Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT TO

CENTREPOINTE BUSINESS PARK LEASE AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to Centrepointe Business Park Lease Agreement (this “Amendment”)
is dated June 7, 2019, between CENTREPOINTE PROPERTIES, LLC, a Utah limited
liability company (“Landlord”), and SINTX TECHNOLOGIES, INC, a Delaware
corporation (formerly known as Amedica Corporation) (“Tenant”).

 

The Landlord and Tenant are parties to the Centrepointe Business Park Lease
Agreement dated April 21, 2009, as amended (the “Lease”). The parties want to
amend the Lease as stated in this Amendment.

 

The parties therefore agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not otherwise
defined have the meanings in the Lease.

 

2. Reduction of Premises. The Premises are hereby amended and reduced to be
11,689 square feet of Office Area (including kitchen/buffet area) (5,726 square
feet on the main floor of the Building, 5,700 square feet on the second floor of
the Building, and 263 square feet of kitchen/buffet space in the Building) and
approximately 13,993 square feet of Production Area (the Premises, as amended,
the “New Premises,” and the portion of the Premises not included in the New
Premises, the “Vacated Premises”). The Premises, as amended by this Amendment,
are as shown on exhibit A with any ambiguities determined by the Landlord’s
architect. The Tenant shall promptly vacate the Vacated Premises. The Tenant
shall leave the Vacated Premises in a condition consistent with the vacating
obligations of the Tenant at the end of the lease term pursuant to the Lease.
Until the earlier to occur of (a) January 1, 2020, and (b) the date a new tenant
takes possession of the Vacated Premises, the Tenant remains responsible for the
full Building on the terms of the Lease. The Landlord is not entitled to
relocate the Tenant to other space within the Building. The Tenant’s right to
signage, parking, and other tenant rights that are typically allocated among
tenants in a single building will be reduced by 50% so the signage, parking, and
other tenant rights can be shared with a future tenant of the Vacated Premises.

 

3. Amended Term. The Term is amended to end on December 31, 2024, with two
five-year Extension Options. Those Extension Options will be on the same terms
as in the Lease (modified to be consistent with this Amendment).

 

4. Amended Base Rent

 

4.1 Beginning January 1, 2020, the Base Rent is amended to be $16.74 per RSF. On
each one-year anniversary of January 1, 2020 thereafter, the amended Base Rent
will increase by 3% of the immediately preceding prior year’s amended Base Rent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Vacated Premises are leased by the
Landlord and the new tenant begins paying rent for periods before January 1,
2020, the Base Rent for periods prior to January 1, 2020, will be reduced by the
amount of rent paid by the new tenant for the Vacated Premises for periods
before January 1, 2020, all as reasonably determined by the Landlord.

 

   

 

 

4.2 For the period beginning on the date of this Amendment and ending December
31, 2019, when the Vacated Premises are fully vacated by the Tenant pursuant to
section 2 and ready to be marketed by the Landlord, the Base Rent under the
Lease will be reduced by $15,000 per month, prorated on a per-day basis for any
short periods.

 

5. Improvements

 

5.1 The Landlord shall pay for the following improvements to the New Premises:

 

(a) Replacement of carpet throughout all areas where there is existing carpet
(not to exceed $40 per yard)

 

(b) Repair of the crack in the lobby floor (photo of location of the crack
attached as exhibit B) (The Landlord shall repair (at Landlord’s cost) any
material damage to the tile in the lobby floor arising from the problem causing
the existing crack or resulting from the repair.)

 

(c) Separation of the New Premises from the Vacated Premises (The parties agree
that a separate doorway into the server room located in the Vacated Premises
will not be initially installed while the Vacated Premises is vacant. At such
time as the Vacated Premises is leased to a third party, Landlord shall seek to
maintain access to the server room for Tenant. If Landlord is unable to do so,
then Landlord shall install a doorway from the second floor lobby into the
server room providing Tenant access to the server room.)

 

5.2 The Tenant shall perform and pay for the following improvements to the New
Premises:

 

(a) Repair to good working order and condition the entire sidewalk snow-melt
system

 

(b) Repair and service to good working order and condition the building’s HVAC
system

 

(c) Additional improvements for a research and development lab as described on
exhibit C

 

5.3 The Landlord and the Tenant shall each pay half of the following
improvements to the Premises:

 

(a) Separating the security system and IT network in the Building to accommodate
multiple tenants in the Building

 

5.4 The Tenant shall manage (at no cost) all the improvements in this section 5,
except that all improvements to be paid for (in whole or in part) by the
Landlord must be approved in writing by Landlord before the expense is incurred.
The Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold or delay that consent. Section 12
(Alternations) of the Lease applies to the improvements contemplated by this
section 5.

 

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6. Other Covenants

 

6.1 Amended Utilities Obligation. The parties acknowledge that, pursuant to
section 15 of the Lease, the Tenant paid utilities directly. After this
Amendment, the Tenant shall promptly send all utilities invoices to the Landlord
and appropriately notify the utilities providers to send future invoices to the
Landlord. The Landlord shall pay those utilities invoices, and the amount
allocable to the Tenant pursuant to the Lease will be included in Additional
Rent.

 

6.2 Exterior Light Service. The Landlord shall cause the exterior lighting
system to be serviced quarterly. The appropriate portion of the cost of that
service will be included in Additional Rent.

 

6.3 Tenant Access to Premises. The Tenant may install and maintain security
systems, IT equipment, and conduits and other similar measures as necessitated
by Tenant’s internal and customer security and program requirements. Prior to
accessing any part of the Building other than the New Premises, the Tenant shall
give the Landlord three days prior written notice and shall use reasonable
efforts to minimize the impact on other tenants in the Building.

 

7. Conforming Modifications. The Lease is amended to be consistent with this
Amendment and to provide that it will be a breach of the Lease if a party fails
to comply with the terms of this Amendment. If there is a conflict between the
terms of this Amendment and any term in the Lease, the terms of this Amendment
will control. Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, all terms of
the Lease remain unmodified and in full force and effect. Any reference to the
Lease after the date of this Amendment is deemed to be a reference to the Lease
as amended by this Amendment.

 

8. General Provisions

 

8.1 Entire Agreement. This Amendment constitutes the final agreement between the
parties. It is the complete and exclusive expression of the parties’ agreement
on the matters contained in this Amendment. All prior and contemporaneous
negotiations and agreements between the parties on the matters contained in this
Amendment are expressly merged into and superseded by this Amendment. The
provisions of this Amendment may not be explained, supplemented, or qualified
through evidence of trade usage or a prior course of dealings. There are no
conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Amendment other than those
expressly stated in this Amendment.

 

8.2 Counterparts; Facsimile and Electronic Signatures. The parties may sign this
Amendment in multiple counterparts, each of which constitutes an original, and
all of which, collectively, constitute only one agreement. The signatures of all
of the parties need not appear on the same counterpart, and delivery of a signed
counterpart signature page by facsimile or electronically is as effective as
signing and delivering this Amendment in the presence of the other parties to
this Amendment. This Amendment is effective upon delivery of one executed
counterpart from each party to the other parties. In proving this Amendment, a
party must produce or account only for the signed counterpart of the party to be
charged.

 

8.3 Interpretation. This Amendment will not be construed in favor of or against
any party because of authorship or for any other reason.

 

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The parties are signing this Amendment to Centrepointe Business Park Lease
Agreement on the date stated in the introductory paragraph.

 

  CENTREPOINTE PROPERTIES, L.L.C.         By: /s/Corey Brand   Name: Corey Brand
  Title: Manager         SINTX TECHNOLOGIES, INC         By: /s/David Obrien  
Name: David Obrien   Title: Vice President, General Manager

 

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Exhibit A

 

The New Premises

 

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Exhibit B

 

Photo of Crack in the Lobby Floor

 

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Exhibit C

 

Additional Improvements to be Installed by Tenant

 

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