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                                                              Exhibit 10.15

                 MUTUAL OF AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                  LANDLORD

                                    AND

                      CBNY INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.,

                                   TENANT

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                                 L E A S E

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                       DATED: as of November 7, 2001

                        Premises: Entire 21st Floor
                              320 Park Avenue
                          New York, New York 10022

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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS

Article                                                                Page
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1.    Basic Lease Provisions; Demise Of Premises........................1
2.    Commencement Of Lease Term........................................2
3.    Rent..............................................................3
4.    Use...............................................................4
5.    Alterations; Liens; Tenant's Property.............................5
6.    Repairs And Maintenance...........................................9
7.    Compliance With Law...............................................11
8.    Insurance.........................................................13
9.    Fire Or Casualty..................................................15
10.   Assignment And Subletting.........................................17
11.   Non-Liability; Indemnification....................................27
12.   Condemnation......................................................29
13.   Access; Building Name.............................................30
14.   Bankruptcy........................................................31
15.   Defaults, Remedies, Damages.......................................32
16.   Curing Tenant's Defaults; Reimbursement...........................35
17.   Quiet Enjoyment...................................................36
18.   Building Services.................................................36
19.   Taxes; Operating Expenses.........................................38
20.   Electricity.......................................................46
21.   Broker............................................................51
22.   Subordination; Non-Disturbance....................................51
23.   Estoppel Certificate..............................................53
24.   Legal Proceedings.................................................53
25.   Surrender.........................................................54
26.   Rules And Regulations.............................................55
27.   Persons Bound.....................................................55
28.   Notices...........................................................56
29.   Partnership Tenant................................................56
30.   No Waiver; Entire Agreement.......................................57
31.   Miscellaneous Provisions; Definitions.............................58
32.   Inability To Perform; Severability................................62
33.   Storage Space.....................................................62

EXHIBIT "A" - Floor Plans...............................................A-1
EXHIBIT "B" - Approved Contractors......................................B-1
EXHIBIT "C" - HVAC Specifications.......................................C-1
EXHIBIT "D" - Description of Land.......................................D-1
EXHIBIT "E" - Cleaning Specifications...................................E-1
EXHIBIT "F" - Rules and Regulations.....................................F-1
EXHIBIT "G" - Commencement Date Agreement...............................G-1

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                           INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
TERM                                                                   SECTION
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AAA .....................................................................11.05
Alternate Tenant's Contractor.............................................5.01
Alterations..............................................................31.19
Annual Statement.........................................................19.04
Approved Contractor List..................................................5.01
Assignment Consideration.................................................10.07
Assignment Costs.........................................................10.07
Assignment/Sublet Notice.................................................10.03
Authorized Use...........................................................31.19
Base Electric Charge.....................................................20.03
Base Operating Year...................................................... 1.01
Base Tax Year............................................................ 1.01
Building.................................................................31.19
Building Insurance....................................................... 8.01
Building Systems.........................................................31.19
Building Units...........................................................18.01
Business Days............................................................18.02
Business Hours...........................................................18.02
Cancellation Date.........................................................2.03
Commencement Date........................................................ 1.01
Continued Occupancy Period...............................................25.02
Contractor's Estimate.................................................... 9.04
Control..................................................................10.02
Decorative Changes....................................................... 5.01
Demised Premises......................................................... 1.01
Designated Broker........................................................ 1.01
Disabilities Act..........................................................7.01
Electric Inclusion Factor................................................20.03
Electric Rate............................................................20.02
Electricity Additional Rent..............................................20.02
Estimate Statement.......................................................19.04
Estimated Payment........................................................19.04
Events of Default........................................................15.01
Existing Capacity........................................................20.01
Existing Tenant...........................................................2.03
Expiration Date.......................................................... 2.01
Expedited Arbitration....................................................11.05
Extra Rubbish Removal....................................................18.01
Fixed Rent................................................................1.01
Hazardous Materials...................................................... 7.01
Holidays.................................................................18.02
HVAC.....................................................................19.02
ICIP Law.................................................................19.03
ICIP Tax Exemption.......................................................19.03
Immediate Family.........................................................10.01
Insurance Boards.........................................................31.19
Interest Rate............................................................16.01
Interruption..............................................................6.02
Labor Costs..............................................................19.02
Land.....................................................................31.19
Landlord........................................................Preface, 27.01
Landlord's Consultant....................................................20.02
Landlord's Electricity Cost..............................................20.02
Landlord's Restoration Work...............................................9.01
Lease Term............................................................... 1.01
Legal Requirements.......................................................31.19
Marketing Notice.........................................................10.03
Material Interruption.................................................... 6.02
Merger Effective Date.....................................................2.01
Minor Subletting.........................................................10.01
Monetary Default.........................................................10.02
Mortgage.................................................................31.19
Mortgagee................................................................31.19
Non-Monetary Default.....................................................10.02
Notice...................................................................28.01
Occupancy Payment........................................................25.02
Operating Dispute Notice.................................................19.02
Operating Expense Payment................................................19.04
Operating Expenses.......................................................19.02
Operating Statement......................................................19.02
Operating Year...........................................................19.02
Originally Named Tenant..................................................10.01
OSHA Requirements.........................................................7.01
Overlandlord.............................................................31.19
Overtime Periods.........................................................18.02
Partnership Tenant.......................................................29.01
Persons Within Tenant's Control..........................................31.19
Profit...................................................................10.07
Public Utility...........................................................20.02
Recapture Date...........................................................10.03
Recapture Notice.........................................................10.03
Recapture Options........................................................10.03
Recapture Sublease.......................................................10.03
Recurring Additional Rent................................................31.19
Related Corporation......................................................10.02
Rentable Square Feet .................................................... 1.01

Repairs..................................................................31.19
Replaced Premises........................................................33.01
Specialty Alterations.................................................... 5.06
Storage Rent.............................................................33.01
Storage Space............................................................33.01
Subletting Consideration.................................................10.07
Subletting Costs.........................................................10.07
Submeter.................................................................20.02
Substitute Space.........................................................33.01
Successor Corporation....................................................10.02
Supplemental Information..................................................5.01
Surrender Date...........................................................25.01
Target Date...............................................................2.03
Tax Payment..............................................................19.03
Tax Statement............................................................19.03
Tax Year.................................................................19.02
Taxes....................................................................19.02
Taxing Authority.........................................................19.02
Tenant..........................................................Preface, 31.03
Tenant Electricity.......................................................20.02
Tenant's Consultant......................................................20.03
Tenant's Contractors..................................................... 5.01
Tenant's Initial Work....................................................31.19
Tenant's Operating Share................................................. 1.01
Tenant's Restoration Work.................................................9.01
Tenant's Tax Share....................................................... 1.01
Underlying Lease.........................................................31.19
Useable Square Feet...................................................... 1.01

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         INDENTURE OF LEASE made as of this 7 day of November, 2001, by and
between MUTUAL OF AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York corporation
having an office at 320 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (hereinafter
referred to as "Landlord"), and CBNY INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP., a New York
corporation having an office at 320 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022
(hereinafter referred to as "Tenant").

                           W I T N E S S E T H :

                                 ARTICLE 1

                 BASIC LEASE PROVISIONS; DEMISE OF PREMISES

        Section 1.01. For the purposes of this Lease (including all of the
schedules, riders and exhibits, if any, annexed to this Lease), the terms
set forth below shall have the definitions which immediately follow such
terms, and such definitions are hereby incorporated into this Lease
wherever used:

Base Operating Year - The "Base Operating Year" shall mean the calendar
year 2001.

Base Tax Year - The "Base Tax Year" shall mean the twelve-month fiscal year
ending June 30, 2002.

Commencement Date - The "Commencement Date" shall mean the date set forth
in Subsection 2.01A below.

Demised Premises - The "Demised Premises" shall mean the entire rentable
area of the 21st floor in the Building which is shown on the hatched
portion of the plan annexed hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof.

Designated Broker - The "Designated Broker" shall mean Jones Lang LaSalle
Americas, Inc.

Expiration Date - The "Expiration Date" shall mean the date set forth in
Subsection 2.01B below.

Fixed Rent - The "Fixed Rent" shall be:

               (i)    during the period beginning on the Commencement Date
                      and continuing through and including the day
                      immediately preceding the fifth (5th) anniversary of
                      the Commencement Date, ONE MILLION TWENTY-NINE
                      THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO AND 50/100
                      ($1,029,282.50) DOLLARS per annum, to be paid by
                      Tenant in equal monthly installments of $85,773.54
                      each;

               (ii)   during the period beginning on the fifth (5th)
                      anniversary of the Commencement Date and continuing
                      through and including the Expiration Date, ONE
                      MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN
                      AND 50/100 ($1,100,267.50) DOLLARS per annum, to be
                      paid by Tenant in equal monthly installments of
                      $91,688.96 each.

Lease Term - The "Lease Term" shall mean the period of years (and/or
portions thereof) that this Lease shall be in effect, commencing on the
Commencement Date and ending on the Expiration Date, unless sooner
terminated as provided in this Lease or by law, or extended as provided in
Article 34 below.

Rentable Square Feet - The term "Rentable Square Feet" shall refer to the
number of rentable square feet in the Demised Premises, and shall be deemed
to be 14,197 square feet, as agreed to by Landlord and Tenant following
Tenant's inspection of (or opportunity to inspect) the Demised Premises or
plans thereof. For the purposes of this Lease, Landlord and Tenant agree
that: (i) the office space portion of the Building shall be deemed to
contain 718,035 rentable square feet, and (ii) the office space portion of
the Building plus the retail space portion of the Building shall be deemed
to contain 735,748 rentable square feet in the aggregate.

Tenant's Operating Share - The term "Tenant's Operating Share" shall mean
1.9772%, for so long as Landlord shall own the entire Building. If a
portion or portions of the Building (but not the entire Building) shall be
sold, transferred or conveyed, then Tenant's Operating Share shall be
changed to that percentage which shall be equal to a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the Rentable Square Feet, and the denominator
of which shall be the aggregate rentable square feet of office space in
that portion of the Building owned by Landlord at such time (and from time
to time), as determined by a reputable, independent architect.

Tenant's Tax Share - The term "Tenant's Tax Share" shall mean 1.9296%, for
so long as Landlord shall own the entire Building. If a portion or portions
of the Building (but not the entire Building) shall be sold, transferred or
conveyed, then Tenant's Tax Share shall be changed to that percentage which
shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Rentable
Square Feet, and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate rentable
square feet of office space and retail space in that portion of the
Building owned by Landlord at such time (and from time to time), as
determined by a reputable, independent architect.

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Useable Square Feet - The term "Useable Square Feet" shall refer to the
number of useable square feet in the Demised Premises, and shall be deemed
to be 10,648 square feet, as agreed to by Landlord and Tenant following
Tenant's inspection of (or opportunity to inspect) the Demised Premises or
plans thereof.

        Section 1.02. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that none of the
definitions and agreements contained in Section 1.01 above (including the
definitions of Rentable Square Feet, Useable Square Feet, Tenant's
Operating Share and Tenant's Tax Share) shall be construed as or deemed to
be a representation or warranty by Landlord concerning (i) the actual size
of the Demised Premises or the Building (or any portions thereof), or (ii)
the actual ratio in size between the Demised Premises and the Building (or
any portions thereof).

        Section 1.03. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby
hires from Landlord, the Demised Premises, together with the right to use,
in common with others, such portions of the lobbies, elevators and other
public portions of the Building as may be necessary for access to the
Demised Premises for the Lease Term, and for the Fixed Rent and additional
rent herein reserved, and subject to all of the covenants, agreements,
terms, conditions, limitations, reservations and provisions hereinafter set
forth.

                                 ARTICLE 2

                         COMMENCEMENT OF LEASE TERM

        Section 2.01.

                A. The term of this Lease shall commence on the Merger
Effective Date (the "Commencement Date"). The "Merger Effective Date" shall
mean the date specified as the "Effective Time" for the merger under the
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among North Fork
Bancorporation, Inc., North Fork Bank and Commercial Bank of New York dated
as of February 13, 2001, and, as of the date hereof, Landlord and Tenant
expect that the Merger Effective Date will occur on or about November 9,
2001 (the "Target Date"). Within two (2) Business Days following the
occurrence of the Merger Effective Date, Tenant shall notify Landlord
thereof.

                B. The term of this Lease shall expire at noon on the last
day of the calendar month in which the tenth (10th) anniversary of the
Commencement Date occurs (the "Expiration Date"), or shall end on such
earlier date upon which such term may expire or be cancelled or terminated
pursuant to the provisions of this Lease or by law.

                C. Promptly following the Commencement Date, Landlord and
Tenant shall execute and deliver a supplementary agreement (in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit "G", and pertaining to the matters set forth
therein) setting forth the dates of the Commencement Date and the
Expiration Date, but the failure to so execute or deliver said
supplementary agreement shall not in any way reduce Tenant's obligations or
Landlord's rights under this Lease.

        Section 2.02. Tenant agrees to accept possession of the Demised
Premises in "as is" and "where is" condition on the Commencement Date.
Landlord shall not be obligated to perform any work whatsoever to prepare
the Demised Premises for Tenant. All materials, work, labor, fixtures and
installations required for completion of the Demised Premises and the
operation of Tenant's business thereat shall (subject to the provisions of
Article 5 below) be promptly furnished and performed by Tenant, at Tenant's
own cost and expense.

        Section 2.03. Tenant hereby acknowledges that the Demised Premises
is currently occupied by a third party (the "Existing Tenant"), some of
whose principals and officers are also principals and officers of Tenant.
Tenant agrees that Landlord shall have no liability whatsoever to Tenant in
the event that the Commencement Date shall not have occurred on or after
the Target Date. Except as expressly set forth below in this Section 2.03,
no such failure to give possession on or after the Target Date shall affect
the validity of this Lease, or the obligations of Tenant hereunder, or be
deemed to extend the Lease Term, but the rent reserved and covenanted to be
paid hereunder shall not commence until the Commencement Date shall occur;
provided, however, that Tenant's obligation to begin paying rent shall
begin on the Commencement Date if Landlord shall be unable to deliver the
Demised Premises to Tenant on or after the Merger Effective Date by reason
of the Existing Tenant's failure to surrender the Demised Premises.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, if
the Merger Effective Date shall not have occurred on or before March 20,
2002 (the "Cancellation Date"), then this Lease shall be deemed canceled
and terminated effective as of the Cancellation Date, and except as to
Tenant's obligations pursuant to Article 21 below, neither party shall have
any further obligations to the other under this Lease.

        Section 2.04. The parties hereto agree that this Article 2
constitutes an express provision as to the time at which Landlord shall
deliver possession of the Demised Premises to Tenant, and Tenant hereby
waives any rights to rescind this Lease which Tenant might otherwise have
pursuant to Section 223-a of the Real Property Law of the State of New
York, or pursuant to any other law of like import now or hereafter in
force.

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                                 ARTICLE 3

                                    RENT

        Section 3.01.  Tenant covenants and agrees that, during the
entire Lease Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the Fixed Rent at the
annual rate set forth in Section 1.01, in equal monthly installments, in
advance, on the first day of each calendar month during the Lease Term, at
such place in New York City as Landlord may designate, without any
abatement, reduction, setoff, counterclaim, defense or deduction
whatsoever. In the event that Tenant's obligation to pay Fixed Rent shall
commence on a date which shall be other than the first day of a calendar
month, the same shall be prorated at the rental rate applicable during the
first year of the Lease Term, and shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord
together with the first full monthly installment of Fixed Rent as shall
become due hereunder.

        Section 3.02. All costs, charges, expenses and payments (including
the payments required to be made by Tenant pursuant to Article 19 below)
which Tenant assumes, agrees or shall be obligated to pay to Landlord or
others pursuant to this Lease (other than Fixed Rent) shall be deemed
additional rent, and, in the event that Tenant shall fail to timely pay the
same, Landlord shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect
thereto as are provided for herein or by applicable law in the case of
non-payment of rent.

        Section 3.03. Tenant covenants to pay the Fixed Rent and additional
rent as in this Lease provided, when due and without notice or demand, by
check, subject to collection, or in lawful money of the United States which
shall be legal tender in payment of all debts and dues, public and private,
at the time of payment. All Fixed Rent and additional rent shall be paid by
Tenant at such location in New York City designated by Landlord, unless
Tenant shall make such payments in the manner provided in Section 3.06
below. If any installment of Fixed Rent or any additional rent shall not be
paid within five (5) Business Days after such installment of Fixed Rent or
additional rent shall have first become due, Tenant shall also pay to
Landlord interest thereon from the due date until such installment of Fixed
Rent or additional rent is fully paid at the "Interest Rate" (defined in
Article 16 below). Such interest charge shall be due and payable as
additional rent with the next monthly installment of Fixed Rent. Upon
default in payment by Tenant of any such interest charge, Landlord shall
have all the rights and remedies provided for upon default of the Fixed
Rent. The foregoing obligations on the part of the Tenant shall not
preclude the simultaneous or subsequent exercise by Landlord of any and all
other rights or remedies provided for in this Lease or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. No payment by
Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than the Fixed Rent or
additional rent herein stipulated shall be deemed to be other than on
account of the earliest stipulated Fixed Rent or additional rent (unless
Landlord, in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, shall otherwise and
in writing so elect), nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check
or in any letter accompanying any check or payment, as Fixed Rent or
additional rent, be deemed an accord and satisfaction, and Landlord may
accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord's right to
recover the balance of such Fixed Rent and additional rent or pursue any
other remedy provided in this Lease, at law or in equity.

        Section 3.04. If all or any part of the Fixed Rent or additional
rent shall at any time become uncollectible, reduced or required to be
refunded by virtue of any Legal Requirements (including rent control or
stabilization laws), then for the period prescribed by said Legal
Requirements, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the maximum amounts permitted
pursuant to said Legal Requirements, and Tenant shall execute and deliver
such agreement(s) and take such other steps as Landlord may request and as
may be legally permissible to permit Landlord to collect the maximum rent
which, from time to time during the continuance of such legal rent
restriction, may be legally permissible (and not in excess of the amounts
then reserved therefor under this Lease). Upon the expiration or other
legal termination of the applicable period of time during which such
amounts shall be uncollectible, reduced or refunded: (a) the Fixed Rent and
additional rent shall become and shall thereafter be payable in accordance
with the amounts reserved herein for the periods following such expiration
or termination, and (b) Tenant shall pay to Landlord as additional rent,
within twenty-two (22) days after demand, all uncollected, reduced or
refunded amounts that would have been payable for the aforesaid period
absent such Legal Requirements. The provisions of the immediately preceding
sentence shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.

        Section 3.05. If Landlord shall direct Tenant to pay Fixed Rent or
additional rent to a "lockbox" or other depository whereby checks issued in
payment of Fixed Rent or additional rent (or both, as the case may be) are
initially cashed or deposited by a person or entity other than Landlord
(albeit on Landlord's authority), then, for any and all purposes under this
Lease: (i) Landlord shall not be deemed to have accepted such payment until
ten (10) days after the date on which Landlord shall have actually received
such funds, and (ii) Landlord shall be deemed to have accepted such payment
if (and only if) within said ten (10) day period, Landlord shall not have
refunded (or attempted to refund) such payment to Tenant. Tenant shall not
be in default of Tenant's obligation to pay rent if and for so long as
Tenant shall timely pay the rent required pursuant to this Lease in the
manner designated by Landlord.

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        Section 3.06. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Article 3, provided that Landlord shall give Tenant not less than
thirty (30) days notice thereof (which notice shall identify a domestic
bank and contain appropriate wire instructions), Tenant shall pay all
future monthly installments of Fixed Rent at the office of such domestic
bank, by wire transfer of immediately available federal funds, to the
account of Landlord. On not less than thirty (30) days notice, Landlord may
thereafter revise or revoke such direction to pay Fixed Rent by wire
transfer. If Landlord shall direct Tenant to pay Fixed Rent by wire
transfer, then Tenant shall not be in default of Tenant's obligation to pay
Fixed Rent if and for so long as Tenant shall timely comply with Landlord's
wire instructions in connection with such payments. Accordingly, if Tenant
shall have timely complied with Landlord's instructions pertaining to a
wire transfer, but the funds shall thereafter have been misdirected or not
accounted for properly by the recipient bank designated by Landlord, then
the same shall not relieve Tenant's obligation to make the payment so
wired, but shall toll the due date for such payment until the wired funds
shall have been located. However, for all other purposes under this Lease:
(i) Landlord shall not be deemed to have accepted such payment until ten
(10) days after the date on which such funds shall have actually been
deposited in Landlord's account at said bank, and (ii) Landlord shall be
deemed to have accepted such payment if (and only if) within said ten (10)
day period, Landlord shall not have refunded (or attempted to refund) such
payment to Tenant.

                                 ARTICLE 4

                                    USE

        Section 4.01. Tenant shall use and occupy the Demised Premises for
the Authorized Use, and for no other purpose.

        Section 4.02. Without in any way limiting the restrictions on use
contained in Section 4.01, but subject to Tenant's right to use the Demised
Premises for the Authorized Use as set forth in Section 31.19 below, Tenant
specifically agrees that Tenant shall not permit any part of the Demised
Premises to be used for retail banking or retail lending purposes of any
kind (if the same is open to the general public on an "off-the-street"
basis or entails retail customers (other than private banking customers of
Tenant) visiting Tenant at the Demised Premises); or for a retail safe
deposit business or the sale of travelers checks and/or foreign exchange
(if the same is open to the general public on an "off-the-street" basis or
entails retail customers (other than private banking customers of Tenant)
visiting Tenant at the Demised Premises); or as a kitchen, restaurant or
cafeteria; or for manufacturing, storage, shipping or receiving; or for
retail securities brokerage purposes (if the same is open to the general
public on an "off-the-street" basis or entails retail customers (other than
private banking customers of Tenant) visiting Tenant at the Demised
Premises); or for any retail sales or as a store; or for the sale of any
food or beverage; or as a news and cigar stand (or anything similar
thereto); or for any sale of merchandise with delivery at or from the
Demised Premises; or for the production of samples or workroom; or for any
purpose other than the Authorized Use. In addition, the Demised Premises
may not be used by (i) an agency, department or bureau of the United States
Government, any state or municipality within the United States, or any
foreign government, or any political subdivision of any of them, or (ii)
any tax exempt entity within the meaning of Section 168(h)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor or substitute
statute, or rule or regulation applicable thereto (as same may be amended).

        Section 4.03. Tenant expressly acknowledges that irreparable injury
will result to Landlord in the event of a breach of any of the covenants
made by Tenant in this Article 4, and it is agreed that, in the event of
such breach, Landlord shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedies
available, to an injunction to restrain the violation thereof. Breach of
any of Tenant's covenants under this Article shall also constitute an Event
of Default pursuant and subject to the provisions of Article 15 hereof.

                                 ARTICLE 5

                   ALTERATIONS; LIENS; TENANT'S PROPERTY

        Section 5.01.

                A. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.01,
Tenant shall make no Alterations in or to the Demised Premises, including
removal or installation of partitions, doors, electrical installations,
plumbing installations, water coolers, heating, ventilating and
air-conditioning or cooling systems, units or parts thereof or other
apparatus of like or other nature, whether structural or non-structural,
without Landlord's prior written consent (which consent, with respect to
non-structural Alterations, shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
and then only by contractors or mechanics approved in writing by Landlord.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.01,
Tenant shall have the right, on not less than ten (10) days prior written
notice to Landlord, but without being required to obtain Landlord's
consent, to perform Alterations in or to the Demised Premises which do not
require the issuance of a building permit or any other governmental
authorization and which are purely decorative in nature (e.g., painting and
the installation or removal of carpeting or wall coverings; collectively,
"Decorative Changes"), provided that such Decorative Changes are made
entirely, and visible only, within the Demised Premises, and do not cost in
excess of $150,000, in the aggregate, over a twelve-month period, but
Tenant shall nonetheless comply with all of the other requirements
governing Alterations set forth in this Lease.

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                B. It shall be Tenant's responsibility and obligation to
ensure that all Alterations: (i) shall be made at Tenant's own cost and
expense and at such times and in such manner as Landlord may from time to
time reasonably designate (including such reasonable rules governing the
performance of Alterations as Landlord may from time to time make as
provided under the provisions of Article 26 below), (ii) shall comply with
all Legal Requirements (including NYC Local Laws No. 5 of 1973, No. 16 of
1984 and No. 58 of 1988, each as amended from time to time, and all Legal
Requirements then in effect relating to asbestos and to access for the
handicapped or disabled) and all orders, rules and regulations of Insurance
Boards of which Tenant or any Person Within Tenant's Control has knowledge,
(iii) shall be made promptly and in a good and workmanlike manner using
prime quality materials, and (iv) shall not affect the appearance of the
Building outside of the Demised Premises or be visible from the exterior of
the Building, it being Landlord's intention to keep the exterior appearance
of the Building uniform (and, in pursuance thereof, Landlord shall have the
right to approve the appearance of all such Alterations visible from the
exterior of the Building, including ceiling heights, blinds, lighting,
signs and other decorations). In order to ensure, maintain and control the
quality and standards of materials and workmanship in and the effective
security of the Building, including the Demised Premises, Tenant
acknowledges that it is reasonable to require Tenant, and Tenant hereby
covenants and agrees, to use only general contractors, construction
managers and subcontractors (collectively, "Tenant's Contractors") first
approved in writing by Landlord; provided, however, that any Alterations to
the sprinkler, Class E or other life/safety systems of the Building, or
connections to the condenser water system of the Building, shall be
performed only by such contractor(s) designated by Landlord (whose prices
shall be reasonably competitive in the marketplace). Landlord expressly
reserves the right to exclude from the Building any person attempting to
perform any work or act as a Tenant's Contractor without Landlord's prior
written consent.

                C. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
provisions of this Article 5 shall apply to Tenant's Initial Work, as well
as to all future Alterations.

                D. A list of currently approved contractors and major trade
subcontractors is annexed hereto as Exhibit "B" and made a part hereof. The
contractors and subcontractors identified on said list shall be deemed to
be approved only for the performance of Tenant's Initial Work, and not for
future Alterations. Following completion of Tenant's Initial Work, Landlord
shall have the unfettered right to revise said list in any manner that
Landlord deems appropriate; provided, however, that for the entire Lease
Term, Landlord shall maintain a list (the "Approved Contractor List") of
not less than five (5) approved general contractors and three (3)
subcontractors for each of the major trades, whose fees shall be reasonably
competitive in the marketplace and who shall not be affiliated with
Landlord. At Tenant's request, Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a copy of
the then current Approved Contractor List from time to time during the
Lease Term. If Tenant shall wish to use a contractor or subcontractor, not
on Landlord's then Approved Contractor List, to perform an Alteration (any
of the foregoing if approved by Landlord, an "Alternate Tenant's
Contractor"), Tenant shall obtain Landlord's approval (which shall not be
unreasonably delayed) of such proposed Alternate Tenant's Contractor prior
to retaining the services of such party. For purposes of enabling Landlord
to determine the acceptability of a proposed Alternate Tenant's Contractor,
Tenant shall furnish to Landlord, upon Landlord's request therefor, such
financial and other information (the "Supplemental Information") concerning
such a proposed Alternate Tenant's Contractor as Landlord reasonably deems
appropriate.

        Section 5.02.
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                A. Prior to commencing the performance of any Alterations,
other than Decorative Changes, Tenant shall furnish to Landlord:

                         (i) Plans and specifications (to be prepared by a
licensed architect or engineer engaged by Tenant, at the cost and expense
of Tenant), in sufficient detail to be accepted for filing by the New York
City Building Department (or any successor or other governmental agency
serving a similar function), of such proposed Alterations, and Tenant shall
not commence the performance thereof unless and until Landlord shall have
given written consent to said plans and specifications (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to non-structural
Alterations);

                         (ii) A certificate evidencing that Tenant (or
Tenant's Contractors) has (have) procured and paid for worker's
compensation insurance covering all persons employed in connection with the
work who might assert claims for death or bodily injury against
Overlandlord, Landlord, Tenant, the Land and/or the Building;

                         (iii) Such additional personal injury and property
damage insurance (over and above the insurance required to be carried by
Tenant pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.03 below), and builder's
risk, fire and other casualty insurance as Landlord may reasonably require
in connection with the work to be done for Tenant;

                         (iv) If at the relevant point in time the Building
shall be subject to an Underlying Lease or Mortgage, and the work to be
undertaken is structural in nature and requires the approval of the
Overlandlord or any Mortgagee, then such approval shall be obtained at
Tenant's own cost and expense;

                         (v) Such permits, authorizations or consents as
may be required by any applicable Legal Requirements, all of which shall be
obtained at Tenant's cost and expense, provided, however, that no plans,
specifications or applications shall be filed by Tenant with any
governmental authority without Tenant first obtaining Landlord's written
consent thereto or execution thereof (with Landlord's consent to, or
execution of, such filing not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and

                         (vi) A written letter of authorization, in form
satisfactory to Landlord, signed by all architects, engineers, surveyors,
designers and contractors who become involved in such Alterations, which
shall confirm that, at Landlord's request (but only in the event that this
Lease shall have been terminated), any and all of their respective
drawings, plans and permits are to be removed or withdrawn from any filing
with governmental authorities.

                B. In the event that Landlord shall submit the plans and
specifications referred to in clause (i) of Subsection 5.02A above to
Landlord's architects and/or engineers for review, Tenant shall reimburse
Landlord as additional rent for Landlord's reasonable, out-of pocket costs
and expenses incurred in connection with such review within ten (10) days
after written notice to Tenant of the amount of any such expense.

                C. Tenant shall keep accurate and complete cost records of
all Alterations (other than Decorative Changes) performed by Tenant or by
Persons Within Tenant's Control, and shall, on reasonable prior notice by
Landlord, make available for Landlord's inspection and/or copying (at
Landlord's expense) at the Demised Premises during reasonable hours, true
copies thereof and/or of all contracts entered into and work orders issued
by Tenant in connection therewith. Landlord's review of, and/or any failure
by Landlord to object to, any such contract or work order shall not: (i) be
construed as an approval by Landlord of such contract or work order or the
contents thereof, (ii) impose any liability on Landlord in connection
therewith, or (iii) relieve Tenant of any obligation of Tenant with respect
to such Alterations or the Demised Premises as otherwise set forth in this
Lease.

        Section 5.03.

                A. In no event shall any material or equipment be
incorporated in or to the Demised Premises in connection with any
Alteration which is subject to any lien, encumbrance, chattel mortgage,
security interest, charge of any kind whatsoever, or is subject to any
conditional sale or other similar or dissimilar title retention agreement.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to Tenant's personal property if
and for so long as the same shall not be affixed to (other than by wiring
or other manner that would preclude the same from being deemed as
constituting part of the real property of which the Demised Premises form a
part) the Demised Premises.

                B. Tenant shall not create or permit to be created any
lien, encumbrance or charge (levied on account of any taxes or any
mechanic's, laborer's or materialman's lien, conditional sale, title
retention agreement or otherwise) which might be or become a lien,
encumbrance or charge upon the Land or Building or any part thereof or the
income therefrom, and Tenant shall not suffer any other matter or thing
whereby the estate, rights and interest of Landlord in the Land or Building
or any part thereof might be impaired. Tenant shall take all steps
necessary under local laws to prevent the imposition of such a lien,
encumbrance or charge on the Land or Building.

                C. If any lien, encumbrance or charge referred to in this
Section 5.03 shall at any time be filed against the Land or Building or any
part thereof, then Tenant, within thirty (30) days after the filing thereof
and at Tenant's own cost and expense, shall cause the same to be discharged
of record by posting a bond or otherwise, and Tenant shall indemnify
Landlord against and defend and hold Landlord harmless from all costs,
expenses, liabilities, losses, fines and penalties, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements, resulting therefrom. If Tenant shall
fail to cause such lien to be discharged within the aforesaid period, then,
in addition to any other right or remedy, Landlord may, but shall not be
obligated to, discharge the same either by paying the amount claimed to be
due or by procuring the discharge of such lien by deposit or by bonding
proceedings, and in any such event Landlord shall be entitled, if Landlord
so elects, to compel the prosecution of an action for the foreclosure of
such lien by the lienor and to pay the amount of the judgment in favor of
the lienor with interest, costs and allowances. Any amount so paid by
Landlord and all costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection
therewith, together with interest thereon at the Interest Rate, shall
constitute additional rent payable by Tenant under this Lease, which
additional rent shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand.
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                D. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 5.01D above,
nothing contained in this Lease shall be deemed or construed in any way as
constituting the consent or request of Landlord, express or implied by
inference or otherwise, to any contractor, subcontractor, laborer or
materialman for the performance of any labor or the furnishing of labor or
materials for the specific improvement, alteration to or repair of the
Demised Premises or any part thereof, nor as giving Tenant any right, power
or authority to contract for or permit the rendering of any services or the
furnishing of any materials that would give rise to the filing of any lien
against the Land, Building, Demised Premises or any part thereof. Notice is
hereby given that Landlord shall not be liable for any work performed or to
be performed at the Demised Premises for Tenant or any subtenant, or for
any materials furnished or to be furnished at the Demised Premises for
Tenant or any subtenant upon credit, and that no mechanic's or other lien
for such work or materials shall attach to or affect the estate or interest
of Landlord in and to the Land, Building or Demised Premises. Landlord
shall have the right to post and keep posted on the portion of the Demised
Premises that is the subject of an Alteration any notices that Landlord may
be required to post for the protection of Landlord, the Land, Building
and/or the Demised Premises from any lien.

                E. Tenant shall have no power to do any act or make any
contract which may create or be the foundation for any lien, mortgage or
other encumbrance upon the reversion or other estate of Landlord or of any
interest of Landlord in the Demised Premises. The foregoing sentence shall
not be construed so as to prohibit Tenant from entering into a contract
with any contractor, subcontractor, laborer or materialman.

        Section 5.04. Tenant shall not at any time, either directly or
indirectly, use any contractors or labor or materials in the Demised
Premises if the use of such contractors or labor or materials would create
any work stoppage, picketing, labor disruption or any other difficulty with
other contractors or labor engaged by Tenant or Landlord or others in the
construction, maintenance or operation of the Building or any part thereof.
Tenant shall immediately stop any work or other activity if Landlord shall
notify Tenant that continuing such work or activity would violate the
provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. At the time that Tenant
requests Landlord's approval of a proposed Tenant's Contractor, Landlord
shall endeavor to advise Tenant if Landlord knows that Tenant's Contractor
will cause Tenant to violate the provisions of this Section 5.04.

        Section 5.05. Landlord shall not be liable for any failure or
diminution of any Building Systems or services, or for any damage to
Tenant's property or the property of any other person, caused by
Alterations made by Tenant or by Persons Within Tenant's Control,
notwithstanding Landlord's consent thereto or to the plans and
specifications therefor. Landlord's consent to any such plans or
specifications shall not be deemed a representation of any kind that the
same conform to the applicable Legal Requirements. Tenant shall promptly
correct any faulty or improper Alteration made by Tenant or by Persons
Within Tenant's Control, and shall repair any and all damage caused
thereby. Upon Tenant's failure to make such corrections and repairs within
five (5) Business Days after Landlord shall notify Tenant of the need
therefor, Landlord may make such corrections and repairs and charge Tenant
for the reasonable cost thereof. Such charge shall be deemed additional
rent, and shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord within twenty-two (22) days
after written notice to Tenant of the amount thereof.

        Section 5.06.

                A. All movable property, furniture, furnishings and trade
fixtures furnished by or at the expense of Tenant that can be removed from
the Demised Premises with only customary painting, plastering and patching
being required in order to repair the damage to the Demised Premises caused
by such removal shall remain the property of Tenant, and may be removed by
Tenant from time to time prior to the expiration of the Lease Term. Tenant
shall notify Landlord in writing not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
expiration of the Lease Term specifying any such items of property which
Tenant does not wish to remove. If within thirty (30) days after the
service of such notice Landlord shall request Tenant to remove any of said
items, Tenant shall, at Tenant's expense, remove said items prior to the
expiration of the Lease Term. All other items of Tenant's property shall be
removed by Tenant on or before the expiration (or sooner termination) of
the Lease Term.

                B. All Alterations made by either party, including all
paneling, decorations, partitions, railings, mezzanine floors, galleries
and the like, which are affixed to the Demised Premises, shall become the
property of Landlord and shall be surrendered with the Demised Premises at
the end of the Lease Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord may
elect to require Tenant to remove "Specialty Alterations" (as such term is
defined below), at Tenant's expense, by giving written notice to Tenant
sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Lease Term, subject to the
following condition. Tenant shall have the right to request, at the same
time that Tenant requests Landlord's consent to the installation of a
Specialty Alteration, that Landlord notify Tenant (together with Landlord's
consent to such installation) whether Landlord reserves the right to
require Tenant to remove such Specialty Alteration at the end of the Lease
Term by setting forth the following sentence in bold, capital letters in a
writing that accompanies the plans and specifications for the proposed
Specialty Alteration (and which writing is delivered to all parties
entitled to receive Notices to Landlord pursuant to Article 28 below):

                 "TENANT REQUESTS THAT LANDLORD NOTIFY TENANT TOGETHER WITH
                 LANDLORD'S CONSENT TO THE ENCLOSED TENANT'S PLANS WHETHER
                 LANDLORD WILL RESERVE LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO REQUIRE ANY
                 ALTERATION SHOWN ON THE ENCLOSED PLANS TO BE REMOVED FROM
                 THE DEMISED PREMISES AT THE END OF THE LEASE TERM. IF
                 LANDLORD SHALL FAIL TO NOTIFY TENANT AT THE TIME OF
                 LANDLORD'S CONSENT TO AN ALTERATION THAT LANDLORD WILL
                 RESERVE SUCH RIGHT, THEN LANDLORD SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
                 WAIVED LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO REQUIRE SUCH ALTERATION TO BE
                 REMOVED AT THE END OF THE LEASE TERM."
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If Tenant shall have timely requested such notification, and Landlord shall
either have failed to notify Tenant that Landlord reserves the right to
require Tenant to remove such Specialty Alteration at the end of the Lease
Term, or has notified Tenant that Landlord does not reserve the right to
require Tenant to remove such Specialty Alteration at the end of the Lease
Term, then Tenant shall not be required to remove such Specialty Alteration
at the end of the Lease Term. For the purposes hereof, the term "Specialty
Alterations" shall mean and include any Alteration that is not an ordinary
office installation, as reasonably determined by Landlord. By way of
example only, a kitchen (but not a pantry), cafeteria, vault, a safe that
is built into a wall, internal stairway or slab cut would each be deemed to
be a Specialty Alteration (it being understood and agreed that the
foregoing is merely a list of non-exclusive examples, and does not
constitute, nor shall it be construed as, Landlord's consent to the
installation thereof). If Landlord shall not have given notice to Tenant to
remove a Specialty Alteration until after the expiration or sooner
termination of the Lease Term, then the provisions of Section 25.02 below
relating to a "holdover" by Tenant shall not apply if and for so long as
(x) Tenant shall remain in the Demised Premises only for the purpose of
removing such Specialty Alteration and performing the required repairs, and
(y) Tenant shall, with diligence and continuity, be performing such removal
and repair.

                C. In any case where Tenant removes any property or
Alterations in accordance with Subsections A and B above, or otherwise,
Tenant shall immediately repair all damage caused by said removal and shall
restore the Demised Premises to good order and condition at Tenant's
expense, and if Tenant fails to do so, Landlord may do so at Tenant's cost
and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord therefor upon demand. In addition, if
Tenant shall remove any mechanical or other equipment within the Demised
Premises containing chlorofluorocarbons, the removal of such equipment
shall conform with all Legal Requirements and industry practices, and shall
be performed by contractors and in accordance with procedures approved by
Landlord.

                D. Upon failure of Tenant to remove any property or
Alterations in accordance with Subsections A and B above, or upon
termination of this Lease pursuant to Article 15 hereof, Landlord may, at
Tenant's expense: (i) remove all such property and Alterations which
Landlord may require Tenant to remove pursuant to Subsections A and B
above, (ii) cause the same to be placed in storage, and (iii) repair any
damage caused by said removal and restore the Demised Premises to good
order and condition. Tenant shall, upon demand and as additional rent,
reimburse Landlord for all of the aforesaid expenses. In addition, any
items of property or Alterations not removed by Tenant may, at the election
of Landlord, be deemed to have been abandoned by Tenant, and Landlord may
retain and dispose of some or all of said items without any liability to
Tenant and without accounting to Tenant for the proceeds thereof.

                E. The provisions of this Section 5.06 shall survive the
expiration or sooner termination of the Lease Term, whereupon any and all
monetary obligations of Tenant pursuant thereto shall be deemed damages
recoverable by Landlord.

        Section 5.07. If Tenant shall fail to comply with any provision of
this Article 5 (other than the provisions of Sections 5.05 and 5.06 above),
Landlord, in addition to any other remedy herein provided, may require
Tenant to immediately cease all work being performed in the Building by or
on behalf of Tenant, and Landlord may deny access to the Demised Premises
to any person performing work or supplying materials in the Demised
Premises.

        Section 5.08. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, Tenant shall have the same rights as all other single full floor
tenants in the Building (other than Landlord) to place signage in the
Building lobby if and to the extent that Landlord shall allow other single
full floor tenants in the Building (other than Landlord) to place signage
in the Building lobby. Tenant acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, no
tenant in the Building (other than Landlord) has any right to place signage
in the Building lobby.

                                 ARTICLE 6

                          REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

        Section 6.01. Tenant shall take good care of the Demised Premises
and the fixtures, glass, appurtenances and equipment therein (including, if
and to the extent installed by Tenant, any Person Within Tenant's Control
or by any previous occupant of the Demised Premises or the agents,
contractors, servants or employees of any such occupant: (i) all portions
of the Building Systems that are located within the Demised Premises, and
(ii) any sprinkler loop and distribution pipes and heads, and any
ventilation and air-conditioning ducts and components of a distribution
system in or appurtenant to the Demised Premises, and including any private
bathrooms in or appurtenant to the Demised Premises), and at Tenant's own
cost and expense shall make all Repairs as and when needed to preserve them
in good working order and condition, whether or not such Repairs are
ordinary or extraordinary, or foreseen or unforeseen at this time, and
whether or not such Repairs pertain to improvements in the Demised Premises
furnished or installed by Landlord, but excluding Repairs to the rough
floor, the rough ceiling, exterior walls or load-bearing columns, unless
required under the provisions of following sentence. All damage or injury
to the Demised Premises, or to the Building or the Building Systems outside
of the Demised Premises, or to improvements or portions of Building Systems
furnished or installed by Landlord in the Demised Premises, caused by or
arising from any act or omission of Tenant, or of any Person Within
Tenant's Control, including those which are structural, extraordinary and
unforseen, shall be promptly repaired, restored or replaced by Tenant, at
Tenant's own cost and expense. All Repairs shall be in quality and class
equal to or better than the original work or installations, and shall be
performed in good and workmanlike manner, using prime quality materials.
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        Section 6.02.
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                A. Subject to the provisions of Article 9 below, and
provided that Tenant shall have given notice to Landlord of the need
therefor, Landlord shall make or cause to be made all Repairs, structural
and otherwise, necessary to keep in good order and repair the exterior and
public portions of the Building, and the Building Systems (including the
Building Units serving the Demised Premises (as described in Article 18
below)), other than those Repairs required to be made by Tenant as provided
in Section 6.01 above. Except as expressly provided in Subsection 6.02B
below, there shall be no allowance to Tenant for a diminution of rental
value or interruption of business, and no liability on the part of
Landlord, by reason of inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business
arising from Landlord, Tenant or others making any Repairs or Alterations
in or to any portion of the Building or Building Systems or the Demised
Premises.

                 B. (i) For the purposes of this Section 6.02, the term
"Interruption" shall mean any instance in which Tenant shall be unable to
use a substantial portion of the Demised Premises for the conduct of
Tenant's business operations therein solely by reason of (x) the failure of
Landlord to perform any of Landlord's obligations pursuant to Subsection
6.02A above, or (y) the interruption, curtailment or suspension of the
Building services described in Article 18 below, or the electricity
described in Article 20 below, or (z) the performance by Landlord of
Repairs, Alterations or improvements in or about the Demised Premises.

                      (ii) For the purposes of this Section 6.02, the
term "Material Interruption" shall mean any instance in which an
Interruption shall have occurred, and (x) Tenant shall have notified
Landlord of such Interruption and Tenant's inability to use the Demised
Premises, (y) such Interruption and Tenant's inability to use the Demised
Premises shall continue for at least seven (7) consecutive Business Days
after delivery of such notice by Tenant to Landlord, and (z) such
Interruption shall have been caused solely by the negligence or willful
misconduct of Landlord or of Landlord's agents.

                      (iii) If a Material Interruption shall occur,
then, as Tenant's sole remedy in connection with such Material
Interruption, and provided that such Material Interruption shall then be
continuing, Tenant shall be entitled to an abatement of Fixed Rent and
Recurring Additional Rent for the period which shall begin on the eighth
(8th) Business Day following Tenant's delivery of notice to Landlord of
such Material Interruption and Tenant's inability to use the Demised
Premises, and which shall end on the earlier of the day on which such
Material Interruption shall cease or the day immediately prior to the day
on which the Demised Premises shall be useable for the conduct of Tenant's
business therein.

                      (iv) For the purposes hereof, a "substantial
portion" of the Demised Premises shall mean 3,500 square feet or more
rentable square feet, and if a substantial portion, but less than all, of
the Demised Premises shall have been rendered unusable, then Tenant shall
be entitled to an abatement of Fixed Rent and Recurring Additional Rent on
a pro rata basis, calculated by multiplying the amount of Fixed Rent and
Recurring Additional Rent otherwise then payable pursuant to this Lease by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the rentable portion of the
Demised Premises which shall have been rendered unusable, and the
denominator of which shall be the number of Rentable Square Feet.

        Section 6.03. If any Insurance Boards or Legal Requirements shall
require or recommend installation in the Demised Premises of fire
extinguishers or of a "sprinkler system" or any other fire protection
devices, or any changes, modifications, alterations or additions thereto
for any reason, whether or not attributable to Tenant's use of the Demised
Premises, or if any such installation or equipment becomes necessary to
prevent the imposition of a penalty or charge against the full allowance
for a sprinkler or fire extinguishing system in the fire insurance rate as
fixed by Insurance Boards, or by any fire insurance company, then Tenant,
at Tenant's expense, shall promptly install the necessary sprinkler heads
and piping within the Demised Premises and supply such changes,
modifications, alterations, additions or other equipment, provided that
Landlord shall have installed the Base Building sprinkler system serving
the floor(s) on which the Demised Premises are located. In the event that
Landlord shall make any such installation (including sprinklers, stair
pressurizers, water towers), or any such change, modification, alteration
or additions outside of the Demised Premises (such as, without limitation,
in the common area), Tenant shall reimburse Landlord, as additional rent,
an amount equal to Tenant's Operating Share of the cost thereof. Such
reimbursement shall be made by Tenant within twenty-two (22) days after
written notice to Tenant of such amount.
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        Section 6.04. In any case where Tenant shall be required to make
Repairs or perform any work pursuant to this Article and such Repairs or
work shall affect the Building Systems or areas outside of the Demised
Premises, Landlord may, in Landlord's discretion, elect to make such
Repairs or to perform such work for and on behalf of Tenant, but at
Tenant's reasonable cost and expense. In such event, Tenant shall reimburse
Landlord as additional rent for the reasonable cost of such Repairs and/or
work within twenty-two (22) days after Landlord shall furnish a statement
to Tenant of the amount thereof.

        Section 6.05. Tenant shall maintain the Demised Premises and the
areas appurtenant thereto (including any permitted signs or cameras) in a
clean and orderly condition that is consistent with the use and appearance
of the Building. If Tenant shall fail to so maintain the Demised Premises
or appurtenant areas to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord, then, in
addition to any other right or remedy that Landlord shall be entitled to
exercise pursuant to other provisions of this Lease, Landlord shall have
the right, on at least five (5) days notice to Tenant (except in an
emergency, in which case no notice shall be required) and at Tenant's cost
and expense, to enter into the Demised Premises and such appurtenant areas
for the express purpose of rectifying the condition thereof and restoring
the Demised Premises and such appurtenant areas to the condition and
appearance required hereunder.

                                 ARTICLE 7

                            COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

        Section 7.01.

                A. Tenant shall not do, and shall not permit Persons Within
Tenant's Control to do, any act or thing in or upon the Demised Premises or
the Building which will invalidate or be in conflict with the certificate
of occupancy for the Demised Premises or the Building, or which will
violate any Legal Requirements. Tenant shall, at Tenant's cost and expense,
comply with all Legal Requirements (including Local Laws No. 5 of 1973 and
No. 16 of 1984, each as modified and supplemented from time to time under
the Administrative Code as applicable to the Demised Premises, and all
Legal Requirements relating to asbestos) which shall with respect to the
Demised Premises or with respect to any abatement of nuisance (including
the removal, containment, transportation and disposal of asbestos), impose
any violation, order or duty upon Landlord or Tenant arising from, or in
connection with, the Demised Premises, Tenant's occupancy, use or manner of
use of the Demised Premises, or any installations therein, or required by
reason of a breach of any of Tenant's covenants or agreements under this
Lease, whether or not such Legal Requirements shall now be in effect or
hereafter enacted or issued, and whether or not any work required shall be
ordinary or extraordinary or foreseen or unforeseen at the date hereof.

                B. Tenant shall be responsible for the cost of all present
and future compliance with The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
Public Law 101-336, 42 U.S.C. ss. 12101 et seq. and Local Law 58 of 1988,
each as modified and supplemented from time to time (herein collectively
called the "Disabilities Act") in respect of the Demised Premises, except
that Tenant shall not hereby be made to be under any obligation to comply
with the Disabilities Act if and to the extent that the same shall require
Tenant to make any structural alterations within the Demised Premises
(i.e., alterations to the slab, support columns and facade) or to make any
modifications to Building Systems located within the Demised Premises,
unless the necessity for such structural alteration or modification to
Building Systems located within the Demised Premises arises from (i)
Tenant's manner of use of the Demised Premises for other than ordinary and
customary office uses, (ii) the manner of conduct of Tenant's business,
(iii) Tenant's installations, equipment or other property therein or the
operation thereof, (iv) any cause or condition created by or at the
instance of Tenant (as distinguished from Tenant's mere occupancy of the
Demised Premises for the Authorized Use), or (v) the breach of any of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease. In addition, Tenant shall be
responsible for the cost of all present and future compliance with the
Disabilities Act with respect to areas of the Land and Building outside the
Demised Premises, but only if and to the extent that compliance with the
requirements for such present and future compliance arises from (I)
Tenant's manner of use of the Demised Premises other than the Authorized
Use, (II) the manner of conduct of Tenant's business, (III) Tenant's
installations, equipment or other property therein or the operation
thereof, (IV) any cause or condition created by or at the instance of
Tenant (as distinguished from Tenant's mere occupancy of the Demised
Premises for the Authorized Use), or (V) the breach of any of Tenant's
obligations under this Lease.
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                C. Tenant shall be responsible for the cost of all present
and future compliance with all Legal Requirements imposed by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to indoor air
quality (the "OSHA Requirements") within the Demised Premises, except that
Tenant shall not hereby be made to be under any obligation to comply with
the OSHA Requirements if and to the extent that the same shall require
revisions to portions of the Building Systems located outside of the
Demised Premises, unless the necessity for such compliance arises from (i)
Tenant's manner of use of the Demised Premises for other than ordinary and
customary office uses, (ii) the manner of conduct of Tenant's business,
(iii) Tenant's installations, equipment or other property therein or the
operation thereof, (iv) any cause or condition created by or at the
instance of Tenant (as distinguished from Tenant's mere occupancy of the
Demised Premises for the Authorized Use), or (v) the breach of any of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease. If Tenant would be adversely
affected by Landlord's failure to do so, Landlord shall comply with the
OSHA requirements affecting portions of the Building Systems located
outside of the Demised Premises, but only if and to the extent that the
necessity for such compliance does not result from any of the conditions
stated in clauses (i) - (v) of the immediately preceding sentence.

                D. Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials
(hereinafter defined) to be used, stored, transported, released, handled,
produced or installed in, on or from the Demised Premises or the Building;
provided however, that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to
standard office supplies in limited quantities, if and to the extent
permitted by applicable Legal Requirements. The term "Hazardous Materials",
as used herein, shall mean any flammables, explosives, radioactive
materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous and toxic substances or related
materials, asbestos or any material containing asbestos, or any other
substance or material included in the definition of "hazardous substances",
"hazardous wastes", "hazard materials", "toxic substances", "contaminants"
or any other pollutant, or otherwise regulated by any federal, state or
local environmental law, ordinance, rule or regulation, including the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended,
and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, and in the
regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to each of the
foregoing Acts. In the event of a violation of any of the foregoing
provisions of this Subsection 7.01C, Landlord may, without notice and
without regard to any grace or cure period contained elsewhere in this
Lease, take all remedial action deemed necessary by Landlord to correct
such condition, and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost thereof,
upon demand, as additional rent.

                E. Except if the same shall be the obligation of Tenant
under this Lease, Landlord shall comply with all Legal Requirements
affecting the Building or the Demised Premises if the failure to do so
would impair Tenant's ability to use and occupy the Demised Premises for
the Authorized Use.

        Section 7.02. If Tenant shall receive notice of any violation of
any Legal Requirements applicable to the Demised Premises, Tenant shall
give prompt notice thereof to Landlord.

        Section 7.03. Tenant shall also be obligated to comply with any
Legal Requirements requiring any structural Alteration of the Demised
Premises, but only if such Alteration shall be required by reason of a
particular condition which has been created by, or at the instance of,
Tenant or Persons Within Tenant's Control, or shall be attributable to the
manner of use to which Tenant or Persons Within Tenant's Control puts the
Demised Premises, or shall be required by reason of a breach of any of
Tenant's covenants and agreements under this Lease.

        Section 7.04. If any governmental license or permit shall be
required for the proper and lawful conduct of Tenant's business and if the
failure to secure such license or permit would, in any way, affect Landlord
or the Building, then Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall promptly procure
and thereafter maintain, submit for inspection by Landlord, and at all
times comply with the terms and conditions of, each such license or permit.

        Section 7.05. If an excavation shall be made upon the land adjacent
to or under the Building, or shall be authorized or contemplated to be
made, Tenant shall afford to the person causing or authorized to cause such
excavation license to enter upon the Demised Premises for the purpose of
doing such work as said person shall deem necessary or desirable to
preserve the Building from injury or damage and to support the same by
proper foundations without any claim for damages or indemnity against
Landlord, or diminution or abatement of rent.

        Section 7.06. Tenant shall not clean, or permit, suffer or allow to
be cleaned, any windows in the Demised Premises from the outside in
violation of Section 202 of the Labor Law or any other Legal Requirements.

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                                 ARTICLE 8

                                 INSURANCE

        Section 8.01. Landlord shall maintain during the Lease Term a
policy or policies of insurance insuring the Building (including the
Building Units) against loss or damage due to fire and other casualties
covered within the classification of fire and extended coverage, vandalism
coverage and malicious mischief, sprinkler leakage, water damage and
special extended coverage on the Building for the full replacement cost
value of the Building (excluding the replacement cost value of the
foundation or footings of the Building). Landlord may elect to maintain
such other or additional insurance coverage as may include protection
against the risks of earthquake, flood damage and other hazards, a rental
loss endorsement, one or more loss payee endorsements in favor of any
Mortgagee or Overlandlord, and such other endorsements as Landlord shall
reasonably determine to be appropriate or desirable. Tenant shall not
knowingly do, or permit any Person Within Tenant's Control to do, any act
or thing in or upon the Demised Premises which will invalidate or be in
conflict with the terms of the New York State standard form of fire
insurance with extended coverage, or with rental, liability, boiler,
sprinkler, water damage, war risk or other insurance policies (or
endorsements) covering the Building and the fixtures and property therein
(hereinafter referred to as the "Building Insurance"); and Tenant, at
Tenant's own expense, shall comply with all rules, orders, regulations and
requirements of all Insurance Boards of which Tenant has knowledge, and
shall not do, or permit any Person Within Tenant's Control to do, anything
in or upon the Demised Premises or bring or keep anything therein or use
the Demised Premises in a manner which increases the rate of premium for
any of the Building Insurance or any property or equipment located therein
over the rate in effect at the commencement of the Lease Term.

        Section 8.02.

                A. If, by reason of the failure of Tenant to comply with
any provision of this Lease, the rate of premium for the Building Insurance
or other insurance on the property and equipment of Landlord or any other
tenant or subtenant in the Building shall be higher than it otherwise would
be, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord and/or such other tenants or subtenants
in the Building for that part of the insurance premiums thereafter paid by
Landlord or by the other tenants or subtenants in the Building which shall
have been charged because of such failure by Tenant. Tenant shall make said
reimbursement on the first day of the month following such payment by
Landlord or such other tenants or subtenants.

                B. In any action or proceeding wherein Landlord and Tenant
are parties, a schedule or "make-up" of any insurance rate for the Building
or Demised Premises issued by any Insurance Board establishing insurance
premium rates for the Building shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
therein stated and of the several items and charges in the insurance
premium rates then applicable to the Building.

        Section 8.03.

                A. Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, obtain,
maintain and keep in force during the entire Lease Term, for the benefit of
Landlord, the managing agent for the Building, Overlandlord (if applicable)
and Tenant, the following insurance coverages: (i) commercial general
liability insurance (including premises operation, bodily injury, personal
injury, death, independent contractors' liability, owner's protective
liability, products and completed operations liability, broad form
contractual liability and broad form property damage coverages) in a
combined single limit amount of not less than $5,000,000, against all
claims, demands or actions with respect to damage, injury or death made by
or on behalf of any person or entity, arising from or relating to the
conduct and operation of Tenant's business in, on or about the Demised
Premises (which shall include Tenant's signs, if any), or arising from or
related to any act or omission of Tenant; (ii) during the course of
construction of any Tenant's Alterations and until completion thereof,
Builder's Risk insurance on an "all risk" basis (including collapse) on a
completed value (non-reporting) form for full replacement value covering
the interests of Landlord and Tenant (and their respective contractors and
subcontractors) in all work comprising Tenant's Alterations incorporated
into the Building and all materials and equipment located in or about the
Demised Premises (it being agreed that the foregoing coverage may be
maintained by Tenant's contractors, provided that the relevant policies
shall comply with all of the other applicable provisions of this Article 8,
including the requirement that Landlord be named as an additional insured);
(iii) Workers' Compensation insurance, as required by law; and (iv) if
Tenant shall install or maintain one or more boilers or other pressure
vessels to serve the Demised Premises or Tenant's operations thereat,
Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, obtain, maintain and keep
in force, for the benefit of Landlord, Overlandlord (if applicable) and
Tenant, appropriate insurance coverage thereof in an amount not less than
$3,000,000 (it being understood and agreed, however, that the foregoing
shall not be deemed a consent by Landlord to the installation and/or
maintenance of any boilers or other pressure vessels in the Demised
Premises, which installation and/or maintenance shall at all times be
subject to the provisions of Article 5 above). All such insurance shall
contain only such "deductibles" or "retentions" as Landlord shall
reasonably approve. In addition, prior to any entry upon the Demised
Premises by Tenant or by any Person Within Tenant's Control, Tenant shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to Landlord certificates evidencing that
all insurance required hereunder is in full force and effect. Whenever, in
Landlord's reasonable judgment, good business practice and changing
conditions indicate a need for additional or different types of insurance
coverage, Tenant shall, upon Landlord's request, promptly obtain such
insurance coverage, at Tenant's expense.

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                B. Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, obtain,
maintain and keep in force during the entire Lease Term, insurance against
any and all damage to or loss of Tenant's Alterations, equipment,
furnishings, furniture, fixtures and contents in the Demised Premises or
the Building (including, if and to the extent installed by Tenant, any
Person Within Tenant's Control or by any previous occupant of the Demised
Premises or the agents, contractors, servants or employees of any such
occupant: (i) all portions of the Building Systems that are located within
the Demised Premises, and (ii) any sprinkler loop and distribution pipes
and heads, and any ventilation and air-conditioning ducts and components of
a distribution system, and including any private bathrooms in or
appurtenant to the Demised Premises), and all claims and liabilities
relating thereto. Such insurance shall be written on an "all risk" of
physical loss or damage basis, for the full replacement cost value and in
amounts that satisfy any co-insurance clauses of the policies of insurance,
and shall include a vandalism and malicious mischief endorsement, with
sprinkler leakage coverage.

                C. Landlord, the managing agent for the Building and (if
applicable and if Tenant has been notified of Overlandlord's name and
address) Overlandlord shall be named as additional insureds in the policies
described in said policies and shall be protected against all liability
occasioned by an occurrence insured against. All said policies of insurance
shall be: (i) written on an "occurrence" basis, (ii) written as primary
policy coverage and not contributing with or in excess of any coverage
which Landlord or Overlandlord may carry, (iii) written in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, and (iv) unless otherwise
reasonably approved in writing by Landlord (taking into consideration the
size and financial strength of insurance carriers then being retained by
similarly situated tenants in other Class A office buildings in midtown
Manhattan), issued by insurance companies then rated not less than A:XII in
Best's insurance reports, and which are licensed to do business in the
State of New York. Tenant shall, prior to the Commencement Date, deliver to
Landlord the policies of insurance or certificates thereof (including a
copy of the waiver of subrogation endorsement contained in Tenant's fire or
casualty insurance policy), together with evidence of payment of premiums
thereon, and shall thereafter furnish to Landlord, at least ten (10) days
prior to the expiration of any such policies and any renewal thereof, a new
policy or certificate in lieu thereof, with evidence of the payment of
premiums thereon. Each of said policies (and certificate, if applicable)
shall also contain a provision whereby the insurer agrees not to cancel,
diminish or materially modify said insurance policy(ies) without having
given Landlord and (if applicable) Overlandlord at least thirty (30) days
prior written notice thereof, by certified mail, return receipt requested.

                D. Tenant shall pay all premiums and charges for all of
said policies, and, if Tenant shall fail to make any payment when due or
carry any such policy, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, make
such payment or carry such policy, and the amount paid by Landlord, with
interest thereon at the Interest Rate, shall be repaid to Landlord by
Tenant within twenty-two (22) days following demand therefor, and all such
amounts so repayable, together with such interest, shall be deemed to
constitute additional rent hereunder. Payment by Landlord of any such
premium, or the carrying by Landlord of any such policy, shall not be
deemed to waive or release the default of Tenant with respect thereto.

                E. Notwithstanding and without regard to the limits of
insurance specified in this Section 8.03, Tenant agrees to defend, protect,
indemnify and hold harmless Landlord and (if applicable) Overlandlord, and
the agents, partners, shareholders, directors, officers and employees of
Landlord and (if applicable) Overlandlord, from and against all claims,
damage, loss, liability, cost and expense (including engineer's,
architects' and attorneys' fees and disbursements) resulting from any of
the risks referred to in this Section 8.03. The foregoing obligation of
Tenant shall be and remain in full force and effect whether or not Tenant
has placed and maintained the insurance specified in this Section 8.03, and
whether or not proceeds from such insurance (such insurance having been
placed and maintained) actually are collectible from one or more of the
aforesaid insurance companies; provided, however, that Tenant shall be
relieved of its obligation of indemnity herein pro tanto of the amount
actually recovered by Landlord from one or more of said insurance companies
by reason of injury, damage or loss sustained on the Demised Premises. If
any action or proceeding shall be brought against Landlord or any of the
other indemnified parties in connection with any matter which is the
subject of the foregoing indemnity, Tenant, upon notice from Landlord,
shall resist and defend such action or proceeding at Tenant's expense by
counsel reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, without any disclaimer of
liability in connection therewith.

        Section 8.04.

                A. Landlord shall cause each policy carried by Landlord
insuring the Building against loss, damage, or destruction by fire or other
casualty, and Tenant shall cause each insurance policy carried by Tenant
and insuring the Demised Premises and Tenant's Alterations, leasehold
improvements, equipment, furnishings, fixtures and contents against loss,
damage, or destruction by fire or other casualty, to be written in a manner
so as to provide that the insurance company waives all rights of recovery
by way of subrogation against Landlord or Tenant in connection with any
loss or damage covered by any such policy. Neither party shall be liable to
the other for the amount of such loss or damage which is in excess of the
applicable deductible, if any, caused by fire or any of the risks
enumerated in its policies, provided that such waiver was obtainable at the
time of such loss or damage. However, if such waiver cannot be obtained, or
shall be obtainable only by the payment of an additional premium charge
above that which is charged by companies carrying such insurance without
such waiver of subrogation, then the party undertaking to obtain such
waiver shall notify the other party of such fact, and such other party

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shall have a period of thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice to
agree in writing to pay such additional premium if such policy is
obtainable at additional cost (in the case of Tenant, pro rata in
proportion of Tenant's rentable area to the total rentable area covered by
such insurance); and if such other party does not so agree or the waiver
shall not be obtainable, then the provisions of this Section 8.04 shall be
null and void (with respect to both Landlord and Tenant) as to the risks
covered by such policy for so long as either such waiver cannot be obtained
or the party in whose favor a waiver of subrogation is desired shall refuse
to pay the additional premium. If the release of either Landlord or Tenant,
as set forth in the second sentence of this Section 8.04, shall contravene
any law with respect to exculpatory agreements, the liability of the party
in question shall be deemed not released, but no action or rights shall be
sought or enforced against such party unless and until all rights and
remedies against the other's insurer are exhausted and the other party
shall be unable to collect such insurance proceeds.

                B. The waiver of subrogation referred to in Subsection
8.04A above shall extend to the agents and employees of each party, but
only if and to the extent that such waiver can be obtained without
additional charge (unless such party shall pay such charge). Nothing
contained in this Section 8.04 shall be deemed to relieve either party from
any duty imposed elsewhere in this Lease to repair, restore and rebuild.

        Section 8.05. In the event of any permitted sublease or occupancy
(by a person other than Tenant) of all or a portion of the Demised
Premises, all of the covenants and obligations on the part of Tenant set
forth in this Article 8 shall bind and be fully applicable to the subtenant
or occupant (as if such subtenant or occupant were Tenant hereunder) for
the benefit of Landlord.

                                 ARTICLE 9

                              FIRE OR CASUALTY

        Section 9.01. If the Demised Premises or any part thereof shall be
damaged by fire or other insured casualty and Tenant shall give prompt
written notice thereof to Landlord, Landlord shall, subject to the
provisions of Sections 9.02 and 9.03 below, proceed with reasonable
diligence to repair or cause to be repaired such damage, at Landlord's
expense, but in no event greater than the core and shell condition of the
Demised Premises on the commencement of the Lease Term ("Landlord's
Restoration Work"). If the Demised Premises, or any material part thereof,
shall be rendered untenantable by reason of such damage, then the Fixed
Rent and the Recurring Additional Rent hereunder, or an amount thereof
apportioned according to the area of the Demised Premises so rendered
untenantable (if less than the entire Demised Premises shall be so rendered
untenantable), shall be abated for the period from the date of such damage
to the date when the damage shall have been repaired as aforesaid; provided
that at all times following Landlord's delivery of the Demised Premises to
Tenant for the performance of Tenant's restoration of the Demised Premises
as improved by Tenant's Initial Work and any other permitted Alterations
("Tenant's Restoration Work"). If Landlord, Overlandlord or any Mortgagee
(as applicable) shall be unable to collect the insurance proceeds (other
than rent insurance proceeds) otherwise available to repair such damage
because of some action or inaction on the part of Tenant or of Persons
Within Tenant's Control, then the cost of repairing such damage shall be
paid by Tenant, but only if and to the extent that Landlord, Overlandlord
or any Mortgagee (as the case may be) shall be unable to collect insurance
proceeds in an amount sufficient to cover such damage. If and to the extent
that Landlord, Overlandlord or any Mortgagee (as the case may be) shall be
unable to collect the rent insurance proceeds otherwise available with
respect to such damage because of some action or inaction on the part of
Tenant or of Persons Within Tenant's Control, Tenant shall not be entitled
to any abatement of Fixed Rent with respect to Tenant's inability to use
all or any portion of the Demised Premises. Tenant covenants and agrees to
cooperate with Landlord, Overlandlord and any Mortgagee in their efforts to
collect insurance proceeds (including rent insurance proceeds) payable to
such parties. Landlord shall not be liable for any delay which may arise by
reason of adjustment of insurance on the part of Landlord and/or Tenant, or
any cause beyond the control of Landlord or contractors employed by
Landlord.

        Section 9.02. Landlord shall not be liable for any inconvenience or
annoyance to Tenant or injury to the business of Tenant resulting in any
way from damage from fire or other casualty or the repair thereof. Tenant
understands that Landlord, in reliance upon the provisions set forth in
Section 8.03 above, may elect not to carry insurance on some or any of
Tenant's furnishings, furniture, contents, fixtures, equipment, Alterations
and leasehold improvements (including, if and to the extent installed by
Tenant, any Person Within Tenant's Control or by any previous occupant of
the Demised Premises or the agents, contractors, servants or employees of
any such occupant: (i) all portions of the Building Systems that are
located within the Demised Premises, and (ii) any sprinkler loop and
distribution pipes and heads, and any distribution ducts or equipment for
the Building Units serving the Demised Premises, and including any private
bathrooms in or appurtenant to the Demised Premises), and that, regardless
of whether Landlord does carry such insurance, Landlord shall not be
obligated to repair any damage thereto or replace the same.
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        Section 9.03.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Sections 9.01 and 9.02 above, in the event that:

                         (i) the Building shall be damaged by fire or other
casualty and Landlord shall decide in good faith that substantial
alteration or reconstruction of the Building shall be required (whether or
not the Demised Premises shall have been damaged by such fire or other
casualty and without regard to the structural integrity of the Building)
and, provided that, if the Demised Premises shall not have been damaged,
Landlord shall terminate all other leases for space in the same elevator
bank as the Demised Premises (excluding space occupied by Landlord or any
affiliate of Landlord),

                         (ii) the Demised Premises are totally or
substantially damaged or are rendered wholly or substantially untenantable,

                         (iii) there is any damage to twenty-five (25%)
percent or more of the Demised Premises which cannot be restored earlier
than one (1) year prior to the Expiration Date (as the same may be extended
in accordance with Article 34 below), or

                         (iv) there is any damage to the Demised Premises
within the last two (2) years of the Lease Term, and the cost of repair
thereof exceeds an amount equal to six (6) monthly installments of Fixed
Rent,

then Landlord may, in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, terminate
this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted, by notifying Tenant in
writing of such termination within ninety (90) days after the date of such
damage. In the event that such a notice of termination shall be given, then
this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall expire as of the
date of termination stated in said notice with the same effect as if that
were the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the Lease Term, and
the Fixed Rent and Recurring Additional Rent hereunder shall be apportioned
as of such date.

        Section 9.04.

                A. Provided that, within thirty (30) days following the
occurrence of a fire or other casualty which renders all or a substantial
portion of the Demised Premises untenantable, Tenant shall request of
Landlord that Landlord do so, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant an estimate
prepared by a reputable contractor selected by Landlord setting forth such
contractor's estimate (the "Contractor's Estimate") as to the time
reasonably required to substantially complete each of Landlord's
Restoration Work and Tenant's Restoration Work. If the total period to
substantially complete Landlord's Restoration Work and Tenant's Restoration
Work set forth in the Contractor's Estimate exceeds twelve (12) months,
Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease, but only by notice given to
Landlord not later than thirty (30) days following Tenant's receipt of the
Contractor's Estimate. If Tenant shall exercise such election, the Lease
Term shall expire upon the twentieth (20th) day after notice of such
election is given by Tenant to Landlord with the same force and effect as
if such date were originally provided herein as the Expiration Date, and
the Fixed Rent and Recurring Additional Rent hereunder shall be apportioned
as of such date. If the time period set forth in said Contractor's Estimate
for substantial completion of Landlord's Restoration Work and Tenant's
Restoration Work does not exceed twelve (12) months and Landlord shall not
have substantially completed Landlord's Restoration Work within sixty (60)
days after the estimated substantial completion date of Landlord's
Restoration Work, which period, however, shall be extended by the number of
days, if any, as shall equal the aggregate number of days that Landlord may
have been delayed in making such repairs and restoration by reason of labor
trouble, governmental controls, act of God, adjustment of insurance loss or
any other cause beyond Landlord's reasonable control (which extension shall
not exceed sixty (60) days), then Tenant may terminate this Lease by notice
given to Landlord within thirty (30) days after the expiration of said
60-day or longer period (by reason of any such extension), effective as of
a date specified in such notice, which shall be not more than sixty (60)
days after the giving thereof, and the Lease Term shall expire on such date
with the same force and effect as if such date were originally provided
hereinbefore as the Expiration Date, and the Fixed Rent and Recurring
Additional Rent hereunder shall be apportioned as of such date.
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                B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the foregoing provisions of Subsection 9.04A, in the event that more than
twenty-five (25%) percent of the Demised Premises shall be damaged by fire
or other casualty during the last year of the Lease Term, and the time
period set forth in the Contractor's Estimate for substantial completion of
Landlord's Restoration Work and Tenant's Restoration Work shall exceed
three (3) months, then Tenant may terminate this Lease and the term and
estate hereby granted, but only by notifying Landlord in writing of such
termination within thirty (30) days following Tenant's receipt of the
Contractor's Estimate. As a condition precedent to such termination, Tenant
shall make available (or pay over) to Landlord the proceeds of insurance
carried by Tenant pursuant to Subsection 8.03B above with respect to such
fire or other casualty. In the event that such a notice of termination
shall be given, then this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted
shall expire as of the date of termination stated in said notice with the
same effect as if that were the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of
the Lease Term, and the Fixed Rent and Recurring Additional Rent hereunder
shall be apportioned as of such date.

        Section 9.05. Except as may be provided in Section 8.04, nothing
herein contained shall relieve Tenant from any liability to Landlord or to
Landlord's insurers in connection with any damage to the Demised Premises
or the Building by fire or other casualty if Tenant shall be legally liable
in such respect.

        Section 9.06. Tenant shall throughout the Lease Term provide fire
wardens and searchers (with respect to the Demised Premises only) as
required under NYC Local Law No. 5 of 1973, as heretofore and/or hereafter
amended.

        Section 9.07. Tenant shall give Landlord notice of the occurrence
of any fire, casualty or other accident in the Demised Premises promptly
after Tenant becomes aware thereof.

        Section 9.08. This Lease shall be considered an express agreement
governing any case of damage to or destruction of the Building or any part
thereof by fire or other casualty, and Section 227 of the Real Property Law
of the State of New York (providing for such a contingency in the absence
of express agreement), and any other law of like import now or hereafter in
force, shall have no application in such case.

                                 ARTICLE 10

                         ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

        Section 10.01.

                A. As a material inducement to Landlord to enter into this
Lease, Tenant covenants and agrees, for Tenant and Tenant's heirs,
distributees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors
and assigns, that neither this Lease nor the term and estate hereby
granted, nor any part hereof or thereof, will be assigned, or advertised
for assignment, mortgaged, pledged, encumbered or otherwise transferred, by
operation of law or otherwise, and that neither the Demised Premises, nor
any part thereof, will be sublet or advertised for subletting or occupied
by anyone other than Tenant, or for any purpose other than as hereinbefore
set forth, without the prior written consent of Landlord (which consent,
unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Article 10, may be
granted, withheld or conditioned in Landlord's sole and absolute
discretion) in every case.

                B. The direct or indirect transfer of fifty (50%) percent
or more (aggregating all multiple and/or prior transfers) of: (i) the
shares of a corporate tenant, or (ii) the shares of any corporation of
which Tenant is an immediate or remote subsidiary, or (iii) the beneficial
or legal interests of a tenant that is a business entity other than a
corporation, in each case including transfers by operation of law, and
including a related or unrelated series of transactions, shall be deemed an
assignment of this Lease for the purposes of this Article 10. For the
purposes hereof, "shares" of a corporate tenant or other corporation shall
be deemed to include: (x) the issued and outstanding shares of any class of
the voting stock of a corporation, and/or (y) the issued and outstanding
shares of any class of convertible non-voting stock, debentures or
securities of a corporation. Issuance of new corporate shares of a
corporation or partnership interests by a partnership, and/or the issuance
of a new class of voting stock or convertible non-voting stock or
debentures or securities of a corporation which results in a transfer of
control of that corporation, or the execution of an agreement affecting the
power to vote fifty (50%) percent or more of the issued and outstanding
shares of any class of stock or securities of a corporation, shall each be
deemed to be a "transfer" for the purposes hereof. In implementation of the
foregoing provisions (but subject to the provisions of Subsection 10.02C
below), if Tenant shall be a corporation, then, within ten (10) days
following Landlord's written request therefor (but not more than once a
year unless reasonably deemed necessary by Landlord due to special
circumstances), Tenant shall furnish to Landlord a statement verified by a
principal officer of Tenant setting forth the details of the then present
ownership of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation, and such
other information relating to such stock ownership and transfer of stock or
securities as Landlord may reasonably request in such notice.
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                C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease to the
contrary, no assignment or subletting shall be deemed to have occurred, and
Landlord's consent shall not be required in connection with any Minor
Subletting. As used herein, the term "Minor Subletting" shall mean any
subletting to, or use or occupancy for business purposes by, any Related
Corporation or any corporation or other business entity which controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with any member of the Immediate
Family of any individual shareholder of or other holder of any beneficial
interest in the Originally Named Tenant, of not more than, in the aggregate
for all Minor Sublettings, twenty-five (25%) percent of the Rentable Square
Feet of the Demised Premises. As used herein, the term "Immediate Family"
shall mean any spouse, children (including those adopted), parents,
siblings and direct descendants and spouses of any such individual. Tenant
shall not enter into any Minor Subletting without giving Landlord prior
notice thereof, which notice shall set forth, in reasonable detail, the
relevant facts of such transaction, including, as applicable, the actual
family relationships, scope of control of business entities and the size
and location of the affected portion(s) of the Demised Premises. In the
event of a Minor Subletting, such Minor Subletting shall not be deemed to
vest in any permitted subtenant any right or interest in this Lease or a
direct grant by Landlord of any right to occupy the Demised Premises, nor
shall it relieve, release, impair or discharge any of Tenant's obligations
under this Lease. For the purposes hereof, the term "Originally Named
Tenant" shall mean CBNY Investment Services Corp., as constituted on the
date of this Lease.

        Section 10.02.

                A. Tenant may sublet all or part of the Demised Premises,
or assign Tenant's entire interest in this Lease and the leasehold estate
hereby created, to a corporation or other business entity which controls,
is controlled by or is under common control with, Tenant (herein referred
to as a "Related Corporation"), without being required to obtain Landlord's
prior consent thereto, provided that: (i) Tenant shall not then be in
default with respect to (x) any of the terms and conditions of this Article
10 and/or any of Tenant's monetary obligations under this Lease
(collectively or individually, a "Monetary Default"), after notice of such
Monetary Default shall have been given to Tenant, or (y) any of Tenant's
non-monetary obligations under this Lease (a "Non-Monetary Default"), after
notice and the expiration of the applicable cure period with respect to
such Non-Monetary Default; (ii) not later than five (5) Business Days prior
to such subletting or assignment, Tenant shall notify Landlord of the
proposed subletting or assignment and shall furnish Landlord with the name
of such Related Corporation, together with a certification of Tenant, and
such other proof as Landlord may reasonably request, that such subtenant or
assignee is a Related Corporation of Tenant (and, in the case of an
assignment, an executed and acknowledged assumption by the assignee, for
the benefit of Landlord and in form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, of
all of Tenant's obligations under this Lease); (iii) in the reasonable
judgment of Landlord, the proposed subtenant or assignee is of a character
which is consistent with other tenants leasing space in the Building; and
(iv) for the entire term of such sublease or assignment, the subtenant or
assignee thereunder shall continue to be a Related Corporation of Tenant.
(If, at any time thereafter, said subtenant or assignee shall cease to be a
Related Corporation of Tenant, then the continued use and occupancy of the
Demised Premises, or any portion thereof, by said subtenant or assignee
shall be subject to all of Landlord's rights set forth in this Article 10
with respect to a proposed subtenant or assignee who is subject to the
provisions of Section 10.03 below (including Landlord's right to exercise
the Recapture Option and Landlord's right to receive any Profit), and
Tenant shall comply with all of the provisions set forth in this Article 10
with respect to a proposed subletting or assignment.) In connection with
the information to be provided to Landlord pursuant to this Subsection
10.02A, Landlord shall have the right, at any reasonable time and from time
to time, to request a certification of Tenant and/or the Related
Corporation that such subtenant or assignee remains a Related Corporation
of Tenant. In the case of a subletting, such subletting shall not be deemed
to vest in any such Related Corporation any right or interest in this Lease
or a direct grant by Landlord of any right to occupy the Demised Premises,
nor shall it relieve, release, impair or discharge any of Tenant's
obligations under this Lease. In the case of an assignment, the assignor
Tenant shall not be relieved or released from the performance of any of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease, nor shall such assignment be
construed to impair or discharge any of said obligations. For the purposes
of this Article 10, the term "control" shall be deemed to mean ownership of
more than fifty (50%) percent of all of the voting stock of such
corporation, or more than fifty (50%) percent of all of the legal and
equitable interest in any other business entity.
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                B. Upon obtaining Landlord's prior written consent thereto
(which consent Landlord agrees not to unreasonably withhold), Tenant may
assign or transfer Tenant's entire interest in this Lease and the leasehold
estate hereby created to a "Successor Corporation" of Tenant (as
hereinafter defined), provided that: (i) Tenant shall not then be either in
Monetary Default (after notice of such Monetary Default shall have been
given to Tenant) or Non-Monetary Default (after notice and the expiration
of the applicable cure period with respect to such Non-Monetary Default);
(ii) the proposed occupancy shall not materially increase the office
cleaning requirements or impose an extra material burden upon the Building
equipment or Building services (unless the Successor Corporation agrees to
pay for the cost of any such increase); and (iii) the proposed assignee
shall not be entitled, directly or indirectly, to diplomatic or sovereign
immunity, and shall be subject to the service of process in, and the
jurisdiction of the courts of, the State of New York. The term "Successor
Corporation" shall mean any of the following: (x) a corporation into which
or with which Tenant shall be merged or consolidated, in accordance with
applicable statutory provisions for the merger or consolidation of
corporations, provided that (whether by operation of law or by effective
provisions contained in the instruments of merger or consolidation) the
liabilities of the corporations participating in such merger or
consolidation are assumed by the corporation surviving such merger or
consolidation; or (y) a corporation acquiring this Lease and the term
hereof and the estate hereby granted, the goodwill and all or substantially
all of the other property and assets of Tenant, and assuming all or
substantially all of the liabilities of Tenant; or (z) any corporate
successor to a Successor Corporation becoming such by either of the methods
described in clauses (x) and (y) above; provided that, in each case: (1)
such merger or consolidation, or such acquisition and assumption, as the
case may be, shall be made for a good business purpose other than (and not
principally for) the purpose of transferring the leasehold estate created
hereby, (2) immediately after giving effect to any such merger or
consolidation, or such acquisition and assumption, as the case may be, the
corporation surviving such merger or created by such consolidation or
acquiring such assets and assuming such liabilities, as the case may be,
shall have assets, capitalization and a net worth, as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and certified to
Landlord by an independent certified public accountant, equal to not less
than ninety-five (95%) percent of the assets, capitalization and net worth,
similarly determined, of Tenant on the date immediately preceding such
merger or consolidation or such acquisition and assumption, and (3) proof
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord of such business purpose, assets,
capitalization and net worth shall have been delivered to Landlord at least
ten (10) days prior to the effective date of any such transaction. The
acquisition by Tenant of all or substantially all of the assets, together
with the assumption of all or substantially all of the obligations and
liabilities, of any corporation or other business entity, shall be deemed
to be a merger for the purposes of this Article 10.

                C. The transfer of the outstanding capital stock of, or
interest in, any corporate or partnership tenant shall not be deemed an
assignment of this Lease (and Tenant shall not be required to furnish
Landlord with the information described in the last sentence of Subsection
10.01B above) if such transfer shall be effected (x) by the sale of such
stock or interest through the "over-the-counter-market" or through any
recognized stock exchange, or (y) as part of an initial public offering of
Tenants's stock on any nationally or internationally recognized stock
exchange, unless, in the case of either clause (x) or clause (y), such
stock or interest shall be sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed by
persons deemed "insiders" within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.

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                D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 10.02B
above, if, because of a confidentiality requirement, Tenant shall not be
able to disclose in advance to Landlord the occurrence of a transaction
described in said Subsection 10.02B, Tenant may assign or transfer Tenant's
entire interest in this Lease and the leasehold estate hereby created to a
Successor Corporation prior to obtaining Landlord's consent thereto,
provided that Tenant shall comply in all other respects with the
requirements of Subsection 10.02B above and shall request Landlord's
consent thereto (and shall submit all required information to Landlord) not
later than the tenth (10th) day following the effective date of such
transaction. If for any reason whatsoever Tenant shall not comply with all
of said requirements within such time period, said transaction shall be
deemed a prohibited assignment or transfer of this Lease.

                 E.     (i) If Tenant shall have complied with the
relevant provisions of Subsection 10.02B above, Landlord shall notify
Tenant whether Landlord consents to the proposed assignment of this Lease
or transfer of Tenant's interest in the Demised Premises, as the case may
be, within ten (10) Business Days after Landlord's receipt of (x) Tenant's
request for Landlord's consent therefor, and (y) such other information as
Tenant shall be required to furnish or that Landlord may reasonably request
for purposes of verifying that the specific requirements enumerated above
with respect to such assignment or transfer, as the case may be, shall have
been satisfied, provided that Tenant shall not then be in Monetary Default
(after notice of such Monetary Default shall have been given to Tenant) or
in Non-Monetary Default (after notice and the expiration of the applicable
cure period with respect to such Non-Monetary Default).

                         (ii) If Landlord shall fail to respond to such
Tenant's request for a consent to a proposed assignment or transfer
(whether by the grant or denial of consent, or by a request for further
information) within ten (10) Business Days after Landlord's receipt
thereof, then, provided that said Tenant's request shall bear the following
legend typed in bold, capital letters at the top: "IF LANDLORD SHALL FAIL
TO RESPOND TO TENANT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS REQUEST FOR CONSENT WITHIN TEN
(10) BUSINESS DAYS, LANDLORD SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED THERETO",
Landlord shall be deemed to have consented to the proposed assignment or
transfer, as the case may be.

        Section 10.03.

                A. (i) Except with respect to assignments or sublets
described in Subsection 10.01C above, Section 10.02 above and Section 10.16
below, if Tenant shall desire to assign this Lease or to sublet all or
substantially all of the Demised Premises, Tenant shall give Landlord
notice thereof (the "Marketing Notice"), which notice shall be accompanied
by: (a) if a sublease of an entire floor or floors, a statement identifying
such floor or floors, and if a sublease of less than an entire floor or
floors, a description of the portion of the Demised Premises which Tenant
proposes to sublet, together with a floor plan thereof, and (b) a statement
of all of the material and economic terms and conditions (other than the
identity of the proposed assignee or subtenant, if not yet known to Tenant)
of the proposed assignment or subletting, including the term of the
proposed subletting and the proposed effective date thereof; fixed rent,
all regularly scheduled items of additional rent, the base year for all
escalations, any rental concession, and the amount of any tenant
installation allowance in connection with the sublease; any work to be
performed by Tenant to prepare the premises for occupancy by the proposed
subtenant or assignee; any consideration to be paid for the acquisition of
the premises by reason of such assignment or subletting, leasehold
improvements, furniture, fixtures or equipment of Tenant; any takeover
obligation and any options to be granted to the proposed subtenant; the
nature and character of the business of the proposed assignee or subtenant
and its proposed use of the Demised Premises (if the identity of the
proposed assignee or subtenant is known to Tenant); and banking, financial
and other credit information with respect to the proposed assignee or
subtenant reasonably sufficient to enable Landlord to determine the
financial responsibility of the proposed assignee or subtenant (if the
identity of the proposed assignee or subtenant is known to Tenant). Such
Marketing Notice shall be deemed an offer from Tenant to Landlord whereby
Landlord shall then have the following options (the "Recapture Options"),
which may be exercised by notice (the "Recapture Notice") given to Tenant
within twenty (20) days after Landlord's receipt of such Marketing Notice:

                         (x) In the event of a proposed assignment of this
Lease or a sublease of substantially all of the Demised Premises for
substantially all of the Lease Term, Landlord may require Tenant to
surrender the Demised Premises to Landlord and to accept a termination of
this Lease as of a date (the "Recapture Date") to be designated by Landlord
in the Recapture Notice, which date shall be not earlier than the thirtieth
(30th) day nor later than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following
the date of the Recapture Notice (unless the relevant Marketing Notice
shall have been accompanied by an Assignment/Sublet Notice, in which case
the foregoing reference to the 120th day shall be deemed to be the later of
(I) the sixtieth (60th) day and (II) the proposed effective date of such
assignment or subletting), and this Lease and the term and estate hereby
granted shall expire as of the Recapture Date with the same effect as if
that were the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the Lease Term,
and the Fixed Rent and the Recurring Additional Rent hereunder shall be
apportioned as of such date; or

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                         (y) In the event of a proposed assignment of this
Lease or a sublease of substantially all of the Demised Premises for
substantially all of the Lease Term, Landlord may require Tenant to assign
this Lease to Landlord (without merger of Landlord's estates) or to
Landlord's designee, effective as of a date that shall be not earlier than
the thirtieth (30th) day nor later than the one hundred twentieth (120th)
day following the date of the Recapture Notice (unless the relevant
Marketing Notice shall have been accompanied by an Assignment/Sublet
Notice, in which case the foregoing reference to the 120th day shall be
deemed to be the later of (I) the sixtieth (60th) day and (II) the proposed
effective date of such assignment or subletting); or

                         (z) In the event of a proposed sublease of
substantially all of the Demised Premises for substantially all of the
Lease Term, Landlord may require Tenant to enter into a sublease with
Landlord or Landlord's designee with respect to the entire Demised Premises
effective as of a date to be designated by Landlord in the Recapture
Notice, which shall be not earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day nor later
than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the date of the
Recapture Notice (unless the relevant Marketing Notice shall have been
accompanied by an Assignment/Sublet Notice, in which case the foregoing
reference to the 120th day shall be deemed to be the later of (I) the
sixtieth (60th) day and (II) the proposed effective date of such assignment
or subletting).

                         (ii) If Landlord shall notify Tenant that Landlord
elects (or if Landlord shall be deemed to have elected) not to exercise any
of the Recapture Options, then Tenant shall have the right to assign this
Lease or sublease the Demised Premises in accordance with the provisions of
this Article 10, subject, however, to the provisions of the immediately
following subdivisions (iii) and (iv).

                         (iii) If Landlord shall have notified Tenant that
Landlord elects (or if Landlord shall be deemed to have elected) not to
exercise any of the Recapture Options and Tenant shall not have delivered
to Landlord an Assignment/Sublet Notice with respect to a proposed
assignment of this Lease or a subletting within two hundred seventy (270)
days thereafter, then Tenant shall be required to again deliver a Marketing
Notice and otherwise comply with the foregoing provisions before Landlord
shall be required to make an election as to the exercise of the Recapture
Options.

                         (iv) If Landlord shall have notified Tenant that
Landlord does not desire to exercise the Recapture Options, and Tenant
shall thereafter deliver to Landlord an Assignment/Sublet Notice with
respect to a proposed assignment of this Lease or a subletting of all or
substantially all of the Demised Premises and such Assignment/Sublet Notice
shall disclose (x) in the case of an assignment of this Lease a deviation
of more than five (5%) percent of the consideration (if any) to be paid to
Tenant by the assignee stated in the Marketing Notice, or (y) in the case
of such a subletting, a deviation in the economic terms of more than five
(5%) percent from the Marketing Notice, then Landlord shall once again have
a right to exercise the Recapture Options with respect thereto, but only
within twenty (20) days following Landlord's receipt of Tenant's
Assignment/Sublet Notice.

                         (v) For the purposes of the foregoing subdivision
(iv), a deviation in the economic terms shall be calculated by
determination of the effective rent, taking into account the monetary
values (on a present value basis using the prime rate referred to in
Section 16.01 below) of all of the concessions, incentives and payments
referred to in subdivision 10.03A(i) above.

                         (vi) If Landlord shall fail to deliver the
Recapture Notice to Tenant within the twenty (20) day period provided for
in subdivision 10.03A(i) above, Landlord shall be deemed to have elected
not to exercise any of the Recapture Options (but only with respect to the
specific Marketing Notice for which said 20-day period had lapsed),
provided that, when such Marketing Notice shall have been delivered to
Landlord, it shall have borne the following legend typed in bold, capital
letters at the top: "IF LANDLORD SHALL FAIL TO NOTIFY TENANT WHETHER
LANDLORD ELECTS TO EXERCISE ITS RECAPTURE OPTIONS WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS
FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF THIS MARKETING NOTICE, LANDLORD SHALL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE WAIVED ITS RIGHT TO EXERCISE SUCH RECAPTURE OPTIONS."

                B. If Landlord shall elect to require Tenant to surrender
the entire Demised Premises and accept a termination of this Lease, then
this Lease shall expire on the Recapture Date as if the Recapture Date had
been originally fixed as the Expiration Date. Regardless of which Recapture
Option Landlord exercises under this Section 10.03, Landlord shall be free
to, and shall have no liability to Tenant (or to any broker engaged by
Tenant) if Landlord shall, lease the Demised Premises (or any portion
thereof) to Tenant's prospective assignee or subtenant.

                C. If Landlord shall exercise the Recapture Option
described in clause (z) of subdivision 10.03A(i) above to require Tenant to
sublease to Landlord or to Landlord's designee the Demised Premises, such
sublease to Landlord (or Landlord's designee) as sublessee (the "Recapture
Sublease"), shall be subject to all of the following terms, provisions and
conditions:

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                         (i) the rent payable by the sublessee to Tenant
under the Recapture Sublease shall be equal to the rentals set forth in the
Marketing Notice (except that if, together with a Marketing Notice, Tenant
shall have delivered an Assignment/Sublet Notice with respect to a proposed
sublease, the rent payable by the sublessee to Tenant shall be equal to the
rentals set forth in said Assignment/Sublet Notice);

                         (ii) the term of the Recapture Sublease shall be
for the remainder of the Lease Term;

                         (iii) the Recapture Sublease shall be expressly
subject to all of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and
conditions of this Lease, except such as are irrelevant or inapplicable,
and except as otherwise expressly set forth to the contrary in this Section
10.03;

                         (iv) the Recapture Sublease shall be upon the same
terms and conditions as those contained in the proposed sublease, except
such as are irrelevant or inapplicable, and except as otherwise expressly
set forth to the contrary in this Section 10.03;

                         (v) the Recapture Sublease shall give the
sublessee the unqualified and unrestricted right, without Tenant's
permission, to assign the Recapture Sublease or any interest therein and/or
to sublet the Demised Premises or any part or parts thereof;

                         (vi) the Recapture Sublease shall provide that any
assignee or further assignee or further sublessee(s) of the sublessee's
interest thereunder, may, at the election of Landlord, be permitted to make
Alterations and decorations in the Demised Premises or any part thereof
(provided that Tenant shall have no obligation to remove such Alterations
or decorations from the Demised Premises or to restore the Demised Premises
in connection with such Alterations and decorations at the expiration of
the Lease Term). Alterations and decorations in the Demised Premises made
by an assignee or sublessee may, in the discretion of such assignee or
sublessee, be removed, in whole or in part, by such assignee or sublessee
prior to or upon the expiration or other termination of the Recapture
Sublease, provided that such assignee or sublessee shall repair any damage
to the Demised Premises caused by such removal (or that Tenant shall have
no liability with respect to such damage); and

                         (vii) the Recapture Sublease shall also provide
that: (a) the parties to the Recapture Sublease expressly negate any
intention that any estate created under the Recapture Sublease be merged
with any other estate held by either of said parties, and (b) from and
after the date that the Recapture Sublease shall become effective, Tenant
shall have no liability to Landlord with respect to the Demised Premises
for any defaults under this Lease caused by the act or failure to act of
the sublessee under the Recapture Sublease, nor shall Tenant's obligations
to Landlord with respect to the Demised Premises be increased by reason of
the act or failure to act of said sublessee.

                D. Except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.02 above, in
any case where Landlord shall not (or no longer) have the right to exercise
a Recapture Option, upon Tenant's obtaining a proposed assignee or
subtenant on terms satisfactory to Tenant, Tenant shall give notice thereof
to Landlord (an "Assignment/Sublet Notice"), and (unless previously set
forth in the Marketing Notice) in such notice shall set forth in reasonable
detail: (i) the name and address of the proposed assignee or subtenant,
(ii) the nature and character of the business of the proposed assignee or
subtenant and its proposed use of the Demised Premises, (iii) current
financial information with respect to the proposed assignee or subtenant,
including its most recent financial report, (iv) the business terms and
conditions of the proposed assignment or subletting, (v) in the event of a
desired subletting of less than all of the Demised Premises, a description
and floor plan of the proposed sublease premises, and (vi) any other
information reasonably requested by Landlord. Tenant may elect to deliver
an Assignment/Sublet Notice to Landlord simultaneously with the delivery to
Landlord of the Marketing Notice.

                E. For the purposes of this Article 10: (i) the phrase
"substantially all of the Demised Premises" shall mean ninety (90%) percent
or more of the Demised Premises; and (ii) the phrase "substantially all of
the Lease Term" shall mean that, at the conclusion of the term of the
proposed sublease, less than one (1) year shall remain with respect to the
Lease Term.

        Section 10.04.

                A. If Tenant shall have complied with the provisions of
Section 10.03 above and Landlord shall not exercise any of the Recapture
Options within the time period provided therein (or if Landlord shall not
have had the right to exercise any of the Recapture Options), then Landlord
shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the proposed assignment of this
Lease or a proposed subletting of all or a portion of the Demised Premises,
provided that Tenant shall not then be in Monetary Default (after notice of
such Monetary Default shall have been given to Tenant) or in Non-Monetary
Default (after notice and the expiration of the applicable cure period with
respect to such Non-Monetary Default), and provided further that the
following additional conditions (which shall be in addition to, and not in
lieu of, the other terms, conditions and requirements set forth elsewhere
in this Article 10) shall be satisfied:

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                         (i) The proposed assignee or subtenant shall not
be: (a) a school of any kind, or an employment or placement agency or
governmental or quasi-governmental agency, or medical office, or any retail
establishment, or (b) entitled, directly or indirectly, to diplomatic or
sovereign immunity, and the proposed assignee or subtenant shall be subject
to service of process in, and the jurisdiction of the courts of, the State
of New York;

                         (ii) The subletting or assignment shall be to a
reputable person, whose occupancy will be in keeping with the dignity and
character of the then use and occupancy of the Building, and whose
occupancy will not be materially more objectionable or more hazardous than
that of Tenant herein or impose any material additional burden upon
Landlord in the operation of the Building;

                         (iii) The proposed assignee or subtenant shall
have, in the reasonable judgment of Landlord, sufficient financial worth to
perform the obligations of Tenant under this Lease in the event of an
assignment, or to perform the obligations of the subtenant in the event of
a sublease;

                         (iv) No space shall be or have been advertised or
promoted to the general public; and

                         (v) The proposed assignee or subtenant (whether as
the named party or the intended user) shall not be a tenant, subtenant,
occupant of any premises in the Building, or a party who was actively
negotiating business terms with Landlord or Landlord's agent (directly or
through a broker) with respect to the leasing of any space in the Building
during the three (3) months immediately preceding Tenant's request for
Landlord's consent (it being agreed that transmittal of a written or oral
proposal by a representative of either side to the other shall be deemed
active negotiations), but the foregoing restriction shall be applicable
only if Landlord shall be able to offer such proposed assignee or subtenant
comparably sized space in the Building for at least a comparable term.

                B. If Landlord shall fail to respond to an
Assignment/Sublet Notice (whether by the grant or denial of consent, or by
a request for further information) within ten (10) Business Days after
Landlord's receipt thereof (or within twenty (20) days following Landlord's
receipt thereof, if the same shall have been delivered to Landlord
concurrently with a Marketing Notice), then, provided that said
Assignment/Sublet Notice shall bear the following legend typed in bold,
capital letters at the top: "IF LANDLORD SHALL FAIL TO RESPOND TO TENANT IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT/SUBLET NOTICE WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS
[TWENTY (20) DAYS IF DELIVERED WITH A MARKETING NOTICE], LANDLORD SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED THERETO", Landlord shall be deemed to have
consented to the proposed assignment or subletting, as the case may be.

        Section 10.05. In the event of each and every permitted assignment
of Tenant's interest under this Lease, the following provisions shall
apply:

                         (i) The assignee shall assume and agree, in a
recordable writing delivered to Landlord on or before the effective date of
such assignment, to perform all of the terms, conditions and agreements of
this Lease on the part of Tenant to be kept, performed and observed, and to
become jointly and severally liable with the assignor (and remote
assignors, if any) for the performance thereof.

                         (ii) The assignor shall assign to the assignee all
of the assignor's right, title and interest and claim to any security
deposited hereunder.

                         (iii) The terms, covenants and conditions of this
Lease may be changed, altered or modified in any manner whatsoever by
Landlord and the assignee without the consent thereto of the Tenant named
herein or of any other remote or immediate assignor. The joint and several
liability of the Tenant named herein and of any immediate and remote
successor-in-interest of Tenant (by assignment or otherwise), and the due
performance by all such assignors and successors of each and every one of
the obligations of this Lease on Tenant's part to be performed or observed,
shall not in any way be discharged, released or impaired by any (a) such
change, alteration or modification, or other agreement which amends any of
the rights or obligations of the parties under this Lease, (b) stipulation
which extends the time within which an obligation under this Lease is to be
performed, (c) waiver of the performance of an obligation required under
this Lease, or (d) failure to enforce any of the obligations set forth in
this Lease; provided, however, that in the case of a change, alteration or
modification made after the date of an assignment of this Lease to an
entity which is not a Related Corporation, if and to the extent that such
change, alteration or modification increases the obligations of Tenant
under this Lease, the assignor shall not be liable with respect to such
increase.

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        Section 10.06.

                A. In the event of each and every permitted
subletting of all or any part of the Demised Premises, the following
provisions shall apply:

                         (i) No subletting shall be for a term ending later
than one (1) day prior to the Expiration Date of this Lease.

                         (ii) The sublease shall provide that it is subject
and subordinate to this Lease and to all matters to which this Lease is or
shall be subordinate.

                         (iii) The sublease and all of the subtenant's
rights thereunder shall be expressly made subject to all of the obligations
of Tenant under this Lease, and to the further condition and restriction
that the sublease shall not be assigned, encumbered or otherwise
transferred, or the subleased premises further sublet by the subtenant in
whole or in part, or any part thereof suffered or permitted by the
subtenant to be used or occupied by others, without the prior written
consent of Landlord (which consent may be granted, withheld or conditioned
in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion) in each instance.

                B. If Landlord shall consent to a proposed subletting of
all or any portion of the Demised Premises, then the written instrument of
consent, which shall also be executed and acknowledged by Tenant and the
subtenant, shall contain a provision substantially similar to the
following:

        "The sublandlord [i.e., Tenant under this Lease] and the subtenant
hereby agree that, if the subtenant shall be in default of any obligation
of the subtenant under the sublease, which default also constitutes a
default by the sublandlord under the overlease [i.e., this Lease], then the
overlandlord [i.e., Landlord under this Lease] shall be permitted to avail
itself of all of the rights and remedies available to the sublandlord in
connection therewith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
overlandlord shall be permitted (by assignment of a cause of action or
otherwise) to institute an action or proceeding against the subtenant in
the name of the sublandlord in order to enforce the sublandlord's rights
under the sublease, and shall also be permitted to take all ancillary
actions (e.g., serve default notices and demands) in the name of the
sublandlord as the overlandlord shall reasonably determine to be necessary.
The sublandlord agrees to cooperate with the overlandlord, and to execute
such documents as shall be reasonably necessary, in connection with the
implementation of the foregoing rights of the overlandlord. The sublandlord
and the subtenant expressly acknowledge and agree that the exercise by the
overlandlord of any of the foregoing rights and remedies: (i) shall not
constitute an election of remedies, (ii) shall not in any way impair the
overlandlord's entitlement to pursue other rights and remedies directly
against the sublandlord, and (iii) shall not establish any privity of
relationship between the overlandlord and the subtenant, or in any way
create a landlord/tenant relationship between the overlandlord and the
subtenant."

        Section 10.07.

                A. If Landlord shall consent to any assignment of this
Lease or to any sublease of all or any part of the Demised Premises, Tenant
shall, in consideration therefor, pay to Landlord, as additional rent
hereunder, the following amounts (hereinafter being referred to as
"Profit"):

                         (i) in the case of an assignment, fifty (50%)
percent of the amount by which (x) all amounts and other consideration paid
to Tenant and/or Tenant's designee (the "Assignment Consideration") for or
by reason of such assignment (including all amounts due or payable for the
sale or rental of Tenant's fixtures, leasehold improvements, equipment,
furniture, furnishings or other personal property less, in the case of a
sale, the unamortized or undepreciated cost of such items, as reported on
Tenant's federal income tax returns), exceed (y) the amount of the
following reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, but only if and
to the extent actually incurred and paid by Tenant to unrelated third
parties in connection with such assignment (the "Assignment Costs"): (a)
brokerage commissions, (b) advertising expenses, (c) the cost of
Alterations made by Tenant to prepare the Demised Premises for occupancy by
the assignee, or the amount of a "contribution" made to the assignee by
Tenant in lieu thereof, (d) attorneys' fees and disbursements, (e) any fees
or cost reimbursements paid to Landlord pursuant to this Lease, and (f) any
other concessions or amounts that Tenant makes or pays to or on behalf of
said assignee (including the payment by Tenant of any portion of Fixed Rent
or Recurring Additional Rent under this Lease for any period following the
effective date of said assignment), but only if such payments are being
made by reason of the assignment of this Lease and not by reason of any
other aspect of the transaction between Tenant and said assignee; and

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                         (ii) in the case of a sublease, fifty (50%)
percent of the amount by which (x) the sum of (1) all rents, additional
rents and other consideration paid under the sublease to Tenant by the
subtenant, and (2) all other amounts and consideration paid to Tenant or
Tenant's designee for or by reason of such subletting (including all
amounts due or payable for the sale or rental of Tenant's fixtures,
leasehold improvements, equipment, furniture or other personal property
less, in the case of a sale, the unamortized or undepreciated cost of such
items, as reported on Tenant's federal income tax returns) (collectively,
the "Subletting Consideration")) exceed (y) the sum (collectively, the
"Subletting Costs") of (1) that part of the Fixed Rent and additional rent
hereunder allocable to the subleased space and accruing for the
corresponding period during the term of the sublease, and (2) the amount of
the following reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, but only if
and to the extent actually incurred and paid by Tenant to unrelated third
parties in connection with such sublease: (a) brokerage commissions, (b)
advertising expenses, (c) the cost of Alterations made by Tenant to prepare
the subleased premises for occupancy by the subtenant, or the amount of a
"contribution" made to the subtenant by Tenant in lieu thereof, (d)
attorneys' fees and disbursements, (e) any fees or cost reimbursements paid
to Landlord pursuant to this Lease, and (f) any other concessions or
amounts that Tenant makes or pays to or on behalf of said subtenant (other
than any rent abatement or credit, or similar right to occupy the subleased
premises on a complete or partial rent-free basis, granted to said
subtenant), but only if such payments are being made by reason of the
sublease of the Demised Premises and not by reason of any other aspect of
the transaction between Tenant and said subtenant.

                B. Any amount(s) payable by Tenant pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 10.07 shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord as and
when amounts on account thereof are paid by or on behalf of any assignee(s)
and/or any sublessee(s) to Tenant or Tenant's designee, and Tenant agrees
to promptly advise Landlord thereof and furnish such information with
regard thereto as Landlord may reasonably request from time to time.

                C. Tenant shall furnish to Landlord, in the January
calendar month immediately following each calendar year during any part of
which any such sublease shall be in effect, a reasonably detailed financial
statement certified as being correct by an executive financial officer (or,
if Tenant is not a corporation, a principal) of Tenant, setting forth all
sums accruing during the prior calendar year and/or realized by Tenant from
such sublease, and a computation of the Profit accruing and/or realized by
Tenant during such prior calendar year. Tenant shall remit to Landlord
together with such statement any Profit or portion thereof on account of
such calendar year not previously remitted to Landlord.

        Section 10.08.

                A. Each permitted assignee or transferee of Tenant's
interest in this Lease (but not a subtenant) shall assume and be deemed to
have assumed this Lease and all of Tenant's obligations under this Lease,
and shall be and remain liable jointly and severally with Tenant for the
payment of all Fixed Rent, additional rent, other charges and payments due
under this Lease, and for the full and timely performance of and compliance
with all the terms, covenants, conditions and agreements herein contained
on Tenant's part to be performed or complied with for the entire Lease
Term. No assignment, sublease or transfer shall be effective or binding on
Landlord unless and until such assignee, subtenant or transferee of Tenant
shall deliver to Landlord a fully executed and acknowledged duplicate
original of the instrument of assignment, sublease or transfer which
contains a covenant of assumption (if not a sublease) by an assignee or
transferee of all of the obligations aforesaid, and a confirmation
(including a sublease) of the covenant under Section 10.01 prior to and
preemptive of any similar rights of Tenant or any subtenant, and, other
than with respect to assignments, transfers or sublets as set forth in
Section 10.02 above, shall obtain from Landlord the aforesaid written
consent prior thereto. In the event of any purported assignment, sublease
or transfer in contravention of the provisions of this Lease, Landlord may
elect to treat such purported assignee, subtenant or transferee as having
assumed this Lease jointly and severally with Tenant, without in any way or
to any extent binding Landlord to consent to such purported assignment,
sublease or transfer.

                B.  In no event shall any assignee, subtenant or other occupant
of the Demised Premises use the Demised Premises for any purpose other than
the Authorized Use.

        Section 10.09. The consent by Landlord to an assignment or
subletting shall not relieve Tenant, the assignee or any subtenant from
obtaining the express consent in writing of Landlord (which consent, unless
expressly provided to the contrary in this Article 10, may be granted,
withheld or conditioned in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion) to any
other or further assignment or subletting.

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        Section 10.10.

                A. If this Lease shall be assigned (whether or not in
violation of the provisions of this Article 10), Landlord may collect from
the assignee, and Tenant hereby authorizes and directs the assignee to pay
to Landlord, all rent (whether denominated as Fixed Rent or otherwise),
additional rent and other charges payable pursuant to the instrument of
assignment, with the net amount so collected by Landlord to be applied to
the Fixed Rent, additional rent and other charges herein provided, but no
such assignment or collection shall be deemed a waiver of the covenant by
Tenant under Section 10.01 above, nor shall the same be deemed the
acceptance by Landlord of the assignee as a tenant, or a release of Tenant
from the further performance of the covenants and agreements on the part of
Tenant to be performed as herein contained. Each and every instrument of
assignment shall contain the substance of the foregoing provision.

                B. If all or any portion of the Demised Premises shall be
sublet or occupied by anyone other than Tenant (whether or not in violation
of the provisions of this Article 10), then, upon demand made by Landlord
at any time following the occurrence of an Event of Default, Landlord may
collect from the subtenant or occupant, and Tenant hereby authorizes and
directs such party to pay to Landlord, all rent (whether denominated as
Fixed Rent or otherwise), additional rent and other charges payable
pursuant to such instrument, with the net amount so collected by Landlord
to be applied to the Fixed Rent, additional rent and other charges herein
provided, but no such subletting, occupancy or collection shall be deemed a
waiver of the covenant by Tenant under Section 10.01 above, nor shall the
same be deemed the acceptance by Landlord of the subtenant or occupant as a
tenant, or a release of Tenant from the further performance of the
covenants and agreements on the part of Tenant to be performed as herein
contained. Each and every instrument of sublease and/or occupancy agreement
shall contain the substance of the foregoing provision.

                C. If Landlord shall for any reason or cause recover or
come into possession of the Demised Premises before the date hereinbefore
fixed for the expiration of the Lease Term, or if an Event of Default shall
occur, then Landlord shall have the right (but not the obligation) to take
over any and all subleases or sublettings of the Demised Premises or any
part or parts thereof made or granted by Tenant and to succeed to all of
the rights and privileges of said subleases and sublettings or such of them
as Landlord may elect to take over and assume, and Tenant hereby expressly
assigns and transfers to Landlord such of the subleases and sublettings as
Landlord may elect to take over and assume at the time of such recovery of
possession (or occurrence of an Event of Default), and Tenant shall upon
request of Landlord execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord such
further assignments and transfers as may be necessary, sufficient and
proper to vest in Landlord the then existing subleases and sublettings. By
its entry into a sublease, each and every subtenant shall be deemed to have
thereby agreed that, upon said recovery of possession (or occurrence of an
Event of Default) and if Landlord shall so elect, Landlord may, in
Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take over the right, title and
interest of Tenant, as sublandlord, under such sublease, in which case such
subtenant shall: (i) be deemed to have waived any right to surrender
possession of the subleased space or to terminate the sublease, (ii) be
bound to Landlord for the balance of the term of such sublease, and (iii)
attorn to Landlord, as its landlord, under all of the then executory terms,
covenants and conditions of this Lease, except that such subtenant shall be
deemed to have expressly agreed that Landlord shall not (1) be liable for
any previous act or omission of Tenant under such sublease, (2) be subject
to any counterclaim, offset or defense, not expressly provided in such
sublease, which theretofore accrued to such subtenant against Tenant, or
(3) be bound by any previous modification of such sublease (which was not
previously consented to by Landlord), or by any previous prepayment of more
than one (1) monthly installment of rent. The provisions of this Subsection
10.10C shall be self-operative, and no further instrument shall be required
to give effect thereto. However, within twenty (20) days after Landlord
shall have notified any subtenant of said election, such subtenant shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord such instruments as Landlord
may request to evidence and confirm such attornment and the terms thereof.
Each and every sublease shall contain the substance of this Subsection
10.10C.

        Section 10.11. Without limiting the generality of the covenant set
forth in Section 10.01 above, Tenant covenants and agrees that, unless
Landlord shall be unable to offer at least comparably sized space in the
Building for at least a comparable term, Tenant shall not assign Tenant's
interest under this Lease or sublet the Demised Premises (or any portion
thereof) to any tenant or occupant in the Building. Tenant covenants and
agrees not to accept any assignment of lease or sublease from, or become a
subtenant of, any tenant or occupant in the Building.

        Section 10.12. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord on demand for all
reasonable costs (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements, as
well as the costs of making investigations as to the acceptability of a
proposed assignee or subtenant) which may be incurred by Landlord in
connection with a request by Tenant that Landlord consent to any proposed
assignment or sublease.

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        Section 10.13. If Landlord shall decline to consent to any proposed
assignment or sublease, or if Landlord shall exercise any of the Recapture
Options under Section 10.03 above, Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold
Landlord harmless from and against any and all loss, liability, damages,
cost and expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees disbursements),
resulting from any claims that may be made against Landlord by the proposed
assignee or subtenant or by any brokers or other persons claiming a
commission or similar compensation in connection with the proposed
assignment or sublease.

        Section 10.14. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this
Article 10, in the event that Tenant shall assign Tenant's interest in, to
or under this Lease, or if Tenant shall sublet the Demised Premises or any
portion thereof, without having obtained Landlord's prior written consent
thereto or in violation of any of the other provisions contained in this
Lease, the same shall constitute a default by Tenant under this Lease. If
such default shall continue, for any reason whatsoever, for five (5)
Business Days after notice of such default shall have been given to Tenant,
the same shall constitute an Event of Default, and Landlord shall have the
right to terminate this Lease at any time thereafter in accordance with the
provisions of Article 15 below. Tenant expressly agrees that the invalidity
of an assignment or sublet made in violation of this Article 10, or
Tenant's inability to undo or rescind such assignment or sublet (or to
cause the unpermitted assignee or subtenant to vacate all or any portion of
the Demised Premises within said time period) or to obtain Landlord's
consent thereto, shall not be a defense to an allegation of a default under
this Article 10 or a basis to claim that an extension of said time period
is necessary in order to effect a cure of such default. The acceptance by
Landlord of any Fixed Rent or additional rent paid, or of the performance
of any obligation to be performed by Tenant, by a purported assignee or
subtenant shall not be deemed (i) a consent by Landlord to the assignment
or sublet to such purported assignee or subtenant, (ii) a release by
Landlord of Tenant's performance of, or compliance with, any of the
obligations to be performed, or covenants or terms to be complied with, by
Tenant pursuant to this Lease, or (iii) a waiver of Landlord's right of
termination as set forth in this Section 10.14.

        Section 10.15. The listing of any name other than that of Tenant,
whether on the doors of the Demised Premises, on any Building directory,
elevators or otherwise, shall not operate to vest any right or interest in
this Lease or the Demised Premises, nor shall it be deemed to be the
consent of Landlord to any assignment or transfer of this Lease or to any
sublease of the Demised Premises or to the use or occupancy thereof by
third parties. Landlord shall not be required to permit the listing of any
name other than Tenant, and Tenant agrees that, if Landlord does consent to
any such listing, the same shall be deemed a privilege extended by Landlord
that is revocable at will by written notice to Tenant.

                                 ARTICLE 11

                       NON-LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

        Section 11.01. Neither Landlord nor Landlord's agents shall be
liable for: (i) any damage to property of Tenant or of others entrusted to
employees of Landlord or to Landlord's agents, nor for the loss or damage
to any property of Tenant or of Persons Within Tenant's Control by theft or
otherwise; (ii) any injury or damage to persons or property resulting from
fire, explosion, falling plaster, steam, gas, electricity, water, rain,
snow or leaks from any part of the Building or from the pipes, appliances
or plumbing works or from the roof, street or sub-surface or from any other
place or by dampness or by any other cause of whatsoever nature, unless
such injury or damage is caused by the negligent act of Landlord and is not
otherwise subject to the provisions of Section 8.04 above; (iii) any such
damage caused by other tenants or persons in the Building or caused by
operations in construction of any private, public or quasi-public work; or
(iv) any latent defect in the Demised Premises or in the Building.

        Section 11.02. If at any time any windows of the Demised Premises
shall be temporarily or permanently closed, darkened or covered for any
reason whatsoever, excluding the wrongful acts of Landlord or of Landlord's
agents, Landlord shall not be liable for any damage Tenant may sustain
thereby, and Tenant shall not be entitled to any compensation therefor nor
abatement of rent, nor shall the same release Tenant from Tenant's
obligations hereunder or constitute an eviction. Landlord agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts (but shall not be obligated to use overtime
or premium pay labor) to minimize interference with Tenant's use and
occupancy of the Demised Premises by reason thereof.

        Section 11.03. Tenant agrees (except if and to the extent that the
same shall be caused by the negligence of Landlord or of Landlord's agents,
but irrespective of whether Tenant shall have been negligent in connection
therewith) to indemnify, protect, defend and save harmless, Landlord and
Landlord's partners, officers, directors, contractors, agents and employees
from and against any and all liability (statutory or otherwise), claims,
suits, demands, damages, judgments, costs, fines, penalties, interest and
expenses (including reasonable counsel and other professional fees and
disbursements incurred in any action or proceeding), to which Landlord
and/or any such partner, officer, director, contractor, agent or employee
may be subject or suffer arising from, or in connection with: (i) any
liability or claim for any injury to, or death of, any person or persons,
or damage to property (including any loss of use thereof), occurring in or
about the Demised Premises, or (ii) the use and occupancy of the Demised
Premises, or from any work, installation or thing whatsoever done or
omitted (other than by Landlord or by Landlord's agents or employees) in or
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time, if any, prior to the Commencement Date that Tenant may have been
given access to the Demised Premises, or (iii) any default by Tenant in the
performance of Tenant's obligations under this Lease, or (iv) any act,
omission, carelessness, negligence or misconduct of Tenant or of Persons
Within Tenant's Control.

        Section 11.04. Tenant shall reimburse and compensate Landlord, as
additional rent within thirty (30) days after rendition of a statement, for
all expenditures, costs, fees, expenses, judgments, penalties, damages and
fines sustained or incurred by Landlord (including reasonable counsel and
other professional fees and disbursements incurred in connection with any
action or proceeding) in connection with any matter set forth in this
Article 11, or non-performance or non-compliance with or breach or failure
by Tenant to observe any term, covenant, agreement, provision or condition
of this Lease, or breach of any warranty or representation by Tenant made
in this Lease. If, in any action or proceeding naming both Landlord and
Tenant, liability arising out of the negligence of Tenant is established,
Tenant shall indemnify Landlord in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 11. Reference in this Article 11 to Landlord shall for all purposes
be deemed to include (if applicable) any Overlandlord and each Mortgagee.

        Section 11.05.

                A. Tenant agrees that (except as expressly set forth in
Subsection 11.05B below) Tenant's sole remedies in any instances where
Tenant disputes Landlord's reasonableness in exercising judgment or
withholding consent or approval pursuant to a specific provision of this
Lease, shall be those remedies in the nature of an injunction, declaratory
judgment or specific performance or arbitration (pursuant to the provisions
of Subsection 11.05B below), Tenant's rights to monetary damages or other
remedies being hereby specifically and irrevocably waived by Tenant, unless
a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine in a final non-appealable
decision that Landlord has acted in bad faith with respect thereto. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and unless expressly provided to
the contrary in this Lease, Tenant agrees that, in any situation in which
Landlord's consent or approval is required pursuant to this Lease, the same
may be granted or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion,
and/or be made subject to such conditions as Landlord, in Landlord's sole
and absolute discretion, may deem appropriate.

                B. Tenant shall have the right to submit a dispute relating
to the reasonableness of the grant or denial of a consent under Articles 5
or 10 above to binding arbitration ("Expedited Arbitration") under the
Expedited Procedures provisions (Rules 53 through 57 in the current
edition) of the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association ("AAA"). In cases where the parties utilize such arbitration:
(i) the parties will have no right to object if the arbitrator so appointed
was on the list submitted by the AAA and was not objected to in accordance
with Rule 54, (ii) the first hearing shall be held within seven (7)
Business Days after the appointment of the arbitrator, (iii) if the
arbitrator shall find that Landlord had acted unreasonably in withholding
such consent or approval, such consent or approval shall be deemed granted,
and (iv) the losing party in such arbitration shall pay the arbitration
costs charged by AAA and/or the arbitrator.

                                 ARTICLE 12

                                CONDEMNATION

        Section 12.01. If the whole of the Demised Premises shall be
lawfully condemned or taken in any manner for any public or quasi-public
use, this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall forthwith
cease and terminate as of the date of vesting of title. If only a part of
the Demised Premises shall be so condemned or taken, then this Lease shall
remain in full force and effect, but, effective as of the date of vesting
of title, the Fixed Rent and Recurring Additional Rent hereunder shall be
abated in an amount apportioned according to the area of the Demised
Premises so condemned or taken and any area rendered untenantable because
of such condemnation or taking; provided, however, that if ten (10%)
percent or more of the Demised Premises shall be so condemned or taken, and
Tenant, in Tenant's reasonable judgment, shall determine that, by reason
thereof, Tenant's regular business can no longer be conducted at the
Demised Premises, then Tenant may terminate this Lease and the term and
estate hereby granted, but only by notifying Landlord in writing of such
termination within sixty (60) days following the date on which Tenant shall
have received notice of vesting of title, and this Lease and the term and
estate hereby granted shall expire as of the later of: (x) the date of
vesting of title, and (y) the date on which Tenant shall vacate and
surrender the entire Demised Premises in the condition required under this
Lease, with the same effect as if that were the date hereinbefore set for
the expiration of the Lease Term, and the Fixed Rent and additional rent
hereunder shall be apportioned as of such date. If only a part of the
Building shall be so condemned or taken (whether or not the Demised
Premises shall be affected), then (i) Landlord may, at Landlord's option,
terminate this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted as of the date
of such vesting of title by notifying Tenant in writing of such termination
within sixty (60) days following the date on which Landlord shall have
received notice of vesting of title; provided, however, that if the Demised
Premises shall not have been affected by such taking, then Landlord shall
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other leases for space in the same elevator bank as the Demised Premises
(excluding space occupied by Landlord or any affiliate of Landlord), and
(ii) if such condemnation or taking shall deprive Tenant of access to the
Demised Premises and Landlord shall not have provided or undertaken steps
to provide other means of access thereto, Tenant may, at Tenant's option,
but only by delivery of notice in writing to Landlord within sixty (60)
days following the date on which Tenant shall have received notice of
vesting of title, terminate this Lease and the term and estate hereby
granted as of the date of vesting of title. If neither Landlord nor Tenant
elects to terminate this Lease as aforesaid, this Lease shall be and remain
unaffected by such condemnation or taking, except that the Fixed Rent and
Recurring Additional Rent shall be abated to the extent, if any,
hereinbefore provided in this Article 12. If only a part of the Demised
Premises shall be so condemned or taken and this Lease and the term and
estate hereby granted are not terminated as hereinbefore provided, Landlord
shall, with reasonable diligence and at Landlord's expense, restore the
remaining portion of the Demised Premises as nearly as practicable to the
same condition as existed prior to such condemnation or taking, provided
that such restoration shall not exceed the scope of the work done in
originally constructing the Building and that the cost thereof shall not
exceed the net proceeds of the award received by Landlord for the value of
the portion of the Demised Premises so taken, and Tenant shall be entitled
to receive no part of such award.

        Section 12.02. In the event of any condemnation or taking
hereinbefore mentioned of all or a part of the Building or the Demised
Premises, Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire award in the
condemnation proceeding, including any award made for the value of the
estate vested by this Lease in Tenant, and Tenant hereby expressly assigns
to Landlord any and all right, title and interest of Tenant now or
hereafter arising in or to any such award or any part thereof, and Tenant
shall be entitled to receive no part of such award. In any condemnation
proceeding, Tenant may submit a separate claim against the condemning
authority for the value of Tenant's trade fixtures and equipment and the
cost of removal or relocation, if such separate claims are allowable as
such and do not reduce the award otherwise payable to Landlord.

        Section 12.03. If all or any portion of the Demised Premises shall
be taken by the exercise of the right of eminent domain for occupancy for a
limited period (i.e., not in excess of six (6) months), this Lease shall
continue in full force and effect and Tenant shall continue to pay in full
the Fixed Rent, additional rent and other charges herein reserved, without
reduction or abatement, and Tenant shall be entitled to receive so much of
any award or payment made for such use as shall be equal to the
aforementioned payments that are actually made by Tenant to Landlord during
such temporary taking, except as hereinafter provided, and Landlord shall
receive the balance thereof. If such award or payment shall be made in a
lump sum, Landlord shall receive out of such lump sum (and Tenant shall be
credited with) an amount equal to the total of the Fixed Rent, additional
rent and other charges due to Landlord or to be paid by Tenant under the
terms of this Lease for the period of such taking (less any amounts
theretofore paid by Tenant to Landlord attributable to the period of such
taking), and such amount received by Landlord shall be held by Landlord as
a fund which Landlord shall apply from time to time to the payments due to
Landlord from Tenant under the terms of this Lease. Out of the balance of
such sum, if any, Tenant shall be paid in an amount equal to the amounts,
if any, theretofore paid by Tenant to Landlord attributable to the period
of such taking, and Landlord shall be paid the remainder of such balance.
If such taking is for a period not extending beyond the Lease Term, and if
such taking results in changes or Alterations in the Demised Premises which
would necessitate an expenditure to restore the Demised Premises to its
former condition, then Tenant at the termination of such taking shall, at
Tenant's expense, restore the Demised Premises to its former condition, and
Tenant shall be entitled to receive the entire award or payment, provided,
however, that such award or payment shall first be applied to cover costs
and expenses of such restoration of the Demised Premises.

                                 ARTICLE 13

                           ACCESS; BUILDING NAME

        Section 13.01. Landlord reserves the right at any time and from
time to time (without thereby creating an actual or constructive eviction
or incurring any liability to Tenant therefor (except as otherwise
expressly provided in Subsection 6.02B above)) to place such structures and
to make such relocations, changes, Alterations, additions, improvements,
Repairs and replacements on the Land and in or to the Building (including
the Demised Premises) and the Building Systems, and the operation of the
Building Systems, as well as in or to the street entrances, subway
entrances, lobbies, halls, plazas, washrooms, tunnels, elevators, stairways
and other parts thereof, and to erect, maintain and use pipes, ducts and
conduits in and through the Demised Premises, all as Landlord may in
Landlord's sole discretion deem necessary or desirable; provided, however,
that (i) Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts (but shall not
be obligated to use overtime or premium pay labor) to minimize interference
with Tenant's use and occupancy of the Demised Premises arising from the
making of such Repairs, Alterations and improvements, (ii) any pipes,
conduits or ducts installed in or through the Demised Premises shall be
concealed behind interior walls, floors or ceilings, if feasible, or shall
be enclosed and "boxed in" adjacent to such walls, floors or ceilings,
(iii) when completed, the installation of such pipes, ducts or conduits
shall not reduce the useable areas of the Demised Premises more than a de
minimis amount, (iv) Landlord shall promptly repair all damage to the
Demised Premises caused by such work (which repair shall include, if
necessary, the restoration of "finishes" to substantially the same
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and (v) all work affecting the Demised Premises shall be subject to the
notice requirements set forth in Section 13.03 below. Nothing contained in
this Article 13 shall be deemed to relieve Tenant of any duty, obligation
or liability of Tenant with respect to making any repair, replacement or
improvement or complying with any Legal Requirements as elsewhere in this
Lease provided.

        Section 13.02. Neither this Lease nor any use by Tenant shall give
Tenant any right or easement in or to the use of any door or hallways, or
any passage or any tunnel or any concourse or arcade or plaza or to any
connection of the Building with any subway, railroad or any other building
or to any public conveniences, and, so long as Tenant shall have reasonable
access to and from the Demised Premises during the Lease Term, the use of
such doors, halls, passages, tunnels, concourses, arcades, plazas,
connections and conveniences may without notice to Tenant be regulated or
discontinued at any time and from time to time by Landlord without Landlord
incurring any liability to Tenant therefor and without affecting the
obligations of Tenant under this Lease; provided that such regulation or
discontinuance shall apply to all other office tenants in the Buidling (it
being agreed that, for the purposes of this provision, neither Landlord nor
any affiliate of Landlord shall be deemed to be a tenant in the Building,
even if Landlord or an affiliate of Landlord shall then be occupying space
in the Building).

        Section 13.03. Subject to the provisions of Section 13.01 above,
Landlord, and (if applicable) Overlandlord and any Mortgagee, and their
representatives, may enter the Demised Premises upon reasonable advance
notice (which notice may be given orally to any management level or
administrative employee of Tenant) and at reasonable hours (except in an
emergency, in which case entry may be made at any time and without notice)
for the purpose of inspection or of making Repairs, Alterations, additions,
restorations, replacements or improvements in or to the Demised Premises or
the Building or Building Systems or of complying with Legal Requirements or
the requirements of any Insurance Board, or, of performing any obligation
imposed on Landlord by this Lease, or of exercising any right reserved to
Landlord by this Lease (including the right, during the progress of any
Repairs or Alterations or while performing work or furnishing materials in
connection with compliance with all such Legal Requirements or requirements
of any Insurance Board, to keep and store within the Demised Premises all
necessary materials, tools and equipment in connection with the performance
of Alterations or Repairs to the Demised Premises or to other premises
located on the same floor as the Demised Premises), provided that the
foregoing shall not be deemed to impose any obligation on Landlord or
Overlandlord or Mortgagee to make any Repairs or Alterations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than in the event of an emergency,
Landlord shall not enter the Demised Premises without having given Tenant a
reasonable opportunity to be present and to accompany Landlord.

        Section 13.04. Landlord may, at reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice to Tenant (which notice may be given orally to any
management level or operations level employee of Tenant), and at reasonable
times and without Tenant being present, show the Demised Premises to any
prospective purchaser, lessee, mortgagee, or assignee of the Building
and/or the Land, or of Landlord's interest therein, and their
representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall not enter
the Demised Premises without having given Tenant a reasonable opportunity
to be present and to accompany Landlord. During the eighteen (18) month
period preceding the Expiration Date, Landlord may similarly show the
Demised Premises or any part thereof to any person contemplating the
leasing of all or a portion of the same. During the last year of the Lease
Term, if Tenant shall have removed all or substantially all of Tenant's
property from the Demised Premises, Landlord may immediately or at any time
thereafter enter, alter, renovate and/or redecorate the Demised Premises
without limitation or abatement of rent, or incurring liability to Tenant
for any compensation, and such act shall have no effect on this Lease or
Tenant's obligations hereunder, except that Tenant shall thereafter be
relieved of all repair, insurance and indemnity obligations under this
Lease.

        Section 13.05. Without incurring any liability to Tenant, Landlord
may permit access to the Demised Premises and open the same, whether or not
Tenant shall be present, upon demand of any receiver, trustee, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, sheriff, marshal or court officer entitled to, or
purporting to be entitled to, such access for the purpose of taking
possession of, or removing, Tenant's property or for any other lawful
purpose (but by this provision any action by Landlord hereunder shall not
be deemed a recognition by Landlord that the person or official permitted
to such access has any right to such access or interest in or to this
Lease, or in or to the Demised Premises), or upon demand of any
representative of the fire, police, building, sanitation or other
department of the city, state or federal governments.

        Section 13.06. Landlord shall have the absolute right at any time,
and from time to time, to name and change the name of the Building and to
change the designated address of the Building, provided that (unless
resulting from an event beyond Landlord's reasonable control) the address
remain "Park Avenue". The Building may be named after any person, or
otherwise, whether or not such name shall be, or shall resemble, the name
of a tenant of space in the Building.
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        Section 13.07. Any reservation of a right by Landlord to enter upon
the Demised Premises and to make or perform any Repairs, Alterations or
other work in, to or about the Demised Premises which, in the first
instance, is the obligation of Tenant pursuant to this Lease, shall not be
deemed to: (i) impose any obligation on Landlord to do so, (ii) render
Landlord liable (to Tenant or any third party) for the failure to do so, or
(iii) relieve Tenant from any obligation to indemnify Landlord as otherwise
provided elsewhere in this Lease.

        Section 13.08. Subject to the provisions of this Lease and to
circumstances beyond the control of Landlord, Tenant shall have reasonable
access to the Demised Premises on a 24-hour per day, 365-day per year,
basis.

                                 ARTICLE 14

                                 BANKRUPTCY

        Section 14.01. This Lease and the term and estate hereby granted
shall be subject to the conditional limitation that, if any one or more of
the following events shall occur: (i) Tenant shall (a) have applied for or
consented to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, or other
custodian of Tenant or substantially all of its properties or assets, (b)
have made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (c) have
commenced a voluntary case for relief as a debtor under the United States
Bankruptcy Code or filed a petition to take advantage of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debts, dissolution or
liquidation law or statute or an answer admitting the material allegations
of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under any such law, or (d)
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or (ii) without the acquiescence or
consent of Tenant, an order, judgment or decree shall have been entered by
any court of competent jurisdiction (a) approving as properly filed a
petition seeking relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debts, dissolution
or liquidation law or statute with respect to Tenant or with respect to all
or a substantial part of Tenant's properties or assets, or (b) appointing a
receiver, trustee, liquidator or other custodian of Tenant or of all or a
substantial part of Tenant's properties or assets, and such order, judgment
or decree shall have continued unstayed and in effect for any period of
ninety (90) days or more, then this Lease may be cancelled and terminated
by Landlord by the sending of a written notice to Tenant within a
reasonable time after Landlord shall be notified of the happening of any of
the aforedescribed events. Neither Tenant, nor any person claiming through
or under Tenant or by reason of any statute or order of court, shall
thereafter be entitled to possession of the Demised Premises, but shall
forthwith quit and surrender the Demised Premises. If this Lease shall have
been theretofore assigned in accordance with the provisions of Article 10
above, then the provisions of this Article 14 shall be applicable only to
the party then owning Tenant's interest in this Lease.

        Section 14.02. Without limiting any of the foregoing provisions of
this Article, if, pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code, Tenant
shall be permitted to assign this Lease notwithstanding the restrictions
contained in this Lease, Tenant agrees that adequate assurance of future
performance by an assignee expressly permitted under such Code shall be
deemed to mean (a) the deposit of cash security in an amount equal to the
sum of three (3) monthly installments of the Fixed Rent plus the Recurring
Additional Rent for the calendar year preceding the year in which such
assignment is intended to become effective, which deposit shall be held by
Landlord for the balance of the Lease Term, without interest, as security
for the full performance of all of the obligations under this Lease on the
part of Tenant to be performed, and (b) evidence by financial statement
prepared and certified by a certified public accountant that the assignee
has a current net worth, after including the assignment and excluding the
value of the leasehold, sufficient to meet all of the remaining rental
obligations under this Lease.

                                 ARTICLE 15

                        DEFAULTS, REMEDIES, DAMAGES

        Section 15.01.

                A.  This Lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall
be subject to the conditional limitation that, if any one or more of the
following events (collectively, "Events of Default") shall occur:

                         (i) Tenant shall fail to pay to Landlord the full
amount of any installment of Fixed Rent or any additional rent, or any
other charge payable hereunder by Tenant to Landlord, on the date upon
which the same first becomes due and payable, and such default shall
continue for five (5) Business Days after written notice of such default
shall have been given to Tenant; or
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                         (ii) Tenant shall do anything or permit anything
to be done, whether by action or inaction, in breach of any covenant,
agreement, term, provision or condition of this Lease, or any Exhibit
annexed hereto, on the part of Tenant to be kept, observed or performed
(other than a breach of the character referred to in clause 15.01A(i)
above), and such breach shall continue and shall not be fully remedied by
Tenant within thirty (30) days after Landlord shall have given to Tenant a
notice specifying the same (except in connection with a breach which cannot
be remedied or cured within said thirty (30) day period, in which event the
time of Tenant within which to cure such breach shall be extended for such
time as shall be necessary to cure the same, but only if Tenant, within
such thirty (30) day period, shall promptly commence and thereafter proceed
diligently and continuously to cure such breach, and provided further that
such period of time shall not be so extended as to jeopardize the interest
of Landlord in the Land and/or the Building or so as to subject Landlord to
any liability, civil or criminal); or

                         (iii) Any event shall occur or any contingency
shall arise whereby this Lease or the estate hereby granted or the
unexpired balance of the Lease Term would, by operation of law or
otherwise, devolve upon or pass to any person, firm, association or
corporation other than Tenant, except as may be expressly authorized
herein; or

                         (iv) Tenant shall abandon the Demised Premises
(whether or not the keys be surrendered, and whether or not the rent be
paid, and whether or not improvements, personal property or trade fixtures
remain in the Demised Premises; provided, however, that Tenant shall not be
deemed to have abandoned the Demised Premises if and for so long as at
least one employee of Tenant shall regularly and continuously be present at
the Demised Premises during business hours); or

                         (v) Tenant, or any parent, affiliate or subsidiary
of Tenant, (a) shall be the tenant or occupant of any other space in the
Building, and (b) the relevant lease or other occupancy agreement (whether
or not the term thereof shall then have commenced) shall be terminated as a
result of the default by Tenant or Tenant's parent, affiliate or subsidiary
thereunder;

then, upon the occurrence of any of said events, Landlord may at any time
thereafter give to Tenant a notice of termination of this Lease setting
forth a termination date three (3) days from the date of the giving of such
notice, and, upon the giving of such notice, this Lease and the term and
estate hereby granted (whether or not the Lease Term shall theretofore have
commenced) shall expire and terminate upon the expiration of said three (3)
days with the same effect as if that day were the date hereinbefore set for
the expiration of the Lease Term, but Tenant shall remain liable for
damages as provided in Section 15.03 below.

                B. If any Event of Default shall occur four (4) times
within any period of twelve (12) months, then, notwithstanding that each
such Event of Default shall have been cured, any further defaults of the
same or a substantially similar nature occurring within said twelve (12)
month period shall be deemed an Event of Default, whereupon Landlord shall
have the right at any time thereafter to terminate this Lease as set forth
in Subsection 15.01A above, without affording Tenant any right or
opportunity to cure said default.

        Section 15.02.

                A. If an Event of Default shall have occurred, Landlord
and/or Landlord's agents and employees, whether or not this Lease shall
have been terminated pursuant to Articles 14 or 15, may, without notice to
Tenant, immediately or at any time thereafter re-enter into or upon the
Demised Premises or any part thereof, either by summary dispossess
proceedings or by any suitable action or proceeding at law, or by force or
otherwise, to the extent legally permitted, without being liable to
indictment, prosecution or damages therefor, and may repossess the same,
and may remove any persons or property therefrom, to the end that Landlord
may have, hold and enjoy the Demised Premises again as and of its first
estate and interest therein. The words "re-enter", "re-entry" and
"re-entered" as used in this Lease are not restricted to their technical
legal meanings. In the event of any termination of this Lease under the
provisions of Articles 14 or 15, or in the event that Landlord shall
re-enter the Demised Premises under the provisions of this Article 15, or
in the event of the termination of this Lease (or of re-entry) by or under
any summary dispossess or other proceeding or action or any provision of
law, Tenant shall thereupon pay to Landlord the Fixed Rent, additional rent
and any other charges payable hereunder by Tenant to Landlord up to the
time of such termination of this Lease, or of such recovery of possession
of the Demised Premises by Landlord, as the case may be, plus the expenses
incurred or paid by Landlord in terminating this Lease or of re-entering
the Demised Premises and securing possession thereof, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of removal and storage of Tenant's property, and
Tenant shall also pay to Landlord damages as provided in Section 15.03
below.
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                B. In the event of the re-entry into the Demised Premises
by Landlord under the provisions of this Section 15.02, and if this Lease
shall not be terminated, Landlord may (but shall have absolutely no
obligation to do so), not in Landlord's own name, but as agent for Tenant,
relet the whole or any part of the Demised Premises for any period equal to
or greater or less than the remainder of the original term of this Lease,
for any sum which Landlord may deem suitable, including rent concessions,
and for any use and purpose which Landlord may deem appropriate. Such
reletting may include any improvements, personalty and trade fixtures
remaining in the Demised Premises.

                C. In the event of a breach or threatened breach on the
part of Tenant with respect to any of the covenants, agreements, terms,
provisions or conditions on the part of or on behalf of Tenant to be kept,
observed or performed, Landlord shall also have the right to obtain
injunctive relief.

                D. In the event of (i) the termination of this Lease under
the provisions of Articles 14 or 15, or (ii) the re-entry of the Demised
Premises by Landlord under the provisions of this Section 15.02, or (iii)
the termination of this Lease (or re-entry) by or under any summary
dispossess or other proceeding or action or any provision of law by reason
of default hereunder on the part of Tenant, Landlord shall be entitled to
retain all monies, if any, paid by Tenant to Landlord, whether as advance
rent, security deposit or otherwise, but only to the extent of, and such
monies shall be credited by Landlord against, any Fixed Rent, additional
rent or any other charge due from Tenant at the time of such termination or
re-entry or, at Landlord's option, against any damages payable by Tenant
under Section 15.03 or pursuant to law.

                E. The specified remedies to which Landlord may resort
under this Lease are cumulative and concurrent, and are not intended to be
exclusive of each other or of any other remedies or means of redress to
which Landlord may lawfully be entitled at any time, and Landlord may
invoke any remedy allowed under this Lease or at law or in equity as if
specific remedies were not herein provided for, and the exercise by
Landlord of any one or more of the remedies allowed under this Lease or in
law or in equity shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by
the Landlord of any or all other remedies allowed under this Lease or in
law or in equity.

        Section 15.03.

                A. In the event of any termination of this Lease under the
provisions hereof or under any summary dispossess or other proceeding or
action or any provision of law, or in the event that Landlord shall
re-enter the Demised Premises under the provisions of this Lease, Tenant
shall pay to Landlord as damages, at the election of Landlord, either:

                         (i) a sum which at the time of such termination of
this Lease or at the time of any such re-entry by Landlord, as the case may
be, represents the then value of the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate
of the installments of Fixed Rent and the additional rent (if any) which
would have been payable hereunder by Tenant, had this Lease not so
terminated, for the period commencing with such earlier termination of this
Lease or the date of any such re-entry, as the case may be, and ending with
the date hereinbefore set for the expiration of the full term hereby
granted pursuant to Articles 1 and 2, over (b) the aggregate rental value
of the Demised Premises for the same period (the amounts of each of clauses
(a) and (b) being first discounted to present value at an annual rate equal
to the then prevailing discount rate announced by the Federal Reserve Bank,
plus two (2) percentage points; or

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                         (ii) sums equal to the aggregate of the
installments of Fixed Rent and additional rent (if any) which would have
been payable by Tenant had this Lease not so terminated, or had Landlord
not so re-entered the Demised Premises, payable upon the due dates therefor
specified herein following such termination or such re-entry and until the
date herein before set for the expiration of the full term hereby granted;
provided, however, that if Landlord shall relet the Demised Premises during
said period, Landlord shall credit Tenant with the net rents received by
Landlord from such reletting, such net rents to be determined by first
deducting from the gross rents as and when received by Landlord from such
reletting the expenses incurred or paid by Landlord in terminating this
Lease and of re-entering the Demised Premises and of securing possession
thereof, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of removal and
storage of Tenant's property, as well as the expenses of reletting,
including repairing, restoring and improving the Demised Premises for new
tenants, brokers' commissions, advertising costs, reasonable attorneys'
fees and disbursements, and all other similar or dissimilar expenses
chargeable against the Demised Premises and the rental therefrom in
connection with such reletting, it being understood that such reletting may
be for a period equal to or shorter or longer than the remaining term of
this Lease; and provided further, that (a) in no event shall Tenant be
entitled to receive any excess of such net rents over the sums payable by
Tenant to Landlord hereunder, (b) in no event shall Tenant be entitled in
any suit for the collection of damages pursuant to this Subdivision (ii) to
a credit in respect of any net rents from a reletting except to the extent
that such net rents are actually received by Landlord prior to the
commencement of such suit, and (c) if the Demised Premises or any part
thereof should be relet in combination with other space, then proper
apportionment on a square foot area basis shall be made of the rent
received from such reletting and of the expenses of reletting, or if relet
for a period longer than the remaining term of this lease, the expenses of
reletting shall be apportioned based on the respective periods.

                B. For the purposes of Subdivision A(i) of this Section
15.03, the amount of additional rent which would have been payable by
Tenant under Article 19 for each year, as therein provided, ending after
such termination of this Lease or such re-entry, shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the amount of such additional rent payable by Tenant for
the calendar year and Tax Year ending immediately preceding such
termination of this Lease or such re-entry. Suit or suits for the recovery
of such damages, or any installments thereof, may be brought by Landlord
from time to time at Landlord's election, and nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to require Landlord to postpone suit until the date when
the term of this Lease would have expired if it had not been terminated
under the provisions of Articles 14 or 15, or under any provision of law,
or had Landlord not re-entered the Demised Premises.

        Section 15.04. Nothing contained in this Article 15 shall be
construed as limiting or precluding the recovery by Landlord against Tenant
of any payments or damages to which, in addition to the damages
particularly provided above, Landlord may lawfully be entitled by reason of
any default hereunder on the part of Tenant. The failure or refusal of
Landlord to relet the Demised Premises or any part or parts thereof, or the
failure of Landlord to collect the rent thereof under such reletting, shall
not release or affect Tenant's liability for damages.

        Section 15.05. Tenant, for Tenant, and on behalf of any and all
persons claiming through or under Tenant, including creditors of all kinds,
does here by waive and surrender all right and privilege which they or any
of them might have under or by reason of any present or future law to
redeem the Demised Premises, or to have a continuance of this Lease for the
term hereby demised, after Tenant shall be dispossessed or ejected
therefrom by process of law or under the terms of this Lease or after the
expiration or termination of this Lease as herein provided or pursuant to
law. In the event that Landlord shall commence any summary proceeding for
non-payment of rent or for holding over after the expiration or sooner
termination of this Lease, Tenant shall not, and hereby expressly waives
any right to, interpose any counterclaim of whatever nature or description
in any such proceeding (unless a failure to interpose such counterclaim
would operate as a waiver thereof).

        Section 15.06. The provisions of this Article 15 shall survive the
expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.

                                 ARTICLE 16

                  CURING TENANT'S DEFAULTS; REIMBURSEMENT

        Section 16.01. If Tenant shall default (after notice and the
expiration of the applicable cure period, if any) in the observance or
performance of any term, covenant, provision or condition on Tenant's part
to be observed or performed under or by virtue of any of the terms or
provisions in this Lease, then, unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this
Lease, Landlord may immediately or at any time thereafter and without
notice perform the obligation of Tenant thereunder, and if Landlord, in
connection therewith or in connection with any default by Tenant in the
covenant to pay Fixed Rent or additional rent hereunder, shall make any
expenditures or incur any obligations for payment of money, including court
costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, in instituting,
prosecuting or defending any action or proceeding, then such fees,
disbursements, costs and expenses so paid or obligations incurred shall be
additional rent to be paid by Tenant to Landlord, upon demand, with
interest thereon at an annual rate (the "Interest Rate") equal to the
lesser of: (a) the then prevailing prime rate (which, for the purposes
hereof, includes any equivalent or successor interest rate, however

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denominated) of interest for unsecured ninety-day loans by Citibank, N.A.
(or J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., if Citibank, N.A. shall not then have an
established prime rate; or the prime rate of any major banking institution
doing business in New York City, as selected by Landlord, if either of the
aforementioned banks shall be in existence or have an established prime
rate) plus two (2) percentage points, or (b) the maximum rate allowed by
law. Any interest payable by Tenant pursuant to this Lease at the Interest
Rate shall be calculated from the day such expenditure is made or
obligation is incurred until the date when such payment is finally and
completely paid by Tenant to Landlord.

        Section 16.02. Bills for any property, material, labor or services
provided, furnished or rendered, or caused to be provided, furnished or
rendered, by Landlord to Tenant, may be sent by Landlord to Tenant monthly
(or immediately, at Landlord's option), and shall be due and payable by
Tenant as additional rent within twenty-two (22) days after the same shall
be sent to Tenant by Landlord. If Landlord shall commence a summary
proceeding against Tenant for non-payment of rent, Tenant shall reimburse
Landlord as additional rent for Landlord's reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses, both if judgment is awarded for Landlord, or if Tenant makes the
payment subsequent to service of process but prior to entry of judgment. If
Tenant or any subtenant of Tenant shall request Landlord's consent to any
matter that requires Landlord's consent under this Lease and if Landlord
(in Landlord's sole discretion) shall refer the matter to Landlord's
attorneys or other professionals or consultants, then, whether or not such
consent shall be granted, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the
reasonable fees and disbursements incurred by Landlord in connection
therewith as additional rent within twenty-two (22) days after a bill
therefor shall have been rendered.

        Section 16.03. If the Term shall have expired or been terminated
after or on the date that Landlord shall have made any of the expenditures,
or incurred any of the obligations, set forth in this Article 16, then all
such amounts and any interest thereon, as set forth in Section 16.01 above,
shall be recoverable by Landlord as damages. The provisions of this Article
16 shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.

                                 ARTICLE 17

                              QUIET ENJOYMENT

        Section 17.01. Landlord covenants that, if and for so long as
Tenant shall pay all of the Fixed Rent and additional rent reserved
hereunder and shall observe and perform all of the terms, agreements,
covenants, provisions and conditions of this Lease on Tenant's part to be
observed and performed, Tenant may peaceably and quietly enjoy the Demised
Premises, subject nevertheless to the terms and conditions of this Lease.
This covenant shall be construed as a covenant running with the Land, and
is not, nor shall it be construed as, a personal covenant of Landlord,
except during the period that Landlord's interest in this Lease shall
continue.

                                 ARTICLE 18

                             BUILDING SERVICES

        Section 18.01.

                A.  So long as this Lease shall remain in full force and
effect, Landlord shall provide the following services:

                         (i) all passenger elevators in Tenant's elevator
bank shall service the Demised Premises on Business Days, during Business
Hours, and on Saturdays from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M., and, subject to the
provisions of Section 18.03 below, have one elevator on call at all other
times. Tenant agrees that Landlord may, at Landlord's election, run
elevators with or without operators and may change the same from time to
time;

                         (ii) freight elevator service on Business Days,
during the hours of 8 A.M. to 4 P.M.;

                         (iii) heat to the Demised Premises on Business
Days during Business Hours, and on Saturdays from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M., as
seasonably required, utilizing a heating system designed to the
specifications described in Exhibit "C" which is annexed hereto and made a
part hereof;

                         (iv) water for ordinary lavatory (including
permitted executive or private bathrooms), pantry, water cooler, drinking
and office cleaning purposes. If Tenant requires, uses or consumes water
for any other purposes or in unusual quantities (as reasonably determined
by Landlord), then Landlord may (or, at Landlord's direction, Tenant shall)
install a meter or meters or other means to measure Tenant's water
consumption, and Tenant agrees to pay for the cost of the meter or meters
and the installation thereof, and to pay for the maintenance of said meter
equipment and/or to pay Landlord's cost of other means of measuring such
water consumption by Tenant. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the actual
cost of all water consumed as measured by said meter or meters or as
otherwise measured, including sewer rents, as additional rent, within
twenty-two (22) days after bills therefor (together with reasonable
back-up) are rendered. At Tenant's request, Landlord shall furnish
reasonable quantities of hot water to the Demised Premises, and if the same
shall be in excess of what is required for ordinary lavatory (including

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permitted executive or private bathrooms), pantry, drinking and office
cleaning purposes, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the actual cost of
generating such hot water, as additional rent, within twenty-two (22) days
after bills therefor are rendered; and

                         (v) cleaning of the Demised Premises on Business
Days in accordance with the specifications set forth in Exhibit "E" annexed
hereto and made a part hereof, provided that the Demised Premises are kept
in reasonable order by Tenant. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost
of removal from the Demised Premises and the Building of so much of
Tenant's refuse and rubbish (x) as shall exceed that ordinarily accumulated
daily in the routine of business office occupancy or (y) resulting from any
use of the Demised Premises during hours other than Business Hours
(collectively, "Extra Rubbish Removal"). The reimbursement for Extra
Rubbish Removal shall be made by Tenant to Landlord, as additional rent,
within twenty-two (22) days after bills therefor are rendered.

                B. Landlord shall maintain the existing water-cooled,
package air-conditioning units (the "Building Units") in order to provide
air-conditioning and ventilation to the Demised Premises, designed to the
specifications described in Exhibit "C" which is annexed hereto and made a
part hereof. Landlord shall repair and (if necessary) replace the Building
Units, subject to the provisions of Section 6.02 above. The Building Units
shall at all times be the exclusive property of Landlord, and shall be
surrendered to Landlord with the Demised Premises upon the expiration or
sooner termination of this Lease. All work, maintenance, repair and
replacement relating to the distribution system (including ducts and other
conduits) shall be the responsibility of Tenant to perform, at Tenant's own
cost and expense; provided that (except as otherwise provided in Section
6.01 above) Tenant shall not be responsible for any work, maintenance,
repair and replacement to or of (i) any portion of such distribution system
that shall be located within the boundaries of another floor of the
Building, and (ii) any core Building risers that serve the Building Units
(which risers shall remain Landlord's responsibility in accordance with the
provisions of this Lease). Tenant shall be required to pay (in accordance
with the provisions of Article 20 below) for all electricity necessary or
used in connection with air-conditioning and ventilation in the Demised
Premises (but only as used by the Building Units or other air-conditioning
and ventilation systems located within the Demised Premises). Tenant shall
at all times cooperate fully with Landlord and abide by the regulations and
requirements which Landlord may reasonably prescribe for the proper
functioning and protection of the air-conditioning and ventilation system.

                C. If Tenant shall utilize the Building Units during any
Overtime Period, or if Tenant shall request that heat be furnished to the
Demised Premises during any Overtime Period, then Tenant shall pay to
Landlord, as additional rent and within twenty-two (22) days after
rendition of a bill therefor, Landlord's then-established charges payable
by tenants in the Building (other than Landlord or any affiliate of
Landlord) in connection therewith (which, in the case of air-conditioning
and ventilation, shall be in addition to the cost of the electricity needed
to operate the Building Units). As of the date of this Lease, Landlord
estimates that the charge that will be in effect on the Commencement Date
will be $250.00 per hour for air-conditioning and ventilation, and $350.00
per hour for heat. If one or more other tenants shall also utilize the
Building Units during the same Overtime Period, or shall also request that
Landlord provide heat during the same Overtime Period, the charge to Tenant
shall be adjusted pro rata.

                D. Tenant expressly acknowledges that all Building windows
are hermetically sealed and will not open, and Landlord makes no
representation as to the habitability of the Demised Premises at any time
that the Building Units or the air-conditioning and ventilation
distribution systems are not in operation. Except as otherwise provided in
Subsection 6.02B above, Tenant hereby expressly waives any claims against
Landlord arising out of the cessation of operation of the Building Units or
the air-conditioning and ventilation distribution systems, or the
suitability of the Demised Premises when the same are not in operation,
whether due to normal scheduling or the reasons set forth in Section 18.03
below.

                 E. Tenant has notified Landlord that Tenant shall require
supplemental air-conditioning of the Demised Premises, and has requested
that Landlord reserve sufficient condenser water for up to a maximum of ten
(10) tons of supplemental air-conditioning. Landlord agrees to reserve said
amount of condenser water, provided that, from and after the Commencement
Date and within twenty-two (22) days after being billed therefor, Tenant
shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent, Landlord's then-current charges
payable by tenants in the Building (other than Landlord or any affiliate of
Landlord) for usage of condenser water. Landlord represents to Tenant that
the current charge for condenser water is $600.00 per ton, per annum, plus
a one-time "tap-in" charge of $1,500.00 for each new tap. (Tenant shall not
be obligated to pay said tap-in charge with respect to the tap currently in
place for the existing supplemental air-conditioning unit in the Demised
Premises.) Promptly following the date on which Tenant shall have notified
Landlord as to the exact quantity of condenser water desired by Tenant in
connection therewith, Landlord shall supply condenser water for up to a
maximum of ten (10) tons of supplemental air-conditioning in the Demised
Premises. If the amount of condenser water requested by Tenant shall be
less than said maximum, then the charge payable by Tenant for the condenser
water shall thereafter be reduced proportionately, and Landlord shall no
longer be obligated to reserve or allocate to Tenant any condenser water
over and above the amount of condenser water actually used by Tenant.

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                F. If Tenant shall require freight elevator service at any
time other than the time periods set forth in Subdivision 18.01A(ii) above,
Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate Tenant,
provided that Landlord shall have received reasonable advance notice of
such requirement, and provided further that Tenant shall pay to Landlord,
as additional rent and within twenty-two (22) days after being billed
therefor, Landlord's then established hourly rate for such usage with a
four (4) hour minimum.

                G.       Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, have
the right to "tie-in" to the Building Management System.

         Section 18.02. The term "Business Days" shall be deemed to mean
all days other than Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. The term "Holidays"
shall be deemed to mean all federal, state, municipal and bank holidays and
Building Service Employees and Operating Engineer's Union contract holidays
now or hereafter in effect. The term "Business Hours" shall be deemed to
mean 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. on Business Days. The term "Overtime Periods" shall
mean all times other than (i) Business Hours on Business Days, or (ii) 8
A.M. to 1 P.M. on Saturdays.

        Section 18.03. Landlord reserves the right to stop the furnishing
of the Building services and to stop service of the Building Systems, when
reasonably necessary, by reason of accident, or emergency, or for Repairs
and Alterations in the reasonable judgment of Landlord desirable or
necessary to be made, until said Repairs and Alterations shall have been
completed; and Landlord shall have no responsibility or liability for
failure to supply heat, elevator, plumbing, electric or other services
during said period or when prevented from so doing by strikes, lockouts,
difficulty of obtaining materials, accidents or by any cause beyond
Landlord's reasonable control, or by Legal Requirements or failure of
electricity, water, steam, coal, oil or other suitable fuel or power
supply, or inability by exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain
electricity, water, steam, coal, oil or other suitable fuel or power. In
the event that such services shall have been stopped, Landlord agrees to
use commercially reasonable efforts (but shall not be obligated to use
overtime or premium pay labor) to minimize interference with Tenant's use
and occupancy of the Demised Premises. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in Section 6.02 above, no diminution or abatement of rent or other
compensation shall or will be claimed by Tenant, nor shall this Lease or
any of the obligations of Tenant be affected or reduced, by reason of such
interruption, curtailment or suspension, nor shall the same constitute an
actual or constructive eviction.

        Section 18.04. Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense,
abide by all reasonable requirements which Landlord may prescribe for the
proper protection and functioning of the Building Systems and the
furnishing of the Building services. Tenant also shall, at Tenant's own
cost and expense, cooperate with Landlord in any conservation effort
pursuant to a program or procedure promulgated or recommended by ASHRAE (or
any successor organization) or any Legal Requirements.

        Section 18.05.

                A. Tenant acknowledges receipt of advice from Landlord to
the effect that Landlord may elect to operate a messenger service center in
the Building and, as an additional Building service, to make the same
available for use by the tenants of the Building. Tenant agrees that, if
Landlord shall so elect, Landlord may require that all deliveries to the
Demised Premises be made to the Building messenger service center.

                B. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of
Section 18.03 above, Landlord reserves the right, which may be exercised in
Landlord's unfettered discretion and for any reason whatsoever, to stop
making the Building messenger service center available for use by the
tenants of the Building; and Landlord shall have no responsibility or
liability to Tenant for doing so or for otherwise failing to operate the
Building messenger service center. Tenant expressly waives any claim
against Landlord and Landlord's agents arising from or in connection with
the use by Tenant or others of said messenger service center.

                C. If, at any time during the Lease Term, Landlord shall
elect not to operate said messenger service center or comparable facility,
Tenant shall have the right, subject to Landlord's reasonable rules and
regulations, to make other arrangements, at Tenant's own cost and expense,
for the delivery of packages to and from the Demised Premises.

        Section 18.06. Tenant shall have the right, at Tenant's own cost
and expense, to obtain cable television service for the Demised Premises
from a third-party vendor designated by Landlord (currently, Time Warner
Cable) and to tap-in (without additional charge by Landlord to Tenant
therefor) to the Building cable television conduit on the 21st floor of the
Building.

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                                 ARTICLE 19

                         TAXES; OPERATING EXPENSES

        Section 19.01. In addition to the Fixed Rent and additional rent
hereinbefore reserved, Tenant covenants and agrees to pay Landlord, as
additional rent, all amounts computed in accordance with the provisions set
forth in this Article 19.

        Section 19.02.  For the purposes of this Lease:

                A. The term "Taxes" shall mean (whether represented by one
or more bills) the amount which shall be equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (x) the assessed valuation of the Land and Building, and the
sidewalks, plazas, streets and alleys in front of or adjacent thereto, and
any rights or interests appurtenant thereto, by (y) the tax rate
established for said Tax Year, both as determined by the governmental
authority having jurisdiction thereover (the "Taxing Authority"). If, due
to a future change in the method of taxation or as required by the Taxing
Authority, a franchise, income, gross receipts, transit, profit or other
tax or governmental imposition, however designated (including any tax,
excise or fee, measured by or payable with respect to any rents, licenses
or other charges received by Landlord and levied against Landlord, Land
and/or the Building) shall be levied against Landlord, the Land and/or the
Building in substitution (in whole or in part) for, or as an express
addition to (provided that such addition shall be applicable only to the
owners of interests in New York City real property) or in lieu of, any
Taxes, then such franchise, income, gross receipts, transit, profit or
other tax or governmental imposition shall be deemed to be included within
the definition of the term "Taxes" for the purposes hereof, excluding any
general income, corporate franchise, estate, inheritance, succession,
capital stock or transfer tax levied on Landlord.

                B. The term "Tax Year" shall mean every twelve (12)
consecutive month period, all or any part of which shall occur during the
Lease Term, commencing each July 1 or such other date as shall be the first
day of the fiscal tax year of The City of New York or other governmental
agency determined by Landlord to be responsible for the collection of
substantially all Taxes.

                C. The term "Operating Year" shall mean each calendar year,
all or any part of which shall occur during the Lease Term, following the
Base Operating Year.

                D. The term "Operating Statement" shall mean a written
statement prepared by Landlord or Landlord's agent setting forth (in
reasonable detail) the components of Operating Expenses and Landlord's
computation of the amount payable by Tenant pursuant to Section 19.04 for a
specified Operating Year.

                E. The term "Operating Expenses" shall mean (subject to the
provisions of Subsection 19.02G below) all reasonable costs and expenses
paid or incurred by Landlord or on Landlord's behalf in connection with the
management, repair, maintenance, replacement or operation of the Building,
the Land and any plazas, sidewalks, curbs and appurtenances thereto,
including the following items (which items are illustrative of items to be
included in Operating Expenses):

                         (i) "Labor Costs" (as such term is defined below)
of persons performing services in connection with the operation, repair and
maintenance of the Land or the Building;

                         (ii) the cost of (including any rental cost of)
materials and supplies used in the operation, cleaning, safety, security,
replacement, repair and maintenance of the Building and its plazas (if
any), sidewalks, curbs and appurtenances, and any plant, equipment,
facilities and systems designed to supply heat, ventilation,
air-conditioning or any other services or utilities, or comprising any
portion of the electrical, gas, steam, plumbing, sprinkler, mechanical,
communications, alarm, security or fire/life safety systems or equipment,
including any sales and other taxes thereon;

                         (iii) the depreciation for, or the rental cost or
value (including applicable sales taxes) of, hand tools and other movable
equipment used in the operation, cleaning, safety, security, repair or
maintenance of the Building and its plazas (if any), sidewalks, curbs and
appurtenances;

                         (iv) reasonable legal, accounting and other
professional fees incurred in connection with the operation of the Land or
the Building;

                         (v) amounts incurred by Landlord for services,
materials and supplies furnished in connection with the operation, repair
and maintenance of any part of the Building and its plazas (if any),
sidewalks, curbs and appurtenances, including the heating,
air-conditioning, ventilating, plumbing, electrical, elevator, safety and
other systems of the Building, and any other services furnished pursuant to
Article 18 above;

                         (vi) the cost of all charges for window cleaning
and other cleaning, janitorial, security and other services, in and about
the Building and its plazas (if any), sidewalks, curbs and appurtenances;

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                         (vii) premiums paid by Landlord for rent,
casualty, boiler, sprinkler, plate-glass, liability and fidelity insurance
with respect to the Land or Building and its plazas (if any), sidewalks,
curbs and appurtenances, and any other insurance Landlord maintains or is
required to maintain with regard to the Land or the Building or the
maintenance or operation thereof;

                         (viii) costs (including all applicable taxes) for
electricity (as measured by the Building's electric meters, and evaluated
under the same rate classification and frequency that Landlord is charged
by the public utility furnishing electricity to the Building), steam,
telephone, and other utilities for the portions of the Land and the
Building not leased or leasable by tenants in the Building and for
utilities and electricity (so measured and evaluated) consumed in
connection with the operation of the heating, ventilating and
air-conditioning equipment servicing the Building, excluding (if
applicable) the tenanted or tenantable portions thereof;

                         (ix) water charges, sewer rents, vault charges,
transit taxes, any special assessments imposed upon the Building, any other
assessments, governmental levies, county taxes or any other governmental
charge, general or special, ordinary or extraordinary, unforeseen as well
as foreseen, of any and every kind or nature whatsoever, which are or may
be levied, confirmed, charged, assessed or imposed upon the Land, the
Building and/or Landlord's interest therein, under the laws of the United
States, the State of New York or any political subdivision thereof, or by
the City of New York or any political subdivision thereof (including any
assessments, levies, impositions, charges or taxes arising from the
location of the Land or Building within a Business Improvement District or
other area or zone which is subject to governmentally authorized or civic
related assessments, levies, impositions, charges or taxes not generally
applicable to other portions of the Borough of Manhattan or the City of New
York), but only if and to the extent not included within the definition of
"Taxes" set forth in Subsection 19.02A above;

                         (x) telephone and stationery costs;

                         (xi) the cost of painting and otherwise decorating
any non-tenant areas of the Building, and its plazas (if any) and
sidewalks;

                         (xii) the cost of installing, maintaining,
repairing and replacing decorative items, as well as holiday decorations,
for the lobby and other public portions of the Building, and its plazas (if
any) and sidewalks;

                         (xiii) the cost of exterior and interior
landscaping of non-tenant areas of the Land, the Building and its plazas
(if any) and sidewalks;

                         (xiv) dues and fees paid to civic organizations
and associations representing Landlord, or of which Landlord is a member,
in the City of New York, provided that it is customary for landlords of
Class A office buildings in midtown Manhattan to be members of such
organizations and associations;

                         (xv) license and similar fees and charges paid by
Landlord to any governmental agency for the privilege of owning, leasing,
operating, maintaining or servicing the Building or any of its equipment,
property or appurtenances;

                         (xvi) management fees, or, if no third-party
managing agent is then employed by Landlord, an amount in lieu thereof
which, in either case, is not in excess of the then prevailing rates for
property management fees of first-class office buildings in Manhattan (but
excluding asset management fees and property management fees that include
fees for other services that are not otherwise includable within Operating
Expenses);

                         (xvii) the cost of operating, maintaining,
repairing and replacing any Building security or other system used in
connection with life or property protection;

                         (xviii) whether or not capitalized under generally
accepted accounting principles, costs for Alterations to the Building made
after the Base Operating Year by reason of any Legal Requirements or the
requirements of any Insurance Boards or Landlord's insurer, in either case
enacted after the date hereof, provided, however, that if and to the extent
such costs are capitalized under generally accepted accounting principles,
such costs shall be amortized over the useful life of such Alterations
(determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles)
with an interest factor calculated using the Interest Rate in effect at the
time that any such cost is incurred;

                         (xix) whether or not capitalized under generally
accepted accounting principles, the cost of improvements, equipment or
machinery installed for the purpose of reducing energy consumption or
reducing other Operating Expenses, provided, however, that: (a) if and to
the extent such costs are capitalized under generally accepted accounting
principles, such costs shall be amortized over the useful life of such
improvement, equipment or machinery (determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles), with an interest factor
calculated using the Interest Rate in effect at the time that any such cost
is incurred, and (b) Tenant shall not be required to pay more on the basis
of such amortized cost than it can be reasonably anticipated that Tenant
would have had to pay with respect to the relevant component(s) of
Operating Expenses that will be reduced or eliminated by such improvements,
equipment or machinery; and

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                         (xx) all other reasonable charges allocable to the
repair, management, maintenance, replacement or operation of the Building
or its components in accordance with real estate accounting practices
customarily used in Manhattan.

                F. The term "Labor Costs" shall mean any and all expenses
incurred by Landlord or on Landlord's behalf which shall be related to
employment of personnel, including amounts incurred for wages, salaries and
other compensation for services, payroll, social security, unemployment and
other similar taxes, Workers' Compensation insurance, benefits, pensions,
hospitalization, retirement plans and insurance (including group life and
disability), uniforms and working clothes and the cleaning thereof, and
expenses imposed on or on behalf of Landlord pursuant to any collective
bargaining agreement relating to such employees. With respect to employees
who are not employed on a full-time basis with respect to the Building, a
pro rata portion of expenses allocable to the time any such employee is
employed with respect to the Building shall be included in Labor Costs.

                G.  The term "Operating Expenses" shall not include the
following items:

                         (i) Labor Costs in respect of officers and
executives of Landlord above the grade of building manager, unless for work
actually performed in or about the Building ordinarily done by a third
person, and then only at compensation no higher than that which would have
been paid to such third person;

                         (ii) legal fees, leasing commissions, advertising
expenses and promotional expenses incurred in the leasing of space in the
Building;

                         (iii) insurance premiums, but only if and to the
extent that Landlord is specifically entitled to be reimbursed therefor by
Tenant pursuant to this Lease (other than pursuant to this Article) or by
any other tenant or other occupant of the Building pursuant to its lease
(other than pursuant to an operating expenses escalation clause contained
therein);

                         (iv) the cost of any item for which Landlord is
actually reimbursed or is entitled to be reimbursed pursuant the terms of
any insurance policy or is otherwise entitled to compensation pursuant to a
written agreement, including reimbursement by any tenant;

                         (v) the cost of any alterations, additions,
changes, replacements and improvements that are made solely in order to
prepare space for occupancy by a tenant;

                         (vi) the cost of capital improvements, other than
those (a) which under generally applied real estate practice are deemed
expenses or deferred expenses, or (b) described in clauses (xviii) and
(xix) of Subsection 19.02E above;

                         (vii) the cost of electricity furnished to the
Demised Premises or any other space in the Building leased to or available
for lease to tenants, or for Building Units or similar units provided to
other tenants;

                         (viii) Taxes;

                         (ix) financing and refinancing costs and premiums,
prepayment charges and payments of mortgage interest and principal;

                         (x) the cost to acquire, repair, restore, replace,
insure and dispose of works of fine art;

                         (xi) the costs of the removal, encapsulation or
treatment of asbestos and asbestos containing materials in the Building;

                         (xii) penalties or interest incurred by Landlord,
if due to Landlord's late payment of any of Landlord's obligations to third
parties;

                         (xiii) depreciation of the Building;

                         (xiv) payments of any amounts to any person
seeking recovery for negligence or other torts committed by Landlord;

                         (xv) the cost of installing, operating and
maintaining any specialty service, such as a luncheon club, athletic or
recreational club, observations, broadcasting facility, child care or
similar facility, but operating and maintenance costs therefor shall be
excluded only if use of such specialty service is restricted and not
available to all tenants of the Building;

                         (xvi) the cost of correcting defects in the
construction of the Building or in the Building Systems, except that
conditions resulting from any cause or event occurring after such
construction (including ordinary wear and tear) shall not be deemed defects
for the purpose hereof;

                         (xvii) the cost of repair or rebuilding
necessitated by casualty or condemnation;

                         (xviii) payments for leased equipment, the cost of
which, pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, would
constitute capital expenditures if such equipment were purchased, and for
which Landlord could not otherwise recover the cost thereof under clauses
(xviii) and (xix) of Subsection 19.02E above;

                         (xix) expenses incurred by Landlord with respect
to any lease buy-outs of any tenant in the Building or any other building,
or any lease takeovers in connection with the leasing of space in the
Building;

                         (xx) expenses (which, but for this exclusion,
would have been included within Operating Expenses) incurred by Landlord
for the retail areas in the Building;

                         (xxi) auditing fees, other than those incurred in
connection with the preparation of statements furnished to tenants pursuant
to additional rent or lease escalation provisions;

                         (xxii) legal fees incurred in the enforcement of
any leases in the Building or in defending any suits brought by tenants
with respect to their leases, as well as all other legal and other
professional expenses not related to the operation, maintenance and/or
security of the Building;

                         (xxiii) the cost of (a) heating, air-conditioning
and ventilation ("HVAC") during Overtime Periods for any tenants in the
Building and (b) so-called "enhanced" HVAC services (e.g., HVAC services
which exceed the level that Landlord customarily provides to office tenants
in the Building, and which Landlord has not made available to Tenant);

                         (xxiv) ground rent, if any, on any Underlying
Lease; and

                         (xxv) the costs incurred to place the Building in
compliance with any Legal Requirements in effect on the date hereof with
which the Building does not comply.

                H. The cost of any item that was included in Operating
Expenses for the Base Operating Year and is no longer being incurred by
Landlord by reason of the installation of a labor saving device or other
capital improvement shall be deleted from Operating Expenses for the Base
Operating Year in connection with the calculation of the Operating Expense
Payment for all Operating Years from and after the Operating Year in which
such installation occurs.

                I. If, during all or part of any Operating Year (including
the Base Operating Year), Landlord shall not furnish or pay for the cost of
any particular item(s) of work or service (which would otherwise constitute
an Operating Expense hereunder) to portions of the Building due to the fact
that (i) such portions are not occupied or leased, (ii) such item of work
or service is not required or desired by the tenant of such portion, (iii)
such tenant is itself obtaining and providing such item of work or service,
or (iv) such item of work or service was covered by a warranty or guaranty
during the Base Operating Year, then, for the purposes of computing
Operating Expenses, the amount for such item and for such period shall be
deemed to be increased by an amount equal to the additional, or the amount
deemed to be the, costs and expenses of furnishing such item of work or
services to such portion of the Building or to such tenant.

                J. Unless expressly excluded from Operating Expenses
pursuant to Subsection 19.02G above or expressly provided otherwise
elsewhere in this Lease, all items of cost and expense identified in this
Lease as being "at Landlord's cost and expense" or phrases of similar
import (regardless of whether the words "solely" or "exclusive" are used in
connection therewith, and regardless of whether specific reference is made
to Landlord's right to recoup such cost or expense as part of Operating
Expenses) shall be included in Operating Expenses.

        Section 19.03.
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                A. (i) If, for any reason whatsoever (whether foreseen or
unforseen), the Taxes applicable with respect to any Tax Year shall be
greater than the Base Tax Year, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord as
additional rent for each such Tax Year an amount equal to Tenant's Tax
Share (as defined in Section 1.01 above) of the amount by which the Taxes
applicable with respect to such Tax Year exceeds the Taxes applicable with
respect to the Base Tax Year.

                         (ii) Within a reasonable time period after the
issuance by the Taxing Authority of tax bills for Taxes payable for any Tax
Year, Landlord shall submit to Tenant a statement (the "Tax Statement")
which shall indicate the amount, if any, required to be paid by Tenant as
additional rent as in this Section provided.

                         (iii) Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional
rent, the amount set forth on such Tax Statement (the "Tax Payment") in two
(2) equal installments, with the first such installment due and payable on
the June 1 immediately preceding the commencement of the Tax Year for which
the Tax Statement is being rendered, and the second such installment due
and payable on the immediately following December 1; provided, however,
that if Landlord shall not have delivered a Tax Statement by May 20
immediately preceding the commencement of the Tax Year for which the Tax
Statement is being rendered, then the installment of the Tax Payment
otherwise due hereunder on the immediately following June 1 shall not be
due until the twenty-second (22nd) day after Landlord shall deliver said
Tax Statement to Tenant. In the event that the Taxing Authority shall
change the time for the payment, or number of installments, of Taxes, or if
a Mortgagee shall require a periodic escrow payment on account thereof, the
time when Tenant's installments of the Tax Payment shall be due and payable
to Landlord shall be similarly adjusted.

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                B. If Landlord shall receive a refund of Taxes with respect
to a Tax Year for which Tenant has paid any additional rent under the
provisions of this Section 19.03, then Tenant's Tax Share of the net
proceeds of such refund, after deduction of legal fees, appraiser's fees
and other expenses incurred in obtaining reductions and refunds and
collecting the same (and after deduction of such expenses for previous Tax
Years which were not offset by tax refunds for such Tax Years) shall be
applied and allocated to the periods for which the refund was obtained and,
if Tenant shall not be in Monetary Default (after notice of such Monetary
Default shall have been given to Tenant; or, if Tenant shall then be in
Monetary Default, following Tenant's cure of such Monetary Default),
Landlord shall pay, or (if the amount of such payment would not be in
excess of the next installment of Fixed Rent due under this Lease) credit,
to Tenant an amount equal to Tenant's Tax Share of the net proceeds of such
refund. Any payment due under this Subsection 19.03B shall be made within
twenty-two (22) days after Landlord shall have determined the amount due to
Tenant hereunder. In no event shall any refund or credit due to Tenant
hereunder exceed the sum paid by Tenant for such particular Tax Year. Only
Landlord shall be eligible to institute tax reduction or other proceedings
to reduce the assessed valuation of the Land or the Building. In no event
shall Tenant have the right to seek from the taxing authority any refund or
reduction of Taxes. If, prior to the delivery of a Tax Statement to Tenant
with respect to a particular Tax Year, Landlord shall obtain a reduction in
Taxes for that Tax Year, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord, within
twenty-two (22) days following the issuance to Tenant of a bill therefor,
an amount equal to Tenant's Tax Share of all costs and expenses (including
legal, appraisal and other expert fees) incurred by Landlord in obtaining
such reduction, provided that such costs and expenses are not included in
the Operating Expenses.

                C. If there shall be a reduction or refund of Taxes,
Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a statement indicating the amount thereof,
and all prior and future additional rent payments provided for in this
Section 19.03 shall be recalculated accordingly. Any additional payment due
for any Tax Year shall be made by Tenant within twenty-two (22) days after
the furnishing to Tenant of the revised statement. At Tenant's request,
Landlord shall furnish to Tenant copies of bills for Taxes issued by the
taxing authority that were utilized by Landlord for purposes of determining
the amount of Tenant's Tax Payment.

                D. Tenant shall pay, before delinquency, all rent and
occupancy taxes and all property taxes and assessments on the furniture,
fixtures, equipment and other property of Tenant at any time situated on or
installed in the Demised Premises, and on additions and improvements in the
Demised Premises made or installed by Tenant subsequent to the Commencement
Date, if any. If at any time during the Lease Term any of the foregoing are
assessed as a part of the real property of which the Demised Premises are a
part, Tenant shall pay to Landlord upon demand the amount of such
additional taxes as may be levied against said real property by reason
thereof.

                E. (i) Tenant acknowledges receipt of advice from Landlord
to the effect that it is Landlord's expectation that Taxes will be subject
to a partial tax exemption granted by the City of New York Department of
Finance under the Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program (the "ICIP
Tax Exemption"). Tenant expressly agrees that the computation of Taxes
under Subsection 19.02A above, and Tenant's obligation to pay the Tax
Payment pursuant to Subsection 19.03A above, shall be determined without
regard to the ICIP Tax Exemption, and that all savings accruing from the
ICIP Tax Exemption shall inure solely to the benefit of Landlord.

                         (ii) Landlord represents to Tenant that, in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Title 2-D of the Real Property
Tax Law (Section 489-aaaa, et seq.) and the regulations now in effect in
connection therewith (collectively, and as the same may hereafter be
amended or promulgated, the "ICIP Law"), Landlord has applied for a
preliminary certificate of eligibility in order to obtain the ICIP Tax
Exemption. Tenant acknowledges that the ICIP Law may impose requirements
with respect to the hiring and training practices of contractors and
subcontractors engaged to perform work in the Building for Landlord or for
Building tenants. Accordingly, in order to ensure that no actions of any
Tenant's Contractors cause Landlord to lose the benefits conferred by the
ICIP Law, Tenant shall use only such Tenant's Contractors that qualify
under and otherwise satisfy the requirements of the ICIP Law. In addition,
Tenant shall simultaneously furnish Landlord with true copies of all
documents being submitted by Tenant or Tenant's Contractors to all
governmental authorities in connection with the ICIP Law.

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                         (iii) Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree
that:

                                (a) Landlord is seeking benefits under the
ICIP Law;

                                (b) Tenant shall not be required to pay
taxes or charges which become due because of willful neglect or fraud by
Landlord in connection with the program under the ICIP Law, or otherwise
relieve or indemnify Landlord from any personal liability arising under
Administrative Code Section 11-265, except where imposition of such taxes,
charges or liability is occasioned by actions of Tenant in violation of
this Lease;

                                (c) Tenant shall report to Landlord the
number of workers permanently engaged in employment in the Demised
Premises, the nature of each worker's employment and the residence of each
worker; and

                                (d) Tenant shall provide access to the
Demised Premises by employees and agents of any governmental agency
enforcing the ICIP Law at all reasonable times when requested by Landlord.

        Section 19.04.

                A. For each Operating Year, any part of which shall occur
during the Lease Term, Tenant shall pay an amount (the "Operating Expense
Payment") equal to Tenant's Operating Share of the amount, if any, by which
Operating Expenses for such Operating Year shall exceed the Operating
Expenses for the Base Operating Year; provided, however, that if the
Commencement Date shall occur other than on the first day of an Operating
Year or if the Lease Term shall expire or be sooner terminated on other
than the last day of an Operating Year, then the Operating Expense Payment
in respect thereof shall be prorated to correspond to that portion of such
Operating Year occurring within the Lease Term.

                B. At any time before or during each Operating Year,
Landlord may furnish to Tenant a written statement (an "Estimate
Statement") setting forth Landlord's estimate of the Operating Expense
Payment for such Operating Year (the "Estimated Payment"). Tenant shall pay
to Landlord on the first day of each month during each Operating Year an
amount equal to one twelfth (1/12th) of the Estimated Payment. If Landlord
furnishes an Estimate Statement for an Operating Year subsequent to the
commencement thereof, then: (i) until the first day of the month following
the twenty-second (22nd) day on which the Estimate Statement shall be
furnished to Tenant, Tenant shall continue to pay to Landlord on the first
day of each month an amount equal to the monthly sum payable by Tenant to
Landlord with respect to the most recent Operating Year; (ii) promptly
after the Estimate Statement shall be furnished to Tenant, Landlord shall
give notice to Tenant stating whether the amount previously paid by Tenant
to Landlord for the current Operating Year was greater or less than the
installment of the Estimated Payment to be paid for the current Operating
Year, and (x) if there shall be a deficiency, Tenant shall pay the amount
thereof to Landlord within twenty-two (22) days after demand therefor, or
(y) if there shall have been an overpayment, Landlord shall credit the
amount thereof against the next monthly installment of the Fixed Rent
payable under this Lease; and (iii) on the first day of the month following
the twenty-second (22nd) day on which the Estimate Statement shall be
furnished to Tenant, and monthly thereafter throughout the remainder of the
Operating Year, Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to one-twelfth
(1/12th) of the Estimated Payment shown on the Estimate Statement. Landlord
may during an Operating Year, furnish to Tenant a revised Estimate
Statement, and, if a revised Estimate Statement shall be furnished to
Tenant, the Estimated Payment for such Operating Year shall be adjusted in
the same manner as provided in the preceding sentence.

                C. At any time after each Operating Year, Landlord shall
furnish to Tenant an annual Operating Statement (the "Annual Statement")
for such Operating Year. If the Annual Statement shows that the Estimated
Payment (or other payments) for such Operating Year exceeds the Operating
Expense Payment which should have been paid for such Operating Year, then
Landlord shall credit the amount of such excess against the next monthly
installment of Fixed Rent payable under this Lease; if the Annual Statement
for such Operating Year shows that the Estimated Payment for such Operating
Year was less than the Operating Expense Payment (or other payments) which
should have been paid for such Operating Year, Tenant shall pay the amount
of such deficiency to Landlord within twenty-two (22) days after receipt of
the Annual Statement.

                D. (i) Each Annual Statement shall be conclusive and
binding upon Tenant unless, within one hundred twenty (120) days after
receipt thereof, Tenant shall give Landlord notice (the "Operating Dispute
Notice") that Tenant disputes the correctness of the Annual Statement,
specifying the particular respects in which the Annual Statement is claimed
to be incorrect. Tenant recognizes and agrees that Landlord's books and
records (and those of Landlord's agents) with respect to the operation of
the Land and the Building are confidential, and that Tenant shall have no
right to inspect the same except as otherwise provided in the immediately
following sentence. Within said 120-day period, Tenant may request in
writing an appointment to examine Landlord's books and records with respect
to Operating Expenses in order to verify the accuracy of the relevant
Annual Statement, in which case Landlord shall allow Tenant's
representative to conduct such examination during Business Hours, within
ten (10) Business Days after Landlord's receipt of said request, provided
that Tenant's representative shall minimize any interference to Landlord's
business operations during the course of such examination. Tenant shall not
disclose (and shall require Tenant's representative not to disclose) to any
third party (other than Tenant's attorneys or consultants, who shall in

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turn be required not to disclose) any information obtained in the course of
such examination, except if and to the extent required in connection with
any court or arbitration proceeding or otherwise mandated by Legal
Requirements.

                         (ii) If Tenant shall have timely delivered the
Operating Dispute Notice to Landlord, and the parties shall not be able to
resolve such dispute within sixty (60) days thereafter, then, provided that
Tenant shall have theretofore paid to Landlord the amount shown to be due
to Landlord on the disputed Annual Statement, either party may refer the
decision of the issue raised to a reputable, independent firm of certified
public accountants selected by Landlord (if the firm selected by Landlord
is one of the "Big 4" firms of certified public accountants, and not the
one being employed by Landlord to prepare Operating Expense reports on
which the relevant Annual Statement was based; otherwise to a firm of
certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to both Landlord and
Tenant), and the decision of such accountants shall be conclusive and
binding upon the parties. The fees and expenses involved in such decision
shall be borne by the unsuccessful party (and if both parties are partially
unsuccessful, the accountants shall apportion the fees and expenses between
the parties based on the degree of success of each party). Tenant agrees
that, notwithstanding any such dispute (and pending resolution thereof),
Tenant shall timely pay to Landlord in full the amount shown to be due to
Landlord on the disputed annual statement. If such dispute is resolved in
Tenant's favor, Landlord shall either reimburse Tenant for any overpayment
or credit the amount of such overpayment against the next monthly
installment of Fixed Rent payable under this Lease.

        Section 19.05. Nothing contained in this Article 19 or any other
provision of this Lease concerning the payment of additional rents shall be
construed so as to reduce the Fixed Rent below the amount set forth in
Section 1.01, plus any increases therein pursuant to any provision of this
Lease.

        Section 19.06. If there shall be a reduction of the area of the
Demised Premises either due to a partial taking thereof by eminent domain
or due to subsequent agreement of the parties or if the area of the Demised
Premises shall be increased, then (i) Tenant's Tax Share of increases of
Taxes thereafter payable by Tenant under Subsection 19.03A, and (ii)
Tenant's Operating Share of increases in Operating Expenses thereafter
payable by Tenant under Subsection 19.04A, shall, except as may otherwise
be expressly agreed in writing by the parties, be increased or decreased on
the basis of the ratio between the Rentable Square Feet in the Demised
Premises before and after said increase or decrease in area.

        Section 19.07. Any payments due hereunder for any period of less
than a full Tax Year or Operating Year at the commencement or end of the
Lease Term shall be equitably prorated. In the event of any change in the
fiscal period constituting a Tax Year, Taxes levied during any transitional
period shall be added to the first subsequent Tax Year for purposes of
Section 19.03. Any delay or failure by Landlord to render any statement
under the provisions of this Article 19 shall not prejudice Landlord's
right hereunder to render such statement for prior or subsequent periods.
Any delay or failure by Landlord in making any request or demand for any
amount payable by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of this Article 19
shall not constitute a waiver of, or in any way diminish, the continuing
obligation of Tenant to make such payment. Except as otherwise provided in
Subsection 19.04D above, all statements rendered by Landlord pursuant to
the provisions of this Article 19 shall be deemed final and conclusive as
to Tenant, unless, within one hundred twenty (120) days following rendition
of any such statement, Tenant shall, in good faith and with specificity,
notify Landlord that such statement contains mathematical error. Tenant
agrees that, notwithstanding any dispute as to the correctness of a
statement (and pending resolution of such dispute), Tenant shall timely pay
to Landlord in full the amount shown to be due to Landlord on the disputed
statement. If such dispute is resolved in Tenant's favor, Landlord shall
either reimburse Tenant for any overpayment or credit the amount of such
overpayment against the next monthly installment of Fixed Rent payable
under this Lease. The obligations of Tenant with respect to any payment
required pursuant to the provisions of this Article 19 shall survive the
expiration or sooner termination of the Lease Term.

                                 ARTICLE 20

                                ELECTRICITY

        Section 20.01. Subject to the provisions of this Article 20 and
other provisions of this Lease, Landlord shall furnish electricity for use
in the Demised Premises for normal business office purposes, making
available to the core electrical closet serving the Demised Premises a
capacity (the "Existing Capacity") equal to eight (8) watts per Useable
Square Foot, on a demand load basis, exclusive of electricity used to
operate the Building Unit(s) installed by Landlord to provide
air-conditioning and ventilation to the Demises Premises. Said electricity
shall be furnished to the core electric closet located on each floor of the
Demised Premises. Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any loss or
damage or expense which Tenant may sustain or incur if either the quantity
or character of electric service shall be changed or shall no longer be
available or suitable for Tenant's requirements. At Landlord's election,
Landlord shall furnish and install all replacement lighting tubes, lamps,
bulbs and ballasts required in the Demised Premises, and Tenant shall pay
to Landlord or Landlord's designated contractor within twenty-two (22) days
following demand therefor, the then established charges of Landlord or said
contractor, as the case may be.

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        Section 20.02.

                A. Subject to the provisions of Section 20.03 below,
Tenant's consumption and demand of all electricity made available to the
Demised Premises (including the Building Unit(s) servicing the Demised
Premises) or to Tenant elsewhere in the Building (collectively, "Tenant
Electricity") shall be measured by one or more submeters (collectively, the
"Submeter") presently located in the core electric closet located on the
same floor as the Demised Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, in
connection with Tenant's Initial Work or any future Alterations, Tenant
shall require or wish to install additional electrical panels in said
electric closet, Tenant shall be permitted to do so at Tenant's own cost
and expense, provided that Tenant shall have obtained Landlord's prior
consent thereto, in accordance with Article 5 above, and have otherwise
complied with the relevant provisions of Article 5 above, and provided
further that any additional submeters required in connection therewith
shall be installed, maintained, repaired and replaced by Tenant, at
Tenant's own cost and expense. All such additional submeters shall be of
the same make and design as the Submeter, and all references hereinafter to
the "Submeter" shall be deemed to include said additional submeters.

                B. Tenant agrees to purchase Tenant Electricity from
Landlord or Landlord's designated agent at terms and rates equal to
"Landlord's Electricity Cost" (as such term is defined below), plus five
(5%) percent thereof, to reimburse Landlord for administrative services in
connection with supplying, measuring and billing Tenant Electricity and for
transmission and transformer losses. If more than one submeter shall
measure Tenant Electricity, then the service rendered through each such
submeter shall be aggregated and billed in accordance with the foregoing
rate, unless Landlord shall elect separate billing on a per meter basis.
Landlord may at any time (but not more often than once per month, render
bills for Tenant Electricity in accordance with the foregoing provisions,
and Tenant shall pay all amounts shown on said bills to Landlord, as
additional rent, within twenty-two (22) days following the date that such
bills shall have been rendered.

                C. For purposes of this Article 20 and the other provisions
of this Lease:

                         (i) The term "Landlord's Electricity Cost" shall
mean the average cost per kilowatt hour of consumption and average cost per
kilowatt of demand, by time of day, if applicable, or other applicable (and
similar, to the extent available) billing method, to Landlord of purchasing
electricity for the Building, including fuel adjustment charges (as
determined for each month of the relevant period), rate adjustment charges,
sales tax, and/or any other factors used by the public utility furnishing
electric service to the Building (the "Public Utility") in computing its
charges to Landlord, applied to the kilowatt hours of electricity and
kilowatts of demand purchased by Landlord during a given period. Landlord's
Electricity Cost shall reflect the benefit of any bulk rates, rebates and
other benefits or cost reductions received by Landlord.

                         (ii) The term "Electricity Additional Rent" shall
mean all amounts computed in accordance with Subsection 20.02B above.

                D. If the Submeter should fail to properly register or
operate at any time during the Lease Term for any reason whatsoever, then,
unless Landlord shall otherwise elect in accordance with the provisions of
Section 20.03 below, Landlord may reasonably estimate the Electricity
Additional Rent, and when the Submeter shall again become properly
operative, an appropriate reconciliation shall be made, by Tenant paying
any deficiency to Landlord within twenty-two (22) days after demand
therefor, or by Tenant receiving a credit against the next monthly
installments of Fixed Rent in the amount of any overpayment, as the case
may be.

                E. If at any time during the Lease Term the electric rate
charged by the Public Utility (the "Electric Rate") shall be increased by
the Public Utility, or Landlord's Electricity Cost shall be increased for
any other reason, then, effective as of the date of each such increase in
the Electric Rate or Landlord's Electricity Cost (as the case may be), the
Electricity Additional Rent shall be increased in proportion to such change
in the Electric Rate or Landlord's Electricity Cost, as determined by
Landlord's electrical consultant ("Landlord's Consultant"), whose
determination shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties, subject to
the provisions of Subsection 20.03E below. In no event, however, shall the
Electric Rate be deemed to be reduced below the Electric Rate in effect as
of the Commencement Date for purposes of computing the Electricity
Additional Rent. Tenant acknowledges that it is anticipated that electric
rates, charges, fees and/or other costs, as well as methods of or rules on
billing, may be changed by virtue of time-of-day rates or other methods of
billing, and that the references in this Article 20 to changes in the
Electric Rate are intended to include any and all such changes.

                F. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

                G. Landlord shall reasonably cooperate with Tenant, at no
cost or expense to Landlord, with respect to any application Tenant may
make to a governmental authority or to the public utility company
furnishing electricity to the Building under an electricity cost rebate
program for which Tenant shall be eligible, provided that Tenant shall
indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from any and all liability, claims,
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements)
arising therefrom.

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        Section 20.03.

                A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the provisions of Section 20.02 above, if at any time during the Lease Term
the Submeter shall not then be installed or operating, or if Landlord shall
elect to discontinue furnishing electricity to the Demised Premises on a
submetered basis, then (subject to the provisions of Section 20.05 below)
Landlord shall furnish electricity to the Demised Premises in quantity
equal to the Existing Capacity on a "rent inclusion" basis, and there shall
be no separate charge to Tenant for such electricity. Landlord agrees that
Landlord shall not discontinue the furnishing of electricity to the Demised
Premises on a submetered basis unless the same shall be mandated by the
utility company then providing electricity to the Building or any
governmental authority having or asserting jurisdiction thereover.

                B. For the purposes of this Article 20, and other provisions
of this Lease:

                         (i) The term "Base Electric Charge" shall
initially mean the amount of $42,591.00.

                         (ii) The term "Electric Inclusion Factor" shall
mean an amount, to be included as a component of Fixed Rent, equal to the
sum of the Base Electric Charge plus all increases thereto pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 20; it being understood and agreed that at all
times the Electric Inclusion Factor shall not be less than the amount
computed by multiplying the applicable consumption and demand components of
Landlord's Electricity Cost, respectively, by Tenant's kilowatt hour
consumption and kilowatt demand usage as determined by the estimate of
Landlord's Consultant, plus five (5%) percent of the resulting total.

                C. Landlord and Tenant agree that, during any period in
which electricity shall be furnished to the Demised Premises on a "rent
inclusion" basis, the annual Fixed Rent set forth in Section 1.01 above
shall be increased by an amount equal to the Base Electric Charge, as the
same may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of this Article 20. Tenant
acknowledges and agrees that the Base Electric Charge currently represents
the amount initially included in the Electric Inclusion Factor to
compensate Landlord for the electrical wiring and other installations
necessary for, and for Landlord's obtaining and making available to Tenant,
the redistribution of electric energy to the Demised Premises as an
additional service, and that such Base Electric Charge component of the
Electric Inclusion Factor is subject to adjustment as provided herein based
on Tenant's consumption and/or demand of electricity, but shall in no event
be subject to reduction.

                D. At any time, and from time to time, after Tenant shall
have entered into possession of the Demised Premises or any portion
thereof, and electricity shall be furnished to the Demised Premises on a
"rent inclusion" basis, Landlord and Landlord's agents and consultants may
survey the electrical fixtures, appliances and equipment located in or
servicing the Demised Premises and Tenant's consumption and demand of
electricity therein to (i) ascertain whether Tenant is complying with
Tenant's obligations under this Article 20, and (ii) determine whether the
then Electric Inclusion Factor included in Fixed Rent is less than the
Electric Inclusion Factor computed as a result of said survey, and to
adjust the Electric Inclusion Factor component of Fixed Rent in accordance
with the following computations:

                         (x) In the case of the first electric survey, if
the cost or value of Tenant's electric consumption and/or demand shown by
the survey shall exceed the initial Electric Inclusion Factor, then the
Electric Inclusion Factor component of the Fixed Rent shall be increased by
the amount of such excess retroactive to the beginning of the period when
electricity shall be furnished to the Demised Premises on a "rent
inclusion" basis; and

                         (y) In the event of the second and subsequent
surveys, if the cost or value of Tenant's electric consumption and/or
demand shown by such survey shall exceed the then Electric Inclusion
Factor, then such Electric Inclusion Factor component of Fixed Rent shall
be increased by the amount of such excess, effective as of the earlier of
(a) the date of such survey or (b) the date on which increases in demand or
changes in electric consumption occurred (as determined by Landlord's
Consultant).

                E. The initial amount of each such increase shall be paid
by Tenant to Landlord within twenty-two (22) days after Landlord furnishes
Tenant with a statement thereof, and thereafter, such increase shall be
added to each of the monthly installments of Fixed Rent. The cost of each
survey made pursuant to Subsection 20.03D above shall be borne equally by
Landlord and Tenant. The determination of Landlord's Consultant as to any
increase (and the effective date of any such increase) in the Fixed Rent
based on such average monthly electric energy consumption and/or demand
shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties from and after the

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delivery of a copy of such determination to Landlord and Tenant, unless,
within thirty (30) days thereafter, Tenant shall dispute such determination
by having an independent reputable electrical consultant, selected and paid
for by Tenant ("Tenant's Consultant"), consult with Landlord or Landlord's
Consultant as to said determination. If the parties or their respective
consultants shall agree as to a resolution of said dispute, then such
agreement shall be binding upon the parties, or if the difference between
them shall be five (5%) percent or less of the determination made by
Landlord's Consultant, then the determination made by Landlord's Consultant
shall be binding upon the parties. If Landlord's Consultant and Tenant's
Consultant shall not agree within the said five (5%) percent of each other,
then Landlord's Consultant and Tenant's Consultant shall jointly select a
third duly qualified independent, reputable electrical consultant who shall
determine the matter and whose decision shall be binding upon both parties
with the same force and effect as if a non-appealable judgment had been
entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. If Landlord's Consultant and
Tenant's Consultant shall not agree upon such a third electrical
consultant, the selection of the third electrical consultant shall be
submitted to the American Arbitration Association in New York City to be
determined in accordance with its rules and regulations, and the decision
of the arbitrators shall be binding upon the parties with the same force
and effect as if a non-appealable judgment had been entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction. Any charges of such third consultant or of the
American Arbitration Association, and all costs and expenses of either,
shall be borne equally by both parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
until such final determination, Tenant shall pay Fixed Rent to Landlord in
accordance with the determination made by Landlord's Consultant. After such
final determination, the parties shall promptly make adjustment for any
deficiency owed by Tenant or any overage paid by Tenant.

                F. If at any time during the Lease Term the Electric Rate
shall be increased by the Public Utility, then, effective as of the date of
each such increase in the Electric Rate, the Electric Inclusion Factor
included in the Fixed Rent shall be increased in proportion to such change
in the Electric Rate (as determined by Landlord's Consultant, whose
determination shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties, subject to
the provisions of Subsection 20.03E above). In no event, however, shall the
Electric Rate be deemed to be reduced below the Electric Rate in effect as
of the Commencement Date for purposes of computing the Electric Inclusion
Factor.

                G. At Landlord's request, the parties shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to each other a supplemental agreement in such form
as Landlord shall reasonably require to reflect each change in the Fixed
Rent under this Article 20, but each and every such change shall be
effective as of the effective date described in the provision under which
such change is provided for, even if such agreement shall not be executed
and delivered.

        Section 20.04.

                A. Tenant's use of electricity in the Demised Premises
shall not at any time exceed the Existing Capacity. In order to ensure that
the Existing Capacity is not exceeded and to avert possible adverse effect
upon the Building's distribution of electricity via the Building's electric
system, if at any time the total demand load of Tenant's fixtures,
appliances and equipment in the Demised Premises shall equal or exceed
eight (8) watts per Useable Square Foot, then Tenant shall not, without
Landlord's prior consent in each instance, connect any additional fixtures,
appliances or equipment to the Building's electric system, or make any
alterations or additions to the then existing electric system of the
Demised Premises, and Tenant shall, upon written or oral notice from
Landlord, immediately reduce such demand load to the Existing Capacity.

                B. In the event that Tenant shall request electric energy
in addition to the Existing Capacity, and if and to the extent that
Landlord shall determine that such additional electric energy is available
for use by Tenant without (x) resulting in allocation to Tenant of a
disproportionate amount of available electric energy and (y) otherwise
adversely affecting the Building or any of the other tenancies therein,
then Landlord shall connect such additional electric energy to the Demised
Premises, and Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent and within
twenty-two (22) days after the rendition of a bill therefor, a charge equal
to Landlord's actual cost for each additional amp of electric energy or
portion thereof so supplied to the Demised Premises, in addition to the
cost of installing additional risers, switches and related equipment
necessary in providing such additional electric energy.

        Section 20.05.

                A. Landlord shall have the right to discontinue furnishing
electricity to Tenant in the Demised Premises at any time upon not less
than thirty (30) days notice to Tenant, except that, unless otherwise
compelled by the Public Utility or any Legal Requirements (it being agreed
that such compulsion shall include Landlord's inability to legally collect
from Tenant all of the costs incurred by Landlord for Tenant Electricity),
if Tenant shall immediately commence and diligently pursue to completion
arrangements to obtain electricity from the Public Utility upon receipt of
Landlord's notice that Landlord intends to discontinue furnishing
electricity to the Demised Premises, then Landlord shall postpone such
discontinuance for a sufficient amount of time so as to allow Tenant to
obtain electricity directly from the Public Utility. If Landlord exercises
such right, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect and shall be
unaffected thereby, except that, from and after the effective date of such
discontinuance, Landlord shall not be obligated to furnish electricity to
Tenant (and, if electricity shall, immediately prior to such

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discontinuance, have been furnished to the Demised Premises on a "rent
inclusion" basis, the Fixed Rent payable under this Lease shall be reduced
by an amount equal to the Electric Inclusion Factor component of such Fixed
Rent). Landlord agrees that Landlord shall not discontinue the furnishing
of electricity to the Demised Premises unless the same shall be mandated by
the Public Utility or by any governmental authority having or asserting
jurisdiction thereover.

                B. If Landlord so discontinues furnishing electricity to
Tenant, then Tenant shall, at Tenant's own cost and expense, promptly
arrange to obtain electricity directly from the Public Utility. Provided
that there shall be no cost to Landlord in connection therewith (unless
Tenant shall agree to pay to Landlord, as additional rent, all costs and
expenses attributable thereto), such electricity shall be furnished to
Tenant by means of the-then existing Building System feeders, risers and
wiring, but only if and to the extent that Landlord determines the same to
be available, suitable and safe for such purpose. All meters and additional
panel boards, feeders, risers, wiring and other conductors and equipment
which may be required to obtain electricity directly from such Public
Utility shall (x) if located entirely within the Demised Premises,
installed and connected by Tenant, at Tenant's own cost and expense, but
only after having received Landlord's prior written consent thereto (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and Tenant shall
thereafter maintain, repair and replace the same, as necessary, at Tenant's
own cost and expense; and (y) if located wholly or in part outside of the
Demised Premises, installed, connected and thereafter maintained, repaired
and replaced, as necessary, by Landlord, at Tenant's reasonable cost and
expense. Only rigid conduit will be allowed in connection with any such
installation.

        Section 20.06. If, pursuant to any Legal Requirement, the amount
which Landlord shall be permitted to charge Tenant for the purchase of
electricity pursuant to this Article 20 shall be reduced below that which
Landlord would otherwise be entitled to charge Tenant hereunder, then
Tenant shall pay the difference between such amounts to Landlord as
additional rent within twenty-two (22) days after being billed therefor by
Landlord, as compensation for the use of the Building's electrical
distribution system. If any tax shall be imposed on Landlord by any
federal, state or municipal authority with respect to electricity furnished
to Tenant, then Tenant's pro rata share of such taxes shall be reimbursed
by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent within twenty-two (22) days after
being billed therefor.

        Section 20.07. If the Public Utility or any Legal Requirement shall
institute or require a change in the manner in which electricity is to be
furnished or paid for, and such change reasonably necessitates an
appropriate modification of this Article 20, Tenant and Landlord shall
execute and deliver to each other an instrument which sets forth such
modification; provided, however, that in no event shall the Fixed Rent be
reduced to an amount below the amount thereof stated in Section 1.01 above.
Tenant agrees to fully and timely comply with all rules and regulations of
the Public Utility applicable to Tenant or the Demised Premises.

        Section 20.08. In the event that, pursuant to any of the provisions
of this Article 20, any initial determinations, statements or estimates are
made by or on behalf of Landlord (whether such initial determinations,
statements or estimates are subject to dispute or not pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 20), Tenant shall pay to Landlord the amount(s)
set forth on such initial determinations, statements or estimates, as the
case may be, until subsequent determinations, statements or estimates are
rendered, at which time the parties shall make adjustment for any
deficiency owed by Tenant, or any overage paid by Tenant.

        Section 20.09. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article 20
and regardless of the manner of service of electricity to the Demised
Premises (whether by rent inclusion or submetering, but excluding a
situation in which Tenant shall be obtaining electricity directly from the
Public Utility pursuant to the provisions of Section 20.05 above), in no
event shall the cost to Tenant for electricity to the Demised Premises be
less than one hundred five (105%) percent of Landlord's Electricity Cost.

        Section 20.10. Any payments due hereunder for less than a calendar
year at the commencement or end of the Lease Term shall be equitably
prorated. Any delay or failure by Landlord to render any bills or
statements under the provisions of this Article 20 shall not prejudice
Landlord's right thereunder to render such bills or statements for prior or
subsequent periods. Any delay or failure by Landlord in making any request
or demand for any amount payable by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of

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this Article 20 shall not constitute a waiver of, or in any way diminish,
the continuing obligation of Tenant to make such payment. The obligations
of Tenant with respect to any payment or increase pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 20 shall survive the expiration or sooner
termination of the Lease Term.

                                 ARTICLE 21

                                   BROKER

        Section 21.01. Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord that
Tenant has not employed, dealt or negotiated with any broker (other than
the Designated Broker) in connection with this Lease, and Tenant shall
indemnify, protect, defend and hold Landlord harmless from and against any
and all liability, damage, cost and expense (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements) arising out of any claim for a fee or
commission by any broker (other than the Designated Broker) or other party
in connection with this Lease. Landlord agrees to pay the Designated
Broker's commission in accordance with separate agreements between Landlord
and the Designated Broker. Landlord represents to Tenant that Landlord has
not employed, dealt or negotiated with any broker (other than the
Designated Broker) in connection with this Lease; it being understood and
agreed that mailings by Landlord to brokers with respect to Landlord's
desire to lease the Demised Premises shall not be deemed a breach of the
foregoing representation.

                                 ARTICLE 22

                       SUBORDINATION; NON-DISTURBANCE

        Section 22.01.

                A. Subject to the provisions of Section 22.06 below, this
Lease and all of Tenant's rights hereunder, including Tenant's rights under
Section 27.01, are and shall be subject and subordinate to (i) every
Underlying Lease, the rights of the Overlandlord or Overlandlords under
each Underlying Lease, all mortgages heretofore or hereafter placed on or
affecting any Underlying Lease, alone or with other property, and to all
advances heretofore or hereafter made under any such leasehold mortgage,
and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements,
substitutions, spreaders, additions and extensions of any such leasehold
mortgage, and (ii) any condominium plan or declaration now or hereafter
affecting the Building, and any other instruments or rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith, and (iii) any reciprocal easement
agreements or any other easements now or hereafter affecting the Building
(including the easements (a copy of which has been delivered by Landlord to
Tenant) contained in that certain deed from the Trustees of the Property of
Penn Central Transportation Company and the New York and Harlem Railroad
Company to Olympia & York 320 Park Land Company, recorded June 22, 1978, in
the Office of the City Register, New York County), and (iv) any Mortgage
now or hereafter affecting the real property of which the Demised Premises
form a part or any part or parts of such real property, or such real
property and other property, and to each advance made or hereafter to be
made under any such Mortgage and to all renewals, modifications,
consolidations, replacements, substitutions, spreaders, additions and
extensions of any such Underlying Lease or Leases and/or Mortgages. The
subordination provisions herein contained shall be self-operative, and no
further instrument of subordination shall be required. Landlord reserves
the right, by written notice to Tenant, to determine that the foregoing
provisions shall not apply to any or all Mortgages then being and/or
thereafter to be made. In confirmation of said subordination, Tenant shall
execute and deliver promptly any certificate that Landlord or that
Landlord's successors-in-interest may reasonably request.

                B. Landlord represents that, as of the date of this Lease,
there is no Underlying Lease, Mortgage or condominium regime encumbering the
Land or the Building.

        Section 22.02. This Lease may be conditionally or otherwise
assigned as collateral security by Landlord to a Mortgagee, which
assignment may provide that, without Mortgagee's prior written consent,
Tenant and Landlord shall not (i) pay or accept the rent or additional rent
under the terms of this Lease for more than one month in advance of the due
date of such rent or additional rent, or (ii) enter into an agreement to
amend or modify this Lease if there shall be an unexpired term of more than
one (1) year thereunder, or (iii) voluntarily surrender the Demised
Premises, terminate this Lease or accelerate the Lease Term without cause,
or (iv) authorize the Tenant to assign this Lease or sublet the Demised
Premises or any part thereof except in the manner as provided under the
terms of this Lease. Any agreement by Landlord to make, perform or furnish
any capital improvements or services not related to the possession or use
of the Demised Premises by Tenant shall not be binding on any Mortgagee in
the event of foreclosure or in the event that a Mortgagee enters upon the
Demised Premises pursuant to any security instrument in connection with the
mortgage loan. Regardless of whether and to what extent Landlord may have
an obligation in connection therewith, until a Mortgagee or such

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Mortgagee's successor (as the case may be) shall take actual possession of
the Building, such Mortgagee and such Mortgagee's successor shall not be
responsible for any improvements, covenants, contractual obligations or
services which Landlord has agreed to make, furnish or perform for Tenant
under the terms of this Lease, or for the control, care or management of
the Building or any waste committed on the Building by any tenant, or for
any dangerous or defective condition of the Building resulting in loss or
injury or death to any tenant, licensee or stranger. As of the date hereof,
no security deposited by Tenant has been transferred to any Mortgagee, who
will assume no liability for any security so deposited unless and until
such Mortgagee demands the transfer of said security and assumes
responsibility therefor.

        Section 22.03. Tenant agrees that, unless a Mortgagee shall elect
otherwise in the case of a foreclosure of such Mortgage, or unless the
Overlandlord of an Underlying Lease to which this Lease is subordinate
shall elect otherwise in the case of a cancellation or a termination of
such Underlying Lease, neither the cancellation nor termination of any
Underlying Lease, nor any foreclosure of a Mortgage affecting the Land,
Building, an Underlying Lease or the Demised Premises, nor the institution
of any suit, action, summary or other proceeding against Landlord herein or
any successor landlord, shall by operation of law or otherwise result in
cancellation or termination of this Lease or the obligations of Tenant
hereunder, and upon the request of the Overlandlord of such Underlying
Lease, or the holder of such Mortgage, or the purchaser at a sale in
foreclosure of such Mortgage, or other person who shall succeed to the
interests of Landlord (which such Overlandlord, holder, purchaser or other
person is hereafter in this Section referred to as "such
successor-in-interest"), Tenant covenants and agrees to attorn to such
successor-in-interest and recognize such successor-in-interest as the
landlord under this Lease. Tenant agrees to execute an instrument in
writing reasonably satisfactory to such successor-in-interest whereby
Tenant attorns to such successor-in-interest. Tenant further waives the
provisions of any statute or rule of law now or hereafter in effect which
may give or purport to give Tenant any right of election to terminate this
Lease or to surrender possession of the Demised Premises in the event any
Underlying Lease terminates or any such mortgage is foreclosed or any such
proceeding is brought by any Overlandlord or the holder of any such
mortgage.

        Section 22.04. In the event of the occurrence of any act or
omission by Landlord which would give Tenant the right to terminate this
Lease or claim a partial or total eviction, or make any claim against
Landlord for the payment of money, Tenant shall not exercise such right
until Tenant shall have given written notice of such occurrence to (i)
Landlord and (ii) each Mortgagee and the Overlandlord of any Underlying
Lease, as to whom, and to the last address to which Tenant has been
instructed to give such notice, and a reasonable period for remedying such
act or omission shall have elapsed following the giving of such notices,
during which such parties or any of them with reasonable diligence
following the giving of such notice, have not commenced and continued to
remedy such act or omission or to cause the same to be remedied. Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to create any rights in Tenant not
specifically granted in this Lease or under any applicable provision of
law, nor to obligate any such Mortgagee or Overlandlord to remedy any such
act or omission. Except with respect to Tenant's obligation to deliver
notices as set forth in this Section 22.04, nothing contained in this
Section 22.04 shall be construed to limit Tenant's rights under Subsection
6.02B above.

        Section 22.05. If a Mortgagee or prospective mortgagee shall
request modifications to this Lease, Tenant shall not unreasonably
withhold, delay or defer Tenant's consent thereto, provided that such
modifications shall not materially increase the obligations of Tenant
hereunder, materially decrease the rights of Tenant hereunder or materially
adversely affect the leasehold interest hereby created. In no event shall a
requirement that the consent of any such Mortgagee or prospective mortgagee
be given for any modification of this Lease, or for any assignment or
sublease, be deemed to materially adversely affect the leasehold interest
hereby created.

        Section 22.06. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Article 22 (but subject to the provisions of this Section 22.06,
this Lease shall not be subject or subordinate to any hereafter placed
Mortgage or Underlying Lease, unless Tenant shall receive a
"non-disturbance" agreement from the holder of any Mortgage hereafter
encumbering the Land and/or the Building or from the Overlandlord of any
Underlying Lease hereafter affecting the Land and/or the Building, in such
form as may be required by any such Mortgagee or Overlandlord, which shall
provide in substance that, so long as Tenant is not in default with respect
to any of Tenant's obligations under this Lease after notice and the
expiration of the applicable cure period: (a) Tenant shall not be joined as
a party defendant (unless required by applicable law) (i) in any action or
proceeding which may be instituted or taken by any Overlandlord for the
purpose of terminating the Underlying Lease by reason of any default
thereunder, or (ii) in any foreclosure action or proceeding which may be
instituted by any Mortgagee, and (b) Tenant shall not be evicted from the
Demised Premises, nor shall Tenant's leasehold estate or right to
possession of the Demised Premises be terminated or disturbed, by reason of
any default under any Underlying Lease or Mortgage or by reason of any
foreclosure of any Mortgage or termination of any Underlying Lease. Any
non-disturbance agreement may also provide that Tenant will, at the option

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of any Mortgagee or the Overlandlord under any Underlying Lease, either (x)
attorn to such Mortgagee or Overlandlord and perform for such Mortgagee's
or Overlandlord's benefit all of the terms, covenants and conditions to be
performed by Tenant under this Lease, or (y) enter into a new lease with
the Overlandlord under the Underlying Lease or any Mortgagee or their
respective successors or assigns for the balance of the Lease Term on the
same terms and conditions as are contained in this Lease. If Tenant shall
not execute and deliver to a Mortgagee or Overlandlord (as the case may be)
such non-disturbance, recognition and attornment agreement, then this Lease
and all of Tenant's rights hereunder shall nonetheless be subject and
subordinate to the relevant Mortgage or Underlying Lease. Landlord shall
have no liability to Tenant if Tenant shall not receive a non-disturbance
agreement, nor shall the same relieve or release Tenant from any of the
obligations of Tenant under this Lease.

                                 ARTICLE 23

                            ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE

        Section 23.01. Tenant agrees, at any time, and from time to time,
within ten (10) days after request by Landlord, to execute, acknowledge and
deliver to Landlord, a statement in writing addressed to Landlord and/or to
such other party(ies) as Landlord may designate: (i) certifying that this
Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if there have been
modifications, that the same is in full force and effect as modified and
stating the modifications), (ii) stating the dates to which the Fixed Rent,
additional rent and other charges have been paid, (iii) stating whether or
not, to the actual knowledge of the executive officer of Tenant responsible
for the oversight and administration of the Demised Premises (who shall be
the signer of such certificate), there exists any default by either party
in the performance of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition
contained in this Lease, and, if so, specifying each such default of which
the signer may have knowledge, and (iv) setting forth such other
information as Landlord may reasonably request concerning this Lease; it
being intended that any such statement delivered pursuant to this Section
23.01 may be relied upon by Landlord or by a purchaser of Landlord's
interest and by any mortgagee, or prospective mortgagee, of any mortgage
affecting the Building or the Land, or both, and by any Overlandlord or
prospective Overlandlord under any Underlying Lease affecting the Land or
Building, or both, and by any mortgagee or prospective mortgagee of any
Underlying Lease.

        Section 23.02. Landlord agrees, in connection with any proposed
assignment of this Lease or subletting of the Demised Premises by Tenant,
upon not less than twenty (20) days prior notice by Tenant, to execute,
acknowledge and deliver to Tenant a statement in writing addressed to
Tenant and/or the proposed assignee or subtenant, as the case may be: (i)
certifying that this Lease is then in full force and effect and has not
been modified (or if modified, that the same is in full force and effect as
modified and stating the modifications), (ii) setting forth the dates to
which the Fixed Rent and Recurring Additional Rent have been paid, and
(iii) stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of Landlord (but
without having made any independent investigation), Tenant is in default
under the Lease, and, if Tenant is in default, identifying such defaults;
it being intended that any such statement delivered pursuant to this
Section 23.02 may be relied upon by Tenant or by such assignee or
subtenant.

                                 ARTICLE 24

                             LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

        Section 24.01. If Tenant or Landlord shall bring any action or suit
for any relief against the other, declaratory or otherwise, arising out of
this Lease or Tenant's occupancy of the Demised Premises, the parties
hereto agree to and hereby waive any right to a trial by jury.

        Section 24.02. This Lease shall be governed in all respects by the
laws of the State of New York. Tenant hereby expressly consents to
jurisdiction in the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising
out of this Lease and/or the use and occupancy of the Demised Premises. If
Tenant at any time during the Lease Term shall not be a New York
partnership, a New York corporation, or otherwise qualified to do business
in New York State, Tenant shall designate, in writing, an agent located in
New York County (together with such agent's address) for service under the
laws of the State of New York for the entry of a personal judgment against
Tenant. Tenant, by notice to Landlord, shall have the right to change
Tenant's designation of such agent, provided that at all times there shall
be an agent in New York County for such service. In the event of any

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revocation by Tenant of such agency, such revocation shall be void and have
no force or effect unless and until a new agent shall have been designated
for service and Tenant shall have notified Landlord thereof (together with
such new agent's address). If any such agency designation shall require a
filing in the office of the Clerk of the County of New York, the same shall
be promptly accomplished by Tenant, at Tenant's expense, and a certified
copy thereof shall thereupon be transmitted by Tenant to Landlord.

                                 ARTICLE 25

                                 SURRENDER

        Section 25.01. Tenant shall, at the expiration or sooner
termination of the Lease Term (either, as applicable, being referred to
herein as the "Surrender Date"), quit and surrender to Landlord the Demised
Premises, broom clean and in the condition required under this Lease,
reasonable wear and tear excepted, and shall surrender all keys for the
Demised Premises to Landlord at the place then fixed for the payment of
rent, and shall inform Landlord of all combinations of locks, safes and
vaults, if any, located (and permitted by Landlord to remain) in the
Demised Premises. Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this
Lease, Tenant shall, on the Surrender Date, remove all of Tenant's property
from the Demised Premises and shall immediately repair any damage to the
Demised Premises caused by the installation and/or removal of such
property. Any or all of such property not so removed shall, at Landlord's
option, become the exclusive property of Landlord or be disposed of by
Landlord, at Tenant's cost and expense, without further notice to or demand
upon Tenant, and without any liability to Tenant, in connection therewith.

        Section 25.02.

                A. If the Demised Premises shall not be surrendered as and
when aforesaid, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as use and occupancy for each
month or fraction thereof during which Tenant continues to occupy the
Demised Premises from and after the Surrender Date (the "Continued
Occupancy Period") an amount of money (the "Occupancy Payment") equal to
one hundred twenty-five (125%) percent of one twelfth (1/12) of the Fixed
Rent and Recurring Additional Rent due or payable by Tenant during the
twelve (12) months immediately preceding the Surrender Date. Tenant shall
make the Occupancy Payment, without notice or previous demand therefor, on
the first day of each and every month during the Continued Occupancy
Period.

                B. In addition to making all required Occupancy Payments,
Tenant shall, in the event of Tenant's failure to surrender the Demised
Premises on the Surrender Date as and in the manner aforesaid, also
indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against any and all cost,
expense, damage, claim, loss or liability resulting from any delay or
failure by Tenant in so surrendering the Demised Premises, including (i)
any consequential damages suffered by Landlord and any claims made by any
succeeding occupant founded on such delay or failure, provided that (x)
Landlord shall have given notice to Tenant at least sixty (60) days prior
to the Surrender Date that Landlord has a tenant who has executed a lease
for all or a portion of the Demised Premises, and (y) in the event that
Landlord shall not have given said notice to Tenant, Tenant shall only be
liable for any consequential damages suffered by Landlord from and after
the sixtieth (60th) day following the Surrender Date, and (ii) any and all
reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements and court costs incurred by
Landlord in connection with any of the foregoing.

                C. The receipt and acceptance by Landlord of all or any
portion of the Occupancy Payment shall not be deemed a waiver or acceptance
by Landlord of Tenant's breach of Tenant's covenants and agreements under
this Article 25, or a waiver by Landlord of Landlord's right to institute
any summary holdover proceedings against Tenant, or a waiver by Landlord of
Landlord's rights to enforce any of Landlord's rights, or pursue any of
Landlord's remedies against Tenant in such event as provided for in this
Lease or under law.

        Section 25.03. It is expressly understood and agreed that there can
be no extension of the Lease Term unless said extension is reduced to
writing and agreed to by Landlord. No verbal statement or unsigned writing
shall be deemed to extend the Lease Term, and Tenant hereby agrees that any
improvements Tenant shall make to the Demised Premises in reliance upon any
extension of the Lease Term given verbally or by an unsigned writing shall
be at Tenant's peril.

        Section 25.04. If the last day of the Lease Term shall fall on a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the term of this Lease shall expire on
the Business Day immediately preceding such date.

        Section 25.05. Tenant expressly waives, for itself and for any
person claiming by, through or under Tenant, any rights which Tenant or any
such persons may have under the provisions of Section 2201 of the New York
Civil Practice Law and Rules, and of any successor law of like import then
in force, in connection with any summary holdover proceedings which
Landlord may institute to enforce the provisions of this Article 25.

        Section 25.06. Each and every one of Tenant's obligations set forth
in this Article 25 (including the indemnity) shall survive the expiration
or other termination of the Lease Term.

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                                 ARTICLE 26

                           RULES AND REGULATIONS

        Section 26.01. Tenant and all Persons Within Tenant's Control shall
faithfully observe and comply with: (i) all of the rules and regulations
set forth in Exhibit "F" annexed hereto and made a part hereof, and (ii)
such additional rules and regulations as Landlord may, at any time or from
time to time hereafter, reasonably make and communicate in writing to
Tenant, which, in the judgment of Landlord, shall be necessary or desirable
for the reputation, safety, care or appearance of the Building and the
Building Systems, or the preservation of good order therein, or the
operation or maintenance of the Building and Building Systems, or the
comfort of tenants or others in the Building. In the case of any conflict
between the provisions of this Lease and any such rules or regulations, or
the rules and regulations governing the performance of Alterations (if
any), the provisions of this Lease shall control. Nothing contained in this
Lease shall be construed to impose upon Landlord any duty or obligation to
enforce the rules and regulations or the terms, covenants or conditions in
any other lease as against any other tenant, except that Landlord agrees
not to enforce the rules and regulations against Tenant in a discriminatory
manner, and provided further that Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant
for violation of the same by any other tenant, or by any other tenant's
servants, employees, agents, visitors, invitees, subtenants or licensees.
Any additional rules and regulations shall not materially increase Tenant's
obligations under this Lease nor materially reduce Tenant's rights under
this Lease, and Landlord shall not enforce rules and regulations against
Tenant in a discriminatory manner. In the event that Tenant shall dispute
the reasonableness of any additional rule or regulation hereafter made or
adopted by Landlord or Landlord's agents, the parties hereto agree to
submit the question of the reasonableness of such rule or regulation for
decision to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Management
Division of The Real Estate Board of New York, Inc., or to such impartial
person or persons as he may designate, whose determination shall be final
and conclusive upon the parties hereto. The right to dispute the
reasonableness of any additional rule or regulation upon Tenant's part
shall be deemed waived unless the same shall be asserted by service of a
notice in writing upon Landlord within ten (10) days after the giving of
notice of the making of the rule or regulation to Tenant.

                                 ARTICLE 27

                               PERSONS BOUND

        Section 27.01. The covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and
conditions of this Lease shall bind and inure to the benefit of the
respective heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, successors,
assigns and legal representatives of the parties hereto with the same
effect as if mentioned in each instance where a party hereto is named or
referred to, except that no violation of the provisions of Article 10 shall
operate to vest any rights in any successor, assignee or legal
representative of Tenant, and that the provisions of this Article 27 shall
not be construed as modifying the conditions of limitation contained in
Articles 14 and 15. The term "Landlord" as used in this Lease shall mean
the Landlord at the particular time in question, and it is agreed that the
covenants and obligations of Landlord under this Lease shall not be binding
upon Landlord herein named or any subsequent landlord with respect to any
period subsequent to the transfer of its interest under this Lease by
operation of law or otherwise. In the event of any such transfer, the
transferee shall be deemed to have assumed (subject to this Article 27) the
covenants and obligations of Landlord under this Lease, and Tenant agrees
to look solely to the transferee for the performance of all of the
obligations of Landlord hereunder, but only with respect to such
obligations for which the performance due date occurs during the period
beginning with such transfer and ending with a subsequent transfer of such
interest. A lease of Landlord's interest shall be deemed a transfer within
the meaning of this Article 27.

        Section 27.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided or
implied elsewhere in this Lease, Tenant agrees that there shall be no
personal liability on the part of Landlord arising out of any default by
Landlord under this Lease, and that Tenant (and any person claiming by,
through or under Tenant) shall look solely to the equity interest of
Landlord in and to the Building or the leasehold estate of Landlord (and in
the proceeds of any sale thereof) for the enforcement and satisfaction of
any defaults by Landlord hereunder, and that Tenant shall not enforce any
judgment or other judicial decree requiring the payment of money by
Landlord against any other property or assets of Landlord, and at no time
shall any other property or assets of Landlord, or of Landlord's
principals, partners, members, shareholders, directors or officers, be
subject to levy, execution, attachment or other enforcement procedure for
the satisfaction of Tenant's (or such person's) remedies under or with
respect to this Lease, the relationship of Landlord and Tenant hereunder or
Tenant's use or occupancy of the Demised Premises; such exculpation of
personal liability to be absolute and without any exception.

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                                 ARTICLE 28

                                  NOTICES

        Section 28.01. In order for the same to be effective, each and
every notice, request or demand permitted or required to be given by the
terms and provisions of this Lease, or by any Legal Requirement, either by
Landlord to Tenant or by Tenant to Landlord (any of the foregoing being
referred to in this Article 28 as a "Notice"), shall be given in writing,
in the manner provided in this Section 28.01, unless expressly provided
otherwise elsewhere in this Lease. All Notices shall be delivered by hand
or by a nationally recognized overnight courier, and shall be deemed to
have been delivered on the date of receipt thereof (or the date that such
receipt is refused, if applicable). In the case of Notices given by
Landlord to Tenant, any such Notice shall be addressed to Tenant at the
Demised Premises (or before Tenant has moved its offices to the Demised
Premises, addressed to Tenant at its address as stated on the first page of
this Lease), with copies of all default and termination notices only to:
Ballon Stoll Bader & Nadler, P.C., 1450 Broadway, New York, New York
10018-2268, Attention: Harry Levinson, Esq. In the case of Notices given by
Tenant to Landlord, any such Notice shall be addressed to Landlord as
follows: Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, c/o Jones Lang LaSalle
Americas, Inc., 320 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention:
General Manager, with a copy to Mutual of America Life Insurance Company,
320 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: General Counsel, and
with an additional copy to: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane,
New York, New York 10038-4982, Attention: Jacob Bart, Esq., and with copies
thereof delivered as aforesaid to parties designated in accordance with
Section 22.04. Either party may, by notice as aforesaid, designate a
different address or addresses for Notices.

        Section 28.02. Notices may be given on behalf of Landlord by the
managing agent for the Building, which currently is Jones Lang LaSalle
Americas, Inc.

                                 ARTICLE 29

                             PARTNERSHIP TENANT

        Section 29.01. If Tenant is a partnership (or is comprised of two
(2) or more persons, individually and as co-partners of a partnership) or
if Tenant's interest in this Lease shall be assigned to a partnership (or
to two (2) or more persons, individually and as co-partners of a
partnership) pursuant to Article 10 (any such partnership and such persons
being referred to in this Article as "Partnership Tenant"), the following
provisions of this Section 29.01 shall apply to such Partnership Tenant:
(i) the liability of each of the parties comprising Partnership Tenant
shall be joint and several, (ii) each of the parties comprising Partnership
Tenant hereby consents in advance to, and agrees to be bound by, any
written instrument which may hereafter be executed changing, modifying or
discharging this Lease, in whole or in part, or surrendering all or any
part of the Demised Premises to Landlord, and by any notices, demands,
requests or other communications which may hereafter be given by
Partnership Tenant or by any of the parties comprising Partnership Tenant,
(iii) any bills, statements, notices, demands, requests or other
communications given or rendered to Partnership Tenant or to any of the
parties comprising Partnership Tenant shall be binding upon Partnership
Tenant and all such parties, (iv) if Partnership Tenant shall admit new
equity or general partners, all of such new equity or general partners
shall, by their admission to Partnership Tenant, be deemed to have assumed
performance of all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease on
Tenant's part to be observed and performed, (v) Partnership Tenant shall
give prompt notice to Landlord of the admission of any such new equity or
general partners, and, upon demand of Landlord, shall cause each such new
equity or general partner to execute and deliver to Landlord an agreement
in form satisfactory to Landlord, wherein each such new equity or general
partner shall assume performance of all of the terms, covenants and
conditions of this Lease on Tenant's part to be observed and performed (but
neither Landlord's failure to request any such agreement nor the failure of
any such new equity or general partner to execute or deliver any such
agreement to Landlord shall vitiate the provisions of clause (iv) of this
Section 29.01), and (vi) on each anniversary of the Commencement Date,
Partnership Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a list of the names of all
partners and their then current residential addresses.

        Section 29.02. If any partner in Tenant is or shall be a
professional corporation, Tenant agrees to cause such professional
corporation and each individual shareholder thereof to execute such
guaranties and other instruments, agreements or documents as Landlord may
reasonably request confirming that such individual shareholder shall have
the same obligations and liability under this Lease as such shareholder
would have had if he, and not such professional corporation, were a partner
in Tenant.

        Section 29.03. Tenant and each of the partners/shareholders of
Tenant hereby waive any requirements of law that may require that Landlord
first look to the assets of Tenant for recovery of any monies due
hereunder, it being the intention of the parties hereto that Landlord may,
at Landlord's election, proceed against the assets of Tenant and/or the
assets of the individual partners/shareholders of Tenant, whether
simultaneously, or in such order of priority as Landlord may determine in
Landlord's sole discretion. The provisions of this Section 29.03 are not
intended to mean that Landlord shall have limited or waived its rights to
any other available remedies hereunder or under applicable law as to
Tenant, including the right to look to the assets of Tenant for recovery of
any monies due hereunder.
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        Section 29.04. The partners/shareholders of Tenant hereby consent
and submit to the jurisdiction of any court of record of New York State
located in New York County, or of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, and agree that service of process in any
action or proceeding brought by Landlord may be made upon any or all of the
partners/shareholders of Tenant by mailing a copy of the summons to such
partner(s)/shareholder(s) either at their respective addresses or at the
Demised Premises, by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the residence of any
partner/shareholder of Tenant shall not be a basis for a choice of venue or
for a motion by a partner/shareholder of Tenant for transfer of venue or
forum non conveniens pursuant to any rule of common law and/or any
applicable state of federal provision or statute, and each
partner/shareholder of Tenant and Tenant hereby waives the right to choose
venue or to move for transfer of venue or forum non conveniens on the
grounds that an individual partner/shareholder of the Tenant resides in a
particular jurisdiction.

                                 ARTICLE 30

                        NO WAIVER; ENTIRE AGREEMENT

        Section 30.01. The failure of the Landlord to enforce Landlord's
rights for violation of, or to insist upon the strict performance of any
covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition of this Lease, or any of
the rules and regulations, shall not constitute a waiver thereof, and
Landlord shall have all remedies provided herein and by applicable law with
respect to any subsequent act which would have originally constituted a
violation. The receipt by Landlord of Fixed Rent and/or additional rent
with knowledge of the breach of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or
condition of this Lease shall not be deemed a waiver of such breach. No
provision of this Lease shall be deemed to have been waived by Landlord,
unless such waiver be in writing signed by Landlord. Tenant hereby
expressly waives any right that Tenant might otherwise have to raise or
assert either the aforesaid failure of Landlord to enforce rights, seek
redress or insist upon strict performance, or the aforesaid receipt by
Landlord of Fixed Rent and/or additional rent as a basis for any defense or
counterclaim in any legal, equitable or other proceeding in which Landlord
shall seek to enforce any rights, covenants or conditions under this Lease.
The remedies provided in this Lease shall be cumulative and shall not in
any way abridge, modify or preclude any other rights or remedies to which
Landlord may be entitled under this Lease, at law or in equity. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tenant expressly agrees that,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Landlord shall be entitled to
exercise all of the rights set forth in Article 15 above (including the
right to terminate this Lease), notwithstanding that this Lease provides
that Landlord may cure the default or otherwise perform the obligation of
Tenant which gave rise to such Event of Default, and regardless of whether
Landlord shall have effected such cure or performed such obligation. The
receipt and retention by Landlord of Fixed Rent or additional rent from any
person other than Tenant shall not be deemed a waiver by Landlord of any
breach by Tenant of any covenant, agreement, term, provision or condition
contained in this Lease, or the acceptance of such other person as a
tenant, or a release of Tenant from the further performance of the
covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions contained in this
Lease.

        Section 30.02. This Lease, with the schedules, riders and exhibits,
if any, annexed hereto, contains the entire agreement between Landlord and
Tenant, and any agreement heretofore made shall be deemed merged herein.
Any agreement hereafter made between Landlord and Tenant shall be
ineffective to change, modify, waive, release, discharge, terminate or
effect a surrender or abandonment of this Lease, in whole or in part,
unless such agreement is in writing and signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. All of the schedules, riders and exhibits, if any,
annexed hereto are incorporated herein and made a part hereof as though
fully set forth herein. If Tenant shall have any right to an extension or
renewal of the Lease Term, or any right to lease other space from Landlord,
Landlord's exercise of Landlord's right to terminate this Lease shall
operate, ipso facto, to terminate such renewal, extension or other right,
whether or not theretofore exercised by Tenant. Except as otherwise
expressly provided elsewhere in this Lease, Tenant shall have no options to
extend the Lease Term or renew this Lease.

        Section 30.03. No act or thing done by Landlord or Landlord's
agents during the Lease Term shall be deemed to constitute an eviction by
Landlord, or be deemed an acceptance of a surrender of the Demised
Premises, and no agreement to accept such surrender shall be valid, unless
in writing signed by Landlord. No employee of Landlord or of Landlord's
agents shall have any power to accept the keys of the Demised Premises
prior to the termination of this Lease. The delivery of keys to any
employee of Landlord or of Landlord's agents shall not operate as a
termination of this Lease or a surrender of the Demised Premises. In the
event that Tenant at any time shall desire to have Landlord sublet the
Demised Premises for Tenant's account, Landlord or Landlord's agents are
authorized to receive said keys for such purposes without releasing Tenant
from any of Tenant's obligations under this Lease, and Tenant hereby
relieves Landlord of any liability for loss of or damage to any of Tenant's
property in connection with such subletting.

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                                 ARTICLE 31

                   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS

        Section 31.01. Tenant represents that Tenant has inspected the
Demised Premises, and (except as may be otherwise expressly set forth
elsewhere in this Lease) agrees to take same in its existing condition "as
is" and "where is" at the commencement of the term of this Lease. Subject
to any other applicable provisions of this Lease, the taking of possession
of the Demised Premises by Tenant shall be deemed conclusive evidence that
Tenant accepts the same "as is" and "where is", and that the Demised
Premises and the Building are in good and satisfactory condition. Tenant
agrees that neither Landlord, nor any broker, agent, employee or
representative of Landlord nor any other party, has made, and Tenant does
not rely on, any representations, warranties or promises with respect to
the Building, the Land, the Demised Premises or this Lease, except as
herein expressly set forth, and no rights, easements or licenses are
acquired by Tenant by implication or otherwise except as expressly set
forth in the provisions of this Lease. Landlord makes no representation as
to the design, construction, development or use of the Land or Building,
except as may be expressly set forth in this Lease.

        Section 31.02. The Table of Contents and Article headings of this
Lease are included for convenience only, and shall not limit or define the
meaning or content hereof. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as
the identity of the person or persons may require. The terms "herein,"
"hereof" and "hereunder," and words of similar import, shall be construed
to refer to this Lease as a whole, and not to any particular Article or
Section, unless expressly so stated. The term "and/or", when applied to two
or more matters or things, shall be construed to apply to any one or more
or all thereof as the circumstances warrant at the time in question. The
term "person" shall mean any natural person or persons, a partnership, a
corporation, and any other form of business or legal association or entity,
unless expressly otherwise stated. An "affiliate" of Tenant shall mean any
person which controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
Tenant, with the word "control" (and, correspondingly, "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any person, meaning
the possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such person. The rule of "ejusdem generis" shall
not apply in or to the construction of any term of this Lease.

        Section 31.03. If the term "Tenant", as used in this Lease, refers
or shall refer to more than one person, then, as used in this Lease, said
term shall be deemed to include all of such persons or any one of them. If
any of the obligations of Tenant under this Lease is or shall be
guaranteed, the term "Tenant" as used in Article 14 shall be deemed to mean
the Tenant and the guarantor, or either of them. If this Lease shall have
been assigned, then for purposes of Article 14, the term "Tenant" shall be
deemed to mean the assignee. The term "Tenant" shall mean the Tenant herein
named or any assignee or other successor-in-interest (immediate or remote)
of the Tenant herein named, which at the time in question is the owner of
the Tenant's estate and interest granted by this Lease; but the foregoing
provisions of this Section 31.03 shall not be construed to permit any
assignment of this Lease or to relieve the Tenant herein named or any
assignee or other successor-in-interest (whether immediate or remote) of
the Tenant herein named from the full and prompt payment, performance and
observance of each and every one of the covenants, obligations and
conditions to be paid, performed and observed by Tenant under this Lease.

        Section 31.04. If any portion of the Building shall be sold or
transferred by Landlord in a transaction in the nature of a condominium,
Landlord may, by notice to Tenant, elect to increase Tenant's Tax Share
under this Lease by dividing the prior Tenant's Tax Share by the percentage
that the assessed valuation of the tax lot which includes the Demised
Premises for the first year of changed ownership bears to the total of the
assessed valuations of all new tax lots which comprised the single tax lot
which included the Demised Premises during the preceding Year, and base
period amounts shall be reduced by multiplying the amount thereof
theretofore in effect by the same percentage, and affected computations
under Subsection 19.03A above shall be apportioned. In the event of a sale,
transfer or conveyance of a portion or portions of the Building, Tenant's
Tax Payment shall not exceed, and Tenant shall not be obligated to pay more
than, the amount that such Tax Payment would have been had the Building
remained as a single unit and Tenant's Tax Share not been recalculated.

        Section 31.05. Landlord and Tenant, any subtenant, and any
guarantor of Tenant's obligations under this Lease, hereby expressly
consent to the jurisdiction of the Civil Court of the City of New York and
the Supreme Court of the State of New York with respect to any action or
proceeding between Landlord and Tenant or such party with respect to this
Lease or any rights or obligations of either party pursuant to this Lease,
and each of such subtenant, guarantor, Landlord and Tenant agrees that
venue shall lie in New York County. Tenant and any subtenant further waive
any and all rights to commence any such action or proceeding against
Landlord before any other court.

        Section 31.06. The submission of this Lease to Tenant shall not be
construed as an offer, nor shall Tenant have any rights with respect
thereto or the Demised Premises, unless and until Landlord and Tenant shall
each have executed a counterpart of this Lease and delivered the same to
the other. Until such execution and delivery, any action taken or expense
incurred by Tenant in connection with this Lease or the Demised Premises
shall be solely at Tenant's own risk and account.

        Section 31.07. Neither this Lease nor any memorandum thereof shall
be recorded.

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        Section 31.08. This Lease shall be governed exclusively by (i) the
provisions hereof, without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law
requiring or suggesting construction against the party drafting or causing
the drafting of the provision in question, and (ii) the internal laws of
the State of New York as the same may from time to time exist, without
giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.

        Section 31.09. There shall be no merger of this Lease, or the
leasehold estate created by this Lease, with any other estate or interest
in the Demised Premises, or any part thereof, by reason of the fact that
the same person may acquire or own or hold, directly or indirectly, (i)
this Lease or the leasehold estate created by this Lease, or any interest
in this Lease or in any such leasehold estate, and (ii) any such other
estate or interest in the Demised Premises or any part thereof; and no such
merger shall occur unless and until all persons having an interest
(including a security interest) in (a) this Lease or the leasehold estate
created by this Lease and (b) any such other estate or interest in the
Demised Premises, or any part thereof, shall join in a written instrument
effecting such merger and shall duly record the same.

        Section 31.10. If Tenant is a corporation, each person executing
this Lease on behalf of Tenant hereby covenants, represents and warrants
that Tenant is a duly incorporated or duly qualified (if foreign)
corporation and is authorized to do business in the State of New York (a
copy of evidence thereof to be supplied to Landlord upon request); and that
each person executing this Lease on behalf of Tenant is an officer of
Tenant, and that he is duly authorized to execute, acknowledge and deliver
this Lease to Landlord (a copy of a resolution to that effect, or similar
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, to be supplied to Landlord
upon request).

        Section 31.11. The terms "Landlord shall have no liability to
Tenant", or "the same shall be without liability to Landlord", or "without
incurring any liability to Tenant therefor", or words of similar import,
shall mean that Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate this Lease, or to
claim actual or constructive eviction (partial or total), or to receive any
abatement or diminution of rent, or to be relieved in any manner of any of
Tenant's other obligations hereunder, or to be compensated for loss or
injury suffered, or to enforce any other right or kind of liability
whatsoever against Landlord under or with respect to this Lease or with
respect to Tenant's use or occupancy of the Demised Premises.

        Section 31.12. If, under the terms of this Lease, Tenant shall be
obligated to pay to Landlord any amount of money (other than Fixed Rent),
and no payment period therefor is specified, Tenant shall pay to Landlord
the amount due within twenty-two (22) days after being billed therefor.

        Section 31.13. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
bills, invoices or statements rendered to Tenant pursuant to the terms of
this Lease shall be deemed binding and conclusive if, within sixty (60)
days of receipt of the same, Tenant fails to notify Landlord, in writing,
of Tenant's intention to dispute such bill, invoice or statement.

        Section 31.14. Time shall be of the essence with respect to the
exercise of any option granted to Tenant pursuant to this Lease.

        Section 31.15. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Lease, Tenant shall not be entitled to exercise any rights or
options or to receive any funds or proceeds being held by Landlord under or
pursuant to this Lease (i) in the case of a Monetary Default, during the
continuance of such Monetary Default, and (ii) in the case of a
Non-Monetary Default, after notice of such Non-Monetary Default shall have
theretofore been given to Tenant.

        Section 31.16. If any sales or other tax shall be due or payable
with respect to any cleaning or other service which Tenant obtains or
contracts for directly from any third party or parties, Tenant shall file
any required tax returns and shall pay any such tax, and Tenant shall
indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against any loss, damage or
liability suffered or incurred by Landlord by reason thereof.

        Section 31.17. Tenant acknowledges that Tenant has no rights to any
development rights, "air rights" or comparable rights appurtenant to the
Land and the Building, and consents, without further consideration, to any
utilization of such rights by Landlord, and agrees to promptly execute and
deliver any instruments which may be requested by Landlord, including
instruments merging zoning lots, evidencing such acknowledgment and
consent. The provisions of this Section 31.17 shall be deemed to be and
shall be construed as an express waiver by Tenant of any interest Tenant
may have as a "party in interest" (as such quoted term is defined under the
definition of "Zoning Lot" in Section 12-10 of the Zoning Resolution of the
City of New York) in the Land and/or the Building.

        Section 31.18. This Lease shall not be deemed or construed to
create or establish any relationship of partnership or joint venture or
similar relationship or arrangement between Landlord or Tenant.

        Section 31.19. For the purposes of this Lease (including all of the
schedules, riders and exhibits, if any, annexed to this Lease), the terms
set forth below shall have the definitions which immediately follow such
terms, and such definitions are hereby incorporated into this Lease
wherever used:

                Alterations - The term "Alterations" shall mean and include
all installations, changes, alterations, restorations, renovations,
decorations, replacements, additions, improvements and betterments made in
or to the Demised Premises or the Building, and shall include Tenant's
Initial Work.
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                Authorized Use - The "Authorized Use" shall be for
executive, administrative and general business offices, which may include
the following related ancillary uses, but only if and to the extent that
the same are incidental to general office use in a first-class office
building in midtown Manhattan: use of computer and other electric data
processing equipment, word processing equipment and business machines; use
of graphic, printing and other duplicating equipment; the sale of snack
foods, beverages, confections, cigars and cigarettes, newspapers and other
convenience items to Tenant's employees and guests by vending machines;
pantries, eating areas and food warmers (provided that no open-flame
cooking shall be permitted) for Tenant's employees and guests; libraries;
board rooms and conference rooms; file and safe facilities; training rooms
and facilities for Tenant's employees and guests; audio-visual and
closed-circuit television facilities, telephone, radio and other
communication and telecommunication facilities; and storage of equipment,
books, records, files and other items for the conduct of Tenant's business,
but in each case subject to the provisions of this Lease and all applicable
Legal Requirements (including the certificate of occupancy for the
Building).

                Building - The "Building" shall mean and include the
structure and other improvements constructed or as may in the future be
constructed on the Land, known by the address "320 Park Avenue, New York,
New York."

                Building Systems - The term "Building Systems" shall mean
and include such heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems, and
such elevators, water, sewerage, toilet, plumbing, sprinkler, life/safety,
security, electric, wiring and mechanical systems, now or hereafter
installed in the Building, and the fixtures, equipment and appurtenances
thereof, and all other mechanical devices, fixtures, equipment,
appurtenances and systems installed by Landlord in the Building.

                Include and Including - The terms "include" and "including"
shall each be construed as if followed by the phrase "without being limited
to".

                Insurance Boards - The term "Insurance Boards" shall mean
and include the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the Insurance
Services Office, and any other local or national body having similar
jurisdiction or establishing insurance premium rates.

                Land - The "Land" shall mean the real property described in
Exhibit "D" annexed hereto.

                Legal Requirements - The term "Legal Requirements" shall
mean and include all laws, orders, ordinances, directions, notices, rules
and regulations of the federal government and of any state, county, city,
borough and municipality, and of any division, agency, subdivision, bureau,
office, commission, board, authority and department thereof, and of any
public officer or official and of any quasi-governmental officials and
authorities having or asserting jurisdiction over the Land, Building and/or
the Demised Premises.

                Mortgage - The term "Mortgage" shall mean any existing or
future mortgage and/or security deed affecting the Land and/or the
Building, alone or with other property, as the same may from time to time
be amended, modified, renewed, consolidated, substituted, spread, added to,
extended and/or replaced.

                Mortgagee - The term "Mortgagee" shall mean the mortgagee
under, and/or the holder of, any Mortgage.

                Overlandlord - The term "Overlandlord" shall mean the
landlord under any Underlying Lease.

                Persons Within Tenant's Control - The term "Persons Within
Tenant's Control" shall mean and include Tenant, all of Tenant's subtenants
and assignees, and all of their respective principals, officers, agents,
contractors, servants, employees, licensees, guests and invitees.

                Recurring Additional Rent - The term "Recurring Additional
Rent" shall mean all additional rent payable by Tenant pursuant to Article
19 of this Lease.

                Repairs - The term "Repairs" shall mean and include
repairs, restorations and replacements.

                Tenant's Initial Work - The term "Tenant's Initial Work"
shall mean such work (if any) as shall be performed by Tenant or Persons
Within Tenant's Control to prepare the Demised Premises for Tenant's
initial occupancy thereof.

                Underlying Lease - The term "Underlying Lease" shall mean
any present or future ground or overriding or underlying lease and/or grant
affecting the Land, the Building and/or the Demised Premises, as the same
may from time to time be amended, modified, renewed, extended and/or
replaced.

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         Section 31.20. Except in cases where a time period for Landlord's
response is specified, wherever this Lease shall provide that a consent or
approval of Landlord shall not be unreasonably withheld, Landlord's
response to Tenant's request for such consent or approval shall also not be
unreasonably delayed.

                                 ARTICLE 32

                     INABILITY TO PERFORM; SEVERABILITY

        Section 32.01. This Lease and the obligation of Tenant to pay Fixed
Rent and additional rent hereunder, and to perform and comply with all of
the other covenants and agreements hereunder on the part of Tenant to be
performed or complied with, shall in no way be affected, impaired or
excused because of Landlord's delay or failure to perform or comply with
any of the covenants and agreements hereunder on the part of Landlord to be
performed or complied with, or to furnish any service or facility, for any
cause beyond the reasonable control of Landlord, including strikes,
lock-outs or labor problems, governmental preemption, or by reason of any
Legal Requirements, or by reason of the conditions of supply and demand
which have been or shall be affected by war or other emergency or general
market conditions or otherwise.

        Section 32.02. If any provision of this Lease or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions of this Lease or the application of such provision to persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable
shall not be affected thereby, and shall be valid and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.

        Section 32.03. Each covenant, agreement, obligation and/or other
provision of this Lease on Tenant's part to be performed shall be deemed
and construed as a separate and independent covenant of Tenant, and not
dependent on any other provision of this Lease.

                                 ARTICLE 33

                               STORAGE SPACE

        Section 33.01. Effective as of the Commencement Date, Landlord
hereby leases and Tenant hereby hires from Landlord, certain space(s)
located on the C-2 floor of the Building previously used by Commercial Bank
of New York (herein referred to as the "Storage Space"), having an area of
approximately two hundred fifty (250) useable square feet, in the
aggregate, for the entire Lease Term. Except as otherwise provided in this
Article, Tenant's occupancy of the Storage Space and Tenant's obligations
with respect thereto shall be in accordance with the terms, provisions,
conditions and agreements contained in this Lease with respect to the
Demised Premises.

        Section 33.02. Tenant's occupancy of the Storage Space shall be
subject to the following additional terms and conditions:

                A. The annual fixed rent (the "Storage Rent") for the
Storage Space shall be at the rate of: (i) during the period beginning on
the Commencement Date, and continuing through and including the day
immediately preceding the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Commencement Date,
FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) DOLLARS per annum; and (ii) during the period
beginning on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Commencement Date, and
continuing through and including the Expiration Date, FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY ($5,750.00) DOLLARS per annum; in each case payable in equal
monthly installments in the time and manner provided for the payment of
Fixed Rent with respect to the Demised Premises.

                B. Tenant agrees to accept the Storage Space in its then "as
is" and "where is" condition, and Landlord shall not be obligated to perform
any work or incur any expense to prepare the Storage Space for Tenant's use;

                C. The Building is equipped with risers, feeders and wiring
so as to furnish electric current to the Storage Space sufficient to power
only the then Building standard storage space lighting and one (1) duplex
receptacle within the Storage Space. Tenant shall not be required to pay
any additional amount for such electricity; provided, however, that if
Tenant shall require any additional electrical capacity with respect to the
Storage Space, such electrical energy shall be furnished in accordance with
the provisions of Article 20 above;

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                 D. Tenant shall use the Storage Space solely for the
purpose of the storage ofsupplies, files and unused office equipment
relating to Tenant's business at the Demised Premises;

                E. Without limiting Landlord's general right of access
under Article 13 of this Lease, Tenant acknowledges that the Storage Space
is located on a level of the Building which contains fixtures, equipment,
installations and improvements that service portions of the Building
occupied by other tenants, and agrees that Landlord may enter the Storage
Space at any time upon reasonable advance notice (which notice may be given
orally to any management level or operations level employee of Tenant, so
as to allow Tenant a reasonable opportunity to be present and to accompany
Landlord), except in an emergency, in which case entry may be made without
notice, for any purpose deemed necessary or desirable by Landlord in
connection with Landlord's operation of the Building; and

                 F. The provisions of Article 19 above shall not apply to
the Storage Space.

        Section 33.03. Except as specifically set forth in Section 33.02,
Landlord shall not be responsible for the delivery of any services or
utilities to the Storage Space whatsoever, including water, gas, heating,
air-conditioning and cleaning. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in Section 18.01, Tenant shall have the right to utilize its
employees to clean the Storage Space.

        Section 33.04. Tenant acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any
agent, representative or employee of Landlord has made any representations
or warranties whatsoever with respect to the Storage Space, except as may
be expressly set forth herein. The taking of occupancy of the whole or any
part of the Storage Space by Tenant shall be conclusive evidence that
Tenant accepts possession of the same and the Storage Space so occupied was
in good and satisfactory condition at the time such occupancy was so taken.

        Section 33.05. At any time or times prior to and throughout the
Lease Term, in the event that Landlord shall need to use all or any part of
the Storage Space, Landlord may substitute for the Storage Space (such
premises being hereinafter referred to as the "Replaced Premises"), whether
or not any other substitution has been made pursuant to this Section prior
to such time, other space in the Building (such other space being
hereinafter referred to as the "Substitute Space") by a written notice
given to Tenant not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date specified
in such notice as the effective date for such substitution. Such notice
shall have annexed thereto a floor plan identifying the Substitute Space on
such plan. The Substitute Space shall (a) have substantially at least as
much area as the Replaced Premises, (b) have substantially at least as much
floor load capacity as the Replaced Premises, and (c) be leased to Tenant
on the same terms and conditions as the initial Storage Space. If the
effective date specified in such notice is subsequent to the date on which
Landlord shall have delivered the Replaced Premises to Tenant, Tenant shall
vacate the Replaced Premises and surrender the same to Landlord on or
before such effective date, provided that Landlord shall have substantially
duplicated in the Substitute Space Tenant's permitted Alterations and
improvements performed in the Replaced Premises. Landlord shall, promptly
after Tenant enters into occupancy of the Substitute Space, pay to Tenant
any reasonable moving costs incurred by Tenant by reason of such
substitution. In the event of a substitution of space pursuant hereto, the
term "Storage Space" in this Article shall thereafter and for all purposes
be deemed to refer to the Substitute Space at such time, and all provisions
regarding the square footage of the Storage Space shall be deemed adjusted
to reflect the square footage of the Substitute Space.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have duly executed this
Lease as of the day and year first above written.

                                     MUTUAL OF AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
                                                                      Landlord

                                     By:    /s/ Manfred Altstadt
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Name:  Manfred Altstadt
                                         Title: Senior Executive Vice President
                                                and Chief Financial Officer

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                                     CBNY INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.,
                                                                    Tenant

                                     By:      /s/ Jose Aparecido Palucci
                                          ------------------------------------
                                          Name:  Jose A. Paulucci
                                          Title: President

                                     By:    /s/ Donald J. Linton
                                          ---------------------------------
                                          Name:  Donald J. Linton
                                          Title: First Vice President

                                          Tenant's Federal ID# 13-4121213

STATE OF         New York                 )
        ----------------------------------
                                          )   ss.:
COUNTY OF                New York         )
          --------------------------------

         On the 6th day of November in the year 2001 before me, the
undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared
Jose A. Paulucci and Donald J. Linton, personally known to me or proved to
me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she
executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the
instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the
individual acted, executed the instrument.

                                                  /s/ David J. Minder
                                              ---------------------------------
                                                    Notary Public

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                                EXHIBIT "A"

                                FLOOR PLANS

      The location and dimensions of walls, partitions, columns, stairs and
openings are approximate and subject to revisions due to mechanical work,
job conditions and requirements of governmental departments and
authorities. If the space as actually partitioned shall differ in any
respect from this sketch, the actual area as partitioned shall in all
events control. No resulting deviation or discrepancy shall affect the rent
or Tenant's obligations under this Lease.

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                                EXHIBIT "B"

                            APPROVED CONTRACTORS

GENERAL CONTRACTORS                                 SUBCONTRACTORS

<S>                                                 <C>
American Construction Inc.                          Electrical:
C.M.A. Enterprises Ltd.                             Adco Electrical Corporation
D.H.I. Construction Services Inc.                   E.J. Electrical Installation Co.
G.B.N. Construction Corp.                           Forest Electric Company
H.M. Hughs Co. Inc.                                 Kleinknecht Electrical Company
Henegan Construction Co., Inc.                      Robert B. Samuels Inc.
John Gallin & Son, Inc.                             Zwicker Electric Company
James G. Kennedy & Co., Inc.
Kajima International Inc.                           Fire Protection:
Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc.                         Abco Peerless Sprinkler Corporation
Lema Organization                                   Able Sprinkler Company
McHugh/DiVincent/Alessi Inc.                        Active Fire Sprinkler Company
Morse Diesel International                          National Sprinkler Corp.
NTX Interiors Inc.                                  Premier Fire Prevention & Detection Inc.
O D & P Inc.                                        Sirina Fire Protection Corp.
Obayashi Corporation                                Triangle Fire Protection Corp.
Selby Construction Corp.
SPK/Lewis Construction Services                     Plumbing:
Sweet Construction                                  George Brelaw & Sons
Turner Construction Co.                             Hydraulic Plumbing & Heating Corp.
                                                    Lab Plumbing Corp.
                                                    Pace Plumbing & Heating Corp.
                                                    Par Plumbing Co. Inc.
                                                    Vernico Plumbing

                                                    HVAC:
                                                    BP Air Conditioning
                                                    JT Falk & Co. Inc.
                                                    Nelson Air Device Corporation
                                                    P.J. Mechanical Corp.
                                                    Penguin Air Conditioning Corp.

                                                    Fire Alarm System:
                                                    Firecom

                                                    Condenser Water:
                                                    Grand Plumbing
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                                EXHIBIT "C"

                            HVAC SPECIFICATIONS

                    BUILDING DESIGN CRITERIA/DESCRIPTION

HVAC

A.    Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems are provided for
      all areas of the Building in accordance with standards of the
      American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
      Engineers (ASHRAE) and in accordance with local codes, including the
      New York City Building Code; and the New York State Energy
      Conservation Construction Code.

B.    BUILDING ENVELOPE DESIGN PARAMETERS

      (i)    The following criteria is based on the New York State Energy
             Conservation Construction Code.

             "U" Factors

             U wall =                      0.10

             U roof =                      0.08

             U glass =                     0.34

             Glass shading coefficient

             S.C. =                0.40 (double glazed plus
                                                  internal shading).

             Maximum percent of glass = 50%

      (ii)        Outdoor Temperatures:

             Summer:       89 deg F. D.B., 75 deg. F.W.B.
                            (2-1/2% ASHRAE design)
                            78 deg F.W.B.
                            For Cooling Tower Selection

             Winter:       5 deg F. D.B. (NYC Building Code)

      (iii)       Indoor Temperatures:

             Summer/Winter: 78 deg F. D.B./72 deg. F. D.B.

             Summer:        Building system range 30%-60% relative humidity
                            (uncontrolled).

             Winter:        No humidification will be provided in building
                            systems.

      (iv)        Occupancy:

             General Office:               1 person per 100 sq. ft.

      (v)         Lighting:

             General Office:               2 watts per useable sq. ft.

      (vi)        Electrical Equipment:

             General Office:               3.5 watts per useable sq. ft.

      (vii)       Ventilation Rate (Outdoor Air)

             General Office:       20 cfm per person (complies with latest
                                   ASHRAE recommendation and exceeds NY City
                                   Building Codes requirements).

C.       AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

             Typical floors

             Conditioned air is to be supplied to each office floor from
             self contained water cooled VAV/DX units located in local
             mechanical equipment rooms at each floor. The quantity of
             self-contained water cooled VAV/DX units and associated MER's
             per floor are as follows:

             Floor No.                  No. AC Units and MER's per Floor

             2                                       1
             3 & 4                                   3
             5                                       2
             6 thru 14                               3
             15 thru 20                              2
             21 thru 33                              1

             Valved and capped connections at the central condenser water
             risers are provided for supplemental air conditioning
             requirements.

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             The Mechanical Equipment Rooms are used as outside air/return
             air mixing plenums. No return fans are provided (except where
             noted). Supply and return air ductwork is terminated at the
             MER walls for future connection and extension as part of the
             tenant work. The static pressure available at the MER is 2.3
             inches W.G.

             Fresh air as noted previously is supplied to these units from
             vertical air shafts.

             In addition, separate water side economizer cooling coils are
             provided in these units to enable condenser water from the
             cooling towers to be used directly as a cooling medium when
             outside temperatures are low enough thus allowing the
             compressors to be shut off. Outside air shall be available
             whenever the VAV/DX units are energized.

             The variable air volume (VAV) system uses terminal units to
             control the supply of conditioned air to interior and
             perimeter areas. Supply air distribution ductwork, terminal
             units, diffusers, etc. downstream of the AC units in the MER's
             will be provided as part of tenant fit-up. Room temperature
             control will be obtained by varying the volume of supply air
             from the VAV unit by means of a room thermostat. The space
             above the suspended ceiling is to be used as a return air
             plenum. The VAV system is sized to handle people, lights,
             appliance loads and solar and transmission gains.

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                                EXHIBIT "D"

                              LAND DESCRIPTION

PARCEL A:

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, excepting so much thereof as
is excepted and reserved herein situate, lying and being in the Borough of
Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, bounded and described as
follows:

BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of
50th Street with the westerly line of Park Avenue; and

RUNNING THENCE westerly along the northerly line of 50th Street, 75 feet;

THENCE northerly parallel with Park Avenue, 100 feet 5 inches to the center
line of the block;

THENCE westerly along the center line of the block, 15 feet;

THENCE northerly again parallel with Park Avenue, 100 feet 5 inches to the
southerly line of 51st Street; and

THENCE easterly along the southerly line of 51st Street, 90 feet to the
westerly line of Park Avenue; and

THENCE southerly along the westerly line of Park Avenue, 200 feet 10 inches
to the point or place of BEGINNING.

EXCEPTING AND RESERVING:

All that portion of the parcel of land above described lying below an
inclined plane drawn from elevation 49.89 feet at the northerly line of
said parcel to elevation 50.92 feet at the southerly line of said parcel,
and intersecting the easterly, westerly, northerly and southerly bounds of
that portion of the said parcel of land lying easterly of an irregular or
broken line running in a northeasterly direction distant 70.25 feet from
the westerly line of Park Avenue at 50th Street and distant 47.25 feet from
the westerly line of Park Avenue at 51st Street.

Lower Limiting Plane Elevations refer to datum used by The New York Central
Railroad Co., El.: 0.00 mean high water line of the East River at the foot
of East 26th Street on June 1, 1905 which is coincident with datum used by
the Topographical Bureau, Borough of Manhattan, which is 2.75 feet above
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Datum, mean high water, Sandy Hook, New
Jersey.

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PARCEL B:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, in the Borough of Manhattan,
City, County and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of East 50th Street, distant 75
feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly
side of Park Avenue and the northerly side of 50th Street;

RUNNING THENCE northerly and parallel with the westerly side of Park
Avenue, 100 feet 5 inches to the center line of the block;

THENCE westerly along the center line of the block and parallel with the
northerly side of 50th Street, 15 feet;

THENCE northerly and parallel with the westerly side of Park Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to 51st Street;

THENCE westerly on 51st Street, 60 feet;

THENCE southerly and parallel with the westerly side of Park Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to the center line of the block;

THENCE westerly and parallel with the northerly side of 50th Street, 5 feet;

THENCE southerly and parallel with the westerly side of Park Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to the northerly side of 50th Street;

THENCE easterly on 50th Street, 80 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY:  Premises known as 320-326 Park Avenue a/k/a
                                         39-45 East 50th Street a/k/a 38-50
East 51st Street.
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                                EXHIBIT "E"

                          CLEANING SPECIFICATIONS

General Cleaning

Nightly:

      General Offices (including conference rooms):

      1.     All hardsurfaced flooring to be swept.
      2.     Carpet sweep all carpets, moving only light furniture (desks,
             file cabinets, etc., not to be moved).
      3.     Hand dust and wipe clean all furniture, fixtures and window sills.
      4.     Empty and clean all ash trays and screen all sand urns.
      5.     Empty and clean all waste receptacles and remove wastepaper.
      6.     Wash clean all water fountains and coolers.
      7.     Sweep all private stairways.

      Building Standard Toilets:

      1.     Sweep and wash all floors, using proper disinfectants.
      2.     Wash and polish all mirrors, shelves, bright work and enameled
             surfaces.
      3.     Wash and disinfect all basins, bowls and urinals.
      4.     Wash all toilet seats.
      5.     Hand dust and clean all partitions, tile walls, dispensers and
             receptacles in lavatories and restrooms.
      6.     Empty paper receptacles and remove wastepaper.
      7.     Fill toilet tissue holders.
      8.     Empty and clean disposal receptacles.

Weekly:

      1.      Wash floors.

Every third month:

      1.     Dust all lighting fixtures and ventilating louvres.
      2.     Dust and wash closet and coat room shelves, coat racks and floors.
      3.     Dust all floor louvres and other ventilating louvres within a
             person's reach.

Periodic - as reasonably required:

      1.     Vacuum clean all carpeting and rugs.
      2.     Dust interiors of all waste disposal cans and baskets.
      3.     Dust all chair rails, baseboards and trim.
      4.     Remove all finger marks from vinyl or painted surfaces near light
             switches, entrance doors, etc.
      5.     Wash all Building exterior and interior windows (not less often
             than twice per year).
      6.     High dust premises complete including the following:

             a.  Dust all pictures, frames, charts, graphs and similar
                 wall hangings not reached in nightly cleaning.
             b.  Dust clean all vertical surfaces, such as walls, partitions,
                 doors, bucks and other surfaces not reached in nightly
                 cleaning.

      7.     Wash spills on floors.
      8.     Damp wipe floor louvres and other ventilating louvres within a
             person's reach.
      9.     Dust all telephones.
      10.    Clean metal elevator doors.
      11.    Machine scrub floors in lavatories (not less often than once
             per month).
      12.    Wash all partitions, tile walls and enamel surfaces of common
             bathrooms with proper disinfectant (not less often than once per
             month).
      13.    Move all plastic carpet protectors and vacuum under and around
             all desks and furniture (not less often than once per month).

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                                EXHIBIT "F"

                           RULES AND REGULATIONS

      1. The rights of tenants with respect to the entrances, corridors,
elevators and escalators of the Building are limited to ingress to and
egress from the tenants' premises for the tenants and their employees,
licensees and invitees, and no tenant shall use, or permit the use of, the
entrances, corridors, escalators or elevators for any other purpose. All
deliveries and shipments of goods and packages shall be through the freight
elevators, and not the passenger elevators. No tenant shall invite to the
tenant's premises, or permit the visit of, persons in such numbers or under
such conditions as to interfere with the use and enjoyment of any of the
plazas, entrances, corridors, escalators, elevators and other facilities of
the Building by other tenants. Fire exits and stairways are for emergency
use only, and they shall not be used for any other purpose by the tenants,
their employees, licensees or invitees. No tenant shall encumber or
obstruct, or permit the encumbrance or obstruction of any of the lobbies,
sidewalks, plazas, entrances, corridors, escalators, elevators, fire exits,
stairways or other public portions of the Building. No door mat of any kind
whatsoever shall be placed or left in any public hall or outside any entry
door of any tenant's premises. Landlord reserves the right to control and
operate the public portions of the Building and the public facilities, as
well as facilities furnished for the common use of the tenants, in such
manner as it deems best for the benefit of the tenants generally.

      2. Landlord may refuse admission to the Building to any person not
known to the watchman in charge or not having a pass issued by Landlord or
not properly identified, and may require all persons admitted to or leaving
the Building to register. Tenant's employees, agents and visitors shall be
permitted to enter and leave the Building whenever appropriate arrangements
have been previously made between Landlord and Tenant with respect thereto.
Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom the tenant
requests such permission, and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of
such persons. Any person whose presence in the Building at any time shall,
in the judgment of Landlord, be prejudicial to the safety, character,
reputation or interests of the Building or its tenants may be denied access
to the Building or may be ejected therefrom. In case of invasion, riot,
public excitement or other commotion, Landlord may prevent all access to
the Building during the continuance of the same, by closing the doors or
otherwise, for the safety of the tenants and protection of property in the
Building. All removals, or the carrying in or out of any safes, freight,
furniture, packages, boxes, crates or any other object or matter of any
description must take place during such hours and in such elevators as
Landlord may determine from time to time. Landlord reserves the right to
inspect all objects and matter to be brought into the Building, and to
exclude from the Building all objects and matter which violate any of these
Rules and Regulations or the lease of which these Rules and Regulations are
a part. Except in the case of emergencies, Landlord shall use reasonable
efforts to notify Tenant prior to opening any packages delivered to Tenant.
Landlord may require any person leaving the Building with any package or
other object to exhibit a pass from the tenant from whose premises the
package or object is being removed, but the establishment and enforcement
of such requirement shall not impose any responsibility on Landlord for the
protection of any tenant against the removal of property from the premises
of the tenant. Landlord shall in no way be liable to any tenant for damages
or loss arising from the admission, exclusion or ejection of any person to
or from the tenant's premises or the Building under or despite the
provisions of this rule. On days and hours other than those during which
full elevator service is required to be provided, Landlord may lock all
outside Building doors and require use of a night bell to summon a watchman
from his other duties in order to gain access.

      3. No tenant shall obtain or accept for use in its premises ice,
towel, barbering, boot blacking, floor polishing, lighting maintenance,
cleaning, messenger service or other similar services from any persons not
authorized by Landlord in writing to furnish such services, provided always
that the charges for such services by persons authorized by Landlord are
reasonably competitive. Such services shall be furnished only at such
hours, in such places within the tenant's premises and under such
regulations as may be fixed by Landlord.

      4. No awnings or other projections over or around the windows shall
be installed by any tenant, and only such window blinds or drapes as are
supplied or permitted by Landlord shall be used in a tenant's premises. No
curtains, blinds, shades or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or
used in connection with, any window or door of a tenant's premises, without
the prior written consent of Landlord. Such curtains, blinds, shades or
screens must be of a quality, type, design and color, and attached in the
manner, approved by Landlord. No tenant shall place objects on the
windowsills which are visible from outside of the Building. No tenant shall
darken, cover or permanently close any windows in the tenant's premises.

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      5. There shall not be used in any space, or in the public halls of
the Building, either by a tenant or by jobbers or others, in the delivery
or receipt of merchandise, any hand trucks, except those equipped with
rubber tires, side guards and such other safeguards as Landlord shall
require.

      6. All entrance doors in each tenant's premises shall be left locked
when the tenant's premises are not in use. Entrance doors shall not be left
open at any time unless the tenant, at its expense, has connected a special
smoke detector system in compliance with all Legal Requirements and
approved by Landlord. All windows in each tenant's premises shall be kept
closed at all times, and all blinds and/or drapes therein above the ground
floor shall be lowered and kept drawn when and as reasonably required
(because of the position of the sun) during the operation of the Building
air-conditioning system to cool or ventilate the tenants' premises. The
sashes, sash doors, skylights, windows, and doors that reflect or admit
light and air into the halls, passageways or other public places in the
Building shall not be covered or obstructed by any tenant, nor shall any
bottles, parcels, or other articles be placed on the window sills.

      7. No noise, including the playing of any musical instruments, radio
or television, which, in the judgment of Landlord, might disturb other
tenants in the Building shall be made or permitted by any tenant. No tenant
shall throw anything out of the doors, windows or skylights or down the
passageways. Nothing shall be done or permitted in any tenant's premises,
and nothing shall be brought into or kept in any tenant's premises, which
would impair or interfere with any of the Building services or the proper
and economic heating, cleaning or other servicing of the Building or the
premises, or the use or enjoyment by any other tenant of any other
premises, nor shall there be installed by any tenant any ventilating,
air-conditioning, electrical or other equipment of any kind which, in the
judgment of Landlord, might cause any such impairment or interference. No
dangerous, inflammable, combustible or explosive object or material shall
be brought into the Building by any tenant or with the permission of any
tenant.

      8. Tenants shall not permit any cooking within their premises (unless
consented to in writing by Landlord), and shall not permit any food odors
emanating within their premises to seep into other portions of the
Building. In the event that Landlord shall consent to any cooking or
installation of kitchen equipment in a tenant's premises, such tenant shall
operate its dining room and kitchen equipment, if any, in a manner that
will prevent odors and smoke from escaping into areas of the Building
outside the premises, and shall, at its expense, (i) install and maintain
appropriate filters and grease traps to prevent accumulation of grease in
any duct, stack or flue used to exhaust fumes and vapors resulting from
such food preparation and to prevent stopping up of the sewerage ejecting
system of the Building if any of same are necessary or are required by any
governmental authority, (ii) keep all range hoods and ducts therefrom, if
any, clean and free of grease at all times so as to avoid fire hazard, and
(iii) clean out the vertical exhaust flue and duct, if any, at least once a
year, or more frequently as conditions require. The discharge of any fumes,
vapors and odors, which, by any Legal Requirement, must be discharged into
a separate stack or flue, will not be permitted unless such tenant, at its
expense, shall provide for such discharge in a proper manner.

      9. No acids, vapors or other materials shall be discharged or
permitted to be discharged into the waste lines, vents or flues of the
Building which may damage them. The water and wash closets and other
plumbing fixtures in or serving any tenant's premises shall not be used for
any purpose other than the purpose for which they were designed or
constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, acids or other foreign
substances shall be deposited therein. All damages resulting from any
misuse of the fixtures shall be borne by the tenant who or whose servants,
employees, agents, visitors or licensees, shall have caused the same.

      10. No sign, advertisement, notice or other lettering shall be
exhibited, inscribed, painted or affixed by a tenant on any part of the
outside of its premises or the Building without the prior written consent
of Landlord. In the event of the violation of the foregoing by a tenant,
Landlord may remove the same without any liability, and may charge the
expense incurred by such removal to the tenant or tenants violating this
rule. Exterior signs and lettering on doors shall be inscribed, painted or
affixed for each tenant by Landlord at the expense of such tenant, and
shall be of a size, color and style reasonably acceptable to Landlord.
Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any tenant
which impairs the reputation of the Building or its desirability as a
building for offices, and, upon written notice from Landlord, such tenant
shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.

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      11. No additional locks or bolts of any kind (including locks that are
opened by magnetic cards) shall be placed upon any of the doors or windows
in any tenant's premises, and no lock on any door therein shall be changed
or altered in any respect, unless, in each such case, Landlord shall have
been furnished with a key thereto (or the same shall be operable by
Landlord's master key for the Building). Duplicate keys for a tenant's
premises and toilet rooms shall be procured only from the Landlord, which
may make a reasonable charge therefor. Upon the termination of a tenant's
lease, all keys to the tenant's premises and toilet rooms shall be
delivered to the Landlord, and, in the event of the loss of any keys
furnished by Landlord, such tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost thereof.

      12. No tenant shall install any resilient tile or similar floor
covering in the premises demised to such tenant, except in a manner
approved by Landlord. Unless and until Landlord may otherwise direct, no
tenant shall lay linoleum, or other similar floor covering, so that the
same shall come in direct contact with the floor of its premises, and, if
linoleum or other similar floor covering is desired to be used, an
interlining of builder's deadening felt shall be first affixed to the
floor, by a paste or other material, soluble in water, the use of cement or
other similar adhesive material being expressly prohibited.

      13. No tenant shall use or occupy, or permit any portion of the
premises demised to such tenant to be used or occupied, as an office for a
public stenographer or typist, or as a barber or manicure shop or as an
employment bureau or for any mail order business. No tenant or occupant
shall engage or pay any employees in the Building, except those actually
working for such tenant or occupant in the Building, nor advertise for
laborers giving an address at the Building. No premises shall be used, or
permitted to be used, at any time, as a store for the sale or display of
goods, wares or merchandise of any kind, or as a restaurant, shop, booth,
bootblack or other stand, or for the conduct of any business or occupation
which predominantly involves direct patronage of the general public in the
premises demised to such tenant, or for manufacturing or for other similar
purposes.

      14. The requirements of tenants will be attended to only upon
application at the office of the Building. Employees of Landlord shall not
perform any work or do anything outside of their regular duties, unless
under special instructions from the office of the Landlord.

      15. Unless Landlord shall be furnishing electricity to the tenant's
premises, each tenant shall, at its expense, provide artificial light and
electricity in the premises demised to such tenant for Landlord's agents,
contractors and employees while performing janitorial or other cleaning
services and making repairs or alterations in said premises. Landlord shall
endeavor to cause the persons performing the foregoing services or making
such repairs or alterations to turn the lights off upon leaving said
premises.

      16. Tenants' employees shall not loiter around the hallways,
stairways, elevators, front, roof or any other part of the Building used in
common by the occupants thereof. No tenant shall allow its premises to be
used for lodging or sleeping, or for any immoral or illegal purposes. No
bicycles, vehicles, animals, fish or birds of any kind shall be brought
into or kept in or about any tenant's premises, except that the foregoing
shall not be deemed to prohibit handicapped employees or visitors of
tenants from being accompanied in the Building by a seeing-eye or
hearing-aid dog. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building are
prohibited, and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.

      17. If the premises demised to any tenant become infested with vermin,
such tenant, at its own cost and expense, shall cause its premises to be
exterminated, from time to time, to the satisfaction of Landlord, and shall
employ such exterminators therefor as shall be approved by Landlord.
Landlord reserves the right to require that the exterminators generally
employed in the Building be employed, so long as their charges are
reasonable.

      18. Any cuspidors or similar containers or receptacles used in any
tenant's premises shall be cared for and cleaned by and at the expense of
the tenant. No showcases or other articles shall be put in front of or
affixed to any part of the exterior of the Building, nor placed in the
halls, corridors or vestibules. If a tenant's premises shall be an entire
floor, the elevator lobby in the premises shall be kept neat, orderly and
fresh in appearance to Landlord's satisfaction.

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      19. No tenant shall place a load upon any floor of its premises which
exceeds the load per square foot which such floor was designed to carry and
which is allowed by law. Landlord reserves the right to prescribe the
weight and position of all safes, files, paper and book storage facilities,
business machines and heavy equipment and installations.

      20. Business machines and mechanical equipment of any tenant which
cause noise, vibration or any other nuisance that may be transmitted to the
structure or other portions of the Building or to premises, to such a
degree as to be reasonably objectionable to Landlord or which interfere
with the use or enjoyment by other tenants of their premises or the public
portions of the Building, shall be placed and maintained by such tenant at
such tenant's own cost and expense, in settings of cork, rubber or spring
type vibration eliminators sufficient to eliminate noise or vibration to
the satisfaction of Landlord.

      21. If the Building shall contain a Building directory, then Landlord
will, at the request of a tenant, maintain a reasonable number of listings
on the Building directory of the name of such tenant and, in the sole
discretion of Landlord, of any other person, firm, association or
corporation lawfully in possession of the premises or any part thereof. The
listing of any name other than that of a tenant, whether on the doors of
the premises, on the Building directory, or otherwise, shall not operate to
vest any right or interest in such tenant's lease or in the premises or be
deemed to be the written consent of Landlord required pursuant to such
tenant's lease. If the Building does not contain a Building directory, then
Landlord shall maintain a concierge desk in the public lobby of the
Building.

      22. No tenant shall move any safe, heavy equipment or bulky matter in
or out of the Building without Landlord's written consent. If the movement
of such items requires special handling, the tenant shall employ only
persons holding a Master Rigger's License to do said work, and all such
work shall be done in full compliance with the Administrative Code of the
City of New York and other municipal requirements. All such movements shall
be made during hours which will least interfere with the normal operations
of the Building, and all damage caused by such movement shall be promptly
repaired by such tenant at such tenant's expense.

      23. All moving, shipping and receiving of a tenant's property shall be
through the freight elevator only, and at such times and in such a manner
as Landlord shall designate for the proper operation of the Building. If a
tenant's use of such elevator is after regular business hours, or in such a
manner that requires the supervision of Landlord's employees (of which fact
Landlord shall be the sole judge), such tenant shall pay to Landlord the
cost of furnishing such after-hour service and/or supervision. All bulk
deliveries shall be made during non-business hours, at the tenant's cost.

      24. Any entrance door or doors leading from a tenant's premises into
the public corridor shall be repaired and/or maintained by such tenant, at
such tenant's own cost and expense, including, without limitation, repair
and maintenance of the enframement and mechanisms of said door(s), whether
such repair or maintenance is caused by any damage by such tenant, its
employees, workmen or contractors, by ordinary wear and tear or otherwise.

      25. Landlord reserves the right to rescind, alter or waive any rule or
regulation at any time prescribed for the Building when Landlord deems it
necessary or desirable for the reputation, safety, care of appearance of
the Building, or the preservation of good order therein, or the operation
or maintenance of the Building or the equipment thereof, or the comfort of
tenants or others in the Building. No rescission, alteration or waiver of
any rule or regulation in favor of one tenant shall operate as a
rescission, alteration or waiver in favor of any other tenant.

      26. Only "Building Standard" shades may be installed by tenants.
Building Standard shades shall be a manual roller shade system by Mecho
Shade System Inc., using a shade fabric of Thermoveil 2116 Egg Shell
Sunscreen, open basket weave, 13% openness factor.

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                                EXHIBIT "G"

                        COMMENCEMENT DATE AGREEMENT

         AGREEMENT made this day of _______________, 200__, between Mutual
of America Life Insurance Company, hereinafter referred to as "Landlord",
and CBNY Investment Services Corp., hereinafter referred to as "Tenant".

WITNESSETH:

         1. Landlord and Tenant have heretofore entered into a written
indenture of Lease dated as of _____________ __, 2001 (hereinafter referred
to as the "Lease"), for the leasing by Landlord to Tenant of certain space
in the building known as 320 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., all as in said
Lease more particularly described.

         2. Pursuant to Article 2 of the Lease, Landlord and Tenant agree
that the Commencement Date of the term of said Lease is (was) ; and that
the term thereof shall expire, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the
Lease, on ________________________ (the "Expiration Date").

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have duly executed this
Commencement Date Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

                                     MUTUAL OF AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                                     Landlord

                                     By: ____________________________________

                                     CBNY INVESTMENT SERVICES CORP.
                                                                     Tenant

                                     By:  ___________________________________

                                     By:  ___________________________________

STATE OF NEW YORK          )
                           )   ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK         )

         On the ____ day of __________ in the year 2001 before me, the
undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared
_________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in
his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the
individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted,
executed the instrument.

                                          ____________________________________
                                          Notary PublicSupplemental Forbearance Agreement

 

EXHIBIT 10.1

As of April 12, 2002

U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp.

2300 Glades Road

Suite 440 West

Boca Raton, Florida 33431

Attention: John Poling

Re: Supplemental Forbearance Agreement

Ladies/Gentlemen:

     
Please refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 30,
2000 (as previously amended or otherwise modified, the
“Credit Agreement”) among U.S. Plastic Lumber
Corp. (the “Company”), various financial
institutions (the “Banks”) and Bank of America,
N.A. (“Bank of America”), as administrative
agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein have the respective meanings given
thereto in the Credit Agreement.

     
The Company has advised the Banks and the Administrative Agent
that the Company remains out of compliance with various
provisions of the Credit Agreement as more fully described in
the Forbearance Agreement dated as of November 14, 2001
(the “Original Forbearance Agreement”). In
addition, the Company (a) has failed to pay (i) interest
which was due under the Credit Agreement on January 31,
2002, February 28, 2002 and April 1, 2002 and
(ii) principal which was due under the Credit Agreement on
April 1, 2002 and (b) has advised the Administrative
Agent that it will be unable to make timely payment of interest
which will become due on April 30, 2002 (the Company’s
failure to make the interest payments on January 31, 2002,
February 28, 2002, April 1, 2002 and April 30,
2002 and the principal payment on April 1, 2002, the
“Payment Defaults”)

     
By its signature below, the Company acknowledges that so long as
any Payment Default (or any other Event of Default or any
Unmatured Event of Default, including any Known Default as
defined in the Original Forbearance Agreement) exists, the Banks
have no obligation to make Loans and the Issuing Bank has no
obligation to issue Letters of Credit. The Company further
acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Banks
currently have all rights, powers and remedies, whether arising
under any of the Loan Documents and/or applicable law, available
to them during the existence of an Event of Default, including
the right to accelerate the maturity of all Loans, to obtain
cash collateral for Letters of Credit and/or to terminate the
Commitments (all of the foregoing, the “Rights and
Remedies”).

     
The Company has requested that the Administrative Agent and the
Banks continue to forbear from exercising the Rights and
Remedies for a limited period of time. The Administrative Agent
and the Required Banks are willing to agree to such continued
forbearance

 

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subject to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement.
Accordingly, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the
Required Banks agree as follows:

     1.     Forbearance. During the Forbearance Period (as defined
in the Original Forbearance Agreement as amended hereby), the
Administrative Agent and the Banks will not exercise the Rights
and Remedies with respect to the Payment Defaults so long as the
Company makes all Required Payments (as defined below) on a
timely basis. For purposes of the foregoing, “Required
Payments” means (a) a payment of $100,000 on or before
the date of the effectiveness of this letter agreement, which is
equal to a portion of the amount of interest which was due on
January 31, 2002; (b) a payment of $312,543.89 on
April 30, 2002, which is equal to the amount of interest
which was due on February 28, 2002 plus the balance of the
interest which was due on January 31, 2002; and (c) a
payment of $303,258.22 on May 30, 2002, which is equal to
the amount of interest expected that was due on April 1,
2002 plus $100,000; provided that the aggregate amount of all
Required Payments shall not exceed the sum of $715,802.11,
inclusive of all amounts payable on or after April 1, 2002
by the Company to the Consultant (as defined below). The Company
and the Required Banks agree that all Required Payments shall be
applied, first, to amounts payable to the Consultant, second, to
interest payable under the Credit Agreement on January 31,
2002, third, to interest due under the Credit Agreement on
February 28, 2002 and, fourth, to interest due under the
Credit Agreement on April 1, 2002.

     
2.     Effectiveness. This letter agreement shall become
effective on the date on which the Administrative Agent shall
have received (a) counterparts hereof signed by the Company
and the Required Banks, (b) evidence, satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, that the Company and its Subsidiaries have
paid all employee withholding taxes to the extent due and
payable, (c) a demand note of the Company payable to Bank
of America in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (d) a
demand note of the Company payable to LaSalle Bank National
Association in the form of Exhibit B hereto, (e) a
certificate of the Company setting forth in reasonable detail
the status of the contract, for the project known as Remedial
Action for Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill located in Brooklyn, New
York and (f) confirmation that (i) the February
invoice of counsel to the Administrative Agent and all expenses
for the recently-completed field examination conducted by the
Administrative Agent (to the extent billed) have been paid in
full, (ii) the Company has retained Great American Group in
connection with the planned appraisal of the fixed assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) the Company has
made the payment described in clause (a) of the definition
of “Required Payment”). Notwithstanding the foregoing
or any other provision of this Agreement, this letter agreement
shall expire and be of no further force or effect if the
conditions precedent set forth in clauses (b) through (f)
of the preceding sentence are not satisfied on or prior to the
tenth day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Required Banks.

     
3.     Amendments to Original Forbearance Agreement. The
Original Forbearance Agreement is amended as follows:

 

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        (a) Section 4(a) is amended by deleting
        the date “February 28, 2002” therein and
        substituting the date “May 31, 2002” therefor; and
        
	 
	 	     
        (b) Section 5(b) is amended in its entirety
        to read as follows:
        

		
	 	
        “(b) Any Event of Default, other than
        the Known Defaults and the Payment of Defaults (as defined in
        the letter agreement dated as of April 11, 2002 (the
        “Forbearance Extension Letter”) among the
        Required Banks, the Administrative Agent and the Company), shall
        occur and be continuing.”
        

		
	 	     
        (c) The following clauses (e), (f) and (g)
        shall be added to Section 5 in proper sequence:
        

		
	 	
        “(e) The Company shall fail to pay the
        March invoice of counsel to the Administrative Agent on or
        before April 15, 2002 or any other invoice of counsel to
        the Administrative Agent within 15 days after receipt
        thereof.”
        
	 
	 	
        (f) The Company shall fail to make any
        Required Payment as defined in Section 1 of the Forbearance
        Extension Letter.
        
	 
	 	
        (g) The Company shall fail to deliver to the
        Agent, on or before May 10, 2002, an appraisal of the
        equipment of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which appraisal
        shall set forth in reasonable detail the location of each item
        of equipment (including vehicles), whether such equipment is
        owned or leased (and, if leased, specifying whether such lease
        is an operating lease or financing lease), the name of each
        Person (other than the Agent and Halifax Fund, L.P.) which has a
        lien on (or is the lessor of) such item of equipment and the
        approximate amount secured by such lien (or, in the case of a
        lease, details as to the payments thereon), and the estimated
        forced sale value of each such item of equipment (other than
        equipment subject to an operating lease).
        
	 
	 	
        (h) EOS Partners, L.P.
        (“EOS”) shall notify the Company that it no
        longer wishes to pursue the transaction contemplated by the
        letter agreement dated April 11, 2002 between EOS and the
        Company.
        
	 
	 	
        (i) The Company shall fail to comply with
        any provision of Section 4 of the Forbearance Extension
        Letter.”
        

     
4. Additional
Agreements. As additional
consideration for the foregoing forbearance, the Company agrees
with the Administrative Agent and the Required Banks as follows:

 

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        (a)     The Company shall promptly (and in any event not later
        than April 30, 2002) make arrangements so that (a) the
        bank accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintained
        with PNC National Bank and listed on Schedule I hereto are
        closed and replaced by accounts maintained with a Bank,
        (b) all of the other bank accounts of the Company and its
        Subsidiaries (other than (i) petty cash accounts maintained
        at each of the Company’s operating units which, in the
        aggregate, do not at any time contain more than $10,000 and
        (ii) accounts maintained solely to fund payroll and payroll
        taxes) are maintained with a Bank or a bank which has executed
        and delivered a blocked account agreement satisfactory to the
        Administrative Agent and (c) all collections of the Company
        and its Subsidiaries (subject to certain limited exceptions
        acceptable to the Administrative Agent) are transferred to the
        Administrative Agent on each Business Day, except for amounts
        necessary to fund payroll and payroll taxes which will be due
        within five Business Days.
	 
	 	
             
        (b)     The Company shall pay the reasonable costs and expenses
        of Casas, Benjamin & White, LLC (the
        “Consultant”), a financial consultant retained by
        counsel to the Administrative Agent, in connection with its
        evaluation of the operations, financial records, business
        prospects, economic value and other aspects of the Company and
        its Subsidiaries. The Company will (i) assist the
        Consultant in performing such evaluation (including
        (x) allowing the Consultant access to the work product and
        personnel of Conway Mackenzie & Dunleavy and providing
        the Consultant access to all information and records the
        Consultant deems necessary to conduct such evaluation) and
        (ii) maintain at all times a retainer with the Consultant
        of not less than $75,000.
	 
	 	     
        (c)     The Company shall promptly (and in any event no later
        than April 15, 2002) deliver to the Administrative Agent an
        accurate and complete list describing in reasonable detail all
        of the fixed assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
        (including specification of the current locations of such
        assets).
	 
	 	     
        (d)     The Company shall permit the Administrative Agent to
        conduct, and shall promptly reimburse the Administrative Agent
        for all expenses of, a field examination of the Company and its
        Subsidiaries.

     
5.     Waiver. The Required Banks hereby waive any default that
resulted form the expiration of the Original Forbearance
Agreement prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement.

     
6.     No Other Change to the Loan Documents; Preservation of
Rights. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein,
(a) all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Document shall remain unchanged and in full
force and effect, (b) this letter agreement shall not be
deemed a waiver or modification by the Administrative Agent or
any Bank of an term or provision of, or of any default under,
the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and
(c) the Administrative Agent and the Banks hereby fully
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rights, powers and remedies against the Company
and each Guarantor. In addition, subject to the forbearance set
forth in Section 1, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
be a waiver or abandonment of any Event of Default (whether
presently or subsequently existing, including, without
limitation, any of the Payment Defaults) or of any right, power
or remedy available to the Administrative Agent or the Banks
under the Loan Documents or applicable law, each of which
rights, powers and remedies is hereby specifically and expressly
reserved, including, without limitation, the right to seek
judgment against the Company or any Guarantor, to foreclose any
interest in any collateral in which the Administrative Agent has
a security interest or other lien, or to take any other action
permitted under the Loan Documents and/or applicable law.
Without limiting the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall
constitute a waiver of any condition to the making of a Loan or
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, and the Company acknowledges
that it has no right to obtain any additional Loans or the
issuance of any additional Letters of Credit so long as any
Event of Default (including (i) any Payment Default or
(ii) any Known Default as defined in the Original
Forbearance Agreement) exists or would result therefrom.

     
7.     Counterparts.  This letter agreement may
be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart
shall be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

     
8.     Expenses.  The Company agrees to pay the
reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent
(including the reasonable fees and charge of counsel to the
Administrative Agent) in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of this letter agreement.

     
9.     Governing Law.  This letter agreement
shall be a contract made under and governed by the laws of the
State of Illinois applicable to contracts made and to be
performed entirely within such State.

     
10.     Representations.  The Company hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the
Banks that the execution, delivery and performance of this
letter agreement is within the Company’s powers, has been
duly authorized by the Company does not conflict with any of the
Company’s organizational documents, and does not conflict
with any law, agreement or obligation by which the Company is
bound.

     
11.     Successors and
Assigns.  This letter
agreement is binding upon the Company and its successors and
assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Banks and their respective successors and assigns.

     
12.     Headings.  Headings used in this letter
agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the construction of this letter agreement.

 

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Page 6

     
13.     Waiver of Jury Trial.
THE PARTIES HEREBY CONFIRM THAT THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL SET
FORTH IN SECTION 14.16 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT IS
APPLICABLE TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SUCH
SECTION 14.16.

     
14.     Release. In
consideration of the agreements and understandings in this
letter agreement, the Company, for itself and each of its
Subsidiaries, hereby releases each of the Administrative Agent
and each Bank, and their respective employees, officers,
participants, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and
assigns, from any claim, right or cause of action which now
exists, in any way related to facts in existence as of the date
hereof, whether known or unknown. By way of example and not
limitation, the foregoing includes any claims in any way related
to the Loan Documents and the business relationship between the
Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent or any Bank, on the other hand.

     
15.     Covenant Not to Sue. The
Company hereby covenants that it will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, refrain from commencing any action or suit
or prosecuting any action or suit, in law or in equity, against
the Administrative Agent or any Bank, or any of their respective
employees, officers, agents, participants, affiliates,
subsidiaries, successors or assigns, on account of any claim,
action or cause of action which now exists in the Company’s
or such Subsidiary’s favor based upon facts existing as of
the date of this letter agreement. In addition to any other
liability which shall accrue upon the breach of this covenant,
the Company agrees to pay, and acknowledges that is shall be
liable for, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Bank in the defense
of any such action or suit.

 

U.S. Plastic Lumber Corporation
As of
April 12, 2002
Page 7

 

     Please acknowledge the foregoing by signing a counterpart of this letter agreement
and returning it to the Administrative Agent.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	KRISTINE
THENNES   Vice President
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank,
Swing Line Bank and a Bank
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	THOMAS
CZERWINSKI   Vice President
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	UNION
PLANTERS BANK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	
	 	 	 	 	

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
 as of April 12,
2002:

U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	

	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	

 

     Please acknowledge the foregoing by signing a counterpart of this letter agreement
and returning it to the Administrative Agent.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank,
Swing Line Bank and a Bank
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	UNION
PLANTERS BANK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	V.P.
	 	 	 	 	

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
 as of April 12,
2002:

U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	

	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	

 

U.S. Plastic Lumber Corporation
As of
April 12, 2002
Page 7

 

     Please acknowledge the foregoing by signing a counterpart of this letter agreement
and returning it to the Administrative Agent.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank,
Swing Line Bank and a Bank
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 
	 	 	UNION
PLANTERS BANK
	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	
By:	 	
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	Title:	 	
	 	 	 	 	

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
 as of April 12,
2002:

U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
By:	 		 	 
	 	

	 	Title:	      Executive Vice
President
	 	 	

 

EXHIBIT A

NOTE

 

		

        	$704,749	December 5, 2001

     
ON DEMAND, U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp. (the “Company”)
hereby promises to pay to the order of Bank of America, N.A. (the
“Payee”) SEVEN HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
FORTY-NINE DOLLARS ($704,749). The Company further promises to pay to
the order of the Payee interest on the
principal hereof from time to time outstanding until paid in
full at a rate per annum equal to the Reference Rate in effect
from time to time plus 1% (or, after demand by the Payee, 3%).
Prior to demand by the Payee for the payment of the unpaid
principal hereof, accrued interest shall be payable monthly on
the last day of each month. After demand, accrued interest shall
be payable on demand. Each payment (including any prepayment)
shall be applied, first, to accrued and unpaid interest
and, then, to unpaid principal.

     
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meanings attributed to them in the Credit Agreement dated as of
June 30, 2000 among the Company, various financial
institutions and the Payee, as Administrative Agent, Issuing
Bank and Swing Line Bank, as amended.

     
The Company is executing this Note in connection with the
termination of the IDSA Master Agreement
(Multicurrency — Cross Border) dated as of
June 12, 2000 between the Payee and the Company. The
Company confirms that all obligations hereunder constitute
Hedging Obligations of the Company and, accordingly, are
guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranty and secured pursuant to of
the Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents.

     
The Company may prepay all or any portion of this Note at any
time and from time to time, without premium or penalty.

     
All payments of principal of, and interest on, this Note shall
be made in immediately available funds in lawful money of the
United States of America at the Payee’s principal office in
Chicago, Illinois, prior to 12:30 p.m., Chicago time, on the
date due; and funds received after that time shall be deemed to
have been received by the Payee on the next following Business
Day. The Company hereby authorizes the Payee to charge any of
the Company’s deposit accounts maintained with the Payee
for the payment when due of all amounts payable with respect to
this Note. The above provisions of this paragraph shall not
affect the Company’s obligation to pay when due all amounts
payable by it hereunder, whether or not there are sufficient
funds therefor in any such deposit accounts.

     
If any payment hereunder falls due on a day which is not a
Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to
the next Business Day (and additional interest shall accrue for
the period of such extension).

     
The Company warrants to the Payee that: (a) it is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Nevada; (b) the execution and delivery of
this Note and the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder are within the Company’s corporate powers and
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
Company’s part;

 

and (c) this Note is the Company’s
legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, the making and performance of which do not and
will not contravene or conflict with the Company’s charter
or by-laws, or violate or constitute a default under any law,
any presently existing requirement or restriction imposed by any
judicial, arbitral or other governmental instrumentality or any
agreement, instrument or indenture by which the Company is bound.

     
So long as any portion of this Note remains
unpaid, the Company covenants and agrees that the Company will
promptly provide the Payee with such information regarding the
assets, operations and financial condition of the Company as the
Payee may from time to time reasonably request.

     
The Company acknowledges that the Payee may
demand payment of this Note at any time and that upon such
demand all obligations of the Company hereunder shall become
immediately due and payable.

     
The Company agrees to pay all expenses of the
Payee in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery
of this Note. In addition, if any amount payable hereunder is
not paid when due (by acceleration or otherwise), the Company
will pay all costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) incurred by the
Payee in connection with collection of such amount and the
enforcement of its rights hereunder (whether or not any lawsuit
is ever filed).

     
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF, THE PAYEE WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS
NOTE OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

     
The rights and privileges of the Payee hereunder
shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns.

2

 

     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Illinois.

 

	 	 	 	 
	 	
U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.
	 
	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	

3

 

EXHIBIT B

NOTE

	 	 	 
	$375,500	 	
January 16, 2002

     ON DEMAND, U.S.
Plastic Lumber Corp. (the “Company”) hereby promises to pay
to the order of LaSalle Bank National Association (the
“Payee”) THREE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($375,500). The Company further
promises to pay to the order of the Payee interest on the principal hereof from
time to time outstanding until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the
Reference Rate in effect from time to time plus 1% (or, after demand by the
Payee, 3%). Prior to demand by the Payee for the payment of the unpaid
principal hereof, accrued interest shall be payable monthly on the last day of
each month. After demand, accrued interest shall be payable on demand. Each
payment (including any prepayment) shall be applied, first, to accrued and
unpaid interest and, then, to unpaid principal.

     Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings
attributed to them in the Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2000 among the
Company, various financial institutions (including the Payee) and Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swing Line Bank, as
amended.

     The Company is executing this Note in connection with the termination of
the IDSA Master Agreement dated as of September 29, 2000 between the Payee and
the Company. The Company confirms that all obligations hereunder constitute
Hedging Obligations of the Company and, accordingly, are guaranteed pursuant to
the Guaranty and secured pursuant to the Security Agreement and the other
Collateral Documents.

     The Company may prepay all or any portion of this Note at any time and
from time to time, without premium or penalty.

     All payments of principal of, and interest on, this Note shall be made in
immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States of America at
the Payee’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois, prior to 12:30 p.m., Chicago
time, on the date due; and funds received after that time shall be deemed to
have been received by the Payee on the next following Business Day. The
Company hereby authorizes the Payee to charge any of the Company’s deposit
accounts maintained with the Payee for the payment when due of all amounts
payable with respect to this Note. The above provisions of this paragraph
shall not affect the Company’s obligation to pay when due all amounts payable
by it hereunder, whether or not there are sufficient funds therefor in any such
deposit accounts.

     If any payment hereunder falls due on a day which is not a Business Day,
the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next Business Day (and
additional interest shall accrue for the period of such extension).

     The Company warrants to the Payee that: (a) it is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada; (b) the
execution and delivery of this Note and the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder are within the Company’s corporate powers and have been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the Company’s part;

 

and (c) this Note is the Company’s legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, the making and performance of which do
not and will not contravene or conflict with the Company’s charter or by-laws,
or violate or constitute a default under any law, any presently existing
requirement or restriction imposed by any judicial, arbitral or other
governmental instrumentality or any agreement, instrument or indenture by which
the Company is bound.

     So long as any portion of this Note remains unpaid, the Company
covenants and agrees that the Company will promptly provide the Payee with such
information regarding the assets, operations and financial condition of the
Company as the Payee may from time to time reasonably request.

     The Company acknowledges that the Payee may demand payment of this Note
at any time and that upon such demand all obligations of the Company hereunder
shall become immediately due and payable.

     The Company agrees to pay all expenses of the Payee in connection with
the preparation, execution and delivery of this Note. In addition, if any amount
payable hereunder is not paid when due (by acceleration or otherwise), the
Company will pay all costs and expenses (including, with limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and court costs) incurred by the Payee in connection with
collection of such amount and the enforcement of its rights hereunder (whether
or not any lawsuit is ever filed).

     EACH OF THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE PAYEE WAIVES ANY
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY
RIGHTS UNDER THIS NOTE OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, AND
AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT
BEFORE A JURY.

     The rights and privileges of the Payee hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of its successors and assigns.

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     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Illinois.

 

	 	 	 	 
	 	
U.S. PLASTIC LUMBER CORP.
	 
	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	

	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	

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