) are paid before completion of the assignment;
4.13.3Underletting
Not to underlet or agree to underlet the whole of the Property or a Subletting Unit nor vary the terms of any underlease without the Landlord’s written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Any permitted underletting must comply with the following:
(i)the rent payable under the underlease must be:
(a)not less than the rent reasonably obtainable in the open market for the Property or the Subletting Unit without fine or premium;
(b)payable no more than one quarter in advance;
(ii)the undertenant covenants with the Landlord and in the underlease:
(a)to observe and perform the Tenant’s covenants in this lease (except for payment of the rents) during the term of the underlease or until released pursuant to the 1995 Act;
(b)not to underlet, share or part with possession or occupation of the whole or any part of the underlet premises, nor to assign or charge part only of the underlet premises;
(c)not to assign the whole of the underlet premises without the Landlord’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(iii)all rents and other payments due under this lease (not the subject of a bona fide dispute) are paid before completion of the underletting;
(iv)Sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act must be excluded and before completion of the underletting a certified copy of each of the following documents must be supplied to the Landlord:
(a)the notice served on the proposed undertenant pursuant to section 38A(3)(a) of the 1954 Act; and
(b)the declaration actually made by the proposed undertenant in compliance with the requirements of Schedule 2 of the 2003 Order; and
(c)the proposed form of underlease containing an agreement to exclude the provisions of sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act and a reference to both the notice pursuant to section 38A(3)(a) of the 1954 Act and the declaration pursuant to the requirements of Schedule 2 of the 2003 Order as referred to in this clause 4.13.3;
and before completion of the underletting the Tenant must warrant to the Landlord that both the notice pursuant to section 38A(3)(a) of the 1954 Act has been served on the relevant

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persons as required by the 1954 Act and the appropriate declaration pursuant to the requirements of Schedule 2 of the 2003 Order as referred to in this clause 4.13.3 has been made prior to the date on which the Tenant and the proposed undertenant became contractually bound to enter into the tenancy to which the said notice applies;
(v)in relation to any Subletting Unit the underlease grants such rights as are appropriate for the separate occupation and use of the Subletting Unit, reserves such rights as are appropriate for the separate occupation and use of the remainder of the property let by this lease and to enable the Tenant to comply with its obligations under this lease, and reserves as rent:-
(a)a fair proportion of the cost of insuring the Property and the whole cost of insuring the loss of the principal rent and service charge payable under the underlease; and
(b)a service charge which provides for the undertenant to pay a fair and reasonable proportion of expenditure incurred by the Tenant in relation to the maintenance, repair, renewal, decoration and cleaning of the Property (including without limitation the Conduits, plant and equipment therein) and the provision of services to the Property;
(vi)there shall be no more than two (2) units of occupation at any time (and for this purpose a unit of occupation shall comprise (a) each Subletting Unit which is separately underlet and (b) the residue of the net lettable area of the Property (if any) retained by the Tenant)
(vii)(in the case of an underletting of the whole of the Property) the underlease reserves as rent the Service Charge payable under this lease;
(viii)(in the case of an underletting of a Subletting Unit) the underlease reserves as rent a fair and reasonable proportion of the Service Charge payable under this lease;
4.13.4To take all necessary steps and proceedings to remedy any breach of the covenants of the undertenant under the underlease and not to permit any reduction of the rent payable by any undertenant;
4.13.5Group Sharing
Notwithstanding Clause 4.13.1 the Tenant may share occupation of the whole or any part of the Property with a Group Company
PROVIDED THAT
(a)the relationship of landlord and tenant is not created; and
(b)occupation by any Group Company shall cease upon it ceasing to be a Group Company; and
(c)the Tenant informs the Landlord in writing before each occupier commences occupation and after it ceases occupation;
4.1Registration
Within 21 days to give to the Landlord’s solicitors (or as the Landlord may direct) written notice of any assignment, charge, underlease or other devolution of the Property or a Subletting Unit together with a certified copy of the relevant document and a reasonable registration fee of not less than £50;
4.2Statutory Requirements and Notices
4.15.1To supply the Landlord with a copy of any notice, order or certificate or proposal for any notice order or certificate affecting or capable of affecting the Property as soon as it is received by or comes to the notice of the Tenant;

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4.15.2To comply promptly with all notices served by any public, local or statutory authority, and with the requirements of any present or future statute or subordinate legislation (whether imposed on the owner or occupier), which affects the Property or its use;
4.15.3At the request of the Landlord, but at the joint cost of the Landlord and the Tenant, to make or join the Landlord in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any such notice, order or certificate as the Landlord may reasonably require;
PROVIDED THAT the Tenant shall not be required to remediate or treat any contamination or pollution of the Property existing at the date of this Lease;
4.3Planning
4.16.1Not to apply for or implement any planning permission affecting the Property without first obtaining the Landlord’s written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld in cases where the subject matter of the planning permission has been approved by the Landlord pursuant to the other provisions of this lease);
4.16.2If a planning permission is implemented the Tenant shall complete all the works permitted and comply with all the conditions imposed by the permission before the determination of the Term (including any works stipulated to be carried out by a date after the determination of the Term unless the Landlord requires otherwise);
4.4 Contaminants and Defects
4.17.1To give the Landlord prompt written notice upon becoming aware of the existence of any defect in the Property, or of the existence of any contaminant, pollutant or harmful substance on the Property but not used in the ordinary course of the Tenant’s use of the Property;
4.17.2If so requested by the Landlord, to remove from the Property or remedy to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction any such contaminant, pollutant or harmful substance introduced on the Property by or at the request of the Tenant;
4.5Entry by Landlord
To permit the Landlord at all reasonable times and on reasonable notice (except in emergency) to enter the Property in order to:
4.18.1inspect and record the condition of the Property or other parts of the Building or the Adjoining Property;
4.18.2remedy any breach of the Tenant’s obligations under this lease;
4.18.3repair, maintain, clean, alter, replace, install, add to or connect up to any Conduits which serve the Building or the Adjoining Property;
4.18.4repair, maintain, alter or rebuild the Building or the Adjoining Property;
4.18.5carry out works intended to improve the energy efficiency standard of the Property or other parts of the Building or the Adjoining Property;
4.18.6comply with any of its obligations under this lease;
Provided that the Landlord shall cause as little inconvenience as reasonably practicable in the exercise of such rights and shall promptly make good all physical damage to the Property caused by such entry;
4.6Landlord’s Costs
To pay to the Landlord on demand amounts equal to such Costs as it may properly and reasonably incur:

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4.19.1in connection with any application for consent made necessary by this lease (including where consent is lawfully refused or the application is withdrawn);
4.19.2incidental to or in reasonable contemplation of the preparation and service of a schedule of dilapidations (whether before or within three (3) months after the end of the Term) or a notice or proceedings under Section 146 or Section 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (even if forfeiture is avoided other than by relief granted by the Court);
4.19.3in connection with the enforcement or remedying of any breach of the covenants in this lease on the part of the Tenant and any Guarantor;
4.19.4incidental to or in reasonable contemplation of the preparation and service of any notice under Section 17 of the 1995 Act;
4.7Yielding up
Immediately before the end of the Term:
(i)to give up the Property repaired and decorated and otherwise in accordance with the Tenant’s covenants in this lease;
(ii)if the Landlord so requires, to remove all alterations made during the Term or any preceding period of occupation by the Tenant and reinstate the Property as the Landlord shall reasonably direct and to its reasonable satisfaction;
(iii)to remove all signs, tenant’s fixtures and fittings and other goods from the Property, and make good any damage caused thereby to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction;
(iv)to replace any damaged or missing Landlord’s fixtures with ones of no less quality and value;
(v)to replace all carpets with ones of no less quality and value than those in the Property at the start of the Contractual Term;
(vi)to give to the Landlord all operating and maintenance manuals together with any health and safety files relating to the Property;
(vii)to provide evidence of satisfactory condition and maintenance of plant and machinery including (without limitation) electrical installation condition reports in respect of all of the electrical circuits and supply equipment in the Property, other condition reports as required under any relevant statute or subordinate legislation and copies of all service records;
(viii)to return any security cards or passes provided by the Landlord for use by the Tenant and its visitors.
4.8Encumbrances
To perform and observe the Encumbrances so far as they relate to the Property.
4.9Roads Etc
Not to obstruct the roads, pavements, footpaths and forecourt areas from time to time on the Estate in any way whatsoever and not to use any part of the forecourts and car parking spaces or other open parts of the Property for the purpose of storage or deposit of any materials, goods, container ships’ pallets, refuse, waste scrap or any other material or matter.

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4.10Parking Restrictions
Except as to any right specifically granted in this lease not to permit any vehicles belonging to or calling upon the Tenant to stand on the roads, car parking spaces, forecourts, pavements or footpaths on the Estate.
4.11Regulations and Common Parts
4.24.1At all times during the Term to observe and perform such regulations (if any) in respect of the Building or the Estate as the Landlord may reasonably think expedient to the proper management of the Building or the Estate and which are notified to the Tenant.
4.24.2Not to cause any obstruction to the Common Parts or any part of the Building or the Estate.
4.12EPC Information
4.25.1To allow the Landlord and all others authorised by the Landlord to have access to all documentation, data and information in the Tenant’s possession or under its control that is reasonably required in order for the Landlord to:
(i)prepare an EPC in respect of the Property; and
(ii)comply with any duty imposed upon the Landlord under any statute or legislation relating to the energy performance of buildings;
and the Tenant shall co-operate with the Landlord and any person so authorised so far as is reasonably necessary to enable them to carry out such functions;
4.25.2The Tenant shall provide free of charge to the Landlord a copy of any EPC that the Tenant obtains in respect of the Property;
4.25.3The Tenant shall comply promptly with any statutory duty to produce any new EPC arising as a result of any works carried out by the Tenant, any such EPC to be produced by such supplier as the Landlord may (acting reasonably) nominate, and shall supply to the Landlord, promptly following receipt by the Tenant of the necessary details, of a copy of each such new EPC when entered on the EPC register
5Landlord’s Covenants
5.1Quiet Enjoyment
The Landlord covenants with the Tenant that the Tenant may peaceably enjoy the Property during the Term without any interruption by the Landlord or any person lawfully claiming under or in trust for it.
5.2Provision of Services
The Landlord will use its reasonable endeavours to provide or procure the provision of the Services PROVIDED THAT the Landlord shall be entitled to withhold or vary the provision or procurement of such of the Services as the Landlord reasonably considers necessary or appropriate in the interests of good estate management and PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the Landlord will not be in breach of this Clause as a result of any failure or interruption of any of the Services:
5.2.1resulting from circumstances beyond the Landlord’s reasonable control, so long as the Landlord uses its reasonable endeavours to remedy the same as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of such circumstances; or
5.2.2to the extent that the Services (or any of them) cannot reasonably be provided as a result of works of inspection, maintenance and repair or other works being carried out at the Property or the Building or the Estate.

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6Insurance
6.1Landlord’s insurance covenants
The Landlord covenants with the Tenant as follows:
6.1.1To insure the Building (other than tenant’s and trade fixtures and fittings) unless the insurance is invalidated in whole or in part by any act or default of the Tenant:
(i)with an insurance office or underwriters of repute;
(ii)against loss or damage by the Insured Risks;
(iii)subject to such excesses as may be imposed by the insurers;
(iv)in the full cost of reinstatement of the Building (in modern form if appropriate) including shoring up, demolition and site clearance, professional fees, VAT and allowance for building cost increases;
6.1.2To insure against loss of the Principal Rent thereon payable or reasonably estimated by the Landlord to be payable under this lease arising from damage to the Property by the Insured Risks for three years or such longer period as the Landlord may reasonably require having regard to the likely period for reinstating the Property;
6.1.3The Landlord will use its reasonable endeavours to procure that the insurer waives its rights of subrogation against the Tenant (so long as such provision is available in the London insurance market) and will procure that a note of the Tenant’s interest in the Property is endorsed on the policy (either by general or specific noting);
6.1.4At the request and cost of the Tenant (but not more frequently than once in any twelve month period) to produce summary details of the terms of the insurance under this Clause 6.1;
6.1.5If the Building is destroyed or damaged by an Insured Risk, then, unless payment of the insurance moneys is refused in whole or part because of the act or default of the Tenant, and subject to obtaining all necessary planning and other consents to use the insurance proceeds (except those relating to loss of rent and fees) and any uninsured excess paid by the Tenant under Clause 6.2.4(ii) in reinstating the same (other than tenant’s and trade fixtures and fittings) as quickly as reasonably practicable in modern form if appropriate but not necessarily identical in layout and (in relation to the Property) substantially as it was before the destruction or damage making up any deficiency between the cost of reinstating and re-building and the proceeds of insurance received out of the Landlord’s own money;
6.2Tenant’s insurance covenants
The Tenant covenants with the Landlord from and including the Insurance Commencement Date and then throughout the Term or until released pursuant to the 1995 Act as follows:
6.2.1To pay to the Landlord on demand sums equal to:
(i)a fair proportion (reasonably determined by the Landlord’s Surveyors) of the amount which the Landlord spends on insurance pursuant to Clause 6.1.1;
(ii)the whole of the amount which the Landlord spends on insurance pursuant to Clause 6.1.2;
(iii)the cost of property owners’ liability and third party liability insurance in connection with the Property;
(iv)the cost of any professional valuation of the Property properly required by the Landlord (but not more than once in any two year period);

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6.2.2To give the Landlord immediate written notice on becoming aware of any event or circumstance which might affect or lead to an insurance claim;
6.2.3Not to do anything at the Property which would or might prejudice or invalidate the insurance of the Building or the Adjoining Property or cause any premium for their insurance to be increased;
6.2.4To pay to the Landlord on demand:
(i)any increased premium and any Costs incurred by the Landlord as a result of a breach of Clause 6.2.3;
(ii)a fair proportion (reasonably determined by the Landlord’s Surveyor) of any uninsured excess to which the insurance policy may be subject;
(iii)the whole of the irrecoverable proportion of the insurance moneys if the Building or any part are destroyed or damaged by an Insured Risk but the insurance moneys are irrecoverable in whole or part due to the act or default of the Tenant;
6.2.5To comply with the requirements and reasonable recommendations of the insurers;
6.2.6To notify the Landlord of the full reinstatement cost of any fixtures and fittings installed at the Property at the cost of the Tenant which become Landlord’s fixtures and fittings;
6.2.7Not to effect any insurance of the Property against an Insured Risk but if the Tenant effects or has the benefit of any such insurance the Tenant shall hold any insurance moneys upon trust for the Landlord and pay the same to the Landlord as soon as practicable;
6.3Suspension of Rent
If the Property (or the means of access thereto) are unfit for occupation and use because of damage by an Insured Risk then (save to the extent that payment of the loss of rent insurance moneys is refused due to the act or default of the Tenant) the Principal Rent and Service Charge (or a fair proportion according to the nature and extent of the damage) shall be suspended until the date on which the Property is again fit for occupation and use and/or accessible.
6.4Determination Right
6.4.1If the Property is destroyed or damaged by an Insured Risk such that the Property is unfit for occupation and use and shall not be rendered fit for occupation and use within two years and nine months of the date of such damage then either the Landlord or the Tenant may whilst the Property has not been rendered fit for occupation and use terminate the Contractual Term by giving to the other not less than three (3) months’ previous notice in writing PROVIDED THAT if the Property has been rendered fit for occupation and use within three years of the date of such damage then such notice shall be deemed not to have been given.
6.4.2Termination of this lease pursuant to the provisions of Clause 6.4.1 shall be without prejudice to the liability of either party for any antecedent breach of the covenants and conditions herein contained (save for Clause 6.1.5 which shall be deemed not to have applied).
6.5Uninsured Risks
6.5.1For the purposes of this Clause 6.5:
(i)These provisions shall apply from the date on which any Insured Risk becomes an Uninsured Risk but only in relation to the Uninsured Risk;
(ii)References to an Insured Risk becoming an Uninsured Risk shall, without limitation, include the application by insurers of an exclusion, condition or limitation to an Insured Risk to the extent to which such risk thereby is or becomes an Uninsured Risk.

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(iii)The Landlord shall notify the Tenant in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after an Insured Risk becomes an Uninsured Risk.
6.5.2If during the Term the Property (or part thereof or the means of access thereto) shall be damaged or destroyed by an Uninsured Risk so as to make the Property (or part thereof) unfit for occupation or use or inaccessible:
(i)The Principal Rent and the Service Charge or a fair proportion according to the nature and extent of the damage sustained will not be payable until the earlier of the date on which:
(a)The Property shall again be fit for occupation and use excluding fitting out and replacement of contents and made accessible; or
(b)This lease shall be terminated in accordance with Clause 6.5.2(ii) or 6.5.5
(ii)The Landlord may within one year of the date of such damage or destruction serve notice on the Tenant confirming that it will reinstate the Property (a ‘Reinstatement Notice’) so that the Property shall be fit for occupation and use and made accessible and if the Landlord fails to serve a Reinstatement Notice by the expiry of such prescribed period this Lease will automatically end on the date one year after the date of such damage or destruction.
6.5.3Clause 6.5.2(i) shall not apply if an Insured Risk shall have become an Uninsured Risk owing to the act or default of the Tenant or any person deriving title under the Tenant or their respective agents, employees, licensees, invitees or contractors.
6.5.4If the Landlord shall have served a Reinstatement Notice the provisions of Clause 6.1.5 shall apply as if the damage has been caused by an Insured Risk
6.5.5If the Landlord shall have served a Reinstatement Notice and such reinstatement has not been completed by the date two years and nine months of the date of such damage at any time after that date the Landlord or the Tenant may terminate this Lease by serving not less than three months’ notice on the other stating that it terminates this Lease, and if by the end of such notice the Property and/or access to it have been reinstated so that the Property is fit for occupation and use and is accessible the notice shall be void and this lease shall continue in full force and effect.
6.5.6Service of a Reinstatement Notice shall not oblige the Landlord to replace any Tenant’s fitting out works or property belonging to the Tenant or any third party.
7Provisos
7.1Forfeiture
If any of the following events occur:
7.1.1the Tenant fails to pay any of the rents payable under this lease within 21 days of the due date (whether or not formally demanded); or
7.1.2the Tenant or Guarantor breaches any of its obligations in this lease; or
7.1.3the Tenant or Guarantor being a company incorporated within the United Kingdom
(i)has an Administration Order made in respect of it; or
(ii)passes a resolution, or the Court makes an Order, for the winding up of the Tenant or the Guarantor, otherwise than a member’s voluntary winding up of a solvent company for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction previously consented to by the Landlord (consent not to be unreasonably withheld); or

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(iii)has a receiver or administrative receiver or receiver and manager appointed over the whole or any part of its assets or undertaking; or
(iv)is struck off the Register of Companies; or
(v)is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986; or
7.1.4proceedings or events analogous to those described in Clause 7.1.3 shall be instituted or shall occur where the Tenant or Guarantor is a company incorporated outside the United Kingdom; or
7.1.5the Tenant or Guarantor being an individual:
(i)has a bankruptcy order made against him; or
(ii)appears to be unable to pay his debts within the meaning of Section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986;
then the Landlord may re-enter the Property or any part of the Property in the name of the whole and forfeit this lease and the Term created by this lease shall immediately end, but without prejudice to the rights of either party against the other in respect of any breach of the obligations contained in this lease;
7.2Notices
7.2.1All notices under or in connection with this lease shall be given in writing
7.2.2Any such notice shall be duly and validly served if it is served (in the case of a company) to its registered office or (in the case of an individual) to his last known address;
7.2.3Any such notice shall be deemed to be given when it is:
(i)personally delivered to the locations listed in Clause 7.2.2; or
(ii)sent by registered post, in which case service shall be deemed to occur on the third Working Day after posting.
7.3No Implied Easements
The grant of this lease does not confer any rights over the Building or the Estate or the Adjoining Property or any other property except those mentioned in Part I of the First Schedule, and Section 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 is excluded from this lease;
8Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
A person who is not a party to this lease has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any terms of this lease.
9Exclusion of Security of Tenure
9.1The Landlord and the Tenant agree that Sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act shall be excluded from the tenancy created by this lease;
9.2The Landlord has served on the Tenant a notice as referred to in section 38A(3)(a) of the 1954 Act and the Tenant has made a declaration pursuant to the requirements of Schedule 2 of the 2003 Order the original or a true copy of which declaration is annexed to this lease.

Executed by the parties as a Deed on the date specified in the Prescribed Clauses.


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The First Schedule
Part I - Easements and Other Rights granted
There are granted to the Tenant (in common with others authorised by the Landlord) unless otherwise indicated:
1The right to use the relevant Estate Common Areas and the Common Parts for access to and from the Property and for all purposes for which they are designed;
2Free and uninterrupted use of all existing and future Conduits which serve the Property, subject to the Landlord’s rights to re-route the same subject to there being no unreasonable interruption of services;
3The right to enter the Building (excluding the Lettable Units) and/or the Estate and/or the Adjoining Property excluding any buildings which are occupied as necessary to perform Clause 4.4 [repair] on reasonable prior written notice to the Landlord, subject to causing as little inconvenience as practicable and complying with conditions reasonably imposed by the Landlord and making good all physical damage caused;
4The right of support and protection from the remainder of the Building;
5The right to use such areas of the Building as the Landlord from time to time designates for plant and equipment serving only the Property (subject to approval under Clause 4.11.2);
6The exclusive right to use eight (8) parking spaces at the Building in such locations as the Landlord from time to time allocates.
Part II - Exceptions and Reservations
There are excepted and reserved to the Landlord (and also exercisable by others authorised by the Landlord):
1The right to carry out any building, rebuilding, alteration or other works to the Building the Estate and the Adjoining Property (including the erection of scaffolding) notwithstanding any temporary interference with the flow of light and air to the Property;
2Free and uninterrupted use of all existing and future Conduits which are in the Property and serve the Building the Estate or the Adjoining Property;
3Rights of entry on the Property as referred to in Clause 4.18;
4The right to regulate and control in a reasonable manner the use of the Common Parts and the Estate Common Areas;
5The right to alter the layout of the roads forecourts footpaths pavements and car parking areas from time to time on the Estate in such manner as the Landlord may reasonably require PROVIDED THAT such alterations do not materially diminish the Tenant’s rights under this lease;
6All rights of light or air to the Property that are capable of being enjoyed at any time during the Term;
7The right of support and protection for other parts of the Building;
8The right in the last six months of the Term to view the Property with prospective tenants upon giving reasonable notice and the right throughout the Term to view the Property with prospective purchasers upon giving reasonable notice.
Part III - Encumbrances
The covenants declarations and other matters affecting the Property contained or referred to in the Landlord's freehold reversionary title number ON130606 as at the date of this lease.

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The Second Schedule
Guarantee
1The Guarantor covenants with the Landlord as principal debtor:
8.1that throughout the Term or until the Tenant is released from its covenants pursuant to the 1995 Act:
8.1.1The Tenant will pay the rents reserved by and perform its obligations contained in this lease;
8.1.2The Guarantor will indemnify the Landlord on demand against all Costs arising from any default of the Tenant in paying the rents and performing its obligations under this lease;
8.2the Tenant [(here meaning the Tenant so named in the Prescribed Clauses)] will perform its obligations under any authorised guarantee agreement that it gives with respect to the performance of any of the covenants and conditions in this lease.
2The liability of the Guarantor shall not be affected by:
2.1Any time given to the Tenant or any failure by the Landlord to enforce compliance with the Tenant’s covenants and obligations;
2.2The Landlord’s refusal to accept rent at a time when it would or might have been entitled to re-enter the Property;
2.3Any variation of the terms of this lease;
2.4Any change in the constitution, structure or powers of the Guarantor the Tenant or the Landlord or the administration, liquidation or bankruptcy of the Tenant or Guarantor;
2.5Any act which is beyond the powers of the Tenant;
2.6The surrender of part of the Property;
3Where two or more persons have guaranteed obligations of the Tenant the release of one or more of them shall not release the others.
4The Guarantor shall not be entitled to participate in any security held by the Landlord in respect of the Tenant’s obligations or stand in the Landlord’s place in respect of such security.
5If this lease is disclaimed, and if the Landlord within 6 months of the disclaimer requires in writing the Guarantor will enter into a new lease of the Property at the cost of the Guarantor on the terms of this lease (but as if this lease had continued and so that any outstanding matters relating to rent review or otherwise shall be determined as between the Landlord and the Guarantor) for the residue of the Contractual Term from and with effect from the date of the disclaimer.
6If this lease is forfeited and if the Landlord within 6 months of the forfeiture requires in writing the Guarantor will (at the option of the Landlord):
6.1enter into a new lease as in paragraph 5 above with effect from the date of the forfeiture; or
6.2pay to the Landlord on demand an amount equal to the moneys which would otherwise have been payable under this lease until the earlier of 6 months after the forfeiture and the date on which the Property is fully relet.

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The Third Schedule
Service Charge
Part I - Calculation and payment of the Service Charge
1In this Schedule unless the context otherwise requires:
9.1Accounting Date means 31 December in each year or such other date as the Landlord notifies in writing to the Tenant from time to time;
9.2Accounting Year means the period from but excluding one Accounting Date to and including the next Accounting Date;
9.3Estimated Service Charge means the Landlord’s Surveyor’s reasonable and proper estimate of the Service Charge for the Accounting Year notified in writing to the Tenant from time to time;
9.4Service Cost means all reasonable and proper costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Landlord in relation to the provision of the Services (including irrecoverable VAT);
9.5Tenant’s Share means a fair and reasonable proportion of the Service Cost.
2The Service Charge shall be the Tenant’s Share of the Service Cost in respect of each Accounting Year, and if only part of an Accounting Year falls within the Term the Service Charge shall be the Tenant’s Share of the Service Cost in respect of the relevant Accounting Period divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of days of the Accounting Year within the Term.
3The Landlord shall have the right to adjust the Tenant’s Share from time to time to make reasonable allowances for differences in the services provided to or enjoyable by the other occupiers of the Building or the Estate.
4The Tenant shall pay the Estimated Service Charge for each Accounting Year to the Landlord in advance by equal instalments on the Quarter Days, (the first payment for the period from and including the Service Charge Commencement Date to (but excluding) the next Quarter Day after the Service Charge Commencement Date to be made on the Service Charge Commencement Date); and
4.1If the Landlord’s Surveyor does not notify an estimate of the Service Charge for any Accounting Year the Estimated Service Charge for the preceding Accounting Year shall apply; and
4.2Any adjustment to the Estimated Service Charge after the start of an Accounting Year shall adjust the payments on the following Quarter Days equally.
5As soon as practicable after the end of each Accounting Year the Landlord shall serve on the Tenant a summary of the Service Cost and a statement of the Service Charge certified by the Landlord’s Surveyor which shall be conclusive (save in the case of manifest error).
6The difference between the Service Charge and the Estimated Service Charge for any Accounting Year (or part) shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord within fourteen days of the date of the statement for the Accounting Year, or allowed against the next Estimated Service Charge payment, or after the expiry of the Term refunded to the Tenant.
7The Tenant shall be entitled by appointment within a reasonable time following service of the Service Charge statement to inspect the accounts maintained by the Landlord and the Landlord’s Surveyor relating to the Service Cost and supporting vouchers and receipts at such location as the Landlord reasonably directs.


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Part II - Estate Services
In relation to the Estate the provision of the following services or the Costs incurred in relation to:
1The Common Areas
Repairing, maintaining and (where appropriate) cleaning, lighting and (as necessary) altering renewing, rebuilding and reinstating the Estate Common Areas.
2Conduits
The repair, maintenance and cleaning and (as necessary) replacement and renewal of all Conduits within the Estate Common Areas.
3Plant and machinery
Hiring, operating, inspecting, servicing, overhauling, repairing, maintaining, cleaning, lighting and (as necessary) renewing or replacing any plant, machinery, apparatus and equipment from time to time within the Estate Common Areas or used for the provision of services to the Estate and the supply of all fuel and electricity for the same and any necessary maintenance contracts and insurance in respect thereof.
4Signs
Maintaining and (where appropriate) cleaning and lighting and (as necessary) renewing and replacing the signboards, all directional signs, fire regulation notices, advertisements, bollards, roundabouts and similar apparatus or works.
5Landscaping
Maintaining, tending and cultivating and (as necessary) re-stocking any garden or grassed areas including replacing plants, shrubs and trees as necessary.
6Common facilities
Repairing maintaining and (as necessary) rebuilding as the case may be any party walls or fences, party structures, Conduits or other amenities and easements which may belong to or be capable of being used or enjoyed by the Estate in common with any land or buildings adjoining or neighbouring the Estate.
7Security
Installation, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and renewal of closed circuit television systems and other security systems.
8Outgoings
Any existing and future rates, taxes, charges, assessments and outgoings in respect of the Estate Common Areas or any part of them except tax (other than VAT) payable in respect of any dealing with or any receipt of income in respect of the Estate Common Areas.
9Transport
The provision of a bus service to and from Didcot or such other transport and/or location (if any) deemed necessary by the Landlord.
10Statutory requirements
The cost of carrying out any further works (after the initial construction in accordance with statutory requirements) to the Estate Common Areas required to comply with any statute.
11Management and Staff

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11.1The proper and reasonable fees, costs, charges, expenses and disbursements (including irrecoverable VAT) of any person properly employed or retained by the Landlord for or in connection with surveying or accounting functions or the performance of the Estate Services and any other duties in and about the Estate relating to the general management, administration, security, maintenance, protection and cleanliness of the Estate:
11.2Management costs fees and disbursements in respect of the Estate of 10% of the Service Cost (excluding costs under this clause 11.2).
11.3Providing staff in connection with the Estate Services and the general management, operation and security of the Estate and all other incidental expenditure including but not limited to:
11.3.1salaries, National Health Insurance, pension and other payments contributions and benefits;
11.3.2uniforms, special clothing, tools and other materials for the proper performance of the duties of any such staff;
11.3.3providing premises and accommodation and other facilities for staff.
12Enforcement of Regulations
The reasonable and proper costs and expenses incurred by the Landlord in enforcing the rules and regulations from time to time made pursuant to Clause 4.24 provided that the Landlord shall use all reasonable endeavours to recover such costs and expenses from the defaulting party and provided further that there shall be credited against the Service Cost any such costs recovered.
13Insurances
13.1Effecting such insurances (if any) as the Landlord may properly think fit in respect of the Estate Common Areas the plant, machinery, apparatus and equipment used in connection with the provision of the Estate Services (including without prejudice those referred to in paragraph 3 above) and any other liability of the Landlord to any person in respect of those items or in respect of the provision of the Estate Services.
13.2Professional valuations for insurance purposes (but not more than once in any two year period);
13.3Any uninsured excesses to which the Landlord’s insurance may be subject.
14Generally
Any reasonable and proper costs (not referred to above) which the Landlord may incur in providing such other services and in carrying out such other works as the Landlord may reasonably consider to be reasonably desirable or necessary for the benefit of occupiers of the Estate.
15Anticipated Expenditure
Establishing and maintaining reserves to meet the future costs (as from time to time estimated by the Landlord’s Surveyor) of providing the Estate Services;
16Borrowing
The costs of borrowing any sums required for the provision of the Estate Services at normal commercial rates available in the open market or if any such sums are loaned by the Landlord or a Group Company of the Landlord interest at Base Rate.
17VAT
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Part III - Building Services
In relation to the Building, the provision of the following services or the Costs incurred in relation to:
1Repairs to the Building (including lifts and Conduits)
Repair, renewal, decoration, cleaning and maintenance of the foundations, roof, exterior and structure, the lifts and all lift machinery, the Conduits, plant and equipment (which are not the responsibility of any tenants of the Building).
2Common Parts
(a)Repair, renewal, decoration, cleaning, maintenance and lighting of the Common Parts and other parts of the Building not comprised in the Lettable Units;
(b)Furnishing, carpeting and equipping the Common Parts;
(c)Cleaning the outside of all external windows;
(d)Providing and maintaining any plants, or floral displays in the Common Parts;
(e)Providing signs, nameboards and other notices within the Building including a sign giving the name of the Tenant or other permitted occupier and its location within the Building in the entrance lobby of the Building.
3Heating etc. services
(a)Providing heating, air conditioning and ventilation other than to the Lettable Units to such standards and between such hours as the Landlord reasonably decides;
(b)Procuring water and sewerage services.
4Fire-Fighting and Security
Provision, operation, repair, renewal, cleaning and maintenance of fire alarms, sprinkler systems, fire prevention and fire-fighting equipment and ancillary apparatus and security alarms, apparatus, closed circuit television and systems as the Landlord considers appropriate.
5Insurance
4.1Effecting such insurances (if any) as the Landlord may properly think fit in respect of the Common Parts and all Landlord’s plant, machinery, apparatus and equipment and any other liability of the Landlord to any person in respect of those items or in respect of the provision of the Building Services;
4.2Professional valuations for insurance purposes (but not more than once in any two year period);
4.3Any uninsured excesses to which the Landlord’s insurance may be subject.
6Statutory Requirements
All existing and future rates, taxes, charges, assessments and outgoings payable to any competent authority or for or in connection with utilities except in respect of the Lettable Units.
7Management and Staff
7.1The proper and reasonable fees, costs, charges, expenses and disbursements (including irrecoverable VAT) of any person properly employed or retained by the Landlord for or in connection with surveying or accounting functions or the performance of the Building Services and any other duties in and about the Building relating to the general management, administration, security, maintenance, protection and cleanliness of the Building:

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6.3Management fees and disbursements incurred in respect of the Building of 10% of the Service Cost (excluding costs under this Clause 7.2).
6.4Providing staff in connection with the Building Services and the general management, operation and security of the Building and all other incidental expenditure including but not limited to:
(i)salaries, National Health Insurance, pension and other payments contributions and benefits;
(ii)uniforms, special clothing, tools and other materials for the proper performance of the duties of any such staff;
(iii)providing premises and accommodation and other facilities for staff.
8General
8.1Establishing and maintaining reserves to meet the future costs (as from time to time estimated by the Landlord’s Surveyor) of providing the Building Services;
7.2Any reasonable and proper costs (not referred to above) which the Landlord may incur in providing such other services and in carrying out such other works as the Landlord may reasonably consider to be reasonably desirable or necessary for the benefit of occupiers of the Building.
7.3The costs of borrowing any sums required for the provision of the Building Services at normal commercial rates available in the open market or if any such sums are loaned by the Landlord or a Group Company of the Landlord interest at Base Rate.
9VAT
Irrecoverable VAT on any of the foregoing.






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LEASE PARTICULARS

Date of Lease:
        23 March             2023
Original Landlord:
MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 1 LIMITED (Company number ###-###-####) and MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 2 LIMITED (Company number ###-###-####)
Original Tenant:
REPLIMUNE LIMITED (Company number 09496393)
Original Guarantor:None
Property:68GH Innovation Drive, Milton Park
Floor Area191 square metres (2,058 square feet) [net internal]
Contractual Term:Five (5) years from and including 31 March 2023 to and including 30 March 2028
Initial Principal Rent:SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS (£72,000) per annum
Rent Commencement Date:30 June 2023
Service Charge Commencement Date:31 March 2023
Principal Rent and Service Charge Payment Dates:Quarterly: 25 March, 24 June, 29 September and 25 December
Insurance Commencement Date:31 March 2023
Permitted Use: (Use
Classes Order)
:E(g)
Parking Spaces:Eight (8)
Security of Tenure: Landlord and Tenant Act 1954:Excluded


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EXECUTED as a DEED by
Philip Campbell
as attorney for MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 1 LIMITED in the presence of:



/s/ Philip Campbell ......................................
as attorney for MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 1 LIMITED

/s/ Nicola Derek
...................................
Signature of witness

Witness name: Nicola Derek

Address: 140 Eastern Ave
                OX 14 4SB






EXECUTED as a DEED by
Philip Campbell
as attorney for MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 2 LIMITED in the presence of:


/s/ Philip Campbell
.......................................

as attorney for MEPC MILTON PARK NO. 2 LIMITED

/s/ Nicola Derek
................................................
Signature of witness


Witness name: Nicola Derek

Address: 140 Eastern Ave
                 OX14 4SB





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EXECUTED as a DEED by REPLIMUNE LIMITED acting by a director and the company secretary


Director/s/ Colin Love
Company Secretary
/s/ Philip Astley-Sparke



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