EXHIBIT 10.17
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made this 12th day of November, 1997, by and between
Faire Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Purchaser"), and
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a Colorado corporation ("Seller").
In consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings contained
herein the parties agree as follows:
1. SALE AND PURCHASE OF PROPERTY. Seller agrees to sell, and
Purchaser agrees to purchase, certain real property situated in the State of
Wisconsin, consisting of certain land legally described in Exhibit A hereto,
together with all the appurtenant rights, mineral rights, privileges, and
easements belonging thereto (collectively the "Land") TOGETHER WITH all
buildings, structures, and other improvements located on the Land as well as
all fixtures located therein and thereon (collectively the "Improvements")
(the Land and Improvements are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Property".)
2. PURCHASE PRICE. Purchaser agrees to pay to Seller, as the purchase
price for the Property and the warrants (the "Purchase Price"), the sum of
$4,000,000. The Purchase Price shall be payable on the Closing Date in cash
or other immediately available funds. Seller and Purchaser agree that the
Purchase Price shall be allocated as follows: Land, $1,100,000; Land
Improvements, $60,000; Buildings, $2,740,000; and Warrants, $100,000.
3. TITLE. Seller has delivered to Purchaser a commitment for an
owner's title insurance policy issued by Landmark Title Corporation with
respect to the Property naming Purchaser as the proposed owner-insured of the
Property in the amount of the Purchase Price (collectively the "Commitment").
The Commitment shall commit to insure marketable title in Purchaser, free
and clear of exceptions other than the exceptions identified in Exhibit B
hereto (the "Permitted Exceptions"). Purchaser will be allowed 10 days after
the date set forth above for examination thereof and for making any
objections to the marketability of the title to the Property, said objections
to be made by written notice or to be deemed waived. If any objections are
so made to the marketability of the title to the Property, Seller shall be
allowed 90 days after the making of such objections by Purchaser to cure such
objections and make the title to the Property good and marketable of record
in Seller and to obtain and deliver to Purchaser appropriate endorsements to
the Commitment, and an updated Survey indicating that any such objections
have been cured. Pending the correction of the title, the Closing Date and
the payments hereunder required shall be postponed, but upon correction of
the title and within 5 days after written notice of such correction given by
Seller to Purchaser, Seller and Purchaser shall perform this Agreement
according to its terms.
If the title to the Property, as evidenced by the Commitment and Survey
together with any appropriate endorsements and updated Survey, is not good
and marketable of record in Seller and is not made so within 90 days after
the date of making written objections thereto, or is not good and marketable
of record in Seller at the Closing Date, Purchaser may either:
a. Terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to Seller
in which event this Agreement shall become null and void and neither
party shall have any further right or obligation hereunder; or
b. Elect to accept the title in its unmarketable condition by
giving written notice to Seller, in which event Purchaser shall
proceed to purchase the Property subject to such defects as exist in
Seller's title thereto and without any reduction in the Purchase
Price on account thereof.
4. SURVEY. Seller agrees to promptly obtain and deliver to Purchaser
a survey of the Land, prepared by a registered land surveyor at Seller's sole
cost and expense, showing the legal description and boundary lines of the
Land and the nature and location of all easements and encroachments from or
onto the Land (the "Survey").
5. ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY. Seller has provided to Purchaser a current
phase I environmental report (the "Phase I Environmental Report") for the
Property. In the event that the Phase I Environmental Report shows an
environmental problem with respect to any portion of the Property, Purchaser
may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice given
to Seller within 10 days after the date of this Purchase Agreement, as set
forth on the top of the first page in which event this Agreement shall become
null and void and neither party shall have any further rights, obligations,
or liabilities hereunder. In the event that Purchaser shall fail to give
such written notice, Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived its right to
object to any environmental problem disclosed by the Phase I Environmental
Report.
6. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER. Seller covenants
and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
a. Seller will pay the costs of the Phase I Environmental
Report referred to in paragraph 5 above, all charges incurred in the
preparation of the survey referred to in paragraph 4 above, all
premiums and fees charged in connection with the issuance of the
title commitment referred to in paragraph 3 above and the title
policy issued pursuant thereto as referred to in paragraph 7(d)
below, including all closing and escrow fees and charges, the
transfer taxes and stamps and filing fees required to record the
Limited Warranty Deed referred to in paragraph 7(a) below. Seller
will also pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Purchaser's
attorney for services in connection with this transaction and all
other expenses of Purchaser in connection with this transaction.
b. Seller has received no notice, order or other written
communication from any governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Property requiring any improvement to or alteration of the Property.
c. There is no action, litigation, investigation, condemnation
or proceeding of any kind pending or, to the best of Seller's
knowledge, threatened against Seller or the Property, or any interest
therein which could adversely affect
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the Property, any portion thereof or title thereto, and Seller has no
knowledge of any reasonable basis for the commencement of any such
action, litigation, investigation, condemnation or proceeding. Seller
shall give Purchaser prompt written notice if any such action,
litigation, investigation, condemnation, or proceeding is commenced on
or prior to the Closing Date.
d. The proceeds of the sale of the Property to Purchaser will
be used to retire all outstanding indebtedness of Seller other than
trade payables and other than with respect to the indebtedness (the
"Grand Avenue Partners Debt") owed to Grand Avenue Partners, Legacy
Fund LLC and Davstar II Managed Investments Corp. N.V., specifically
including convertible notes and convertible debentures, or as
specifically agreed to by Purchaser. Consent of the holders of these
securities to payment at closing will be obtained, if necessary.
e. The Grand Avenue Partners Debt is secured only by land and
improvements owned by Seller and located in Xxxxxxxx County,
Virginia.
f. To the best knowledge of Seller, no toxic or hazardous
substances or waste, including without limitation, any asbestos or
other chemical, material, or substance, exposure to which is
prohibited, limited or regulated by any Federal, State, County,
Regional or Local authority or, which even if not so regulated may or
could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the occupants of the
Property or the owners of property adjacent to the Property
("Hazardous Materials") have been used, generated, treated, stored or
disposed of on the Property or used in connection with the Property
other than any such Hazardous Materials as have been used by Seller
in the conduct of its business. Seller shall indemnify, defend, and
hold Purchaser harmless from and against any and all liability
arising out of the use, generation, treatment, storage or disposal of
Hazardous Materials occurring on the Property on or before the
Closing, including, without limitation, the cost of any required or
necessary repair and clean up of the Property or replacement of the
materials in any improvements located on the Property.
7. CLOSING. The closing shall take place on November ___, 1997,
or such other date as is mutually agreed upon. Such date or such other
date as this transaction actually closes as determined in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement is herein referred to as the
"Closing Date". At the closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser:
a. A Limited Warranty Deed, properly executed on behalf of
Seller in recordable form with all applicable transfer taxes paid and
stamps, if any, affixed thereto, conveying the Property to Purchaser
and warranting title thereto subject to no exceptions other than the
Permitted Exceptions, matters waived or deemed waived by Purchaser,
and the Lease, hereinafter defined..
b. All certificates, instruments and other documents required
to be executed by Seller in order to permit the recording of the
Limited Warranty Deed.
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c. A standard Seller's Affidavit stating the signer's
knowledge as to judgments, bankruptcies, tax liens, mechanics liens,
parties in possession, unrecorded interests, encroachments or
boundary line questions, and related matters, properly executed on
behalf of Seller.
d. A policy of title insurance issued pursuant to the
Commitment.
e. An affidavit of Seller in form and content satisfactory to
Purchaser stating that Seller is not a "foreign person" within the
meaning of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue code.
f. Two copies of a lease (the "Lease") in the form of that
attached hereto as Exhibit C, both properly executed by Seller as the
Tenant thereunder.
g. Such other instruments and documents as are necessary to
vest title to the Property in Purchaser and to enable Purchaser to
enjoy the benefits of ownership thereof.
h. Evidence that the Seller has called all outstanding
warrants, if any, then subject to redemption.
i. A warrant duly executed by Seller and representing the
right to purchase up to 766,667 shares of Purchaser's common stock,
such warrant to be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Upon delivery of the foregoing items, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller
the Purchase Price, shall execute both copies of the Lease, as the
Landlord thereunder and shall deliver one fully executed copy thereof to
Seller.
8. TAXES AND UTILITY CHARGES. Real estate taxes, installments of
special assessments and utility charges due and payable for the period
preceding the Closing Date shall be paid by Seller and those payable on
or after the Closing Date shall continue to be payable by Seller, as
Tenant, pursuant to the Lease.
9. INCOME AND EXPENSES, POSSESSION. Subsequent to the Closing
Date, Seller shall be entitled to retain possession of the Property in
accordance with and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the
Lease. All expenses of the Property shall continue to be paid by
Seller, as Tenant pursuant to the Lease.
10. RISK OF LOSS. Risk of loss to the Property prior to the time
of closing shall remain in Seller. In the event that, prior to the time
of closing, proceedings for the condemnation of the Property, or any
interest therein, or any portion thereof are commenced by governmental
authority having jurisdiction to do so, or the Property, or any interest
therein, or any portion thereof, is damaged or destroyed, either
Purchaser or Seller may, at its option, terminate this
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Agreement by written notice to the other. In the event of any such
condemnation of the Property, or any interest therein, or any portion
thereof, Seller shall retain all rights to any such condemnation award
or insurance proceeds and, if this Purchase Agreement is not terminated
on account thereof, there shall be no reduction in either the Purchase
Price or the rent payable pursuant to the Lease. In the event of any
such destruction of or damage to the Property, if this Purchase
Agreement is not terminated, the insurance proceeds shall be delivered
to Purchaser, the Seller and Purchaser shall proceed with the
restoration of the Property in accordance with the provisions of Article
XII of the Lease, and there shall be no reduction in either the Purchase
Price or the rent payable pursuant to the Lease.
11. NOTICES. All documents to be delivered and all correspondence
and notices to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be in
writing and given by personal delivery or sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows:
If to Seller: Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
With a copy to: Xxxx, Plant, Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, P.A.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
If to Purchaser: Faire Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xx Xxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
With a copy to: Kemp, Smith, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, P.C.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xx Xxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Each such mailed notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given
to or served upon, the party to whom it is addressed on the date the same is
either personally delivered or deposited in the United States registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, properly addressed
in the manner above provided. Either party hereto may change such party's
address for the service of notice hereunder by written notice of said change
to the other party hereto, in the manner above specified ten (10) days prior
to the effective date of said change.
12. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each of the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns. Neither party shall assign this Agreement or any of its interests
hereunder without the written consent of the other party.
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13. COMMISSIONS. Seller warrants and represents that it has dealt with
no realtors or brokers in connection with this transaction and that it will
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser against any claim made by an
agent or broker for a commission or fee based on acts or agreements of
Seller. Purchaser warrants and represents that it has dealt with no realtor
or broker in connection with this transaction and that it will indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Seller against any claim made by an agent or broker
for a commission or fee based on acts or agreements of Purchaser.
14. SURVIVE CLOSING. All of the covenants, warranties, and provisions
of this Agreement shall survive and be enforceable after the closing of this
transaction.
15. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This is a final Agreement between the parties
and contains their entire agreement and supersedes all previous
understandings and agreements, oral or written, relative to the subject
matter of this Agreement.
16. TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence in the performance of
this Agreement.
17. CONTROLLING LAW. This Agreement has been made and entered into
under the laws of the State of Colorado, and said laws shall control the
interpretation hereof provided that all issues, questions of real estate law
and other laws relative to the Property shall be determined in accordance
with the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
18. CAPTIONS. The paragraph headings or captions appearing in this
Agreement are for convenience only, are not a part of this Agreement, and are
not to be considered in interpreting this Agreement.
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its Chief Executive Officer
Faire Partners, LLC
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its Manager
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
PARCEL I:
Part of the Southeast Quarter and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section
36, Town 1 North, Range 21 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, lying and
being in the Town of Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and being more
particularly described as: Beginning on the South line of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section at a point 600.7 feet South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50
seconds West from the Southeast corner of said Quarter Section; thence South
89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West along the South line of said Quarter
Section 729.8 feet and to the West line of the East half of said Quarter
Section; thence North 1 degree 53 minutes 10 seconds West along the West line
of the East Half of said Quarter Section 2675.0 feet and to the North line of
said Quarter Section; thence North 1 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds West along
the West line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 1325.36 feet and to the North line of said Quarter Quarter Section;
thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes East along the North line of said Quarter
Quarter Section 1051.34 feet and to the Westerly right-of-way line of
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 00; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes East along said
right-of-way line 131.93 feet; thence South 21 degrees 06 minutes West along
said right-of-way line 788.49 feet; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes East
along said right-of-way line 700 feet; thence South 17 degrees 45 minutes 50
seconds East along said right-of-way line 1167.69 feet; thence South 10
degrees 58 minutes 40 seconds East along said right-of-way line 482.66 feet;
thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West parallel to the South line
of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 395.04 feet; thence South 0 degree
35 minutes 10 seconds East at right angles to the South line of said Quarter
Section 851.72 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL II:
The East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and the Southwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty-six (36), in Town One (1)
North, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; in the
Town of Bristol, County of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin.
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EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
1. General and special taxes and assessments not yet due.
2. Public or private rights, if any, in such portions of the insured premises
as may be used, laid out, taken or dedicated in any manner whatsoever for
highway or road purposes.
3. Right of Way Authorization from Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx to General Telephone
Company of Wisconsin, dated September 21, 1965 and recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Kenosha County, Wisconsin on October 12, 1965 in
Volume 713 of Records at page 504, as Document No. 479482 (as to Parcel I).
4. Easement from Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx to Wisconsin Electric Power Company,
dated July 23, 1963 and recorded in said Register's office on August 14, 1963
in Volume 645 of Records at page 235-36, as Document No. 453071 (as to Parcel
I).
5. Distribution Easement granted Wisconsin Electric Power Company and
Wisconsin Xxxx, Inc. dated November 9, 1993 and recorded in the Kenosha
County Register of Deeds office on November 17, 1993 in Volume 1637 of
Records, Page 434-35, as Document No. 945420 (as to Parcel I).
6. Holding Tank Agreement recorded in the Kenosha County Register of Deeds
office on March 30, 1982 in Volume 1109 of Records, page 865, as Document No.
688487; and on June 30, 1988 in Volume 1316 of Records, Page 607, as Document
No. 803280 (as to Parcel II).
7. Easement granted by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx to Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
by instrument dated December 7, 1936 and recorded in said Register's office
July 10, 1937 in Volume 198 of Deeds, Page 528 (as to Parcel II).
8. Terms and conditions contained in Holding Tank Agreement dated 3/28/95 and
recorded in said Register's office on April 6, 1995 as Document No. 988072.
9. Matters shown on survey dated October 13, 1997 (revised November 6,
1997), prepared by Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Land Surveyor.
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EXHIBIT C
LEASE AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT C
LEASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FAIRE PARTNERS, LLC ("LANDLORD")
AND
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ("TENANT")
DATED
NOVEMBER ___, 1997
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LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT OF LEASE, made this 13th day of November, 1997, by
and between Faire Partners, LLC, a limited liability company organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter designated and
referred to as "Landlord," and Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado,
hereinafter designated and referred to as "Tenant."
WITNESSETH:
Landlord, for and in consideration of the rents, covenants and
agreements hereinafter reserved, mentioned and contained on the part of Tenant,
its successors and assigns, to be paid, kept, observed and performed, has
leased, rented, let and demised, and by these presents does lease, rent, let and
demise unto Tenant, and Tenant does hereby take and hire, upon and subject to
the conditions and limitations hereinafter expressed, all those parcels of land
situated in the State of Wisconsin, described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
made a part hereof (hereinafter collectively called the "Land"), together with
all improvements, machinery, building equipment, fixtures and other property,
real, personal or mixed, except Tenant's trade fixtures, installed or located
thereon, together with all additions, alterations and replacements thereof
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Improvements"). The Land and the
Improvements are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Demised Premises."
The Demised Premises are subject to the easements, restrictions, reservations
and other "permitted encumbrances" set forth on said Exhibit "B". The
structures located upon and being a part of the Demised Premises which are
constructed for human occupancy or for storage of goods, merchandise, equipment,
or other personal property are collectively called the "Buildings".
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ARTICLE I
TERM OF LEASE
1.1 The term of this Lease Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the day
of execution hereof, (the "Commencement Date") and shall end on the 31st day of
October, 2017.
ARTICLE II
BASIC RENT
2.1 In consideration of the leasing of the Demised Premises, Tenant
covenants to pay Landlord, without previous demand therefor and without any
right of setoff or deduction whatsoever, at:
Faire Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xx Xxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate in writing,
an annual rental for each year of the Term of this Lease Agreement of:
$52,602.74 for the portion of Lease Year 1 commencing
on the Commencement Date and expiring on December
31, 1997
$333,150.56 for the portion of Lease Year 1 commencing
on January 1, 1998 and expiring on October 31, 1998
$400,000 per year for Lease Year 2
$440,000 per year for Lease Years 3, 4, 5 and 6
$486,666.67 per year for Lease Years 7, 8 and 9
$533,333.33 per year for Lease Years 10, 11 and 12
$543,333.33 per year for Lease Years 13 through 20,
both years inclusive.
For the purposes of this Lease the First Lease Year shall be the period
commencing on the Commencement Date and expiring on October 31, 1998 and all
subsequent Lease Years shall be a period of one year commencing on the first day
of November and expiring on the last day of the immediately succeeding October.
For example, the second Lease Year shall be the 12 month period commencing on
November 1, 1998 and expiring on October 31, 1999. An amount equal to
$52,602.74 of the Basic Rent for the first Lease Year is being paid to Landlord
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this lease. The balance of
the Basic Rent for the first Lease Year, $333,150.56 is being contemporaneously
deposited by Tenant in an escrow established pursuant to an Escrow Agreement
executed among Landlord, Tenant and Lawyers Title of El Paso, Inc. of even date
herewith. Landlord acknowledges that the making of such deposit, together with
the payment of $52,602.74 referred to above, fully satisfies the obligations of
the Tenant to pay Basic Rent for the first Lease Year and that Tenant shall have
no further duty or obligation on account thereof. Basic Rent for subsequent
Lease Years shall be paid in monthly installments commencing on the first day of
November, 1998 and continuing on the same day of each month thereafter for the
succeeding months during the balance of each
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Lease Year. Each such monthly installment shall be in an amount equal to 1/12
of the Annual Basic Rent payable for the Lease Year in which the month in which
such monthly installment is due falls. The rent provided for in this Paragraph
2.1 is hereinafter called the "Basic Rent".
2.2 The Basic Rent shall be absolutely net to Landlord so that this Lease
Agreement shall yield, net to Landlord, the Basic Rent specified in Paragraph
2.1 in each year of the term of this Lease Agreement and that all impositions,
insurance premiums, utility charges, maintenance, repair and replacement
expenses, all expenses relating to Compliance with Laws, and all other costs,
fees, charges, expenses, reimbursements and obligations of every kind and nature
whatsoever relating to the Demised Premises (excepting only Landlord's portion
of the proration of real estate taxes and special assessments for the last year
of the term of this Lease Agreement referred to in Paragraph 4.1 of this Lease
Agreement) which may arise or become due during the term or by reason of events
occurring during the term of this Lease Agreement shall be paid or discharged by
Tenant as additional rent (all such items being sometimes hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Additional Rent").
2.3 All payments of Basic Rent and Additional Rent shall be payable without
previous demand therefor and without any right of setoff or deduction whatsoever
except as set forth in Section 17.5 hereof, and in case of nonpayment of any
item of Additional Rent by Tenant when the same is due, Landlord shall have, in
addition to all its other rights and remedies, all of the rights and remedies
available to Landlord under the provisions of this Lease Agreement or by law in
the case of nonpayment of Basic Rent. The performance and observance by Tenant
of all the terms, covenants, conditions and agreements to be performed or
observed by Tenant hereunder shall be performed and observed by Tenant at
Tenant's sole cost and expense. Any installment of Basic Rent or Additional Rent
or any other charges payable by Tenant under the provisions hereof which shall
not be paid when due shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to fifteen
percent (15%) per annum (the "Maximum Rate of Interest") from the date when the
same is due hereunder until the same shall be paid, but in no event in excess of
the maximum lawful rate permitted to be charged by Landlord against Tenant.
ARTICLE III
USE OF DEMISED PREMISES
3.1 The Demised Premises including all buildings or other improvements
hereafter erected upon the same shall be used for such activities as may be
lawfully carried on in and about the Demised Premises. Tenant shall not use or
occupy the same, or knowingly permit them to be used or occupied, contrary to
any statute, rule, order, ordinance, requirement or regulation applicable
thereto, or in any manner which would violate any certificate of occupancy
affecting the same, or which would make void or voidable any insurance then in
force with respect thereto or which would make it impossible to obtain fire or
other insurance thereon required to be furnished hereunder by Tenant, or which
would cause structural injury to the improvements or cause the value or
usefulness of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, substantially to
diminish (reasonable wear and tear excepted), or which would constitute a public
or private nuisance or waste, and Tenant agrees that it will promptly, upon
discovery of any such use, take all necessary steps to compel the discontinuance
of such use. Further, Tenant shall not use, store, or dispose of any so-called
"hazardous wastes" or "hazardous substances" as defined by federal, state, or
local environmental laws (including so-called "Superfund" laws) on the Demised
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Premises except for any such materials used by Tenant in the normal operation of
its business, which materials shall be kept and used in compliance with
applicable laws.
3.2 Tenant shall not use, suffer, or permit the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, to be used by Tenant, any third party or the public, as such,
without restriction or in such manner as might reasonably tend to impair
Landlord's title to the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or in such
manner as might reasonably make possible a claim or claims of adverse usage or
adverse possession by the public, as such, or third persons, or of implied
dedication of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof. Nothing in this
Lease Agreement contained and no action or inaction by Landlord shall be deemed
or construed to mean that Landlord has granted to Tenant any right, power or
permission to do any act or make any agreement that may create, or give rise to
or be the foundation for any such right, title, interest, lien, charge or other
encumbrance upon the estate of Landlord in the Demised Premises.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ETC.
4.1 Tenant covenants and agrees to pay during the term of this Lease
Agreement, as Additional Rent, before any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be
added thereto for the nonpayment thereof, all real estate taxes, special
assessments, water rates and charges, sewer rates and charges, including any sum
or sums payable for present or future sewer or water capacity, charges for
public utilities, street lighting, excise levies, licenses, permits, inspection
fees, other governmental charges, and all other charges or burdens of whatsoever
kind and nature (including costs, fees, and expenses of complying with any
restrictive covenants or similar agreements to which the Demised Premises are
subject) incurred in the use, occupancy, ownership, operation, leasing or
possession of the Demised Premises, without particularizing by any known name or
by whatever name hereafter called, and whether any of the foregoing be general
or special, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen (all of which are
sometimes herein referred to as "Impositions"), which at any time during the
term may have been or may be assessed, levied, confirmed, imposed upon, or
become a lien on the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or any
appurtenance thereto, rents or income therefrom, and such easements or rights as
may now or hereafter be appurtenant or appertain to the use of the Demised
Premises. Tenant shall pay all special (or similar) assessments for public
improvements or benefits which, during the term of this Lease Agreement shall be
laid, assessed, levied or imposed upon or become payable or become a lien upon
the Demised Premises, any portion thereof; provided, however, that if by law any
special assessment is payable (without default) or, at the option of the owner,
may be paid (without default) in installments (whether or not interest shall
accrue on the unpaid balance of such special assessment), Tenant may pay the
same, together with any interest accrued on the unpaid balance of such special
assessment in installments as the same respectively become payable and before
any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto for the nonpayment of
any such installment and the interest thereon. Tenant shall pay all special
assessments or installments thereof (including interest accrued thereon),
whether heretofore or hereafter laid, assessed, levied or imposed upon the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, which are due and payable during the
term of this Lease Agreement. Landlord shall pay all installments of special
assessments (including interest accrued on the unpaid balance) which are payable
after the termination date of the term of this Lease Agreement. Tenant shall
pay all real estate taxes, whether heretofore or hereafter levied or assessed
upon the Demised Premises, or
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any portion thereof, which are due and payable during the term of
this Lease Agreement. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord
shall pay that portion of the real estate taxes and installments of special
assessments due and payable in respect to the Demised Premises during the year
the Term ends which the number of days in said year not within the term of this
Lease Agreement bears to 365, and Tenant shall pay the balance of said real
estate taxes and installments of special assessments during said years.
4.2 Tenant shall have the right at its own expense to contest the amount or
validity, in whole or in part, of any Imposition by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted in good faith, but only after payment of such Imposition,
unless such payment, or a payment thereof under protest, would operate as a bar
to such contest or interfere materially with the prosecution thereof, in which
event, notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 4.1 hereof, Tenant may
postpone or defer payment of such Imposition if neither the Demised Premises nor
any portion thereof would, by reason of such postponement or deferment, be in
danger of being forfeited or lost. Upon the termination of any such proceedings,
Tenant shall pay the amount of such Imposition or part thereof, if any, as
finally determined in such proceedings, the payment of which may have been
deferred during the prosecution of such proceedings, together with any costs,
fees, including attorney's fees, interest, penalties, fines, and other liability
in connection therewith. Tenant shall be entitled to the refund of any
Imposition, penalty, fine and interest thereon received by Landlord which have
been paid by Tenant or which have been paid by Landlord but for which Landlord
has been previously reimbursed in full by Tenant. Landlord shall not be required
to join in any proceedings referred to in this Paragraph 4.2 unless the
provisions of any law, rule or regulation at the time in effect shall require
that such proceedings be brought by or in the name of Landlord, in which event
Landlord shall join in such proceedings or permit the same to be brought in
Landlord's name and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any costs or expenses
Landlord may incur as a result of such joinder or permission.
4.3 Tenant covenants to furnish Landlord, promptly upon the request of
Landlord, receipts of the appropriate taxing authority, or other appropriate
proof satisfactory to Landlord, evidencing the payment of any Imposition.
ARTICLE V
INSURANCE
5.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall obtain and continuously
maintain in full force and effect during the Term of this Lease Agreement,
commencing with the date that rental (full or partial) commences, policies of
insurance covering the Improvements constructed, installed or located on the
Demised Premises for the benefit of Landlord, as the named insured, against loss
or damage by fire and such other risks or hazards now or hereafter embraced by
an "Extended Coverage Endorsement". At all times, such insurance coverage shall
be in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the then "Full
Replacement Cost" of the Improvements and shall include a so-called "Agreed
Value Endorsement". Full Replacement Cost shall be interpreted to mean the cost
of replacing the Improvements without deduction for depreciation or wear and
tear.
5.2 During the term of this Lease Agreement, Tenant, at its sole cost and
expense, but for the mutual benefit of Landlord and Tenant, shall obtain and
continuously maintain in full force and
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effect Comprehensive general liability and business automobile liability
insurance against any loss, liability or damage on, about or relating to the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, and including coverage for assault and
battery, liquor liability and punitive or exemplary damages with limits
(including any coverage afforded by umbrella policies) of not less than Four
Million Dollars ($4,000,000) per occurrence and Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) in the aggregate. Any such insurance obtained and maintained by
Tenant shall name both Landlord (and if Landlord so requests, any holder of any
mortgages now or hereafter becoming a lien on the fee of the Demised Premises or
any portion thereof) and Tenant as named insureds therein and shall be obtained
and maintained from and with a reputable and financially sound insurance company
authorized to issue such insurance in the state in which the Demised Premises
are located.
5.3 All policies of insurance required by Paragraph 5.1 shall provide that
the proceeds thereof shall be payable to Landlord and if Landlord so requests
shall also be payable to any holder of any mortgages now or hereafter becoming a
lien on the fee of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, as the interest
of such purchaser or holder appears pursuant to a standard named insured or
mortgagee clause. Tenant shall not, on Tenant's own initiative or pursuant to
request or requirement of any third party, take out separate insurance
concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required in
Paragraph 5.1 hereof, unless Landlord is included therein as a named insured
with loss payable as in said Paragraph 5.1 provided. Tenant shall immediately
notify Landlord whenever any such separate insurance is taken out and shall
deliver to Landlord duplicate originals thereof or original certificates
evidencing the same with true copies of such insurance policies attached. All
such policies of insurance shall provide that any loss shall be payable to
Landlord notwithstanding any act or omission of Tenant which might otherwise
result in a forfeiture or reduction of such insurance.
Each policy required under this Article V shall have attached thereto
(i) an endorsement that such policy shall not be canceled or materially changed
without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Landlord and any party
holding a mortgage on the Demised Premises which has provided evidence of such
fact and its address to which notices should be sent (a "Registered Mortgagee"),
and (ii) an endorsement to the effect that the insurance as to the interest of
Landlord shall not be invalidated by any act or neglect of any person. All
policies of insurance shall be written in companies reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee and licensed in the state in which the
Demised Premises are located, and shall be written in such form and shall be
distributed in such companies as shall be reasonably satisfactory to Landlord
and any Registered Mortgagee. Such policies (or certificates of insurance
acceptable to Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee) shall be delivered to
Landlord endorsed "Premium Paid" by the company or agent issuing the same or
accompanied by other evidence satisfactory to Landlord and any Registered
Mortgagee that the premiums thereon have been paid. Such policies (or
certificates of insurance acceptable to Landlord) and evidence of payment shall
be delivered to Landlord upon commencement of the term; and prior to expiration
of such policy, a new policy (or certificates of insurance acceptable to
Landlord), plus evidence of premium payment, shall be delivered to Landlord not
less than twenty (20) days prior to the expiration of the then current policy
term.
5.4 Landlord agrees that Tenant may cause to be inserted in the policy or
policies of insurance required by Paragraph 5.1 hereof a so-called "Waiver of
Subrogation Clause" as to
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5.5 Tenant hereby waives, releases, discharges and agrees to indemnify and
defend Landlord, its agents and employees from and against all claims whatsoever
arising out of loss, claim, expense or damage to or destruction of any personal
property of Tenant or to Tenant's business notwithstanding that such loss,
claim, expense or damage may have been caused by Landlord, its agents or
employees, and Tenant agrees to look to any insurance coverage maintained by
Tenant only in the event of such loss.
5.6 Upon expiration of the term of this Lease Agreement, the unearned
premiums upon any insurance policies or certificates thereof lodged with
Landlord by Tenant shall, subject to the provisions of Article XII hereof, be
payable to Tenant, provided that Tenant shall not then be in default in keeping,
observing or performing the terms and conditions of this Lease Agreement.
5.7 Nothing in this Article shall prevent Tenant from taking out insurance
of the kind and in the amount provided for under the preceding paragraphs of
this Article under a blanket insurance policy or policies (copies of which or
certificates thereof satisfactory to Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee shall
be delivered to Landlord) which may cover other properties owned or operated by
Tenant as well as the Demised Premises; provided, however, that any such policy
of blanket insurance of the kind provided for shall (i) specify therein the
amounts thereof exclusively allocated to the Demised Premises or Tenant shall
furnish Landlord and any Registered Mortgagee with a written statement from the
insurers under such policies specifying the amounts of the total insurance
exclusively allocated to the Demised Premises, and (ii) not contain any clause
which would result in the insured thereunder being required to carry any
insurance with respect to the property covered thereby in an amount not less
than any specific percentage of the Full Replacement Cost of such property in
order to prevent the insured therein named from becoming a co-insurer of any
loss with the insurer under such policy; and further provided, however, that
such policies of blanket insurance shall, as respects the Demised Premises,
contain the various provisions required of such an insurance policy by the
foregoing provisions of this Article V.
ARTICLE VI
UTILITIES
During the term of this Lease Agreement, Tenant will pay, when due, all
charges of every nature, kind or description for utilities furnished to the
Demised Premises or chargeable against the Demised Premises, including all
charges for water, sewage, heat, gas, light, garbage, electricity, telephone,
steam, power, or other public or private utility services.
ARTICLE VII
REPAIRS
7.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, throughout the term of this Lease
Agreement, shall take good care of the Demised Premises (including any
improvements hereafter erected or installed on the Land), and shall keep the
same in good order and condition and shall make and perform all maintenance and
replacements thereof and all necessary repairs thereto, interior and exterior,
structural and nonstructural, ordinary and extraordinary, foreseen and
unforeseen, of
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every nature, kind and description which are necessary for the continued
operation of Renaissance Fairs on the Demised Premises. All repairs made by
Tenant shall be made by Tenant in accordance with all laws, ordinances and
regulations whether heretofore or hereafter enacted. The necessity for or
adequacy of maintenance and repairs shall be measured by the standards which are
appropriate for improvements of similar construction and class, provided that
Tenant shall in any event make all repairs necessary to avoid any structural
damage or other damage or injury to the Improvements.
7.2 Landlord shall not be required to furnish any services or facilities or
to make any repairs or alterations in, about or to the Demised Premises or any
improvements hereafter erected thereon. Tenant hereby assumes the full and sole
responsibility for the condition, operation, repair, replacement, maintenance
and management of the Demised Premises and all improvements hereafter erected
thereon, and Tenant hereby waives any rights created by any law now or hereafter
in force to make repairs to the Demised Premises or improvements hereafter
erected thereon at Landlord's expense.
7.3 Tenant shall not do or suffer any waste or damage, disfigurement or
injury to the Demised Premises, or any improvements hereafter erected thereon,
or to the fixtures or equipment therein.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND ORDINANCES
8.1 Tenant shall, throughout the term of this Lease Agreement, and at
Tenant's sole cost and expense, promptly comply or cause compliance with or
remove or cure any violation of any and all present and future laws, ordinances,
orders, rules, regulations and requirements of all federal, state, municipal and
other governmental bodies having jurisdiction over the Demised Premises and
whether the compliance, curing or removal of any such violation and the costs
and expenses necessitated thereby shall have been foreseen or unforeseen,
ordinary or extraordinary, and whether or not the same shall be presently within
the contemplation of Landlord or Tenant or shall involve any change of
governmental policy, or require structural or extraordinary repairs, alterations
or additions by Tenant and irrespective of the costs thereof.
8.2 After prior written notice to Landlord, Tenant, at its sole cost and
expense and without cost or expense to Landlord, shall have the right to contest
the validity or application of any law or ordinance referred to in this Article
VIII in the name of Tenant or Landlord, or both, by appropriate legal
proceedings diligently conducted but only if the terms of any such law or
ordinance, compliance therewith pending the prosecution of any such proceeding,
may legally be delayed without the incurrence of any lien, charge or liability
of any kind against the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, and without
subjecting Landlord or Tenant to any liability, civil or criminal, for failure
to comply therewith until the final determination of such proceeding; provided,
however, if any lien, charge or civil liability would be incurred by reason of
any such delay, Tenant nevertheless, on the prior written consent of Landlord,
may contest as aforesaid and delay as aforesaid, provided that such delay would
not subject Tenant or Landlord to criminal liability and Tenant (i) prosecutes
the contest with due diligence and in good faith, and (ii) agrees to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Landlord and the Demised Premises from any charge,
liability or expense whatsoever.
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If necessary or proper to permit Tenant so to contest the validity or
application of any such law or ordinance, Landlord shall, at Tenant's sole cost
and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by Landlord, execute
and deliver any appropriate papers or other documents; provided, Landlord shall
not be required to execute any document or consent to any proceeding which would
result in the imposition of any cost, charge, expense or penalty on Landlord or
the Demised Premises.
ARTICLE IX
MECHANIC'S LIENS AND OTHER LIENS
9.1 Tenant shall not suffer or permit any mechanic's lien or other lien to
be filed against the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, by reason of
work, labor, skill, services, equipment or materials supplied or claimed to have
been supplied to the Demised Premises at the request of Tenant, or anyone
holding the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, through or under Tenant.
If any such mechanic's lien or other lien shall at any time be filed against the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, Tenant shall cause the same to be
discharged of record within thirty (30) days after the date of filing the same.
The foregoing notwithstanding, after prior written notice to Landlord, Tenant
shall have the right, at its sole cost and expense and without cost or expense
to Landlord, to contest the validity of any such mechanics lien provided that
the Tenant (i) prosecutes the contest with due diligence and in good faith, and
(ii) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord and the Demised
Premises from any charge, liability or expense whatsoever in connection with
such contest and/or the mechanics lien being contested.
All materialmen, contractors, artisans, mechanics, laborers and any
other person now or hereafter furnishing any labor, services, materials,
supplies or equipment to Tenant with respect to the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, are hereby charged with notice that they must look exclusively
to Tenant to obtain payment for the same. Notice is hereby given that Landlord
shall not be liable for any labor, services, materials, supplies, skill,
machinery, fixture or equipment furnished or to be furnished to Tenant upon
credit, and that no mechanic's lien or other lien for any such labor, services,
materials, supplies, machinery, fixtures or equipment shall attach to or affect
the estate or interest of Landlord in and to the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof.
9.2 Tenant shall not create, permit or suffer, and shall promptly discharge
and satisfy of record, any other lien, encumbrance, charge, security interest,
or other right or interest which shall be or become a lien, encumbrance, charge
or security interest upon the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or the
income therefrom, or on the interest of Landlord or Tenant in the Demised
Premises, or any portion thereof, save and except for those liens, encumbrances,
charges, security interests, or other rights or interests consented to, in
writing, by Landlord, or those mortgages, assignments of rents, assignments of
leases and other mortgage documentation placed thereon by Landlord in financing
or refinancing the Demised Premises.
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ARTICLE X
INTENT OF PARTIES
10.1 Landlord and Tenant do each state and represent that it is their
respective intention that this Lease Agreement be interpreted and construed as
an absolute net lease and all Basic Rent and Additional Rent shall be paid by
Tenant to Landlord without abatement, deduction, diminution, deferment,
suspension, reduction, setoff, defense or counterclaim with respect to the same;
and the obligations of Tenant shall not be affected by reason of any
condemnation, eminent domain or like proceedings (except as provided in Article
XIII hereof); nor shall the obligations of Tenant be affected by reason of any
other cause whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing or by any laws or
customs to the contrary. It is the further express intent of Landlord and Tenant
that (i) the obligations of Landlord and Tenant hereunder shall be separate and
independent covenants and agreements and that the Basic Rent and Additional
Rent, and all other charges and sums payable by Tenant hereunder, shall commence
at the times provided herein and shall continue to be payable in all events
unless the obligations to pay the same shall be terminated pursuant to an
express provision in this Lease Agreement; (ii) all costs and expenses of
whatsoever character or kind, general or special, ordinary or extraordinary,
foreseen or unforeseen, and of every kind and nature whatsoever that may be
necessary or required in and about the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof,
and Tenant's possession or authorized use thereof during the term of this Lease
Agreement, shall be paid by Tenant and all provisions of this Lease Agreement
are to be interpreted and construed in light of the intention expressed in this
Paragraph 10.1; (iii) the Basic Rent specified in Paragraph 2.1 shall be
absolutely net to Landlord so that this Lease Agreement shall yield net to
Landlord the Basic Rent specified in Paragraph 2.1 in each year during the term
of this Lease Agreement (unless extended or renewed at a different Basic Rent);
(iv) all Impositions, insurance premiums, utility expense, repair and
maintenance expense, and all other costs, fees, interest, charges, expenses,
reimbursements and obligations of every kind and nature whatsoever relating to
the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, which may arise or become due
during the term of this Lease Agreement, or any extension or renewal thereof,
shall be paid or discharged by Tenant as Additional Rent; and (v) Tenant hereby
agrees to indemnify, defend and save Landlord harmless from and against such
costs, fees, charges, expenses, reimbursements and obligations, and any interest
thereon.
10.2 If Tenant shall at any time fail to pay any Imposition in accordance
with the provisions of Article IV, or to take out, pay for, maintain and deliver
any of the insurance policies or certificates of insurance provided for in
Article V, or shall fail to make any other payment or perform any other act on
its part to be made or performed, then Landlord, after fifteen (15) days prior
written notice to Tenant (or without notice in case of emergency), and without
waiving or releasing Tenant from any obligation of Tenant contained in this
Lease Agreement, may, but shall be under no obligation to do so, (i) pay any
Imposition payable by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of Article IV; (ii) take
out, pay for and maintain any of the insurance policies provided for in this
Lease Agreement; or (iii) make any other payment or perform any other act on
Tenant's part to be paid or performed as in this Lease Agreement provided, and
Landlord may enter upon the Demised Premises for any such purpose and take all
such action therein or thereon as may be necessary therefor. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed as a waiver or release of Tenant from any obligation
of Tenant in this Lease Agreement contained.
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10.3 All sums so paid by Landlord and all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by Landlord in connection with the
performance of any such act, together with interest thereon at the Maximum Rate
of Interest hereof, from the respective dates of Landlord's making of each
payment of such cost and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be
paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand. If Tenant shall fail to perform any act
required of it, Landlord may perform the same, but shall not be required to do
so, in such manner and to such extent as Landlord may deem necessary or
desirable, and in exercising any such right to employ counsel and to pay
necessary and incidental costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's
fees. All sums so paid by Landlord and all necessary and incidental costs and
expenses in connection with the performance of any such act by Landlord,
together with interest thereon at the Maximum Rate of Interest hereof from the
date of making such expenditure by Landlord, shall be deemed Additional Rent
hereunder and, except as is otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be
payable to Landlord on demand or, at the option of Landlord, may be added to any
monthly rental then due or thereafter becoming due under this Lease Agreement,
and Tenant covenants to pay any such sum or sums, with interest as aforesaid,
and Landlord shall have, in addition to any other right or remedy of Landlord,
the same rights and remedies in the event of nonpayment thereof by Tenant as in
the case of default by Tenant in the payment of monthly Basic Rent.
ARTICLE XI
DEFAULTS OF TENANT
11.1 If any one or more of the following events (in this Article sometimes
called "Events of Default") shall happen:
(a) If default shall be made in the due and punctual payment
of any Basic Rent and such default shall continue for a
period of ten (10) days;
(b) If a default shall be made in the due and punctual
payment of any Additional Rent payable under this Lease
Agreement or in the payment of any obligation to be paid
by Tenant, when and as the same shall become due and
payable, and such default shall continue for a period of
ten (10) days after the mailing of written notice thereof
given by Landlord to Tenant;
(c) If default shall be made by Tenant in keeping, observing
or performing any of the terms contained in this Lease
Agreement, other than those referred to in Subparagraphs
(a) and (b) of this Paragraph 11.1, and such default
shall continue for a period of fifteen (15) days after
the mailing of written notice thereof given by Landlord
to Tenant, or in the case of such a default or
contingency which cannot with due diligence and in good
faith be cured within fifteen (15) days, and Tenant fails
to proceed promptly and with due diligence and in good
faith to cure the same and thereafter to prosecute the
curing of such default with due diligence and in good
faith, it being intended that in connection with a
default not susceptible of being cured with due diligence
and in good faith within fifteen (15) days, that the time
allowed Tenant within which to cure the same shall be
extended for such period as may be necessary for the
curing thereof promptly with due diligence and in good
faith;
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then, and in any such event, Landlord, at any time thereafter during the
continuance of any such Event of Default, may give written notice to Tenant
specifying such Event of Default or Events of Default and stating that this
Lease Agreement and the terms hereby demised shall expire and terminate on the
date specified in such notice, and upon the date specified in such notice this
Lease Agreement and the terms hereby demised, and all rights of Tenant under
this Lease Agreement shall terminate, or in the alternative or in addition to
the foregoing remedy, Landlord may assert and have the benefit of any other
remedy allowed herein, at law, or in equity, including the right to regain
possession of the Demised Premises.
11.2 Upon any expiration or termination of this Lease Agreement, Tenant shall
quit and peaceably surrender the Demised Premises, and all portions thereof, to
Landlord, and Landlord, upon or at any time after any such expiration or
termination, may, without further notice, enter and reenter the Demised
Premises, and all portions thereof, and possess and repossess itself thereof, by
force, summary proceeding, ejectment or otherwise, and may dispossess Tenant and
remove Tenant and all other persons and property from the Demised Premises, and
all portions thereof, and may have, hold and enjoy the Demised Premises and the
right to receive all rental and other income of and from the same.
11.3 At any time, or from time to time after any such termination, Landlord
may relet the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, in the name of Landlord
or otherwise, for such term or terms (which may be greater or less than the
period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the term of this
Lease Agreement) and on such conditions (which may include concessions or free
rent) as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may determine and may collect and
receive the rents therefor. Landlord shall in no way be responsible or liable
for any failure to relet the Demised Premises, or any part thereof, or for any
failure to collect any rent due upon any such reletting.
11.4 No such expiration or termination of this Lease Agreement or retaking of
possession shall relieve Tenant of its liabilities and obligations under this
Lease Agreement (as if this Lease Agreement had not been so terminated), and
such liabilities and obligations shall survive any such termination. In the
event of any such termination, whether or not the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, shall have been relet, Tenant shall pay to Landlord a sum equal
to the Basic Rent, and the Additional Rent and any other charges required to be
paid by Tenant, up to the time of such expiration or termination of this Lease
Agreement or retaking of possession by Landlord, and thereafter Tenant, until
the end of what would have been the term of this Lease Agreement in the absence
of such expiration or termination, shall be liable to Landlord for, and shall
pay to Landlord, as and for agreed current damages for Tenant's default:
(a) The equivalent of the amount of the Basic Rent and
Additional Rent which would be payable under this Lease
Agreement by Tenant if this Lease Agreement were still in
effect, less
(b) The net proceeds of any reletting effected pursuant to
the provisions of Paragraph 11.3 hereof after deducting
all of Landlord's expenses in connection with such
reletting, including, without limitation, all
repossession costs, brokerage commissions, legal
expenses, reasonable attorney's fees, alteration costs,
and
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expenses of preparation of the Demised Premises, or any portion
thereof, for such reletting.
Tenant shall pay such current damages in the amount determined in accordance
with the terms of Paragraph 12.3, as set forth in a written statement thereof
from Landlord to Tenant (hereinafter called the "Deficiency"), to Landlord in
monthly installments on the days on which the Basic Rent would have been payable
under this Lease Agreement if this Lease Agreement were still in effect, and
Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant each monthly installment of
the Deficiency as the same shall arise.
11.5 At any time after any such termination or retaking of possession,
whether or not Landlord shall have collected any monthly Deficiencies as set
forth in Paragraph 12.3, Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant, and
Tenant shall pay to Landlord, on demand, as and for damages for Tenant's
default, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the then present worth of the
aggregate of the Basic Rent and Additional Rent and any other charges to be paid
by Tenant hereunder for the unexpired portion of the term of this Lease
Agreement (assuming this Lease Agreement had not been so terminated), and the
then present worth of the then aggregate fair and reasonable fair market rent of
the Demised Premises for the same period. In the computation of present worth, a
discount at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum shall be employed. If the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, be relet by Landlord for the unexpired
term of this Lease Agreement, or any part thereof, before presentation of proof
of such damages to any court, commission or tribunal, the amount of rent
reserved upon such reletting shall, prima facie, be the fair and reasonable fair
market rent for the part or the whole of the Demised Premises so relet during
the term of the reletting. Nothing herein contained or contained in Paragraph
12.3 shall limit or prejudice the right of Landlord to prove for and obtain, as
damages by reason of such expiration or termination, an amount equal to the
maximum allowed by any statute or rule of law in effect at the time when, and
governing the proceedings in which, such damages are to be proved, whether or
not such amount be greater, equal to or less than the amount of the excess
referred to above.
11.6 No failure by Landlord or by Tenant to insist upon the performance of
any of the terms of this Lease Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy
consequent upon a breach thereof, and no acceptance by Landlord of full or
partial rent from Tenant or any third party during the continuance of any such
breach, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of any of the terms of
this Lease Agreement. None of the terms of this Lease Agreement to be kept,
observed or performed by Landlord or by Tenant, and no breach thereof, shall be
waived, altered or modified except by a written instrument executed by Landlord
and/or by Tenant, as the case may be. No waiver of any breach shall affect or
alter this Lease Agreement, but each of the terms of this Lease Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect with respect to any other then existing or
subsequent breach of this Lease Agreement. No waiver of any default of Tenant
herein shall be implied from any omission by Landlord to take any action on
account of such default, if such default persists or is repeated and no express
waiver shall affect any default other than the default specified in the express
waiver and that only for the time and to the extent therein stated. One or more
waivers by Landlord shall not be construed as a waiver of a subsequent breach of
the same covenant, term or condition.
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11.7 In the event of any breach of threatened breach by Tenant of any of the
terms contained in this Lease Agreement, Landlord shall be entitled to enjoin
such breach or threatened breach and shall have the right to invoke any right or
remedy allowed at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise as though entry,
reentry, summary proceedings and other remedies were not provided for in this
Lease Agreement. Each remedy or right of Landlord provided for in this Lease
Agreement shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other right or
remedy provided for in this Lease Agreement, or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the exercise or the beginning of
the exercise by Landlord of any one or more of such rights or remedies shall not
preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Landlord of any or all other
rights or remedies.
11.8 If, during the term of this Lease Agreement, (i) Tenant shall make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) a voluntary petition be filed by
Tenant under any law having for its purpose the adjudication of Tenant a
bankrupt, or Tenant be adjudged a bankrupt pursuant to an involuntary petition
in bankruptcy, (iii) a receiver be appointed for the property of Tenant, or (iv)
any department of the state or federal government, or any officer thereof duly
authorized, shall take possession of the business or property of Tenant, the
occurrence of any such contingency shall be deemed a breach of this Lease
Agreement and this Lease Agreement shall, ipso facto upon the happening of any
of said contingencies, be terminated and the same shall expire as fully and
completely as if the day of the happening of such contingency were the date
herein specifically fixed for the expiration of the term, and Tenant will then
quit and surrender the Demised Premises, but Tenant shall remain liable as
hereinafter provided. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Lease Agreement,
or any present or future law, Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant
or Tenant's estate (in lieu of the equivalent of the amount of all rent and
other charges unpaid at the date of such termination) as damages for loss of the
bargain and not as a penalty, an aggregate sum which at the time of such
termination represents the excess of the then present worth of the aggregate of
the Basic Rent and Additional Rent and any other charges payable by Tenant
hereunder that would have accrued for the balance of the term of this Lease
Agreement (assuming this Lease Agreement had not been so terminated), over the
then present worth of the aggregate fair market rent of the Demised Premises for
the balance of such period, unless any statute or rule of law covering the
proceedings in which such damages are to be proved shall limit the amount of
such claim capable of being so proved, in which case Landlord shall be entitled
to prove as and for liquidated damages by reason of such breach and termination
of this Lease Agreement the maximum amount which may be allowed by or under any
such statute or rule of law without prejudice to any rights of Landlord against
any guarantor of Tenant's obligations herein. In the computation of present
worth, a discount rate of eight percent (8%) per annum shall be employed.
Nothing contained herein shall limit or prejudice Landlord's right to prove and
obtain as liquidated damages arising out of such breach and termination the
maximum amount allowed by any such statute or rule of law which may govern the
proceedings in which such damages are to be proved, whether or not such amount
be greater than, equal to, or less than the amount of the excess of the present
value of the rent and other charges required herein over the present value of
the fair market rents referred to above. Specified remedies to which Landlord
may resort under the terms of this Paragraph 11.8 are cumulative and are not
intended to be exclusive of any other remedies or means of redress to which
Landlord may be lawfully entitled.
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11.9 Tenant hereby expressly waives, so far as permitted by law, any and all
right of redemption or reentry or repossession or to revive the validity and
existence of this Lease Agreement in the event that Tenant shall be dispossessed
by a judgment or by order of any court having jurisdiction over the Demised
Premises or the interpretation of this Lease Agreement or in case of entry,
reentry or repossession by Landlord or in case of any expiration or termination
of this Lease Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION
12.1 Tenant covenants and agrees that in case of damage to or destruction of
the Improvements after the commencement date of the term of this Lease
Agreement, by fire or otherwise, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall
promptly restore, repair, replace and rebuild the same as nearly as possible to
the condition that the same were in immediately prior to such damage or
destruction with such changes or alterations (made in conformity with Article
XVIII hereof) as may be reasonably acceptable to Landlord or required by law.
Tenant shall forthwith give Landlord written notice of such damage or
destruction upon the occurrence thereof and specify in such notice, in
reasonable detail, the extent thereof. Such restoration, repairs, replacements,
rebuilding, changes and alterations, including the cost of temporary repairs for
the protection of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, pending
completion thereof are sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Restoration."
The Restoration shall be carried on and completed in accordance with the
provisions and conditions of Paragraph 12.2 and Article XVIII hereof. If the net
amount of the insurance proceeds (after deduction of all costs, expenses and
fees related to recovery of the insurance proceeds) recovered by Landlord or any
mortgagee is deemed insufficient by Landlord to complete the Restoration of such
Improvements (exclusive of Tenant's personal property and trade fixtures which
shall be restored, repaired or rebuilt out of Tenant's separate funds), Tenant
shall, pay the deficiency out of Tenant's funds prior to the disbursement of any
insurance proceeds.
12.2 All insurance moneys recovered by Landlord or any mortgagee on account
of such damage or destruction, less the costs, if any, to Landlord of such
recovery, shall be applied to the payment of the costs of the Restoration and
shall be paid out from time to time as the Restoration progresses upon the
written request of Tenant, accompanied by a certificate of the architect or a
qualified professional engineer in charge of the Restoration stating that as of
the date of such certificate (i) the sum requested is justly due to the
contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, laborers, engineers, architects, or
persons, firms or corporations furnishing or supplying work, labor, services or
materials for such Restoration, or is justly required to reimburse Tenant for
any expenditures made by Tenant in connection with such Restoration, and when
added to all sums previously paid out does not exceed the value of the
Restoration performed to the date of such certificate by all of said parties;
(ii) except for the amount, if any, stated in such certificates to be due for
work, labor, services or materials, there is no outstanding indebtedness known
to the person signing such certificate, after due inquiry, which is then due for
work, labor, services or materials in connection with such Restoration which, if
unpaid, might become the basis of a mechanic's lien or similar lien with respect
to the Restoration or a lien upon the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof;
and (iii) the costs, as estimated by the person signing such certificate, of the
completion of the Restoration required to be done subsequent to the date of such
certificate in order to complete the Restoration do not exceed the sum of the
remaining
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insurance moneys, plus the amount deposited by Tenant, if any, remaining in the
hands of Landlord after payment of the sum requested in such certificate.
Tenant shall furnish Landlord at the time of any such payment with
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that there are no unpaid bills in
respect to any work, labor, services or materials performed, furnished or
supplied in connection with such Restoration. Landlord shall not be required to
pay out any insurance moneys where Tenant fails to supply satisfactory evidence
of the payment of work, labor, services or materials performed, furnished or
supplied, as aforesaid. Upon completion of the Restoration and payment in full
thereof by Tenant, Landlord and any mortgagee holding the same shall, within a
reasonable period of time thereafter, turn over to Tenant any insurance moneys
then remaining upon submission of proof reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that
the Restoration has been paid for in full and the damage or destroyed Buildings
and other improvements repaired, restored or rebuilt as nearly as possible to
the condition they were in immediately prior to such damage or destruction, or
with such changes or alterations as may be made in conformity with Paragraph
12.1 and Article XVIII hereof.
12.3 No destruction of or damage to the Demised Premises, or any portion
thereof, by fire, casualty or otherwise shall permit Tenant to surrender this
Lease Agreement or shall relieve Tenant from its liability to pay to Landlord
the Basic Rent and Additional Rent payable under this Lease Agreement or from
any of its other obligations under this Lease Agreement, and Tenant waives any
rights now or hereafter conferred upon Tenant by present or future law or
otherwise to quit or surrender this Lease Agreement or the Demised Premises, or
any portion thereof, to Landlord or to any suspension, diminution, abatement or
reduction of rent on account of any such damage or destruction.
12.4 To the extent that any insurance moneys which would otherwise be payable
to Landlord and used in the Restoration of the damaged or destroyed improvements
are paid to any mortgagee of Landlord and applied in payment of or reduction of
the sum or sums secured by any such mortgage or mortgages made by Landlord on
the Demised Premises, Landlord shall make available, for the purpose of
Restoration of such improvements, an amount equal to the amount payable to its
mortgagee out of such proceeds and such sum shall be applied in the manner
provided in Paragraph 12.2 hereof.
ARTICLE XIII
CONDEMNATION
13.1 If, during the Term of this Lease Agreement, the entire Demised Premises
shall be taken as the result of the exercise of the power of eminent domain
(hereinafter referred to as the "Proceedings"), then, subject to the provisions
of Section 20.6 hereof, this Lease Agreement and all right, title and interest
of Tenant hereunder shall cease and come to an end on the date of vesting of
possession in the condemning authority to such Proceedings and Landlord and
Landlord's mortgagee shall be entitled to and shall receive the total award made
in such Proceedings, Tenant hereby assigning any interest in such award,
damages, consequential damages and compensation to Landlord and Landlord's
mortgagee and Tenant hereby waiving any right Tenant has now or may have under
present or future law to receive any separate award
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for damages for its interest in the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or
its interest in this Lease Agreement. If Tenant has exercised its option to
purchase pursuant to Article XX, upon closing of such purchase Tenant shall be
entitled to and shall receive the total award made in such Proceedings, Landlord
and Landlord's mortgagee assigning any interest in such award, damages,
consequential damages and compensation to Tenant.
13.2 If, during the Term of this Lease Agreement, or any extension or renewal
thereof, less than the entire Demised Premises, but more than fifty percent
(50%) of the land area of the Demised Premises shall be taken in any such
Proceedings, this Lease Agreement shall, upon delivery of possession to the
condemning authority pursuant to the Proceedings, terminate as to the portion of
the Demised Premises so taken, and Tenant may, at its option, terminate this
Lease Agreement as to the remainder of the Demised Premises. Tenant shall not
have the right to terminate this Lease Agreement pursuant to the preceding
sentence unless (i) the business of Tenant conducted in the portion of the
Demised Premises taken cannot reasonably be carried on with substantially the
same utility and efficiency in the remainder of the Demised Premises (or any
substitute space securable by Tenant pursuant to clause [ii] hereof) and (ii)
Tenant cannot construct or secure substantially similar space to the space so
taken, on the Demised Premises or any adjacent property (if made available by
Landlord). Such termination as to the remainder of the Demised Premises shall be
effected by notice in writing given not more than sixty (60) days after the date
of delivery of possession to the condemning authority pursuant to the
Proceedings, and shall specify a date not more than sixty (60) days after the
giving of such notice as the date for such termination. Upon the date specified
in such notice, the term of this Lease Agreement, and all right, title and
interest of Tenant hereunder, shall cease and come to an end. If this Lease
Agreement is terminated as in this Paragraph 13.2 provided, Landlord shall be
entitled to and shall receive the total award made in such Proceedings, Tenant
hereby assigning any interest in such award, damages, consequential damages and
compensation to Landlord, and Tenant hereby waiving any right Tenant has now or
may have under present or future law to receive any separate award of damages
for its interest in the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or its
interest in this Lease Agreement. Tenant may not terminate this Lease Agreement,
as in this Paragraph 13.2 provided, at any time that Tenant is in default in the
performance of any of the terms, covenants, or conditions of this Lease
Agreement on its part to be performed, and any termination upon Tenant's part
shall become effective only upon compliance by Tenant with all such terms,
covenants and conditions to the date of such termination.
13.3 If fifty percent (50%), or less, of the land area of the Demised
Premises, shall be taken in such Proceedings, or if more than fifty percent
(50%) of the land area of the Demised Premises is taken (but less than the
entire Demised Premises), and this Lease Agreement is not terminated as in
Paragraph 13.2 hereof provided, this Lease Agreement shall, upon vesting of
possession in the condemning authority pursuant to the Proceedings, terminate as
to the parts so taken, and Tenant shall have no claim or interest in the award,
damages, consequential damages and compensation, or any part thereof. Landlord
and Landlord's mortgagee shall be entitled to and shall receive the total award
made in such Proceedings, Tenant hereby assigning any interest in such award,
damages, consequential damages and compensation to Landlord, and Tenant hereby
waiving any right Tenant has now or may have under present or future law to
receive any separate award of damages for its interest in the Demised Premises,
or any portion thereof, or its interest in this Lease Agreement. Tenant, in such
case, covenants and agrees, at Tenant's sole cost and expense (subject to
reimbursement to the extent hereinafter provided), promptly to restore that
portion of
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the Improvements on the Demised Premises not so taken to a complete
architectural and mechanical unit and to the condition necessary for the
continued use and occupancy by Tenant for Renaissance Fair purposes as in this
Lease Agreement provided. In the event that the net amount of the award (after
deduction of all costs and expenses, including attorney's fees of recovering
such award) that may be received by Landlord or Landlord's mortgagee in any such
Proceedings for physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking
is insufficient to pay all costs of such restoration work, Tenant shall provide
funds in the amount of such deficiency. The provisions and conditions in
Article XIII applicable to changes and alterations shall apply to Tenant's
obligations to restore that portion of the Improvements to a complete
architectural and mechanical unit. Landlord agrees in connection with such
restoration work to apply so much of the net amount of any award (after
deduction of all costs and expenses, including attorney's fees of recovering
such award) that may be received by Landlord or Landlord's mortgagee in any such
Proceedings for physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking
to the costs of such restoration work thereof and the said net award for
physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking shall be paid out
from time to time to Tenant, or on behalf of Tenant, as such restoration work
progresses upon the written request of Tenant, which shall be accompanied by a
certificate of the architect or the registered professional engineer in charge
of the restoration work stating that (i) the sum requested is justly due to the
contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, laborers, engineers, architects or
other persons, firms or corporations furnishing or supplying work, labor,
services or materials for such restoration work or as is justly required to
reimburse Tenant for expenditures made by Tenant in connection with such
restoration work, and when added to all sums previously paid out by Landlord
does not exceed the value of the restoration work performed to the date of such
certificate; and (ii) the net amount of any such award for physical damage to
the Improvements as a result of such taking remaining in the hands of Landlord
or Landlord's mortgagee, together with the funds, if any, supplied by Tenant
pursuant to the provisions hereof, will be sufficient upon the completion of
such restoration work to pay for the same in full. If payment of the award for
physical damage to the Improvements as a result of such taking, as aforesaid,
shall not be received by Landlord in time to permit payments as the restoration
work progresses, Tenant shall, nevertheless, perform and fully pay for such work
without delay (except such delays as are referred to in Article XVII hereof),
and payment of the amount to which Tenant may be entitled shall thereafter be
made by Landlord out of the net award for physical damage to the Improvements as
a result of such taking as and when payment of such award is received by
Landlord. Tenant shall also furnish Landlord with each certificate hereinabove
referred to, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that
there are no unpaid bills in respect to any work, labor, services or materials
performed, furnished or supplied, or claimed to have been performed, furnished
or supplied, in connection with such restoration work, and that no liens have
been filed against the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof. Landlord shall
not be required to pay out any funds when there are unpaid bills for work,
labor, services or materials performed, furnished or supplied in connection with
such restoration work, or where a lien for work, labor, services or materials
performed, furnished or supplied has been placed against the Demised Premises,
or any portion thereof. To the extent that any award, damages or compensation
which would otherwise be payable to Landlord and applied to the payment of the
cost of restoration of the Improvements is paid to any mortgagee of Landlord and
applied in payment or reduction of the sum or sums secured by any such mortgage
or mortgages made by Landlord on the Demised Premises, Landlord shall make
available for the use of Tenant, in
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connection with the payment of the cost of restoring the Improvements an amount
equal to the amount of such net award payable to the mortgagee.
13.4 In any taking of the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, whether
or not this Lease Agreement is terminated as in this Article provided, Tenant
shall not be entitled to any portion of the award for the taking of the Demised
Premises or damage to the Improvements, except as otherwise provided for in
Paragraph 13.3 with respect to the restoration of the Improvements, or for the
estate or interest of Tenant therein, all such award, damages, consequential
damages and compensation being hereby assigned to Landlord, and Tenant hereby
waives any right it now has or may have under present or future law to receive
any separate award of damages for its interest in the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, or its interest in this Lease Agreement, except that Tenant
shall have, nevertheless, the limited right to prove in the Proceedings and to
receive any separate award which may be made for damages to or condemnation of
Tenant's movable trade fixtures and equipment and for moving expenses, so long
as such claims by Tenant do not reduce Landlord's award below what it would be
absent such claim.
13.5 In the event of any termination of this Lease Agreement, or any part
thereof, as a result of any such Proceedings, Tenant shall pay to Landlord all
Basic Rent and all Additional Rent and other charges payable hereunder with
respect to that portion of the Demised Premises so taken in such Proceedings
with respect to which this Lease Agreement shall have terminated justly
apportioned to the date of such termination. From and after the date of delivery
of possession pursuant to such Proceedings, Tenant shall continue to pay the
Basic Rent and Additional Rent and other charges payable hereunder, as in this
Lease Agreement provided, to be paid by Tenant, subject to an abatement of a
just and proportionate part of the Basic Rent according to the extent and nature
of such taking as provided for in Paragraphs 13.3 and 13.6 hereof in respect to
the Demised Premises remaining after such taking.
13.6 In the event of a partial taking of the Demised Premises under Paragraph
13.3 hereof, or a partial taking of the Demised Premises under Paragraph 13.2
hereof, followed by Tenant's election not to terminate this Lease Agreement, the
fixed Basic Rent payable hereunder during the period from and after the date of
delivery of possession pursuant to such Proceedings to the termination of this
Lease Agreement shall be reduced to a sum equal to the product of the Basic Rent
provided for herein multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
greater of : (a) $4,000,000; or (b) the fair market value of the Demised
Premises immediately prior to such taking; less in either case the net amount of
the condemnation award (after deduction of all costs and expenses, including
attorney's fees of recovering such award) and the denominator of which is the
greater of: (a) $4,000,000; or (b) the fair market value of the Demised Premises
immediately prior to such taking. In no event, however, shall such reduction in
annual Basic Rent exceed ten percent (10%) of the net award received by Landlord
as a result of such taking after deduction of all costs of the Proceedings,
including the costs of Restoration.
ARTICLE XIV
ASSIGNMENT, SUBLETTING, ETC.
14.1 Tenant shall not sublet the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof,
nor assign, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise encumber or dispose of this
Lease Agreement, or any interest therein, or in any manner assign, mortgage,
pledge, transfer or otherwise encumber or
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dispose of its interest or estate in the Demised Premises, or any portion
thereof, without obtaining Landlord's prior written express consent in each and
every instance, which consent, however, to an assignment of this Lease Agreement
or subletting of the Demised Premises shall not be unreasonably withheld,
provided the following conditions are complied with:
(a) Any assignment of this Lease Agreement shall transfer to
the assignee all of Tenant's right, title and interest in
this Lease Agreement and all of Tenant's estate or
interest in the Demised Premises;
(b) At the time of any assignment or subletting, and at the
time when Tenant requests Landlord's written consent
thereto, this Lease Agreement must be in full force and
effect, without any breach or default thereunder on the
part of Tenant.
(c) Any such assignee shall assume, by written, recordable
instrument, in form and content satisfactory to Landlord,
the due performance of all of Tenant's obligations under
this Lease Agreement, including any accrued obligations
at the time of the effective date of the assignment, and
such assumption agreement shall state that the same is
made by the assignee for the express benefit of Landlord
as a third party beneficiary thereof. A copy of the
assignment and assumption agreement, both in form and
content satisfactory to Landlord, fully executed and
acknowledged by assignee, together with related documents
and agreements and a certified copy of a properly
executed corporate resolution (if the assignee be a
corporation) authorizing the execution and delivery of
such assumption agreement, shall be sent to Landlord ten
(10) days prior to the effective date of such assignment,
and in any event within ten (10) days after execution
thereof.
(d) In the case of a subletting, a copy of any sublease fully
executed and acknowledged by Tenant and sublessee shall
be mailed to Landlord ten (10) days prior to the
effective date of such subletting, and in any event
within ten (10) days after execution thereof.
(e) Such assignment or subletting shall be subject to all the
provisions, terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease
Agreement, and Tenant-Assignor and the assignee or
assignees shall continue to be and remain liable under
the Lease Agreement, as it may be amended from time to
time without notice to any assignor of Tenant's interest
or to any guarantor.
(f) Each sublease permitted under this Paragraph 14.1 shall
contain provisions to the effect that (i) such sublease
is only for actual use and occupancy by the sublessee;
(ii) such sublease is subject and subordinate to all of
the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease
Agreement and to all of the rights of Landlord hereunder;
and (iii) in the event this Lease Agreement shall
terminate before the expiration of such sublease, the
sublessee thereunder will, at Landlord's option, attorn
to Landlord and waive any rights the sublessee may have
to terminate the sublease or to surrender possession
thereunder, as a result of the termination of this Lease
Agreement. Further, no subtenant or occupant of the
Demised Premises shall have any greater rights in respect
to Landlord than such party would have if such party
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had assumed all obligations of and limitation of rights of Tenant
hereunder at the time such party became a subtenant or occupant,
and Tenant shall cause each subtenant and occupant to so agree.
(g) Tenant agrees to pay on behalf of Landlord any and all
costs of Landlord, including reasonable attorney's fees,
occasioned by such assignment or subletting.
(h) The use to which the assignee or sublessee may put the
Premises shall not involve the use of so-called
"hazardous materials" or constitute a use which will
materially increase the physical depreciation over the
use to which the assignor is using such Premises.
14.2 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lease Agreement to the
contrary and notwithstanding any consent by Landlord to any sublease of the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, or to any assignment of this Lease
Agreement or of Tenant's interest or estate in the Demised Premises, no
sublessee shall assign its sublease nor further sublease the Demised Premises,
or any portion thereof, and no assignee shall further assign its interest in
this Lease Agreement or its interest or estate in the Demised Premises, or any
portion thereof, nor sublease the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof,
without Landlord's prior written consent in each and every instance. No such
assignment or subleasing shall relieve Tenant (or any assignor of Tenant's
interest) from any of Tenant's obligations in this Lease Agreement contained.
ARTICLE XV
SUBORDINATION, NONDISTURBANCE,
NOTICE TO MORTGAGEE AND ATTORNMENT
15.1 Unless subordinated by written subordination agreement signed by Tenant
and subordinating the Lease and the rights of Tenant hereunder, this Lease
Agreement and all rights of Tenant herein, and all interest or estate of Tenant
in the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, including, without limitation
Tenant's option to purchase the Property provided in Article XX hereof, shall be
superior and prior to the lien of any mortgage, deed of trust, security
instrument or other document of like nature, hereinafter referred to as
"Mortgage," and to any other easement or other interest which at any time may be
placed upon the Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, by Landlord, and to
any replacements, renewals, amendments, modifications, extensions or refinancing
thereof, and to each and every advance made under any Mortgage.
15.2 In the event of any act or omission of Landlord constituting a default
by Landlord, Tenant shall not exercise any remedy until Tenant has given
Landlord and any mortgagee of the Demised Premises a prior thirty (30) day
written notice of such act or omission and until a reasonable period of time to
allow Landlord or the mortgagee to remedy such act or omission shall have
elapsed following the giving of such notice; provided, however, if such act or
omission cannot, with due diligence and in good faith, be remedied within such
thirty (30) day period, the Landlord and mortgagee shall be allowed such further
period of time as may be reasonably necessary provided that it commence
remedying the same with due diligence and in good faith within said thirty (30)
day period. Nothing herein contained shall be construed or interpreted as
requiring any mortgagee to remedy such act or omission.
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15.3 If any mortgagee shall succeed to the rights of Landlord under this
Lease Agreement or to ownership of the Demised Premises, whether through
possession or foreclosure or the delivery of a deed to the Demised Premises,
then, upon the written request of such mortgagee so succeeding to Landlord's
rights hereunder, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize such mortgagee as
Tenant's landlord under this Lease Agreement, and shall promptly execute and
deliver any instrument that such mortgagee may reasonably request to evidence
such attornment (whether before or after making of the mortgage). In the event
of any other transfer of Landlord's interest hereunder, upon the written request
of the transferee and Landlord, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize such
transferee as Tenant's landlord under this Lease Agreement and shall promptly
execute and deliver any instrument that such transferee and Landlord may
reasonably request to evidence such attornment.
ARTICLE XVI
SIGNS
16.1 Tenant, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, may erect such signs on the
Demised Premises and the Buildings as Tenant may desire, provided that such sign
or signs do not violate applicable governmental laws, ordinances, rules or
regulations.
ARTICLE XVII
DEPOSIT
17.1 Contemporaneously with the execution of this Lease Agreement, Tenant has
deposited with Landlord the sum of $666,667 (the "Deposit"). The Deposit shall
be held, applied, returned to Tenant and otherwise managed by Landlord in
accordance with all of the provisions of this Article XVII.
17.2 The Deposit may be used by members in Landlord for their business
purposes and shall not be required to be maintained in any trust or other
special account. The repayment to Tenant of the Deposit when, as and if due,
and the payment of all interest owing thereon as herein provided shall be the
obligation of Landlord, which obligation is guaranteed by the members of
Landlord pursuant to a separate guaranty executed as of even date herewith.
17.3 The Deposit, or such portion thereof as may, from time to time, remain
on deposit with Landlord pursuant hereto shall bear interest at the rate of 6%
per annum which interest shall be paid by Landlord to Tenant in monthly
installments due on the first day of each calendar month during the term of this
Lease, each such monthly installment being in the amount of interest accrued
during the immediately prior month.
17.4 Subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 17.4, $333,333.50 of
the principal amount of the Deposit shall be repaid to Tenant on November __,
2001 and the remaining portion of the Deposit shall be repaid to Tenant on
November __, 2005. The foregoing not withstanding, in the event that Tenant
shall default in the payment of Basic Rent or Additional Rent due hereunder, and
shall continue in such default for a period of 60 days from date when such Rent
was due and if, following such 60 day period: (i) Landlord shall give Tenant
written notice that unless such default is cured within 20 days following such
notice the Deposit shall be
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forfeited to Landlord; and (ii) Tenant shall fail to cure such default within 20
days after the giving of such written notice by Landlord; then any portion of
the Deposit then held by Landlord shall be forfeited to Landlord and Tenant
shall have no further interest therein.
17.5 In the event that Landlord shall fail to return any portion of the
Deposit when required to do so pursuant to this Lease Agreement and/or to pay
interest to Tenant when required to do so pursuant to this Lease Agreement,
and/or to make funds available to Tenant as provided in Sections 12.4 and 13.3
hereof (provided, however, that no right of set off shall be exercisable by
Tenant with respect to said Sections 12.4 or 13.3 hereof so long as there exists
any good faith dispute as to the amounts, if any, owing pursuant to said
section, Tenant shall have the right to apply the amount so owing from Landlord
to Tenant in reduction of Basic Rent and other amounts thereafter coming due
pursuant to the provisions of this Lease Agreement.
ARTICLE XVIII
CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS
18.1 Tenant shall have the right at any time, and from time to time during
the term of this Lease Agreement, to make such changes and alterations,
structural or otherwise, to the Building, Improvements and fixtures hereafter
erected on the Demised Premises as Tenant shall deem necessary or desirable in
connection with the requirements of its business, which such changes and
alterations (other than changes or alterations of Tenant's movable trade
fixtures and equipment) shall be made in all cases subject to the following
conditions, which Tenant covenants to observe and perform:
(a) No change or alteration shall be undertaken until Tenant
shall have procured and paid for, so far as the same may
be required from time to time, all municipal, state and
federal permits and authorizations of the various
governmental bodies and departments having jurisdiction
thereof, and Landlord agrees to join in the application
for such permits or authorizations whenever such action
is necessary, all at Tenant's sole cost and expense,
provided such applications do not cause Landlord to
become liable for any cost, fees or expenses.
(b) Any change or alteration shall, when completed, be of
such character as not to reduce the value or utility of
the Demised Premises or the Buildings to which such
change or alteration is made below its value or utility
to Landlord immediately before such change or alteration,
nor shall such change or alteration alter the exterior of
the Improvements or reduce the area or cubic content of
the Buildings, nor change the character of the Demised
Premises or the Buildings as to use without Landlord's
express written consent.
(c) All Work done in connection with any change or alteration
shall be done promptly and in a good and workmanlike
manner and in compliance with all building and zoning
laws of the place in which the Demised Premises are
situated, and with all laws, ordinances, orders, rules,
regulations and requirements of all federal, state and
municipal governments. The cost of any such change or
alteration shall be paid for by Tenant so that the
Demised Premises and all portions thereof shall at all
times be free of liens for labor and materials supplied
to the Demised Premises,
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or any portion thereof. The Work of any change or alteration
shall be prosecuted with reasonable dispatch, delays due to
strikes, lockouts, acts of God, inability to obtain labor or
materials, governmental restrictions or similar causes beyond the
control of Tenant excepted. Tenant shall obtain and maintain, at
its sole cost and expense, during the performance of the Work,
workers' compensation insurance covering all persons employed in
connection with the Work and with respect to which death or
injury claims could be asserted against Landlord or Tenant or
against the Demised Premises or any interest therein, together
with comprehensive general liability insurance of not less than
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the event of injury to one
person, Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) in respect to any
one accident or occurrence, and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) for property damage, and the fire insurance with
"extended coverage" endorsement required by Paragraph 5.1 hereof
shall be supplemented with "builder's risk" insurance on a
completed value form or other comparable coverage on the Work.
All such insurance shall be in a company or companies authorized
to do business in the state in which the Demised Premises are
located and reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, and all such
policies of insurance or certificates of insurance shall be
delivered to Landlord endorsed "Premium Paid" by the company or
agency issuing the same, or with other evidence of payment of the
premium satisfactory to Landlord.
(d) All improvements and alterations (other than Tenant's
movable trade fixtures and equipment) made or installed
by Tenant shall immediately, upon completion or
installation thereof, become the property of Landlord
without payment therefor by Landlord, and shall be
surrendered to Landlord on the expiration of the term of
this Lease Agreement.
(e) No change, alteration, restoration or new construction
shall be in or connect the Improvements with any
property, building or other improvement located outside
the boundaries of the parcel of land described in Exhibit
"A" attached, nor shall the same obstruct or interfere
with any existing easement.
(f) As a condition to granting approval for any changes or
alterations, Landlord may require Tenant to agree that
Landlord, by written notice to Tenant, given at or prior
to termination of this Lease Agreement, may require
Tenant to remove any improvements, additions or
installations installed by Tenant in the Demised Premises
at Tenant's sole cost and expense, and repair and restore
any damage caused by the installation and removal of such
improvements, additions, or installations; provided,
however, the only improvements, additions or
installations which Tenant shall remove shall be those
specified in such notice.
ARTICLE XIX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
19.1 Tenant agrees to permit Landlord and authorized representatives of
Landlord to enter upon the Demised Premises at all reasonable times during
ordinary business hours for the purpose of inspecting the same and making any
necessary repairs to comply with any laws,
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ordinances, rules, regulations or requirements of any public body. Nothing
herein contained shall imply any duty upon the part of Landlord to do any such
work which, under any provision of this Lease Agreement, Tenant may be required
to perform and the performance thereof by Landlord shall not constitute a waiver
of Tenant's default in failing to perform the same. Landlord may, during the
progress of any work, keep and store upon the Demised Premises all necessary
materials, tools and equipment. Landlord shall not in any event be liable for
inconvenience, annoyance, disturbance, loss of business or other damage to
Tenant by reason of making repairs or the performance of any work in or about
the Demised Premises, or on account of bringing material, supplies and equipment
into, upon or through the Demised Premises during the course thereof, and the
obligations of Tenant under this Lease Agreement shall not be thereby affected
in any manner whatsoever.
19.2 Landlord is hereby given the right during usual business hours at any
time during the term of this Lease Agreement to enter upon the Demised Premises
and to exhibit the same for the purpose of mortgaging or selling the same.
During the final one (1) year of the term, Landlord shall be entitled to display
on the Demised Premises, in such manner as to not unreasonably interfere with
Tenant's business, signs indicating that the Demised Premises are for rent or
sale and suitably identifying Landlord or its agent. Tenant agrees that such
signs may remain unmolested upon the Demised Premises and that Landlord may
exhibit said premises to prospective tenants during said period.
19.3 To the fullest extent allowed by law, Tenant shall at all times
indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless against and from any and all claims
by or on behalf of any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or
corporations, arising from the conduct or management, or from any work or things
whatsoever done in or about the Demised Premises, and will further indemnify,
defend and hold Landlord harmless against and from any and all claims arising
during the term of this Lease Agreement, from any condition of the Improvements
or any street, curb or sidewalk adjoining the Demised Premises, or of any
passageways or space therein or appurtenant thereto, or arising from any breach
or default on the part of Tenant in the performance of any covenant or agreement
on the part of Tenant to be performed, pursuant to the terms of this Lease
Agreement, or arising from any act or negligence of Tenant, its agents,
servants, employees or licensees, or arising from any accident, injury or damage
whatsoever caused to any person, firm or corporation occurring during the term
of this Lease Agreement, in or about the Demised Premises, or upon the sidewalk
and the land adjacent thereto, and from and against all costs, attorney's fees,
expenses and liabilities incurred in or about any such claim or action or
proceeding brought thereon; and in case any action or proceeding be brought
against Landlord by reason of any such claim, Tenant, upon notice from Landlord,
covenants to defend such action or proceeding by counsel reasonably satisfactory
to Landlord. The foregoing or anything else contained in this Lease Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, Tenant shall not be required to indemnify,
defend or hold Landlord harmless against or from any claims arising out of any
act or negligence of Landlord, its agents, servants, employees or licensees.
19.4 All notices, demands and requests which may be or are required to be
given, demanded or requested by either party to the other shall be in writing.
All notices, demands and requests by Landlord to Tenant shall be sent by United
States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to Tenant at:
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Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
or at such other place as Tenant may from time to time designate by written
notice to Landlord. All notices, demands and requests by Tenant to Landlord
shall be sent by United States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to Landlord at:
Faire Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xx Xxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate by written
notice to Tenant. Notices, demands and requests which shall be served upon
Landlord by Tenant, or upon Tenant by Landlord, in the manner aforesaid, shall
be deemed to be sufficiently served or given for all purposes hereunder at the
time such notice, demand or request shall be mailed.
19.5 Tenant shall, upon termination of this Lease Agreement for any reason
whatsoever, surrender to Landlord the Demised Premises together with all
buildings, structures, fixtures and building equipment or real estate fixtures
upon the Demised Premises, together with all additions, alterations and
replacements thereof (except Tenant's movable trade fixtures and equipment) in
good order, condition and repair, except for reasonable wear and tear, and
except as is otherwise provided for in Article XII and XVIII hereof.
19.6 Landlord covenants and agrees that Tenant, upon paying the Basic Rent
and Additional Rent, and upon observing and keeping the covenants, agreements
and conditions of this Lease Agreement on its part to be kept, observed and
performed, shall lawfully and quietly hold, occupy and enjoy the Demised
Premises (subject to the provisions of this Lease Agreement) during the term of
this Lease Agreement without hindrance or molestation by Landlord or by any
person or persons claiming under Landlord.
19.7 Landlord and Tenant shall, each without charge at any time and from time
to time, within ten (10) days after written request by the other party, certify
by written instrument, duly executed, acknowledged and delivered to any
mortgagee, assignee of a mortgagee, proposed mortgagee, or to any purchaser or
proposed purchaser, or to any other person dealing with Landlord, Tenant or the
Demised Premises:
(a) That this Lease Agreement is unmodified and in full force
and effect (or, if there have been modifications, that
the same is in full force and effect, as modified, and
stating the modifications);
(b) The dates to which the Basic Rent or Additional Rent have
been paid in advance;
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(c) Whether or not there are then existing any breaches or
defaults by such party or the other party known by such
party under any of the covenants, conditions, provisions,
terms or agreements of this Lease Agreement, and
specifying such breach or default, if any, or any setoffs
or defenses against the enforcement of any covenant,
condition, provision, term or agreement of this Lease
Agreement upon the part of Landlord or Tenant, as the
case may be, to be performed or complied with (and, if
so, specifying the same and the steps being taken to
remedy the same); and
(d) Such other statements or certificates as Landlord or any
mortgagee may reasonably request.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that any statement delivered pursuant
to this Paragraph 19.7 may be relied upon by any of such parties dealing with
Landlord, Tenant or the Demised Premises.
19.8 Upon not less than ten (10) days prior written request by either party,
the parties hereto agree to execute and deliver to each other a Memorandum
Lease, in recordable form, setting forth the following:
(a) The date of this Lease Agreement;
(b) The parties to this Lease Agreement;
(c) The term of this Lease Agreement;
(d) The legal description of the Demised Premises; and
(e) Such other matters reasonably requested by Landlord to be
stated therein.
19.9 If any covenant, condition, provision, term or agreement of this Lease
Agreement shall, to any extent, be held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
covenants, conditions, provisions, terms and agreements of this Lease Agreement
shall not be affected thereby, but each covenant, condition, provision, term or
agreement of this Lease Agreement shall be valid and in force to the fullest
extent permitted by law. This Lease Agreement shall be construed and be
enforceable in accordance with the law of the state in which the Demised
Premises are located.
19.10 The covenants and agreements herein contained shall bind and inure to
the benefit of Landlord, its successors and assigns, and Tenant and its
permitted successors and assigns.
19.11 The caption of each article of this Lease Agreement is for convenience
and reference only, and in no way defines, limits or describes the scope or
intent of such article or of this Lease Agreement.
19.12 This Lease Agreement does not create the relationship of principal and
agent, or of partnership, joint venture, or of any association or relationship
between Landlord and Tenant, the sole relationship between Landlord and Tenant
being that of landlord and tenant.
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19.13 All preliminary and contemporaneous negotiations are merged into and
incorporated in this Lease Agreement. This Lease Agreement contains the entire
agreement between the parties and shall not be modified or amended in any manner
except by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto.
19.14 All obligations (together with interest or money obligations at the
Maximum Rate of Interest) accruing prior to expiration of the term of this Lease
Agreement shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Lease
Agreement.
ARTICLE XX
OPTION TO PURCHASE
20.1 Tenant shall have the Option (the "Option") to purchase the Demised
Premises together with all appurtenance rights, mineral rights, privileges, and
easements belonging thereto (collectively, the "Property") upon all the terms
and conditions of this Article XX.
20.2 The purchase price to be paid for the Property (the "Purchase Price")
shall be determined by the Lease Year in which the Option is exercised in
accordance with the table set forth below:
Lease Years Purchase Price
----------- --------------
1-3 $4,433,333.33
4 4,477,666.67
5 4,522,443.34
6 4,567,667.34
7 4,613,344.67
8 4,659,478.00
9 4,706,072.67
10 4,753,133.34
11 4,800,664.66
12 4,848,671.33
13-20 4,900,000.00
20.3 In order to exercise the Option, Tenant shall give Landlord written
notice of such exercise, which notice shall specify a closing date not later
than 45 days after the date of exercise of said Option. At the closing,
Landlord shall deliver to Tenant:
a. A Limited Warranty Deed, properly executed on behalf of Landlord
in recordable form with all applicable transfer taxes paid and
stamps, if any, affixed thereto, conveying the Property to
Purchaser subject only to the Permitted Exceptions described in
Exhibit B hereto and any other exceptions created solely as a
result of acts or agreements of Tenant.
b. All certificates and instruments and other documents necessary to
permit the recording of the Limited Warranty Deed.
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c. Standard Seller's Affidavit properly signed on behalf of Landlord
and stating the signer's knowledge as to judgments, bankruptcies,
tax liens, mechanics liens, parties in possession, unrecorded
interests, encroachment or boundary line questions, and related
matters.
d. An affidavit of Landlord in form and content satisfactory to
Tenant stating that Landlord is not a "foreign person" within the
meaning of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code.
e. Such other instruments and documents as are necessary to vest
title to the Property in Tenant and to enable Tenant to enjoy the
benefits of ownership thereof.
f. If requested by Tenant, an agreement properly executed on behalf
of Landlord confirming the termination of this Lease Agreement.
Upon delivery of the foregoing items, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord the
applicable Purchase Price and shall pay all costs of any title insurance
obtained by Tenant and all transfer taxes and recording fees payable with
respect to the Limited Warranty Deed and the documents to be delivered at
closing.
20.4 All real estate taxes, installments of special assessments, utility
charges, income and expenses of the Property shall be paid by Lessee, either as
Lessee pursuant to the Lease prior to closing or as owner of the Property
subsequent to closing.
20.5 In the event that Landlord is unable to convey title to the Property
subject only to the Permitted Exceptions and other exceptions described in
Subsection 20.3 above, Tenant shall have the option to either: (a) terminate its
exercise of the Option by giving written notice to Landlord in which event the
exercise of the Option shall become null and void and neither party shall have
any further right or obligation with respect to Tenant's Option or the exercise
thereof; or (b) elect to proceed to close its purchase of the Property by giving
written notice to Landlord, in which event: (i) Tenant shall proceed to purchase
the Property; (ii) Landlord shall remain liable to cure any title defects
required to be cured in order to establish title to the Property in the
condition required in Subsection 20.3(a) above; and (iii) there shall be
withheld from the Purchase Price payable to Landlord an amount equal to the
anticipated costs of establishing title to the Property in the condition
required by said Subsection 20.3. If Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree on
the amount to be withheld from the Purchase Price as described in the preceding
sentence, the amount thereof shall be determined by any title insurance company
retained by Tenant to provide title insurance for Tenant's acquisition of the
Property. Landlord shall remain liable for the payment of any costs of
establishing title to the Property in the condition required by Subsection
20.3(a) above in excess of those so withheld from the Purchase Price. Any
portion of the amounts so withheld from the Purchase Price not necessary to cure
title shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord when the amount of such costs of
curing title has been determined.
20.6 In the event that prior to the time of closing, proceedings for
condemnation of the Property, or any interest therein, or any portion thereof
are commenced by any governmental authority having jurisdiction to do so, Tenant
may, at its option, terminate its exercise of the
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Option by written notice to the Landlord. In the event of any such condemnation
without the exercise of right of termination by Tenant, Tenant shall proceed to
purchase the Property pursuant to its exercise of its Option and Landlord and
Landlord's mortgagee shall assign to Tenant all rights to any condemnation
proceedings and any award paid pursuant thereto and there shall be no reduction
in the Purchase Price. In the event that, at any time subsequent to the date of
this Lease Agreement, but prior to the closing of the sale of the Property to
Tenant pursuant to an exercise of its Option, Landlord receives any award for
condemnation of the Property, or any interest therein, or any portion thereof,
the amount of the award so received by Landlord shall be deducted from the
Purchase Price otherwise payable by Tenant on exercise of its Option.
20.7 Upon closing of the purchase of the Property by Tenant pursuant to an
exercise of the Option, any portion of the Deposit, any amounts held by Landlord
pursuant to Articles XVII or XVIII hereof and any other amounts deposited by
Tenant hereunder then held by Landlord and any prorated portion of any Basic
Rent or other amounts paid by Tenant hereunder and properly allocable to the
period from and after the closing date shall be paid by Landlord to Tenant at
closing.
ARTICLE XXI
COVENANT REGARDING INDEBTEDNESS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
21.1 During the term of this Lease, Tenant shall not incur Indebtedness (as
hereinafter defined) in excess of the sum of: (a) $500,000; and (b) any
indebtedness owing by Tenant as of the date of this Lease which is secured by a
lien on property presently owned by Tenant in Xxxxxxxx County Virginia without
the prior written consent of Landlord. "Indebtedness" means the principal on
any and all items of indebtedness which, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, would be included in determining total liabilities of
Tenant, incurred in connection with the borrowing of money.
21.2 Tenant will not, except as permitted herein, (a) declare or pay any
dividend or make any other distribution on any shares of the Common Stock or
other equity securities of the Tenant or to its shareholders, except dividends
or distributions payable in equity securities of the Tenant or (b) purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any shares of the Common Stock
or other equity securities of the Tenant, except equity securities acquired upon
conversion thereof into other equity securities of the Tenant, or (c) permit a
subsidiary of Tenant to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value any equity securities of the Tenant, provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section shall not prevent the retirement of any equity
securities of the Tenant by exchange for, or upon conversion of, or out of the
proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a subsidiary of
Tenant) of, other equity securities of the Tenant.
ARTICLE XXII
SOLE AGREEMENT
22.1 This Lease supersedes and terminates all prior agreements, negotiations,
representations, discussions, and proposals between Landlord and Tenant related
to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Lease
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Faire Partners, LLC
(Landlord)
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its Manager
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation
(Tenant)
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its Chief Executive Officer
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss
COUNTY OF EL PASO )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 12th day of
November, 1997, by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the Manager of Faire Partners, LLC, a
Texas limited liability company on behalf of the company.
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
------------------------------
Notary Public
STATE OF COLORADO )
) ss
COUNTY OF BOULDER )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 11th day of
November, 1997, by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the Chief Executive Officer of
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, a Colorado corporation, on behalf of the
corporation.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
------------------------------
Notary Public
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GUARANTY
The Xxxxxxx Company, a Texas corporation, Dorsar Partners, L.P., a Texas limited
partnership and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx (hereinafter collectively the "Guarantors")
being all of the members of the Landlord identified in the Lease Agreement to
which this Guaranty is attached, hereby jointly and severally guarantee to
Renaissance Entertainment Corporation, the Tenant identified in the Lease
Agreement to which this Guaranty is attached, the prompt and full repayment by
Landlord to Tenant of all portions of the Deposit, as that term is defined in
Article XVII of the Lease Agreement to which this Guaranty is attached, required
to be repaid to Tenant in accordance with the provisions of said Article XVII of
the Lease.
GUARANTORS further covenants and agrees:
1. The Tenant may from time to time without notice to or consent of
the Landlord and upon such terms and conditions as the Tenant may deem advisable
without affecting this Guaranty: a) release any of the Landlord, any maker,
surety or other person liable for payment of all or any part of the Deposit; b)
make any agreement with the Landlord either extending or otherwise modifying or
altering the time for or the terms of payment of all or any part of the Deposit;
c) waive, compromise, release, subordinate, resort to, exercise or refrain from
exercising any right the Tenant may have hereunder or under the Lease Agreement;
d) accept additional security or guarantees of any kind; e) endorse, transfer or
assign the Deposit and/ or Tenant's right to receive any part thereof; f) accept
partial payment or payments on account of the Deposit; g) make any election
under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
2. Guarantors unconditionally and absolutely waive: a) any
obligation on the part of the Tenant to protect, secure or insure any of the
security given for the payment of the Deposit; b) any right to participate in
any of the security given for the payment of Deposit; c) notice of acceptance
of this Guaranty by the Tenant; d) notice of presentment, demand for payment,
notice of non-performance, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor,
notice of non-payment or partial payment; e) notice of any default under the
Lease Agreement , or in the performance of any of the covenants and agreements
contained therein; f) any defense to liability hereunder based on any limitation
or exculpation of liability on the part of the Landlord whether contained in the
Lease Agreement or otherwise; g) the transfer or sale by the Landlord or the
diminution in value of any security given for the Deposit; h) any failure,
neglect or omission on the part of the Tenant to realize or protect Tenant's
right to the repayment of any part of the Deposit or any security given
therefor; i) any right to insist that the Tenant prosecute collection of the
Deposit or resort to any instrument or security given to secure the repayment of
any part of the Deposit or to proceed against the Landlord under the Lease
Agreement or against any other guarantor or surety prior to enforcing this
Guaranty provided, however, at its sole discretion the Tenant may either in a
separate action or an action pursuant to this Guaranty pursue its remedies
against the Landlord or any other guarantor or surety, without affecting its
rights under this Guaranty; j) any right to participate in or direct any
proceeding(s) referenced in subparagraph (i) above; k) notice to Guarantors of
the existence of or the payment of the Deposit to the Landlord;
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or) any order, method or manner of application of any payments on the
obligations of Landlord to Tenant on account of the Deposit.
3. Guarantors will not assert against the Tenant any defense of
waiver, release, discharge in bankruptcy of the Landlord, statute of
limitations, res judicata, statute of frauds, anti-deficiency statute, fraud by
Landlord or any other person other than Tenant, merger of clauses under this
Guaranty with the obligations under the Lease Agreement, ultra xxxxx acts,
usury, illegality or unenforceability which may be available to the Landlord in
respect of the obligations under the Lease Agreement and the Landlord shall be
and remain liable for any portion of the Deposit owing to Tenant and remaining
unpaid notwithstanding provisions of law or contract that may otherwise prevent
the Tenant from enforcing the obligation to pay such Deposit against the
Landlord. The liability of Guarantors shall not be affected or impaired by any
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities,
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar
event or proceeding affecting Landlord or any of its assets and that upon the
institution of any of the above actions, at the Tenant's sole discretion and
without notice thereof or demand therefor, Guarantor's obligations shall become
due and payable and enforceable against Guarantors whether or not the Deposit is
then due and payable.
4. No act or thing, except for payment in full, which but for this
provision might or could in law or in equity act as a release of the liabilities
of the Guarantors shall in any way affect or impair this Guaranty and this shall
be a continuing absolute and unconditional Guaranty and shall be in full force
and effect until all amounts owing on the Deposit have been paid.
5. If any payment applied to the Deposit is thereafter set aside,
recovered, rescinded or required to be returned for any reason (including the
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Landlord or any other obligor), the
portion of the Deposit to which such payment was applied shall for the purpose
of this Guaranty be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such
application, and this Guaranty shall be enforceable as to such portion of the
Deposit as fully as if such application had never been made.
6. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein to the contrary,
Guarantors agree that they shall have no right of subrogation, reimbursement or
indemnity whatsoever or any right of recourse to security for the debts and
obligations of the Landlord to the Tenant and waive and renounce any and all
rights they have or may have for subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or
contribution for amounts paid under this Guaranty until all obligations of
Landlord to Tenant under the Lease Agreement have been satisfied in full. This
waiver is expressly intended to prevent the existence of any claim in respect to
such reimbursement by Guarantors against the estate of the Landlord within the
meaning of Section 101 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, and to prevent
Guarantors from constituting a creditor of the Landlord in respect of such
reimbursement within the meaning of Section 547(b) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code in the event of a subsequent insolvency proceeding involving the
Landlord.
7. This Guaranty is executed in order to induce the Tenant to enter
into the Lease Agreement to which this Guaranty is attached, with the intent
that it will be relied upon by
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the Tenant in doing so and with the knowledge that the Tenant would not execute
the Lease Agreement but for this Guaranty.
8. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Tenant is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies but
each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given under this Guaranty, the Lease Agreement, or as may now or
hereafter exist at law or in equity. No waiver, amendment, release or
modification of this Guaranty shall be established by conduct, custom or course
of dealing, but only by an instrument in writing duly executed by the Tenant.
9. This Guaranty and each and every part thereof shall be binding
upon the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure
to the pro rata benefit of each and every future holder of the rights of the
Tenant to the repayment of the Deposit when and to the extent provided in the
Lease Agreement.
The Xxxxxxx Company
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Its Chairman of the Board
Dorsar Partners, L. P.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Its General Partner
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
PARCEL I:
Part of the Southeast Quarter and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36,
Town 1 North, Range 21 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, lying and being in
the Town of Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and being more particularly
described as: Beginning on the South line of the Southeast Quarter of said
Section at a point 600.7 feet South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West from
the Southeast corner of said Quarter Section; thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes
50 seconds West along the South line of said Quarter Section 729.8 feet and to
the West line of the East half of said Quarter Section; thence North 1 degree 53
minutes 10 seconds West along the West line of the East Half of said Quarter
Section 2675.0 feet and to the North line of said Quarter Section; thence North
1 degree 46 minutes 40 seconds West along the West line of the Southeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 1325.36 feet and to the North line of
said Quarter Quarter Section; thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes East along the
North line of said Quarter Quarter Section 1051.34 feet and to the Westerly
right-of-way line of Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 00; thence South 2 degrees 03 minutes
East along said right-of-way line 131.93 feet; thence South 21 degrees 06
minutes West along said right-of-way line 788.49 feet; thence South 2 degrees 03
minutes East along said right-of-way line 700 feet; thence South 17 degrees 45
minutes 50 seconds East along said right-of-way line 1167.69 feet; thence South
10 degrees 58 minutes 40 seconds East along said right-of-way line 482.66 feet;
thence South 89 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West parallel to the South line of
the Southeast Quarter of said Section 395.04 feet; thence South 0 degree 35
minutes 10 seconds East at right angles to the South line of said Quarter
Section 851.72 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL II:
The East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and the Southwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty-six (36), in Town One (1)
North, Range Twenty-one (21) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian; in the Town
of Bristol, County of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin.
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EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED EXCEPTIONS
1. General and special taxes and assessments not yet due.
2. Public or private rights, if any, in such portions of the insured premises
as may be used, laid out, taken or dedicated in any manner whatsoever for
highway or road purposes.
3. Right of Way Authorization from Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx to General Telephone
Company of Wisconsin, dated September 21, 1965 and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Kenosha County, Wisconsin on October 12, 1965
in Volume 713 of Records at page 504, as Document No. 479482 (as to Parcel
I).
4. Easement from Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx to Wisconsin Electric Power Company, dated
July 23, 1963 and recorded in said Register's office on August 14, 1963 in
Volume 645 of Records at page 235-36, as Document No. 453071 (as to Parcel
I).
5. Distribution Easement granted Wisconsin Electric Power Company and
Wisconsin Xxxx, Inc. dated November 9, 1993 and recorded in the Kenosha
County Register of Deeds office on November 17, 1993 in Volume 1637 of
Records, Page 434-35, as Document No. 945420 (as to Parcel I).
6. Holding Tank Agreement recorded in the Kenosha County Register of Deeds
office on March 30, 1982 in Volume 1109 of Records, page 865, as Document
No. 688487; and on June 30, 1988 in Volume 1316 of Records, Page 607, as
Document No. 803280 (as to Parcel II).
7. Easement granted by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx to Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
by instrument dated December 7, 1936 and recorded in said Register's office
July 10, 1937 in Volume 198 of Deeds, Page 528 (as to Parcel II).
8. Terms and conditions contained in Holding Tank Agreement dated 3/28/95 and
recorded in said Register's office on April 6, 1995 as Document No. 988072.
9. Matters shown on survey dated October 13, 1997 (revised November 6, 1997),
prepared by Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Land Surveyor.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF WARRANT
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XXXXXXX X
Xx. X-XXX-0
Warrant to
Purchase 766,667 Shares
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
THIS CERTIFIES THAT for value received FAIRE PARTNERS, LLC is entitled,
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to purchase from
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation (the
"Company"), 766,667 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of
the Company (herein called the "Common Stock"), upon presentation and
surrender of this Warrant with the Subscription Form duly executed, at any
time during the term hereof, at the principal office of the Company or at
such other office as shall have theretofore been designated by the Company by
notice pursuant hereto and upon payment therefor of the Purchase Price, in
lawful money of the United States of America, determined as set forth below.
The term of this Warrant shall commence on the date hereof, and terminate, if
not exercised prior thereto, at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, on November 11, 2003
(the "Expiration Date").
This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants issued pursuant to that
certain Purchase Agreement dated November 12, 1997, (the "Purchase
Agreement").
This Warrant is subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. The purchase rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable at
any time after November 11, 1998 and prior to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the
Expiration Date, at the option of the registered holder hereof (the
"Holder"), in whole or in part (but not as to a fractional share of Common
Stock). In the case of the purchase of less than all the shares purchasable
under this Warrant, the Company shall cancel this Warrant upon the surrender
hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor for the
balance of the shares purchasable hereunder.
2. The purchase price for each share of Common Stock purchasable
pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant shall be One Dollar ($1.00) per
share (the "Initial Purchase Price") or the adjusted price, if applicable,
determined as set forth in Section 9 hereof. The Initial Purchase Price, and
from time to time the number of shares of Common Stock subject to purchase
hereunder are subject to adjustment in certain circumstances provided for
below. The purchase price, as defined above, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Purchase Price".
(a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in shares of
its capital stock (other than an issuance of shares of capital stock
to holders of Common Stock who have elected to receive a dividend in
shares in lieu of cash), (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of
Common Stock, (iii) reduce, consolidate or combine its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue
by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock any shares of the
Company, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the
Company which the Warrant Holder would have owned or would have been
entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events
described above had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to
the happening of such event. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever any such effective date or record date shall
occur. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) shall
become effective retroactively, immediately after the record date in
the case of a dividend and shall become effective immediately after
the effective date in the case of a subdivision, reduction,
consolidation, combination or reclassification.
(b) If the Company shall at any time issue or sell or be deemed
pursuant to the provisions of subsections 2(c) and (d) hereof to have
issued or sold shares of its Common Stock for consideration per share
less than the Initial Purchase Price then in effect with respect to
such Common Stock, then the Initial Purchase Price shall be reduced
by multiplying it by a fraction, the
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numerator of which equals the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding prior to the sale or issuance plus the number of shares of
Common Stock which would have been issued in the transaction if the
Initial Purchase Price had been applied, and the denominator of which
equals the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after the sale
or issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued in
the transaction.
(c) In case at any time after the date hereof the Company shall in
any manner grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or
otherwise) any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options
for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or other securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such rights or
options being herein called "Options" and such convertible or
exchangeable stock or securities being herein called "Convertible
Securities") at an option or conversion price per share of Common Stock
(determined by dividing: (i) the total amount, if any, received or
receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting of such
Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration
payable upon the exercise of such Options, plus, in the case of such
Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate
amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or
sale of such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange
thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock of
the Company, issuable upon the exercise of such Options and in the case
of Convertible Securities, upon conversion thereof) less than the
Initial Purchase Price then in effect with respect to such Common Stock,
then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise and conversion of such Options and Convertible Securities
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by
the Company as of the date of the issue or sale of the Options, for such
price per share. No sale, issuance or transfer of shares of Common
Stock shall be deemed to have been made upon the actual issuance of such
Common Stock except as otherwise provided in subsection 2(e) hereof.
(d) In case at any time after the date hereof the Company shall in
any manner issue or sell (whether directly or by assumption in merger or
otherwise) any Convertible Securities, whether or not the rights to
exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or
exchange (determined by dividing: (i) the total amount received or
receivable by the Company, as consideration for the issue or sale of
such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the
conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all
such Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Initial Purchase
Price then in effect with respect to such Common Stock, then the total
maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all
such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be outstanding and to
have been issued and sold by the Company as of the date of the issue or
sale of the Convertible Securities, for such price per share. No sale,
issuance or transfer of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have
been made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock except as
otherwise provided in subsection 2(e) hereof.
(e) If the purchase price payable or number of shares of Common
Stock subject to purchase as provided for in any Options referred to in
subsection 2(c) hereof, the additional consideration, if any, payable
upon the conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred
to in subsections 2(c) or (d), or the rate at which any Convertible
Securities referred to in subsections 2(c) or (d) are convertible into
Common Stock shall change so as to reduce the deemed sale price of
Common Stock previously calculated under subsections 2(c) and/or (d),
then a sale of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have occurred
for the purposes of subsections 2(c) and/or (d), as applicable, with
appropriate adjustments to be made to the number of shares of Common
Stock deemed to have been sold to reflect the prior related deemed sale
and such adjustments by the adjustment of the Initial Purchase Rate and
Initial Purchase Price pursuant to subsections 2(c) or (d), as
applicable.
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(f) In case of any consolidation of the Company with or merger of
the Company with or into another corporation or in case of any sale,
transfer or lease to another corporation of all or substantially all of
the property of the Company, the Company or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall execute an agreement that the
Holder of a Warrant shall have the right thereafter upon payment of the
Initial Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such action to
purchase upon exercise of the Warrant the kind and amount of shares and
other securities and property which the Holder would have owned or would
have been entitled to receive after the happening of such consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or lease had the Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such action. The Company shall give prompt written
notice of the execution of any such agreement to the Holder of each
Warrant at the address of such Holder as shown on the records of the
Company. Such agreement shall provide for subsequent adjustments, which
shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided for in this section 2, after the happening of such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease. The provisions of this
subsection 2(f) shall similarly apply to successive consolidations,
mergers, sales, transfers or leases.
(g) The provisions of this section 2 shall not apply to any
currently outstanding securities of the Company or any management stock
grants or sales, stock options or shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of stock options issued to officers, directors, employees or
consultants of the Company pursuant to a plan heretofore adopted and
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(h) Upon the expiration of any Option or the termination of any
right to convert or exchange any Convertible Securities without the
issuance of shares of Common Stock, then with respect to any Warrants
which then remain outstanding, the Initial Purchase Price shall be
readjusted to the Initial Purchase Price which would have prevailed
absent the adjustment made as a result of the issuance of such Options
or Convertible Securities.
(i) In case any Options shall be issued in connection with the
issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising
one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated
to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to
have been issued without consideration.
(j) In case any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities shall be issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold
for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the
amount received therefor by the Company. In case any shares of Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a
consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other
than cash received by the Company shall be the fair market value of such
consideration, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
3. In case at any time:
(a) The Company shall declare any cash dividend on its Common
Stock at a rate in excess of the rate of the last cash dividend
theretofore paid;
(b) The Company shall pay any dividend payable in stock upon
its Common Stock or make any distribution (other than regular cash
dividends) to the holders of its Common stock;
(c) The Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the
holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any
class or other rights;
(d) There shall be any capital reorganization, or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company or consolidation
or merger of the Company with, or sales of all or substantially all
of its assets to, another corporation; or
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(e) There shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company;
then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give written
notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Holder at the
address of such holder as shown on the books of the Company, of the date on
which (1) the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for
such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or (2) such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up shall take place, as the case may be. Such notice
shall also specify the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record
shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or
shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding up, as the
case may be. Such written notice shall be given at least 20 days prior to
the action in question and not less than 20 days prior to the record date or
the date on which the Company's transfer books are closed in respect thereto.
4. If any event occurs as to which, in the sole opinion of the Board
of Directors of the Company, the other provisions of this Warrant are not
strictly applicable or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the
rights of the Holder in accordance with the essential intent and principles
of such provisions, then the Board of Directors shall make such adjustment in
the application of such provisions as may be necessary, in the sole judgment
of such Board, in accordance with such essential intent and principles, to
protect such rights as aforesaid.
5. Exercise of this Warrant shall be made by the surrender hereof by
the Holder to the Company at its principal office together with (i) the
attached Subscription Form designating the number of shares of Common Stock
being purchased, (ii) a certified check or cash in payment for such shares
and (iii) a letter of transmittal setting forth the computation of the amount
of said payment. The Company shall thereafter promptly (in any event within
seven (7) business days after such exercise) issue certificates for the
number of shares of the Common Stock of the Company purchased at the Purchase
Price in effect at the time of such exercise. The Holder shall be deemed to
be the record owner of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of
business on the date of such exercise. The Holder shall not be entitled to
receive a fractional share, but in lieu thereof the Company shall pay in cash
an amount equal to the market value of such fractional share if the Common
Stock has a market value, or if not, the book value of such fractional share.
The Company shall thereupon cancel this Warrant; and in the event that less
than the entire number of shares purchasable are purchased, shall issue a new
Warrant for the number not so purchased.
6. The Company covenants and agrees that all shares which may be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly and
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof; and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants and agrees
that it will, from time to time, take all such action as may be requisite to
assure that the par value or stated value per share of the Common Stock to be
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant is at all times equal to or less
than the then effective Purchase Price per share of the Common Stock issuable
pursuant to exercise of this Warrant. The Company further covenants and
agrees that during the period within which this Warrant may be exercised, the
Company will at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of the
issue upon exercise of this Warrant a sufficient number of shares of its
Common Stock to provide for such exercise.
7. (a) The Holder represents that he is acquiring this Warrant
and, in the absence of an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1993 (the "1933 Act") for the shares of Common
Stock issuable hereunder, such shares for the purpose of investment
and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof. The Holder and the holder of any shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise hereof, by his acceptance hereof,
agrees that he will notify the Company in writing before selling or
otherwise disposing of this Warrant or any shares of Common Stock
issued to him upon exercise hereof, describing briefly the nature of
any such sale or other disposition, and no such sale or other
disposition shall be made unless and until (i) the Company has
received an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to it that no
registration (or perfection of an exemption) under the 1933 Act is
required with respect to such sale or disposition (which opinion may
be conditioned upon the transferee's assuming the Holder's obligation
under this section 7) or (ii) an appropriate registration statement
with respect to such Warrant or such Common Stock, or both, has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
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"Commission") and declared effective by the Commission. The Company may
require that this Warrant and certificates representing shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise hereof be stamped or imprinted with an
appropriate legend reflecting the foregoing restrictions. For the
purposes of this section 7, the term "Securities" shall include this
Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the
exercise hereof.
(b) The restrictions imposed by this section 7 on the transfer
of the Securities shall terminate as to any portion of the Securities
when:
(i) Such portion of the Securities shall have been
effectively registered under the 1933 Act and sold by the
holder thereof in accordance with such registration or
exemption; or
(ii) Written opinions to the effect that such a
registration is no longer required or necessary under any
Federal or State law or regulation of governmental
authority shall have been received from legal counsel for
the Company and counsel for the holder of such portion of
the Securities; or, if a favorable opinion is obtained from
holder's counsel, and counsel for the Company declines to
render such an opinion, upon the holder's undertaking to
indemnify the Company, on terms satisfactory to the
Company, against all liability or loss the Company may
sustain in connection with such transfer; or
Whenever the restrictions imposed by this section 7 shall
terminate, as provided above, any holder of the Securities as to
which such restrictions shall have terminated shall be entitled to
receive promptly from the Company, without expense to him, a new
certificate, not bearing the restrictive legend referred to in clause
(a) hereof.
8. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Registerable Securities")
to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the
Company's expense, under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") prior to
November 11, 1998. The Company will use its best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement effective until the earlier of November 11, 2003 or
until all of the Registerable Securities have been sold pursuant to such
Registration Statement. In the event that the Registration Statement to be
filed with the Commission as set forth in this section 8 has not been
declared effective by the Commission by November 11, 1998, the purchase price
of the Warrants shall be reduced as follows: the Initial Purchase Price shall
be reduced by 2% for every 30 days following November 11, 1998, until the
Registration Statement is declared effective. In connection with such
registration:
(a) The Company will pay all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the registration of the Registerable Securities,
including all registration filing fees, printing fees, fees and
disbursements of counsel and accountants of the Company and one set
of counsel for the Investors. Transfer taxes, brokerage commissions
and underwriters' discounts attributable to the Registerable
Securities shall be for the account of the Investors;
(b) The Company will furnish at its expense to the Investors
such number of copies of the preliminary, final, supplemental or
amended prospectus in conformity with the requirements of the 1933
Act and rules and regulations thereunder, as may be reasonably
required in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registerable
Securities;
(c) Unless preempted by Federal law, the Company will register
or qualify the Registerable Securities under any applicable state
securities or blue sky laws in such jurisdictions as the Investors
shall reasonably request;
(d) The Company will cause the Registerable Securities to be
listed on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market (or principal exchange if
applicable) on which the Common Stock is then listed; and
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(e) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the full
extent permitted by law, each Investor, its officers and directors and
each person who controls such Investor within the meaning of the 1933
Act and any investment adviser against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses caused by any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement,
prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar
as the same are caused by or contained in any information with respect
to the Investor furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor
expressly for use therein. The Company will indemnify the underwriters,
if any, of the Registerable Securities, their officers and directors and
each person who controls any such underwriter to the same extent. The
Company will reimburse each indemnified party for all legal expenses
incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claims.
Each Investor severally, but not jointly, shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Company against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
and expenses caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement or a
material fact in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary
prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; except that such indemnification
shall be available in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon information and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by Investor
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities referred to above (a) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Investors on the other; or (b) if
the allocation provided by clause (a) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits referred to in clause (a) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Investors on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Investor and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. For purposes of
this subsection, the term "damages" shall include any counsel fees or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the Investors in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is
the subject of the contribution provisions of this section.
Each party entitled to contribution agrees that upon the service of
a summons or other initial legal process upon it in any action
instituted against it in respect of which contribution may be sought, it
shall promptly give written notice of such service to the party or
parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to
notify such party or parties of any such service shall not relieve the
party from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it may
have hereunder or otherwise.
9. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the
Holder at the principal office of the Company, for new warrants of like tenor
and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of
shares purchasable hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the
right to purchase such number of shares as shall be designated by said Holder
at the time of such surrender. Subject to section 7 hereof, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable in whole or in part by the Holder, in
person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant duly
endorsed, at the principal office of the Company.
10. Upon the receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable
expenses incidental thereto, and
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upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company
will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor, in lieu of this Warrant.
11. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when delivered or
mailed first-class postage prepaid or delivered to a telegraph office for
transmission:
(a) If to the Holder at such address as may have been furnished
by such holder to the Company in writing; and
(b) If to the Company at such address as may have been
furnished by the Company to the Holder of this Warrant in writing.
12. This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the
Company.
13. This Warrant shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Colorado.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date set forth below by one of its officers
thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 12, 1997.
RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Its Chief Executive Officer
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______________________________
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant
The undersigned the holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably
elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to
purchase thereunder, __________ of the shares of Common Stock of RENAISSANCE
ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION to which such Warrant relates and herewith makes
payment of $__________, therefor in cash or by certified check and requests
that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of, and be
delivered to, ______________________________, the address for which is set
forth below the signature of the undersigned.
Dated: ____________________
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(Signature)
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(Address)
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To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto _______________ ______________________________ the right to purchase
shares of Common Stock of RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION to which the
within Warrant relates and appoints ______________________________, attorney,
to transfer said right on the books of RENAISSANCE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ____________________
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(Signature)
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(Address)
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