Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE

 

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 25th day
of September, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) by and between NWALP PHOP Property
Owner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Landlord”), and Apellis
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Tenant”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Landlord and the Tenant entered into that certain Lease dated as of
April 27, 2017 (the “Original Lease), regarding premises consisting of
approximately 6,126 rentable square feet (the “Original Premises”) and situated
in that certain building located at 200 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts;

 

WHEREAS, the Landlord and the Tenant entered into that certain First Amendment
to Lease dated July 25, 2018 (the “First Amendment”) pursuant to which the
Landlord and the Tenant amended the Original Lease so as to relocate the Tenant
from the Original Premises to certain space in the Building located at 100 Fifth
Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts on the third (3rd) floor thereof consisting of
approximately 22,600 rentable square feet, as described in Exhibit A-(i)
attached to this Amendment (the “New Premises”);

 

WHEREAS, the Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain Second Amendment to
Lease dated June 5, 2019 (“Second Amendment”) pursuant to which the Landlord and
Tenant agreed to expand the Premises so as to rent certain space located on the
sixth (6th) floor of the Building consisting of 8,821 rentable square feet of
space, as described in Exhibit A-(ii) attached to this Amendment (the “Expansion
Premises”) (the Original Lease as amended by the First Amendment, Second
Amendment this Amendment is referred to herein as the “Lease”);

 

WHEREAS, the Tenant desires to expand the Premises so as to rent (i) certain
space located on the seventh (7th) floor of the Building consisting of 18,140
rentable square feet of space, and (ii) the space located on the fifth (5th)
floor of the Building consisting of 11,856rentable square feet of space, as
described in Exhibit A-(iii) attached to this Amendment (together, the “Second
Expansion Premises”) and, upon the Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement
Date (as hereinafter defined):

 

WHEREAS, the Landlord and the Tenant mutually desire to amend the Lease to
provide for Tenant’s leasing of the Second Expansion Premises and to make other
modifications to the terms and condition of the Lease, all as further provided
for below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this
Amendment, the Lease and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Landlord and the Tenant
hereby agree as follows effective as of the Effective Date:

 

 

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1.

Rent.

 

 

(a)

As of the Second Premises Term Commencement Date, the Basic Rent Table set forth
in the Definition of “Basic Rent” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:

 

“The Basic Rent due from Tenant to Landlord pursuant to Section 3.1 for (i) the
New Premises and (ii) the Expansion Premises and Second Expansion Premises, is
payable as set forth in the following rent tables:

 

The New Premises Basic Rent Table:

 

Oct. 1, 2019-Dec. 31, 2019

$44,375.00/month

$532,500.00/year

Jan. 1, 2020-Dec. 31, 2020

$68,741.66/month

$824,900.00/year

Jan. 1, 2021-Dec. 31, 2021

$70,625.00/month

$847,500.00/year

Jan. 1, 2022-Dec. 31, 2022

$72,508.33/month

$870,100.00/year

Jan. 1, 2023-Dec. 31, 2023

$74,391.66/month

$892,700.00/year

Jan. 1, 2024-Dec. 31, 2024

$76,275.00/month

$915,300.00/year

Jan. 1, 2025-June 30, 2025

$78,158.33/month

$937,900.00/year

 

The Expansion Premises and the Second Expansion Premises Basic Rent Table:

 

Oct. 1, 2019-Sept. 30, 2020

$122,920.50/month

$1,475,046.00/year

Oct. 1, 2020-Sept. 30, 2021

$126,155.25/month

$1,513,863.00/year

Oct. 1, 2021-Sept. 30, 2022

$129,390.00/month

$1,552,680.00/year

Oct. 1, 2022-Sept. 30, 2023

$132,624.75/month

$1,591,497.00/year

Oct. 1, 2023-Sept. 30, 2024

$135,859.50/month

$1,630,314.00/year

Oct. 1, 2024-June 30, 2025

$139,094.25/month

$1,669,131.00/year

 

If the Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date occurs on a date which
is not the first day of October, 2019, Base Rent for the month in which the
Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date occurs shall be pro-rated for
such month based upon the rental rate for October, 2019.”In the event that the
Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date fails to occur on or before
October 1, 2019 for any reason other than a delay caused by Tenant the Basic
Rent set forth above shall be abated by the amount of Three Thousand One Hundred
Eleven and 34/ 100 Dollars ($3,114.34) day for day on a pro-rated basis for each
day that the Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date fails to occur on
or before October 1, 2019.

 

 

2.

Premises.  As of the Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date, the
following definitions set forth in Section 1.1 of the Lease are deleted in their
entirety and replaced with the following:

 

 

(a)

Premises: Agreed to include (i) The Original Premises from the Term Commencement
Date until the New Premises Substantial Completion Date, (ii) the New Premises
from the New Premises Substantial Completion Date until the Expiration Date,
(iii) the Expansion Premises, from the Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date
to the Expiration Date, and (iv) the Second Expansion Premises, from the Second
Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date to the Expiration Date.

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(b)

Premises Rentable Area: Agreed to be (i) 6,126 rentable square feet from the
Term Commencement Date until the New Premises Substantial Completion Date, (ii)
22,600 rentable square feet from the New Premises Substantial Completion Date
until the Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date; (iii) 31,421 rentable
square feet from the Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date to the Second
Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date; and (iv) 61,417 rentable square feet
from the Second Expansion Premises Term to the Expiration Date.

 

 

(c)

Tenant’s Proportionate Share: Agreed to be (i) three and sixty five one
hundredths percent (3.65%) from the Term Commencement Date until the New
Premises Substantial Completion Date, (ii) fourteen and forty one hundredths
percent (14.41%) from the New Premises Substantial Completion Date until the
Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date; (iii) twenty percent (20%) from the
Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date to the Second Expansion Premises Term
Commencement Date; and (iv) thirty six and one half percent (36.5%) from the
Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date until the Expiration Date
(which is based on the ratio of the agreed upon (a) Premises Rentable Area to
(b) Building Rentable Area).

 

 

(d)

Expiration Date: June 30, 2025.

 

 

3.

Definitions.  In addition, the following definitions shall be added to Section
1.1 of the Lease:

 

 

(a)

Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date:  The date upon which the
following shall have occurred (i) Landlord delivers possession of  the Second
Expansion Premises to Tenant in the condition required by this Amendment and
(ii) the mutual execution of this Amendment by the Landlord and the Tenant.

 

 

(b)

Second Expansion Premises Term: The period of time commencing on the Second
Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date and expiring on the Expiration Date.

 

The definitions of “Expansion Premises Term” and “Expansion Premises Term
Expiration Date” shall be deleted in its entirety from Section 1.1 of the Lease.

 

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4.

Exhibits: As of the Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date:

 

 

(a)

The Enumeration of Exhibits as set forth in Section 1.2 of the Lease shall be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“Exhibit A-(i)

Plan of the New Premises

Exhibit A-(ii)

Plan of the Expansion Premises

Exhibit A-(iii)

Plan of the Second Expansion Premises

Exhibit A-1

Site Plan of Office Park

Exhibit A-2

Plans for Initial Work

Exhibit B

Operating Expenses

Exhibit C

Rules and Regulations of the Building

Exhibit D

Form of Notice of Lease

Exhibit E

[Intentionally Omitted]

Exhibit F

Appraiser’s Determination of Fair Market Rent”

 

 

(b)

Exhibit A of the Lease (added thereto by paragraph 2 of the First
Amendment)  and Exhibit A-2 of the Lease (added thereto by paragraph 2 of the
Second Amendment) shall be removed and replaced with “Exhibit A-(i)”, “Exhibit
A-(ii)” and “Exhibit A-(iii)” attached hereto.  

 

 

5.

Yield Up and Surrender of Expansion Premises.  Section 5 of the Second Amendment
is of no further force or effect and the obligation of Tenant to yield-up and
surrender the Expansion Premises (along with the remainder of the Premises) in
accordance with Section 16.2 of the Lease shall occur on the Expiration Date
unless the Lease is earlier terminated.

 

 

6.

Condition of Second Expansion Premises. Subject to the terms of this Section 6,
the Second Expansion Premises are being leased by Tenant in their condition as
of the Second Expansion Premises Term Commencement Date, “As Is,” without
representation or warranty by Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord
acknowledges that Landlord will execute a termination agreement with the current
tenant/occupant of the Seventh Floor Premises simultaneously with this
Amendment, and Landlord agrees to deliver the Seventh Floor Premises to Tenant
in broom clean condition and free of all personal property of such current
occupant or Landlord.

 

 

7.

Landlord Contribution.  Landlord shall provide to Tenant a contribution in the
amount of $599,920.00 (the “Landlord’s Contribution”) to be used towards
Tenant’s improvements to the Second Expansion Premises (including both hard and
soft costs of construction, as well as the purchase and installation of Tenant’s
cabling, wiring, furniture, fixtures and equipment), subject to the provisions
stated in this Section 7 of this Amendment.    

 

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Tenant shall prepare, at its sole cost and expense (against which the Landlord’s
Contribution may be applied), plans (the “Second Expansion Plans”) for the
interior finish and layout of the initial improvements (the “Second Expansion
Initial Work”) which Tenant desires to have performed in the Second Expansion
Premises.  The Second Expansion Plan shall be submitted to Landlord, together
with a construction budget setting forth the anticipated costs for the Second
Expansion Initial Work (the “Second Expansion Estimated Initial Work Budget”),
and Landlord shall approve or disapprove of the Second Expansion Plans, in its
reasonable discretion, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving them.  No work
shall be conducted by or on behalf of Tenant until the Second Expansion Plans
have been fully approved in writing by Landlord.  At Tenant’s sole cost and
expense (against which the Landlord’s Contribution may be applied), Tenant shall
cause the Second Expansion Plans to be revised in a manner sufficient to remedy
the Landlord’s objections and/or respond to the Landlord’s concerns and for such
revised Second Expansion Plans to be redelivered to Landlord, and Landlord shall
approve or disapprove Tenant’s revised Second Expansion Plans within five (5)
Business Days following the date of resubmission, unless such revised Second
Expansion Plans involve structural alterations to the Building or the HVAC, in
which case Landlord shall approve or disapprove such revised Second Expansion
Plans within ten (10) Business Days.  Landlord’s failure to timely respond to
Tenant’s submitted Second Expansion Plans or revised Second Expansion Plans
shall be deemed to be an approval thereof.  

 

The Second Expansion Plans shall be stamped by a Massachusetts registered
architect and engineer, such architect and engineer and Tenant’s  general
contractor , being subject to Landlord’s prior reasonable approval, and shall
comply with Applicable Law and the requirements of the Rules and Regulations and
shall be in a form satisfactory to appropriate governmental authorities
responsible for issuing permits, approvals and licenses required for such Second
Expansion Initial Work.  

 

All of the Second Expansion Initial Work shall be completed in accordance with
the requirements set forth in the Rules and Regulations.

 

Landlord shall reimburse Tenant for the costs incurred by the Tenant with
respect to the design and performance of the Second Expansion Initial Work (the
“Cost of Second Expansion Initial Work”) up to the amount of Landlord’s
Contribution, subject to the provisions hereof.  To the extent that the Cost of
Second Expansion Initial Work exceeds the Landlord’s Contribution, Tenant shall
be entirely responsible for such excess.  Landlord’s Contribution shall be
payable by Landlord to Tenant (or, at Landlord’s election, directly to Tenant’s
general contractor or subcontractors) in installments according to Landlord’s
construction disbursement procedures set forth below, as the Second Expansion
Initial Work progresses.  Prior to payment of any such installment, Tenant shall
deliver to Landlord a written request, to be submitted no more frequently than
once every thirty (30) days, for such disbursement, which request shall be
accompanied by:

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(i) invoices for the Second Expansion Initial Work covered by such requisition;
(ii) copies of partial lien waivers or final lien waivers (in the case of a
final installment) from all contractors and subcontractors whose work is covered
by such requisition; and (iii) a certificate signed by the Architect certifying
that the Second Expansion Initial Work represented by the aforementioned
invoices has been completed substantially in accordance with the Second
Expansion Plans.  Landlord shall make each such payment, as set forth above,
within forty-five (45) days of Landlord’s receipt of the documentation described
above. If at any time the amount of Landlord’s Contribution remaining is
insufficient to pay for the remaining amount of the Second Expansion Initial
Work, then Tenant shall pay from its own funds all amounts required to
accomplish lien free completion of the Second Expansion Initial Work. In the
event that Landlord fails to pay all or any portion of Landlord’s Contribution
to Tenant when due, and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after
written notice is delivered to Landlord from Tenant, Tenant may offset the
amount of the unpaid Landlord’s Contribution against rent due until all of such
unpaid Landlord’s Contribution has been recouped by Tenant.

 

Any portion of Landlord’s Contribution which has not been applied on or before
the last day of the twelfth (12th) month following the Second Expansion Premises
Commencement Date shall be deemed forfeited by Tenant and Landlord shall have no
further obligation with respect thereto.

 

 

8.

Signage.  Notwithstanding the terms and provisions of the Lease to the contrary
(including, but not limited to Section 6.2 thereof), Tenant shall be entitled,
at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, to install its signage on the exterior of the
Building, in a location mutually acceptable to Landlord and Tenant, provided
that (a) Tenant has obtained, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, all permits
required to install such exterior sign, (b) such sign complies with all
applicable law, (c) Landlord has approved such sign (such approval not to be
unreasonably, conditioned or delayed) and (d) Tenant maintains any such signage
in good order and repair and in compliance with all applicable law.  Upon
expiration or earlier termination of the Lease, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole
cost and expense, remove such exterior sign in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Section 16.2 of the Lease. In the event that Tenant occupies less
than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Premises at any time during the Term, the
rights of Tenant to install and maintain signage at the Building set forth in
this Section 8 shall of void and of no further force or effect.  

 

 

9.

Yield-Up and Surrender of Premises.  Tenant shall yield-up and surrender the New
Premises, the Expansion Premises and the Second Expansion Premises on or prior
to the Expiration Date in strict accordance with Article 16 of the Lease.
Failure to yield-up and surrender the Expansion Premises and Second Expansion
Premises in accordance with this Section 8 shall constitute a Default of Tenant
under the Lease and entitle Landlord to exercise any and all of the remedies to
which Landlord is entitled under the Lease, at law or in equity.

 

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10.

Brokers. Each of Landlord and Tenant hereby represents that such party has not
dealt with any brokers with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
other than T3 Advisors and CBRE (together, the “Broker”).  Each of Landlord and
Tenant hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other, and its
successors and assigns, against and from all claims, losses, liabilities and
expenses including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out
of any claim by any broker, consultant, finder or like agent, which are based
upon alleged dealings by such party with respect to this Amendment other than
the Broker. Provided that this Amendment is executed by the Landlord and the
Tenant, the Landlord shall pay to the Broker a commission fee per a separate
agreement.

 

 

11.

Capitalized Terms.  Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning set forth in the Lease.

 

 

12.

Ratification of Existing Lease Terms.  Other than as expressly set forth herein,
the terms and provisions of the Lease are hereby ratified, confirmed and shall
remain unmodified and in full force and effect.

 

 

13.

Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

 

 

14.

Counterpart Signatures.  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original document and all of which, together, shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signatures Appear on the Following Page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Landlord and the Tenant have each caused this Amendment
to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

LANDLORD:

 

NWALP PHOP PROPERTY OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

By: ALP PHOP Manager, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company, its
appointed representative

 

By:

  

Brian R. Chaisson

Name:

 

Brian R. Chaisson

Title:

  

Manager

 

TENANT:

 

APELLIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

By:

  

/s/ Timothy E. Sullivan

Name:

 

Timothy E. Sullivan

Title:

  

CFO

 

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EXHIBIT A-(i)

 

The New Premises

 

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Sterra anchorline partners apellis third floor 100 fifth avenue waltham ma fit
plan option 5-05/23/18

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EXHIBIT A-(ii)

 

The Expansion Premises

 

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100 fifth avenue at city point sixth floor exsisting 8,821 sf

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EXHIBIT A-(iii)

 

The Second Expansion Premises

 

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Sterra anchorline partners suite 5010 fifth floor 100 fifth avenue walk tham ma
existing conditions-01/23/19 11,856 rsf

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Sterra anchorline partners Suite 7010/7020 seventh floor 100 fifth avenue,
Waltham, ma existing conditions- September 9, 2019 19,140 rsf

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