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Exhibit 10.26

 

 

FEE AND LEASEHOLD MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

in the amount of

 

$10,387,500.00

(the "Mortgage Amount")

 

from

 

Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency

 

having an office at:

40 Nassau Avenue

Islip, New York 11751

(the "Agency")

 

and

 

555 N Research Corporation

 

having an office at:

555 North Research Place

Central Islip, New York 11722 

(the "Mortgagor")

 

to

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

 

having an office at:

534 Broad Hollow Road

Melville, New York 11747

(the "Mortgagee")

 

 

LOCATION OF PREMISES:

 

	 	Street Address	: 555 North Research Place, Central Islip, NY
	 	County of	: Suffolk
	 	State of	: New York
	 	Section	: 164.00
	 	Block	: 04.00
	 	Lot	: 007.001

 

After recording, please return to:

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association 

Attention: Post Closing Team

2929 Walden Avenue, C-111

Depew, New York 14043

 

 

 

 

FEE AND LEASEHOLD MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This Fee and Leasehold Mortgage and Security Agreement (the "Mortgage"), made the 30th day of November, 2017 from the Town of lslip Industrial Development Agency,, a public benefit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal office at 40 Nassau Avenue, Islip, New York 11751 (the "Agency") and 555 N Research Corporation, a New York corporation, having an office at 555 North Research Place, Central Islip, New York (the "Mortgagor"), to and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, having an address at 534 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York 11747 (the "Mortgagee").

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, (i) the Mortgagor is the owner of a fee estate in the premises described in Schedule A attached hereto (the "Premises"), (ii) the Agency is the owner of a leasehold estate in the Premises under a certain company lease agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017, made by the Mortgagor, as lessor, to the Agency, as lessee (the "Company Lease"), (iii) the Agency subleased the Premises to Mortgagor pursuant to a certain lease agreement dated as of November 1, 2017, (the "Agency Lease"), and (iv) the Mortgagor sub-subleased the Premises to CVD Materials Corporation pursuant to a sub- sublease agreement dated as of November 30, 2017 (the "Sublease"); and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, Mortgagor is borrowing from Mortgagee the principal sum Ten Million Three Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($10,387,500.00) Dollars (the "Mortgage Amount") and in connection therewith, Mortgagor has executed and delivered to Mortgagee that certain Note, dated of even date herewith, made by Mortgagor, as borrower, in favor of Mortgagee, as lender, in the original principal amount of $10,387,500.00 (such Note, as the same may be hereafter amended, modified or extended, being hereinafter called the "Note") evidencing the indebtedness of Mortgagor to Mortgagee; and

 

WHEREAS, to secure the payment by the Mortgagor of an indebtedness in the principal sum of Ten Million Three Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 ($10,387,500.00) Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid with interest, and all other sums which may or shall become due hereunder according to the Note, dated the date hereof, given by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee, the Agency and the Mortgagor duly authorize the execution of this Mortgage.

 

Certain Definitions

 

The Agency, Mortgagor and the Mortgagee agree that, unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the following terms shall have the meanings herein specified, such definitions to be applicable equally to the singular and to the plural forms of such terms.

 

"Accounts" means all moneys which have been, or may hereafter be, deposited or delivered to the Mortgagee by or for the account or credit of the Mortgagor.

 

"Additional Interest" means any breakage costs that may or shall become due and payable under the Swap Transaction.

 

"Chattels" means all fixtures, fittings, appliances, apparatus, equipment, machinery and articles of personal property, and replacements thereof owned by Mortgagor, other than those owned by lessees, now or at any time hereafter affixed to, attached to, placed upon or used in any way in connection with the complete and comfortable use, enjoyment, occupancy or operation of the Improvements on the Premises.

 

 

 

 

"Commodity Exchange Act" means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

"Events of Default" means the events and circumstances described as such in Section 2.01 hereof.

 

"Excluded Swap Obligations" means any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap Transaction if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of Guarantor of, or the grant by Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Transaction (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of Guarantor's failure for any reason to constitute an "eligible contract participant" as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guaranty or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Transaction. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Transaction that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

"Guarantor" means CVD Equipment Corporation and any other person or entity that may guaranty repayment of the Note. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agency is not a Guarantor.

 

"Improvements" means all structures and buildings, and replacements thereof, now or hereafter located upon the Premises by the Mortgagor, including all plant equipment, apparatus, machinery and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever forming part of said structures and/or buildings.

 

"Intangibles" means all "general intangibles" (as such quoted term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the state wherein the premises are located) in any way relating to the Premises and/or the Improvements and which the Mortgagor owns, all licenses, trade names, good will and books and records relating to the business operated or to be operated on the Premises or any part thereof, and all unearned premiums, accrued, accruing or to accrue under all insurance policies now or hereafter obtained by the Mortgagor insuring the Mortgaged Property, as hereinafter defined (excluding any liability policies for the benefit of the Agency), and all rights and interest of Mortgagor thereunder.

 

"Involuntary Rate" means the Interest Rate provided in the Note plus 5%, but in no event to exceed the maximum rate allowed by law.

 

"Loan" shall mean the $10,387,500.00 loan to be made pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

"Loan Document" shall mean this Mortgage, the Note, the Guaranty, the ADA and Environmental Indemnity, the Assignment of Leases and Rents, all of even date herewith, all Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements executed and delivered in connection herewith, together with all Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements hereafter filed in respect of any such Financing Statements, together with all other documents, guarantees, instruments, certificates, title policies and the like securing and/or evidencing the Mortgage Amount and other Indebtedness and/or executed and/or delivered by or on behalf of the Mortgagor and Guarantor in connection with the Loan (whether any of the foregoing were 

 

 

 

 

executed in connection with the original closing of the loan evidenced by the Note, or at any time thereafter).

 

"Premises" means the premises described in Schedule A hereto, including all of the air space, easements, rights, privileges, royalties and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, and all of the estate, right, title, interest, claim or demand whatsoever of the Mortgagor therein and in the streets, alleys and ways adjacent thereto, either at law or in equity, in possession or expectancy, now or hereafter acquired.

 

"Swap Transaction" means any agreement, contract or transaction between the Lessee and Mortgagee, that constitutes a "swap" within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act., each as amended or supplemented from time to time, which transaction shall be in a form acceptable to Mortgagee in its sole discretion and which shall be related solely to the Note.

 

"Swap Transaction Documents" means the documentation governing the Swap Transaction.

 

All terms of this Mortgage which are not defined above have the meaning set forth in this Mortgage.

 

Granting Clause

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Agency, having first been indemnified by Mortgagor against any liability or expense, and the Mortgagor, in consideration of the premises and in order to secure payment by the Mortgagor of both the principal of the Note and the interest (including Additional Interest) and any other sums payable thereon, and/or under this Mortgage or the other Loan Documents as well as, without limitation, all loans, advances, indebtedness, notes, liabilities, owing by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee under the Note, the Mortgage, the Loan Documents or the Swap Transaction, direct or indirect (that is, whether the same are due directly by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee; or are due indirectly by the Lessee to the Mortgagee as endorser, guarantor or other surety, or as borrower of obligations due third persons which have been endorsed or assigned to the Mortgagee, or otherwise under or pursuant to the Loan Documents or Swap Transaction), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising or contracted, including, without limitation, payment when due of all amounts outstanding respecting any of the Loan Documents and the performance and observance of all the provisions hereof and of the Note including the payment of any sums advanced by the Mortgagee pursuant to this Mortgage (collectively, all of such obligations are hereinafter referred to as the "Indebtedness"), hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, warrant, alien, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, hypothecate, deposit, pledge, set over and confirm unto the Mortgagee all their respective estates, rights, titles and interests in, to and under any and all of the following described property (the "Mortgaged Property"), whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired:

 

(a)     the Premises;

 

(b)     the Improvements;

 

(c)     the Chattels;

 

(d)     the Intangibles;

 

(e)      the Accounts;

 

 

 

 

(f)     all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or liquidated claims, including , without limitation, proceeds of hazard and title insurance and condemnation awards (excluding any liability policies for the benefit of the Agency); and

 

(g)     all leases and lettings of the Premises now or hereafter entered into and all right, title and interest of the Agency and Mortgagor thereunder, excluding, however, the Agency's Unassigned Rights, as such term is defined in the Agency Lease, and including, without limitation, cash or securities deposited thereunder to secure performance by the lessees of their obligations thereunder, whether such cash or securities are to be held until the expiration of the terms of such leases or applied to one or more of the installments of rent coming due immediately prior to the expiration of such terms, subject to the Mortgagor's right to possess and apply such cash or securities prior to an Event of Default, including, further, the right, upon the happening of an Event of Default, to receive and collect the rents thereunder, excluding the Agency's Unassigned Rights.

 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto the Mortgagee, its successors and assigns forever together with all the Improvements now or hereafter erected on the Premises to its and their own proper use and behoof. And also the Mortgagor does for itself, its successors and assigns, covenant with the said Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, that at and until the ensealing of these presents it is well seized of the Premises in fee simple, and has good right to bargain and sell the same and that the same are free from all encumbrances whatsoever except such as are listed as exceptions to title in the title policy insuring the lien of this Mortgage (the "Permitted Encumbrances").

 

And furthermore, the Mortgagor does by these presents bind itself and its successors and assigns forever to warrant and defend the Premises described in Schedule A to the Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever except as mentioned herein.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Particular Covenants of the Agency and the Mortgagor

 

The Agency, having first been indemnified by the Mortgagor against any liability or expense, and the Mortgagor, each covenant and agree (provided that each of the Agency and the Mortgagor covenants and agrees only with respect to the covenants and agreement of itself and not of each other) as follows:

 

SECTION 1.01.     The Mortgagor represents and warrants that it has a good and marketable title to an indefeasible fee estate in the Premises subject to no lien, charge or encumbrance, except the Permitted Encumbrances; that the Mortgagor will own the Chattels free and clear of liens and claims; that this Mortgage is and will remain a valid and enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged Property subject only to the exceptions referred to above; that the execution and delivery of this Mortgage has been duly authorized by the Agency and the Mortgagor, the execution and delivery of the Note has been duly authorized by the Mortgagor and that there is no provision in any document that evidences or establishes the existence of the Agency or Mortgagor requiring further consent for such action by any other entity or person; that it is duly organized, validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation or incorporation, as the case may be; that the Mortgagor has (i) all necessary licenses, authorizations, registrations, permits and/or approvals and (ii) full power and authority to own its properties and carry on its business as presently conducted and the execution and delivery by it of and performance of its respective obligations under, this Mortgage and the Note will not result in the Mortgagor being in default under any provisions of any document which evidences or establishes the existence of the Mortgagor or of any mortgage, credit or other agreement to which the Mortgagor is a party or which affects the Mortgagor or the Premises, or any part thereof; that it will preserve such title, 

 

 

 

 

and will forever warrant and defend the same to the Mortgagee and will forever warrant and defend the validity and priority of the lien hereof against the claims of all persons and parties whomsoever except for the Permitted Encumbrances.

 

SECTION 1.02.     The Agency and Mortgagor, as the case may be, will, at the sole cost of the Mortgagor, and without expense to the Mortgagee, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers and assurances as the Mortgagee shall from time to time reasonably require, for the better assuring, conveying, assigning, transferring and confirming unto the Mortgagee the property and rights hereby conveyed or assigned or intended now or hereafter so to be, or which the Mortgagor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to the Mortgagee, or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of this Mortgage, or for filing, registering or recording this Mortgage (provided that, with respect to the Agency such deeds, conveyance, mortgage, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers and assurances are so authorized by the Act (as such term is defined in the Agency Lease) and by the Agency's board of directors, if so required, and (ii) such deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers and assurances are in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agency) and, on demand, will execute and deliver and hereby authorizes the Mortgagee to execute and file in the name of the Agency and/or Mortgagor, as the case may be, to the extent it may lawfully do so, one or more financing statements, chattel mortgages or comparable security instruments to evidence more effectively the lien hereof upon the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.

 

SECTION 1.03.     (a) The Agency and Mortgagor, as the case may be, forthwith upon the execution and delivery of this Mortgage, and thereafter from time to time, upon reasonable prior notice, will at the sole cost and expense of the Mortgagor cause this Mortgage and any security instrument creating a lien or evidencing the lien hereof upon the Chattels and/or the Intangibles and each instrument of further assurance to be filed, registered and/or recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order to publish notice of and fully to protect the lien hereof upon, and the interest of the Mortgagee in, the Mortgaged Property, all at the sole cost and expense of the Mortgagor.

 

(b) The Mortgagor will pay all filing, registration or recording fees, and all expenses incident to or arising in connection with this Mortgage, any mortgage supplemental hereto, any security instrument with respect to the Chattels or the Intangibles, and any instrument of further assurance, and all federal, state, county and municipal stamp taxes and other taxes, duties, impositions, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of the Note, this Mortgage or any mortgage supplemental hereto, any security instrument with respect to the Chattels and/or the Intangibles or any instrument of further assurance. In the event any additional mortgage recording tax or recording fees become due subsequent to the recording of this Mortgage, Mortgagor agrees to pay any such additional mortgage tax and recording fees within seven (7) days of Mortgagee's demand, and upon the failure to make such payment, the Mortgagee has the absolute right to then make such payment for the mortgage tax or recording fees, and such payment shall be deemed a protective advance hereunder and subject to the lien of this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 1.04.     The Mortgagor will punctually pay the principal and interest and all other sums to become due in respect of the Note at the time and place and in the manner specified in the Note, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, all in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of such payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

SECTION 1.05.     (a) The Mortgagor, if a corporation, will, so long as it is owner of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and 

 

 

 

 

effect its existence, franchises, rights and privileges as a business or stock corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation and will comply with all regulations, rules, ordinances, statutes, orders and decrees of any governmental authority or court applicable to the Mortgagor or to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.

 

(b) Nothing in this Section 1.05 shall require the payment or discharge of any obligation imposed upon the Mortgagor by this Section so long as the Mortgagor shall in good faith and at its own expense contest the same or the validity thereof by appropriate legal proceedings which shall operate to prevent the collection thereof or other realization thereon and the sale or forfeiture of the Premises or any part thereof to satisfy the same; provided that during such contest the Mortgagor shall, at the option of the Mortgagee, provide security satisfactory to the Mortgagee, assuring the discharge of the Mortgagor's obligation hereunder and of any additional charge, penalty or expense arising from or incurred as a result of such contest; and provided further that if, at any time, payment of any obligation imposed upon the Mortgagor by subsection (a) of this Section shall become necessary to prevent the delivery of a tax deed, or its equivalent, conveying the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, because of nonpayment, then the Mortgagor shall pay the same in sufficient time to prevent the delivery of such tax deed or its equivalent.

 

SECTION 1.06.     All right, title and interest of the Agency and the Mortgagor in and to all extensions, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of, and all additions and appurtenances to, the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired by, or released to, the Agency or the Mortgagor, or constructed, assembled or placed by the Mortgagor on the Premises or any part thereof, and all conversions of the security constituted thereby, immediately upon such acquisition, release, construction, assembling, placement or conversion, as the case may be, and in each such case, without any further mortgage, conveyance, assignment or other act by the Agency or the Mortgagor, shall become subject to the lien of this Mortgage as fully and completely, and with the same effect, as though now owned by the Agency or the Mortgagor and specifically described in the granting clauses hereof, but at any and all times the Mortgagor and/or the Agency will, as applicable, at the sole expense of the Mortgagor, execute and deliver to the Mortgagee any and all such further assurances, mortgages, conveyances or assignments thereof as the Mortgagee may require for the purpose of expressly and specifically subjecting the same to the lien of this Mortgage, provided that, with respect to the Agency such deeds, conveyance, mortgage, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers and assurances are so authorized by the Act.

 

SECTION 1.07.     (a) The Mortgagor, from time to time when the same shall become due and payable, will pay and discharge all taxes of every kind and nature, all general and special assessments, levies, permits, inspection and license fees, all water and sewer rents and charges, and all other public charges whether of a like or different nature, including any payment-in-lieu of tax payments, imposed upon or assessed against the Mortgaged Property (or upon the revenues, rents, issues, income and profits of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, or arising in respect of the occupancy, use or possession thereof collectively the "Taxes"). The Mortgagor will, upon the request of the Mortgagee, deliver to the Mortgagee receipts evidencing the payment of all such Taxes.

 

(b)     The Mortgagor, upon demand of the Mortgagee after the occurrence of an Event of Default, will be required to pay to Mortgagee on the first day of each calendar month one- twelfth of an amount (the "Escrow Fund") which would be sufficient to pay the Taxes payable, or estimated by Mortgagee to be payable, during the ensuing twelve (12) months. Mortgagee will apply the Escrow Fund to the payment of Taxes which are required to be paid by Mortgagor pursuant to the provisions of this Mortgage. If the amount of the Escrow Fund shall exceed the amount of the Taxes payable by the Mortgagor pursuant to the provisions of this Mortgage as determined by the Mortgagee from time to time, Mortgagee shall return any excess to Mortgagor. If the Escrow Fund is not sufficient

 

 

 

 

to pay the Taxes, as the same become payable, the Mortgagor shall pay to Mortgagee, upon demand, the amount which Mortgagee shall estimate as sufficient to make up the deficiency. Until expended or applied as above provided, any amounts in the Escrow Fund may be commingled with the general funds of Mortgagee and shall constitute additional security for the Indebtedness and shall not bear interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as Taxes are being collected and paid pursuant to a payment- in-lieu of tax arrangement with the Agency, Mortgagor shall not be required to pay Taxes to Mortgagee pursuant to this Section 1.07(b).

 

(c)     The Mortgagor will pay, from time to time when the same shall become due, all lawful claims and demands of mechanics, materialmen, laborers and others, which claims and demands, if unpaid, might result in, or permit the creation of, a lien on the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or on the revenues, rents, issues, income and profits arising therefrom and in general will do or cause to be done everything necessary so that the lien of this Mortgage shall be fully preserved, at the cost of the Mortgagor, without expense to the Mortgagee.

 

(d)     Nothing in this Section shall require the payment or discharge of any obligation imposed upon the Mortgagor by this Section so long as the Mortgagor shall in good faith and at its own expense contest the same or the validity thereof by appropriate legal proceedings which shall operate to prevent the collection thereof or other realization thereon and the sale or forfeiture of the Premises or any part thereof to satisfy the same; provided that during such contest the Mortgagor shall, at the option of the Mortgagee, provide security satisfactory to the Mortgagee, assuring the discharge of the Mortgagor's obligation hereunder and of any additional charge, penalty or expense arising from or incurred as a result of such contest; and provided further that if, at any time, payment of any obligation imposed upon the Mortgagor by subsection (a) of this Section shall become necessary to prevent the delivery of a tax deed, or its equivalent, conveying the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, because of non-payment, then the Mortgagor shall pay the same in sufficient time to prevent the delivery of such tax deed or its equivalent.

 

SECTION 1.08.     The Mortgagor will pay any and all taxes, charges, fees and/or levies by reason of the Mortgagee's ownership of the Note or this Mortgage and/or resulting from the exercise by the Mortgagee of any of its rights and/or remedies provided for under this Mortgage, except for income taxes and any gains tax law which may hereafter be enacted. The obligations assumed by the Mortgagor pursuant to this Section shall survive the exercise by the Mortgagee of any of its rights and/or remedies under this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 1.09.     (a) The Mortgagor shall keep the Improvements and Chattels insured against damage by fire and other hazards covered by the standard extended coverage insurance policy, and each policy shall be endorsed to name the Mortgagee as an insured thereunder, as its interest may appear, with loss payable to the Mortgagee, without contribution or assessment, pursuant to a standard first mortgage endorsement substantially equivalent to the New York standard mortgagee endorsement. All insurance policies and endorsements required pursuant to this Section shall be fully paid for, nonassessable and contain such provisions and expiration dates and be in such form and amounts and issued by such insurance companies satisfactory to the Mortgagee. Without limiting the foregoing, each policy shall specifically provide that (i) such policy may not be cancelled except upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Mortgagee and that no act or thing done by the Mortgagor shall invalidate the policy as against the Mortgagee and (ii) any and all insurance proceeds will be paid to the Mortgagee so long as Mortgagee certifies to the insurer that the unpaid Indebtedness exceeds the proceeds of insurance. In addition, the Mortgagee may require the Mortgagor to carry such other insurance on the Improvements and Chattels in such amounts as may from time to time be required by institutional lenders, against insurable casualties (including risks of war and nuclear explosion) which at the time are commonly insured against in the case of Premises similarly situated. The Mortgagor will assign and

 

 

 

 

deliver the policy or policies of all such insurance to the Mortgagee, which policy or policies shall have endorsed thereon an endorsement substantially equivalent to the New York standard mortgagee endorsement in the name of the Mortgagee, so and in such manner and form that the Mortgagee and its successors and assigns shall at all times have and hold said policy or policies as collateral and further security for the payment of the Indebtedness until the full payment of the Indebtedness. In addition, from time to time, upon occurrence of any change in the use, operation or value of the Premises, or in the availability of insurance in the area in which the Premises are located, the Mortgagor shall, within five (5) days after demand by the Mortgagee, take out such additional amounts and/or such other kinds of insurance as the Mortgagee may reasonably require.

 

(b)     The Mortgagor shall not take out separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section, unless the Mortgagee is included thereon as a named insured with loss payable to the Mortgagee under the standard mortgage endorsement of the character above described. The Mortgagor shall immediately notify the Mortgagee whenever any such separate insurance is taken out and shall promptly deliver to the Mortgagee the policy or policies of such insurance. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, Mortgagee hereby acknowledges that the Mortgagor is required to provide insurance for the benefit of the Agency pursuant to the terms of the Agency Lease.

 

(c)     If the Premises, or any part thereof, are located in an area which has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as a flood hazard area, the Mortgagor will keep, for as long as any Indebtedness remains unpaid, the Improvements covered by flood insurance in an amount at least equal to the full amount of the Note or the maximum limit of coverage available for the Premises under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as the same may have been or may hereafter be amended or modified (and any successor act thereto), whichever is less.

 

(d)     The Mortgagor shall give the Mortgagee prompt notice of any loss covered by insurance and the Mortgagee shall have the right to join the Mortgagor in adjusting any loss in excess of $25,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in Section 254 of the Real Property Law of the State of New York or any other provision of applicable law, the proceeds of insurance policies coming into the possession of the Mortgagee shall not be deemed trust funds and the Mortgagee shall have the option in its sole discretion to apply any insurance proceeds it may receive pursuant hereto, or otherwise, to the payment of the Indebtedness or to allow all or a portion of such proceeds to be used for the restoration of the Mortgaged Property. In the event any such insurance proceeds shall be used to reduce the Indebtedness, the same shall be applied by the Mortgagee, after the deduction therefrom and repayment to the Mortgagee of any and all costs incurred by the Mortgagee in the recovery thereof, in any manner it shall designate including but not limited to, the application of such proceeds to the then unpaid installments of the principal balance due under the Note in the inverse order of their maturity, such that the regular payments, if any, under the Note shall not be reduced or altered in any manner.

 

(e)      INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

 

(f)     The Mortgagor shall give the Mortgagee prompt written notice of damage to or destruction of the Improvements and Chattels or any part thereof and, unless the Indebtedness is paid in full to Mortgagee within thirty (30) days of the date of said damage or destruction, and provided that such proceeds are made available to Mortgagor, Mortgagor shall promptly commence and diligently continue to perform the repairs, restoration and rebuilding of the portion of the Improvements and Chattels so damaged or destroyed (hereinafter the "Work") so as to restore the Improvements and Chattels in full compliance with all legal requirements and so that the Mortgaged

 

 

 

 

Property shall be at least equal in value and general utility as they were prior to such damage or destruction, and if such damage or destruction, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgagee, shall exceed One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dollars (hereinafter, collectively "Major Work"), the Mortgagor shall, prior to the commencement of the work, furnish to the Mortgagee for its approval: ( l) complete plans and specifications for the Work, with satisfactory evidence of the approval thereof (i) by all governmental authorities whose approval is required and (ii) by an architect satisfactory to the Mortgagee (hereinafter, the "Architect") and which shall be accompanied by the Architect's signed estimate, bearing the Architect's seal, of the entire cost of completing the Work; (2) certified or photostatic copies of all permits and approvals required by law in connection with the commencement and conduct of the Work; and (3) a surety bond or guaranty of the payment for and completion of the Work, which bond or guaranty shall be in form satisfactory to Mortgagee and shall be signed by surety or sureties, or guarantor or guarantors, as the case may be, who are acceptable to the Mortgagee, and in an amount not less than the Architect's estimate of the entire cost of completing the Work, less the amount of insurance proceeds and Mortgagor deposits, if any, then held by the Mortgagee for application toward the cost of the Work. The Mortgagor shall not commence any of the Work until the Mortgagor shall have complied with applicable requirements referred to in this subsection (t), and after commencing the Work the Mortgagor shall perform the Work diligently and in good faith in accordance with the plans and specifications referred to in this subsection (t), if applicable.

 

(g)     If the insurance proceeds, less the cost, if any, to the Mortgagee of such recovery and of paying out such proceeds (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs allocable to inspecting the Work and the plans and specifications therefor) should be paid towards restoration of the Improvements and Chattels or if such insurance proceeds are applied toward such restoration, then such insurance proceeds shall be applied by the Mortgagee as follows:

 

(i)     To the payment of the cost of the Work and shall be paid out from time to time to the Mortgagor and/or, at the Mortgagee's option exercised from time to time, directly to the contractor, subcontractors, materialmen, laborers, engineers, architects and other persons rendering services or materials for the Work, as said Work progresses except as otherwise hereinafter provided, but subject to the following conditions, any of which the Mortgagee may freely waive:

 

(A)     If the Work to be done is Major Work, as determined by the Mortgagee, the Architect shall be in charge of the Work;

 

(B)     Each request for payment shall be made on seven (7) days prior notice to the Mortgagee and shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Architect if one is required under subsection (t) above, otherwise by a certificate of an officer of the Mortgagor, stating (i) that all of the Work completed has been done in compliance with the approved plans and specifications, if any be required under said subsection (t), and in accordance with all provisions of law; (ii) the sum requested is justly required to reimburse the Mortgagor for payments by the Mortgagor to, or is justly due to, the contractor, subcontractor, materialmen, laborers, engineers, architects or other persons rendering services or materials for the Work (giving a brief description of such services and materials), and that when added to all sums, if any, previously paid out by the Mortgagee does not exceed the value of the Work done to date of such certificate, and (iii) that the amount of such proceeds and other deposits remaining in the hands of the Mortgagee will be sufficient on completion of the Work to pay for the same in full (giving in such reasonable detail as the Mortgagee may require an estimate of the cost of such completion);

 

(C)     Each request shall be accompanied by waivers of liens satisfactory to the Mortgagee covering that part of the Work previously paid for, if any, and by a search prepared by the title company which insured the lien of the Mortgage or by other evidence satisfactory to

 

 

 

 

the Mortgagee, that there has not been filed with respect to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof any mechanic's lien or other lien or instrument for the retention of title in respect of any part of the Work not discharged of record and that there exist no encumbrances on or affecting the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof other than encumbrances, if any, existing as of the date hereof and which have been approved by the Mortgagee;

 

(D)     The request for any payment after the Work has been completed shall be accompanied by a copy of all certificates, permits, licenses, waivers and/or other documents required by law to render occupancy of the Premises and/or Improvements legal; and

 

(ii)     Upon completion of the Work and payment in full therefor, or upon failure on the part of the Mortgagor to commence, as provided in subsection (t) of this Section, or diligently to continue the Work, or at any time upon request by the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee may apply the amount of any such proceeds then or thereafter in the hands of the Mortgagee to the payment of the Indebtedness, provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Mortgagee from applying at any time the whole or any part of such proceeds to the curing of any default under this Mortgage or the Note.

 

SECTION 1.10.     If the Mortgagor shall fail to perform any of the covenants contained in Section 1.01, 1.03, 1.05, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.12 or 1.21 the Mortgagee may make advances to perform the same in its behalf upon ten (10) days' prior written notice to Mortgagor, and all sums so advanced shall be a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and shall be secured hereby. The Mortgagor will repay on demand all sums so advanced on its behalf with interest at the Involuntary Rate. The provisions of this Section shall not prevent any default in the observance of any covenant contained in said Section 1.01, 1.03, 1.05, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.12 or 1.21 from constituting an Event of Default.

 

SECTION 1.11.     (a)     The Mortgagor will keep adequate records and books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and will permit the Mortgagee, by its agents, accountants and attorneys, to visit and inspect the Premises and examine its records and books of account and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with the officers of the Mortgagor, at such reasonable times as may be requested by the Mortgagee.

 

 

(b)   Throughout the term of the Loan, the Mortgagee shall receive the following:

 

(i)     annually, Form 10-K of the Guarantor prepared by an accounting firm acceptable to the Mortgagee, within 120 days of each fiscal year-end;

 

(ii)     quarterly, Form 10-Q of the Guarantor prepared by an accounting firm acceptable to the Mortgagee, within 60 days of each fiscal quarter-end;

 

(iii)    annual tax returns of the Mortgagor to be provided within 30 days of filing; and

 

(iv)     such other information concerning the business operation or financial condition of the Mortgagor and the Guarantor as the Mortgagee may reasonably require.

 

(c)     The Mortgagor, within ten (10) days upon request by mail, will furnish a written statement duly acknowledged of the amount due whether for principal or interest on the Note and whether any offsets, counterclaims or defenses exist against the Mortgagee, or the Indebtedness, or any part thereof.

 

 

 

 

(d)     The Mortgagor shall, upon reasonable notice from the Mortgagee, permit the Mortgagee and its agents, representatives or designees access to the Premises from time to time for the purpose of conducting an appraisal of the fair value of the Premises. The Mortgagor agrees that it shall be solely responsible for the costs and expenses of any such appraisal. No failure or omission on the part of the Mortgagee to request any such appraisals shall relieve the Mortgagor of any of its obligations under this Paragraph.

 

(e)     Mortgagor shall maintain at all times during the term of the Loan a deposit account ("Account") with Mortgagee which shall have a balance in immediately available funds on the dates on which installments of principal and interest are due sufficient to pay the installments due hereunder and Mortgagee is authorized to debit the Account for payment of the installments of principal, interest and escrow amounts due and owing. The Mortgagor and Guarantor shall maintain their primary banking and depository relationship with the Mortgagee, and in the event that the Mortgagor and Guarantor cease to maintain their primary banking and depository relationship with the Mortgagee, reserves the right to increase the interest rate on the Note by one (1%) percent per annum until such time as the Mortgagor and Guarantor resume the maintenance of their primary banking and depository relationship with the Mortgagee.

 

(f)     CVD Equipment Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries shall maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ("FCCR") of no less than 1.10: I to be measured as of each fiscal quarter end over the term of the Loan. FCCR is defined as ((EBITDA minus (the sum of distributions plus unfunded capital expenditures plus cash taxes) divided by (the sum of interest expense plus current maturities of long term debt - excluding current maturities of long term debt secured by cash)). Unfunded capital expenditures excludes the equity requirement to purchase the Premises (or any other property purchased which is financed by the Mortgagee) (collectively, the "Property") and improvements to the Property.

 

(g)     Throughout the term of the Loan and Refinance Loan (as defined in the Note), as the case may be, the outstanding principal balance due, together with all unpaid interest which shall have accrued thereon, shall not exceed 75% of the fair market value of the Premises at the time of any such determination (the "LTV Requirement"). Fair market value shall be determined by the Mortgagee from time to time by reference to acceptable guides and indices and/or appraisals paid for by the Mortgagor or such other means as Mortgagee, in its discretion, deems appropriate. In the event that Mortgagee shall at any time determine that the loan to value ratio is greater than 75%, the Mortgagor shall within ten (10) days of notice and demand by Mortgagee, either reduce the loan amount or pledge such additional collateral as may be acceptable to Mortgagee in order to maintain the required loan to value ratio. The Mortgagor's failure to either reduce the Loan balance as necessary or satisfy Mortgagee's demand for additional collateral acceptable to it within ten (10) days of notice having been given by Mortgagee shall be considered a default.

 

SECTION 1.12.     The Mortgagor will not commit any waste on the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, or make any change in the use of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, which will in any way impair the value of the Mortgaged Property in the judgment of the Mortgagee, or in any way increase any ordinary fire or other hazard arising out of construction or operation. The Mortgagor will, at all times, maintain the Improvements in good operating order and condition and will promptly make, from time to time, all repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements in connection therewith which are needful or desirable to such end. The Improvements shall not be demolished or substantially altered, nor shall any Chattels be removed without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee except where appropriate replacements free of superior title, liens and claims are immediately made having value at least equal to the value of the removed Chattels. Without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor shall not (a) initiate or acquiesce in a change in the zoning classification

 

 

 

 

of and/or restrictive covenants affecting the Premises or seek any variance under existing zoning ordinances, (b) use or permit the use of the Premises in a manner which may result in the use of the Premises becoming a non conforming use under applicable zoning ordinances, (c) subject the Premises to restrictive covenants, or (d) establish any condominium or cooperative regime with respect to the Premises. The Mortgagor will perform and comply promptly with and cause the Mortgaged Property to be maintained, used and operated in accordance with, any and all (i) present and future laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and requirements of ever duly constituted governmental or quasi-governmental authority agency applicable to the Mortgagor or the Mortgaged Property, including permits, licenses and/or certificates that may be, (ii) similarly applicable orders, rules and regulations of any regulatory, licensing, accrediting, insurance underwriting or rating organization or other body exercising similar functions, (iii) similarly applicable duties or obligations of any kind imposed under any Permitted Encumbrance or otherwise by law, covenant, condition, agreement or easement, public or private, and (iv) policies of insurance at any time in force with respect to the Mortgaged Property.

 

SECTION 1.13.     The Mortgagor, immediately upon obtaining knowledge of the institution of any proceedings for the condemnation of the Premises or any part thereof, will notify the Mortgagee of the pendency of such proceedings. The Mortgagee may participate in any such proceedings and the Mortgagor from time to time will deliver to the Mortgagee all instruments requested by it to permit such participation. In the event of such condemnation proceedings, the award or compensation payable is hereby assigned to and shall be paid to the Mortgagee. The Mortgagee shall be under no obligation to question the amount of any such award or compensation and may accept the same in the amount in which the same shall be paid. In any such condemnation proceedings, the Mortgagee may be represented by counsel selected by the Mortgagee. The proceeds of any award or compensation so received shall be applied toward the restoration of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the same terms, provisions and conditions which are applicable to the use of insurance proceeds as set forth in Sections 1.09 (d), (e), (f) and (g) herein provided that the Mortgagor has met the conditions contained in Sections 1.09 (d), (e), (f) and (g) or, if the Mortgagor has not met the conditions contained in Sections 1.09 (d), (e), (f) and (g), to the payment of the Indebtedness, notwithstanding the fact that the Indebtedness may not then be due and payable, or to the restoration of the Improvements. In the event that any portion of the condemnation awards or compensation shall be used to reduce the Indebtedness, same shall be applied by the Mortgagee in any manner it shall designate, including, but not limited to, the application of such award or compensation to the then unpaid installments of the principal balance due under the Note in the inverse order of their maturity such that the regular payments under the Note shall not be reduced or altered in any manner. The Mortgagor, upon request by the Mortgagee, shall make, execute and deliver any and all instruments requested for the purpose of confirming the assignment of the aforesaid awards and compensation to the Mortgagee free and clear of any liens, charges or encumbrances of any kind or nature whatsoever. The Mortgagee shall not be limited to the interest paid on the proceeds of any award or compensation, but shall be entitled to the payment by the Mortgagor of interest at the applicable rate provided for in the Note.

 

SECTION 1.14.     (a) The Agency or Mortgagor will not execute an assignment of the rents (except the Agency's Unassigned Rights), or any part thereof, from the Premises. In no event shall (i) the Mortgagor, without the prior consent of the Mortgagee, (a) terminate or consent to the cancellation or surrender of any lease (except the Company Lease and Agency Lease), (b) modify any lease or sublease, or (c) accept prepayments of any installments of rents to become due under any lease or sublease, except prepayments in the nature of security for the performance of the lessee thereunder, and (d) enter into any lease of all or a portion of the Premises without the prior consent of the Mortgagee, it being understood however, that the Company Lease, Agency Lease and Sublease are approved by the Mortgagee, and (ii) CVD Equipment Corporation fail to occupy at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the rentable square footage of the Premises for the operation of its business throughout the term of this Mortgage, it being understood and agreed that the Sublease at all times shall (i) be a "triple net" lease

 

 

 

 

which shall provide for monthly rental payments sufficient to enable Mortgagor to meet the FCCR requirement set forth in Section 1.1 l(t) herein, (ii) contain an expiration date to occur at least five (5) years from the date hereof, and an additional five years from the closing of the Refinance Loan (as defined in the Note) as the case may be, and (iii) provide that throughout the term of the Loan and Refinance Loan, as the case may be, the CVD Materials Corporation as tenant under the Sublease shall occupy a minimum of 51% of the rentable area of the Premises. At no time during the term of the Loan and Refinance Loan, as the case may be, shall fifty percent (50%) or more of the primary source of payments on the Loan and Refinance Loan be derived from third-party income unaffiliated with the Mortgagor.

 

(b)     The Mortgagor will not execute any lease of all or a substantial portion of the Premises except for actual occupancy by the lessee thereunder (except the Company Lease and Agency Lease) and will at all times promptly and faithfully perform, or cause to be performed promptly, all of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained in all leases and subleases of the Premises, or any part thereof, now or hereafter existing, on the part of the lessor or sublessor thereunder to be kept and performed and will at all times do all things necessary to compel performance by the lessee or sublessee, as the case may be, under each lease of all obligations, covenants and agreements by such lessee to be performed thereunder. If any of such leases provide for the giving by the lessee of certificates with respect to the status of such leases, the Mortgagor shall exercise its right to request such certificates within ten (10) days of any demand therefore by the Mortgagee.

 

(c)     The Mortgagor shall furnish to the Mortgagee, within thirty (30) days after a request by the Mortgagee to do so, a written statement containing the names of all lessees of the Premises, the terms of their respective leases, the space occupied and the rentals payable thereunder not more than once per year.

 

SECTION 1.15.     To the extent not so provided by applicable law each lease of the Premises (except the Company Lease and Agency Lease), or of any part thereof, shall provide that, in the event of the enforcement by the Mortgagee of the remedies provided for by law or by this Mortgage, the lessee thereunder will, upon request of any person succeeding to the interest of the Mortgagor as a result of such enforcement, automatically become the lessee of said successor in interest, without change in the terms or other provisions of such lease, provided, however, that said successor in interest shall not be bound by (i) any payment of rent or additional rent for more than one month in advance, except prepayments in the nature of security for the performance by said lessee of its obligations under said lease, or (ii) any amendment or modification of the lease made without the consent of the Mortgagee or such successor in interest. If the Premises, or any part thereof, are located within the State of New York, then reference is hereby made to Section 291-f of the Real Property Law of the State of New York, for purposes of obtaining for the Mortgagee the benefit of Section 291-f in connection with this Mortgage. Each such lease shall provide that upon request by such successor in interest, such lessee shall execute and deliver an instrument or instruments confirming such attornment.

 

SECTION 1.16.     Intentionally Omitted.

 

SECTION 1.17.     In the event any payment provided for herein or in the Note shall become overdue for a period in excess of ten (10) days, a late charge of five cents (5¢) for each dollar so overdue shall become immediately due to the Mortgagee for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to handling such delinquent payment, and such charge shall be deemed to be part of the Indebtedness and therefore secured by the lien of this Mortgage. Late charges shall be payable with the next installment of principal and/or interest due under the Note.

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.18.     The Mortgagor, in compliance with Section 13 of the Lien Law of the State of New York, will receive the advances secured by this Mortgage and will hold the right to receive such advances as a trust fund to be applied first for the purpose of paying the cost of improvement and will apply the same first to the payment of the cost of improvement before using any part of the total of the same for any other purpose.

 

SECTION 1.19.     The Mortgagor agrees that it shall indemnify and hold the Mortgagee harmless against any loss or liability, cost or expense, including without limitation, any judgments, attorneys' fees, costs of appeal bonds and printing costs, arising out of or relating to any proceedings instituted by any claimant alleging priority over the lien of this Mortgage and/or if the Premises or any part thereof is within the State of New York by any claimant alleging a violation by the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee of any section of Article 3-A of the Lien Law of the State of New York.

 

SECTION 1.20.     The Mortgagor shall execute and deliver to the appropriate governmental authority any affidavit, instrument, document and/or filing required pursuant to any applicable statute, ordinance, rule and/or regulation.

 

SECTION 1.21.     The Mortgagor expressly covenants and agrees to pay in full the fees and expenses of the Mortgagee's counsel, promptly upon the receipt of a statement therefor, which are incurred prior to and after the date hereof and which fees and expenses arise in connection with any matter incidental to the loan which is evidenced by the Note and secured by this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 1.22.     (a) The Mortgagor represents and warrants that except as otherwise disclosed by that certain Phase I Environmental Site Assessment report dated October 30, 2017 prepared by The Vertex Companies, Inc., in respect of the Premises delivered to Mortgagee (referred to below as the "Environmental Report"), a copy of which has been provided to Mortgagor, (i) there are no Hazardous Substances (defined below) or underground storage tanks in, on, or under the Premises, except those that are both (A) in compliance with all Environmental Laws (defined below) and with permits issued pursuant thereto and (B) fully disclosed to Mortgagee in writing pursuant to the Environmental Report; (ii) there are no past, present or threatened Releases (defined below) of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Premises which have not been fully remediated in accordance with Environmental Law; (iii) there is no threat of any Release of Hazardous Substances migrating to the Premises; (iv) there is no past or present non-compliance with Environmental Laws, or with permits issued pursuant thereto, in connection with the Premises which has not been fully remediated in accordance with Environmental Law; (v) Mortgagor does not know of, and has not received, any written or oral notice or other communication from any Person (including but not limited to a governmental entity) relating to Hazardous Substances or Remediation (defined below) thereof, or possible liability of any Person pursuant to any Environmental Law, other environmental conditions in connection with the Premises, or any actual or potential administrative or judicial proceedings in connection with any of the foregoing; and (vi) Mortgagor has truthfully and fully provided to Mortgagee, in writing, any and all information relating to conditions in, on, under or from the Premises that is known to Mortgagor and that is contained in files and records of Mortgagor, including but not limited to any reports relating to Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Premises and/or to the environmental condition of the Premises.

 

(b)     The Premises complies in all respects with the ADA.

 

(c)     Mortgagor covenants and agrees that: (i) all uses and operations on or of the Premises, whether by Mortgagor or any other Person, shall be in compliance with all Environmental Laws and permits issued pursuant thereto; (ii) there shall be no Releases of Hazardous Substances in, on, under or from the Premises; (iii) there shall be no Hazardous Substances in, on, or under the Premises, except those that are both (A) in compliance with all Environmental Laws and with permits issued

 

 

 

 

pursuant thereto and (B) fully disclosed to Mortgagee in writing; (iv) Mortgagor shall keep the Premises free and clear of all liens and other encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law, whether due to any act or omission of Mortgagor or any other Person (the "Environmental Liens"); (v) Mortgagor shall, at its sole cost and expense, fully and expeditiously cooperate in all activities pursuant to Section 1.22 (d) of this Mortgage, including but not limited to providing all relevant information and making knowledgeable Persons available for interviews; (vi) Mortgagor shall, at its sole cost and expense, perform any environmental site assessment or other investigation of environmental conditions in connection with the Premises, pursuant to any reasonable written request of Mortgagee (including but not limited to sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), and share with Mortgagee the reports and other results thereof, and Mortgagee shall be entitled to rely on such reports and other results thereof; (vii) Mortgagor shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all reasonable written requests of Mortgagee to (A) effectuate Remediation of any condition (including but not limited to a Release of a Hazardous Substance) in, on, under or from the Premises; (B) comply with any Environmental Law; (C) comply with any directive from any governmental authority; and (D) take any other reasonable action necessary or appropriate for protection of human health or the environment; (viii) Mortgagor shall not do or allow any tenant or other user of the Premises to do any act that materially increases the dangers to human health or the environment, poses an unreasonable risk of harm to any Person (whether on or off the Premises), impairs or may impair the value of the Premises, is contrary to any requirement of any insurer, constitutes a public or private nuisance, constitutes waste, or violates any covenant, condition, agreement or easement applicable to the Premises; and (ix) Mortgagor shall immediately notify Mortgagee in writing of (A) any presence or Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Substances in, on, under, from or migrating towards the Premises; (B) any non-compliance with any Environmental Laws related in any way to the Premises; (C) any actual or potential Environmental Lien; (D) any required or proposed Remediation of environmental conditions relating to the Premises; and (E) any written or oral notice or other communication of which any Mortgagor becomes aware from any source whatsoever (including but not limited to a governmental entity) relating in any way to Hazardous Substances or Remediation thereof, possible liability of any Person pursuant to any Environmental Law, other environmental conditions in connection with the Premises, or any actual or potential administrative or judicial proceedings in connection with anything referred to in this Mortgage.

 

(d)     In the event the Mortgagee has reason to believe that an environmental hazard exists on the Premises that does not, in the sole discretion of the Mortgagee, endanger any Tenants or other occupants of the Premises or their guests or the general public or materially and adversely affects the value of the Premises, upon reasonable notice from the Mortgagee, Mortgagor shall, at Mortgagor's expense, promptly cause an engineer or consultant satisfactory to the Mortgagee to conduct any environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Mortgagee) and take any samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials or any other invasive testing requested by Mortgagee and promptly deliver the results of any such assessment, audit, sampling or other testing: provided, however, if such results are not delivered to the Mortgagee within a reasonable period or if the Mortgagee have reason to believe that an environmental hazard exists on the Premises that, in the sole judgment of the Mortgagee, endangers any tenant or other occupant of the Premises or their guests or the general public or may materially and adversely affect the value of the Premises, upon reasonable notice to Mortgagor, the Mortgagee and any other Person designated by the Mortgagee, including but not limited to any receiver, any representative of a governmental entity, and any environmental consultant, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to enter upon the Premises at all reasonable times to assess any and all aspects of the environmental condition of the Premises and its use, including but not limited to conducting any environmental assessment or audit (the scope of which shall be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Mortgagee) and taking samples of soil, groundwater or other water, air, or building materials, and

 

 

 

 

reasonably conducting other invasive testing. Mortgagor shall cooperate with and provide the Mortgagee and any such Person designated by the Mortgagee with access to the Premises.

 

(e)     Mortgagor covenants and agrees, at its sole cost and expense, to protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold Mortgagee harmless from and against any and all Losses (defined below) imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Mortgagee and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following: (a) any presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, above, or under the Premises; (b) any past, present or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, above, under or from the Premises; (c) any activity by Mortgagor, any Person affiliated with Mortgagor, and any tenant or other user of the Premises in connection with any actual, proposed or threatened use, treatment, storage, holding, existence, disposition or other Release, generation, production, manufacturing, processing, refining, control, management, abatement, removal, handling, transfer or transportation to or from the Premises of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Premises; (d) any activity by Mortgagor, any Person affiliated with Mortgagor, and any tenant or other user of the Premises in connection with any actual or proposed Remediation of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Premises, whether or not such Remediation is voluntary or pursuant to court or administrative order, including but not limited to any removal, remedial or corrective action; (e) any past, present or threatened non-compliance or violations of any Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to any Environmental Law) in connection with the Premises or operations thereon, including but not limited to any failure by Mortgagor, any Person affiliated with Mortgagor, and any tenant or other user of the Premises to comply with any order of any governmental authority in connection with any Environmental Laws; (f) the imposition, recording or filing or the threatened imposition, recording or filing of any Environmental Lien encumbering the Premises; (g) any administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in any way connected with any matter addressed in this Mortgage; (h) any past, present or threatened injury to, destruction of or loss of natural resources in any way connected with the Premises, including but not limited to costs to investigate and assess such injury, destruction or loss; (i) any acts of Mortgagor, any Person affiliated with Mortgagor, and any tenant or other user of the Premises in arranging for disposal or treatment, or arranging with a transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of Hazardous Substances at any facility or incineration vessel containing such or similar Hazardous Substances; G) any acts of Mortgagor, any Person affiliated with any Mortgagor, and any tenant or other user of the Premises in accepting any Hazardous Substances for transport to disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites from which there is a Release, or a threatened Release of any Hazardous Substance which causes the incurrence of costs for Remediation; (k) any personal injury, wrongful death, or Premises or other damage arising under any statutory or common law or tort law theory, including but not limited to damages assessed for private or public nuisance or for the conducting of an abnormally dangerous activity on or near the Premises; and (l) any past present or future non-compliance with the ADA; and

 

(m) misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty or material breach or failure to perform any covenants or other obligations pursuant to this Mortgage.

 

(f) Upon written request by the Mortgagee, Mortgagor shall defend same (if requested by the Mortgagee, in the name of the Mortgagee) by attorneys and other professionals approved by the Mortgagee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mortgagee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, engage its own attorneys and other professionals to defend or assist it, and, at the option of the Mortgagee, its attorneys shall control the resolution of any claim or proceeding, providing that no compromise or settlement shall be entered without Mortgagor's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon demand, Mortgagor shall pay or, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Mortgagee, reimburse, the Mortgagee for the payment of reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals in connection therewith.

 

 

 

 

(g)        Definitions. As used in this Section 1.22, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

"ADA" shall mean the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

"Environmental Law" means any present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, relating to protection of human health or the environment, relating to Hazardous Substances, relating to liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to human health or the environment. The term "Environmental Law" includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successor thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Substances Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the River and Harbors Appropriation Act. The term "Environmental Law" also includes, but is not limited to, any present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law: conditioning transfer of Premises upon a negative declaration or other approval of a governmental authority of the environmental condition of the Premises; requiring notification or disclosure of Releases of Hazardous Substances or other environmental condition of the Premises to any Governmental Authority or other Person, whether or not in connection with transfer of title to or interest in property; imposing conditions or requirements in connection with permits or other authorization for lawful activity; relating to nuisance, trespass or other causes of action related to the Premises; and relating to wrongful death, personal injury, or property or other damage in connection with any physical condition or use of the Premises.

 

"Hazardous Substances" shall mean but is not limited to any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Laws or that may have a negative impact on human health or the environment, including but not limited to petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead, radon, radioactive materials, flammables and explosives, but excluding substances of kinds and in amounts ordinarily and customarily used or stored in similar properties for the purposes of cleaning or other maintenance or operations and otherwise in compliance with all Environmental Laws.

 

"Mortgagee" shall mean Mortgagee, any Person who is or will have been involved in the origination of the Loan, any Person who is or will have been involved with the servicing of the Loan, any Person in whose name the encumbrance created by this Mortgage is or will have been recorded, Persons who may hold or acquire or will have held a full or partial interest in the Loan as well as the respective directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees, agents, servants, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, affiliates, subsidiaries, participants, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing (including but not limited to any other Person who holds or acquires or will have held a participation or other full or partial interest in the Loan or the Premises, whether during the term of the Loan or as a part of or following a foreclosure of the

 

 

 

 

Loan and including, but not limited to, any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of Mortgagee's assets and business).

 

"Legal Action" shall mean any claim, suit or proceeding, whether administrative or judicial in nature.

 

"Losses" shall mean any losses, damages, costs, fees, expenses, claims, suits, judgments, awards, liabilities (including but not limited to strict liabilities), obligations, debts, diminutions in value, fines, penalties, charges, costs of Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), amounts paid in settlement, foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages, litigation costs, attorneys' fees, engineers' fees, environmental consultants' fees, and investigation costs (including but not limited to costs for sampling, testing and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials, and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas), of whatever kind or nature, and whether or not incurred in connection with any judicial or administrative proceedings, actions, claims, suits, judgments or awards.

 

"Person" shall mean any individual, limited liability company, partnership, corporation, trust or any other form of public, private or governmental entity or authority.

 

"Release" shall mean with respect to any Hazardous Substance but is not limited to any release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, leaching, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Substances.

 

"Remediation" shall mean but is not limited to any response, remedial, removal, or corrective action; any activity to clean up, detoxify, decontaminate, contain or otherwise remediate any Hazardous Substance; any actions to prevent, cure or mitigate any Release of any Hazardous Substance; any action to comply with any Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant thereto; any inspection, investigation, study, monitoring, assessment, audit, sampling and testing, laboratory or other analysis, or evaluation relating to any Hazardous Substances or to anything referred to herein.

 

SECTION 1.23.     The Mortgagor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

 

Neither the Mortgagor, the Guarantor nor CVD Materials Corporation is in violation of any legal requirements relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing (effective September 24, 2001, (the "Executive Order") and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56, the "Patriot Act").

 

Neither the Mortgagor, the Guarantor nor CVD Materials Corporation is a "Prohibited Person" which is defined as follows:

 

a person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;

 

a person or entity owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;

 

 

 

 

a person or entity with whom the Mortgagor is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any terrorism or money laundering legal requirements, including the Executive Order and the Patriot Act;

 

a person or entity who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports "terrorism" as defined in the Executive Order;

 

a person or entity that is named as a "specially designated national and blocked person" on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control; and

 

a person or entity who is affiliated with a person or entity listed above.

 

Neither the Mortgagor, the Guarantor nor CVD Materials Corporation will (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Prohibited Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Prohibited Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order; or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purposes of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in the Executive Order or the Patriot Act.

 

SECTION 1.24.     The Mortgagor agrees as follows:

 

(a)     The Mortgagor agrees that the Premises shall at all times comply or cause to be complied to the extent applicable with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended from time to time, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, as amended from time to time, all state and local laws and ordinances related to handicapped access and all rules, regulations, and orders issues pursuant thereto including, without limitation, the American with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, as amended from time to time (collectively, "Access Laws").

 

(b)     Notwithstanding any prov1s1ons set forth herein or in any other documents regarding the Mortgagee's approval or alterations of the Premises but at all times subject to the Lease, the Mortgagor shall not alter the Premises in any manner which would increase the Mortgagor's responsibilities for compliance with the applicable Access Laws without the prior written approval of the Mortgagee. The foregoing shall apply to tenant improvements constructed by the Mortgagor or by any of its tenants. The Mortgagee may condition any such approval upon receipt of a certificate of Access Law compliance from an architect, engineer, or other person reasonably acceptable to the Mortgagee.

 

(c)     The Mortgagor agrees to give prompt notice to the Mortgagee of the receipt by the Mortgagor of any complaints related to violations of any Access Laws and of commencement of any proceedings or investigations which related to compliance with applicable Access Laws.

 

(End of Article I)

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

Events of Default and Remedies

 

SECTION 2.01.          If one or more of the following Events of Default shall happen, that is to say:

 

(a)     if (i) default shall be made in the payment of any interest due under the Note, or in the payment of any installment of principal due under the Note, in either such case, when and as the same shall become due and payable, or (ii) default shall be made in any other payment of the principal of the Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or by acceleration or as part of any prepayment or otherwise, in each case, as in the Note and this Mortgage provided or default in the payment of any other Indebtedness due to Mortgagee under this Mortgage, or (iii) default shall be made in the payment of any tax required by Section 1.07 to be paid and said default shall have continued for a period of twenty (20) days; or

 

(b)     if default shall be made in the due observance or performance of any covenant, term or agreement on the part of the Mortgagor contained in Section 1.01, 1.03, or 1.08, and such default shall have continued for a period of twenty (20) days after written notice specifying such default shall have been given to the Mortgagor by the Mortgagee, unless such term, covenant or agreement cannot be complied with or such default be cured in such period and provided further that the Mortgagor shall commence compliance with such term, covenant or agreement or curing such default and shall continue to diligently prosecute such compliance or curing such default; or

 

	 	
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			if any representation made in Section 1.01 shall have been false when made; or

			

 

(d)     if default shall be made in the due observance or performance of any other covenant, term or agreement on the part of the Mortgagor in the Note or in this Mortgage contained, and such default shall have continued for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice specifying such default shall have been given to the Mortgagor by the Mortgagee, unless such term, covenant or agreement cannot be complied with or such default be cured in such period and provided further that the Mortgagor shall commence compliance with such term, covenant or agreement or curing such default and shall continue to diligently prosecute such compliance or curing such default; or

 

(e)     if by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, or of the Mortgagor shall be appointed and such order shall not be discharged or dismissed within sixty (60) days after such appointment; or

 

(t) if the Mortgagor shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Mortgagor or of any substantial part of its property, or if the Mortgagor shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or if the Mortgagor shall fail generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or if the Mortgagor shall take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

 

(g)     if any of the creditors of the Mortgagor shall commence against the Mortgagor an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect and if such case shall not be discharged or dismissed within sixty (60) days after the date on which such case was commenced, or

 

 

 

 

(h)     if final judgment for the payment of money in excess of the sum of $10,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Mortgagor and the Mortgagor shall not discharge the same or cause it to be discharged within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof, or shall not appeal therefrom or from the order, decree or process upon which or pursuant to which said judgment was granted, based or entered, and secure a stay of execution pending such appeal; or

 

(i)     if any of the events enumerated in clauses (e) through (h) of this Section 2.01 shall happen to any Guarantor, if any, or any of its property; or

 

U) if any Guarantor defaults under or attempts to withdraw, cancel or disclaim liability under any guaranty issued to Mortgagee; or

 

(k)     if the Mortgagor sells, transfers, assigns, conveys or encumbers the Premises or any part thereof or any interest therein without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee; or

 

(I)     if a default occurs under any mortgage that is prior or subordinate to the lien of this Mortgage or the mortgagee under any prior or subordinate mortgage commences a foreclosure action in connection with said mortgage; it being further agreed by the Mortgagor that an Event of Default hereunder shall constitute an Event of Default under any such other mortgage or deed of trust held by the Mortgagee; or

 

(m)     if the Mortgagor or any Guarantor shall default under any other written agreement with the Mortgagee following notice and the expiration of any applicable cure period, including without limitation, any default under any Swap Transaction entered into by Lessee and Mortgagee, or if a Termination Event (as defined in the Swap Transaction) occurs and is continuing under the Swap Transaction; or

 

(n)     if any shares of the capital stock of the Mortgagor or any Guarantor, if the Mortgagor or such Guarantor is a corporation, shall be sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or alienated without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee; or

 

(o)     if any partnership or limited liability company interest in the Mortgagor or any Guarantor, if the Mortgagor or such Guarantor is a partnership, shall be sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or alienated without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee; or

 

(p)     if it shall be illegal for the Mortgagor to pay any tax referred to in Section 1.08 hereof or if the payment of such tax by the Mortgagor would result in the violation of the usury laws of the State of New York; or

 

(q)     if any person or entity having or claiming an interest in the Mortgagor or the Mortgaged Property commences an action or proceeding against the Mortgagor, the Mortgaged Property or any person or entity having or claiming an interest in the Mortgagor or the Mortgaged Property; or

 

(r)     if a default shall occur under the Company Lease, Agency Lease or the Sublease which continues beyond the applicable notice and grace periods; or

 

(s)     if the Mortgagor fails to deliver to the Mortgage by November 30, 2018 satisfactory proof that the following open permits have been removed of record from the Town of Islip Building Department records:

 

 

 

 

Open Permits

 

Building Permit issued on 10/13/2009 for interior alterations to cellu-tissue.

Building Permit issued on 10/13/2009 for interior alterations to cellu-tissue.

Building Permit issued on 11/19/2009 for a fire sprinkler system.

Building Permit issued on 9/13/2017 for interior alterations; then and in every such case:

 

I.     During the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Mortgagee, by written notice given to the Mortgagor, may declare the entire principal of the Note then outstanding (if not then due and payable), and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with all other Indebtedness, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the principal of the Note, said accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all other Indebtedness shall become and be immediately due and payable, anything in the Note or in this Mortgage to the contrary notwithstanding;

 

II.     During the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Mortgagee personally, or by its agents or attorneys, may enter into and upon all or any part of the Premises, and each and every part thereof, and may exclude the Mortgagor, its agents and servants wholly therefrom; and having and holding the same, may use, operate, manage and control the Premises and conduct the business thereof, either personally or by its superintendents, managers, agents, servants, attorneys or receivers; and upon every such entry, the Mortgagee, at the expense of the Mortgaged Property, from time to time, either by purchase, repairs or construction, may maintain and restore the Mortgaged Property, whereof it shall become possessed as aforesaid, may complete the construction of any of the Improvements and in the course of such completion may make such changes in the contemplated Improvements as it may deem desirable and may insure the same; and likewise, from time to time, at the expense of the Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagee may make all necessary or proper repairs, renewals and replacements and such useful alterations, additions, betterments and improvements thereto and thereon as to it may seem advisable; and in every such case the Mortgagee shall have the right to manage and operate the Mortgaged Property and to carry on the business thereof and exercise all rights and powers of the Mortgagor with respect thereto either in the name of the Mortgagor or otherwise as it shall deem best; and the Mortgagee shall be entitled to collect and receive all earnings, revenues, rents, issues profits and income of the Mortgaged Property and every part thereof, excluding the Agency's Unassigned Rights, and in furtherance of such right the Mortgagee may collect the rents payable under all leases of the Premises, excluding the Agency's Unassigned Rights, directly from the lessees thereunder upon notice to each such lessee that an Event of Default exists hereunder accompanied by a demand on such lessee for the payment to the Mortgagee of all rents due and to become due under its lease, and the Mortgagor FOR THE BENEFIT OF MORTGAGEE AND EACH SUCH LESSEE hereby covenants and agrees that the lessee shall be under no duty to question the accuracy of the Mortgagee's statement of default and shall unequivocally be authorized to pay said rents to the Mortgagee without regard to the truth of the Mortgagee's statement of default and notwithstanding notices from the Mortgagor disputing the existence of an Event of Default such that the payment of rent by the lessee to the Mortgagee pursuant to such a demand shall constitute performance in full of the lessee's obligation under the lease for the payment of rents by the lessee to the Mortgagor; and after deducting the expenses of conducting the business thereof and of all maintenance, repairs, renewals, replacements, alterations, additions, betterments and improvements and amounts necessary to pay for taxes, assessments, insurance and prior or other proper charges upon the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, as well as just and reasonable compensation for the services of the Mortgagee and for all attorneys, counsel, agents, clerks, servants and other employees by it properly engaged and employed, the Mortgagee shall apply the moneys arising as aforesaid, first to the payment of the principal of the Note and the interest thereon, when and as the same shall become

 

 

 

 

payable, and second to the payment of any other Indebtedness and sums required to be paid by the Mortgagor under this Mortgage.

 

III.     The Mortgagee, with or without entry, personally or by its agents or attorneys, insofar as applicable, may:

 

(1)     sell the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof pursuant to any procedures provided by applicable law, including, without limitation, the procedures set forth in Article 14 of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (and any amendments or substitute statutes in regard thereto), and all estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand therein, and right of redemption thereof, at one or more sales as an entirety or in parcels, and at such time and place upon such terms and after such notice thereof as may be required or permitted by applicable law; or

 

	 	
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			institute proceedings for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Mortgage; or

			

 

(3)     take such steps to protect and enforce its rights whether by action, suit or proceeding in equity or at law for the specific performance of any covenant, condition or agreement in the Note, or in this Mortgage, or in aid of the execution of any power herein granted, or for any foreclosure hereunder, or for the enforcement of any other appropriate legal or equitable remedy or otherwise as the Mortgagee shall elect; or

 

(4)     the Mortgagee also shall have such other rights and/or remedies provided to a mortgagee and/or a secured party by the Uniform Commercial Code as that model statute is enacted and in effect in the jurisdiction wherein the Premises are situated.

 

SECTION 2.02.     (a) The Mortgagee may adjourn from time to time any sale by it to be made under or by virtue of this Mortgage by announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such adjourned sale or sales; and, except as otherwise provided by any applicable provision of law, the Mortgagee, without further notice or publication, may make such sale at the time and place to which the same shall be so adjourned.

 

(b)     Upon the completion of any sale or sales made by the Mortgagee under or by virtue of this Article II, the Mortgagee, or an officer of any court empowered to do so, shall execute and deliver to the accepted purchaser or purchasers a good and sufficient instrument, or good and sufficient instruments, conveying, assigning and transferring all estate, right, title and interest in and to the property and rights sold and shall execute and deliver to the appropriate governmental authority any affidavit, instrument, document and/or filing required pursuant to any applicable statute, ordinance, rule and/or regulation. As long as the loan secured by this Mortgage remains unpaid the Mortgagee is hereby irrevocably appointed the true and lawful attorney of the Mortgagor, in its name and stead, to make all necessary conveyances, assignments, transfers and deliveries of the Mortgaged Property and rights so sold and for that purpose the Mortgagee may execute all necessary instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, including, without limitation, any affidavit, instrument, document or filing required pursuant to any applicable statute, rule or regulation, and may substitute one or more persons with like power, the Mortgagor hereby ratifying and confirming all that its said attorney or such substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof. Nevertheless the Mortgagor, if so requested by the Mortgagee, shall ratify and confirm any such sale or sales by executing and delivering to the Mortgagee or to such purchaser or purchasers all such instruments as may be advisable, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgagee, for that purpose, and as may be designated in such request. Any such sale or sales made under or by virtue of this Article II, whether made under or by virtue of judicial proceedings or of a judgment or decree of foreclosure and sale, shall operate to divest all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, whether at law or in equity, of the Mortgagor in and to the properties and rights

 

 

 

 

so sold, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against the Mortgagor and against any and all persons claiming or who may claim the same, or any part thereof, from, through or under the Mortgagor.

 

(c)     In the event of any sale made under or by virtue of this Article II (whether made under or by virtue of judicial proceedings or of a judgment or decree of foreclosure and sale), the entire principal of, and interest on, the Note, if not previously due and payable, and all other sums required to be paid by the Mortgagor pursuant to this Mortgage, immediately thereupon, shall, anything in the Note or in this Mortgage to the contrary notwithstanding, become due and payable.

 

(d)     The purchase money proceeds or avails of any sale made under or by virtue of this Article II, together with any other sums which then may be held by the Mortgagee under this Mortgage, whether under the provisions of this Article II or otherwise, shall be applied as follows:

 

First:     To the payment of the costs and expenses of such sale, including, but not limited to, the reasonable compensation to the Mortgagee, its agents and counsel, and any sums that may be due under and/or pursuant to any statute, rule, regulation and/or law which imposes any tax, charge, fee and/or levy in connection with and/or arising from the exercise of any right and/or remedy under this Mortgage or the requirement that any sum be paid in order to record and/or file any deed, instrument of transfer or other such document in connection with any such sale and of any judicial proceedings wherein the same may be made, and of all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Mortgagee under this Mortgage, together with interest at the Involuntary Rate on all advances made by the Mortgagee and all taxes or assessments, except any taxes, assessments or other charges subject to which the Mortgaged Property shall have been sold.

 

Second:     To the payment of the whole amount then due, owing or unpaid upon the Note for principal, interest, other indebtedness (on a pari passu basis with all obligations of the Mortgagor under the Swap Transaction), and any other sums required to be paid thereunder with interest on the unpaid principal at the Involuntary Rate from and after the happening of any Event of Default described in clause (a) of Section 2.01 from the due date of any such payment of principal until the same is paid.

 

Third:     To the payment of any other Indebtedness and any other sums required to be paid by the Mortgagor pursuant to any provision of this Mortgage or the Note.

 

Fourth:     To the payment of the surplus, if any, to Mortgagor.

 

(e)     Upon any sale made under or by virtue of this Article II, whether made under or by virtue of judicial proceedings or of a judgment or decree of foreclosure and sale, the Mortgagee may bid for and acquire the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof and in lieu of paying cash therefor may make settlement for the purchase price by crediting upon the indebtedness of the Mortgagor secured by this Mortgage the net sales price after deducting therefrom the expenses of the sale and the costs of the action and any other sums which the Mortgagee is authorized to deduct under this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 2.03.     (a) In case an Event of Default shall have happened and be continuing, then, upon written demand of the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor will pay to the Mortgagee the whole amount which then shall have become due and payable on the Note, for principal or interest or both, as the case may be, and after the happening of said Event of Default will also pay to the Mortgagee interest at the Involuntary Rate on the then unpaid principal of the Note, and the sums required to be paid by the Mortgagor pursuant to any provision of this Mortgage, and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to

 

 

 

 

the Mortgagee, its agents, and counsel and any expenses incurred by the Mortgagee hereunder. In the event the Mortgagor shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Mortgagee shall be entitled and empowered to institute such action or proceedings at law or in equity as may be advised by its counsel for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Mortgagor and collect, out of the property of the Mortgagor wherever situated, as well as out of the Mortgaged Property, in any manner provided by law, moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

 

(b)     The Mortgagee shall be entitled to recover judgment as aforesaid either before or after or during the pendency of any proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage; and the right of the Mortgagee to recover such judgment shall not be affected by any entry or sale hereunder, or by the exercise of any other right, power or remedy for the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage, or the foreclosure of the lien hereof; and in the event of a sale of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and of the application of the proceeds of sale, as in this Mortgage provided, to the payment of the debt hereby secured, the Mortgagee shall be entitled to enforce payment of, and to receive all amounts then remaining due and unpaid upon the Note, and to enforce payment of all other charges, payments and costs due under this Mortgage, and shall be entitled to recover judgment for any portion of the debt remaining unpaid, with interest at the Involuntary Rate. In case of the commencement of any case against the Mortgagor under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or any proceedings for its reorganization or involving the liquidation of its assets, then the Mortgagee shall be entitled to prove the whole amount of principal and interest due upon the Note to the full amount thereof, and all other payments, charges and costs due under this Mortgage, without deducting therefrom any proceeds obtained from the sale of the whole or any part of the Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that in no case shall the Mortgagee receive a greater amount than such principal and interest and such other payments, charges and costs from the aggregate amount of the proceeds of the sale of the Mortgaged Property and the distribution from the estate of the Mortgagor.

 

(c)     No recovery of any judgment by the Mortgagee and no levy of an execution under any judgment upon the Mortgaged Property or upon any other property of the Mortgagor shall affect in any manner or to any extent, the lien of this Mortgage upon the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, of any liens, rights, powers or remedies of the Mortgagee hereunder, but such liens, rights, powers and remedies of the Mortgagee shall continue unimpaired as before.

 

(d)     Any moneys thus collected by the Mortgagee under this Section 2.03 shall be applied by the Mortgagee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 2.02.

 

SECTION 2.04.     After the happening of any Event of Default and immediately upon the commencement of any action, suit or other legal proceedings by the Mortgagee to obtain judgment for the principal of, or interest on, the Note, and all other Indebtedness and other sums required to be paid by the Mortgagor pursuant to any provision of this Mortgage, or of any other nature in aid of the enforcement of the Note or of this Mortgage, the Mortgagor will (a) consent to the service of process as provided in Section 3.12 and enter its voluntary appearance in such action, suit or proceeding, and (b) if required by the Mortgagee, consent to the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and of all the earnings, revenues, rents, issues, profits and income thereof. After the happening of any Event of Default and during its continuance, or upon the commencement of any proceedings to foreclose this Mortgage or to enforce the specific performance hereof or in aid thereof or upon the commencement of any other judicial proceeding to enforce any right of the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee shall be entitled, as a matter of right, if it shall so elect, without the giving of notice to any other party and without regard to the adequacy or inadequacy of any security for the Indebtedness,

 

 

 

 

forthwith either before or after declaring the unpaid principal of the Note to be due and payable, to the appointment of such a receiver or receivers.

 

SECTION 2.05.     Notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, liquidator or trustee of the Mortgagor, or of any of its property, or of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, the Mortgagee shall be entitled to retain possession and control of all property now or hereafter held under this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 2.06.     No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Mortgagee is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission of the Mortgagee to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Mortgage to the Mortgagee may be exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed expedient by the Mortgagee. Nothing in this Mortgage or in the Note shall affect the obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the principal of, and interest on, the Note in the manner and at the time and place therein respectively expressed.

 

SECTION 2.07.     The Mortgagor will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatever claim or take any benefit or advantage of any stay or extension or moratorium law, any exemption from execution or sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants and terms of performance of this Mortgage, nor claim, take or insist upon any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior to any sale or sales thereof which may be made pursuant to any provision herein, or pursuant to the decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction; nor, after any such sale or sales, claim or exercise any right under any statute heretofore or hereafter enacted to redeem the property so sold or any part thereof and the Agency and the Mortgagor hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law or laws, and covenant not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted or delegated to the Mortgagee, but to suffer and permit the execution of every power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted. The Agency and the Mortgagor each waive, to the extent that they lawfully may, all right to have the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, marshaled upon any foreclosure hereof.

 

SECTION 2.08.     During the continuance of any Event of Default, and pending the exercise by the Mortgagee of its right to exclude the Mortgagor from all or any part of the Premises, the Mortgagor agrees to pay the fair and reasonable rental value for the use and occupancy of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof that is in its possession for such period, and upon default of any such payment, will vacate and surrender possession of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, to the Mortgagee or to a receiver, if any, and in default thereof may be evicted by any summary action or proceeding for the recovery of possession of the Premises for non-payment of rent, however designated.

 

(End of Article II)

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 3.01.     In the event any one or more of the prov1s10ns contained in this Mortgage or in the Note shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,

 

 

 

 

such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall, at the option of the Mortgagee, not affect any other provision of this Mortgage, but this Mortgage shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

SECTION 3.02.     All notices hereunder or under any applicable law pertaining hereto (including, without limitation, Article 14 of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law) shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given or served for all purposes when delivered (i) by personal service or courier service, and shall be deemed given on the date when signed for or, if refused, when refused by the person designated as an agent for receipt of service, (ii) by facsimile transmission, and shall be deemed given when printed confirmation of completion of transmission is generated by the sender's facsimile transmission instrument, or (iii) by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given two (2) days after being sent, to any party hereto at its address above stated or such other address of which a party shall have notified the party giving such notice in writing as aforesaid.

 

SECTION 3.03.     All covenants hereof shall be construed as affording to the Mortgagee rights additional to and not exclusive of the rights conferred under the provisions of Sections 254 and 273 of the Real Property Law of the State of New York, or any other applicable law.

 

SECTION 3.04.     All of the grants, terms, conditions, provisions and covenants of this Mortgage shall run with the land, shall be binding upon the Agency and the Mortgagor and shall inure to the benefit of the Mortgagee, subsequent holders of this Mortgage and their respective successors and assigns. For the purpose of this Mortgage, the term "Agency" shall include and refer to the Agency named herein, any subsequent lessee of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, including the Mortgagor, and their respective heirs, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns of each. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agency is not a "Mortgagor" hereunder.

 

SECTION 3.05.     The enforcement of this Mortgage shall be governed, construed and interpreted by the laws of the State where the Premises are located. Nothing in this Mortgage, the Note or in any other agreement between the Mortgagor and the Mortgagee shall require the Mortgagor to pay, or the Mortgagee to accept, interest in an amount which would subject the Mortgagee to any penalty or forfeiture under applicable law. In the event that the payment of any charges, fees or other sums due hereunder or under the Note or any such other agreement, which are or could be held to be in the nature of interest and which would subject the Mortgagee to any penalty or forfeiture under applicable law, then, ipso facto, the obligations of the Mortgagor to make such payment shall be reduced to the highest rate authorized under applicable law. Should the Mortgagee receive any payment which is or would be in excess of the highest rate authorized under law, such payment shall have been, and shall be deemed to have been, made in error, and shall automatically be applied to reduce the outstanding balance of the Indebtedness.

 

SECTION 3.06.     This Mortgage and all of the terms, covenants, provisions, conditions and grants contained in this Mortgage cannot be altered, amended, waived, modified or discharged orally, and no executory agreement shall be effective to modify, waive or discharge, in whole or in part, anything contained in this Mortgage unless it is in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification, alteration, amendment, waiver or discharge is sought.

 

SECTION 3.07.       The Agency and Mortgagor acknowledge that each has received a true copy of this Mortgage.

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.08.     This Mortgage may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original; and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.09.     All covenants hereof shall be construed as affording to the Mortgagee rights additional to and not exclusive of the rights conferred under the provisions of any applicable law.

 

 

SECTION 3.10.     The information set forth on the cover hereof is hereby incorporated herein.

 

SECTION 3.11.     The Agency and Mortgagor expressly agree, intending that the Mortgagee rely thereon, that this Mortgage also shall constitute a "security agreement," as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in the jurisdiction wherein the Premises are situated (the "Code"). The Mortgaged Property includes, and shall be deemed to include, inter alia, the Chattels and the Intangibles, regardless of whether they are held or hereafter acquired, of the Mortgagor in, to and under the Mortgaged Property. By executing and delivering this Mortgage, the Agency and Mortgagor have granted, in the same manner and with the same effect described in the Granting Clause hereof, to the Mortgagee, as additional security, a security interest in the Chattels and the Intangibles which are subject to the Code. If any Event of Default shall occur, the Mortgagee shall have, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies set forth in this Mortgage, and may exercise without demand, any and all rights and remedies granted to a secured party under the Code, including, but not limited to, the right to take possession of the Chattels and the Intangibles, or any part thereof, and the right to advertise and sell the Chattels and the Intangibles, or any part thereof, pursuant to and in accordance with the power of sale provided for in this Mortgage. The Agency and Mortgagor agree that any notice of sale or other action intended by the Mortgagee with respect to the Chattels and the Intangibles, or any part thereof, shall constitute reasonable notice if it is sent to the Mortgagor not less than ten (10) days prior to any such sale or intended action. The proceeds of any such sale of the Chattels and the Intangibles, or any part thereof, shall be applied in the manner set forth in clauses First through Fourth of Section 2.02 (d) of this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.12.     The Agency and the Mortgagor agrees to submit to personal jurisdiction in the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.13.     This mortgage does not cover(s) real property principally improved or to be improved by one or more structures containing in the aggregate not more than six residential dwelling units, each having their own separate cooking facilities.

 

SECTION 3.14.     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default in the performance of any of the Mortgagor's covenants or agreements herein, the Mortgagee may, at its option, pay or perform the same and the amount or cost thereof, with interest at the Involuntary Rate, shall immediately be due from the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee. If the Mortgagor shall fail to perform any of its obligations under this Mortgage, then the Mortgagee may make advances to perform the same on its behalf and, to the extent that any such amounts or costs paid by the Mortgagee shall constitute payment of (i) taxes, charges or assessments which may be imposed by law upon the Premises; (ii) premiums on insurance policies covering the Premises; (iii) expenses incurred in upholding the lien of this Mortgage, including, but not limited to the expenses of any litigation to prosecute or defend the rights and lien created by this Mortgage; (iv) any amount, costs or charge to which the Mortgagee becomes subrogated, upon payment, whether under recognized principles of law or equity, or under express statutory authority; or (v) any amount pursuant to the provisions provided for herein that shall become effective after Event of Default

 

 

 

 

then, and in each such event, such amounts or costs, together with interest thereon at the Involuntary Rate, shall be added to the indebtedness secured hereby and shall be secured by this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.15.     Upon reasonable notice to the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, its officers, employees, agents and contractors, may enter the Premises to inspect it and to conduct, complete and take such tests, samples, analyses and other processes as the Mortgagee shall require to determine the Mortgagor's compliance with the Environmental Laws. The costs, expenses and fees of the Mortgagee of such entry, inspection, tests, samples, analyses and processes shall be paid and reimbursed by the Mortgagor upon demand by the Mortgagee. Any such sum paid by the Mortgagee, with the interest thereon at the rate provided to be paid on the Indebtedness, shall be a lien on the Premises prior to any claim, lien, right, title or interest in, to or on the Premises attaching or accruing subsequent to the lien of this Mortgage, and shall be deemed to be evidenced and secured by this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.16.     AGENCY, DEBTOR AND MORTGAGEE HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER, OR IN ANY MATTER WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY MANNER RELATED TO THIS MORTGAGE.

 

SECTION 3.17.     Anything in this Mortgage or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Mortgagor shall indemnify and hold the Agency and the Mortgagee harmless and defend the Agency and the Mortgagee at the Mortgagor's sole cost and expense against any loss or liability, cost or expense (including, without limitation, title insurance premiums and charges and reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements of the Mortgagee's counsel, whether in-house staff, retained firms or otherwise), and all claims, actions, procedures and suits arising out of or in connection with (i) any ongoing matters arising out of the transaction contemplated hereby, the Indebtedness, this Mortgage, the Note or any other Loan Document, the Company Lease, Agency Lease and the Sublease, and/or the Mortgaged Property, including, but not limited to, all costs of reappraisal of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, whether required by law, regulation, the Mortgagee or any governmental or quasi- governmental authority, (ii) any amendment to, or restructuring of, the Indebtedness and this Mortgage, the Note or any of the other Loan Documents, (iii) any and all lawful action that may be taken by the Mortgagee in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage or the Note or any of the other Loan Documents, whether or not suit is filed in connection with the same, or in connection with the Mortgagor, any Guarantor and/or any partner, joint venturer or shareholder thereof becoming a party to a voluntary or involuntary federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding, and (iv) the past, current and/or future sale or offering for sale of interests in the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, liabilities under any applicable securities or blue sky laws. All sums expended by the Mortgagee shall be payable on demand and, until reimbursed by the Mortgagor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed additional principal of the Indebtedness and secured hereby and shall bear interest at the Involuntary Rate. The obligations of the Mortgagor under this paragraph shall, notwithstanding any exculpatory or other provisions of any nature whatsoever set forth in the Loan Documents, constitute the personal recourse undertakings, obligations and liabilities of the Mortgagor.

 

SECTION 3.18.     No Recourse Against Agency. The general credit of the Agency is not obligated or available for the payment of this Mortgage. The Mortgagee will not look to the Agency or any principal, member, director, officer or employee of the Agency with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by this Mortgage or any covenant, stipulation, promise, agreement or obligation contained herein. In enforcing its rights and remedies under this Mortgage, the Mortgagee will look solely to the mortgaged property and/or the Mortgagor for the payment of the indebtedness secured by this Mortgage and for the performance of the provisions hereof. The Mortgagee will not seek a deficiency or other money judgment against the Agency or any principal, member, director, officer or employee of the

 

 

 

 

Agency and will not institute any separate action against the Agency by reason of any default that may occur in the performance of any of the terms and conditions of this Mortgage or the Loan documentation. This Agreement on the part of the Mortgagee shall not be construed in any way so as to effect or impair the lien of this Mortgage of the Mortgagee's right to foreclose hereunder as provided by law or construed in any way so as to limit or restrict any of the rights or remedies of the Mortgagee in any foreclosure proceedings or other enforcement of payment of the indebtedness secured hereby out of and from the security given therefor. All covenants, stipulations, promises, agreements and obligations are the Agency's and not of any member, director, officer, employee or agent (except the Mortgagor) of the Agency in his or her individual capacity, and no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of any debt or interest thereon or for any claim based thereon or hereunder against any member, director, officer, employee or agency (except the Mortgagor) of the Agency or any natural person executing this Mortgage on behalf of the Agency. No covenant contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of New York or the Town oflslip and neither the State of New York nor the Town oflslip shall be liable on any covenant contained herein, nor shall any obligations hereunder be payable out of any funds of the Mortgagor.

 

SECTION 3.19.     The relationship of the Mortgagee to the Mortgagor hereunder is strictly and solely that of lender and borrower and Mortgagor and mortgagee and nothing contained in the Note, this Mortgage or any other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the loan secured hereby is intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed as creating, a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in- common, joint tenancy or other relationship of any nature whatsoever between the Mortgagee and the Mortgagor other than as lender and borrower.

 

SECTION 3.20.     Hold Harmless Provisions.

 

(a)     The Mortgagor agrees that the Agency, its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Mortgagor) and employees shall not be liable for and agrees to defend, indemnify, release and hold the Agency, its director, members, officers, agents (except the Mortgagor) and employees harmless from and against any and all (i) liability for loss or damage to property or injury to or death of any and all persons that may be occasioned by, directly or indirectly, any cause whatsoever pertaining to the Facility or arising by reason of or in connection with the use thereof or under this Mortgage, or (ii) liability arising from or expense incurred by the Agency's acquiring, constructing, renovating and equipping, installation, owning and leasing of the Premises, including without limitation the generality of the foregoing, all claims arising from the breach by the Mortgagor of any of its covenants contained herein and all causes of action and reasonable attorneys' fees (whether by reason of third party claims or by reason of the enforcement of any provision of the Lease or this Mortgage (including without limitation this Section) and any other expenses incurred in defending any claims, suits or actions) which may arise as a result of the foregoing, provided that any such losses, damages, liabilities or expenses of the Agency are not incurred or do not result from the gross negligence or intentional or willful wrongdoing of the Agency or any of its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Mortgagor) or employees. The foregoing indemnities shall apply notwithstanding the fault or negligence on the part of the Agency, or any of its members, directors, officers, agents, or employees and irrespective of the breach of a statutory obligation or the application of any rule of comparative or apportioned liability. The foregoing indemnities are limited only to the extent of any prohibitions imposed by law, and upon the application of such prohibition by the final judgment or decision of a competent court of law, the remaining provisions of these indemnities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(b)     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Mortgage, the obligations of the Mortgagor pursuant to this Section 3.20 shall remain in full force and effect after the termination of this Mortgage until the expiration of the period stated in the applicable statute of limitations during which a

 

 

 

 

claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described may be brought and payment in full or the satisfaction of such claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described and the payment of all reasonable expenses and charges incurred by the Agency, or its respective members, directors, officers, agents (except the Mortgagor) and employees, relating to the enforcement of the provisions herein specified.

 

(c)     In the event of any claim against the Agency or its members, directors, officers, agents (except the Mortgagor) or employees by any employee or contractor of the Mortgagor or anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable, the obligations of the Mortgagor hereunder shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation, disability benefits or other employee benefit acts.

 

(d)     The Mortgagor directs the Agency to execute and deliver this Mortgage to the Mortgagee, and further agrees to indemnify the Agency (and its members, officer, directors, agents, servants and employees) in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, performing and enforcing of this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.21.     The Mortgagee shall not be deemed to have consented to or acquiesced in any particular provision of any of the Company Lease, Agency Lease or the Sublease; and the Agency and the Mortgagor hereby confirm that the Company Lease, Agency Lease or the Sublease are in all respects subordinate to this Mortgage, including, without limitation, matters pertaining to property insurance proceeds and condemnation proceeds. Nothing in the Company Lease, Agency Lease or the Sublease shall vitiate in any way the Mortgagor's obligations under this Mortgage.

 

SECTION 3.22.     Upon termination of the Company Lease for any reason whatsoever and at the sole cost and expense of the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee shall prepare and deliver to the Agency and the Mortgagor, and the Agency and the Mortgagor shall execute, any documents necessary to amend and restate the Mortgage, in order to remove the Agency as a party hereto.

 

SECTION 3.23.     The Agency covenants that it will record or cause this Mortgage to be duly recorded in all offices where the recordation thereof is necessary, including the Suffolk County Clerk's Office.

 

SECTION 3.24.     Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Mortgage to the contrary, the maximum amount of principal indebtedness secured hereby at execution, or which under any contingency may become secured hereby at any time hereafter, is $10,387,500.00, with interest (including interest at the Involuntary Rate to the extent provided in this Mortgage), late charges and such other sums as may (a) be advanced by the Mortgagee pursuant to the Loan Documents for the protection of the Mortgaged Property or the preservation of the lien of this Mortgage (together with attorneys' fees and disbursements) and (b) be secured hereby without resulting in the imposition of mortgage recording tax in addition to the amount of tax due with respect to the principal indebtedness of $10,387,500.00.

 

SECTION 3.25     The Mortgagor and Agency agree that the Company Lease, Agency Lease or the Sublease are subject and subordinate in all respects to this Mortgage, including any renewals, replacements, extensions, modifications, etc. of the same. This provision shall be self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be necessary.

 

SECTION 3.26.     The Agency retains the right to defend itself in any action or actions covered by the indemnities in this Mortgage, which in the reasonable opinion of the Agency its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Mortgagor), or employees independent counsel is necessary to protect the interests of the Agency due to the failure or inability of the Mortgagor to defend the Agency

 

 

 

 

consistent with contemporary legal standards. In any such defense of itself, the Agency shall select its own counsel, and any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs of such defense, including, without limitation, attorney and disbursement fees, court costs, and litigation expenses shall be paid by the Mortgagor.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Mortgage has been duly executed by the Agency and the Mortgagor.

 

 

TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

By:     /s/ William G. Mannix

William G. Mannix

Executive Director

 

 

 

555 N Research Corporation

 

By:       /s/ Glen Charles

Glen Charles

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

STATE OF NEW YORK                 )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF NASSAU                  )

 

On the 30th day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned , a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Glen Charles, personally known to be 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 executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed instrument.

 

 

 

____________________________________

Notary Public

 

 

STATE OF NEW YORK                  )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF NASSAU                  )

 

On the 30th day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared William G. Mannix, personally known to be 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 executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed instrument.

 

 

 

____________________________________

Notary Public

 

 

 

 

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AMENDED

SCHEDULE A DESCRIPTION

 

 

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Central Islip, in the Town of Islip, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lots 5, 6 and 7 on a certain map entitled, "Map of Tech Park, filed in the Office of the Clerk of Suffolk County, which said map was filed on October 30, 1992 as Map No. 9282, being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at the point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of North Champlin Drive with the northerly line of North Research Place:

 

RUNNING THENCE from said point of beginning the following two (2) courses and distances:

 

1).     South 81 degrees 30 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance of 834.82 feet along the northerly line of North Research Place to a point of curve;

2).     Southwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 283.00 feet, a distance of 119.02 feet (deed), 230.44 feet (actual) to the division line between Lot 7 and Lot 8 on said map;

 

THENCE along said division line, the following two (2) courses and distances: 1). North 55 degrees 08 minutes 36 seconds West, 129.29 feet;

2). North 11 degrees 47 minutes 48 seconds West, 348.01 feet to a point on the southerly line

of "Map of College Woods Section 2", filed 3/4/91 as Map No. 9071.

 

THENCE along said southerly line of "Map of College Woods, Section 2", North 72 degrees 54 minutes 33 seconds East, a distance of 1106.21 feet to a point;

 

THENCE South 39 degrees 24 minutes 19 seconds East, a distance of 136.64 feet to a point on the westerly line of North Champlin Drive;

 

THENCE along westerly line of North Champlin Drive, the following four (4) courses and distances:

 

	 	
			1).

				
			South 13 degrees 29 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance of 137.77 feet to a point;

			

	 	
			2).

				
			Along the arc of a curve, bearing to the right having a radius of 975.00 feet, a distance of 85.23 feet to a point;

			

	 	
			3).

				
			South 08 degrees 29 minutes 23 seconds East, a distance of 148.26 feet to a point;

			

	 	
			4).

				
			Along the arc of a curve, bearing to the right, having a radius of 25.00 feet, a distance of 39.27 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.

			

 

TOGETHER with a non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress, in and over the following described parcel:

 

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Central Islip in the Town of Islip, County of Suffolk and State of New York, being a portion of Lot 4 on a certain map entitled, "Map of Tech Park" filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, filed October 30, 1992 as Map No. 9282, being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of North Champlin Drive where the same is intersected by the division line between Lot 4 and Lot 5 on said map;

 

 

 

 

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RUNNING THENCE along the westerly side of North Champlin Drive, North 13 degrees 29 minutes 54 seconds West, 126.66 feet to a point;

 

THENCE through Lot 4 on said map, South 72 degrees 54 minutes 33 seconds West, 59.82 feet to a point on the division line between Lot 4 and Lot 5 on said map;

 

THENCE along the division line, South 39 degrees 24 minutes 19 seconds East, 136.64 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.ex_109466.htm

Exhibit 10.27

 

Nixon Peabody LLP

Draft Dated 11/15/17

 

Transcript Document No. 1

 

 

TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

(TOWN OF ISLIP, NEW YORK)

 

 

and

 

 

FAE HOLDINGS 411519R, LLC

 

______________________________________

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AND PROJECT AGREEMENT

______________________________________

 

 

Dated as of November 1, 2017

 

Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency

(FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC/CVD Equipment Corporation 2017 Facility)

 

      

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

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			ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

				
			3

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

				
			3

			
	 	 
	
			Section 2.1

				
			Representations and Covenants of Agency

				
			3

			
	
			Section 2.2

				
			Representations and Covenants of Company

				
			4

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE III CONVEYANCE OF FACILITY SITE; PROJECT WORK AND COMPLETION

				
			5

			
	 	 
	
			Section 3.1

				
			Agreement to Convey to Agency

				
			5

			
	
			Section 3.2

				
			Title Report and Survey

				
			5

			
	
			Section 3.3

				
			Public Authorities Law Representations

				
			6

			
	
			Section 3.4

				
			Project Work

				
			6

			
	
			Section 3.5

				
			Identification of Equipment

				
			6

			
	
			Section 3.6

				
			Certificates of Completion

				
			7

			
	
			Section 3.7

				
			Remedies to Be Pursued Against Contractors, Subcontractors, Materialmen and Their Sureties

				
			7

			
	
			Section 3.8

				
			Reserved

				
			7

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE IV LEASE OF FACILITY RENTAL PROVISIONS

				
			7

			
	 	 
	
			Section 4.1

				
			Lease of Facility

				
			7

			
	
			Section 4.2

				
			Duration of Lease Term; Quiet Enjoyment

				
			7

			
	
			Section 4.3

				
			Rents and Other Amounts Payable

				
			8

			
	
			Section 4.4

				
			Obligations of Company Hereunder Unconditional

				
			8

			
	
			Section 4.5

				
			No Warranty of Condition or Suitability by Agency

				
			8

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE V PILOT PAYMENTS; SALES TAX EXEMPTION; MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX EXEMPTION AND RECAPTURE OF BENEFITS

				
			9

			
	 	 
	
			Section 5.1

				
			PILOT Payments

				
			9

			
	
			Section 5.2

				
			Sales Tax Exemption

				
			12

			
	
			Section 5.3

				
			Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption

				
			16

			
	
			Section 5.4

				
			Recapture of Agency Benefits

				
			16

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE VI MAINTENANCE, MODIFICATIONS, TAXES AND INSURANCE

				
			19

			
	 	 
	
			Section 6.1

				
			Maintenance and Modifications of Facility by Company

				
			19

			
	
			Section 6.2

				
			Installation of Additional Equipment

				
			20

			
	
			Section 6.3

				
			Taxes, Assessments and Utility Charges

				
			20

			
	
			Section 6.4

				
			Insurance Required

				
			21

			
	
			Section 6.5

				
			Additional Provisions Respecting Insurance

				
			23

			
	
			Section 6.6

				
			Application of Net Proceeds of Insurance

				
			23

			
	
			Section 6.7

				
			Right of Agency to Pay Taxes, Insurance Premiums and Other Charges

				
			24

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE VII DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND CONDEMNATION

				
			24

			
	 	 
	
			Section 7.1

				
			Damage or Destruction of the Facility

				
			24

			
	
			Section 7.2

				
			Condemnation

				
			26

			
	
			Section 7.3

				
			Condemnation of Company-Owned Property

				
			27

			
	
			Section 7.4

				
			Waiver of Real Property Law Section 227

				
			27

			

 

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			ARTICLE VIII SPECIAL COVENANTS

				
			27

			
	 	 
	
			Section 8.1

				
			Right to Inspect Facility

				
			27

			
	
			Section 8.2

				
			Hold Harmless Provisions

				
			28

			
	
			Section 8.3

				
			Company to Maintain Its Existence

				
			29

			
	
			Section 8.4

				
			Qualification in State

				
			29

			
	
			Section 8.5

				
			Agreement to File Annual Statements and Provide Information

				
			30

			
	
			Section 8.6

				
			Books of Record and Account; Financial Statements

				
			30

			
	
			Section 8.7

				
			Compliance with Orders, Ordinances, Etc

				
			30

			
	
			Section 8.8

				
			Discharge of Liens and Encumbrances

				
			31

			
	
			Section 8.9

				
			Depreciation Deductions and Investment Tax Credit

				
			31

			
	
			Section 8.10

				
			Employment Opportunities; Notice of Jobs

				
			31

			
	
			Section 8.11

				
			Employment at the Facility

				
			32

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE IX RELEASE OF CERTAIN LAND; ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBLEASING

				
			32

			
	 	 
	
			Section 9.1

				
			Restriction on Sale of Facility; Release of Certain Land

				
			32

			
	
			Section 9.2

				
			Removal of Equipment

				
			32

			
	
			Section 9.3

				
			Assignment and Subleasing

				
			33

			
	
			Section 9.4

				
			Merger of Agency.

				
			34

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

				
			34

			
	 	 
	
			Section 10.1

				
			Events of Default Defined

				
			34

			
	
			Section 10.2

				
			Remedies on Default

				
			36

			
	
			Section 10.3

				
			Remedies Cumulative

				
			37

			
	
			Section 10.4

				
			Agreement to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses

				
			37

			
	
			Section 10.5

				
			No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver

				
			37

			
	
			Section 10.6

				
			Certificate of No Default

				
			37

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE XI EARLY TERMINATION OF LEASE AGREEMENT OPTION IN FAVOR OF COMPANY

				
			37

			
	 	 
	
			Section 11.1

				
			Early Termination of Lease Agreement

				
			37

			
	
			Section 11.2

				
			Conditions to Termination of Lease Agreement

				
			38

			
	
			Section 11.3

				
			Conveyance on Termination

				
			38

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE XII LENDER PROVISIONS

				
			38

			
	 	 
	
			Section 12.1

				
			Subordination of Lease Agreement

				
			38

			
	
			Section 12.2

				
			Mortgage and Pledge of Agency’s Interests to Lender

				
			39

			
	
			Section 12.3

				
			Pledge of Company’s Interest to Lender

				
			39

			
	
			Section 12.4

				
			Making of Loans; Disbursement of Loan Proceeds

				
			39

			
	
			Section 12.5

				
			References to Lender, Loan or Mortgage

				
			39

			
	 	 
	
			ARTICLE XIII ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

				
			40

			
	 	 
	
			Section 13.1

				
			Environmental Representations of the Company

				
			40

			
	
			Section 13.2

				
			Environmental Covenants of the Company

				
			41

			
	
			Section 13.3

				
			Survival Provision

				
			43

			

 

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			ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS

				
			43

			
	 	 
	
			Section 14.1

				
			Notices

				
			43

			
	
			Section 14.2

				
			Binding Effect

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.3

				
			Severability

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.4

				
			Amendments, Changes and Modifications

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.5

				
			Execution of Counterparts

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.6

				
			Applicable Law

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.7

				
			List of Additional Equipment; Further Assurances

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.8

				
			Survival of Obligations

				
			44

			
	
			Section 14.9

				
			Table of Contents and Section Headings Not Controlling

				
			45

			
	
			Section 14.10

				
			Waiver of Trial by Jury

				
			45

			

 

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			EXHIBIT A 

				
			Legal Description of Real Property

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT B 

				
			Equipment

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT C 

				
			PILOT Schedule

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT D 

				
			Mortgage Requirements

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT E 

				
			Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT F 

				
			Sales Tax Registry

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT G

				
			Construction Wage Policy

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT H 

				
			Exceptions to Representations and Warranties of Company

			

	 	
			EXHIBIT I 

				
			Form Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement

			

	 	
			SCHEDULE A 

				
			Schedule of Definitions

			

 

 

 

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AND PROJECT AGREEMENT, originally dated as of March 1, 2012 and amended and restated as of November 1, 2017 (this “Lease Agreement”), is between the TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, a public benefit corporation of the State of New York, having its office at 40 Nassau Avenue, Islip, New York 11751 (the “Agency”), and FAE HOLDINGS 411519R, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal office at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, New York 11722 (the “Company”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, Title 1 of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York was duly enacted into law as Chapter 1030 of the Laws of 1969 of the State of New York (the “State”); and

 

WHEREAS, the aforesaid act authorizes the creation of industrial development agencies for the Public Purposes of the State; and

 

WHEREAS, the aforesaid act further authorizes the creation of industrial development agencies for the benefit of the several counties, cities, villages and towns in the State and empowers such agencies, among other things, to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, refurbish, equip, lease, sell and dispose of land and any building or other improvement, and all real and personal property, including but not limited to machinery and equipment deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether now in existence or under construction, which shall be suitable for manufacturing, warehousing, research, commercial, recreation or industrial facilities, in order to advance job opportunities, health, general prosperity and the economic welfare of the people of the State and to improve their standard of living; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act, as amended, and Chapter 47 of the Laws of 1974 of the State, as amended (collectively, the “Act”), the Agency was created and is empowered under the act to undertake the Project Work and the leasing of the Facility defined below; and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency has previously provided assistance to the Company and CVD Equipment Corporation, a New York business corporation (the “Sublessee”), in the acquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately 120,000 square foot building (the “Improvements” and the “Equipment”), on approximately 8.0 acres of land located at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, Suffolk County, New York (the “Land”; and together with the Improvements and the Equipment, the “Facility”), which Facility is used by the Sublessee as a manufacturing facility to process surface treatments or films and coatings on various product lines in its business as a manufacturer of equipment and materials for the semiconductor industry (the “Project”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency is currently leasing the Facility to the Company pursuant to a certain Lease Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 (the “Original Lease Agreement”), by and between the Agency and the Company; and

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the Company is currently subleasing the Facility to the Sublessee pursuant to a certain Lease Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2012 (the “Original Sublease Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Sublessee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency, the Company and the Sublessee previously entered into a certain Amended and Restated Environmental Compliance and Indemnification Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 (the “Environmental Compliance and Indemnification Agreement”), by and among the Agency, the Company and the Sublessee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency, the Company and the Sublessee previously entered into a certain Third Amended and Restated Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax Agreement, originally dated as of December 1, 2000, amended and restated as of April 1, 2009, further amended and restated as of March 1, 2012, and further amended and restated as of April 1, 2012 (collectively, the “PILOT Agreement”), by and among the Agency, the Company and the Sublessee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Sublessee and the Agency previously entered into a certain Agency Compliance Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 (the “Original Agency Compliance Agreement”), whereby the Sublessee made certain assurances to the Agency with respect to the Facility; and 

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Sublessee have now requested an extension of the lease term and the property tax abatements granted on the Facility (the “Extension”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency has agreed to continue leasing the Facility to the Company, and the Company desires to rent the Facility from the Agency, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the PILOT Agreement will be amended and restated pursuant to this Lease Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Environmental Compliance and Indemnification Agreement will be amended and restated pursuant to this Lease Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Original Sublease Agreement will be amended pursuant to a certain [Amended Lease Agreement], dated November [__], 2017 (the “Amended Sublease Agreement”; and together with the Original Sublease Agreement, the “Sublease Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Sublessee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Original Agency Compliance Agreement will be amended and restated pursuant to a certain Amended and Restated Agency Compliance Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Amended and Restated Agency Compliance Agreement”; and together with the Original Agency Compliance Agreement, the “Agency Compliance Agreement”), by and between the Agency and the Sublessee.

 

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AGREEMENT

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereto do hereby mutually agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

All capitalized terms used in this Lease Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Schedule of Definitions attached hereto as Schedule A.

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS

 

Section 2.1     Representations and Covenants of Agency. The Agency makes the following representations and covenants as the basis for the undertakings on its part herein contained:

 

(a)     The Agency is duly established and validly existing under the provisions of the Act and has full legal right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of the Agency Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby. Each of the Agency Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Agency.

 

(b)     The Agency has acquired a fee title interest in the Land and Improvements, caused the Improvements to be constructed and the Equipment to be acquired and installed and will continue leasing the Facility to the Company pursuant to this Lease Agreement, all for the Public Purposes of the State.

 

(c)     By resolution dated November 29, 2011, the Agency determined that, based upon the review by the Agency of the materials submitted and the representations made by the Company relating to the Facility, the Facility would not have a “significant impact” or “significant effect” on the environment within the meaning of the SEQR Act.

 

(d)     Neither the execution and delivery of any of the Agency Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the provisions of any of the Agency Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby will conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Act, any other law or ordinance of the State or any political subdivision thereof, the Agency’s Certificate of Establishment or By-Laws, as amended, or any corporate restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Agency is a party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon any of the Property of the Agency under the terms of the Act or any such law, ordinance, Certificate of Establishment, By-Laws, restriction, agreement or instrument, except for Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(e)     Each of the Agency Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Agency enforceable against the Agency in accordance with its terms.

 

(f)     The Agency has been induced to enter into this Lease Agreement by the undertaking of the Company to utilize the Facility in the Town of Islip, New York in furtherance of the Public Purposes of the Agency.

 

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(g)     The Agency will execute, acknowledge (if appropriate) and deliver from time to time such instruments and documents which are necessary or desirable to carry out the intent and purposes of this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 2.2     Representations and Covenants of Company. The Company makes the following representations and covenants as the basis for the undertakings on its part herein contained: 

 

(a)     The Company is a limited liability company, organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, is in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and has full legal right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of the Company Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby. Each of the Company Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

(b)     Neither the execution and delivery of any of the Company Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the provisions of any of the Company Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby will conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any law or ordinance of the State or any political subdivision thereof, the Company’s Organizational Documents, as amended, or any restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature upon any of the Property of the Company under the terms of any such law, ordinance, Organizational Documents, as amended, restriction, agreement or instrument, except for Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(c)     The Facility, any future renovations at the Facility and the design, and operation of the Facility will conform with all applicable zoning, planning, building and Environmental Laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the Facility. Under penalty of perjury, the Company certifies that it is in substantial compliance with all local, state, and federal tax, worker protection and environmental laws, rules and regulations.

 

(d)     Each of the Company Documents and the other documents contemplated thereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

(e)     The Facility is and will continue to be a “project” as such quoted term is defined in the Act. The Company will not take any action, or fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would cause the Facility not to constitute a “project” as such quoted term is defined in the Act.

 

(f)     The transactions contemplated by this Lease Agreement shall not result in the removal of any facility or plant of any Facility occupant(s) from one area of the State to another area of the State or in the abandonment of one or more facilities or plants of the Facility occupant(s) located within the State.

 

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(g)     The Company agrees to take any actions reasonably deemed necessary by the Agency, or its Chairman, Vice Chairman, Executive Director, or any member or officer of the Agency, counsel to the Agency or Transaction Counsel, in order to ensure compliance with Sections 2.2(e) and (f) and 9.3 of this Lease Agreement provided that the Company receives duly acknowledged written confirmation from the Agency setting forth the reason(s) for said action(s). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will provide the Agency with any and all information and materials describing proposed Facility occupants as necessary.

 

(h)     The Company will cause future tenants of the Facility (other than the Sublessee), if any, to execute and deliver to the Agency a Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, prior to the occupancy of the Facility, or a portion thereof, by such tenant, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.3 hereof.

 

(i)     The Company hereby represents to the Agency that facilities and property that are primarily used in making retail sales of goods and services to customers who personally visit the Facility will not constitute more than one-third (1/3) of the total costs of the Facility, except in accordance with New York General Municipal Law (the “GML”) Section 862.

 

(j)     There is no action or proceeding pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, after diligent inquiry, threatened, by or against the Company by or before any court or administrative agency that would adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Lease Agreement or any other Company Document.

 

(k)      The Company has obtained all authorizations, consents and approvals of governmental bodies or agencies required to be obtained by it as of the Closing Date in connection with the execution and delivery of this Lease Agreement and each other Company Document or in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and under each Company Document.

 

(l)     The Project Application Information was true, correct and complete as of the date submitted to the Agency, and no event has occurred or failed to occur since such date of submission which could cause any of the Project Application Information to include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein to make such statements not misleading.

 

ARTICLE III 

CONVEYANCE OF FACILITY SITE; PROJECT WORK AND COMPLETION

 

Section 3.1     Agreement to Convey to Agency. The Company has conveyed or has caused to be conveyed to the Agency (i) good and marketable fee title in the Land, including any buildings, structures or other improvements thereon, and (ii) lien-free title to the Equipment, and will convey or cause to be conveyed to the Agency lien-free title to or a leasehold interest in the Equipment and Improvements acquired after the date hereof, in each case except for Permitted Encumbrances.

 

Section 3.2     Title Report and Survey. The Company has obtained (i) a fee title insurance policy for the benefit of the Agency insuring fee title to the Land and the improvements, in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Land and the Improvements existing as of the date hereof, and except for Permitted Encumbrances.

 

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Section 3.3     Public Authorities Law Representations. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the Facility and the interest therein to be conveyed by this Lease Agreement are not “Property” as defined in Article 9, Title 5-A of the Public Authorities Law of the State because the Facility and the leasehold interests therein are securing the financial obligations of the Company. The Facility and the leasehold interests therein secure the obligations of the Company to the Agency under this Lease Agreement, including the Company’s obligation to acquire and maintain the Facility and the Company’s obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Agency.

 

Section 3.4     Project Work.

 

(a)     The Company agrees that, on behalf of the Agency, it will complete the Project Work has been completed in accordance with the Plans and Specifications.

 

(b)     The Company may revise the Plans and Specifications from time to time without the consent or approval of the Agency; provided that the Facility shall retain its overall configuration and intended purposes and shall remain a “project” as defined in the Act.

 

(c)     Except as set forth in Section 6.2 hereof, fee or leasehold title, as applicable, to all materials, equipment, machinery and other items of Property incorporated or installed in or placed in, upon, or under the Facility shall vest in the Agency immediately upon the Company’s obtaining an interest in or to the materials, equipment, machinery and other items of Property. The Company shall execute, deliver and record or file all instruments necessary or appropriate so to vest such title in the Agency and shall take all action necessary or appropriate to protect such title against claims of any third Persons.

 

(d)     The Agency shall enter into, and accept the assignment of, such contracts as the Company may request in order to effectuate the purposes of this Section 3.4.

 

(e)     The Company, as agent for the Agency, shall comply in all material respects with all provisions of the Labor Law of the State applicable to the completion of any work required at the Facility and shall include in all construction contracts all provisions which may be required to be inserted therein by such provisions. The Company agrees to comply with the Agency’s “Construction Wage Policy,” a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G and made a part hereof. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the provisions of this subsection do not create any obligations or duties not created by applicable law outside of the terms of this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 3.5     Identification of Equipment. All Equipment which is or may become the Property of the Agency pursuant to the provisions of this Lease Agreement shall be properly identified by the Company by such appropriate records, including computerized records, as may be approved by the Agency. All Property of whatever nature affixed or attached to the Land or used or to be used by the Company in connection with the Land or the Improvements shall be deemed presumptively to be owned by the Agency, rather than the Company, unless the same were installed by the Company and title thereto was retained by the Company as provided in Section 6.2 of this Lease Agreement and such Property was properly identified by such appropriate records as were approved by the Agency.

 

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Section 3.6     Certificates of Completion. The Company agrees that the Project Work was completed prior to the Closing Date.

 

Section 3.7     Remedies to Be Pursued Against Contractors, Subcontractors, Materialmen and Their Sureties. In the event of a default by any contractor, subcontractor, materialman or other Person under any contract made by it in connection with the Facility or in the event of a breach of warranty or other liability with respect to any materials, workmanship or performance guaranty, the Company at its expense, either separately or in conjunction with others, may pursue any and all remedies available to it and the Agency, as appropriate, against the contractor, subcontractor, materialman or other Person so in default and against any surety for the performance of such contract. The Company, in its own name or in the name of the Agency, may prosecute or defend any action or proceeding or take any other action involving any such contractor, subcontractor, materialman, surety or other Person which the Company deems reasonably necessary, and in such event the Agency, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, hereby agrees to cooperate fully with the Company and to take all action necessary to effect the substitution of the Company for the Agency in any such action or proceeding. The Net Proceeds of any recovery from a contractor or subcontractor or materialman or other person shall be paid to the Company.

 

Section 3.8     Reserved. 

 

ARTICLE IV

LEASE OF FACILITY RENTAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 4.1     Lease of Facility. The Agency hereby leases the Facility, consisting of the Land as more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and the Improvements and the Equipment as more particularly described in Exhibit B attached hereto, to the Company and the Company hereby takes the Facility from the Agency upon the terms and conditions of this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 4.2     Duration of Lease Term; Quiet Enjoyment.

 

(a)     The Agency has delivered to the Company sole and exclusive possession of the Facility (subject to Sections 8.1 and 10.2 hereof), and the leasehold estate created hereby commenced, and the Company accepted possession of the Facility on the closing date with respect to the Original Lease Agreement.

 

(b)     Except as provided in Sections 10.2 and 11.1 hereof, the estate created hereby shall terminate at 11:58 p.m. on November 30, 2031 (the “Lease Term”).

 

(c)     Except as provided in Sections 8.1 and 10.2 hereof, the Agency shall neither take nor suffer or permit any action to prevent the Company during the Lease Term from having quiet and peaceable possession and enjoyment of the Facility and will, at the request of the Company and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, cooperate with the Company in order that the Company may have quiet and peaceable possession and enjoyment of the Facility as hereinabove provided.

 

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Section 4.3     Rents and Other Amounts Payable.

 

(a)     The Company shall pay basic rent for the Facility as follows: One Dollar ($1.00) per year commencing on the Closing Date and on each and every January 1 thereafter during the term of this Lease Agreement. In addition, the Company shall pay to the Agency an annual compliance fee of $1,000 on or before January 1 of each year commencing January 1, 2018 and continuing through the Lease Term.

 

(b)     In addition to the payments of basic rent pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, throughout the Lease Term, the Company shall pay to the Agency as additional rent, within ten (10) days of receipt of demand therefor, an amount equal to the sum of the expenses of the Agency and the members thereof incurred (i) by reason of the Agency’s ownership, leasing, subleasing, or financing of the Facility, or (ii) in connection with the carrying out of the Agency’s duties and obligations under the Agency Documents, the payment of which is not otherwise provided for under this Lease Agreement. The foregoing shall be in addition to any annual or continuing administrative or management fee imposed by the Agency now or hereafter.

 

(c)     The Company, under the provisions of this Section 4.3, agrees to make the above-mentioned payments in immediately available funds and without any further notice in lawful money of the United States of America. In the event the Company shall fail to timely make any payment required in Section 4.3(a) or 4.3(b), the Company shall pay the same together with interest on such payment at a rate equal to two percent (2%) plus the Prime Rate, but in no event at a rate higher than the maximum lawful prevailing rate, from the date on which such payment was due until the date on which such payment is made.

 

Section 4.4     Obligations of Company Hereunder Unconditional. The obligations of the Company to make the payments required in Section 4.3 hereof, and to perform and observe any and all of the other covenants and agreements on its part contained herein, shall be general obligations of the Company, and shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any defense or any rights of setoff, recoupment or counterclaim it may otherwise have against the Agency. The Company agrees it will not (i) suspend, discontinue or abate any payment required hereunder, or (ii) fail to observe any of its other covenants or agreements in this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 4.5     No Warranty of Condition or Suitability by Agency. THE AGENCY HAS MADE AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, CONDITION, FITNESS, DESIGN, OPERATION OR WORKMANSHIP OF ANY PART OF THE FACILITY, ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THE QUALITY OR CAPACITY OF THE MATERIALS IN THE FACILITY, OR THE SUITABILITY OF THE FACILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OR NEEDS OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXTENT TO WHICH FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE COST OF COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WORK. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AGENCY IS NOT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE EQUIPMENT NOR THE MANUFACTURER’S AGENT NOR A DEALER THEREIN. THE COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, IS SATISFIED THAT THE FACILITY IS SUITABLE AND FIT FOR PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY. THE AGENCY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR EXPENSE OF ANY KIND OR NATURE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY THE PROPERTY OF THE FACILITY OR THE USE OR MAINTENANCE THEREOF OR THE FAILURE OF OPERATION THEREOF, OR THE REPAIR, SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENT THEREOF, OR BY ANY DELAY OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE ANY SUCH MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENT, OR BY ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE OR LOSS OF USE THEREOF OR FOR ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS HOWSOEVER CAUSED.

 

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ARTICLE V

PILOT PAYMENTS; SALES TAX EXEMPTION; MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX EXEMPTION AND RECAPTURE OF BENEFITS

 

Section 5.1     PILOT Payments.

 

(a)      As long as this Lease Agreement is in effect, the Company agrees to make payments in lieu of all real estate taxes and assessments (the “PILOT Payments”) (in addition to paying all special ad valorem levies, special assessments or Special District Taxes and service charges against real property located in the Town of Islip, Central Islip Union Free School District, Suffolk County (including any existing incorporated village or any village which may be incorporated after the date hereof, within which the Facility is or may be wholly or partially located) (the “Taxing Authorities”) which are or may be imposed for special improvements or special district improvements) which would be levied upon or with respect to the Facility if the Facility were owned by the Company exclusive of the Agency’s leasehold interest (the “Taxes on the Facility”). The method of calculation for such PILOT Payments are set forth in Exhibit C attached hereto. PILOT Payments shall be allocated among the Taxing Authorities in proportion to the amount of real property tax and other taxes which would have been received by each Taxing Authority if the Facility was owned by the Company exclusive of the Agency’s leasehold interest.

 

(b)     Reserved.

 

(c)     Commencing with the 2017/2018 Tax Year, the Company shall pay, as PILOT Payments, the amounts set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

(d)     The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, the amounts set forth in subsections (a) and (c) above, as applicable, after receipt of tax bills from the Agency or the Taxing Authorities, as the case may be. Failure to receive a tax bill shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to make all payments provided for hereunder. If, for any reason, the Company does not receive an appropriate tax bill, the Company shall have the responsibility and obligation to make all reasonable inquiries to the Taxing Authorities and to have such a bill issued, and thereafter to make payment of the same no later than the due dates provided therein. PILOT Payments shall be made directly to the Agency. PILOT Payments made after the due date(s) as set forth in the applicable tax bills shall accrue interest (and penalties) at the rates applicable to late payments of taxes for the respective Taxing Authorities and as further provided in the GML, including Section 874(5) thereof, which currently provides for an initial penalty of five percent (5%) of the amount due and an additional penalty of one percent (1%) per month on payments more than one month delinquent. Anything contained in this paragraph (d) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the obligation to make all annual payments required by this paragraph (other than payments of penalties, if any) in two equal semi-annual installments on or prior to January 10 and May 31 of each year of the Lease Term or on such other due dates as may be established from time to time during the Lease Term.

 

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(e)     During the Lease Term, the Company shall continue to pay all special ad valorem levies, special assessments, and service charges levied against the Facility for special improvements or special district improvements.

 

(f)     In the event that any structural addition shall be made to the building or buildings included in the Facility subsequent to the Closing Date, or any additional building or improvement shall be constructed on the Land (such structural additions, buildings and improvements being referred to hereinafter as “Additional Facilities”), the Company agrees to make additional payments in lieu of taxes to the Taxing Authorities in amounts equal to the product of the then current ad valorem tax rates which would be levied upon or with respect to the Additional Facilities by the Taxing Authorities if the Additional Facilities were owned by the Company and not the Agency times the assessment or assessments established for that tax year by the respective Taxing Authorities having appropriate assessing jurisdiction. All other provisions of this Section 5.1 shall apply to this obligation for additional payments.

 

(g)     In the event that title to the Facility or any part thereof is transferred from the Agency to the Company at such time in reference to any taxable status date as to make it impossible to place such Facility or part thereof on the tax rolls of the Taxing Authorities, or appropriate special districts, as the case may be, by such taxable status date, the Company hereby agrees to pay, at the first time taxes or assessments are due following the taxable status date on which such Facility or part thereof is placed on the tax rolls, an amount equal to the taxes or assessments which would have been levied on such Facility or part thereof had it been on the tax rolls from the time the Company took title until the date of the tax rolls following the taxable status date as of which such Facility or part thereof is placed on the tax rolls. There shall be deducted from such amount any amounts previously paid pursuant to this Section 5.1 by the Agency or the Company to the respective Taxing Authorities relating to any period of time after the date of termination of the Agency’s interest. The provisions of this subsection (g) shall survive the termination or expiration of the Lease Agreement. Any rights the Company may have against its respective designees are separate and apart from the terms of this subsection (g), and this subsection (g) shall survive any transfer from the Agency to the Company.

 

(h)     In the event the Facility or any part thereof is declared to be subject to taxation for taxes or assessments by an amendment to the Act or other legislative change or by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the obligations of the Company under this Section 5.1 shall, to such extent, be null and void.

 

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(i)     In the event the Company shall enter into a subsequent payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreement or agreements with respect to the Taxes on the Facility directly with any or all Taxing Authorities in the jurisdiction of which the Facility is located, the obligations of the Company under this Section 5.1, which are inconsistent with such future agreement or agreements, shall be superseded and shall, to such extent, be null and void.

 

(j)     As long as this Lease Agreement is in effect, the Agency and the Company agree that (i) the Company shall be deemed to be the owner of the Facility and of the Additional Facilities for purposes of instituting, and shall have the right to institute, administrative or judicial review of an assessment of the real estate with respect to the Facility and of the Additional Facilities pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Real Property Tax Law or any other applicable law, as the same may be amended from time to time, and (ii) the Agency, at the request of the Company, shall request the Assessor of the Town of Islip, or any other assessor having jurisdiction to assess the Facility, to take into consideration the value of surrounding properties of like character when assessing the Facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the assessment of the real estate with respect to the Facility and the Additional Facilities is reduced as a result of any such administrative or judicial review so that such complaining party would be entitled to receive a refund or refunds of taxes paid to the respective Taxing Authorities, if such complaining party were the owner of the Facility and the Additional Facilities, such complaining party shall not be entitled to receive a refund or refunds of the PILOT Payments paid pursuant to this Lease Agreement and the PILOT Payments set forth on Exhibit C hereto shall not be reduced. In that event, such complaining party shall be entitled to receive a credit against future PILOT Payments to be paid pursuant to this Lease Agreement, as and when collected by the Agency or the respective Taxing Authorities (as the case may be), in an amount equal to any refund that such complaining party would be entitled to receive if such complaining party were the owner of the Facility and the Additional Facilities; provided, however, that the Agency shall have no obligation to provide a credit against PILOT Payments which it has remitted to any of the respective Taxing Authorities before the date the Agency receives written notice from the complaining party that it seeks a credit. In no event shall the Agency be required to remit to the Company or any Taxing Authority any moneys otherwise due as a result of a reduction in the assessment of the Facility (or any part thereof) due to a certiorari review. If the Company receives a reduction in assessment in the last year of the Lease Agreement after it has made its final payments in lieu of taxes, the Company acknowledges that it shall look solely to the Taxing Authorities for repayment or for a credit against the first payment(s) of Taxes on the Facility which will be due after the Facility is returned to the tax rolls. The Company hereby agrees that it will notify the Agency if the Company shall have requested a reassessment of the Facility or a reduction in the taxes on the Facility or shall have instituted any tax certiorari proceedings with respect to the Facility. The Company shall deliver to the Agency copies of all notices, correspondence, claims, actions and/or proceedings brought by or against the Company in connection with any reassessment of the Facility, reduction of taxes with respect to the Facility or tax certiorari proceedings with respect to the Facility.

 

(k)     The Company, in recognition of the benefits provided under the terms hereof, including, but not limited to, the PILOT Payments set forth in Exhibit C hereto, and for as long as the Lease Agreement is in effect, expressly waives any rights it may have for any exemption under Section 485-b of the Real Property Tax Law or any other exemption under any other law or regulation (except, however, for the exemption provided by Title 1 of Article 18-A of the GML) with respect to the Facility. The Company, however, reserves any such rights with respect to the Additional Facilities as referred to in subsection (f) hereof and with respect to the assessment and/or exemption of the Additional Facilities.

 

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Section 5.2     Sales Tax Exemption.

 

(a)        The Agency hereby appoints the Company its true and lawful agent, and the Company hereby accepts such agency (i) to complete the Project Work, if any, in accordance with the Plans and Specifications, (ii) to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any contracts, orders, receipts, writings and instructions with any other Persons, and in general to do all things which may be requisite or proper, all for the Project Work with the same powers and with the same validity as the Agency could do if acting on its own behalf, (iii) to pay all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Project Work, (iv) to ask, demand, sue for, levy, recover and receive all such sums of money, debts, dues and other demands whatsoever which may be due, owing and payable to the Agency under the terms of any contract, order, receipt or writing in connection with the Project Work, and (v) to enforce the provisions of any contract, agreement, obligation, bond or other performance security. This agency appointment expressly excludes the Company from purchasing any motor vehicle, including any cars, trucks, vans or buses which are licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for use on public highways or streets.

 

(b)        Agency’s Exempt Status.     The Agency constitutes a corporate governmental agency and a public benefit corporation under the laws of the State of New York, and therefore, in the exercise of its governmental functions, is exempt from the imposition of Sales and Use Taxes. As an exempt governmental entity, no exempt organization identification number has been issued to the Agency nor is one required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agency makes no representation to the Company, any Agent or any third party that any Sales Tax Exemption is available under this Lease Agreement.

 

(c)        Scope of Authorization of Sales Tax Exemption. The Agency hereby authorizes the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Lease Agreement, to act as its agent in connection with the Facility for the purpose of effecting purchases and leases of Eligible Items so that such purchases and leases are exempt from the imposition of Sales and Use Taxes. The Agency’s authorization with respect to such Sales Tax Exemption provided to the Company and its Agents pursuant to this Lease Agreement and any Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letters issued hereunder shall be subject to the following limitations:

 

(i)      The Sales Tax Exemption shall be effective only for a term commencing on the Closing Date and expiring upon the earliest of (A) the termination of this Lease Agreement, (B) the completion date established for such future Project Work, (C) failure of the Company to file Form ST-340, as described in Section 5.2(g) below, (D) the termination of the Sales Tax Exemption authorization pursuant to Section 10.2 or (E) the date upon which the Company received the Maximum Company Sales Tax Savings Amount.

 

(ii)     The Sales Tax Exemption authorization set forth herein shall automatically be suspended upon written notice to the Company that the Company is in default under this Lease Agreement until such default is cured to the satisfaction of the Agency.

 

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(iii)      The Sales Tax Exemption authorization shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Lease Agreement.

 

(iv)      The Sales Tax Exemption shall only be utilized for Eligible Items which shall be purchased, incorporated, completed or installed for use only by the Company at the Facility (and not with any intention to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any such Eligible Item to a Person as shall not constitute the Company), it being the intention of the Agency and the Company that the Sales Tax Exemption shall not be made available with respect to any Eligible Item unless such item is used solely by the Company at the Facility.

 

(v)       The Sales Tax Exemption shall not be used for any Ineligible Item.

 

(vi)      The Sales Tax Exemption shall not be used to benefit any person or entity, including any tenant or subtenant located at the Facility, other than the Company and the Sublessee, without the prior written consent of the Agency.

 

(vii)     By execution by the Company of this Lease Agreement, the Company agrees to accept the terms hereof and represents and warrants to the Agency that the use of the Sales Tax Exemption by the Company or by any Agent is strictly for the purposes stated herein.

 

(viii)     Upon the Termination Date, the Company and each Agent shall cease being agents of the Agency, and the Company shall immediately notify each Agent in writing of such termination and that the Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter issued to any such Agent is likewise terminated.

 

(ix)       The Company agrees that the aggregate amount of Company Sales Tax Savings realized by the Company and by all Agents of the Company, if any, in connection with the Facility shall not exceed in the aggregate the Maximum Company Sales Tax Savings Amount. 

 

(d)        Procedures for Appointing Agents. If the Company desires to seek the appointment of a contractor, a subcontractor or other party to act as the Agency’s agent (an “Agent”) for the purpose of effecting purchases which are eligible for the Sales Tax Exemption pursuant to authority of this Lease Agreement, it must complete the following steps:

 

	 	
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			For each Agent, the Company must complete and submit Form ST-60 to the Agency. The foregoing is required pursuant to the GML Section 874(9) and Form ST-60 and the regulations relating thereto which require that within thirty (30) days of the date that the Agency appoints a project operator or other person or entity to act as agent of the Agency for purposes of extending a sales or use tax exemption to such person or entity, the Agency must file a completed Form ST-60 with respect to such person or entity.

			

 

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			Following receipt by the Agency of the completed Form ST-60, such Agent must be appointed as Agent by the Agency, by execution by the Agency and the Agent of a Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E. The determination whether to approve the appointment of an Agent shall be made by the Agency, in its sole discretion. If executed, a completed copy of the Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter shall be sent to the Company. The Company must also provide a copy of an executed Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter together with a copy of this Lease Agreement to the Agent within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by the Company.

			

 

	 	
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			The Company shall ensure that each Agent shall observe and comply with the terms and conditions of its Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter and this Lease Agreement.

			

 

(e)         Form ST-60 Not an Exemption Certificate.      The Company acknowledges that the executed Form ST-60 designating the Company or any Agent as an agent of the Agency shall not serve as a sales or use tax exemption certificate or document. Neither the Company nor any other Agent may tender a copy of the executed Form ST-60 to any person required to collect sales tax as a basis to make such purchases exempt from tax. No such person required to collect sales or use taxes may accept the executed Form ST-60 in lieu of collecting any tax required to be collected. THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR MISUSE OF A COPY OF FORM ST-60 AS AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT OR FOR FAILURE TO PAY OR COLLECT TAX SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN THE TAX LAW. IN ADDITION, THE USE BY AN AGENT, THE COMPANY, OR OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY OF SUCH FORM ST-60 AS AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE, UNDER ARTICLES TWENTY EIGHT AND THIRTY SEVEN OF THE TAX LAW, THE ISSUANCE OF A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT WITH THE INTENT TO EVADE TAX.

 

(f)         Form ST-123 Requirement.      As an agent of the Agency, the Company agrees that it will, and will cause each Agent to, present to each seller or vendor a completed and signed Form ST-123 for each contract, agreement, invoice, bill or purchase order entered into by the Company or by any Agent, as agent for the Agency, for the Project Work. Form ST-123 requires that each seller or vendor accepting Form ST-123 identify the Facility on each bill or invoice for purchases and indicate on the bill or invoice that the Agency or Agent or Company, as project operator of the Agency, was the purchaser. For the purposes of indicating who the purchaser is, each bill or invoice should state, “I, [Company/Agent], certify that I am duly appointed agent of the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency and that I am purchasing the tangible personal property or services for use in the [Facility Name] located at [Address], Suffolk County, New York, IDA Project Number [__].” The Company shall retain copies of all such contracts, agreements, invoices, bills and purchase orders for a period of not less than six (6) years from the date thereof. For each Agent the Form ST-123 shall be completed as follows: (i) the “Project information” section of Form ST-123 should be completed using the name and address of the Facility as indicated on the Form ST-60 used to appoint the Agent; (ii) the date that the Agent was appointed as an agent should be completed using the date of the Agent’s Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter; and (iii) the “Exempt purchases” section of Form ST-123 should be completed by marking “X” in box “A” only.

 

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(g)         Form ST-340 Filing Requirement.      The Company shall annually (currently, by each February 1st with respect to the prior calendar year) file a Form ST-340 with NYSDTF, and with a copy to the Agency, in a manner consistent with such regulations as is or may be prescribed by the Commissioner of NYSDTF (the “Commissioner”), of the value of all Company Sales Tax Savings claimed by the Company and each Agent in connection with the Facility. Should the Company fail to comply with the foregoing requirement, the Company and each Agent shall immediately cease to be agents of the Agency in connection with the Facility without any further action of the Agency and the Company shall immediately and without demand notify each Agent appointed by the Agency in connection with the Facility of such termination.

 

(h)         Sales Tax Registry Filing Requirement. No later than August 1st of each year, the Company shall file with the Agency a completed Sales Tax Registry, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, which accounts for all Company Sales Tax Savings realized by the Company and each Agent during the prior annual period ending on the preceding June 30th (or such shorter period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the preceding June 30th), unless the Termination Date occurred prior to such June 30th. Within ten (10) days after the Termination Date, the Company shall file with the Agency a completed Sales Tax Registry which accounts for all Company Sales Tax Savings realized by the Company and each Agent during the period from the preceding July 1st to the Termination Date.

 

(i)           Special Provisions Relating to State Sales Tax Savings.     

 

	 	
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			The Company covenants and agrees to comply, and to cause each of its contractors, subcontractors, Agents, persons or entities to comply, with the requirements of GML Sections 875(1) and (3) (the “Special Provisions”), as such provisions may be amended from time to time. In the event of a conflict between the other provisions of this Lease Agreement and the Special Provisions, the Special Provisions shall control.

			

 

	 	
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			The Company acknowledges and agrees that pursuant to GML Section 875(3), the Agency shall have the right to recover, recapture, receive, or otherwise obtain from the Company, State Sales Tax Savings taken or purported to be taken by the Company, any Agent or any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company to which the Company is not entitled or which are in excess of the Maximum Company Sales Tax Savings Amount or which are for property or services not authorized or taken in cases where the Company, any Agent or any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company failed to comply with a material term or condition to use property or services in the manner required by this Lease Agreement. The Company shall, and shall require each Agent and any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company, to cooperate with the Agency in its efforts to recover, recapture, receive, or otherwise obtain such State Sales Tax Savings and shall promptly pay over any such amounts to the Agency that it requests. The failure to pay over such amounts to the Agency shall be grounds for the Commissioner to assess and determine State Sales and Use Taxes due from the Company under Article 28 of the New York State Tax Law, together with any relevant penalties and interest due on such amounts.

			

 

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(j)     Subject to the provisions of subsection (i) above, in the event that the Company or any Agent shall utilize the Sales Tax Exemption in violation of the provisions of this Lease Agreement or any Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter, the Company shall promptly deliver notice of same to the Agency, and the Company shall, upon demand by the Agency, pay to or at the direction of the Agency a return of sales or use tax exemptions in an amount equal to all such unauthorized sales or use tax exemptions together with interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum compounded daily from the date and with respect to the dollar amount for which each such unauthorized sales or use tax exemption was availed of by the Company or any Agent (as applicable).

 

(k)     Upon request by the Agency with reasonable notice to the Company, the Company shall make available at reasonable times to the Agency and/or the Independent Accountant all such books, records, contracts, agreements, invoices, bills or purchase orders of the Company and any Agent, and require all appropriate officers and employees of the Company to respond to reasonable inquiries by the Agency and/or the Independent Accountant, as shall be necessary (y) to indicate in reasonable detail those costs for which the Company or any Agent shall have utilized the Sales Tax Exemption and the dates and amounts so utilized, and (z) to permit the Agency to determine any amounts owed by the Company under this Section 5.2.

 

Section 5.3     Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption. Section 874 of the Act exempts the Agency from paying certain mortgage recording taxes except for the portion of the mortgage recording tax allocated to transportation districts referenced in Section 253(2)(a) of the Tax Law. The Agency hereby grants to the Company exemption from mortgage recording taxes for one or more Mortgages securing an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $0.00, or such greater amount as approved by the Agency in its sole and absolute discretion, in connection with the financing of the Project Work and any future financing, refinancing or permanent financing of the costs of the Project Work for the Facility (the “Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption”). The Company represents and warrants (1) that the real property secured by the Mortgage is located within a transportation district referenced in Section 253(2)(a) of the Tax Law, and (2) that upon recording the Mortgage, the Company shall pay the mortgage recording tax allocated to transportation districts referenced in Section 253(a)(2) of the Tax Law.

 

Section 5.4     Recapture of Agency Benefits.

 

(a)         It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the Agency is entering into this Lease Agreement in order to provide financial assistance to the Company for the Facility and to accomplish the public purposes of the Act. In consideration therefor, the Company hereby agrees as follows:

 

(i)     If there shall occur a Recapture Event after the Closing Date, but on or before December 31, 2020, the Company shall pay to the Agency, or to the State of New York, if so directed by the Agency (except as otherwise specified below) as a return of public benefits conferred by the Agency, one hundred percent (100%) of the Recaptured Benefits (as defined below);

 

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(ii)     If there shall occur a Recapture Event on or after January 1, 2021 but on or before December 31, 2022, the Company shall pay to the Agency, or to the State of New York, if so directed by the Agency (except as otherwise specified below) as a return of public benefits conferred by the Agency, seventy-five percent (75%) of the Recaptured Benefits;

 

(iii)     If there shall occur a Recapture Event on or after January 1, 2023 but on or before December 31, 2024, the Company shall pay to the Agency, or to the State of New York, if so directed by the Agency (except as otherwise specified below) as a return of public benefits conferred by the Agency, fifty percent (50%) of the Recaptured Benefits;

 

(iv)     If there shall occur a Recapture Event on or after January 1, 2025 but on or before December 31, 2025, the Company shall pay to the Agency, or to the State of New York, if so directed by the Agency (except as otherwise specified below) as a return of public benefits conferred by the Agency, twenty-five percent (25%) of the Recaptured Benefits; and

 

(v)     If there shall occur a Recapture Event on or after January 1, 2026, the Company shall not be obligated to pay to the Agency, or to the State of New York, any of the Recaptured Benefits; and

 

(b)          The term “Recaptured Benefits” shall mean all direct monetary benefits, tax exemptions and abatements and other financial assistance, if any, derived solely from the Agency’s participation in the transaction contemplated by the Lease Agreement including, but not limited to, the amount equal to 100% of:

 

(i)     the Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption; and

 

(ii)     Sales Tax Exemption savings realized by or for the benefit of the Company, including any savings realized by any Agent pursuant to the Lease Agreement and each Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter issued in connection with the Facility (the “Company Sales Tax Savings”); and

 

(iii)     real property tax abatements granted pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof (the “Real Property Tax Abatements”);

 

which Recaptured Benefits from time to time shall upon the occurrence of a Recapture Event in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) below and the declaration of a Recapture Event by notice from the Agency to the Company be payable directly to the Agency or the State of New York if so directed by the Agency within ten (10) days after such notice.

 

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(c)          The term “Recapture Event” shall mean any of the following events:

 

(i)     The occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default under this Lease Agreement (other than as described in clause (iv) below or in subsections (d) or (e) below) which remains uncured beyond any applicable notice and/or grace period, if any, provided hereunder; or

 

(ii)     The Facility shall cease to be a “project” within the meaning of the Act, as in effect on the Closing Date, through the act or omission of the Company; or

 

(iii)     The sale of the Facility or closure of the Facility and/or departure of the Company from the Town of Islip, except as due to casualty, condemnation or force majeure as provided in subsection (e) below or as provided in Section 9.3 hereof; or

 

(iv)     Failure of the Company to create or cause to be maintained the number of FTE jobs at the Facility as provided in Section 8.11 of the Lease Agreement, which failure is not reflective of the business conditions of the Company or the subtenants of the Company, including without limitation loss of major sales, revenues, distribution or other adverse business developments and/or local, national or international economic conditions, trade issues or industry wide conditions; or

 

(v)     Any significant deviations from the Project Application Information which would constitute a significant diminution of the Company’s activities in, or commitment to, the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York; or

 

(vi)     The Company receives Sales Tax Savings in connection with the Project Work in excess of the Maximum Company Sales Tax Savings Amount; provided, however, that the foregoing shall constitute a Recapture Event with respect to such excess Sales Tax Savings only. It is further provided that failure to repay the Sales Tax Savings within thirty (30) days shall constitute a Recapture Event with respect to all Recapture Benefits.

 

(d)         Provided, however, if a Recapture Event has occurred due solely to the failure of the Company to create or cause to be maintained the number of FTEs at the Facility as provided in Section 8.11 hereof in any Tax Year but the Company has created or caused to be maintained at least 90% of such required number of FTEs for such Tax Year, then in lieu of recovering the Recaptured Benefits provided above, the Agency may, in its sole discretion, adjust the PILOT Payments due hereunder on a pro rata basis so that the amounts payable will be adjusted upward retroactively for such Tax Year by the same percentage as the percentage of FTEs that are below the required FTE level for such Tax Year. Such adjustments to the PILOT Payments may be made each Tax Year until such time as the Company has complied with the required number of FTEs pursuant to Section 8.11 hereof.

 

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(e)        Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Recapture Event shall not be deemed to have occurred if the Recapture Event shall have arisen as a result of (i) a “force majeure” event (as more particularly defined in Section 10.1(b) hereof), (ii) a taking or condemnation by governmental authority of all or part of the Facility, or (iii) the inability or failure of the Company after the Facility shall have been destroyed or damaged in whole or in part (such occurrence a “Loss Event”) to rebuild, repair, restore or replace the Facility to substantially its condition prior to such Loss Event, which inability or failure shall have arisen in good faith on the part of the Company or any of its affiliates so long as the Company or any of its affiliates have diligently and in good faith using commercially reasonable efforts pursued the rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement of the Facility or part thereof.

 

(f)        The Company covenants and agrees to furnish the Agency with written notification (i) within sixty (60) days of the end of each Tax Year the number of FTEs located at the Facility for such Tax Year, and (ii) within thirty (30) days of actual notice of any facts or circumstances which would likely lead to a Recapture Event or constitute a Recapture Event hereunder. The Agency shall notify the Company of the occurrence of a Recapture Event hereunder, which notification shall set forth the terms of such Recapture Event.

 

(g)        In the event any payment owing by the Company under this Section shall not be paid on demand by the Agency, such payment shall bear interest from the date of such demand at a rate equal to one percent (1%) plus the Prime Rate, but in no event at a rate higher than the maximum lawful prevailing rate, until the Company shall have made such payment in full, together with such accrued interest to the date of payment, to the Agency (except as otherwise specified above).

 

(h)        The Agency shall be entitled to deduct all reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Agency, including without limitation, reasonable legal fees, incurred with the recovery of all amounts due under this Section 5.4, from amounts received by the Agency pursuant to this Section 5.4.

 

ARTICLE VI 

MAINTENANCE, MODIFICATIONS, TAXES AND INSURANCE

 

Section 6.1     Maintenance and Modifications of Facility by Company.

 

(a)        The Company shall not abandon the Facility or cause or permit any waste to the Improvements. During the Lease Term, the Company shall not remove any material part of the Facility outside of the jurisdiction of the Agency and shall (i) keep the Facility or cause the Facility to be kept in as reasonably safe condition as its operations shall permit; (ii) make all necessary repairs and replacements to the Facility; and (iii) operate the Facility in a sound and economic manner.

 

(b)        The Company from time to time may make any structural additions, modifications or improvements to the Facility or any part thereof, provided such actions do not adversely affect the structural integrity of the Facility.  The Company may not make any changes to the footprint of the Facility, and any additions expanding the square footage of the Facility (including the addition of any stories whether above or below ground) or make any additions, modifications or improvements to the Facility which will materially and/or adversely affect the structural integrity or value of the Facility without the prior written consent of the Agency which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All such additions, modifications or improvements made by the Company after the date hereof shall become a part of the Facility and the Property of the Agency. The Company agrees to deliver to the Agency all documents which may be necessary or appropriate to convey to the Agency title to or an interest in such Property.

 

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Section 6.2     Installation of Additional Equipment. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.5 hereof, the Company or any permitted sublessee of the Company from time to time may install additional machinery, equipment or other personal property in the Facility (which may be attached or affixed to the Facility), and such machinery, equipment or other personal property shall not become, or be deemed to become, a part of the Facility, so long as such additional property is properly identified by such appropriate records, including computerized records, as approved by the Agency. The Company from time to time may create or permit to be created any Lien on such machinery, equipment or other personal property. Further, the Company from time to time may remove or permit the removal of such machinery, equipment and other personal property from the Facility, provided that any such removal of such machinery, equipment or other personal property shall not occur: (i) if any Event of Default has occurred or (ii) if any such removal shall adversely affect the structural integrity of the Facility or impair the overall operating efficiency of the Facility for the purposes for which it is intended, and provided further, that if any damage to the Facility is occasioned by such removal, the Company agrees promptly to repair or cause to be repaired such damage at its own expense.

 

Section 6.3     Taxes, Assessments and Utility Charges.

 

(a)     Subject to the Sales Tax Exemption and the Real Property Tax Abatements as provided hereunder, the Company agrees to pay, as the same become due and before any fine, penalty, interest (except interest which is payable in connection with legally permissible installment payments) or other cost which may be added thereto or become due or be imposed by operation of law for the non-payment thereof, (i) all taxes, PILOT Payments and governmental charges of any kind whatsoever which may at any time be lawfully assessed or levied against or with respect to the Facility and any machinery, equipment or other Property installed or brought by the Company therein or thereon, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any sales or use taxes imposed with respect to the Facility or any part or component thereof, or the rental or sale of the Facility or any part thereof, and any taxes levied upon or with respect to the income or revenues of the Agency from the Facility; (ii) all utility and other charges, including service charges, incurred or imposed for or with respect to the operation, maintenance, use, occupancy, upkeep and improvement of the Facility; and (iii) all assessments and charges of any kind whatsoever lawfully made by any governmental body for public improvements; provided that, with respect to special assessments or other governmental charges that may lawfully be paid in installments over a period of years, the Company shall be obligated under this Lease Agreement to pay only such installments as are required to be paid during the Lease Term.

 

(b)     The Company may in good faith contest any such taxes, assessments and other charges. In the event of any such proceedings, the Company may permit the taxes, assessments or other charges so contested to remain unpaid during the period of such proceedings and any appeal therefrom, provided, however, that (i) neither the Facility nor any part thereof or interest therein would be in any immediate danger of being sold, forfeited or lost by reason of such proceedings and (ii) the Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto and shall have furnished such security, if any, as may be required in such proceedings or requested by the Agency.

 

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(c)     The Agency agrees that if it or the Company contests any taxes, assessments or other charges provided for in paragraph (b) hereof, all sums returned and received by the Agency, as a result thereof, will be promptly transmitted by the Agency to the Company and that the Company shall be entitled to retain all such amounts; which such obligation shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease Agreement.

 

(d)     Within thirty (30) days of receipt of written request therefor, the Company shall deliver to the Agency, official receipts of the appropriate taxing authorities or other proof reasonably satisfactory to the Agency evidencing payment of any tax.

 

Section 6.4     Insurance Required. At all times throughout the Lease Term, including, when indicated herein, during the Construction Period, if any, the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, maintain or cause to be maintained insurance against such risks and for such amounts as are customarily insured against by facilities of like size and type and shall pay or cause to be paid, as the same become due and payable, all premiums with respect thereto, including, but not necessarily limited to:

 

(a)     Insurance against loss or damage by fire, lightning and other casualties customarily insured against, with a uniform standard extended coverage endorsement, in an amount not less than the full replacement value of the completed Improvements, exclusive of footings and foundations, as determined by a recognized appraiser or insurer selected by the Company, but in no event less than the greater of $1,000,000 or the amount as may be required by any Lender. During the Construction Period, such policy shall be written in the so-called “Builder’s Risk Completed Value Non-Reporting Form” and shall contain a provision granting the insured permission to complete and/or occupy.

 

(b)     Workers’ compensation insurance, disability benefits insurance and each other form of insurance which the Company or any permitted sublessee is required by law to provide, covering loss resulting from injury, sickness, disability or death of employees of the Company or any permitted sublessee who are located at or assigned to the Facility. This coverage shall be in effect from and after the Completion Date or on such earlier date as any employees of the Company, any permitted sublessee, any contractor or subcontractor first occupy the Facility.

 

(c)     Insurance protecting the Agency and the Company against loss or losses from liability imposed by law or assumed in any written contract (including the contractual liability assumed by the Company under Section 8.2 hereof) or arising from personal injury, including bodily injury or death, or damage to the property of others, caused by an accident or other occurrence, with a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit or equivalent for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage); comprehensive automobile liability insurance covering all owned, non-owned and hired autos, with a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit or equivalent protecting the Agency and the Company against any loss, liability or damage for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage); and blanket excess liability coverage, in an amount not less than $5,000,000 combined single limit or equivalent, protecting the Agency and the Company against any loss or liability or damage for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, or property damage. This coverage shall also be in effect during the Construction Period.

 

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(d)          During the Construction Period, if any (and for at least one year thereafter in the case of Products and Completed Operations as set forth below), the Company shall cause the general contractor to carry liability insurance of the type and providing the minimum limits set forth below:

 

(i)          Workers’ compensation and employer’s liability with limits in accordance with applicable law.

 

(ii)         Comprehensive general liability providing coverage for:

 

Premises and Operations

Products and Completed Operations

Owners Protective

Contractors Protective

Contractual Liability

Personal Injury Liability

Broad Form Property Damage

(including completed operations)

Explosion Hazard

Collapse Hazard

Underground Property Damage Hazard

 

Such insurance shall have a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage).

 

(iii)      Comprehensive auto liability, including all owned, non-owned and hired autos, with a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage).

 

(iv)        Excess “umbrella” liability providing liability insurance in excess of the coverages in (i), (ii) and (iii) above with a limit of not less than $5,000,000.

 

(e)          A policy or policies of flood insurance in an amount not less than the greater of $1,000,000 or the amount that may be required by any Lender or the maximum amount of flood insurance available with respect to the Facility under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, whichever is less. This requirement will be waived upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the Agency that no portion of the Land is located within an area identified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as having special flood hazards.

 

(f)          The Agency does not in any way represent that the insurance specified in this Lease Agreement, whether in scope or coverage or limits of coverage, is adequate or sufficient to protect the Company’s business or interests. 

 

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Section 6.5     Additional Provisions Respecting Insurance.

 

(a)     All insurance required by Section 6.4 hereof shall be procured and maintained in financially sound and generally recognized responsible insurance companies authorized to write such insurance in the State and selected by the entity required to procure the same. The company issuing the policies required by Section 6.4(a) and (e) shall be rated “A” or better by A.M. Best Co., Inc. in Best’s Key Rating Guide. Such insurance may be written with deductible amounts comparable to those on similar policies carried by other companies engaged in businesses similar in size, character and other respects to those in which the procuring entity is engaged. All policies of insurance required by Section 6.4 hereof shall provide for at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Agency of the restriction, cancellation or modification thereof. The policy evidencing the insurance required by Section 6.4(c) hereof shall name the Agency as an additional insured. All policies evidencing the insurance required by Section 6.4(d)(ii), (iii) and (iv) shall name the Agency and the Company as additional insureds. The Agency acknowledges that a mortgage and security interest in the policies of insurance required by Section 6.4(a) and the Net Proceeds thereof have been or may be granted by the Company to any Lender pursuant to the Mortgage, and the Agency consents thereto. The Agency hereby acknowledges that upon request of any Lender, the Company will assign and deliver (which assignment shall be deemed to be automatic and to have occurred upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under any Mortgage) to any Lender the policies of insurance required under Section 6.4(a), so and in such manner and form that any Lender shall at all times, upon such request and until the payment in full of any Loan, have and hold said policies and the Net Proceeds thereof as collateral and further security under any Mortgage for the payment of any Loan. The policies required under Section 6.4(a) shall contain appropriate waivers of subrogation.

 

(b)     The certificates of insurance required by Section 6.4(a), (c) and (e) hereof shall be deposited with the Agency on or before the Closing Date. A copy of the certificates of insurance required by Section 6.4(d)(ii), (iii) and (iv) hereof shall be delivered to the Agency on or before the commencement of any Construction Period. The Company shall deliver to the Agency before the first Business Day of each calendar year thereafter a certificate dated not earlier than the immediately preceding month reciting that there is in full force and effect, with a term covering at least the next succeeding calendar year, insurance of the types and in the amounts required by Section 6.4 hereof and complying with the additional requirements of Section 6.5(a) hereof. Prior to the expiration of each such policy or policies, the Company shall furnish to the Agency and any other appropriate Person a new policy or policies of insurance or evidence that such policy or policies have been renewed or replaced or are no longer required by this Lease Agreement. The Company shall provide such further information with respect to the insurance coverage required by this Lease Agreement as the Agency may from time to time reasonably require.

 

Section 6.6     Application of Net Proceeds of Insurance. The Net Proceeds of the insurance carried pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.4 hereof shall be applied as follows: (i) the Net Proceeds of the insurance required by Section 6.4(a) and (e) hereof shall be applied as provided in Section 7.l hereof, and (ii) the Net Proceeds of the insurance required by Section 6.4(b), (c) and (d) hereof shall be applied toward extinguishment or satisfaction of the liability with respect to which such insurance proceeds may be paid.

 

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Section 6.7     Right of Agency to Pay Taxes, Insurance Premiums and Other Charges. If the Company fails, beyond the expiration of any applicable notice and cure periods, (i) to pay any tax, together with any fine, penalty, interest or cost which may have been added thereto or become due or been imposed by operation of law for nonpayment thereof, PILOT Payment, assessment or other governmental charge required to be paid by Section 6.3 hereof (unless contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3), (ii) to maintain any insurance required to be maintained by Section 6.4 hereof, (iii) to pay any amount required to be paid by any law or ordinance relating to the use or occupancy of the Facility or by any requirement, order or notice of violation thereof issued by any governmental person, (iv) to pay any mechanic’s Lien which is recorded or filed against the Facility or any part thereof (unless contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.8(b) hereof), or (v) to pay any other amount or perform any act required to be paid or performed by the Company hereunder, the Agency may pay or cause to be paid such tax, PILOT Payment, assessment or other governmental charge, premium for such insurance or any such other payment, or may perform any such act. No such payment shall be made or act performed by the Agency until at least ten (10) days shall have elapsed since notice shall have been given by the Agency, and in the case of any tax, assessment or governmental charge or the amounts specified in clauses (i) and (iv) hereof, no such payment shall be made in any event if the Company is contesting the same in good faith to the extent and as permitted by this Lease Agreement, unless an Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing. No such payment by the Agency shall affect or impair any rights of the Agency hereunder arising in consequence of such failure by the Company. The Company shall, on demand, reimburse the Agency for any amount so paid or for expenses or costs incurred in the performance of any such act by the Agency pursuant to this Section (which shall include all reasonable legal fees and disbursements), together with interest thereon, from the date of payment of such amount, expense or cost by the Agency at a rate equal to two percent (2%) plus the Prime Rate, but in no event higher than the maximum lawful prevailing rate.

 

ARTICLE VII

DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND CONDEMNATION

 

Section 7.1     Damage or Destruction of the Facility.

 

(a)          If the Facility or any part or component thereof shall be damaged or destroyed (in whole or in part) at any time during the Lease Term:

 

(i)       the Agency shall have no obligation to replace, repair, rebuild, restore or relocate the Facility;

 

(ii)      there shall be no abatement or reduction in the amounts payable by the Company under this Lease Agreement, including, without limitation, the PILOT Payments (whether or not the Facility is replaced, repaired, rebuilt, restored or relocated);

 

(iii)     the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Agency;

 

(iv)     upon the occurrence of such damage or destruction, the Net Proceeds derived from the insurance shall be (A) paid to the Company or the Lender, as applicable, for the replacement, repair, rebuilding, restoration or relocation of the Facility as provided in Section 7.1(b) hereof or (B) applied pursuant to Section 7.1(e) hereof; and

 

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(v)      if the Facility is not replaced, repaired, rebuilt, restored or relocated, as provided herein and in Section 7.1(b) hereof, this Lease Agreement shall be terminated at the option of the Agency and the provisions of Section 7.1(e) hereof shall apply.

 

(b)          Any replacements, repairs, rebuilding, restorations or relocations of the Facility by the Company after the occurrence of such damage or destruction shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)       the Facility shall be in substantially the same condition and value as an operating entity as existed prior to the damage or destruction;

 

(ii)      the Facility shall continue to constitute a “project” as such term is defined in the Act;

 

(iii)     the Facility will be subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances; and

 

(iv)     any other conditions the Agency may reasonably impose.

 

(c)         All such repair, replacement, rebuilding, restoration or relocation of the Facility shall be effected with due diligence in a good and workmanlike manner in compliance with all applicable legal requirements, shall be promptly and fully paid for by the Company in accordance with the terms of the applicable contracts and shall automatically become a part of the Facility as if the same were specifically provided herein.

 

(d)         In the event such Net Proceeds are not sufficient to pay in full the costs of such repair, replacement, rebuilding, restoration or relocation, the Company shall nonetheless complete the work, or cause the work to be completed pursuant to the terms of this Lease Agreement, and pay from its own moneys, or cause to be paid by such other party as may be obligated for payment that portion of the costs thereof in excess of such Net Proceeds. All such repairs, replacements, rebuilding, restoration or relocations made pursuant to this Section, whether or not requiring the expenditure of the Company’s own money or moneys of any other person, shall automatically become a part of the Facility as if the same were specifically described herein.

 

(e)          If the Company shall not repair, replace, rebuild, restore or relocate the Facility, it shall be deemed to have exercised its option to terminate this Lease Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof. Any Net Proceeds derived from insurance shall be applied to the payment of the amounts required to be paid by Section 11.2 hereof and the balance shall be delivered to the Company. If an Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and the Agency shall have exercised its remedies under Section 10.2 hereof, such Net Proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the amounts required to be paid by Section 10.2 and Section 10.4 hereof.

 

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Section 7.2     Condemnation.

 

(a)     If title to or use of the Facility shall be taken by Condemnation (in whole or in part) at any time during the Lease Term:

 

(i)       the Agency shall have no obligation to repair, replace, rebuild, restore or relocate the Facility or to acquire, by construction or otherwise, facilities of substantially the same nature as the Facility (“Substitute Facilities”);

 

(ii)      there shall be no abatement or reduction in the amounts payable by the Company under this Lease Agreement including, without limitation, the PILOT Payments (whether or not the Facility is repaired, replaced, rebuilt, restored or relocated or Substitute Facilities are acquired);

 

(iii)     the Company shall promptly give written notice thereof to the Agency;

 

(iv)     upon the occurrence of such Condemnation, the Net Proceeds derived therefrom shall be (A) paid to the Company or the Lender, as applicable, for the replacement, repair, rebuilding, restoration or relocation of the Facility or acquisition of Substitute Facilities as provided in Section 7.2(b) hereof or (B) applied pursuant to Section 7.2(e) hereof; and

 

(v)     if the Facility is not repaired, replaced, rebuilt, restored or relocated, as provided herein and in Section 7.2(b) hereof, this Lease Agreement shall be terminated at the option of the Agency and the provisions of Section 7.2(e) hereof shall apply.

 

(b)      Any repairs, replacements, rebuilding, restorations or relocations of the Facility by the Company after the occurrence of such Condemnation or acquisitions by the Company of Substitute Facilities shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)       the Facility or the Substitute Facilities shall be in substantially the same condition and value as an operating entity as existed prior to the Condemnation;

 

(ii)      the Facility or the Substitute Facilities shall continue to constitute a “project” as such term is defined in the Act;

 

(iii)     the Facility or the Substitute Facilities will be subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances; and

 

(iv)     any other conditions the Agency may reasonably impose.

 

(c)     All such repair, replacement, rebuilding, restoration or relocation of the Facility shall be effected with due diligence in a good and workmanlike manner in compliance with all applicable legal requirements, shall be promptly and fully paid for by the Company in accordance with the terms of the applicable contracts and shall automatically become a part of the Facility as if the same were specifically described herein. Any Net Proceeds of a Condemnation not used to repair, replace, rebuild, restore, or relocate the Facility shall belong to the Company.

 

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(d)     In the event such Net Proceeds are not sufficient to pay in full the costs of such repair, replacement, rebuilding, restoration, relocation or acquisition of Substitute Facilities, the Company shall nonetheless complete, or cause to be completed, the work or the acquisition pursuant to the terms of this Lease Agreement and pay from its own moneys, or cause to be paid by such other party as may be obligated for payment, that portion of the costs thereof in excess of such Net Proceeds. All such repairs, replacements, rebuilding, restoration, relocations and such acquisition of Substitute Facilities made pursuant to this Section, whether or not requiring the expenditure of the Company’s own money or moneys of any other person, shall automatically become a part of the Facility as if the same were specifically described herein.

 

(e)     If the Company shall not repair, replace, rebuild or restore the Facility or acquire Substitute Facilities, it shall be deemed to have exercised its option to terminate this Lease Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof. Any Net Proceeds derived from the Condemnation shall be applied to the payment of the amounts required to be paid by Section 11.2 hereof. If any Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and the Agency shall have exercised its remedies under Section 10.2 hereof, such Net Proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the amounts required to be paid by Section 10.2 and Section 10.4 hereof and any balance remaining thereafter shall belong to the Company.

 

Section 7.3     Condemnation of Company-Owned Property. The Company shall be entitled to the Net Proceeds of any casualty, damage or destruction insurance proceeds or any Condemnation award or portion thereof made for damage to or taking of any Property which, at the time of such damage or taking, is not part of the Facility.

 

Section 7.4     Waiver of Real Property Law Section 227. The Company hereby waives the provisions of Section 227 of the Real Property Law of the State or any law of like import now or hereafter in effect.

 

ARTICLE VIII 

SPECIAL COVENANTS

 

Section 8.1     Right to Inspect Facility. The Agency and its duly authorized agents shall have the right at all reasonable times on reasonable notice to inspect the Facility, including, without limitation, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the Environment at, on or in the vicinity of the Facility.

 

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Section 8.2     Hold Harmless Provisions.

 

(a)     The Company agrees that the Agency, its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Company), and employees (the “Indemnified Parties”) shall not be liable for and agrees to protect, defend, indemnify, save, release and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and all damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, claims, litigation, demands, defenses, judgments, suits, actions, proceedings, costs, disbursements or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees, expenses and disbursements, incurred whether by reason of third party claims or to enforce the terms, conditions and provisions of this Lease Agreement) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted or awarded against the Agency relating to, resulting from or arising out of: (i) loss or damage to Property or injury to or death of any and all Persons that may be occasioned by, directly or indirectly, any cause whatsoever pertaining to the Facility or arising by reason of or in connection with the occupation or the use thereof or the presence of any Person or Property on, in or about the Facility or the Land, (ii) any Project Work and the Agency’s acquisition, owning, leasing and subleasing of the Facility, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all claims arising from the breach by the Company of any of its covenants contained herein, the exercise by the Company of the authority conferred upon it pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Lease Agreement, and all causes of action and reasonable attorneys’ fees (whether by reason of third party claims or by reason of the enforcement of any provision of this Lease Agreement (including without limitation this Section) or any of the other documents delivered on the Closing Date by the Agency) and any other expenses incurred in defending any claims, suits or actions which may arise as a result of any of the foregoing, (iii) the conditions of the Environment at, on or in the vicinity of the Facility, (iv) any Project Work or the operation or use of the Facility in violation of any applicable Environmental Law for the storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, management, production or Disposal of any Hazardous Substance or as a landfill or other waste disposal site, or for military, manufacturing or industrial purposes or for the commercial storage of petroleum or petroleum based products, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (v) the presence of any Hazardous Substance or a Release or Disposal or the threat of a Release or Disposal of any Hazardous Substance or waste on, at or from the Facility, (vi) the failure promptly to undertake and diligently pursue to completion all necessary, appropriate and legally authorized investigative, containment, removal, clean-up and other remedial actions with respect to a Release or the threat of a Release of any Hazardous Substance on, at or from the Facility, required by any Environmental Law, (vii) human exposure to any Hazardous Substance, noises, vibrations or nuisances of whatever kind to the extent the same arise from any Project Work, the condition of the Facility or the ownership, use, sale, operation, conveyance or operation thereof in violation of any Environmental Law, (viii) a violation of any applicable Environmental Law, (ix) non-compliance with any Environmental Permit, (x) a material misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty or a material breach of or failure to perform any covenant made by the Company in this Lease Agreement, or (xi) the costs of any required or necessary investigation, assessment, testing, repair, cleanup, or detoxification of the Facility and the preparation of any closure or other required plans; provided that any such losses, damages, liabilities or expenses of the Agency are not incurred on account of and do not result from the gross negligence or intentional or willful wrongdoing of the Indemnified Parties. The foregoing indemnities shall apply notwithstanding the fault or negligence in part of any of the Indemnified Parties, and irrespective of the breach of a statutory obligation or the application of any rule of comparative or apportioned liability. The foregoing indemnities are limited only to the extent of any prohibitions imposed by law, and upon the application of any such prohibition by the final judgment or decision of a competent court of law, the remaining provisions of these indemnities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(b)     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Lease Agreement, the obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall remain in full force and effect after the termination of this Lease Agreement until the expiration of the period stated in the applicable statute of limitations during which a claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described may be brought, the payment in full or the satisfaction of such claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described and the payment of all expenses and charges incurred by the Indemnified Parties, relating to the enforcement of the provisions herein specified. The liability of the Company to the Agency hereunder shall in no way be limited, abridged, impaired or otherwise affected by (i) any amendment or modification of any of the Transaction Documents by or for the benefit of the Agency, the Company or any subsequent owners or users of the Facility, (ii) any extensions of time for payment or performance required by any of the Transaction Documents, (iii) the release of the Company or any other person from the performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in any of the Transaction Documents by operation of law, either by the Agency’s voluntary act or otherwise, (iv) the invalidity or unenforceability of any of the terms or provisions of the Transaction Documents, (v) any exculpatory provision contained in any of the Transaction Documents limiting the Agency’s recourse to any other security or limiting the Agency’s rights to a deficiency judgment against the Company, (vi) any investigation or inquiry conducted by or on the behalf of the Agency or any information which the Agency may have or obtain with respect to the condition of the Environment at, or ecological condition of, the Facility, (vii) the sale, assignment or foreclosure of any mortgage relating to all or any part of the Facility, but only with respect to a Release that has occurred prior to any such event, (viii) the sale, assignment, subleasing, transfer or conveyance of all or part of the Land or the Facility or the Company’s interests and rights in, to, and under the Lease Agreement or the termination of the Lease Agreement, but only with respect to a Release that has occurred prior to any such event, (ix) the death or legal incapacity of the Company, (x) the release or discharge, in whole or in part, of the Company in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar proceeding, or (xi) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable release or discharge, in whole or in part, of the Company under the Lease Agreement, or any other Transaction Document.

 

(c)     In the event of any claim against the Indemnified Parties by any employee or contractor of the Company or anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable, the obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation, disability benefits or other employee benefit acts.

 

Section 8.3     Company to Maintain Its Existence. The Company covenants and agrees that at all times during the Lease Term, it will (i) maintain its existence, (ii) continue to be an entity subject to service of process in the State and either organized under the laws of the State, or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States and duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity in the State, (iii) not liquidate, wind-up or dissolve or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property, business or assets remaining after the execution and delivery of this Lease Agreement, (iv) not consolidate with or merge into another corporation or permit one or more corporations to consolidate with or merge into it, and (v) not change more than 49% of the ownership and control of the Company or sell or transfer more than 49% of the equity interests in the Company, except with consent of the Agency, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or conditioned.

 

Section 8.4     Qualification in State. The Company throughout the Lease Term shall continue to be duly authorized to do business in the State.

 

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Section 8.5     Agreement to File Annual Statements and Provide Information. The Company shall file with the NYSDTF an annual statement of the value of all sales and use tax exemptions claimed in connection with the Facility in compliance with Sections 874(8) of the GML as provided in Section 5.2(g) hereof. The Company shall submit a copy of such annual statement to the Agency at the time of filing with NYSDTF. The Company shall also provide the Agency with the information necessary for the Agency to comply with Section 874(9) of the GML. Annually, the Company shall provide the Agency with a certified statement and documentation (i) enumerating the FTE jobs, by category, retained and/or created at the Facility as a result of the Agency’s financial assistance and (ii) indicating the fringe benefits and salary averages or ranges for such categories of FTE jobs created and/or retained. The Company further agrees to provide and certify or cause to be provided and certified such information concerning the Company, its finances, its operations, its employment and its affairs necessary to enable the Agency to make any report required by law, governmental regulation, including, without limitation, any reports required by the Act or the Public Authorities Accountability Act of 2005 and the Public Authorities Reform Act of 2009, each as amended from time to time, or any other reports required by the New York State Authority Budget Office or the Office of the State Comptroller or any of the Agency Documents or Company Documents. Such information shall be provided within thirty (30) days following written request from the Agency. The Company shall cause any and all sublessees at the Facility to comply with the requirements of this Section 8.5 by requiring each such sublessee to enter into a Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement.

 

Section 8.6     Books of Record and Account; Financial Statements. The Company at all times agrees to maintain proper accounts, records and books in which full and correct entries shall be made, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of all transactions and events relating to the business and financial affairs of the Company.

 

Section 8.7     Compliance with Orders, Ordinances, Etc.

 

(a)     The Company, throughout the Lease Term, agrees that it will promptly comply, and cause any sublessee, tenant or occupant of the Facility to comply, with all statutes, codes, laws, acts, ordinances, orders, judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, authorizations, directions and requirements, ordinary or extraordinary, which now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to the Facility or any part thereof, or to the Project Work, or to any use, manner of use or condition of the Facility or any part thereof, of all federal, state, county, municipal and other governments, departments, commissions, boards, courts, authorities, officials and officers having jurisdiction over the Facility or any part thereof, or of the Project Work, or of any use, manner of use or condition of the Facility or any part thereof or of any companies or associations insuring the premises.

 

(b)     Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Company may in good faith contest the validity or the applicability of any requirement of the nature referred to in such subsection (a) by appropriate legal proceedings conducted in good faith and with due diligence. In such event, the Company may fail to comply with the requirement or requirements so contested during the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom, unless the Agency shall notify the Company that by failure to comply with such requirement or requirements, the Facility or any part thereof may be subject to loss, penalty or forfeiture, in which event the Company shall promptly take such action with respect thereto or provide such security as shall be satisfactory to the Agency. If at any time the then existing use or occupancy of the Facility shall, pursuant to any zoning or other law, ordinance or regulation, be permitted only so long as such use or occupancy shall continue, the Company shall use its best efforts not to cause or permit such use or occupancy to be discontinued without the prior written consent of the Agency.

 

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Section 8.8      Discharge of Liens and Encumbrances.

 

(a)     The Company, throughout the Lease Term, shall not permit or create or suffer to be permitted or created any Lien, except for Permitted Encumbrances, upon the Facility or any part thereof by reason of any labor, services or materials rendered or supplied or claimed to be rendered or supplied with respect to the Facility or any part thereof.

 

(b)     Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Company may in good faith contest any such Lien. In such event, the Company may permit the items so contested to remain undischarged and unsatisfied during the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom, unless the Agency shall notify the Company in writing that by nonpayment of any such item or items, the Facility or any part thereof may be subject to loss or forfeiture. In the event of such notice the Company shall promptly secure payment of all such unpaid items by filing a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agency, thereby causing such Lien to be removed, or by taking such other actions as may be satisfactory to the Agency to protect its interests. Mechanics’ Liens shall be discharged or bonded within thirty (30) days of the filing or perfection thereof.

 

Section 8.9      Depreciation Deductions and Investment Tax Credit. The parties agree that, as between them, the Company shall be entitled to all depreciation deductions with respect to any depreciable property comprising a part of the Facility and to any investment credit with respect to any part of the Facility.

 

Section 8.10     Employment Opportunities; Notice of Jobs. The Company covenants and agrees that, in consideration of the participation of the Agency in the transactions contemplated herein, it will, except as otherwise provided by collective bargaining contracts or agreements to which the Company is a party, cause any new employment opportunities created in connection with the Facility to be listed with the New York State Department of Labor, Community Services Division and with the administrative entity of the service delivery area created pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act (PL 97-300), as superseded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (PL. 113-128), in which the Facility is located (collectively, the “Referral Agencies”). The Company also agrees, and shall cause any and all sublessees to agree, that they will, where practicable, first consider for such new employment opportunities persons eligible to participate in federal job training partnership programs who shall be referred by the Referral Agencies.

 

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Section 8.11     Employment at the Facility. The Company hereby agrees to create and maintain or cause to be created and maintained at all times at the Facility and at the facility located at 555 North Research Place, Central Islip, New York 11722: one-hundred seventy-six (176) full time equivalent employees as of December 31, 20[__], and one-hundred eighty-six (186) full time equivalent employees as of December 31, 20[__] and thereafter throughout the Lease Term, calculated on the basis of 35 hours per week who are employees of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliates of the Company, or any consultants, contractors or subcontractors of the Company, or any subsidiary or affiliates of the Company, whose place of employment or workplace is located at the Facility (including the full time equivalent employees of all tenants at the Facility) (“FTE”). It is further provided that the Company may not actually provide the FTEs at the Facility, but rather shall sublease the Facility to the Sublessee, and the FTE jobs created and maintained by the Sublessee at the Facility shall satisfy the requirement above. The Company’s obligation with regard to creating or causing to be maintained FTEs includes (a) using all reasonable efforts to lease up the Facility, and (b) including provisions in all subleases requiring any tenant to comply with the provisions of the Lease Agreement applicable to them.

 

ARTICLE IX

RELEASE OF CERTAIN LAND; ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBLEASING

 

Section 9.1     Restriction on Sale of Facility; Release of Certain Land.

 

(a)     Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Article IX and in Article X hereof, the Agency shall not sell, convey, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Facility or any part thereof, or any of its rights under this Lease Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

(b)     The Agency and the Company from time to time may release from the provisions of this Lease Agreement and the leasehold estate created hereby any part of, or interest in, the Land which is not necessary, desirable or useful for the Facility. In such event, the Agency, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, shall execute and deliver any and all instruments necessary or appropriate so to release such part of, or interest in, the Land. As a condition to such release, the Agency shall be provided with a copy of the instrument transferring such title or interest in such Land, an instrument survey of the Land to be conveyed, together with a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the Company stating that there is then no Event of Default under this Lease Agreement and that such part of, or interest in, the Land is not necessary, desirable or useful for the Facility.

 

(c)     No conveyance of any part of, or interest in, the Land effected under the provisions of this Section 9.l shall entitle the Company to any abatement or diminution of the rents payable by it under this Lease Agreement or any abatement or diminution of the PILOT Payments.

 

Section 9.2     Removal of Equipment.

 

(a)     The Agency shall not be under any obligation to remove, repair or replace any inadequate, obsolete, worn out, unsuitable, undesirable or unnecessary item of Equipment. In any instance where the Company determines that any item of Equipment has become inadequate, obsolete, worn out, unsuitable, undesirable or unnecessary, the Company, may remove such items from the Facility and may sell, trade-in, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same, as a whole or in part, provided that such removal will not materially impair the operation of the Facility for the purpose for which it is intended or change the nature of the Facility so that it does not constitute a “project” under the Act.

 

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(b)        Upon the request of the Company, the Agency shall execute and deliver to the Company all instruments necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to sell or otherwise dispose of any such item of Equipment. The Company shall pay any costs (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in transferring title to any item of Equipment removed pursuant to this Section 9.2.

 

(c)        The removal of any item of Equipment pursuant to this Section shall not entitle the Company to any abatement or diminution of the PILOT Payments or any other amounts payable by it under this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 9.3     Assignment and Subleasing.

 

(a)        Except pursuant to the Sublease Agreement, this Lease Agreement may not be assigned, in whole or in part, and the Facility may not be subleased, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Agency, in each instance, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, but shall be subject to the dates of the Agency’s board meetings,  and which consent may be fully and effectively given by the execution and delivery of a Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement by an Authorized Representative of the Agency in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I. Any assignment or sublease shall be on the following conditions, as of the time of such assignment or sublease:

 

(i)       no assignment or sublease shall relieve the Company from primary liability for any of its obligations hereunder unless the Agency consents thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed subject to the dates of the Agency’s board meetings and which consent shall be conditioned upon the Agency being indemnified and held harmless to its reasonable satisfaction;

 

(ii)      the assignee or sublessee (except in the case of a true sublessee in the ordinary course of business) shall assume the obligations of the Company hereunder to the extent of the interest assigned or subleased;

 

(iii)     the Company shall, within ten (10) days after the delivery thereof, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agency a true and complete copy of such assignment or sublease and the instrument of assumption;

 

(iv)     neither the validity nor the enforceability of the Lease Agreement shall be adversely affected thereby;

 

(v)     the Facility shall continue to constitute a “project” as such quoted term is defined in the Act, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no assignment or sublease shall cause the Facility to be used in violation of Section 862(2)(a) of the Act and no assignment or sublease shall cause the Facility to be occupied by a sublessee in violation of Section 862(1) of the Act; and

 

(vi)     any sublessee will execute and deliver a Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement, satisfactory to the Agency in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I;

 

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(b)        If the Agency shall so request, as of the purported effective date of any assignment or sublease pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 9.3, the Company at its sole cost and expense shall furnish the Agency with opinions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agency, (i) of Transaction Counsel as to item (v) above, and (ii) of Independent Counsel as to items (i), (ii), and (iv) above.

 

(c)         In accordance with Section 862(1) of the Act, the Facility shall not be occupied by a sublessee whose tenancy would result in the removal of a facility or plant of the proposed sublessee from one area of the State to another area of the State or in the abandonment of one or more plants or facilities of such sublessee located within the State; provided, however, that neither restriction shall apply if the Agency shall determine:

 

	 	
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			that such occupation of the Facility is reasonably necessary to discourage the proposed sublessee from removing such other plant or facility to a location outside the State, or

			

 

	 	
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			that such occupation of the Facility is reasonably necessary to preserve the competitive position of the proposed sublessee in its respective industry.

			

 

Section 9.4     Merger of Agency.

 

(a)        Nothing contained in this Lease Agreement shall prevent the consolidation of the Agency with, or merger of the Agency into, or the transfer of the Agency’s interest in the entire Facility to, any other public benefit corporation or political subdivision which has the legal authority to own and lease the Facility and to continue the tax benefits contemplated by the Transaction Documents, provided that upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer, the due and punctual performance and observance of all the agreements and conditions of this Lease Agreement to be kept and performed by the Agency shall be expressly assumed in writing by the public benefit corporation or political subdivision resulting from such consolidation or surviving such merger or to which the Facility shall be transferred.

 

(b)        Within thirty (30) days after the consummation of any such consolidation, merger or transfer of title, the Agency shall give notice thereof in reasonable detail to the Company and shall, upon request, furnish to the Company, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, a favorable opinion of Independent Counsel as to compliance with the provisions of Section 9.4(a) hereof. The Agency promptly shall furnish such additional information with respect to any such transaction as the Company may reasonably request.

 

ARTICLE X

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

Section 10.1     Events of Default Defined.

 

	 	
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			The following shall each be “Events of Default” under this Lease Agreement:

			

 

(i)       the failure by the Company to pay or cause to be paid, on the date due, the amounts specified to be paid pursuant to Section 4.3(a) and (b) hereof;

 

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(ii)      the failure by the Company to observe and perform any covenant contained in Sections 2.2(e), (f) or (i), 5.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.11, 9.3, 10.4 and 10.6 and Article XIII hereof;

 

(iii)     the failure by the Company to pay or cause to be paid PILOT Payments or the Recapture Benefits, in each case on the dates due;

 

(iv)     the occurrence and continuation of a Recapture Event;

 

(v)      any representation or warranty of the Company herein, in any of the Company Documents or in the Project Application Information shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect;

 

(vi)     the failure by the Company to observe and perform any covenant, condition or agreement hereunder on its part to be observed or performed (except obligations referred to in 10.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (vii)) for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice, specifying such failure and requesting that it be remedied, has been given to the Company by the Agency;

 

(vii)     the dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or the failure by the Company to release, stay, discharge, lift or bond within thirty (30) days any execution, garnishment, judgment or attachment of such consequence as may impair its ability to carry on its operations; or the failure by the Company generally to pay its debts as they become due; or an assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors; or the commencement by the Company (as the debtor) of a case in bankruptcy or any proceeding under any other insolvency law; or the commencement of a case in bankruptcy or any proceeding under any other insolvency law against the Company (as the debtor), wherein a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for relief against the Company as the debtor, or such case or proceeding is consented to by the Company or remains undismissed for forty (40) days, or the Company consents to or admits the material allegations against it in any such case or proceeding; or a trustee, receiver or agent (however named) is appointed or authorized to take charge of substantially all of the property of the Company for the purpose of enforcing a lien against such Property or for the purpose of general administration of such Property for the benefit of creditors;

 

(viii)      an Event of Default under the Mortgage, if any, shall have occurred and be continuing; or 

 

(ix)     a default by any tenant under its respective Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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(b)        Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.1(a), if by reason of force majeure any party hereto shall be unable in whole or in part to carry out its obligations under Sections 3.4, 6.1 and 8.11 of this Lease Agreement, and if such party shall give notice and full particulars of such force majeure in writing to the other party, within a reasonable time after the occurrence of the event or cause relied upon, such obligations under this Lease Agreement of the party giving such notice (and only such obligations), so far as they are affected by such force majeure, shall be suspended during continuation of the inability, which shall include a reasonable time for the removal of the effect thereof. The term “force majeure” as used herein shall include, without limitation, acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, acts of public enemies, acts, priorities or orders of any kind of the government of the United States of America or of the State or any of their departments, agencies, governmental subdivisions or officials or any civil or military authority, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fire, hurricanes, storms, floods, washouts, droughts, arrests, restraint of government and people, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accident to machinery, transmission pipes or canals, shortages of labor or materials or delays of carriers, partial or entire failure of utilities, shortage of energy or any other cause or event not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such inability and not due to its fault. The party claiming such inability shall remove the cause for the same with all reasonable promptness. It is agreed that the settlement of strikes, lockouts and other industrial disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the party having difficulty, and the party having difficulty shall not be required to settle any strike, lockout and other industrial disturbances by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties.

 

Section 10.2     Remedies on Default.

 

(a)         Whenever any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agency may take, to the extent permitted by law, any one or more of the following remedial steps:

 

(i)     declare, by written notice to the Company, to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable: (A) all unpaid installments of rent payable pursuant to Section 4.3(a) and (b) hereof, (B) all unpaid and past due PILOT Payments, (C) all due and owing Recapture Benefits, and (D) all other payments due under this Lease Agreement; provided, however, that if an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(a)(vii) hereof shall have occurred and be continuing, such installments of rent and other payments due under this Lease Agreement shall become immediately due and payable without notice to the Company or the taking of any other action by the Agency;

 

(ii)     terminate this Lease Agreement, reconvey the Facility to the Company and terminate the Sales Tax Exemption authorization. The Agency shall have the right to execute an appropriate deed with respect to the Facility and to place the same on record in the Suffolk County Clerk’s office, at the sole cost and expense of the Company and in such event the Company waives delivery and acceptance of such deed and the Company hereby appoints the Agency its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact (which appointment shall be deemed to be an agency coupled with an interest), with full power of substitution to file on its behalf all affidavits, questionnaires and other documentation necessary to accomplish the recording of such deed; or

 

(iii)     take any other action at law or in equity which may appear necessary or desirable to collect the payments then due or thereafter to become due hereunder, and to enforce the obligations, agreements and covenants of the Company under this Lease Agreement.

 

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(b)         No action taken pursuant to this Section 10.2 (including termination of the Lease Agreement) shall relieve the Company from its obligation to make all payments required by Section 4.3 hereof or due and owing PILOT Payments or Recapture Benefits.

 

Section 10.3     Remedies Cumulative. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Agency is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other remedy given under this Lease Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall impair any such right and power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle the Agency to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Article X, it shall not be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be herein expressly required in this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 10.4     Agreement to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses. In the event the Company should default under any of the provisions of this Lease Agreement and the Agency should employ attorneys or incur other expenses for the collection of amounts payable hereunder or the enforcement of performance or observance of any obligations or agreements on the part of the Company herein contained, the Company shall, on demand therefor, pay to the Agency the reasonable fees of such attorneys and such other expenses so incurred.

 

Section 10.5     No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver. In the event any agreement contained herein should be breached by any party and thereafter waived by any other party, such waiver shall be limited to the particular breach so waived and shall not be deemed to waive any other breach hereunder.

 

Section 10.6     Certificate of No Default. The Company shall deliver to the Agency each year no later than January 15th, a certificate signed by an Authorized Representative of the Company stating that the Company is not in default under this Lease Agreement and that no Event of Default exists under this Lease Agreement or any other Company Document. Such certificate shall also contain all information required under Section 8.5 hereof.

 

ARTICLE XI

EARLY TERMINATION OF LEASE AGREEMENTOPTION IN FAVOR OF COMPANY

 

Section 11.1     Early Termination of Lease Agreement. The Company shall have the option to terminate this Lease Agreement at any time upon filing with the Agency a certificate signed by an Authorized Representative of the Company stating the Company’s intention to do so pursuant to this Section and stating the date upon which such payments required by Section 11.2 hereof shall be made (which date shall not be less than forty five (45) nor more than 90 days from the date such certificate is filed) and upon compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 11.2 hereof.

 

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Section 11.2     Conditions to Termination of Lease Agreement. In the event of the termination or expiration of this Lease Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.2, 10.2 or 11.1 hereof, the Company shall make or cause to be made the following payments:

 

(a)     To the Agency or the Taxing Authorities, as appropriate pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof: all PILOT Payments due and payable hereunder as of the date of the termination or expiration of this Lease Agreement;

 

(b)     To the Agency: the purchase price with respect to the Equipment of one dollar ($1.00);

 

(c)     To the Agency: all amounts due and payable under Section 5.4 hereof;

 

(d)     To the Agency: an amount certified by the Agency to be sufficient to pay all unpaid fees and expenses of the Agency incurred under the Agency Documents; and

 

(e)     To the appropriate Person: an amount sufficient to pay all other fees, expenses or charges, if any, due and payable or to become due and payable under the Company Documents.

 

Section 11.3     Conveyance on Termination. At the closing of any expiration or termination of the Lease Agreement, the Agency shall, upon receipt of the amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof, deliver to the Company all necessary documents (i) to terminate this Lease Agreement and to convey the Facility to the Company, subject in each case only to the following: (A) any Liens to which leasehold estate or title to such Property was subject when conveyed to the Agency, (B) any Liens created at the request of the Company, to the creation of which the Company consented or in the creation of which the Company acquiesced, (C) any Permitted Encumbrances, and (D) any Liens resulting from the failure of the Company to perform or observe any of the agreements on its part contained in this Lease Agreement or arising out of an Event of Default hereunder; and (ii) to release and convey to the Company all of the Agency’s rights and interest in and to any rights of action or any Net Proceeds of insurance or Condemnation awards with respect to the Facility (but not including any Unassigned Rights). At the closing of any expiration or termination of the Lease Agreement, and unless otherwise waived by the Agency, as a condition to such termination or expiration, the Company shall request each Lender to release the Agency from any Mortgage and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party in writing and cause such releases to be recorded as applicable.

 

ARTICLE XII

LENDER PROVISIONS

 

Section 12.1     Subordination of Lease Agreement. This Lease Agreement and any and all modifications, amendments, renewals and extensions thereof is subject and subordinate to any Mortgage which may be granted by the Agency and the Company on the Facility or any portion thereof and to any and all modifications, amendments, consolidations, extensions, renewals, replacements and increases thereof.

 

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Section 12.2     Mortgage and Pledge of Agency’s Interests to Lender. The Agency shall at the request of, and at the sole cost and expense of, the Company (i) mortgage its interest in the Facility, and (ii) pledge and assign its rights to and interest in this Lease Agreement (other than Unassigned Rights) to the Lender as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Loan, in each case in accordance with the provisions attached hereto as Exhibit D. The Company hereby acknowledges and consents to such mortgage, pledge and assignment by the Agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all indemnities herein contained shall, subsequent to such mortgage, pledge and assignment, continue to run to the Agency for its benefit.

 

Section 12.3     Pledge of Company’s Interest to Lender. The Company shall have the right to pledge and assign its rights to and interest in this Lease Agreement and the Plans and Specifications to any Lender as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Loan. The Agency hereby acknowledges and consents to any such pledge and assignment by the Company.

 

Section 12.4     Making of Loans; Disbursement of Loan Proceeds. The Agency acknowledges that the Company may request one or more Lenders to make one or more loans to finance and refinance the costs of the acquisition of the Facility and/or the Project Work or to reimburse the Company for the cost of acquiring the Facility and/or the Project Work (the “Loan”). Proceeds of such Loan shall be disbursed by such Lender in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage or other related documentation applicable to such Loan.

 

Provided that the Agency shall have received the notice of the name and address of a Lender, the Agency agrees that simultaneously with its giving of any notice under this Lease Agreement (each a “Notice”) it will send a copy of such Notice to each Lender. Each Notice shall be sent to each Lender in the manner provided herein at the address provided to the Agency by each Lender for such purpose. Each such Lender may change such address from time to time by written notice to the Agency in accordance herewith. The Agency shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with the granting or modification by the Company of any Mortgage. Such cooperation shall include, without limitation, the execution and delivery of such documents and instruments in connection with a Mortgage as the Company or the Lender may reasonably request (the “Loan Documents”), provided that such documents and instruments shall contain the language set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Company shall perform or cause to be performed for and on behalf of the Agency, and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, each and every obligation of the Agency under and pursuant to such instruments.

 

Section 12.5     References to Lender, Loan or Mortgage. All references herein to Lender, Loan or Mortgage or other similar words, whether in the singular or the plural, may be in anticipation of future Loans to be made by future Lenders. Such references shall only be effective if such Loans have been made and are still outstanding. If such Loans are never made or have been repaid, such references shall not be of any force or effect.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

 

Section 13.1     Environmental Representations of the Company. Except as otherwise shown on Exhibit H attached hereto, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Agency that:

 

(a)     Neither the Facility nor, to the best of Company’s knowledge, any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility is being or has been used in violation of any applicable Environmental Law for the storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of any Hazardous Substance or as a landfill or other waste management or disposal site or for military, manufacturing or industrial purposes or for the storage of petroleum or petroleum based products.

 

(b)     Underground storage tanks are not and have not been located on the Facility.

 

(c)     The soil, subsoil, bedrock, surface water and groundwater of the Facility are free of Hazardous Substances, in violation of Environmental Law, other than any such substances that occur naturally.

 

(d)     There has been no Release or threat of a Release of any Hazardous Substance in violation of any applicable law on, at or from the Facility or any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility which through soil, subsoil, bedrock, surface water or groundwater migration could come to be located on or at the Facility, and the Company has not received any form of notice or inquiry from any federal, state or local governmental agency or authority, any operator, tenant, subtenant, licensee or occupant of the Facility or any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility or any other person with regard to a Release or the threat of a Release of any Hazardous Substance on, at or from the Facility or any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility in violation of any applicable law.

 

(e)     All Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership, use or operation of the Facility have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

(f)     No event has occurred with respect to the Facility which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a violation of or non-compliance with any applicable Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.

 

(g)     There are no agreements, consent orders, decrees, judgments, license or permit conditions or other orders or directives of any federal, state or local court, governmental agency or authority relating to the past, present or future construction, renovation, equipping, ownership, use, operation, sale, transfer or conveyance of the Facility which require any change in the present condition of the Facility or any work, repairs, construction, containment, clean up, investigations, studies, removal or remedial action or capital expenditures in order for the Facility to be in compliance with any applicable Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.

 

(h)     There are no actions, suits, claims or proceedings, pending or threatened, which could cause the incurrence of expenses or costs of any name or description or which seek money damages, injunctive relief, remedial action or remedy that arise out of, relate to or result from (i)  conditions of the Environment at, on or in the vicinity of the Facility, (ii) a violation or alleged violation of any applicable Environmental Law or non-compliance or alleged non-compliance with any Environmental Permit with respect to the Facility, (iii) the presence of any Hazardous Substance or a Release or the threat of a Release of any Hazardous Substance on, at or from the Facility or any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility or (iv) human exposure to any Hazardous Substance, noises, vibrations or nuisances of whatever kind to the extent the same arise from the condition of the Facility, the Project Work or the ownership, use, operation, sale, transfer or conveyance of the Facility.

 

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Section 13.2     Environmental Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Agency as follows:

 

(a)     The Company shall use, operate and manage the Facility in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, and shall cause all operators, tenants, subtenants, licensees and occupants of the Facility to use, operate and manage the Facility in accordance with any applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, and shall not cause, allow or permit the Facility or any part thereof to be operated or used for the storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, production, management or Disposal of any Hazardous Substances other than in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits.

 

(b)     The Company shall obtain and comply with, and shall cause all contractors, subcontractors, operators, tenants, subtenants, licensees and occupants of the Facility to obtain and comply with, all Environmental Permits, if any.

 

(c)     The Company shall not cause or permit any change to be made in the present or intended use or operation of the Facility which would (i) involve the storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, management, production or disposal of any Hazardous Substance other than in accordance with any applicable Environmental Law, or use or operation of the Facility as a landfill or waste management or disposal site or for manufacturing or industrial purposes or for the storage of petroleum or petroleum based products other than in accordance with any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) violate any applicable Environmental Law, (iii) constitute a violation or non-compliance with any Environmental Permit or (iv) increase the risk of a Release of any Hazardous Substance.

 

(d)     The Company shall promptly provide the Agency with a copy of all notifications which the Company gives or receives with respect to conditions of the Environment at or in the vicinity of the Facility, any past or present Release or the threat of a Release of any Hazardous Substance on, at or from the Facility or any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility. If the Company receives or becomes aware of any such notification which is not in writing or otherwise capable of being copied, the Company shall promptly advise the Agency of such verbal, telephonic or electronic notification and confirm such notice in writing. Furthermore, upon the Company’s discovery thereof, the Company shall promptly advise the Agency in writing of: (i) the presence of any Hazardous Substance on, under or about the Facility of which the Agency has not previously been advised in writing; (ii) any remedial action taken by, or on behalf of, the Company in response to any Hazardous Substance on, under or about the Facility or to any environmental proceedings of which the Company has not previously been advised in writing; and (iii) the occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of the Facility that could reasonably be expected to cause the Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use of the Facility under any Environmental Law. The Company shall also provide the Agency with copies of all reports, analyses, notices, licenses, approvals, orders, correspondences or other written materials in its possession or control relating to the condition of the Environment at the Facility or real property or bodies of water adjoining or in the vicinity of the Facility or environmental proceedings promptly upon receipt, completion or delivery of such materials.

 

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(e)     The Company shall undertake and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing and all removal or remedial actions necessary to contain, remove and clean up all Hazardous Substances that are or may become present at the Facility and are required to be removed and/or remediated in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws and all Environmental Permits. All remedial work shall be conducted (i) in a diligent and timely fashion by licensed contractors acting under the supervision of a consulting environmental engineer, (ii) pursuant to a detailed written plan for the remedial work approved by any public or private agencies or persons with a legal or contractual right to such approval, (iii) with such insurance coverage pertaining to liabilities arising out of the remedial work as is then customarily maintained with respect to such activities, and (iv) only following receipt of any required permits, licenses or approvals. In addition, the Company shall submit, or cause to be submitted, to the Agency, promptly upon receipt or preparation, copies of any and all reports, studies, analyses, correspondence, governmental comments or approvals, proposed removal or other remedial work contracts and similar information prepared or received by or on behalf of the Company in connection with any remedial work, or Hazardous Substances relating to the Facility. All costs and expenses of such remedial work shall be paid by or on behalf of the Company, including, without limitation, the charges of the remedial work contractors and the consulting environmental engineer, any taxes or penalties assessed in connection with the remedial work and the Agency’s out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with monitoring or review of such remedial work. The Agency shall have the right but not the obligation to join and participate in, as a party if it so elects, any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any environmental proceedings.

 

(f)     If at any time the Agency obtains any notice or information that the Company or the Facility, or the use or operation thereof or the Project Work may be in violation of an Environmental Law or in non-compliance with any Environmental Permit or standard, the Agency may require that a full or supplemental environmental inspection and audit report with respect to the Facility of a scope and level of detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agency be prepared by a professional environmental engineer or other qualified environmental scientist acceptable to the Agency, at the Company’s sole cost and expense. Said audit may, but is not required to or limited to, include a physical inspection of the Facility, a records search, a visual inspection of any property adjacent to or within the immediate vicinity of the Facility, personnel interviews, review of all Environmental Permits and the conducting of scientific testing. If necessary to determine whether a violation of an Environmental Law exists, such inspection shall also include subsurface testing for the presence of Hazardous Substances in the soil, subsoil, bedrock, surface water and/or groundwater. If said audit report indicates the presence of any Hazardous Substance or a Release or Disposal or the threat of a Release or Disposal of any Hazardous Substance on, at or from the Facility in violation of any applicable law, the Company shall promptly undertake and diligently pursue to completion all necessary, appropriate investigative, containment, removal, clean-up and other remedial actions required by any Environmental Law, in accordance with Section 13.2(e) above. The Company hereby consents to the Agency notifying any party under such circumstances of the availability of any or all of the environmental reports and the information contained therein. The Company further agrees that the Agency may disclose such environmental reports to any governmental agency or authority if they reasonably believe that they are required to disclose any matter contained therein to such agency or authority; provided that the Agency shall give the Company at least forty-eight (48) hours prior written notice before so doing. The Company acknowledges that the Agency cannot control or otherwise assure the truthfulness or accuracy of the environmental reports, and that the release of the environmental reports, or any information contained therein, to prospective bidders at any foreclosure sale of the Facility may have a material and adverse effect upon the amount which a party may bid at such sale. The Company agrees that the Agency shall not have any liability whatsoever as a result of delivering any or all of the environmental reports or any information contained therein to any third party if done in good faith, and the Company hereby releases and forever discharges the Agency from any and all claims, damages, or causes of action arising out of, connected with or incidental to the delivery of environmental reports.

 

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Section 13.3     Survival Provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations, warranties, covenants and indemnifications of the Company contained in this Article XIII shall survive any termination, conveyance, assignment, subleasing or defeasance of any right, title or interest of the Company in and to the Facility or in, to or under the Lease Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XIV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 14.1     Notices. All notices, certificates and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be either delivered personally or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered by any national overnight express delivery service (in each case, postage or delivery charges paid by the party giving such communication) addressed as follows or to such other address as any party may specify in writing to the other:

 

To the Agency:

 

Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency

40 Nassau Avenue

Islip, New York 11751

Attention:     Executive Director 

 

With a copy to:

 

Islip Town Attorney’s Office

40 Nassau Avenue

Islip, New York 11751

Attention:     Michael A. Brandi, Esq.

 

To the Company:

 

FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC

355 South Technology Drive

Central Islip, New York 11722

Attention:     Glen Charles, CFO

 

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With a copy to:

 

CVD Equipment Corporation

355 South Technology Drive

Central Islip, New York 11722

Attention:     Martin Teitelbaum, Esq.

 

Notice by mail shall be effective when delivered but if not yet delivered shall be deemed effective at 12:00 p.m. on the third Business Day after mailing with respect to certified mail and one Business Day after mailing with respect to overnight mail.

 

Copies of all notices given either to the Agency or to the Company shall also be sent to any Lender, if such Lender shall have delivered written instructions to the Agency and the Company with the address of such Lender pursuant to Section 12.4 hereof.

 

Section 14.2     Binding Effect. This Lease Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 14.3     Severability. In the event any provision of this Lease Agreement shall be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof.

 

Section 14.4     Amendments, Changes and Modifications. This Lease Agreement may not be amended, changed, modified, altered or (except pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof) terminated except in a writing executed by the parties hereto.

 

Section 14.5     Execution of Counterparts. This Lease Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 14.6     Applicable Law. This Lease Agreement shall be governed exclusively by the applicable laws of the State without regard or reference to its conflict of laws principles.

 

Section 14.7     List of Additional Equipment; Further Assurances. Upon the Completion Date with respect to the Facility and the installation of all of the Equipment therein, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the Agency, a schedule listing all of the Equipment not previously described in this Lease Agreement. If requested by the Agency, the Company shall thereafter furnish to the Agency, within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar year, a schedule listing all of the Equipment not theretofore previously described herein or in the aforesaid schedule.

 

Section 14.8     Survival of Obligations. This Lease Agreement shall survive the performance of the obligations of the Company to make the payments required by Section 4.3, and all indemnities shall survive the foregoing and any termination or expiration of this Lease Agreement.

 

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Section 14.9     Table of Contents and Section Headings Not Controlling. The Table of Contents and the headings of the several Sections in this Lease Agreement have been prepared for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning of or be taken as an interpretation of any provision of this Lease Agreement.

 

Section 14.10    Waiver of Trial by Jury. The parties do hereby expressly waive all rights to trial by jury on any cause of action directly or indirectly involving the terms, covenants or conditions of this Lease Agreement or the Facility or any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with this Lease Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agency and the Company have caused this Lease Agreement to be executed in their respective names by their duly authorized representatives, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	 	
			TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL 

			DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

				 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 

	 	Name:	William G. Mannix	 
	 	Title:	Executive Director	 

 

 

	
			STATE OF NEW YORK

				
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			COUNTY OF NASSAU

				
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On the ___ day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared William G. Mannix, 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 executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person or entity on behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

	 	 	 
	 	Notary Public	 

 

 

 

 

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	 	FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 

	 	Name:	 
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			STATE OF NEW YORK

				
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			COUNTY OF NASSAU

				
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On the ___ day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, 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 or entity on behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

	 	 	 
	 	Notary Public	 

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Lease Agreement

Page 2 of 2

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Legal Description of Real Property

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Equipment

 

All Eligible Items acquired, constructed, renovated or installed and/or to be acquired, constructed, renovated or installed by or on behalf of the Company, in connection with the completion of the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency’s FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC/CVD Equipment Corporation 2017 Facility located at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, New York 11722, and leased to the Company pursuant to the Lease Agreement.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

PILOT Schedule

 

Formula for In-Lieu-of-Taxes Payment: Town of Islip (including any existing incorporated village and any village which may be incorporated after the date thereof, within which the facility is wholly or partially located), Central Islip Union Free School District, Suffolk County and appropriate Special Districts.

 

Definitions

 

Normal Tax Due = Those payments for taxes and assessments, and other special ad valorem levies, special assessments and service charges against real property located in the Town of Islip (including any existing incorporated village or any village which may be incorporated after the date hereof, within which the Facility is wholly or partially located) which are or may be imposed for special improvements or special district improvements, that the Company would pay without exemption.

 

Formula

 

Year

	
			2017/2018 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $280,000

			

	
			2018/2019 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $280,000

			

	
			2019/2020 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $280,000

			

	
			2020/2021 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $280,000

			

	
			2021/2022 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $280,000

			

	
			2022/2023 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $354,260

			

	
			2023/2024 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $428,520

			

	
			2024/2025 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $502,780

			

	
			2025/2026 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $577,040

			

	
			2026/2027 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $651,300

			

	
			2027/2028 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $725,560

			

	
			2028/2029 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $799,820

			

	
			2029/2030 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $874,080

			

	
			2030/2031 

				
			100% Normal Tax Due on the Taxable Assessed Value of $948,340

			

And thereafter: 100% Normal Tax Due on the Full Assessed Value

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Mortgage Requirements

 

Any Mortgage or related document which shall be entered into by the Agency and the Company shall contain the following required provisions:

 

Non-Recourse and Hold Harmless Provisions to be included in the Lender’s Mortgage

 

Section ___. No Recourse Against Agency. The general credit of the Agency is not obligated or available for the payment of this Mortgage. The Mortgagee will not look to the Agency or any principal, member, director, officer or employee of the Agency with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by this Mortgage or any covenant, stipulation, promise, agreement or obligation contained herein. In enforcing its rights and remedies under this Mortgage, the Mortgagee will look solely to the mortgaged premises and/or the Company for the payment of the indebtedness secured by this Mortgage and for the performance of the provisions hereof. The Mortgagee will not seek a deficiency or other money judgment against the Agency or any principal, member, director, officer or employee of the Agency and will not institute any separate action against the Agency by reason of any default that may occur in the performance of any of the terms and conditions of this Mortgage or the Loan Documentation. This agreement on the part of the Mortgagee shall not be construed in any way so as to effect or impair the lien of this Mortgage or the Mortgagee’s right to foreclose hereunder as provided by law or construed in any way so as to limit or restrict any of the rights or remedies of the Mortgagee in any foreclosure proceedings or other enforcement of payment of the indebtedness secured hereby out of and from the security given therefor. All covenants, stipulations, promises, agreements and obligations are the Agency’s and not of any member, director, officer, employee or agent (except the Company) of the Agency in his or her individual capacity, and no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of any debt or interest thereon or for any claim based thereon or hereunder against any member, director, officer, employee or agent (except the Company) of the Agency or any natural person executing this Mortgage on behalf of the Agency. No covenant contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of New York or the Town of Islip, Suffolk County and neither the State of New York nor the Town of Islip, Suffolk County shall be liable on any covenant contained herein, nor shall any obligations hereunder be payable out of any funds of the Agency.

 

Section ___. Hold Harmless Provisions. The Company agrees that the Agency, its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Company) and employees shall not be liable for and agrees to defend, indemnify, release and hold the Agency, its director, members, officers, agents (except the Company) and employees harmless from and against any and all (i) liability for loss or damage to property or injury to or death of any and all persons that may be occasioned by, directly or indirectly, any cause whatsoever pertaining to the Facility or arising by reason of or in connection with the use thereof or under this Mortgage, or (ii) liability arising from or expense incurred by the Project Work or the Agency’s acquiring, owning and leasing of the Facility, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all claims arising from the breach by the Company of any of its covenants contained herein and all causes of action and reasonable attorneys’ fees (whether by reason of third party claims or by reason of the enforcement of any provision of the Mortgage (including, without limitation, this Section)) and any other expenses incurred in defending any claims, suits or actions which may arise as a result of the foregoing, provided that any such losses, damages, liabilities or expenses of the Agency are not incurred or do not result from the gross negligence or intentional or willful wrongdoing of the Agency or any of its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Company) or employees. The foregoing indemnities shall apply notwithstanding the fault or negligence on the part of the Agency, or any of its members, directors, officers, agents, or employees and irrespective of the breach of a statutory obligation or the application of any rule of comparative or apportioned liability. The foregoing indemnities are limited only to the extent of any prohibitions imposed by law, and upon the application of such prohibition by the final judgment or decision of a competent court of law, the remaining provisions of these indemnities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Exhibit D-1

 

 

(b)     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Mortgage, the obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section ___ shall remain in full force and effect after the termination of this Mortgage until the expiration of the period stated in the applicable statute of limitations during which a claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described may be brought and payment in full or the satisfaction of such claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described and the payment of all reasonable expenses and charges incurred by the Agency, or its respective members, directors, officers, agents (except the Company) and employees, relating to the enforcement of the provisions herein specified.

 

(c)     In the event of any claim against the Agency or its members, directors, officers, agents (except the Company) or employees by any employee or contractor of the Company or anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable, the obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation, disability benefits or other employee benefit acts.

 

Section ___.     Recordation of Mortgage. The Agency covenants that it will record or cause this Mortgage to be duly recorded in all offices where recordation thereof is necessary.

 

Section___.     Termination of Lease Agreement. Upon the termination of the Lease Agreement for any reason whatsoever, and at the sole cost and expense of the Company, the Mortgagee shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Agency and the Company, and the Agency and the Company shall execute, any documents necessary to amend the Mortgage to remove the Agency as a party thereto.

 

Exhibit D-2

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF SALES TAX AGENT AUTHORIZATION LETTER

 

SALES TAX AGENT AUTHORIZATION LETTER

 

EXPIRATION DATE: November [__], 2017

 

ELIGIBLE LOCATION:

 

355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, New York 11722

                                                                          ___________ __, 201_

 

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

 

	 	
			Re: 

				
			Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency

			(FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC/CVD Equipment Corporation 2017 Facility)

			

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”), by this notice, hereby advises you as follows:

 

1.     Pursuant to a certain Amended and Restated Lease and Project Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Lease Agreement”), between the Agency and FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal office at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, New York (the “Company”), the Agency has authorized the Company to act as its agent in connection with the Facility described therein located at the Eligible Location described above. Certain capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Lease Agreement.

 

2.     Upon the Company’s request, the Agency has appointed [insert name of Agent] (the “Agent”), pursuant to this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter (the “Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter”) to act as the Agency’s agent for the purpose of effecting purchases exempt from sales or use tax in accordance with the terms, provisions of this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter and the Lease Agreement. The Agent should review the definitions of Eligible Items and Ineligible Items in Schedule A hereto with respect to the scope of Sales Tax Exemption provided under the Lease Agreement and hereunder.

 

3.     The effectiveness of the appointment of the Agent as an agent of the Agency is expressly conditioned upon the execution by the Agency of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Form ST-60 “IDA Appointment of Project Operator or Agent” (“Form ST-60”) to evidence that the Agency has appointed the Agent as its agent (the form of which is to be completed by Agent and the Company). Pursuant to the exemptions from sales and use taxes available to the Agent under this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter, the Agent shall avail itself of such exemptions when purchasing eligible materials and services in connection with the Facility and shall not include such taxes in its contract price, bid or reimbursable costs, as the case may be.

 

Exhibit E-1

 

 

4.     The Agent acknowledges that the executed Form ST-60 shall not serve as a sales or use tax exemption certificate or document. No agent or project operator may tender a copy of the executed Form ST-60 to any person required to collect sales tax as a basis to make such purchases exempt from tax. No such person required to collect sales or use taxes may accept the executed Form ST-60 in lieu of collecting any tax required to be collected. THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR MISUSE OF A COPY OF FORM ST-60 AS AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT OR FOR FAILURE TO PAY OR COLLECT TAX SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN THE TAX LAW. IN ADDITION, THE USE BY AN AGENT, THE COMPANY, OR OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY OF SUCH FORM ST-60 AS AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE, UNDER ARTICLES TWENTY EIGHT AND THIRTY SEVEN OF THE TAX LAW, THE ISSUANCE OF A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR DOCUMENT WITH THE INTENT TO EVADE TAX.

 

5.     As agent for the Agency, the Agent agrees that it will present to each seller or vendor a completed and signed NYSDTF Form ST-123 “IDA Agent or Project Operator Exempt Purchase Certificate” or such additional or substitute form as is adopted by NYSDTF for use in completing purchases that are exempt from Sales and Use Taxes (“Form ST-123”) for each contract, agreement, invoice, bill or purchase order entered into by the Agent, as agent for the Agency, for the construction, repair and equipping of the Facility. Form ST-123 requires that each seller or vendor accepting Form ST-123 identify the Facility on each bill and invoice and invoice for purchases and indicate on the bill or invoice that the Agency or Agent or Company, as project operator of the Agency, was the purchaser. For the purposes of indicating who the purchaser is, each bill or invoice should state, “I, [Company/Agent], certify that I am duly appointed agent of the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency and that I am purchasing the tangible personal property or services for use in the [Facility Name] located at [Address], Suffolk County, New York, IDA Project Number [__].” The Agent shall complete Form ST-123 as follows: (i) the “Project information” section of Form ST-123 should be completed using the name and address of the Facility as indicated on the Form ST-60 used to appoint the Agent; (ii) the date that the Agent was appointed as an agent should be completed using the date of the Agent’s Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter; and (iii) the “Exempt purchases” section of Form ST-123 should be completed by marking “X” in box “A” only.

 

6.     The Agent agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of the Lease Agreement. The Agent must retain for at least six (6) years from the date of expiration of its contract copies of (a) its contract with the Company to provide services in connection with the Facility, (b) all contracts, agreements, invoices, bills or purchases entered into or made by such Agent using the Letter of Authorization for Sales Tax Exemption, and (c) the executed Form ST-60 appointing the Agent as an agent of the Agency, and shall make such records available to the Agency upon reasonable notice. This provision shall survive the expiration or termination of this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter.

 

7.     In order to assist the Company in complying with its obligation to file New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Form ST-340 “Annual Report of Sales and Use Tax Exemptions Claimed by Agent/Project Operator of Industrial Development Agency/Authority” (“Form ST-340”), the Agent covenants and agrees that it shall file semi-annually with the Company and the Agency (no later than January 15th and July 15th of each calendar year in which it has claimed sales and use tax exemptions in connection with the Facility) a written statement of all sales and use tax exemptions claimed by such Agent for the preceding six-month period (ending on June 30th or December 31st, as applicable) in connection with the Facility by completing and submitting to the Company and the Agency the Sales Tax Registry attached hereto as Schedule B. If the Agent fails to comply with the foregoing requirement, the Agent shall immediately cease to be the agent for the Agency in connection with the Facility (such agency relationship being deemed to be immediately revoked) without any further action of the parties, the Agent shall be deemed to have automatically lost its authority to make purchases as agent for the Agency, and shall desist immediately from all such activity.

 

Exhibit E-2

 

 

8.       The Agent agrees that if it fails to comply with the requirements for sales and use tax exemptions, as described in this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter, it shall pay any and all applicable Company Sales Tax Savings and any interest and penalties thereon. This provision shall survive the expiration or termination of this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter.

 

9.        Special Provisions Relating to State Sales Tax Savings.     

 

(a)     The Agent covenants and agrees to comply, and to cause each of its contractors, subcontractors, persons or entities to comply, with the requirements of General Municipal Law Sections 875(1) and (3) (the “Special Provisions”), as such provisions may be amended from time to time. In the event of a conflict between the other provisions of this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter or the Lease Agreement and the Special Provisions, the Special Provisions shall control.

 

(b)     The Agent acknowledges and agrees that pursuant to General Municipal Law Section 875(3) the Agency shall have the right to recover, recapture, receive, or otherwise obtain from the Agent State Sales Tax Savings taken or purported to be taken by the Agent or any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Agent to which Agent or the Company is not entitled or which are in excess of the Maximum Company Sales Tax Savings Amount or which are for property or services not authorized or taken in cases where the Company, any Agent or any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company or the Agent failed to comply with a material term or condition to use property or services in the manner required by this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter or the Lease Agreement. The Company shall, and shall require each Agent and any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company, to cooperate with the Agency in its efforts to recover, recapture, receive, or otherwise obtain such State Sales Tax Savings and shall promptly pay over any such amounts to the Agency that it requests. The failure to pay over such amounts to the Agency shall be grounds for the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (the “Commissioner”) to assess and determine State Sales and Use Taxes due from the Company under Article Twenty-Eight of the New York State Tax Law, together with any relevant penalties and interest due on such amounts.

 

10.      Subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, in the event that the Agent shall utilize the Sales Tax Exemption in violation of the provisions of the Lease Agreement or this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter, the Agent shall promptly deliver notice of same to the Company and the Agency, and the Agent shall, upon demand by the Agency, pay to or at the direction of the Agency a return of sales or use tax exemptions in an amount equal to all such unauthorized sales or use tax exemptions together with interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum compounded daily from the date and with respect to the dollar amount for which each such unauthorized sales or use tax exemption was availed of by the Agent.

 

Exhibit E-3

 

 

11.      Upon request by the Agency with reasonable notice to the Agent, the Agent shall make available at reasonable times to the Agency all such books, records, contracts, agreements, invoices, bills or purchase orders of the Agent, and require all appropriate officers and employees of the Agent to respond to reasonable inquiries by the Agency as shall be necessary (y) to indicate in reasonable detail those costs for which the Agent shall have utilized the Sales Tax Exemption and the dates and amounts so utilized, and (z) to permit the Agency to determine any amounts owed by the Agent under Section 10.

 

12.      By execution of this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter, the Agent agrees to accept the terms hereof and represent and warrant to the Agency that the use of this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter by the Agent is strictly for the purposes stated herein.

 

13.      The Agent acknowledges that this Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter will terminate on the date (the “Termination Date”) that is the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date referred to above, and (ii) the expiration or termination of the Lease Agreement. Upon the Termination Date, the agency relationship between the Agency and the Agent shall terminate.

 

(Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank -Signature Page Follows)

 

Exhibit E-4

 

 

The signature of a representative of the Agent where indicated below will indicate that the Agent accepted the terms hereof.

 

	
			 

				
			TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL

			DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

				
			 

			
	
			 

				
			 

				
			 

				
			 

			
	
			 

				
			 

				
			 

				
			 

			
	
			 

				
			By: 

				 	
			 

			
	
			 

				
			Name:

				
			 

			
	
			 

				
			Title:

				
			 

			

 

	
			ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO BY:          

			 

			[AGENT]

				
			 

			
	
			 

				
			 

				
			 

			
	
			 

				
			 

				
			 

			
	
			By: 

				 	
			 

			
	
			Name:

				
			 

			
	
			Title:

				
			 

			

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

To

SALES TAX AGENT AUTHORIZATION LETTER

 

Set forth below is a description of items that are eligible for the Sales Tax Exemption

 

Eligible Items shall mean the following items of personal property and services, but excluding any Ineligible Items, with respect to which the Agent shall be entitled to claim a Sales Tax Exemption in connection with the Facility:

 

	 	
			(i)

				
			purchases of materials, goods, personal property and fixtures and supplies that will be incorporated into and made an integral component part of the Facility;

			

 

	 	
			(ii)

				
			purchases or leases of any item of materials, goods, machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, trade fixtures and other tangible personal property having a useful life of one year of more;

			

 

	 	
			(iii)

				
			with respect to the eligible items identified in (ii) above: purchases of freight, installation, maintenance and repair services required in connection with the shipping, installation, use, maintenance or repair of such items; provided that maintenance shall mean the replacement of parts or the making of repairs;

			

 

	 	
			(iv)

				
			purchases of materials, goods and supplies that are to be used and substantially consumed in the course of construction or renovation of the Facility (but excluding fuel, materials or substances that are consumed in the course of operating machinery and equipment or parts containing fuel, materials or substances where such parts must be replaced whenever the substance is consumed); and

			

 

	 	
			(v)

				
			leases of machinery and equipment solely for temporary use in connection with the construction or renovation of the Facility.

			

 

Ineligible Items shall mean the following items of personal property and services with respect to which the Agent shall not be entitled to claim a Sales Tax Exemption in connection with the Facility:

 

	 	
			(i)

				
			vehicles of any sort, including watercraft and rolling stock;

			

 

	 	
			(ii)

				
			personalty having a useful life of one year or less;

			

 

	 	
			(iii)

				
			any cost of utilities, cleaning services or supplies or other ordinary operating costs;

			

 

	 	
			(iv)

				
			ordinary office supplies such as pencils, paper clips and paper;

			

 

	 	
			(v)

				
			any materials or substances that are consumed in the operation of machinery;

			

 

	 	
			(vi)

				
			equipment or parts containing materials or substances where such parts must be replaced whenever the substance is consumed; and

			

 

	 	
			(vii)

				
			maintenance of the type as shall constitute janitorial services.

			

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

 

To

SALES TAX AGENT AUTHORIZATION LETTER

 

SALES TAX REGISTRY

 

Please Complete:     REPORTED PERIOD: SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD FROM [JANUARY 1][JULY 1], 201__ to [JUNE 30][DECEMBER 31], 201__

 

	
			Description 

			of Item (incl. 

			Serial #,if 

			applicable)

				
			Location 

			of Item

				
			Dollar 

			Amount

				
			Vendor 

			Description

				
			Date of 

			Payment

				
			Purchase order or 

			invoice number

				
			Sales 

			Tax 

			Savings

			
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

	
			TOTAL SALES TAX SAVINGS REALIZED DURING THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTED PERIOD:

				 

 

Certification: I, the undersigned, an authorized officer or principal owner of the company identified below, hereby certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that all information contained in this report is true and complete. The information reported in this form includes all Company Sales Tax Savings realized by the company identified below and its principals, affiliates, tenants, subtenants, contractors and subcontractors. This form and information provided pursuant hereto may be disclosed to the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency (“TOIIDA”), and may be disclosed by TOIIDA in connection with the administration of the programs by TOIIDA; and, without limiting the foregoing, such information may be included in reports or disclosure required by law.

 

Name of Agent: ________________________________________________________

 

Signature By: __________________________________________________________

 

Name (print): __________________________________________________________ 

 

Title: _________________________________________________________________

 

Date: _________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

Sales Tax Registry

 

Please Complete:    REPORTED PERIOD: ANNUAL PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 201__ to JUNE 30, 201__

	
			Description 

			of Item

			(incl. Serial 

			#,if 

			applicable)

				
			Location

			of Item

				
			Dollar 

			Amount

				
			Vendor 

			Description

				
			Date of 

			Payment

				
			Purchase order or 

			invoice number

				
			Sales 

			Tax 

			Savings

			
	
			SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD FROM JULY 1, [____] to DECEMBER 31, [____]

			
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
			TOTAL SALES TAX SAVINGS REALIZED DURING THE SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD FROM JULY 1, [____] to DECEMBER 31, [____]:

				 
	
			SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, [____] to JUNE 30, [____]

			
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
			TOTAL SALES TAX SAVINGS REALIZED DURING THE SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, [____] to JUNE 30, [____]:

				 
	TOTAL SALES TAX SAVINGS REALIZED DURING THE ANNUAL REPORTED PERIOD:	 

Certification: I, the undersigned, an authorized officer or principal owner of the Company, hereby certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that all information contained in this report is true and complete. The information reported in this form includes all Company Sales Tax Savings realized by the Company below and its principals, affiliates, tenants, subtenants, contractors, subcontractors and any other person or entity pursuant to the LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR SALES TAX EXEMPTION issued to the Company, and any SALES TAX AGENT AUTHORIZATION LETTER issued to any other person or entity at the direction of the Company, by the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency (“TOIIDA”). This form and information provided pursuant hereto may be disclosed by TOIIDA in connection with the administration of the programs by TOIIDA; and, without limiting the foregoing, such information may be included in reports or disclosure required by law.

 

Company Name: ______________________________________________________

 

Signature By: _________________________________________________________

 

Name (print): _________________________________________________________

 

Title: ________________________________________________________________

 

Date: ________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G

 

Construction Wage Policy

 

Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency

 

The purpose of the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency is to provide benefits that reduce costs and financial barriers to the creation and to the expansion of business and enhance the number of jobs in Islip.

 

The Agency has consistently sought to ensure that skilled and fair paying construction jobs for local residents are encouraged in projects receiving financial assistance from the Agency and that local vendors be used during the construction process.

 

It is the intent of the Agency that the economic activity created by Agency assisted projects during the construction process primarily benefits local residents and vendors.

 

	 	
			I.

				
			The following shall be the policy of the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency for all applicants for financial assistance:

			

	 	
			II.

				
			 

			

	 	
			(A)

				
			Employ 90% of the construction workers for the project from within Nassau or Suffolk Counties.

			

 

	 	
			(B)

				
			Purchase 90% of the building materials from within the bi-County region.

			

 

In the event that any of these conditions cannot be met, the applicant shall submit to the Agency an explanation as to the reasons for its failure or inability to comply with such conditions. Furthermore, this policy may be waived, in the sole and final discretion of the Agency, in the event that the applicant demonstrates to the Agency special circumstances or economic hardship to justify a waiver to be in furtherance of the purposes and goals of the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency.

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

Exceptions to Representations and Warranties of Company

 

 

 

[None.]

 

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EXHIBIT I

 

Form of Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement

 

THIS TENANT AGENCY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT, dated as of ________, 20__, is between the TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, a public benefit corporation of the State of New York, having its office at 40 Nassau Avenue, Islip, New York 11751 (the “Agency”), and _______________________, a [banking corporation] [business corporation] [general partnership] [limited liability company] [limited liability partnership] [limited partnership] duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of ________ having its principal office at _____________________________________ (the “Tenant”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, the Agency was created by Chapter 47 of the Laws of 1974 of the State of New York, as amended, pursuant to Title 1 of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York (collectively, the “Act”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency has agreed to provide assistance to FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Company”) and CVD Equipment Corporation, a New York business corporation (the “Sublessee”), in the acquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately 120,000 square foot building (the “Improvements” and the “Equipment”), on approximately 8.0 acres of land located at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, Suffolk County, New York (the “Land”; and together with the Improvements and the Equipment, the “Facility”), which Facility is leased by the Agency to the Company and subleased by the Company to the Sublessee and used by the Sublessee as a manufacturing facility to process surface treatments or films and coatings on various product lines in its business as a manufacturer of equipment and materials for the semiconductor industry (the “Project”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Agency leased the Facility to the Company pursuant to the Amended and Restated Lease and Project Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Lease Agreement”), by and between the Agency and the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company intends to sublease a portion of the Facility to be used as ___________ (the “Demised Premises”) to the Tenant pursuant to a [Tenant Lease Agreement], dated as of ___________, 20__ (the “Tenant Lease Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Tenant, which may be amended from time to time.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF TENANT

 

Section 2.1     Representations and Covenants of Tenant. The Tenant makes the following representations and covenants as the basis for the undertakings on its part herein contained:

 

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(a)     The Tenant is a [banking corporation] [business corporation] [general partnership] [limited liability company] [limited liability partnership] [limited partnership] duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of __________ [and authorized to transact business in the State of New York], and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York,[and the State of [____]] and has full legal right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement. This Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Tenant.

 

(b)     To the best of the Tenant’s knowledge, neither the execution and delivery of this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the provisions hereof will conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any law or ordinance of the State or any political subdivision thereof, the Tenant’s organizational documents, as amended, or any restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Tenant is a party or by which it is bound.

 

(c)     Any and all leasehold improvements undertaken by the Tenant with respect to the Demised Premises and the design, acquisition, construction, renovation, equipping and operation thereof by the Tenant will conform in all material respects with all applicable zoning, planning, building and environmental laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the Facility. The Tenant shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Agency from any liability or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any failure by the Tenant to comply with the provisions of this subsection.

 

(d)     The Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Tenant enforceable against the Tenant in accordance with its terms.

 

(e)     Under penalty of perjury, the Tenant certifies that it is in substantial compliance with all local, state, and federal tax, worker protection and environmental laws, rules and regulations.

 

ARTICLE II

INSURANCE

 

Section 2.1     Insurance Required. At all times throughout the Lease Term, the Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, maintain or cause to be maintained insurance against such risks, and for such amounts, as are customarily insured against by businesses of like size and type and shall pay, as the same become due and payable, all premiums with respect thereto. Such insurance shall include, without limitation, the following (but without duplication of insurance provided by the Company pursuant to the Lease Agreement covering the same risks and insured(s)):

 

(a)     Insurance against loss or damage by fire, lightning and other casualties customarily insured against, with a uniform standard extended coverage endorsement, such insurance to be in an amount not less than the full replacement value of the completed Improvements, exclusive of footings and foundations, as determined by a recognized appraiser or insurer selected by the Tenant, but in no event less than $1,000,000. During the construction of the Facility, such policy shall be written in the so-called “Builder’s Risk Completed Value Non-Reporting Form” and shall contain a provision granting the insured permission to complete and/or occupy.

 

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(b)          Workers’ compensation insurance, disability benefits insurance and each other form of insurance that the Tenant is required by law to provide, covering loss resulting from injury, sickness, disability or death of employees of the Tenant or any permitted sublessee who are located at or assigned to the Facility. This coverage shall be in effect from and after the date any such employees first occupy the Facility.

 

(c)          Insurance protecting the Agency and the Tenant against loss or losses from liability imposed by law or assumed in any written contract (including the contractual liability assumed by the Tenant under Section 3.2 hereof) or arising from personal injury, including bodily injury or death, or damage to the property of others, caused by an accident or other occurrence, with a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage), and blanket excess liability coverage, in an amount not less than $5,000,000 combined single limit or equivalent, protecting the Agency and the Tenant against any loss or liability or damage for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, or property damage. This coverage shall also be in effect during any construction or renovation period with respect to the Demised Premises.

 

(d)          During any construction period with respect to the Demised Premises (and for at least one year thereafter in the case of Products and Completed Operations as set forth below), the Tenant shall cause the general contractor to carry liability insurance of the type and providing the minimum limits set forth below:

 

	 	
			(i)

				
			Workers’ compensation and employer’s liability with limits in accordance with applicable law.

			

 

	 	
			(ii)

				
			Comprehensive general liability providing coverage for:

			

 

Premises and Operations

Products and Completed Operations

Owners Protective

Contractors Protective

Contractual Liability

Personal Injury Liability

Broad Form Property Damage

(including completed operations)

Explosion Hazard

Collapse Hazard

Underground Property Damage Hazard

 

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Such insurance shall have a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage).

 

	 	
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			Business auto liability, including all owned, non-owned and hired autos, with a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 (combined single limit for personal injury, including bodily injury or death, and property damage).

			

 

	 	
			(iv)

				
			Excess “umbrella” liability providing liability Insurance in excess of the coverages in (i), (ii) and (iii) above with a limit of not less than $5,000,000.

			

 

	 	
			Section 2.2

				
			Additional Provisions Respecting Insurance.

			

 

(a)     All insurance required by this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement shall be procured and maintained in financially sound and generally recognized responsible insurance companies authorized to write such insurance in the State and selected by the entity required to procure the same. The company issuing the policies required by Section 2.1(a) hereof shall be rated “A” or better by A.M. Best Co., Inc. in Best’s Key Rating Guide. Such insurance may be written with deductible amounts comparable to those on similar policies carried by other companies engaged in businesses similar in size, character and other respects to those in which the procuring entity is engaged. All policies of insurance required by Section 2.1 hereof shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agency of the restriction, cancellation or modification thereof. The policy evidencing the insurance required by Section 2.1(c) hereof shall name the Agency as an additional insured. All policies evidencing the insurance required by Section 2.1 (d)(ii) and (iv) shall name the Agency and the Tenant as additional insureds.

 

(b)     The certificate of insurance required by Section 2.1(c) hereof shall be delivered to the Agency on or before the date hereof. A copy of the certificates of insurance required by Section 2.1(d)(ii) and (iv) hereof shall be delivered to the Agency on or before the commencement of any construction or renovation of the Demised Premises. The Tenant shall deliver to the Agency before the first Business Day of each calendar year thereafter a certificate dated not earlier than the immediately preceding month reciting that there is in full force and effect, with a term covering the current year of the Tenant’s insurance policy, insurance of the types and in the amounts required by Section 2.1 hereof and complying with the additional requirements of Section 2.2(a) hereof. Prior to the expiration of each such policy or policies, the Tenant shall furnish to the Agency and any other appropriate Person a new policy or policies of insurance or evidence that such policy or policies have been renewed or replaced or are no longer required by this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement. The Tenant shall provide such further information with respect to the insurance coverage required by this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement as the Agency may from time to time reasonably require.

 

Section 2.3     Application of Net Proceeds of Insurance. The Net Proceeds of the insurance carried pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1(c) and (d) hereof shall be applied toward extinguishment or satisfaction of the liability with respect to which such insurance proceeds may be paid. The Net Proceeds of the insurance carried pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1(a) hereof shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Tenant Lease Agreement.

 

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Section 2.4     Right of Agency to Pay Insurance Premiums. If the Tenant fails to maintain or cause to be maintained any insurance required to be maintained by Section 2.1 hereof, the Agency may pay or cause to be paid the premium for such insurance. No such payment shall be made by the Agency until at least ten (10) days shall have elapsed since notice shall have been given by the Agency to the Tenant. No such payment by the Agency shall affect or impair any rights of the Agency hereunder arising in consequence of such failure by the Tenant. The Tenant shall, on demand, reimburse the Agency for any amount so paid pursuant to this Section, together with interest thereon from the date of payment of such amount by the Agency.

 

ARTICLE III

SPECIAL COVENANTS

 

Section 3.1     No Warranty of Condition or Suitability by Agency. THE AGENCY HAS MADE AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, CONDITION, FITNESS, DESIGN, OPERATION OR WORKMANSHIP OF ANY PART OF THE FACILITY, ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THE QUALITY OR CAPACITY OF THE MATERIALS IN THE FACILITY, OR THE SUITABILITY OF THE DEMISED PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSES OR NEEDS OF THE TENANT OR THE EXTENT TO WHICH FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE TENANT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE COST OF COMPLETION OF THE DEMISED PREMISES. THE TENANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AGENCY IS NOT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE EQUIPMENT NOR THE MANUFACTURER’S AGENT NOR A DEALER THEREIN. THE TENANT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF IS SATISFIED THAT THE DEMISED PREMISES IS SUITABLE AND FIT FOR PURPOSES OF THE TENANT. THE AGENCY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER TO THE TENANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR EXPENSE OF ANY KIND OR NATURE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY THE PROPERTY OF THE FACILITY OR THE USE OR MAINTENANCE THEREOF OR THE FAILURE OF OPERATION THEREOF, OR THE REPAIR, SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENT THEREOF, OR BY ANY DELAY OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE ANY SUCH MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENT, OR BY ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE OR LOSS OF USE THEREOF OR FOR ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS HOWSOEVER CAUSED.

 

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Section 3.2     Hold Harmless Provisions.

 

(a)     The Tenant agrees that the Agency and its directors, members, officers, agents (except the Company) and employees shall not be liable for, and agrees to defend, indemnify, release and hold the Agency and its directors, members, officers, agents and employees harmless from and against, any and all (i) liability for loss or damage to Property or injury to or death of any and all Persons that may be occasioned by, directly or indirectly, any cause whatsoever pertaining to the Demised Premises or to common areas or other portions of the Facility to which the Tenant has regular access (such areas, together with the Demised Premises, are hereinafter referred to as the “Tenant Premises”), or arising by reason of or in connection with the occupation or the use thereof or the presence of any Person or Property on, in or about the Tenant Premises, and (ii) liability arising from or expense incurred in connection with the Agency’s participation in the subleasing of the Demised Premises to the Tenant, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all claims arising from the breach by the Tenant of any of its covenants contained herein, the exercise by the Tenant of any authority conferred upon it pursuant to this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement and all causes of action and reasonable attorneys’ fees (whether by reason of third party claims or by reason of the enforcement of any provision of this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement (including without limitation this Section) or any other documents delivered by the Agency in connection with this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement), and any other expenses incurred in defending any claims, suits or actions which may arise as a result of any of the foregoing, to the extent that any such losses, damages, liabilities or expenses of the Agency are not incurred and do not result from the gross negligence or intentional or willful wrongdoing of the Agency or any of its directors, members, agents or employees. Except as otherwise provided herein, the foregoing indemnities shall apply notwithstanding the fault or negligence in part of the Agency, or any of its members, directors, officers, agents or employees, and irrespective of the breach of a statutory obligation or the application of any rule of comparative or apportioned liability. The foregoing indemnities are limited only to the extent of any prohibitions imposed by law, and upon the application of any such prohibition by the final judgment or decision of a competent court of law, the remaining provisions of these indemnities shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(b)     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement, the obligations of the Tenant pursuant to this Section shall remain in full force and effect after the termination of this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement until the expiration of the period stated in the applicable statute of limitations during which a claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described may be brought, and payment in full or the satisfaction of such claim, cause of action or prosecution relating to the matters herein described and the payment of all expenses and charges incurred by the Agency or its members, directors, officers, agents and employees relating to the enforcement of the provisions herein specified.

 

(c)     In the event of any claim against the Agency or its members, directors, officers, agents or employees by any employee or contractor of the Tenant or anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable, the obligations of the Tenant hereunder shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation, disability benefits or other employee benefit acts.

 

Section 3.3     Right to Inspect Demised Premises. The Agency and its duly authorized agents shall have the right at all reasonable times and upon reasonable prior written notice to inspect the Demised Premises.

 

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Section 3.4     Qualification as Project.

 

(a)     The Tenant will not take any action, or fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would cause the Facility not to constitute a “project” as such quoted term is defined in the Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tenant will in no event use the Demised Premises in such a way as to cause or permit the Facility to be used in violation of Section 862(2)(a) of the Act.

 

(b)     The occupation of the Demised Premises has not and will not result in the removal of a facility or plant of the Tenant from one area of the State to another area of the State or in the abandonment of one or more plants or facilities of the Tenant located within the State.

 

Section 3.5     Compliance with Orders, Ordinances, Etc.

 

(a)     The Tenant, throughout the Lease Term, agrees that it will promptly comply, and cause any sublessee of the Tenant or occupant of the Demised Premises which is occupying the Demised Premises by permission of the Tenant to comply, with all statutes, codes, laws, acts, ordinances, orders, judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, authorizations, directions and requirements, ordinary or extraordinary, which now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to the Facility or the Demised Premises, or to the acquisition, construction and equipping of the Demised Premises, or to any use, manner of use or condition of the Facility or any part of the Demised Premises, of all federal, state, county, municipal and other governments, departments, commissions, boards, courts, authorities, officials and officers having jurisdiction of the Facility or any part thereof, and companies or associations insuring the premises.

 

(b)     The Tenant shall keep or cause the Demised Premises to be kept free of Hazardous Substances. Without limiting the foregoing, the Tenant shall not cause or permit the Demised Premises to be used to generate, manufacture, refine, transport, treat, store, handle, dispose, transfer, produce or process Hazardous Substances, except in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws or regulations, nor shall the Tenant cause or permit, as a result of any intentional or unintentional act or omission on the part of the Tenant or any of its contractors, subcontractors or tenants, a release of Hazardous Substances onto the Facility or onto any other property. The Tenant shall comply with, and ensure compliance by all of its contractors, subcontractors and subtenants with, all applicable federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, whenever and by whomever triggered, and shall obtain and comply with, and ensure that all of its contractors, subcontractors and subtenants obtain and comply with, any and all approvals, registrations or permits required thereunder. The Tenant shall (i) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing and all remedial, removal and other actions necessary to clean up and remove all Hazardous Substances released, stored, generated or used by it on, from or affecting the Demised Premises (A) in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and policies, (B) to the satisfaction of the Agency, and (C) in accordance with the orders and directives of all federal, state and local governmental authorities; and (ii) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Agency, its employees, agents, officers, members and directors, from and against any claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs or expenses of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way related to (A) the presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances which are on, from or affecting the soil, water, vegetation, buildings, personal property, persons, animals or otherwise, (B) any bodily injury, personal injury (including wrongful death) or property damage (real or personal) arising out of or related to such Hazardous Substances, (C) any lawsuit brought or threatened, settlement reached, or government order relating to such Hazardous Substances, or (D) any violation of laws, orders, regulations, requirements or demands of government authorities, or of any policies or requirements of the Agency, which are based upon or in any way related to such Hazardous Substances, and in all cases which result from the intentional or unintentional act or omission of the Tenant or any of its contractors, subcontractors or subtenants, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney and consultant fees, investigation and laboratory fees, court costs and litigation expenses. The provisions of this Section shall be in addition to any and all other obligations and liabilities the Tenant may have to the Agency at common law and shall survive the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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(c)     Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) above, the Tenant may in good faith contest the validity or the applicability of any requirement of the nature referred to in such subsections (a) and (b) by appropriate legal proceedings conducted in good faith and with due diligence. In such event, the Tenant may fail to comply with the requirement or requirements so contested during the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom, unless the Agency shall notify the Tenant that, by failure to comply with such requirement or requirements, the Facility or any part thereof may be subject to loss, penalty or forfeiture, in which event the Tenant shall promptly take such action with respect thereto or provide such security as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agency. If at any time the then existing use or occupancy of the Demised Premises shall, pursuant to any zoning or other law, ordinance or regulation, be permitted only so long as such use or occupancy shall continue, the Tenant shall use reasonable efforts not to cause or permit such use or occupancy by the Tenant to be discontinued without the prior written consent of the Agency, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(d)     Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, if, because of a breach or violation of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above (without giving effect to subsection (c)), the Agency or any of its members, directors, officers, agents or employees shall be threatened with a fine, liability, expense or imprisonment, then, upon notice from the Agency, the Tenant shall immediately provide legal protection or pay an amount or post a bond in an amount necessary, in the opinion of the Agency and of its members, directors, officers, agents and employees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to remove the threat of such fine, liability, expense or imprisonment.

 

(e)     Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section, the Agency retains the right to defend itself in any action or actions which are based upon or in any way related to such Hazardous Substances. In any such defense of itself, the Agency shall select its own counsel, and any and all costs of such defense, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney and consultant fees, investigation and laboratory fees, court costs and litigation expenses, shall be paid by the Tenant.

 

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Section 3.6     Agreement to Provide Information. Annually, the Tenant shall provide the Agency with a certified statement and documentation (i) enumerating the FTE jobs, by category, retained and/or created at the Facility as a result of the Agency’s financial assistance and (ii) indicating the fringe benefits and salary averages or ranges for such categories of FTE jobs created and/or retained.1 The Tenant further agrees to provide and certify or cause to be provided and certified whenever requested by the Agency any other information concerning the Tenant, its respective finances, its respective operations, its respective employment and its affairs necessary to enable the Agency to make any report required by law, governmental regulation, including, without limitation, any reports required by the Act, the Public Authorities Accountability Act of 2005, or the Public Authorities Reform Act of 2009, each as amended from time to time, or any other reports required by the New York State Authority Budget Office or the Office of the State Comptroller, or any of the Agency Documents or Tenant Documents. Such information shall be provided within thirty (30) days following written request from the Agency.

 

Section 3.7     Employment Opportunities; Notice of Jobs. The Tenant covenants and agrees that, in consideration of the participation of the Agency in the transactions contemplated herein, it will, except as otherwise provided by collective bargaining contracts or agreements to which it is a party, cause any new employment opportunities created in connection with the Demised Premises to be listed with the New York State Department of Labor, Community Services Division and with the administrative entity of the service delivery area created pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act (PL 97-300), as superseded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (PL. 113-128), in which the Facility is located (collectively, the “Referral Agencies”). The Tenant also agrees that it will, except as otherwise provided by collective bargaining contracts or agreements to which it is a party, first consider for such new employment opportunities persons eligible to participate in federal job training partnership programs who shall be referred by the Referral Agencies.

 

Section 3.8     Subleasing.

 

(a)          In accordance with Section 862(1) of the Act, the Demised Premises shall not be occupied by a sublessee whose tenancy would result in the removal of a facility or plant of the proposed sublessee from one area of the State to another area of the State or in the abandonment of one or more plants or facilities of such sublessee located within the State; provided, however, that neither restriction shall apply if the Agency shall determine:

 

	 	
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			that such occupation of the Demised Premises is reasonably necessary to discourage the proposed sublessee from removing such other plant or facility to a location outside the State, or

			

 

	 	
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			that such occupation of the Demised Premises is reasonably necessary to preserve the competitive position of the proposed sublessee in its respective industry.

			

 

1Cannot be removed or modified; required by GML Section 859-a(6)(b). 

 

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(b)          The Tenant may not assign the Tenant Lease Agreement or sub-sublease the Demised Premises without the prior written consent of the Agency.  Any assignment or sub-sublease shall conform with the restrictions and requirements set forth in Section 9.3 of the Lease Agreement.

 

Section 3.9      Approval of Tenant Lease Agreement. The Agency hereby approves the subleasing of the Facility by the Company to the Tenant pursuant to the terms of the Tenant Lease Agreement.

 

Section 3.10     Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Schedule of Definitions attached to the Lease Agreement as Schedule A.

 

Section 3.11     Execution of Counterparts. This Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

(Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank – Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agency and the Tenant have caused this Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement to be executed in their respective names by their duly authorized representatives, all as of _____________, 20__.

 

	 	TOWN OF ISLIP INDUSTRIAL

			DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF ENTITY]	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

SCHEDULE OF DEFINITIONS

 

“Act” means, collectively, Title 1 of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law of the State, enacted into law as Chapter 1030 of the Laws of 1969 of the State, as amended, together with Chapter 47 of the Laws of 1974 of the State, as amended.

 

“Agency” means (i) the Town of Islip Industrial Development Agency, its successors and assigns, and (ii) any local governmental body resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which the Agency or its successors may be a party.

 

“Agency Documents” means the Lease Agreement and the Agency Compliance Agreement.

 

“Agency Compliance Agreement” means, collectively, the Original Agency Compliance Agreement and the Amended and Restated Agency Compliance Agreement.

 

“Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(d).

 

“Amended Sublease Agreement” means the [Amended Lease Agreement], dated November [__], 2017, by and between the Company and the Sublessee, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Amended and Restated Agency Compliance Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Agency Compliance Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017, by and between the Agency and the Sublessee, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Approving Resolution” or “Authorizing Resolution” means the resolution adopted by the Agency on September 19, 2017, authorizing the execution and delivery of the Amended and Restated Lease Agreement and related documents, as such resolution may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Authorized Representative” means, in the case of the Agency, the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Executive Director or any member or officer of the Agency and such additional persons as, at the time, are designated to act on behalf of the Agency; in the case of the Company, the members and such additional persons as, at the time, are designated to act on behalf of the Company; and, in the case of the Sublessee, the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary or any officer  and such additional persons as, at the time, are designated to act on behalf of the Sublessee.

 

“Bill of Sale” means the Bill of Sale, dated the closing date with respect to the Original Lease Agreement, given by the Company to the Agency with respect to the Equipment, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, or any city in which the principal office of the Lender, if any, is located are authorized by law or executive order to remain closed.

 

Schedule A-1

 

 

“Closing Date” means November [__], 2017.

 

“Company” means FAE Holdings 411519R, LLC, a limited liability company organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York and its successors and assigns.

 

“Company Documents” means the Bill of Sale, the Lease Agreement and the Sublease Agreement.

 

“Company Sales Tax Savings” means all Sales Tax Exemption savings realized by or for the benefit of the Company, including any savings realized by any Agent on behalf of the Company, pursuant to this Lease Agreement and each Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter issued in connection with the Facility.

 

“Condemnation” means the taking of title to, or the use of, Property under the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any governmental entity or other Person acting under governmental authority.

 

“Construction Period” means the period beginning on the earlier of (a) Closing Date and (b) the date of commencement of any Project Work of the Facility, and ending on the completion date of such Project Work.

 

“Disposal” has the same meaning as given to that term in the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.)

 

“Eligible Items” shall mean the following items of personal property and services, but excluding any Ineligible Items, with respect to which the Company, the Sublessee and any Agent shall be entitled to claim a Sales Tax Exemption in connection with the Facility: (i) purchases of materials, goods, personal property and fixtures and supplies that will be incorporated into and made an integral component part of the Facility; (ii) purchases or leases of any item of materials, goods, machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, trade fixtures and other tangible personal property having a useful life of one year or more; (iii) with respect to the eligible items identified in (ii) above; purchases of freight, installation, maintenance and repair services required in connection with the shipping, installation, use, maintenance or repair of such items; provided that maintenance shall mean the replacement of parts or the making of repairs; (iv) purchases of materials, goods and supplies that are to be used and substantially consumed in the course of construction or renovation of the Facility (but excluding fuel, materials or substances that are consumed in the course of operating machinery and equipment or parts containing fuel, materials or substances where such parts must be replaced whenever the substance is consumed); and (v) leases of machinery and equipment solely for temporary use in connection with the construction or renovation of the Facility.

 

“Environment” means any water or water vapor, any land, including land surface or subsurface, air, fish, wildlife, flora, fauna, biota and all other natural resources.

 

“Environmental Compliance and Indemnification Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Environmental Compliance and Indemnification Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012, by and among the Agency, the Company and the Sublessee.

 

Schedule A-2

 

 

“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state and local environmental, land use, zoning, health, chemical use, safety and sanitation laws, statutes, ordinances and codes relating to the protection, preservation or remediation of the Environment and/or governing the use, storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Substances and the rules, regulations, written and published policies, guidelines, decisions, orders and directives of federal, state and local governmental agencies and authorities with respect thereto.

 

“Environmental Permits” means all permits, licenses, approvals, authorizations, consents or registrations required by any applicable Environmental Law in connection with the ownership, construction, renovation, equipping, use and/or operation of the Facility, for the storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Substances or the sale, transfer or conveyance of the Facility.

 

“Equipment” means all machinery, equipment and other personal property used and to be used in connection with the Facility as described in Exhibit B to the Lease Agreement.

 

“Event of Default” means (a) when used with respect to the Lease Agreement, any of the events defined as Events of Default by Section 10.1 of the Lease Agreement, and (b) when used with respect to any Mortgage, any of the events defined as Events of Default in such Mortgage.

 

“Facility” means, collectively, the Land, the Improvements and the Equipment, leased to the Company pursuant to the Lease Agreement.

 

“Form ST-60” shall mean NYSDTF Form ST-60 “IDA Appointment of Project Operator or Agent” or such additional or substitute form as is adopted by NYSDTF to report the appointment of project operators or agents with respect to industrial development agency transactions.

 

“Form ST-123” shall mean NYSDTF Form ST-123 “IDA Agent or Project Operator Exempt Purchase Certificate” or such additional or substitute form as is adopted by NYSDTF for use in completing purchases that are exempt for Sales and Use Taxes with respect to industrial development agency transactions.

 

“Form ST-340” shall mean NYSDTF Form ST-340 “Annual Report of Sales and Use Tax Exemptions Claimed by Agent/Project Operator of Industrial Development Agency/Authority” or such additional or substitute form as is adopted by NYSDTF to report Company Sales Tax Savings with respect to industrial development agency transactions.

 

“FTE” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.11 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Hazardous Substance” means, without limitation, any flammable, explosive, radon, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum constituents, petroleum products, methane, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances or related materials, pollutants, or toxic pollutants, as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 6901, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. Sections 2601, et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et seq.), Articles 17 and 27 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law, or any other applicable Environmental Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Schedule A-3

 

 

“Improvements” means all those buildings, improvements, structures and other related facilities (i) affixed or attached to the Land, and (ii) not part of the Equipment, all as they may exist from time to time.

 

“Independent Accountant” shall mean an independent certified public accountant or firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Company and approved by the Agency (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

“Independent Counsel” means an attorney or attorneys or firm or firms of attorneys duly admitted to practice law before the highest court of any state of the United States of America or in the District of Columbia and not a full time employee of the Agency, the Company.

 

“Ineligible Items” shall mean the following items of personal property and services with respect to which the Company and any Agent shall not be entitled to claim a Sales Tax Exemption in connection with the Facility:

 

	 	
			(i)

				
			vehicles of any sort, including watercraft and rolling stock;

			

 

	 	
			(ii)

				
			personalty having a useful life of one year or less;

			

 

	 	
			(iii)

				
			any cost of utilities, cleaning services or supplies or other ordinary operating costs;

			

 

	 	
			(iv)

				
			ordinary office supplies such as pencils, paper clips and paper;

			

 

	 	
			(v)

				
			any materials or substances that are consumed in the operation of machinery;

			

 

	 	
			(vi)

				
			equipment or parts containing materials or substances where such parts must be replaced whenever the substance is consumed; and

			

 

	 	
			(vii)

				
			maintenance of the type as shall constitute janitorial services.

			

 

“Land” means the real property leased by the Agency to the Company pursuant to the Lease Agreement and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached thereto.

 

“Lease Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Lease and Project Agreement, originally dated as of March 1, 2012 and amended and restated as of November 1, 2017 by and between the Agency, as lessor, and the Company, as lessee, with respect to the Facility, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Lease Term” means the duration of the leasehold estate created by the Lease Agreement as specified in Section 4.2 of the Lease Agreement.

 

Schedule A-4

 

 

“Lender” means any lender making a Loan to the Company to finance in whole or in part the Project Work, the acquisition and/or development of the Facility or any portion thereof.

 

“Lien” means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to a Person, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and including but not limited to the security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes. The term “Lien” includes reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases and other similar title exceptions and encumbrances, including but not limited to mechanics’, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’ and other similar encumbrances, affecting real property. For the purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person for security purposes.

 

“Loan” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12.4 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Loan Documents” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 12.4 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Loss Event” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Maximum Company Sales Tax Savings Amount” shall mean the aggregate maximum dollar amount of Company Sales Tax Savings that the Company and all Agents acting on behalf the Company are permitted to receive under this Lease Agreement, which shall equal $0.00, or such maximum dollar amount as may be determined by the Agency pursuant to such additional documents as may be required by the Agency for such increase. 

 

“Mortgage” means any mortgage and security agreement granted by the Agency and the Company to a Lender which grants a mortgage lien on and security interest in the Facility in favor of the Lender as security for such Lender’s Loan to the Company.

 

“Mortgage Recording Tax Exemption” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Net Proceeds” means so much of the gross proceeds with respect to which that term is used as remain after payment of all expenses, costs and taxes (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in obtaining such gross proceeds.

 

“NYSDTF” means the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.

 

“Original Agency Compliance Agreement” means the Agency Compliance Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012, by and between the Agency and the Sublessee, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Original Lease Agreement” means the Lease Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012, by and between the Agency and the Company, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Schedule A-5

 

 

“Original Sublease Agreement” means the Lease Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2012, by and between the Company and the Sublessee, as the same may be amended frm time to time.

 

“Organizational Documents” means (i) in the case of an entity constituting a limited liability company, the articles of organization or certificate of formation, and the operating agreement of such entity, (ii) in the case of an Entity constituting a corporation, the articles of incorporation or certificate of incorporation, and the by-laws of such entity, and (iii) in the case of an entity constituting a general or limited partnership, the partnership agreement of such entity

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” means, with respect to the Facility, (i) exceptions to title set forth in the Title Report, (ii) Lease Agreement, (iii) utility, access and other easements and rights-of-way, restrictions and exceptions that do not materially impair the utility or the value of the Property affected thereby for the purposes for which it is intended, (iv) mechanics', materialmen's, warehousemen's, carriers' and other similar Liens which are approved in writing by the Lender, if any, or its counsel and, if no Lender, then by the Agency or its counsel, (v) Liens for taxes not yet delinquent, (vi) any Mortgage granted to a Lender and (vii) purchase money security interests and blanket liens.

 

“Person” or “Persons” means an individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government agency, political subdivision or branch thereof.

 

“PILOT Agreement” means the Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax Agreement, originally dated as of December 1, 2000, amended and restated as of April 1, 2009, further amended and restated as of March 1, 2012, and further amended and restated as of April 1, 2012, by and among the Agency, the Company and the Sublessee.

 

“PILOT Payments” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Plans and Specifications” means the plans and specifications, if any, for the Improvements, prepared for the Company and approved by the Agency, as revised from time to time in accordance with the Lease Agreement.

 

“Project” means the acquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately 120,000 square foot building, on approximately 8.0 acres of land located at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, Suffolk County, New York, which Facility is used by the Sublessee as a manufacturing facility to process surface treatments or films and coatings on various product lines in its business as a manufacturer of equipment and materials for the semiconductor industry.

 

“Project Application Information” means the application and questionnaire submitted to the Agency on August 3, 2017 by or on behalf of the Company, for approval by the Agency of the Project, together with all other letters, documentation, reports and financial information submitted in connection therewith.

 

“Project Work” means the work, if any, required to complete the Project.

 

Schedule A-6

 

 

“Prime Rate” means (i) if no Lender, the rate designated by The Wall Street Journal from time to time as its “prime rate”, or (ii) if a Lender exists, the rate designated by the Lender from time to time as its “prime rate”.

 

“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

 

“Public Purposes” shall mean the State’s objective to create industrial development agencies for the benefit of the several counties, cities, villages and towns in the State and to empower such agencies, among other things, to acquire, construct, reconstruct, lease, improve, maintain, equip and sell land and any building or other improvement, and all real and personal properties, including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence or under construction, which shall be suitable for manufacturing, warehousing, research, commercial, recreation or industrial facilities, including industrial pollution control facilities, in order to advance job opportunities, health, general prosperity and the economic welfare of the people of the State and to improve their standard of living.

 

“Real Property Tax Abatements” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Recaptured Benefits” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Recapture Event” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.4 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Release” has the meaning given to that term in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.), and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter” shall mean the Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E to the Lease Agreement – “Form of Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter” and to be delivered in accordance with Section 5.2(d) of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Sales Tax Exemption” shall mean an exemption from Sales and Use Taxes resulting from the Agency’s participation in the Facility.

 

“Sales Tax Registry” shall mean the Sales Tax Registry in the form set forth in Exhibit F.

 

“Sales and Use Taxes” shall mean local and State sales and compensating use taxes and fees imposed pursuant to Article 28 of the New York State Tax Law, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“Schedule of Definitions” means the words and terms set forth in this Schedule of Definitions attached to the Lease Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Schedule A-7

 

 

“SEQR Act” means the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the regulations thereunder.

 

“Special Provisions” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.2 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“State” means the State of New York.

 

“State Sales and Use Taxes” shall mean sales and compensating use taxes and fees imposed by Article 28 of the New York State Tax Law but excluding such taxes imposed in a city by Section 1107 or 1108 of such Article 28, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

“State Sales Tax Savings” shall mean all Sales Tax Exemption savings relating to State Sales and Use Taxes realized by or for the benefit of the Company, including any savings realized by any Agent, pursuant to this Lease Agreement and each Sales Tax Agent Authorization Letter issued in connection with the Facility.

 

“Sublease Agreement” means collectively, the Original Sublease Agreement and the Amended Sublease Agreement.

 

“Sublessee” means CVD Equipment Corporation, a business corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as sublessee under the Sublease Agreement, and its successors and assigns.

 

“Sublessee Documents” means the Agency Compliance Agreement and the Sublease Agreement.

 

“Substitute Facilities” means facilities of substantially the same nature as the proposed Facility.

 

“Taxes on the Facility” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Taxing Authorities” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.1 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Tenant Agency Compliance Agreement” means an agreement in the form attached to the Lease Agreement as Exhibit I between the Agency and a sublessee of the Facility.

 

“Termination Date” shall mean such date on which the Sales Tax Exemption authorization may terminate pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 5.2 of the Lease Agreement.

 

“Title Report” means Certificate of Title No. 42764F issued by Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of Pennsylvania to the Agency on October 5, 2011 and redated and recertified on the Closing Date.

 

“Transaction Counsel” means the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP.

 

Schedule A-8

 

 

“Transaction Documents” means the Agency Documents and the Company Documents.

 

“Unassigned Rights” means the rights of the Agency and moneys payable pursuant to and under Sections 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 6.4(c) and (d), 6.7, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.10, 8.11, 9.3, 10.2(a), 10.4, 11.2, 11.3 and 14.8 and Article XIII of the Lease Agreement.

 

Schedule A-9

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