Exhibit 10.2

 

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2018

MINUTE OF VARIATION OF LEASE

between

QUOTIENT BIOCAMPUS LIMITED

and

ALBA BIOSCIENCE LIMITED

Subjects: 5 James Hamilton Way, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, EH26 0BT (formerly Site
3, Bio Campus, Roslin, Midlothian)

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MINUTE OF VARIATION

between

QUOTIENT BIOCAMPUS LIMITED, incorporated under the Companies Acts (Registered
Number SC514165) and having its Registered Office at Douglas Building, Pentlands
Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik EH26 0PL (who, and whose permitted successors
as Landlords under the Lease are hereinafter referred to as the “Landlords”);
and

ALBA BIOSCIENCE LIMITED, incorporated under the Companies Acts with Registered
Number SC310584 and having their Registered Office at Douglas Building Pentlands
Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PL (who and in substitution
therefor whose permitted successors and assignees are hereinafter referred to as
the “Tenants”)

WHEREAS:-

The Landlords and the Tenants are respectively in right of the landlord’s and
tenant’s parts of the lease (hereinafter referred to as the “Lease”) between the
Landlord and Tenant dated 14 July 2017 and registered in the Land Register of
Scotland under title number MID192976 and registered in the Books of Council and
Session on 26 January 2018 of ALL and WHOLE the subjects known as and forming
Site 3, Bio Campus, Roslin, Midlothian as more particularly described in the
Lease and varied as aftermentioned;

 

1. Interpretation

 

1.1 Words and expression defined in the Lease shall bear the same meaning herein
unless the context otherwise requires;

 

2. Variation of Lease Terms

 

2.1 With effect from the date of last execution of this Minute of Variation, the
Lease will be varied as follows:-

In the definition of “the Premises” the words “being the whole subjects
registered in the Land Register of Scotland under title number MID166779” shall
be delete and there shall be substituted therefor:- “and further known as 5
James Hamilton Way, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0BF and being the
subjects in the course of registration in the Land Register of Scotland under
title MID 197810.”

The definition of “RPI” in clause 1.1 of the lease shall be amended so as to be
entitled “CPI” instead of “RPI” and to read:

“means the Consumer Price Index figure as published from time to time on behalf
of HM Government of the United Kingdom by the Office for National Statistics or
any successor body and in the event of (1) discontinuation thereof, such other
inflation index being the nearest reasonably equivalent thereto as the Landlord
and the Tenant agree both acting reasonably, or (2) a material change in the
basis of such index, such index duly modified in such manner as the Landlord and
the Tenant may agree both acting reasonably to accommodate such

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change in the basis of such index (and in the event of dispute as may be
determined by an expert to be appointed by written agreement between the
Landlord and the Tenant, or in default of such agreement being reached within a
period of four weeks of either party notifying the other of the requirement for
an expert to be appointed, to be nominated by the President for the time being
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland);

 

2.2 Clause 4.2 of the Lease shall be delete and there shall be substituted
therefor:

 

  “4.2 - Review of yearly rent

 

  4.2.1 The following expressions shall bear the following meanings in this
Lease:-

“review date” means the Thirtieth of September in the year Two Thousand and
Thirty Two and each fifth anniversary of such date within the term and any
particular such date being referred to as a, or the “relevant review date”;

“review period” means the period starting with any review date and ending upon
the day immediately preceding the next review date or starting with the last
review date and ending upon the expiry of the term;

“revised rent” means the rent ascertained in accordance with the provisions of
this clause 4.2;

“yearly rent” means as follows:

 

  (a) For the period from the Date of Entry until 29 September 2018 – the rent
of £1,200,000 STERLING per annum;

 

  (b) For the period from 30 September 2018 until 29 September 2019 – the rent
of £1,236,000 STERLING per annum;

 

  (c) For the period from 30 September 2019 until 29 September 2020 – the rent
of £1,273,080 STERLING per annum;

 

  (d) For the period from 30 September 2020 until 29 September 2021 – the rent
of £1,311,272.40 STERLING per annum;

 

  (e) For the period from 30 September 2021 until 29 September 2022 – the rent
of £1,350,610.57 STERLING per annum;

 

  (f) For the period from 30 September 2022 until 29 September 2023 – the rent
of £1,391,128.89 STERLING per annum;

 

  (g) For the period from 30 September 2023 until 29 September 2024 – the rent
of £1,432,862.76 STERLING per annum;

 

  (h) For the period from 30 September 2024 until 29 September 2025 – the rent
of £1,475,848.64 STERLING per annum;

 

  (i) For the period from 30 September 2025 until 29 September 2026 – the rent
of £1,520,124.10 STERLING per annum;

 

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  (j) For the period from 30 September 2026 until 29 September 2027 – the rent
of £1,565,727.82 STERLING per annum;

 

  (k) For the period from 30 September 2027 until 29 September 2032 – the rent
of £1,612,699.65; and

during each successive review period a rent per annum equal to whichever is the
greater of the rent payable immediately before the relevant review date (or
which would be payable were it not for any abatement of rent in accordance with
this Lease or any statutory restriction or modification) and the revised rent;

 

  4.2.2 On each review date, the yearly rent shall be reviewed and the yearly
rent payable in respect of each review period shall be the higher of (i) the
yearly rent payable immediately before that review date, (ii) the Increased Sum
as calculated in accordance with the provisions of clause 4.2.2.1;

 

  4.2.2.1 The Increased Sum shall be the sum “R5” which is the product of the
following formulae carried out consecutively:

 

                 b1                     

R1

     =     

a x the greater of (i) the lesser of

     c        and        104      and                                100       

(ii)

     102                       100                                             
                                                                               
                       b2            R2    =      R1 x the greater of (i) the
lesser of    b1      and      104                                       100     
 

and (ii)

     102                       100                                             
                                                                               
                                       b3            R3    =      R2 x the
greater of (i) the lesser of    b2      and      104                            
          100       

and (ii)

     102                       100                                             
                                                                               
                                       b4            R4    =      R3 x the
greater of (i) the lesser of    b3      and      104                            
          100       

and (ii)

     102                       100                                             
                                                                               
                                       b5            R5    =     
R4 x the greater of (i) the lesser of    b4      and      104                   
                   100       

and (ii)

     102                       100                                             
     

 

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    where:

a = the rent payable immediately before the relevant review period (disregarding
any abatement of rent applicable at that time);

c = CPI for(i) August 2027, in the case of the first review date, or (ii) in the
case of any subsequent review date, the month preceding the month in which the
preceding review date fell;

b1 = CPI for (i) August 2028 (in the case of the first review rate), or (ii) the
preceding month preceding the first anniversary of the review date in the case
of all other review dates;

b2 = CPI for (i) August 2029 (in the case of the first review date), or (ii) the
month preceding the second anniversary of the preceding review date in the case
of all other review dates;

b3 = CPI for (i) August 2030 (in the case of the first review date), or (ii) the
month preceding the third anniversary of the preceding review date in the case
of all other review dates;

b4 = CPI for (i) August 2031 (in the case of the first review date), or (ii) the
month preceding the fourth anniversary of the preceding review date in the case
of all other review dates; and

b5 = CPI for (i) August 2032 (in the case of the first review date), or (ii) the
month preceding the fifth anniversary of the preceding review date in the case
of all other review dates.

 

  4.2.2.2 If for any reason the Increased Sum is not agreed or determined until
after the relevant review date the Tenant shall continue to pay the yearly rent
at the rate applicable immediately before that date and on the day on which the
new rent is agreed or determined the Tenant shall pay the amount of any increase
for the period from and including the relevant review date up to the rent
payment date (referred to in Clause 5.1 of this Lease) following that
determination together with interest at 4% below the rate of Interest on each
part of that payment for the period on and from the date on which that part
would have been payable had the new rent been agreed or determined before the
review date up to the date on which payment is due.

 

  4.2.3. Time is not of the essence in this clause 4.2 of the Lease.

 

  4.2.4. As soon as practicable after the amount of the revised rent shall have
been ascertained, a Minute of Agreement recording the amount of the revised rent
and incorporating the Tenant’s consent to registration of such Minute of
Agreement for preservation and execution shall be executed by the Landlord and
the Tenant and the Tenant shall meet the proper legal costs incurred by the
Landlord in connection with the Minute of Agreement and the Tenant shall pay the
Land and Building Transaction Tax (if any) on the Minute of Agreement, the costs
of registration thereof in the Books of Council and Session and of obtaining
three extracts (one for the Tenant).

 

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  4.2.5 It is expressly agreed that acceptance by the Landlord at any time after
a review date of (or demand by the Landlord at any such time for) rent at the
yearly rate payable prior to such review date shall not be regarded as
acceptance by the Landlord that such rent represents the revised rent as from
such review date or as a waiver of or personal bar on the right of the Landlord
to set in motion at any time after the relevant review date the machinery for
review of the rent or to collect the revised rent as and from such review date
all as hereinbefore provided.”

 

2.3 The following wording shall be added at the end of Clause 5.6.1 of the Lease
“and (c) the Tenant’s foregoing obligations shall apply and be fully enforceable
by the Landlord irrespective of the fact that the Landlord may possess any right
against any other party in respect of the initial construction of the Premises
and/or the rectification of any defects therein”.

 

2.4 There shall be added at the end of Clause 5.6.7 the following sentence: “the
Tenant shall ensure that it complies in full with all product, services and
construction guarantees applicable to the Premises and without prejudice to the
foregoing generality it will not cause the same to become invalidated or
unenforceable in whole or in part”.

 

2.5 With regard to Clause 5.9.3 of the Lease, the words or “(save where
ancillary to the permitted use)” shall be added between the words “or” and “for”
on the 7th line thereof.

 

2.6 Clause 5.9.5.1 of the Lease shall be delete.

 

2.7 With regard to Clause 5.12.3.1 of the Lease, the word “full” shall be added
before the words “market rent” in the third line thereof.

 

2.8 With regard to clause 5.28.2 of the Lease, the reference to “Development
Works” shall be a reference to “Development Works” as defined in the Superior
Lease.

 

2.9 With regard to Clause 5.11.2 of the Lease, the following provisions shall be
added at the end thereof:-

“Provided always that:-

 

  5.11.2.1 It shall be reasonable for the Landlord to refuse consent to an
assignation where the financial standing of the proposed assignee is such that
having regard to the provisions of this Lease and all other relevant matters,
the value of the Landlord’s interest in the heritable interest subject to this
Lease would be diminished if the proposed assignation took place;

 

  5.11.2.2 The Landlord’s consent shall in every case (unless expressly excluded
by the Landlord) be subject to conditions requiring that such security as the
Landlord reasonably requires is provided for the proposed assignee including:-

 

  (a) the provision of a rent deposit in such amount as the Landlord reasonably
requires (but not being more than equivalent to 12 months’ rent) and the
entering into by the proposed assignee with the Landlord of a rent deposit deed
in such form as the Landlord reasonably requires; and/or

 

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  (b) The provision of not more than 2 guarantors reasonably acceptable to the
Landlord, of the proposed assignee’s undertakings and obligations as tenant
under this Lease, which guarantors shall enter into a Guarantee in the form set
out in the Schedule to the Lease or in such other form as the Landlord shall
reasonably require.”

The reference to the form of guarantee in the Schedule to the Lease shall be
deemed to be a reference to the form of Guarantee contained within the Schedule
to this Minute of Variation.

 

2.10 With regard to Clause 6.1 of the Lease:-

 

  (a) The words “the Tenant or any guarantor of the Tenant’s obligations (a
“Guarantor”) shall be added between the words “or” and “(being” in the sixth
line thereof;

 

  (b) The words “or such Guarantor” shall be added between the words “Tenant”
and the word “or” in the thirteenth line thereof;

 

  (c) The words “or such Guarantor’s” shall be added between the words
“Tenant’s” and “effects” in the fourteenth line thereof;

 

  (d) The words “or such Guarantor” shall be added between the words “Tenant”
and “shall” in the fifteenth line thereof.

 

2.11 Clause 6.4.2.1 of the Lease shall be delete and the following shall be
substituted therefor:

“If the Premises are not so rendered fit for occupation or use by a date three
years from the date of such destruction or damage by any of the Insured Risks
either the Tenant or the Landlord may at any time thereafter by giving not less
than 20 Working Days written notice to the other determine this Lease PROVIDED
THAT if the Premises shall have been rendered fit for occupation or use by a
date prior to the expiry of such notice then such notice shall cease to have
effect.”

 

2.12 With regard to Clause 6.6 of the Lease, the word “being” shall be added
between the words “notice” and “herein” in the second line thereof.

 

2.13 A new Clause 6.14 shall be added to the Lease in the following terms:-

 

  16.14 Substitute Guarantor

The Tenant shall give notice to the Landlord forthwith if any of the events set
out in Clause 6.1 shall occur in respect of any Guarantor (a “Relevant Event”)
and if any of such events shall occur the Tenant shall procure that another
Guarantor (acceptable to the Landlord acting reasonably) shall within 20 Working
Days of the occurrence of the Relevant Event enter into a guarantee in
substitution, such substitute guarantee to be in the form of the previous
guarantee or in such other form as the Landlord shall reasonably require”.

 

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3. Costs

 

3.1 The Tenants shall pay any Land and Buildings Land Transaction tax due in
respect of the land transaction documented by these presents and will deliver to
the Landlords within 30 days of the effective date of any such land transaction
a Land and Buildings Transaction tax acknowledgement in relation to and such
liability on such land transaction and otherwise each party shall meet their own
costs in connection with this Minute of Variation.

 

4. Terms of Lease

Except as hereby expressly amended the parties hereto confirm the whole terms
and conditions of the Lease.

 

5. Consent to Registration

The Landlords and the Tenants consent to registration hereof for preservation
and execution:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents consisting of this and the 6 preceding pages
and the Schedule annexed and executed as relative hereto are executed as
follows:

Signed for and on behalf of QUOTIENT BIOCAMPUS LIMITED

at Penicuik on 23/3/2018

by:

/s/ Roland Boyd (Signature)

ROLAND BOYD (Full name in CAPITALS)

Director

/s/ Andrew Gordon Robb (Signature)

ANDREW GORDON ROBB (Full name in CAPITALS)

Witness

1 Peacock Avenue (Full address - witness only)

Bonnyrigg

Signed for and on behalf of ALBA BIOSCIENCE LIMITED

at Penicuik on 23/3/2018

by:

/s/ Roland Boyd (Signature)

ROLAND BOYD (Full name in CAPITALS)

Company Secretary

/s/ Andrew Gordon Robb (Signature)

ANDREW GORDON ROBB (Full name in CAPITALS)

Witness

1 Peacock Avenue (Full address - witness only)

Bonnyrigg

 

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