Assignment or Sublease Lessee may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any interest therein, sublease any interest covered by this Agreement or encumber, hypothecate or otherwise give as security this Agreement or any interest therein without the prior written consent of Lessor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No assignment, transfer or sublease shall be effective as against Lessor for any purpose unless Lessor shall have consented thereto in writing prior to such assignment, transfer or sublease and unless all sums due from Lessee, together with any costs to Lessor to cover reasonable legal and other expenses of Lessor in connection with such assignment, transfer or sublease, shall have been paid to Lessor. Each and every attempt to assign, transfer, sublease, encumber or hypothecate this Agreement or any interest therein in a manner contrary to that set forth herein may be deemed a default by Lessee hereunder. Lessor's consent to one assignment, transfer or sublease by Lessee or acceptance of performance from an assignee, transferee or sublessee shall not be deemed a waiver by Lessor of the restrictions of this paragraph as to subsequent attempts to assign, transfer or sublease by Lessee or Lessee's heirs, successors, assigns, transfers or sublessees. As used herein, the terms Lessor and Lessee shall be deemed to include their respective heirs, successors, assigns, transferees and sublessees. The terms, conditions and covenants contained in this Agreement shall apply to, inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors. assigns, transferees and sublessees. Nothing contained herein shall limit Lessor's right to transfer and/or assign in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, all of its rights and obligations hereunder and in the Site, and in such event Lessor shall be released from any further obligations hereunder and the successor-in-interest of Lessor shall have all the rights and obligations hereunder and in the Site with respect to Lessee.
Assignment or Subletting 25.1. Except as hereinafter provided, Tenant shall not, either voluntarily or by operation of Applicable Laws, directly or indirectly sell, hypothecate, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer this Lease, or sublet the Premises or any part hereof (each, a “Transfer”), without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent Landlord may not unreasonably withhold; provided, however, that Tenant shall have the right to assign all or any portion of its interest under this Lease or sublet all or any portion of the Premises without Landlord’s consent to any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of Tenant; or any party that results from a merger or consolidation of Tenant; or any party that acquires all or substantially all of the assets or stock of Tenant (an “Allowable Transfer”). Any Transfer other than an Allowable Transfer shall be referred to herein as a “Subject Transfer”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Tenant be released from any of its obligations under this Lease.
25.2. In the event Tenant desires to effect a Transfer, then, at least twenty (20) days with respect to a sublease and at least thirty (30) days with respect to any other Transfer, but not more than ninety (90) days in any event, prior to the date when Tenant desires the Transfer to be effective (the “Assignment Date”), Tenant shall provide written notice to Landlord (the “Assignment Notice”) containing information (including references) concerning the character of the proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee; the Assignment Date; any ownership or commercial relationship between Tenant and the proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee; and the consideration and all other material terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer, all in such detail as Landlord shall reasonably require. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for all reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Landlord in reviewing Tenant’s request for such Transfer.
25.3. Landlord, in determining whether consent should be given to a proposed Subject Transfer, may give consideration to the financial strength of such transferee, assignee or sublessee (notwithstanding Tenant remaining liable for Tenant’s performance), and any change in use that such transferee, assignee or sublessee proposes to make in the use of the Premises. In no event shall Landlord be deemed to be unreasonable for declining to consent to a Transfer to a transferee, assignee or sublessee of poor reputation, lacking financial qualifications, seeking a change in the Permitted Use, or jeopardizing directly or indirectly the status of Landlord or any of Landlord’s affiliates as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Code; provided that (a) Landlord agrees to reasonably evaluate any proposed transferee’s, assignee’s or sublessee’s financial qualifications and (b) Landlord may only consider such financial qualifications in the event that, were the transfer, assignment or sublease to occur, Tenant would no longer occupy any portion of the Premises.
25.4. As conditions precedent to Landlord’s consent to a Subject Transfer, Landlord may require any or all of the following:
(a) Tenant shall remain fully liable under this Lease during the unexpired Term;
(b) Tenant shall provide Landlord with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that the value of Landlord’s interest under this Lease shall not be diminished or reduced by the proposed Subject Transfer. Such evidence shall include, without limitation, evidence respecting the relevant business experience and financial responsibility and status of the proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee;
(c) Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for Landlord’s actual costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges and disbursements incurred in connection with the review, processing and documentation of such request;
(d) If a Transfer of the Premises provides for the receipt by, on behalf of or on account of Tenant of any consideration of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, a premium rental for a sublease or lump sum payment for an assignment, but excluding Tenant’s reasonable costs in marketing and subleasing the Premises) in excess of the rental and other charges due to Landlord under this Lease, Tenant shall pay twenty-five percent (25%) of all of such excess to Landlord, prior to deductions for any transaction costs incurred by Tenant, including marketing expenses, tenant improvement allowances, alterations, cash concessions, brokerage commissions, attorneys’ fees and free rent. If said consideration consists of cash paid to Tenant, payment to Landlord shall be made upon receipt by Tenant of such cash payment;
(e) The proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee shall agree that, in the event Landlord gives such proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee notice that Tenant is in Default under this Lease, such proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee shall thereafter make all payments otherwise due Tenant directly to Landlord, which payments shall be received by Landlord without any liability being incurred by Landlord, except to credit such payment against those due by Tenant under this Lease, and any such proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee shall agree to attorn to Landlord or its successors and assigns should this Lease be terminated for any reason; provided, however, that in no event shall Landlord or its Lenders, successors or assigns be obligated to accept such attornment;
(f) Any consent to such Transfer shall be effected on Landlord’s forms;
(g) There shall exist no uncured Default or Imminent Default hereunder of which Tenant has been given notice by Landlord.
(h) Such proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee’s use of the Premises shall not require any change to the Permitted Use;
(i) Landlord shall not be bound by any provision of any agreement pertaining to the Transfer, except for Landlord’s written consent to the same;
(j) Tenant shall deliver to Landlord one executed copy of any and all written instruments evidencing or relating to the Transfer; and
(k) A list of Hazardous Materials (as defined in Section 39.7 below), certified by the proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee to be true and correct, that the proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee intends to use or store in the Premises. Additionally, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, on or before the date any proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee takes occupancy of the Premises, all of the items relating to Hazardous Materials of such proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee as described in Section 39.2.
25.5. Any Transfer that is not in compliance with the provisions of this Section 25 shall be void.
25.6. The consent by Landlord to a Transfer shall not relieve Tenant or proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee from obtaining Landlord’s consent to any further Subject Transfer, nor shall it release Tenant or any proposed transferee, assignee or sublessee of Tenant from full and primary liability under this Lease.
25.7. Notwithstanding any Transfer, Tenant shall remain fully and primarily liable for the payment of all Rent and other sums due or to become due hereunder, and for the full performance of all other terms, conditions and covenants to be kept and performed by Tenant. The acceptance of Rent or any other sum due hereunder, or the acceptance of performance of any other term, covenant or condition thereof, from any person or entity other than Tenant shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the provisions of this Lease or a consent to any Transfer.
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25.9. If Tenant sublets the Premises or any potion thereof, Tenant hereby immediately and irrevocably assigns to Landlord, as security for Tenant’s obligations under this Lease, all rent from any such subletting, and appoints Landlord as assignee and attorney-in-fact for Tenant, and Landlord (or a receiver for Tenant appointed on Landlord’s application) may collect such rent and apply it toward Tenant’s obligations under this Lease; provided that, until the occurrence of a Default by Tenant, Tenant shall have the right to collect such rent.
Assignment or Sub-Contracting The terms, covenants, and conditions contained herein shall apply to and bind the heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns of the Parties. Furthermore, neither the performance of this Contract nor any portion thereof may be assigned or sub-contracted by Contractor without the express written consent of County. Any attempt by Contractor to assign or sub-contract the performance or any portion thereof of this Contract without the express written consent of County shall be invalid and shall constitute a breach of this Contract.
Assignment Subleasing A. Tenant shall not assign, sublet or otherwise license the whole or any part or use of the Premises nor otherwise permit the use or occupancy of all or any of the Premises by other than the Tenant signing this Lease without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent shall be determined consistent with the Permitted Use and based upon Landlord’s determination of the business plan, adequacy of financial condition and clear business history of the proposed assignee, sublessee, licensee or user. In the event of a proposed assignment, financial statements, supporting data and credit references of the proposed assignee and its majority principals requested by Landlord shall be delivered to Landlord, and Landlord will not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay its consent provided, however, Landlord may withhold its consent for reasonable cause or if the proposed assignee’s creditworthiness, financial condition or business history is not reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, or if the proposed assignment, subletting or licensing is otherwise not in compliance with the terms of this Section 12. Notwithstanding such consent, Tenant shall remain liable to Landlord for the payment of all rent and for the full performance of all agreements, covenants and conditions of this Lease required of Tenant. Transfer of more than 49% of the ownership or control of Tenant’s business shall constitute an assignment. No assignment or subleasing shall be permitted unless the Yearly Fixed Rent to be paid by the proposed assignee or sublessee is at least equal to the Yearly Fixed Rent payable by Tenant to Landlord hereunder, except that Tenant may allow a customary then market rental concession not exceeding three (3) months. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at Tenant’s request, so long as Landlord does not then have available comparable size space (within fifteen percent (15%) more or less of the space proposed to be sublet) in the Building, the proposed sublet Yearly Fixed Rent will be not less than Twenty-Four ($24,00) Dollars per square foot (provided Tenant may allow a customary then market rental concession, not exceeding three (3) months if the sublease is for a period less than four (4) years, and not exceeding six (6) months if the sublease is for a period in excess of four (4) years). In the event of an assignment or subleasing, fifty (50%) percent of the excess of the rent and other compensation collectible by Tenant over the sum of (i) the Yearly Fixed Rent and Additional Rent due from Tenant under this Lease, and (ii) the reasonable expenses of Tenant in connection with said assignment or subleasing (including brokerage fees, legal fees, improvement costs and/or allowances and review fees/expenses payable to Landlord) amortized over the term of the assignment or sublease, shall be remitted to Landlord as Additional Rent as and when first received by Tenant; and, to the extent a sublease is for less than all the Premises, then the foregoing determination shall be based on a proportional square foot calculation by Landlord. Tenant shall not solicit any other tenant or occupant in the Building or their affiliates (“Building Occupant”) for the letting of all or any portion of the Premises as a sublessee, assignee or otherwise, provided, however, in the event a Building Occupant approaches Tenant for the purpose of subletting all or any portion of the Premises (the “Sublease Space”), Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord of the Building Occupant’s interest (“Sublet Interest Notice”) to enable Landlord to itself negotiate with the Building Occupant to enter into a lease for the Sublease Space directly with Landlord on terms and conditions acceptable to Landlord in its sole discretion. In the event Landlord intends to negotiate or is able to enter into a direct leasing arrangement with the Building Occupant with respect to the Sublease Space, Landlord shall so notify Tenant within sixty (60) days after Landlord’s receipt of the Sublet Interest Notice from Tenant, and in such event, within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s written request therefor, Landlord and Tenant will enter into an early termination agreement with respect to the Sublease Space on terms mutually acceptable to Landlord and Tenant, and Tenant shall vacate the Sublease Space and leave it in the condition required for surrender under the terms of the Lease, unless otherwise agreed by Landlord. In the event Landlord has not notified Tenant that Landlord has or intends to enter into a direct leasing arrangement for the Sublease Space with the Building Occupant within sixty (60) days after receipt of the Sublet Interest Notice from the Tenant, or if Landlord notifies Tenant that it has elected not to negotiate directly with the Building Occupant with respect to the Sublease Space, then Tenant shall have the right to enter into a sublease agreement directly with the Building Occupant for the Sublease Space, provided Tenant otherwise complies with the terms of this Section 12. No request for transfer, assignment or sublease will be considered unless written assurances reasonably satisfactory to Landlord are received to assure Landlord that it will be reimbursed its reasonable third party costs incurred in connection with the processing of Tenant’s request, including reasonable legal fees, whether or not consent is ultimately forthcoming.
B. Landlord shall consent to an assignment or sublease to an Affiliate (as herein defined) of the Tenant named herein within seven (7) days after satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: (i) Tenant is not in default under this Lease, nor would be in default but for the giving of notice or the passage of time or both; (ii) Tenant and the Affiliate comply with the other provisions of this Section 12; (iii) Tenant has provided Landlord with thirty (30) days’ advance written notice (“Affiliate Assignee Notice”) of such proposed assignment or sublease together with Tenant’s certification and documentation that the assignment or sublease is in fact to an Affiliate and complies with the provisions of this subsection 12.B.; and (iv) in the event of an assignment, each of Tenant and the Affiliate (if they remain separate entities, otherwise the surviving company in the event of a merger) shall have a clear credit history and a net worth at least comparable to Tenant as of the date of this Lease (“Financial Condition Requirement”). An “Affiliate” shall mean an entity into or with which Tenant is merged or consolidated; or to which substantially all of Tenant’s assets are transferred; or which controls or is controlled by Tenant or is under common control with Tenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a so-called “spin-off or other series of assignments or subleasing to entities which individually would be Affiliates, but which taken together are intended to circumvent the intent of this subsection 12.B., shall not be permitted.
No Assignment or Subletting Sublessee shall not assign, sell, mortgage, pledge or in any manner transfer this Sublease or any interest herein, or the term or estate granted hereby or the rentals hereunder, or sublet the Subleased Premises or any part thereof, or grant any concession or license or otherwise permit occupancy of all or any part of the Subleased Premises by any person, without the prior written consent of Sublessor and Prime Lessor; provided, however, Sublessor’s consent shall not be required in connection with an assignment or sublease pursuant to Article 16(B) of the Prime Lease). Neither the consent of Sublessor or Prime Lessor to an assignment, subletting, concession, or license, nor the references in this Sublease to assignees, subtenants, concessionaires or licensees, shall in any way be construed to relieve Sublessee of the requirement of obtaining the consent of Sublessor and Prime Lessor to any further assignment or subletting or to the making of any further assignment, subletting, concession or license for all or any part of the Subleased Premises. Notwithstanding any assignment or subletting, including, without limitation, any assignment or subletting permitted or consented to, the original Sublessee named herein and any other person(s) who at any time was or were Sublessee shall remain fully liable under this Sublease. If this Sublease is assigned, or if the Subleased Premises or any part thereof is underlet or occupied by any person or entity other than Sublessee, Sublessor may, after default by Sublessee beyond any applicable notice and cure periods, collect rent from the assignee, undertenant or occupant, and apply the net amount collected to the rents payable by Sublessee hereunder, but no assignment, underletting, occupancy or collection shall be deemed a waiver of the provisions hereof, the acceptance of the assignee, undertenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of Sublessee from the further performance by Sublessee of the covenants hereunder to be performed on the part of Sublessee. Any attempted assignment or subletting without the prior written consent of Sublessor and Prime Lessor shall be void.