exv10w74





Exhibit
10.74





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	GROUND LEASE

	 
	 	(BUILDING 9)
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	BETWEEN
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
	 
	 	(“NAI”)
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	AND
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	BNP PARIBAS LEASING CORPORATION
	 
	 	(“BNPPLC”)
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	February 1, 2008
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 







 









 








TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	RECITALS	 	 	1	 
	GRANTING CLAUSES	 	 	1	 
	GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1	 	Additional Definitions	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Contingent Purchase Option”	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Fair Rental Value”	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Ground Lease Default”	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Ground Lease Rent”	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Ground Lease Term”	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Leasehold Mortgage”	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Leasehold Mortgagee”	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	“Turnover Date”	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2	 	Ground Lease Term and Early Termination	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3	 	Ground Lease Rent	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4	 	Receipt and Application of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5	 	No Lease Termination	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6	 	The Lease and Other Operative Documents	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7	 	Use of Leased Property	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8    Assignment and Subletting; Pass Through of BNPPLC’s Liability Insurance and Indemnity
Rights	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9	 	Estoppel Certificate	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10	 	Leasehold Mortgages	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	11	 	Other Representations, Warranties and Covenants of NAI	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	(A)	 	Condition of the Property	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	(B)	 	Environmental Representations	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	(C)	 	Current Status of Title to the Land	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	(D)	 	Intentionally Deleted	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	(E)	 	Title to Improvements	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	(F)	 	Defense of Adverse Title Claims	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	(G)	 	Prohibition Against Consensual Liens on the Leased Property	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	(H)	 	Compliance With Permitted Encumbrances	 	 	12	 






 









 



TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)







	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	(I)	 	Compliance With Laws	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	(J)	 	Modification of Permitted Encumbrances	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	(K)	 	Performance and Preservation of the Permitted Encumbrances for the Benefit of BNPPLC	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	(L)	 	Cooperation by NAI and its Affiliates	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	(M)	 	Intentionally Deleted	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	(N)	 	Omissions	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	(O)	 	Insurance and Casualty	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	(P)	 	Condemnation	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	(Q)	 	Further Assurances	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	12	 	Ground Lease Defaults	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	(A)	 	Definition of Ground Lease Default	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	(B)	 	Remedy	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	13	 	Quiet Enjoyment	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	14	 	Option to Purchase	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	15	 	Miscellaneous	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	(A)	 	No Merger	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	(B)	 	Recording; Memorandum of Lease	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	16	 	Certain Remedies Cumulative	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	17	 	Attorney’s Fees and Legal Expenses	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	18	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	17	 






Exhibits and Schedules




	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	Legal Description
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit B

	 	Permitted Encumbrances List
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit C

	 	Contingent Purchase Option
	 
	 	 
	Exhibit D

	 	Determination of Fair Value







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GROUND LEASE

(BUILDING 9)




     This GROUND LEASE (BUILDING 9) (this “Ground Lease”), dated as of February 1, 2008 (the
“Effective Date”), is made by and between BNP PARIBAS LEASING CORPORATION (“BNPPLC”), a Delaware
corporation, and NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. (“NAI”), a Delaware corporation.



RECITALS




     Contemporaneously with the execution of this Ground Lease, BNPPLC and NAI are executing a
Common Definitions and Provisions Agreement (Building 9) dated as of the Effective Date (the
“Common Definitions and Provisions Agreement”), which by this reference is incorporated into and
made a part of this Ground Lease for all purposes. As used in this Ground Lease, capitalized terms
defined in the Common Definitions and Provisions Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Ground
Lease are intended to have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Common Definitions and
Provisions Agreement.



     At the request of NAI, and to facilitate the transactions contemplated in the other Operative
Documents, BNPPLC is executing this Ground Lease to acquire from NAI a leasehold estate of 99 years
in the Land described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Land”) and any existing
Improvements on the Land.



     Also contemporaneously with this Ground Lease, BNPPLC and NAI are executing a Construction
Agreement (Building 9) (the“Construction Agreement”) and a Lease Agreement (Building 9) (the
“Lease”). Pursuant to the Construction Agreement, BNPPLC is agreeing to provide funding for the
construction of new Improvements. When the term of the Lease commences, the Lease will cover all
Improvements on the Land.



     Pursuant to a Purchase Agreement (Building 9) dated as of the Effective Date (the “Purchase
Agreement”) between BNPPLC and NAI, NAI will have the right to purchase, among other things,
BNPPLC’s leasehold estate under this Ground Lease on and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth therein.



GRANTING CLAUSES




     In consideration of the rent to be paid and the covenants and agreements to be performed by
BNPPLC, as hereinafter set forth, NAI does hereby LEASE, DEMISE and LET unto BNPPLC for the term
hereinafter set forth the Land, together with:





     (A)     all easements and rights-of-way now owned or hereafter acquired by NAI for use in
connection with the Land or any Improvements constructed thereon or as a



 









 







means of access
thereto and any and all easements and rights appurtenant to the Land; and




     (B)      all right, title and interest of NAI, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to
(A) any land lying within the right-of-way of any street, open or proposed, adjoining the
Land, (B) any and all sidewalks and alleys adjacent to the Land and (C) any strips and gores
between the Land and abutting land not owned by NAI.


The Land and all of the property described in items (1) and (2) above are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “Real Property”.




     To the extent, but only to the extent, that assignable rights or interests in, to or under the
following have been or will be acquired by NAI as the owner of any interest in the Real Property,
NAI also hereby grants and assigns to BNPPLC for the term of this Ground Lease the right to use and
enjoy (and, in the case of contract rights, to enforce) such rights or interests of NAI:




     (A)      the Permitted Encumbrances; and




     (B)      any general intangibles, permits, licenses, franchises, certificates, and other
rights and privileges related to the Real Property that BNPPLC (rather than NAI) would have
acquired if BNPPLC had itself acquired the fee estate in the Real Property (excluding,
however, the rights and privileges of NAI under this Ground Lease, the Construction
Agreement, the Lease, the Purchase Agreement and any other Operative Documents).


Such rights and interests of NAI, whether now existing or hereafter arising, are hereinafter
collectively called the “Personal Property”. The Real Property and the Personal Property are
hereinafter sometimes collectively called the “Leased Property.” The Leased Property and all
Improvements on the Land now or in the future (whether such Improvements are owned by BNPPLC or
NAI) are hereinafter sometimes called the “Improved Property”.




     However, the leasehold estate conveyed hereby and BNPPLC’s rights hereunder are expressly made
subject and subordinate to the Permitted Encumbrances listed on Exhibit B.



     Further, so long as any of the other Operative Documents remain in force, the rights and
obligations of NAI and BNPPLC hereunder will be subject to any contrary provisions therein,
including provisions in the Construction Agreement and the Lease that govern the
collection and application of condemnation and insurance proceeds in the event of any taking of or
damage to the Improved Property.




 





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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS




     The Leased Property is leased by NAI to BNPPLC and is accepted and is to be used and possessed
by BNPPLC upon and subject to the following terms, provisions, covenants, agreements and
conditions:


1      Additional Definitions. As used in this Ground Lease, capitalized terms defined above
have the respective meanings assigned to them above; as indicated above, capitalized terms that are
defined in the Common Definitions and Provisions Agreement and that are used but not otherwise
defined have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Common Definitions and Provisions
Agreement; and, the following terms have the following respective meanings:





     “Contingent Purchase Option” means the option granted BNPPLC by NAI as provided in
Exhibit C attached to this Ground Lease.




     “Fair Rental Value” means (and all appraisers and other persons involved in the
determination of the Fair Rental Value will be so advised) the annual rent, as determined in
accordance with Exhibit D, that would be agreed upon between a willing tenant, under
no compulsion to lease, and a willing landlord, under no compulsion to lease, for
unimproved land (including appurtenances) comparable in size and location to the
Land, exclusive of any Improvements but assuming that there is no higher and better use for
such land than as a site for improvements of comparable size and utility to the
Improvements, at the time a determination is required under this Ground Lease and taking
into consideration the condition of the Land, the encumbrances affecting the title to the
Land and all applicable zoning, land use approvals and other governmental permits relating
to the Land at the time of such determination.




     “Ground Lease Default” has the meaning assigned to it in subparagraph 13(A) below.




     “Ground Lease Rent” means the rent payable by BNPPLC pursuant to Paragraph 3 below.




     “Ground Lease Term” has the meaning assigned to it in Paragraph 2 below.




     “Leasehold Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust (with or without a
private power of sale), security agreement or assignment executed by BNPPLC to secure an
obligation to repay borrowed money or other voluntary obligations, which covers BNPPLC’s
leasehold estate hereunder or any part thereof or any rents or other charges to



 





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be paid to
BNPPLC pursuant to any sublease.




     “Leasehold Mortgagee” means any lender or other beneficiary of a Leasehold Mortgage
that has notified NAI of the existence such Leasehold Mortgage and of its address to which
notices should be delivered.




     “Turnover Date” means the day which is thirty days after any Designated Sale Date upon
which, for any reason whatsoever, NAI does not purchase the Improved Property from BNPPLC
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.


2      Ground Lease Term and Early Termination. The term of this Ground Lease (herein called
the “Ground Lease Term”) will commence on and include the Effective Date and end on the last
Business Day prior to the ninety-ninth (99th) anniversary of the Effective Date. However, subject
to the prior approval of any Leasehold Mortgagee, BNPPLC will have the right to terminate this
Ground Lease by giving a notice to NAI stating that BNPPLC unequivocally elects to terminate
effective as of a date specified in such notice, which may be any date more than thirty days after
the notice and after the expiration or termination of the Lease pursuant to its terms.



3      Ground Lease Rent. The rent required by this Ground Lease (herein called “Ground Lease
Rent”) will equal the Fair Rental Value, determined as provided in Exhibit D, and be paid
as follows:




     Prior to the Completion Date, BNPPLC must pay Ground Lease Rent to NAI on the first Business
Day of every calendar month for the preceding month. Consistent with the agreement of the parties
in Exhibit D that the initial Fair Rental Value is $225,000 per annum, and each such
required monthly payment prior to the Completion Date is $18,750. (Notwithstanding the forgoing,
for administrative convenience, BNPPLC has already prepaid all of the Ground Lease Rent expected to
accrue prior to the Completion Date, rather than pay it monthly on the first Business Day of each
month.)



     After the Completion Date, Ground Lease Rent will be paid annually in arrears on each
anniversary of the Effective Date. So long as the Lease continues, each such payment by BNPPLC
may be offset against the reimbursement for such payment required of NAI by the Lease. After the
Lease expires or terminates, however, BNPPLC’s obligation for the payment of Ground Lease will
continue so long as this Ground Lease continues, on and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein.


4     Receipt and Application of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds. All insurance
and condemnation proceeds payable with respect to any damage to or taking of the Leased Property
will be payable to and become the property of BNPPLC; provided, however,


 





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 NAI will be entitled to
receive condemnation proceeds awarded for the value of NAI’s remainder interest in the Land
exclusive of the Improvements. BNPPLC is authorized to take all action necessary on behalf of both
BNPPLC and NAI (as lessor under this Ground Lease) to collect insurance and condemnation proceeds.



5     No Lease Termination. Except as expressly provided herein, this Ground Lease will not
terminate, nor will NAI have any right to terminate this Ground Lease nor will the obligations of
NAI under this Ground Lease be excused, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation any
of the following: (i) any damage to or the destruction of all or any part of the Leased Property
from whatever cause, (ii) the taking of the Leased Property or any portion thereof by eminent
domain or otherwise for any reason, (iii) any default on the part of BNPPLC under this Ground Lease
or under any other agreement to which NAI and BNPPLC are parties, or (iv) any other cause whether
similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, any existing or future law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after any purchase by NAI of BNPPLC’s interest in the Improved
Property pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and payment to BNPPLC of the purchase price required by
the Purchase Agreement and all other sums dues under any of the other Operative Documents, NAI (as
the holder of both the lessor’s and lessee’s interests hereunder) may elect to terminate this
Ground Lease; and after a purchase by BNPPLC of the Land because of BNPPLC exercise of the
Contingent Purchase Option, BNPPLC (as the holder of both the lessor’s and lessee’s interests
hereunder) may elect to terminate this Ground Lease. It is the intention of the parties hereto
that the obligations of NAI hereunder will be separate and independent of the covenants and
agreements of BNPPLC. However, nothing in this Paragraph will be construed as a waiver by NAI of
any right NAI may have at law or in equity to recover monetary damages for any default under this
Ground Lease by BNPPLC.



6     The Lease and Other Operative Documents. Nothing contained in this Ground Lease will
limit, modify or otherwise affect any of NAI’s or BNPPLC’s respective rights and obligations under
the other Operative Documents, which rights and obligations are intended to be separate,
independent and in addition to, and not in lieu of, the obligations established by this Ground
Lease. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and provisions of the other Operative
Documents and the terms and provisions of this Ground Lease, the terms and provisions of the other
Operative Documents will control.



7     Use of Leased Property. Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and the terms
hereof, BNPPLC may use and occupy the Leased Property for any purpose permitted by Applicable Laws
and may construct, modify, renovate, replace and remove any Improvements
on the Land from time to time, subject only to the constraints that Applicable Laws would impose
upon the owner of the Land if the owner were constructing, modifying, renovating, replacing or
removing Improvements. To provide NAI an opportunity to file any applicable statutory notice of
nonresponsibility, BNPPLC will, before commencing the construction any major Improvements upon the
Land after the Turnover Date, endeavor to notify NAI that BNPPLC


 





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intends to commence such
construction; provided, however, BNPPLC will have no liability for its failure to provide such a
notice.



8   Assignment and Subletting; Pass Through of BNPPLC’s Liability Insurance and Indemnity
Rights. BNPPLC may sublet or assign this Ground Lease without the consent of NAI or any of
its Affiliates, subject only to limitations set forth in the Lease for the benefit of NAI so long
as those limitations remain in force.




     To the extent that BNPPLC may from time to time after the Turnover Date require any subtenant
to agree to maintain liability insurance against claims of third parties and agree to make BNPPLC
an additional or named insured under such insurance, BNPPLC will also require the subtenant to
agree to make NAI an additional or named insured. However, BNPPLC will have no liability to NAI
for a breach by the subtenant of any such agreements, and to the extent that BNPPLC’s rights as an
additional or named insured are subject to exceptions or limitations concerning BNPPLC’s own acts
or omissions or the acts or omissions of anyone other than the subtenant, so too may NAI’s rights
as an additional or named insured be subject to exceptions or limitations concerning NAI’s own acts
or omissions or the acts or omissions of anyone other than the subtenant.



     To the extent that BNPPLC may itself from time to time after the Turnover Date maintain
liability insurance against claims of third parties which may arise because of any occurrence on or
alleged to have occurred on or about the Leased Property, BNPPLC will cause NAI to be an additional
or named insured under such insurance, provided NAI pays or reimburses BNPPLC for any additional
insurance premium required to have NAI made an insured.



     To the extent that BNPPLC may from time to time after the Turnover Date require any subtenant
to agree to indemnify BNPPLC against Environmental Losses or other Losses concerning the Leased
Property, BNPPLC will also require the subtenant to agree to indemnify NAI. However, BNPPLC will
have no liability to NAI for a breach by the subtenant of any such agreement, and to the extent
that BNPPLC’s rights as an indemnitee of the subtenant are subject to exceptions or limitations
concerning BNPPLC’s own acts or omissions or the acts or omissions of anyone other than the
subtenant, so too may NAI’s rights as an indemnitee be subject to exceptions or limitations
concerning NAI’s own acts or omissions or the acts or omissions of anyone other than the subtenant.


9   Estoppel Certificate. NAI and BNPPLC will from time to time, within ten days
after receipt of request by the other party hereto, deliver a statement in writing to such other
party or other Person(s) designated by such party certifying:




     (A)     that this Ground Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or if modified that this
Ground Lease as so modified is in full force and effect);



 





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     (B)     that to the knowledge of the party providing such certificate, the other party has
not previously assigned or hypothecated its rights or interests under this Ground Lease, except as
is described in such statement with as much specificity as the party so certifying is able to
provide;



     (C)     the term of this Ground Lease and the Ground Lease Rent then in effect and any additional
charges;



     (D)     that to the knowledge of the party providing such certificate, the other party is not in
default under any provision of this Ground Lease (or if in default, the nature thereof in detail)
and, in any certificate provided by NAI, a statement as to any outstanding obligations on the part
of NAI or BNPPLC; and



     (E)     in any certificate provided by NAI, such other factual matters concerning the Leased
Property or BNPPLC’s rights and obligations under this Ground Lease as are requested by BNPPLC.


NAI’s failure to deliver such statement within such time will constitute an admission by NAI (i)
that this Ground Lease is in full force and effect, without modification except as may be
represented by BNPPLC, and (ii) that there are no uncured defaults in BNPPLC’s performance
hereunder.




10   Leasehold Mortgages.




     (A)     By Leasehold Mortgage BNPPLC may encumber BNPPLC’s leasehold estate in the Leased Property
created by this Ground Lease and BNPPLC’s rights and interests in buildings, fixtures, equipment
and improvements situated on the Land and rents, issues, profits, revenues and other income to be
derived by BNPPLC from the Leased Property. However, prior to the Turnover Date, a Leasehold
Mortgage will be permitted hereunder only if it constitutes a Permitted Transfer and only if it is
made expressly subject to the rights of NAI under the other Operative Documents.



     (B)     Any Leasehold Mortgagee or other party, including any corporation formed by a Leasehold
Mortgagee, may become the legal owner of the leasehold estate created by this Ground Lease and of
BNPPLC’s rights and interests in the improvements, equipment, fixtures and other property assigned
as additional security pursuant to a Leasehold Mortgage, by
foreclosure of a Leasehold Mortgage or as a result of the assignment or conveyance in lieu of
foreclosure. Further, any such Leasehold Mortgagee or other party may itself, after becoming the
legal owner and holder of the leasehold estate created by this Ground Lease, or of any
improvements, equipment, fixtures and other property assigned as additional security pursuant to a
Leasehold Mortgage, convey or pledge the same without the consent of NAI.



 





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          (C)     NAI must serve notice of any default by BNPPLC hereunder upon any Leasehold
Mortgagee for which NAI has received written notification from BNPPLC of the Leasehold Mortgagee’s
address for such notice. No notice of a default by BNPPLC will be deemed effective until it is so
served. Any Leasehold Mortgagee will have the right to correct or cure any such default within the
same period of time after receipt of such notice as is given to BNPPLC under this Ground Lease to
correct or cure defaults, plus an additional period of thirty days thereafter. NAI will accept
performance by any Leasehold Mortgagee of any covenant, condition or agreement on BNPPLC’s part to
be performed hereunder with the same force and effect as though performed by BNPPLC.



          (D)     If this Ground Lease should terminate by reason of a disaffirmance or rejection of this
Ground Lease by BNPPLC or any receiver, liquidator or trustee for the property of BNPPLC, or by any
governmental authority which had taken possession of the business or property of BNPPLC by reason
of the insolvency or alleged insolvency of BNPPLC, then:




          (1)     NAI must give notice thereof to each Leasehold Mortgagee for which NAI has received
written notification from BNPPLC of the Leasehold Mortgagee’s address for such notice; and
upon request of any Leasehold Mortgagee made within sixty days after NAI has given such
notice, NAI must enter into a new ground lease of the Leased Property with such Leasehold
Mortgagee for the remainder of the Ground Lease Term, at the same Ground Lease Rent and on
the same terms and conditions (including subparagraph 11(E)) as are contained in this Ground
Lease (a “New Ground Lease”).




          (2)     The estate of the Leasehold Mortgagee, as lessee under the New Ground Lease, will
have priority equal to the estate of BNPPLC hereunder. That is, there will be no charge,
lien or burden upon the Leased Property prior to or superior to the estate granted by such
New Ground Lease which was not prior to or superior to the estate of BNPPLC under this
Ground Lease as of the date immediately preceding the termination of this Ground Lease. To
the extent, however, that the other Operative Documents are in effect at the time of
execution of such New Ground Lease, the New Ground Lease will be made expressly subject to
the other Operative Documents.




          (3)     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if NAI receives requests to enter into a New Ground
Lease from more than one Leasehold Mortgagee because of the expiration or termination of
this Ground Lease, NAI will be required to enter into only one New Ground Lease, and the New
Ground Lease will be to the requesting Leasehold Mortgagee
who holds the highest priority lien or interest in BNPPLC’s leasehold estate in the
Land. If the liens or security interests of two or more such requesting Leasehold
Mortgagees which shared the highest priority just prior to the termination of this Ground
Lease, the New Ground Lease will name all such Leasehold Mortgagees as co-tenants
thereunder.



 





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     (E)     If BNPPLC has agreed with any Leasehold Mortgagee that such Leasehold Mortgagee’s
consent will be required to any modification or early termination of this Ground Lease by BNPPLC,
and if NAI has been notified in writing of such agreement, such consent will be required for such
Leasehold Mortgagee to be bound by any such modification or early termination of this Ground Lease.



     (F)     No Leasehold Mortgagee will assume any liability under this Ground Lease either by virtue
of its Leasehold Mortgage or by any subsequent receipt or collection of rents or profits generated
from the Leased Property, unless and until the Leasehold Mortgagee acquires BNPPLC’s leasehold
estate in the Leased Property at foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure.



     (G)     Although the foregoing provisions concerning Leasehold Mortgages and Leasehold Mortgagees
will be self operative, NAI agrees to include, in addition to the items specified in Paragraph 9,
confirmation of the foregoing with respect to any Leasehold Mortgagee or prospective Leasehold
Mortgagee in any statement delivered to such Leasehold Mortgagee which is provided to a pursuant to
Paragraph 9.


11   Other Representations, Warranties and Covenants of NAI. NAI represents, warrants and
covenants as follows:




     (A)     Condition of the Property. The Land described in Exhibit A is the
same as the land as shown on the plat included as part of the survey prepared by December 2, 1999,
prepared by Kier & Wright, Job No. 97208-16 (the “Survey”), which survey was delivered to BNPPLC at
the request of NAI. All material improvements on the Land as of the Effective Date are as shown on
the Survey, and except as shown on the Survey there are no easements or encroachments encumbering
or affecting the Improved Property. No part of the Land is within a flood plain as designated by
any governmental authority. Existing Improvements, if any, are free from latent or patent defects
or deficiencies that, either individually or in the aggregate, could materially and adversely
affect the use or occupancy of the Improved Property as permitted by the Lease or could reasonably
be anticipated to cause injury or death to any person. When the construction contemplated by the
Construction Agreement is complete in accordance with plans approved as described therein, the
Improved Property and use thereof permitted by the Lease will comply in all material respects with
all Applicable Laws, including laws regarding access and use by disabled persons and local zoning
ordinances. Adequate provision has been
made (or can be made at a cost that is reasonable in connection with future development of the
Land) for the Land to be served by electric, gas, storm and sanitary sewers, sanitary water supply,
telephone and other utilities required for the use thereof. All streets, alleys and easements
necessary to serve the Improved Property for the construction contemplated by the Construction
Agreement or uses permitted by the Lease have been completed and are serviceable or will be
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serviceable as part of the construction contemplated by the Construction
Agreement. No extraordinary circumstances (including any use of the Land as a habitat for
endangered species) exist that would materially and adversely affect such construction or uses of
the Improved Property. The Improvements, when constructed as contemplated in the Construction
Agreement, will be useable for their intended purpose without the need to obtain any additional
easements, rights-of-way or concessions from any third party or parties.



     (B)     Environmental Representations. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Environmental
Report, to the knowledge of NAI: (i) no Hazardous Substances Activity has occurred prior to the
Effective Date; (ii) no owner or operator of the Improved Property has reported or been required to
report any release of any Hazardous Substances on or from the Leased Property pursuant to any
Environmental Law; and (iii) no owner or operator of the Leased Property has received from any
federal, state or local governmental authority any warning, citation, notice of violation or other
communication regarding a suspected or known release or discharge of Hazardous Substances on or
from the Leased Property or regarding a suspected or known violation of Environmental Laws
concerning the Leased Property. Further, NAI represents, to its knowledge, that the Environmental
Report taken as a whole is not misleading or inaccurate in any material respect.



     (C)     Current Status of Title to the Land. NAI holds good and indefeasible title to the
Land, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, other than the Permitted Encumbrances and any
Liens Removable by BNPPLC.



     (D)     Intentionally Deleted.



     (E)     Title to Improvements. The leasehold estate created in favor of BNPPLC by this
Ground Lease will extend to and include the rights to use and enjoy any and all Improvements of
whatever nature at any time and from time to time located on the Land. Thus, throughout the term
of this Ground Lease, BNPPLC and its sublessees, assignees, licensees and concessionaires will be
entitled to use and enjoy such Improvements — to the exclusion of NAI as the lessor hereunder, but
subject to NAI’s rights under the Operative Documents (including the Lease) so long as they remain
in effect - as if the lessee hereunder was the owner of the Improvements. Further, although any
Improvements which remain on the Land when this Ground Lease expires or is terminated will revert
to NAI, it is also understood and agreed that the lessee hereunder may at any time and from time to
time - after NAI ceases to have possession of the Leased Property
pursuant to the Construction Agreement or as tenant under the Lease and prior to the
expiration or termination of this Ground Lease — remove all or any Improvements from the Land
without the consent of NAI and without any obligation to NAI or its Affiliates to provide
compensation or to construct other Improvements on or about the Land. Any Improvements removed as
provided in the preceding sentence will be considered severed from the Land and thereupon become
personal property of the lessee hereunder.



 





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     (F)     Defense of Adverse Title Claims. If any encumbrance or title defect
whatsoever affecting the Improved Property, other than Permitted Encumbrances or Liens Removable by
BNPPLC, is claimed or discovered (including Liens against any part of or interest in the Improved
Property which are not Fully Subordinated or Removable) or if any legal proceedings are instituted
with respect to any such claimed or discovered encumbrance or title defect, NAI must give prompt
notice thereof to BNPPLC and at NAI’s own cost and expense will promptly remove any such
encumbrance and cure any such defect and will take all necessary and proper steps for the defense
of any such legal proceedings, including the employment of counsel, the prosecution or defense of
litigation and the release or discharge of all adverse claims. If NAI fails to promptly remove any
encumbrance or cure any title defect as required by the preceding sentence, BNPPLC (whether or not
named as a party to legal proceedings with respect thereto) may take such additional steps as in
its judgment may be necessary or proper to remove such encumbrance or cure such defect or for the
defense of any such attack or legal proceedings or the protection of BNPPLC’s leasehold or other
interest in the Improved Property, including the employment of counsel, the prosecution or defense
of litigation, the compromise or discharge of any adverse claims made with respect to the Improved
Property, the removal of prior liens or security interests, and all expenses (including Attorneys’
Fees) so incurred of every kind and character will be a demand obligation owing by NAI.



     For purposes of this subparagraph 11(B), NAI will be deemed to be acting promptly to remove
any encumbrance or to cure any title defect, other than a Lien which NAI or any of its Affiliates
has granted or authorized, so long as NAI is in good faith by appropriate proceedings contesting
the validity and applicability of the encumbrance or defect, and pending such contest NAI will not
be deemed in default under this subparagraph because of the encumbrance or defect, provided that
NAI must satisfy the following conditions and requirements:




     (1)     NAI must diligently prosecute the contest to completion in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to BNPPLC.




     (2)     NAI must immediately remove the encumbrance or cure the defect upon a final
determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that it is valid and applicable to the
Improved Property.




     (3)     NAI must in any event conclude the contest and remove the encumbrance or
cure the defect and pay any claims asserted against BNPPLC or the Improved Property
because of such encumbrance or defect, all prior to (i) the date any criminal charges
may be brought against BNPPLC or any of its directors, officers or employees because of such
encumbrance or defect or (ii) the date any action is taken or threatened against BNPPLC or
any property owned by BNPPLC (including BNPPLC’s leasehold estate under this Ground Lease)
by any governmental authority or any other Person who has or claims rights superior to
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contest of any
encumbrance or defect discovered or claimed before the Designated Sale Date, NAI must
conclude the contest and remove the encumbrance or cure the defect and pay any claims
asserted against BNPPLC or the Improved Property because of such encumbrance or defect, all
prior to the Designated Sale Date, unless on the Designated Sale Date NAI or an Affiliate of
NAI or any Applicable Purchaser purchases the Improved Property pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement for a net price to BNPPLC (when taken together with any additional payments made
by NAI pursuant to Paragraph 1(a)(ii) of the Purchase Agreement, in the case of a purchase
by an Applicable Purchaser) equal to the Lease Balance.



     (G)     Prohibition Against Consensual Liens on the Leased Property. NAI will not, without
the prior consent of BNPPLC, create, place or authorize, or through any act or failure to act,
acquiesce in the placing of, any deed of trust, mortgage or other Lien, whether statutory,
constitutional or contractual against or covering the Land or Improvements or any part thereof
(other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens Removable by BNPPLC). It is understood and agreed,
however, that any Liens which are Fully Subordinated or Removable will constitute Permitted
Encumbrances and thus will not be prohibited by this provision.



     (H)     Compliance With Permitted Encumbrances. NAI must comply with and cause to be
performed all of the covenants, agreements and obligations imposed upon NAI or the owner of the
Leased Property by the Permitted Encumbrances.



     (I)     Compliance With Laws. Without limiting the foregoing, the use of the Improved
Property permitted by the Lease complies, or will comply after readily available permits are
obtained, in all material respects with all Applicable Laws.



     (J)     Modification of Permitted Encumbrances. NAI will not enter create any new
Permitted Encumbrance or enter into, initiate, approve or consent to any modification of any
Permitted Encumbrance that would create or expand or purport to create or expand obligations or
restrictions which would encumber the Leased Property or any Improvements constructed thereon
without the prior consent of BNPPLC; provided, this provision will not limit any right of the NAI
Parties to modify any Lien that is Fully Subordinated or Removable and will remain Fully
Subordinated or Removable after the modification. Whether BNPPLC must give any such consent
requested by NAI prior to the Designated Sale Date will be governed by subparagraph 4(C) of
the Closing Certificate.



     (K)     Performance and Preservation of the Permitted Encumbrances for the Benefit of
BNPPLC. Not only prior to the expiration or termination of other Operative Documents, but
thereafter throughout the term of this Ground Lease, NAI must comply with and perform the
obligations imposed by the Permitted Encumbrances upon NAI or upon any owner of the Land and do
whatever is required to preserve the rights and benefits conferred or intended to be



 





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conferred by
the Permitted Encumbrances, as necessary to prevent any claim against or forfeiture of any of the
Improved Property and to facilitate the construction and use of any Improvements on the Land after
the Turnover Date by BNPPLC and its successors, assigns and subtenants under this Ground Lease.
Further, NAI hereby agrees for itself and its Affiliates, as the owner of the Land and any other
land now owned or hereafter acquired by NAI or its Affiliates, which is encumbered or benefitted by
the Permitted Encumbrances, to assume liability for and to indemnify BNPPLC and other Interested
Parties and to defend and hold them harmless from and against all Losses (including Losses caused
by any decline in the value of the Leased Property or of the Improvements) that they would not have
incurred or suffered but for:




     (1)     any breach by NAI of its obligations under the preceding sentence,




     (2)     any termination of any benefit to the owner, users or occupants of the Land or
Improvements conferred by the Permitted Encumbrances if NAI agreed to the termination or the
termination resulted from a breach of any Permitted Encumbrance by NAI or its Affiliates, or




     (3)     any restrictions imposed by or asserted under any Permitted Encumbrance upon any
transfer after (but only after) the Turnover Date by BNPPLC of any interests it may then
have in the Leased Property or in any Improvements.


NAI’s obligations under this subparagraph 11(K) will be binding upon any successor or assign of NAI
or its Affiliates with respect to the Land and other properties encumbered or benefitted by the
Permitted Encumbrances, and such obligations will survive any sale of NAI’s interest in the Leased
Property to BNPPLC because of BNPPLC’s exercise of the Contingent Purchase Option.




          (L)     Cooperation by NAI and its Affiliates.




     (1)     After the Turnover Date, if neither NAI nor an Applicable Purchaser has purchased
BNPPLC’s interest in the Improved Property pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and if a use
of the Improved Property by BNPPLC or any new Improvements or any removal or modification of
Improvements proposed by BNPPLC would violate any Permitted Encumbrance or Applicable Law
unless NAI or any of its Affiliates, as an owner of adjacent land or otherwise, gave its
consent or approval thereto or agreed to join in a modification of a Permitted Encumbrance,
then NAI must give and cause its
Affiliates to give such consent or approval or join in such modification.




     (2)     After the Turnover Date, if neither NAI nor an Applicable Purchaser has
purchased BNPPLC’s interest in the Improved Property pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and
if any Permitted Encumbrance or Applicable Law requires the consent or approval of NAI or
any of its Affiliates or of the city or county in which the Improved



 





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Property is located or
of any other Person to an assignment of any interest in the Improved Property by BNPPLC or
by any of its successors or assigns, NAI will without charge give and cause its Affiliates
to give such consent or approval and will cooperate in any way reasonably requested by
BNPPLC to assist BNPPLC to obtain such consent or approval from the city, county or other
Person.




     (3)     NAI’s obligations under this subparagraph 11(L)will be binding upon any successor
or assign of NAI or its Affiliates with respect to the Land and other properties encumbered
or benefitted by the Permitted Encumbrances, and such obligations will survive (a) any sale
of the Improved Property by BNPPLC, other than to NAI or an Applicable Purchaser under the
Purchase Agreement, for the benefit of BNPPLC’s assignees, and (b) any sale of NAI’s
interest in the Leased Property to BNPPLC because of BNPPLC’s exercise of the Contingent
Purchase Option.



          (M)     Intentionally Deleted.



          (N)     Omissions. None of NAI’s representations or warranties contained in this Ground
Lease or in any other document, certificate or written statement furnished to BNPPLC by or on
behalf of NAI contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained herein or therein (when taken in their entireties) not
misleading.



          (O)     Insurance and Casualty. In the event any of the Leased Property is destroyed or
damaged by fire, explosion, windstorm, hail or by any other casualty against which insurance is
maintained or required hereunder, (i) BNPPLC may make proof of loss, (ii) each insurance company
concerned is hereby authorized and directed to make payment for such loss directly to BNPPLC for
application as required by Paragraph 4, and (iii) BNPPLC’s consent must be obtained for any
settlement, adjustment or compromise of any claims for loss, damage or destruction under any policy
or policies of insurance.



          (P)     Condemnation. All proceeds of condemnation awards or proceeds of sale in lieu of
condemnation with respect to the Leased Property and all judgments, decrees and awards for injury
or damage to the Leased Property will be paid to BNPPLC and applied as provided in Paragraph 4
above. BNPPLC is hereby authorized, in the name of NAI, to execute and deliver valid acquittances
for, and to appeal from, any such judgment, decree or award concerning
condemnation of any of the Leased Property. BNPPLC will not be, in any event or
circumstances, liable or responsible for failure to collect, or to exercise diligence in the
collection of, any such proceeds, judgments, decrees or awards.



          (Q)     Further Assurances. NAI must, on request of BNPPLC, (i) promptly correct
any defect, error or omission which may be discovered in the contents of this Ground Lease or in
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other instrument executed in connection herewith or in the execution or acknowledgment thereof;
(ii) execute, acknowledge, deliver and record or file such further instruments and do such further
acts as may be necessary, desirable or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this
Ground Lease and to subject to this Ground Lease any property intended by the terms hereof to be
covered hereby including specifically, but without limitation, any renewals, additions,
substitutions, replacements or appurtenances to the Leased Property; (iii) execute, acknowledge,
deliver, procure and record or file any document or instrument deemed advisable by BNPPLC to
protect BNPPLC’s rights in and to the Leased Property against the rights or interests of third
persons; and (iv) provide such certificates, documents, reports, information, affidavits and other
instruments and do such further acts as may be necessary, desirable or proper in the reasonable
determination of BNPPLC to enable BNPPLC or any Leasehold Mortgagee to comply with the requirements
or requests of any agency or authority having jurisdiction over them.


12)     Ground Lease Defaults.




          (A)     Definition of Ground Lease Default. Each of the following events will be deemed to
be a “Ground Lease Default” by BNPPLC under this Ground Lease:




           (1)     A failure by BNPPLC to pay when due any installment of Ground Lease Rent due
hereunder if such failure continues for sixty days after BNPPLC receives notice thereof.




           (2)     A failure by BNPPLC to comply with any term, provision or covenant of this Ground
Lease (other than as described in the other clauses of this subparagraph 13(A)) if such
failure is not cured prior to the earlier of (A) ninety days after notice thereof is sent to
BNPPLC, or (B) the date any writ or order is issued for the levy or sale of any property
owned by NAI or its Affiliates (including the leasehold created by this Ground Lease)
because of such failure or any criminal action is instituted against BNPPLC or any of its
directors, officers or employees because of such failure; provided, however, that so long as
no such writ or order is issued and no such criminal actions is instituted, if such failure
is susceptible of cure but cannot with reasonable diligence be cured within such ninety day
period, and if BNPPLC has promptly commenced to cure the same and thereafter prosecutes the
curing thereof with reasonable diligence, the period within which such failure may be cured
will be extended for such
further period as is necessary to complete the cure.



          (B)     Remedy. Upon the occurrence of a Ground Lease Default which is not cured
within any applicable period expressly permitted by subparagraph 13(A), NAI’s sole and exclusive
remedies will be to sue BNPPLC for the collection of any amount due under this Ground Lease, to sue
for the specific enforcement of BNPPLC’s obligations hereunder, or to enjoin the continuation of
the Ground Lease Default, provided, however, no limitation of NAI’s



 





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remedies contained herein will
prevent NAI from exercising rights expressly provided in other Operative Documents or from
recovering any reasonable costs NAI may incur to mitigate its damages by curing a Ground Lease
Default that BNPPLC has failed to cure itself (so long as the cure by NAI is pursued in a lawful
manner and the costs NAI seeks to recover do not exceed the actual damages to be mitigated). NAI
may not terminate this Ground Lease or BNPPLC’s right to possession under this Ground Lease, except
as expressly provided in the Operative Documents. Any judgment which NAI may obtain against BNPPLC
for amounts due under this Ground Lease may be collected only through resort of a judgement lien
against BNPPLC’s interest in the Leased Property and any Improvements. BNPPLC will have no
personal liability for the payment amounts due under this or for the performance of any obligations
of BNPPLC under this Ground Lease.


13     Quiet Enjoyment. NAI warrants that neither it nor any third party lawfully claiming
any right or interest in the Leased Property will, during the Ground Lease Term, disturb BNPPLC’s
peaceable and quiet enjoyment of the Leased Property; however, such enjoyment will be subject to
the terms, provisions, covenants, agreements and conditions of this Ground Lease and those
Permitted Encumbrances which are listed on Exhibit B.



14     Option to Purchase. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
Exhibit C, BNPPLC (and any assignee of BNPPLC’s entire interest in the Leased Property, but
not any subtenant or assignee of a lesser interest) will have the option, and NAI hereby grants to
BNPPLC such option, to purchase NAI’s interest in the Leased Property.



15     Miscellaneous.




          (A)     No Merger. There will be no merger of this Ground Lease or of the leasehold estate
hereby created with the fee or any other estate in the Leased Property or any part thereof by
reason of the fact that the same person may acquire or hold, directly or indirectly, this Ground
Lease or the leasehold estate hereby created or any interest in this Ground Lease or in such
leasehold estate as well as the fee or any other estate in the Leased Property or any interest in
such fee or other estate, unless all parties with an interest in the Leased Property that would be
adversely affected by any such merger specifically agree in writing that such a merger has
occurred.



          (B)     Recording; Memorandum of Lease. Either party may record this Ground Lease in the
real property records of Santa Clara County, California. If NAI and BNPPLC decide not to record
this Ground Lease, they will execute a memorandum of this Ground Lease in recordable form which
will be filed in the real property records of Santa Clara County, California.



     16     Certain Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to BNPPLC is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy BNPPLC has with



 





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respect
to the Improved Property, and each and every right and remedy of BNPPLC will be cumulative and in
addition to any other right or remedy given to it under this Ground Lease or now or hereafter
existing in its favor at law or in equity. In addition to other remedies available under this
Ground Lease, either party will be entitled, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to a decree
compelling performance of any of the other party’s agreements hereunder.


17     Attorney’s Fees and Legal Expenses. If BNPPLC commences any legal action or other
proceeding because of any breach of this Ground Lease by NAI, BNPPLC may recover all Attorneys’
Fees incurred by it in connection therewith from NAI, whether or not such controversy, claim or
dispute is prosecuted to a final judgment. Any Attorneys’ Fees incurred by BNPPLC in enforcing a
judgment in its favor under this Ground Lease will be recoverable separately from such judgment,
and the obligation for such Attorneys’ Fees is intended to be severable from other provisions of
this Ground Lease and not to be merged into any such judgment.



18     Successors and Assigns. The terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this
Ground Lease will be binding upon NAI and BNPPLC and their respective permitted successors and
assigns and will inure to the benefit of NAI and BNPPLC and all permitted transferees, mortgagees,
successors and assignees of NAI and BNPPLC with respect to the Leased Property; except that (A)
BNPPLC will not assign this Ground Lease or any rights hereunder except pursuant to a Permitted
Transfer, and (C) NAI will not assign this Ground Lease or any rights hereunder prior to the
Turnover Date without the prior written consent of BNPPLC.




[The signature pages follow.]




 





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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Ground Lease (Building 9) is executed to be effective as of
February 1, 2008.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	BNP PARIBAS LEASING CORPORATION, a
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Delaware corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Lloyd G. Cox
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Lloyd G. Cox, Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF TEXAS

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	SS	 	 
	COUNTY OF DALLAS

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 





On January 25, 2008, before me Kathryn Hackett, a Notary Public in and for the
County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Lloyd G. Cox, Managing Director of BNP Paribas
Leasing Corporation, who is personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he executed the same in his authorized capacity and that by his signature on such
instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the
instrument.




	 	 	 
	WITNESS, my hand and official seal.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	/s/ Kathryn Hackett
 


	 	 










 





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[Continuation of signature pages for Ground Lease (Building 9) dated as of February 1, 2008.]




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC., a Delaware 
corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Ingemar Lanevi
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Ingemar Lanevi, Vice President and Corporate 
Treasurer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	SS	 	 
	COUNTY OF WAKE

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 





On January 29th, 2008, before me DONNA M. MARCOTTE, a Notary Public in and for the
County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ingemar Lanevi, Vice President and Corporate
Treasurer of Network Appliance, Inc., who is personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis
of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her
signature on such instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted,
executed the instrument.




	 	 	 
	WITNESS, my hand and official seal.
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	/s/ Donna M. Marcotte
 


	 	 





 





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Exhibit A




Legal Description



Parcel 9 and the Additional Leased Premises, as defined below, (collectively, the “Building 9
Ground Lease Premises”) as shown on that certain Vesting Tentative Parcel Map provided to BNP
Paribas Leasing Corporation (“BNPPLC”) by Network Appliance, Inc. (“NAI”) attached hereto and made
a part hereof (the “Tentative Map”), which has received preliminary approval from the City of
Sunnyvale, California, but not yet been filed for record in the office of the recorder of the
County of Santa Clara, State of California. As used herein, “Additional Leased Premises” means the
parking lots, driveways and other areas shaded in gray on the Tentative Map attached hereto within
the larger area designated as Common Lot A (consisting of 30.46 Acres, more or less) on the
Tentative Map. The northern boundary of the Additional Leased Premises is a line that runs along
the same line as the northern boundary of Common Lot A, as shown on the Tentative Map, extending
from the corner of two streets adjacent to the Additional Leased Premises to the northeast corner
of Parcel 12, as shown on the Tentative Map. The western boundary of the Additional Leased
Premises runs along the same line as (but extends beyond) the eastern boundary of Parcel 12, as
shown on the Tentative Map. The eastern boundary of the Additional Leased Premises runs along the
same line as the eastern boundary of Common Lot A, as shown on the Tentative Map. The southern
boundary of the Additional Leased Premises runs along the center of an existing or proposed
driveway which is situated between Parcel 8 and Parcel 9, as shown on the Tentative Map.



TOGETHER WITH, easements appurtenant to the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises (the “Appurtenant
Easements”) under, over and across adjacent parcels (“Adjacent Parcels”) which are owned by NAI for
the purposes described below and on and subject to the express terms and conditions set forth
below:



The Appurtenant Easements will be for the following purposes:





     1.     The use, maintenance, repair, replacement expansion of utility lines under, over and
across the Adjacent Parcels and related equipment (including lines or equipment for water,
sanitary sewer, electricity, phone and gas) (collectively, the “Utility Lines”) to serve
improvements constructed from time to time on the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises.




     2.     Access and parking over and in paved driveways and parking lots or garages now or
hereafter located on the Adjacent Parcels (“Driveways and Parking Areas”).




     3.     The encroachment, support, maintenance, repair and replacement of any buildings
constructed on Parcel 9 as shown on the Tentative Map during the period that BNPPLC owns or
leases Parcel 9.


The Appurtenant Easements will be subject to the following terms and conditions:





 









 









     A.     The Appurtenant Easements for Utility Lines will be limited to:




     (1)     those Utility Lines, if any, existing on the first date upon which any
instrument is recorded which gives notice of the Appurtenant Easements;




     (2)     those Utility Lines, if any, constructed by or at the request of NAI
itself;




     (3)     any other Utility Lines reasonably necessary for the use of improvements
constructed by NAI (whether constructed for BNPPLC or otherwise) on the Building 9
Ground Lease Premises (and in the case of Utility Lines permitted only because of
this clause (3), such Utility Lines must be installed in a location that does not
run through or under any then existing building or structured garage on the Adjacent
Parcels); and




     (4)     replacements (including replacements that may increase utility capacity)
for any Utility Lines permitted under the preceding clauses (1) through (3).




     B.     Any Utility Line on any Adjacent Parcel may be relocated to another location on the
same Adjacent Parcel by the owner of such parcel and at its sole cost and expense, so long
as the relocation is done in a good and workmanlike manner that does not and will not impose
any significant or unexpected interruption of utility services or additional costs upon the
owner or occupants of the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises.




     C.     The use of Driveways and Parking Areas by the owner of the Building 9 Ground
Lease Premises and its tenants and other invitees will not exceed that reasonably required
to provide buildings constructed on the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises with parking that
both (i) meets local zoning and other legal requirements, and (ii) when taken together with
any permanent, concrete parking spaces from time to time constructed on the Building 9
Ground Lease Premises, provides at least the minimum number of parking spaces for buildings
on the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises necessary to cause the parking ratio for buildings
on the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises to be not less than 1 parking space per 333 square
feet of interior building floor area (the “Minimum Parking Requirements”). However, for
purposes of computing the Minimum Parking Requirements, parking spaces from time to time
constructed on the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises which are made available for parking by
owners or occupants of any Adjacent Parcel pursuant to any easement which encumbers the
Building 9 Ground Lease Premises (or any leasehold estate therein) will be treated as if
they did not exist. In other words, any such parking spaces available to owners or
occupants of Adjacent Parcels will not be included in the numbers of parking spaces
considered as available to owners or occupants of the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises to
satisfy the Minimum Parking




 





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Requirements.




     D.     NAI and its successors and assigns as the owners of Adjacent Parcels will always
maintain a number of parking spaces on the Adjacent Parcels which is no less than the sum of
(1) the spaces required to meet Minimum Parking Requirements for buildings on the Building 9
Ground Lease Premises, and (2) the spaces required to satisfy zoning or other parking
requirements for other buildings on or served by parking on the Adjacent Parcels.




     E.     The Appurtenant Easement for parking on Adjacent Parcels will be subject to the
following condition subsequent: If a sufficient number of permanent, concrete parking spaces
in parking lots or structured garages are constructed on the Building 9 Ground Lease
Premises to satisfy Minimum Parking Requirements (computed as described above) without the
need for additional parking spaces on Adjacent Parcels, then the owners of Adjacent Parcels
may terminate such parking easement by notice to the owner of the Building 9 Ground Lease
Premises and by recording a copy of such notice in the real property deed records. (This
provision will not, however, be construed to require the construction of such lots or
garages on the Building 9 Ground Lease Premises.)




     F.     Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time when BNPPLC or any successor of BNPPLC
owns or leases (i) all or any part of the land shown on the Tentative Map as Parcel 7 and
adjacent parking lots, driveways and other areas within Common Lot A (collectively, the
“Building 7 Ground Lease Premises”) or (ii) all or any part of the land shown on the
Tentative Map as Parcels 8 and 12 and adjacent parking lots, driveways and other areas
within Common Lot A (collectively, the “Building 8 Ground Lease Premises”), BNPPLC may, at
its sole option and at any time or from time to time, cause all or any portion of the
Building 7 Ground Lease Premises and/or the Building 8 Ground Lease Premises to be released
from all or any of the Appurtenant Easements. Notwithstanding any such release, the
Appurtenant Easements will continue as to Adjacent Parcels other than the released portions
of the Building 7 Ground Lease Premises and/or the Building 8 Ground Lease Premises, as
applicable. BNPPLC may exercise such option by written notice recorded in the real property
records of Santa Clara County, California.




 





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Exhibit B




Permitted Encumbrances




     The leasehold and other interests in the Land hereby conveyed by NAI are conveyed subject to
the following matters to the extent the same are still valid and in force:


1.     TAXES for the fiscal year 2007-2008, a lien not yet due or payable.



2.     THE LIEN of supplemental taxes, if any, assessed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 commencing with Section
75 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, resulting from changes of ownership or completion
of construction on or after the date hereof.



3.     EASEMENT for the purposes stated herein and incidents thereto




	 	 	 
	Purpose

	 	: Slope Easement
	In favor of

	 	: City of Sunnyvale
	Recorded

	 	: October 9, 1964 in Book 6695, page 430, Official Records
	Affects

	 	: Easterly 18 feet, as shown on a survey plat entitled ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey
for: Network Appliance, 1345 Crossman Avenue, dated December 2, 1999, prepared by Kier
& Wright, Job No. 97208-16.





4.     EASEMENT for the purposes stated herein and incidents thereto




	 	 	 
	Purpose

	 	: Public utilities easement
	In favor of

	 	: City of Sunnyvale
	Recorded

	 	: October 9, 1964 in Book 6695, page 450, Official Records
	Affects

	 	: Easterly 7 feet, as shown on a survey plat entitled ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey
for: Network Appliance, 1345 Crossman Avenue, dated December 2, 1999, prepared by Kier
& Wright, Job No. 97208-16.





5.     Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions in the Declaration of Protective Covenants — Moffett
Industrial Park No. 2) recorded December 23, 1971 in Book 9640, page 443, Official Records; which
provide that a violation thereof shall not defeat or render invalid the lien of any Mortgage or
Deed of Trust made in good faith and for value. Said Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions do not
provide for reversion of title in the event of a breach thereof. Restrictions, if any, based upon
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin are deleted, unless and
only to the extent that said covenant (a) is exempt under Chapter 42, Section 3607, of the United
States Code, or (b) related to handicap but does not discriminate against handicapped persons.




     ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION of the rights, powers, duties, obligations, and
reservations of Moffett Park Associates, in favor of The Prudential Insurance Company of



 









 







America, recorded February 8, 1977 in Book C583, page 685, Official Records.


6.     EASEMENT for the purposes stated herein and incidents thereto




	 	 	 
	Purpose

	 	: Public utilities
	Granted to

	 	: City of Sunnyvale
	Recorded

	 	: November 16, 1976 in Book C414, page 105, Official Records
	Affects

	 	: Southerly 10 feet, as shown on a survey plat entitled ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey
for: Network Appliance, 1345 Crossman Avenue, dated December 2, 1999, prepared by Kier
& Wright, Job No. 97208-16.





7.     LIMITATIONS, covenants, restrictions, reservations, exceptions or terms, but deleting any
covenant, condition or restriction indicating a preference, limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin to the extent such
covenants, conditions or restrictions violate 42 USC 3604(c), contained in the document recorded
February 5, 1980 in Book F122, page 460, Official Records.





 





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Exhibit C




CONTINGENT PURCHASE OPTION




     Subject to the terms of this Exhibit, BNPPLC shall have an option (the “Option”) to buy NAI’
fee interest in the Leased Property at any time during the term of this Ground Lease after (but
only after) any breach by NAI under the Purchase Agreement, provided NAI does not cure the breach
within any time permitted for cure by the express provisions of the Purchase Agreement, for a
purchase price (the “Option Price”) to NAI equal to fair market value.



     For the purposes of this Exhibit, “fair market value” means (and all appraisers and other
persons involved in the determination of the Option Price will be so advised) the price that would
be agreed upon between a willing buyer, under no compulsion to buy, and a willing seller, under no
compulsion to sell, for unimproved land comparable in size and location to the Land,
exclusive of any Improvements but assuming that there is no higher and better use for such land
than as a site for improvements of comparable size and utility to the Improvements, at the time of
BNPPLC’s exercise of the Option and taking into consideration the condition of the Land, the
encumbrances affecting the title to the Land and all applicable zoning, land use approvals and
other governmental permits relating to the Land at the time of the exercise of the Option.



     If BNPPLC exercises the Option, which BNPPLC may do by notifying NAI that BNPPLC has elected
to buy NAI’ interest in the Leased Property as provided herein, then:




     (1)     To the extent, if any, required as a condition imposed by law to the conveyance of
the fee interest in the Leased Property to BNPPLC, NAI shall promptly at its expense do
whatever is necessary and possible (including, without limitation, cooperating with BNPPLC
in seeking any zoning variances requested by BNPPLC) to obtain approvals of a new recorded
plat or lot line adjustments. Should it be determined that it is not possible to satisfy
any such condition imposed by law, neither NAI nor BNPPLC shall be required to consummate
any purchase pursuant to this Exhibit, and this Ground Lease will continue as if BNPPLC had
not exercised the Option.




     (2)     Upon BNPPLC’s tender of the Option Price to NAI, NAI will convey good and
indefeasible title to the fee estate in the Land and its interest in all other Leased
Property to BNPPLC by general warranty deed and assignment subject only to the Permitted
Encumbrances, to any claims of BNPPLC or Liens Removable by BNPPLC, and (to the extent still
in force) to the Lease and the Purchase Agreement.




     (3)     BNPPLC’s obligation to close the purchase shall be subject to the following
terms and conditions, all of which are for the benefit of BNPPLC: (a) BNPPLC shall have
been furnished with evidence satisfactory to BNPPLC that NAI can convey title as required by
the preceding subparagraph; (b) nothing shall have occurred or been discovered after BNPPLC
exercised the Option that could significantly and adversely affect title to the Leased
Property or BNPPLC’s use thereof, (c) all of the
representations of NAI in this Ground Lease shall continue to be true as if made



 









 







effective on the date of the closing and, with respect to any such representations which may
be limited to the knowledge of NAI or any of NAI’ representatives, would continue to be true
on the date of the closing if all relevant facts and circumstances were known to NAI and
such representatives, and (d) BNPPLC shall have been tendered the deed and other documents
which are described in this Exhibit as documents to be delivered to BNPPLC at the closing of
BNPPLC’s purchase.




     (4)      Closing of the purchase will be scheduled on the first Business Day following
thirty days after the Option Price is established in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Exhibit and after any approvals described in subparagraph (1) above are
obtained, and prior to closing BNPPLC’s occupancy of the Leased Property shall continue to
be subject to the terms and conditions of this Ground Lease, including the terms setting
forth BNPPLC’s obligation to pay rent. Closing shall take place at the offices of any title
insurance company reasonably selected by BNPPLC to insure title under the title insurance
policy described below.




     (5)     Any transfer taxes or notices or registrations required by law in connection with
the sale contemplated by this Exhibit will be the responsibility of NAI.




     (6)     NAI will deliver a certificate of nonforeign status to BNPPLC at closing as needed
to comply with the provisions of the U.S. Foreign Investors Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA)
or any comparable federal, state or local law in effect at the time.




     (7)     NAI will also pay for and deliver to BNPPLC at the closing an owner’s title
insurance policy in the full amount of the Option Price, issued by a title insurance company
designated by BNPPLC (or written confirmation from the title company that it is then
prepared to issue such a policy), and subject only to standard printed exceptions which the
title insurance company refuses to delete or modify in a manner acceptable to BNPPLC and to
Permitted Encumbrances.




     (8)     NAI shall also deliver at the closing all other documents or things reasonably
required to be delivered to BNPPLC or by the title insurance company to evidence NAI’
ability to transfer the Leased Property to BNPPLC.



     If NAI and BNPPLC do not otherwise agree upon the amount of the Option Price within twenty
days after BNPPLC exercises the Option, the Option Price shall be determined in accordance with the
following procedure:




          (a)     NAI and BNPPLC shall each appoint a real estate appraiser who is
familiar with properties in the vicinity of the Land and who has not previously
acted for either party. Each party will make the appointment no later than ten
days after receipt of notice from the other party that the appraisal process




 





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described in this Exhibit has been invoked. The agreement of the two appraisers as
to the Option Price will be binding upon NAI and BNPPLC. If the two appraisers
cannot agree upon the Option Price within ten days following their appointment, they
shall within another ten days agree upon a third real estate appraiser. Immediately
thereafter, each of the first two appraisers will submit his best estimate of the
appropriate Option Price (together with a written report supporting such estimate)
to the third appraiser and the third appraiser will choose between the two
estimates. The estimate of Option Price chosen by the third appraiser as the
closest to the prevailing monthly fair market value will be binding upon NAI and
BNPPLC. Notification in writing of the Option Price shall be made to NAI and BNPPLC
within fifteen days following the selection of the third appraiser.




     (b)     If appraisers must be selected under the procedure set out above and either
BNPPLC or NAI fails to appoint an appraiser or fails to notify the other party of
such appointment within fifteen days after receipt of notice that the prescribed
time for appointing the appraisers has passed, then the other party’s appraiser will
determine the Option Price. All appraisers selected for the appraisal process set
out in this Exhibit will be disinterested, reputable, qualified real estate
appraisers with the designation of MAI or equivalent and with at least 5 years
experience in appraising properties comparable to the Land.




     (c)     If a third appraiser must be chosen under the procedure set out above, he
will be chosen on the basis of objectivity and competence, not on the basis of his
relationship with the other appraisers or the parties to this Ground Lease, and the
first two appraisers will be so advised. Although the first two appraisers will be
instructed to attempt in good faith to agree upon the third appraiser, if for any
reason they cannot agree within the prescribed time, either NAI and BNPPLC may
require the first two appraisers to immediately submit its top choice for the third
appraiser to the then highest ranking officer of the Dallas, Texas Bar Association
who will agree to help and who has no attorney/client or other significant
relationship to either NAI or BNPPLC. Such officer will have complete discretion to
select the most objective and competent third appraiser from between the choice of
each of the first two appraisers, and will do so within ten days after such choices
are submitted to him.




     (d)     Either NAI or BNPPLC may notify the appraiser selected by the other
party to demand the submission of an estimate of Option Price or a choice of a third
appraiser as required under the procedure described above; and if the submission of
such an estimate or choice is required but the other party’s appraiser fails to
comply with the demand within fifteen days after receipt of such
notice, then the Option Price or choice of the third appraiser, as the case may
be, selected




 





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by the other appraiser (i.e., the notifying party’s appraiser) will be
binding upon NAI and BNPPLC.




     (e)     NAI and BNPPLC shall each bear the expense of the appraiser appointed by
it, and the expense of the third appraiser and of any officer of the Dallas, Texas
Bar Association who participates in the appraisal process described above will be
shared equally by NAI and BNPPLC.





 





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Exhibit D




DETERMINATION OF FAIR RENTAL VALUE




     Each annual payment of Ground Lease Rent will equal the Fair Rental Value, computed as of the
most recent Rental Determination Date when such payment becomes due. As used in this Exhibit,
"Rental Determination Date” means the (1) the Effective Date, (2) the earliest anniversary of the
Effective Date to follow the Turnover Date by more than thirty days, and (3) after the second
Rental Determination Date described in clause (2), each fifth anniversary of the preceding Rental
Determination Date.



     As of the Effective Date (i.e., the first Rental Determination Date), the parties have agreed
that Fair Rental Value is the dollar amount set forth in Paragraph 3 of this Ground Lease.



     If NAI and BNPPLC have not agreed upon Fair Rental Value as of any subsequent Rental
Determination Date within one hundred eighty days after the such date, then Fair Rental Value will
be determined as follows:




     (a)     NAI and BNPPLC shall each appoint a real estate appraiser who is familiar with
rental values for properties in the vicinity of the Land and who has not previously acted
for either party. Each party will make the appointment no later than ten days after receipt
of notice from the other party that the appraisal process described in this Exhibit has been
invoked. The agreement of the two appraisers as to Fair Rental Value will be binding upon
NAI and BNPPLC. If the two appraisers cannot agree upon the Fair Rental Value within ten
days following their appointment, they shall within another ten days agree upon a third real
estate appraiser. Immediately thereafter, each of the first two appraisers will submit his
best estimate of the appropriate Fair Rental Value (together with a written report
supporting such estimate) to the third appraiser and the third appraiser will choose between
the two estimates. The estimate of Fair Rental Value chosen by the third appraiser as the
closest to the prevailing annual fair rental value will be binding upon NAI and BNPPLC.
Notification in writing of this estimate shall be made to NAI and BNPPLC within fifteen days
following the selection of the third appraiser.




     (b)     If appraisers must be selected under the procedure set out above and either BNPPLC
or NAI fails to appoint an appraiser or fails to notify the other party of such appointment
within fifteen days after receipt of notice that the prescribed time for appointing the
appraisers has passed, then the other party’s appraiser will determine the Fair Rental
Value. All appraisers selected for the appraisal process set out in this Exhibit will be
disinterested, reputable, qualified real estate appraisers with the designation of MAI or
equivalent and with at least 5 years experience in appraising properties comparable to the
Land.




     (c)     If a third appraiser must be chosen under the procedure set out above, he
or she will be chosen on the basis of objectivity and competence, not on the basis of
his



 









 







relationship with the other appraisers or the parties to this Ground Lease, and the
first two appraisers will be so advised. Although the first two appraisers will be
instructed to attempt in good faith to agree upon the third appraiser, if for any reason
they cannot agree within the prescribed time, either NAI and BNPPLC may require the first
two appraisers to immediately submit its top choice for the third appraiser to the then
highest ranking officer of the Dallas, Texas Bar Association who will agree to help and who
has no attorney/client or other significant relationship to either NAI or BNPPLC. Such
officer will have complete discretion to select the most objective and competent third
appraiser from between the choice of each of the first two appraisers, and will do so within
twenty days after such choices are submitted to him.




     (d)     Either NAI or BNPPLC may notify the appraiser selected by the other party to
demand the submission of an estimate of Fair Rental Value or a choice of a third appraiser
as required under the procedure described above; and if the submission of such an estimate
or choice is required but the other party’s appraiser fails to comply with the demand within
fifteen days after receipt of such notice, then the Fair Rental Value or choice of the third
appraiser, as the case may be, selected by the other appraiser (i.e., the notifying party’s
appraiser) will be binding upon NAI and BNPPLC.




     (e)     NAI and BNPPLC shall each bear the expense of the appraiser appointed by it, and
the expense of the third appraiser and of any officer of the Dallas, Texas Bar Association
who participates in the appraisal process described above will be shared equally by NAI and
BNPPLC.




 





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