UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

 

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the quarterly period ended:  

March 31, 2016

 

 

Or

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the transition period from:

 

to

 

 

Commission File Number:

001-06064

 

 

ALEXANDER’S, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

51-0100517

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

210 Route 4 East, Paramus, New Jersey

 

07652

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(201) 587-8541

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   x Yes   o No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section  232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   x Yes   o No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

         x Large Accelerated Filer

 

o Accelerated Filer

             o Non-Accelerated Filer (Do not check if smaller reporting company)

 

o Smaller Reporting Company

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o Yes  x No

 

 

As of April 30, 2016, there were 5,106,196 shares of common stock, par value $1 per share, outstanding.

 

    


 
 

 

ALEXANDER’S, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page Number

PART I.

Financial Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) as of

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Unaudited) for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

15 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Condition and Results of Operations

16 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

23 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

23 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II.

Other Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

 

Other Information

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

24 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

 

25 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

26 

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.      Financial Statements

 

ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

ASSETS

 

2016 

 

 

2015 

Real estate, at cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

 44,971 

 

 

$

 44,971 

 

Buildings and leasehold improvements

 

 

 981,617 

 

 

 

 975,015 

 

Development and construction in progress

 

 

 3,597 

 

 

 

 9,486 

 

 

Total

 

 

 1,030,185 

 

 

 

 1,029,472 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

 (232,622)

 

 

 

 (225,533)

Real estate, net

 

 

 797,563 

 

 

 

 803,939 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 276,234 

 

 

 

 259,349 

Restricted cash

 

 

 83,641 

 

 

 

 85,307 

Marketable securities

 

 

 42,414 

 

 

 

 43,191 

Tenant and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,002 and $918, respectively

 

 

 3,309 

 

 

 

 4,014 

Receivable arising from the straight-lining of rents

 

 

 181,401 

 

 

 

 181,357 

Deferred leasing costs, net, including unamortized leasing fees to Vornado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     of $38,942 and $33,482, respectively

 

 

 51,067 

 

 

 

 45,840 

Other assets

 

 12,808 

 

 

 

 24,811 

 

 

 

 

$

 1,448,437 

 

 

$

 1,447,808 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgages payable, net of deferred debt issuance costs

 

$

 1,053,051 

 

 

$

 1,053,262 

Amounts due to Vornado

 

 

 474 

 

 

 

 8,551 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

 38,276 

 

 

 

 30,158 

Other liabilities

 

 

 2,950 

 

 

 

 2,957 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

 1,094,751 

 

 

 

 1,094,928 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock: $1.00 par value per share; authorized, 3,000,000 shares;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 issued and outstanding, none

 

 

 -   

 

 

 

 -   

Common stock: $1.00 par value per share; authorized, 10,000,000 shares;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

issued, 5,173,450 shares; outstanding, 5,106,196 shares

 

 

 5,173 

 

 

 

 5,173 

Additional capital

 

 

 30,739 

 

 

 

 30,739 

Retained earnings

 

 

 305,907 

 

 

 

 304,340 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

 12,241 

 

 

 

 13,002 

 

 

 

 

 

 354,060 

 

 

 

 353,254 

Treasury stock: 67,254 shares, at cost

 

 

 (374)

 

 

 

 (374)

 

 

Total equity

 

 

 353,686 

 

 

 

 352,880 

 

 

 

 

$

 1,448,437 

 

 

$

 1,447,808 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

2016 

 

2015 

REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property rentals

 

$

 36,653 

 

$

 34,501 

 

Expense reimbursements

 

 

 18,905 

 

 

 17,535 

Total revenues

 

 

 55,558 

 

 

 52,036 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, including fees to Vornado of $1,255 and $1,146, respectively

 19,654 

19,046 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 8,333 

 

 

 7,350 

 

General and administrative, including management fees to Vornado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of $595 in each period

 

 

 1,235 

 

 

 1,270 

Total expenses

 

 

 29,222 

 

 

 27,666 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

 

 

 26,336 

 

 

 24,370 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and other income, net

 

 

 1,091 

 

 

 400 

 

Interest and debt expense

 

 

 (5,406)

 

 

 (6,945)

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

 22,021 

 

 

 17,825 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 (2)

 

 

 (3)

Net income

 

$

 22,019 

 

$

 17,822 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per common share – basic and diluted

 

$

 4.31 

 

$

 3.49 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted

 

 

 5,113,077 

 

 

 5,111,201 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends per common share

 

$

 4.00 

 

$

 3.50 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

2016 

 

2015 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

 22,019 

 

$

 17,822 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized net gain on available-for-sale securities

 

 

 (777)

 

 

 493 

 

Change in value of interest rate cap

 

 

 16 

 

 

 (6)

Comprehensive income

 

$

 21,258 

 

$

 18,309 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

Retained

 

Comprehensive

 

Treasury

 

Total

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Capital

 

Earnings

 

Income

 

Stock

 

Equity

Balance, December 31, 2014

 5,173 

 

$

 5,173 

 

$

 30,139 

 

$

 299,004 

 

$

 14,457 

 

$

 (374)

 

$

 348,399 

Net income

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 17,822 

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 17,822 

Dividends paid

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (17,890)

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (17,890)

Change in unrealized net gain on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

available-for-sale securities

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 493 

 

 

 -   

 

 

 493 

Change in value of interest rate cap

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (6)

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (6)

Balance, March 31, 2015

 5,173 

 

$

 5,173 

 

$

 30,139 

 

$

 298,936 

 

$

 14,944 

 

$

 (374)

 

$

 348,818 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2015

 5,173 

 

$

 5,173 

 

$

 30,739 

 

$

 304,340 

 

$

 13,002 

 

$

 (374)

 

$

 352,880 

Net income

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 22,019 

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 22,019 

Dividends paid

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (20,452)

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (20,452)

Change in unrealized net gain on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

available-for-sale securities

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (777)

 

 

 -   

 

 

 (777)

Change in value of interest rate cap

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 -   

 

 

 16 

 

 

 -   

 

 

 16 

Balance, March 31, 2016

 5,173 

 

$

 5,173 

 

$

 30,739 

 

$

 305,907 

 

$

 12,241 

 

$

 (374)

 

$

 353,686 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

2016 

 

2015 

Net income

 

$

 22,019 

 

$

 17,822 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization, including amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

 8,974 

 

 

 8,044 

 

Straight-lining of rental income

 

 

 (44)

 

 

 (551)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant and other receivables, net

 

 

 705 

 

 

 (1,212)

 

Other assets

 

 

 5,548 

 

 

 11,165 

 

Amounts due to Vornado

 

 

 (2,318)

 

 

 (29)

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

 10,499 

 

 

 9,861 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 (7)

 

 

 (7)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

 45,376 

 

 

 45,093 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction in progress and real estate additions

 

 

 (8,853)

 

 

 (14,908)

 

Change in restricted cash

 

 

 1,666 

 

 

 (13)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 (7,187)

 

 

 (14,921)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt repayments

 

 

 (836)

 

 

 (776)

 

Dividends paid

 

 

 (20,452)

 

 

 (17,890)

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

 (16)

 

 

 (9)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

 (21,304)

 

 

 (18,675)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 16,885 

 

 

 11,497 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

 259,349 

 

 

 227,815 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

 276,234 

 

$

 239,312 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments for interest, excluding capitalized interest of $459 in 2015

 

$

 4,676 

 

$

 6,220 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liability for real estate additions, including $36 and $4,159 for development fees due to Vornado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in 2016 and 2015, respectively

 

$

 1,931 

 

$

 13,717 

 

Write-off of fully amortized and/or depreciated assets

 

 

 12 

 

 

 83 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

1.             Organization

Alexander’s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), incorporated in Delaware, engaged in leasing, managing, developing and redeveloping its properties. All references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Company” and “Alexander’s” refer to Alexander’s, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado Realty Trust (“Vornado”) (NYSE: VNO).

 

2.             Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited and include the accounts of Alexander’s and its consolidated subsidiaries.  All intercompany amounts have been eliminated. In our opinion, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and changes in cash flows have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted.  These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC. 

 

We have made estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

 

We currently operate in one business segment.

 

3.             The Alexander Apartment Tower

The Alexander apartment tower, located above our Rego Park II shopping center, contains 312 units aggregating 255,000 square feet. The building is in lease up and we expect to reach stabilized occupancy in 2017.

 

4.             Recently Issued Accounting Literature

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an update (“ASU 2014-09”) establishing Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers .  ASU 2014-09 establishes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most of the existing revenue recognition guidance.  ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services and also requires certain additional disclosures.  ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2017.  We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued an update (“ASU 2016-01”) Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities to ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments .  ASU 2016-01 amends certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments, including the requirement to measure certain equity investments at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income.  ASU 2016-01 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017.  We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-01 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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ALEXANDER’S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

4.             Recently Issued Accounting Literature - continued

In February 2016, the FASB issued (“ASU 2016-02”) Leases , which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both lessees and lessors. ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase.  Lessees are required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases. Lessees will recognize expense based on the effective interest method for finance leases or on a straight-line basis for operating leases. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance. ASU 2016-02 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued an update (“ASU 2016-09”) Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting to ASC Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation .  ASU 2016-09 amends several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows.  ASU 2016-09 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017.  We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-09 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

5.             Related Party Transactions

Vornado

As of March 31, 2016, Vornado owned 32.4% of our outstanding common stock.  We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado, pursuant to the agreements described below, which expire in March of each year and are automatically renewable.

 

Management and Development Agreements

We pay Vornado an annual management fee equal to the sum of (i) $2,800,000, (ii) 2% of gross revenue from the Rego Park II shopping center, (iii) $0.50 per square foot of the tenant-occupied office and retail space at 731 Lexington Avenue and (iv) $289,000, escalating at 3% per annum, for managing the common area of 731 Lexington Avenue.  Vornado is also entitled to a development fee equal to 6% of development costs, as defined.  Accordingly, in March 2016 we paid Vornado a development fee of $5,784,000 related to The Alexander apartment tower.

 

Leasing Agreements

Vornado also provides us with leasing services for a fee of 3% of rent for the first ten years of a lease term, 2% of rent for the eleventh through the twentieth year of a lease term, and 1% of rent for the twenty-first through thirtieth year of a lease term, subject to the payment of rents by tenants.  In the event third-party real estate brokers are used, the fees to Vornado increase by 1% and Vornado is responsible for the fees to the third-party real estate brokers.  Vornado is also entitled to a commission upon the sale of any of our assets equal to 3% of gross proceeds, as defined, for asset sales less than $50,000,000 and 1% of gross proceeds, as defined, for asset sales of $50,000,000 or more.   

 

Other Agreements

We also have agreements with Building Maintenance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vornado, to supervise (i) cleaning, engineering and security services at our 731 Lexington Avenue property and (ii) security services at our Rego Park I and Rego Park II properties.   

 

The following is a summary of fees to Vornado under the various agreements discussed above.

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

   Related Party Transactions - continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

(Amounts in thousands)

 

2016 

 

2015 

Company management fees

 

$

 700 

 

$

 700 

Development fees

 

 

 44 

 

 

 764 

Leasing fees

 

 

 6,458 

 

 

 382 

Property management fees and payments for cleaning, engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and security services

 

 

 1,115 

 

 

 930 

 

 

 

$

 8,317 

 

$

 2,776 

 

As of March 31, 2016, the amounts due to Vornado were $36,000 for development fees; $434,000 for management, property management, cleaning and security fees; and $4,000 for leasing fees. As of December 31, 2015, the amounts due to Vornado were $5,795,000 for development fees; $283,000 for management, property management and cleaning fees; and $2,473,000 for leasing fees.

 

Toys “R” Us (“Toys”)

As of March 31, 2016, our affiliate, Vornado owned 32.5% of Toys.  Toys leases approximately 47,000 square feet of retail space at our Rego Park II shopping center.  Joseph Macnow, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Vornado’s Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Administrative Officer and Wendy A. Silverstein, a member of our Board of Directors, represent Vornado as members of Toys’ Board of Directors.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2016, we recognized $713,000 of revenue related to the space leased by Toys.

6.             Marketable Securities

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we owned 535,265 common shares of The Macerich Company (“Macerich”) (NYSE: MAC), which were received in connection with the sale of the Kings Plaza Regional Shopping Center (“Kings Plaza”) to Macerich in November 2012.  These shares have an economic cost of $56.05 per share, or $30,000,000 in the aggregate.  As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of these shares was $42,414,000 and $43,191,000, respectively, based on Macerich’s closing share price of $79.24 per share and $80.69 per share, respectively.  These shares are included in “marketable securities” on our consolidated balance sheets and are classified as available-for-sale.  Available-for-sale securities are presented at fair value and unrealized gains and losses resulting from the mark-to-market of these securities are included in “other comprehensive income.”

 

7.             Significant Tenants

Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) accounted for revenue of $26,506,000 and $23,402,000, representing approximately 48% and 45% of our total revenues for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  No other tenant accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.  If we were to lose Bloomberg as a tenant, or if Bloomberg were to be unable to fulfill its obligations under its lease, it would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.  In order to assist us in our continuing assessment of Bloomberg’s creditworthiness, we receive certain confidential financial information and metrics from Bloomberg.  In addition, we access and evaluate financial information regarding Bloomberg from other private sources, as well as publicly available data.

In October 2014, Bloomberg exercised its option to extend leases that were scheduled to expire in December 2015 for a term of five years covering 192,000 square feet of office space at our 731 Lexington Avenue property.  In January 2016, we entered into a lease amendment with Bloomberg which extends the lease term related to this space to be coterminous with the other 697,000 square feet of office space leased by Bloomberg through February 2029, with a ten-year extension option.  In connection with the lease amendment, Bloomberg provided a $200,000,000 letter of credit, which amount may be reduced in certain circumstances.  We may draw on this letter of credit subject to certain terms of the lease amendment, including an event of default by Bloomberg.  Upon execution of the lease amendment in January 2016, we paid an $8,916,000 leasing commission of which $7,200,000 was to a third party broker and $1,716,000 was to Vornado.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

8.             Mortgages Payable

The following is a summary of our outstanding mortgages payable as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate at

 

 

March 31,

   

December 31,

   

(Amounts in thousands)  

Maturity (1)

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

2016 

   

2015 

   

First mortgages secured by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

Rego Park I shopping center (100% cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     collateralized) (2)

Mar. 2018

 

0.35 

%

 

 

$

78,246 

   

$

78,246 

   

 

Paramus

Oct. 2018

 

2.90 

%

 

 

 

68,000 

   

 

68,000 

   

 

Rego Park II shopping center (3)

Nov. 2018

 

2.29 

%

 

 

 

262,505 

   

 

263,341 

   

 

731 Lexington Avenue, office space (4)

Mar. 2021

 

1.39 

%

 

 

 

300,000 

   

 

300,000 

   

 

731 Lexington Avenue, retail space (5)

Aug. 2022

 

1.84 

%

 

 

 

350,000 

   

 

350,000 

   

 

Total

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,058,751 

   

 

1,059,587 

   

 

Deferred debt issuance costs, net of accumulated

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

             amortization of $4,898 and $4,267 respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,700)

   

 

(6,325)

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,053,051 

   

$

1,053,262 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Represents the extended maturity where we have the unilateral right to extend.

   

(2)

Extended in March 2016 for two years.

   

(3)

Interest at LIBOR plus 1.85%.

   

(4)

Interest at LIBOR plus 0.95%.

   

(5)

Interest at LIBOR plus 1.40%.

   

 

9.             Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value.  ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels: Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities; Level 2 – observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted in active markets, but corroborated by market data; and Level 3 – unobservable inputs that are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. In determining fair value, we utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible, as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value.

 

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

 

Financial assets measured at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, consist of marketable securities, which are presented in the table below based on their level in the fair value hierarchy and an interest rate cap, which fair value was zero as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. There were no financial liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.           Fair Value Measurements - continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2016

 

 

 (Amounts in thousands)

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

 

Marketable securities

$

 42,414 

 

$

 42,414 

 

$

 -   

 

$

 -   

 

 

 

 

Total assets

$

 42,414 

 

$

 42,414 

 

$

 -   

 

$

 -   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2015

 

 

 (Amounts in thousands)

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

 

Marketable securities

$

 43,191 

 

$

 43,191 

 

$

 -   

 

$

 -   

 

 

 

 

Total assets

$

 43,191 

 

$

 43,191 

 

$

 -   

 

$

 -   

 

 

Financial Assets and Liabilities not Measured at Fair Value

 

Financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets include cash equivalents and mortgages payable.  Cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value due to their short-term maturities.  The fair value of our mortgages payable is calculated by discounting the future contractual cash flows of these instruments using current risk-adjusted rates available to borrowers with similar credit ratings, which are provided by a third-party specialist.  The fair value of cash equivalents is classified as Level 1 and the fair values of mortgages payable are classified as Level 2.  The table below summarizes the carrying amounts and fair value of these financial instruments as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2016

 

As of December 31, 2015

 

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Carrying

 

Fair

(Amounts in thousands)

Amount

 

Value

 

Amount

 

Value

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

$

 222,929 

 

$

 222,929 

 

$

 226,476 

 

$

 226,476 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgages payable (excluding deferred debt issuance costs)

$

 1,058,751 

 

$

 1,044,000 

 

$

 1,059,587 

 

$

 1,054,000 

 

 

10.          Commitments and Contingencies

Insurance

We maintain general liability insurance with limits of $300,000,000 per occurrence and per property, and all-risk property and rental value insurance coverage with limits of $1.7 billion per occurrence, including coverage for acts of terrorism, with sub-limits for certain perils such as floods and earthquakes on each of our properties.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

10.          Commitments and Contingencies – continued

Fifty Ninth Street Insurance Company, LLC (“FNSIC”), our wholly owned consolidated subsidiary, acts as a direct insurer for coverage for acts of terrorism, including nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological (“NBCR”) acts, as defined by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which expires in December 2020.  Coverage for acts of terrorism (including NBCR acts) is up to $1.7 billion per occurrence and in the aggregate.  Coverage for acts of terrorism (excluding NBCR acts) is fully reinsured by third party insurance companies with no exposure to FNSIC.  For NBCR acts, FNSIC is responsible for a $348,000 deductible and 16% of the balance of a covered loss, and the Federal government is responsible for the remaining 84% of a covered loss. We are ultimately responsible for any loss incurred by FNSIC.

 

We continue to monitor the state of the insurance market and the scope and costs of coverage for acts of terrorism.  However, we cannot anticipate what coverage will be available on commercially reasonable terms in the future.  We are responsible for deductibles and losses in excess of our insurance coverage, which could be material.

 

Our mortgage loans are non-recourse to us and contain customary covenants requiring us to maintain insurance.  Although we believe that we have adequate insurance coverage for purposes of these agreements, we may not be able to obtain an equivalent amount of coverage at reasonable costs in the future.  If lenders insist on greater coverage than we are able to obtain, it could adversely affect our ability to finance our properties.

Rego Park I Litigation

On June 24, 2014, Sears Roebuck and Co. (“Sears”) filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Vornado and us (and certain of our subsidiaries) with regard to space that Sears leases at our Rego Park I property alleging that the defendants are liable for harm that Sears has suffered as a result of (a) water intrusions into the premises, (b) two fires in February 2014 that caused damages to those premises, and (c) alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the premises’ parking garage.  Sears asserted various causes of actions for damages and sought to compel compliance with landlord’s obligations to repair the premises and to provide security, and to compel us to abate a nuisance that Sears claims was a cause of the water intrusions into its premises.  In addition to injunctive relief, Sears sought, among other things, damages of not less than $4 million and future damages it estimated would not be less than $25 million. In March 2016, Sears withdrew its claim for future damages leaving a remaining claim for property damages, which we estimate to be approximately $650,000 based on information provided by Sears.  We intend to defend the remaining claim vigorously.  The amount or range of reasonably possible losses, if any, is not expected to be greater than $650,000.

Paramus

      In 2001, we leased 30.3 acres of land located in Paramus, New Jersey to IKEA Property, Inc. The lease has a purchase option in 2021 for $75,000,000. The property is encumbered by a $68,000,000 interest-only mortgage loan with a fixed rate of 2.90%, which matures in October 2018.  The annual triple-net rent is the sum of $700,000 plus the amount of debt service on the mortgage loan. If the purchase option is exercised, we will receive net cash proceeds of approximately $7,000,000 and recognize a gain on sale of land of approximately $60,000,000. If the purchase option is not exercised, the triple-net rent for the last 20 years would include debt service sufficient to fully amortize $68,000,000 over the remaining 20-year lease term.

 

Letters of Credit

Approximately $2,074,000 of standby letters of credit were outstanding as of March 31, 2016.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

10.          Commitments and Contingencies – continued

Other

On October 15, 2015, the New York City Department of Finance (“NYC DOF”) issued a Notice of Determination to us assessing an additional $20,100,000 of transfer taxes (including interest and penalties) in connection with the sale of Kings Plaza in November 2012.  We believe that the NYC DOF’s claim is without merit and intend to vigorously contest this assessment.  We have determined that the likelihood of a loss related to this issue is not probable and, after consultation with legal counsel, that the outcome of this assessment is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

There are various other legal actions against us in the ordinary course of business.  In our opinion, the outcome of such matters in the aggregate will not have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

11.          Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income per share, including a reconciliation of net income and the number of shares used in computing basic and diluted income per share. Basic income per share is determined using the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share is determined using the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during the period, and assumes all potentially dilutive securities were converted into common shares at the earliest date possible.  There were no potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

 

 

 

   

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

   

 

March 31,

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

2016 

 

2015 

 

Net income

 

$

 22,019 

 

$

 17,822 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted  

 

 

 5,113,077 

 

 

 5,111,201 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per common share – basic and diluted

 

$

 4.31 

 

$

 3.49 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Alexander’s, Inc.

Paramus, New Jersey

 

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Alexander’s, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.  These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

 

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Alexander’s, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 16, 2016, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

 

 

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Parsippany, New Jersey
May 2, 2016

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ITEM 2.    MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report constitute forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.  They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  Our future results, financial condition, results of operations and business may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements.  You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “would,” “may” or other similar expressions in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q.  These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties.  Many of the factors that will determine these items are beyond our ability to control or predict.  For a further discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements, see “Item 1A - Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2015.  For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or the date of any document incorporated by reference.  All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section.  We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly, any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations include a discussion of our consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

A summary of our critical accounting policies is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the consolidated financial statements included therein.  There have been no significant changes to these policies during 2016.

 

 

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Overview

 

Alexander’s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), incorporated in Delaware, engaged in leasing, managing, developing and redeveloping its properties.  All references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Company,” and “Alexander’s”, refer to Alexander’s, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.  We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado Realty Trust (“Vornado”) (NYSE: VNO).  We have seven properties in the greater New York City metropolitan area.

 

We compete with a large number of property owners and developers.  Our success depends upon, among other factors, trends of the world, national and local economies, the financial condition and operating results of current and prospective tenants and customers, the availability and cost of capital, construction and renovation costs, taxes, governmental regulations, legislation, population trends, zoning laws, and our ability to lease, sublease or sell our properties, at profitable levels.  Our success is also subject to our ability to refinance existing debt on acceptable terms as it comes due.

 

Quarter Ended March 31, 2016 Financial Results Summary

 

Net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 was $22,019,000, or $4.31 per diluted share, compared to $17,822,000, or $3.49 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  Funds from operations (“FFO”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 was $30,250,000, or $5.92 per diluted share, compared to $25,136,000, or $4.92 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

 

Square Footage, Occupancy and Leasing Activity

As of March 31, 2016, our portfolio was comprised of seven properties aggregating 2,437,000 square feet. As of March 31, 2016, our office and retail properties had an occupancy rate of 99.7% and The Alexander apartment tower had an occupancy rate of 42.1%. 

 

Financing

In March 2016, we completed a two-year extension of the 100% cash collateralized loan on Rego Park I.  The interest-only loan has a fixed rate of 0.35%.

 

Significant Tenants

 

Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) accounted for revenue of $26,506,000 and $23,402,000, representing approximately 48% and 45% of our total revenues for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  No other tenant accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.  If we were to lose Bloomberg as a tenant, or if Bloomberg were to be unable to fulfill its obligations under its lease, it would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.  In order to assist us in our continuing assessment of Bloomberg’s creditworthiness, we receive certain confidential financial information and metrics from Bloomberg.  In addition, we access and evaluate financial information regarding Bloomberg from other private sources, as well as publicly available data.

 

In October 2014, Bloomberg exercised its option to extend leases that were scheduled to expire in December 2015 for a term of five years covering 192,000 square feet of office space at our 731 Lexington Avenue property.  In January 2016, we entered into a lease amendment with Bloomberg which extends the lease term related to this space to be coterminous with the other 697,000 square feet of office space leased by Bloomberg through February 2029, with a ten-year extension option.  In connection with the lease amendment, Bloomberg provided a $200,000,000 letter of credit, which amount may be reduced in certain circumstances.  We may draw on this letter of credit subject to certain terms of the lease amendment, including an event of default by Bloomberg.  Upon execution of the lease amendment in January 2016, we paid an $8,916,000 leasing commission of which $7,200,000 was to a third party broker and $1,716,000 was to Vornado.

 

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Results of Operations – Three Months Ended March 31, 2016, compared to March 31, 2015

 

Property Rentals

Property rentals were $36,653,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $34,501,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $2,152,000.  This increase is primarily due to (i) higher rental income of $1,072,000 from the lease amendment with Bloomberg at 731 Lexington Avenue in January 2016 and (ii) rental income of $784,000 from The Alexander apartment tower, which was placed in service in phases beginning July 2015.

 

Expense Reimbursements

Tenant expense reimbursements were $18,905,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $17,535,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $1,370,000. This increase is primarily due to $1,711,000 of higher recoveries of real estate taxes and operating expenses from Bloomberg at 731 Lexington Avenue, as a result of the lease amendment in January 2016, which converted 192,000 square feet from a gross rent basis to a net rent basis, partially offset by lower operating expense reimbursements during the current quarter.

 

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses were $19,654,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $19,046,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $608,000. This increase was primarily comprised of (i) higher reimbursable real estate taxes of $638,000 and (ii) higher operating expenses of $867,000 related to The Alexander apartment tower; partially offset by (iii) lower utility expenses of $479,000 and (iv) lower insurance expenses of $261,000.

 

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization was $8,333,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $7,350,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $983,000. This increase was primarily due to depreciation related to The Alexander apartment tower which was not in service during the prior year’s quarter.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $1,235,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $1,270,000 in the prior year’s quarter, a decrease of $35,000.

 

Interest and Other Income, net

Interest and other income, net was $1,091,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $400,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $691,000. This increase was primarily due to income in connection with a settlement agreement with a former tenant that went bankrupt at our Rego Park I property and a cost reimbursement settlement with a retail tenant at our 731 Lexington Avenue property. 

 

Interest and Debt Expense

Interest and debt expense was $5,406,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, compared to $6,945,000 in the prior year’s quarter, a decrease of $1,539,000. This decrease was primarily due to (i) savings of $2,330,000 resulting from the refinancing of the retail portion of 731 Lexington Avenue on August 5, 2015 at LIBOR plus 1.40% (1.84% as of March 31, 2016); as compared to the 4.93% fixed rate on the previous loan, partially offset by (ii) lower capitalized interest of $459,000 (The Alexander apartment tower) and (iii) an increase in LIBOR.

 

Income Taxes

Income tax expense was $2,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2016 compared to $3,000 in the prior year’s quarter.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash Flows

 

Property rental income is our primary source of cash flow and is dependent on a number of factors, including the occupancy level and rental rates of our properties, as well as our tenants’ ability to pay their rents.  Our properties provide us with a relatively consistent stream of cash flow that enables us to pay our operating expenses, interest expense, recurring capital expenditures and cash dividends to stockholders.  Other sources of liquidity to fund cash requirements include our existing cash, proceeds from financings, including mortgage or construction loans secured by our properties and proceeds from asset sales.  We anticipate that cash flows from continuing operations over the next twelve months, together with existing cash balances, will be adequate to fund our business operations, cash dividends to stockholders, debt amortization and capital expenditures.

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

Cash and cash equivalents were $276,234,000 as of March 31, 2016, compared to $259,349,000 as of December 31, 2015, an increase of $16,885,000.  This increase resulted from (i) $45,376,000 of net cash provided by operating activities partially offset by (ii) $21,304,000 of net cash used in financing activities and (iii) $7,187,000 of net cash used in investing activities. 

 

 Net cash provided by operating activities of $45,376,000 was comprised of net income of $22,019,000, adjustments for non-cash items of $8,930,000 and the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $14,427,000.  The adjustments for non-cash items were comprised of depreciation and amortization (including amortization of debt issuance costs) of $8,974,000,  partially offset by straight-lining of rental income of $44,000.

 

Net cash used in investing activities of $7,187,000 was comprised of construction in progress and real estate additions of $8,853,000 primarily related to The Alexander apartment tower, including the payment of a development fee to Vornado of $5,784,000, partially offset by the change in restricted cash of $1,666,000 related to tenant deposits.

 

Net cash used in financing activities of $21,304,000 was primarily comprised of dividends paid of $20,452,000.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources – continued

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015

 

Net cash provided by operating activities of $45,093,000 was comprised of net income of $17,822,000, adjustments for non-cash items of $7,493,000 and the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $19,778,000.  The adjustments for non-cash items were comprised of depreciation and amortization of $8,044,000, partially offset by straight-lining of rental income of $551,000.

 

Net cash used in investing activities of $14,921,000 was primarily comprised of construction in progress and real estate additions of $14,908,000 (primarily The Alexander apartment tower).

 

Net cash used in financing activities of $18,675,000 was primarily comprised of dividends paid of $17,890,000.

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

Insurance

We maintain general liability insurance with limits of $300,000,000 per occurrence and per property, and all-risk property and rental value insurance coverage with limits of $1.7 billion per occurrence, including coverage for acts of terrorism, with sub-limits for certain perils such as floods and earthquakes on each of our properties.

 

Fifty Ninth Street Insurance Company, LLC (“FNSIC”), our wholly owned consolidated subsidiary, acts as a direct insurer for coverage for acts of terrorism, including nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological (“NBCR”) acts, as defined by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which expires in December 2020.  Coverage for acts of terrorism (including NBCR acts) is up to $1.7 billion per occurrence and in the aggregate.  Coverage for acts of terrorism (excluding NBCR acts) is fully reinsured by third party insurance companies with no exposure to FNSIC.  For NBCR acts, FNSIC is responsible for a $348,000 deductible and 16% of the balance of a covered loss, and the Federal government is responsible for the remaining 84% of a covered loss.  We are ultimately responsible for any loss incurred by FNSIC.

 

We continue to monitor the state of the insurance market and the scope and costs of coverage for acts of terrorism.  However, we cannot anticipate what coverage will be available on commercially reasonable terms in the future.  We are responsible for deductibles and losses in excess of our insurance coverage, which could be material.

 

Our mortgage loans are non-recourse to us and contain customary covenants requiring us to maintain insurance.  Although we believe that we have adequate insurance coverage for purposes of these agreements, we may not be able to obtain an equivalent amount of coverage at reasonable costs in the future.  If lenders insist on greater coverage than we are able to obtain, it could adversely affect our ability to finance our properties.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources – continued

 

Rego Park I Litigation

On June 24, 2014, Sears Roebuck and Co. (“Sears”) filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Vornado and us (and certain of our subsidiaries) with regard to space that Sears leases at our Rego Park I property alleging that the defendants are liable for harm that Sears has suffered as a result of (a) water intrusions into the premises, (b) two fires in February 2014 that caused damages to those premises, and (c) alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the premises’ parking garage.  Sears asserted various causes of actions for damages and sought to compel compliance with landlord’s obligations to repair the premises and to provide security, and to compel us to abate a nuisance that Sears claims was a cause of the water intrusions into its premises.  In addition to injunctive relief, Sears sought, among other things, damages of not less than $4 million and future damages it estimated would not be less than $25 million. In March 2016, Sears withdrew its claim for future damages leaving a remaining claim for property damages, which we estimate to be approximately $650,000 based on information provided by Sears.  We intend to defend the remaining claim vigorously.  The amount or range of reasonably possible losses, if any, is not expected to be greater than $650,000.

Paramus

In 2001, we leased 30.3 acres of land located in Paramus, New Jersey to IKEA Property, Inc. The lease has a purchase option in 2021 for $75,000,000. The property is encumbered by a $68,000,000 interest-only mortgage loan with a fixed rate of 2.90%, which matures in October 2018.  The annual triple-net rent is the sum of $700,000 plus the amount of debt service on the mortgage loan. If the purchase option is exercised, we will receive net cash proceeds of approximately $7,000,000 and recognize a gain on sale of land of approximately $60,000,000. If the purchase option is not exercised, the triple-net rent for the last 20 years would include debt service sufficient to fully amortize $68,000,000 over the remaining 20-year lease term.

 

Letters of Credit

Approximately $2,074,000 of standby letters of credit were outstanding as of March 31, 2016. 

 

Other

     On October 15, 2015, the New York City Department of Finance (“NYC DOF”) issued a Notice of Determination to us  assessing an additional $20,100,000 of transfer taxes (including interest and penalties) in connection with the sale of Kings Plaza in November 2012.  We believe that the NYC DOF’s claim is without merit and intend to vigorously contest this assessment.  We have determined that the likelihood of a loss related to this issue is not probable and, after consultation with legal counsel, that the outcome of this assessment is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

     There are various other legal actions against us in the ordinary course of business.  In our opinion, the outcome of such matters in the aggregate will not have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Funds from Operations (“FFO”)

 

FFO is computed in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as GAAP net income or loss adjusted to exclude net gains from sales of depreciated real estate assets, real estate impairment losses, depreciation and amortization expense from real estate assets and other specified non-cash items, including the pro rata share of such adjustments of unconsolidated subsidiaries.  FFO and FFO per diluted share are used by management, investors and analysts to facilitate meaningful comparisons of operating performance between periods and among our peers because it excludes the effect of real estate depreciation and amortization and net gains on sales, which are based on historical costs and implicitly assume that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time, rather than fluctuating based on existing market conditions.  FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash requirements and should not be considered as an alternative to net income as a performance measure or cash flow as a liquidity measure.  FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.  A reconciliation of our net income to FFO is provided below.

 

 

FFO for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

FFO for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 was $30,250,000, or $5.92 per diluted share, compared to $25,136,000, or $4.92 per diluted share for the prior year’s quarter.

 

The following table reconciles our net income to FFO:

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

   

March 31,

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

2016 

 

2015 

Net income

$

 22,019 

 

$

 17,822 

Depreciation and amortization of real property

 

 8,231 

 

 

 7,314 

FFO

$

 30,250 

 

$

 25,136 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

FFO per diluted share

$

 5.92 

 

$

 4.92 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares used in computing FFO per diluted share  

 

 5,113,077 

 

 

 5,111,201 

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Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

We have exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, which are sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control.  Our exposure to a change in interest rates is summarized in the table below.

 

 

 

2016 

 

2015 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

Effect of 1%

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

March 31,

 

Average

 

Change in

 

December 31,

 

Average

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

Balance

 

Interest Rate

 

Base Rates

 

Balance

 

Interest Rate

Variable Rate

$

 912,505 

 

1.82%

 

 

$

 9,125 

 

$

 913,341 

 

1.71%

 

Fixed Rate

 

 146,246 

 

1.54%

 

 

 

 -   

 

 

 146,246 

 

1.56%

 

 

 

$

 1,058,751 

 

 

 

 

$

 9,125 

 

$

 1,059,587 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total effect on diluted earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 1.78 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2016 we have an interest rate cap with a notional amount of $300,000,000 that caps LIBOR at a rate of 6.0%.

 

Fair Value of Debt

 

The fair value of our consolidated debt is calculated by discounting the future contractual cash flows of these instruments using current risk-adjusted rates available to borrowers with similar credit ratings, which are provided by a third-party specialist.  As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the estimated fair value of our consolidated debt was $1,044,000,000 and $1,054,000,000, respectively.  Our fair value estimates, which are made at the end of the reporting period, may be different from the amounts that may ultimately be realized upon the disposition of our financial instruments.

 

 

Item 4.   Controls and Procedures

 

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures:  Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting:  There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter to which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.     Legal Proceedings

 

We are from time to time involved in legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business.  In our opinion, the outcome of such matters in the aggregate will not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

For a discussion of the litigation concerning our Rego Park I property, see “Part I – Financial Information, Item 1 – Financial Statements, Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies.”

 

 

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes in our “Risk Factors” as previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

Item 2.     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

 

 

Item 3.     Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

 

 

Item 4.     Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

Item 5.     Other Information

 

None.

 

 

 

Item 6.     Exhibits

 

Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are filed herewith and are listed in the attached Exhibit Index.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ALEXANDER’S, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  May 2, 2016

By:

/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

Joseph Macnow, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (duly authorized officer and
principal financial and accounting officer)

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

No.

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

-

Second Amendment of Lease, dated as of the 12 th of January 2016 by and between 731 Office One LLC and Bloomberg L.P.

     *

 

10.2

 

-

Fourth Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement, dated and made effective as of March 8, 2016, by and between Alexander’s Rego Shopping Center and U.S. Bank National Association

    

 

10.3

 

-

Fourth Mortgage Modification Agreement, dated and made effective as of March 8, 2016, by and between Alexander’s Rego Shopping Center and U.S. Bank National Association

 

 

 

15.1

 

-

Letter regarding unaudited interim financial information

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

31.1

 

-

Rule 13a-14 (a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

31.2

 

-

Rule 13a-14 (a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

-

Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

32.2

 

-

Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

-

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

101.SCH

 

-

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

101.CAL

 

-

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

101.DEF

 

-

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

101.LAB

 

-

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

101.PRE

 

-

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 24b-2.  The omitted confidential material has been filed separately.  The location of the redacted confidential information is indicated in the exhibit as "[redacted]".

  

                 

 

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Exhibit 10.1
 
The confidential portions of this exhibit have been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request in accordance with Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
REDACTED PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT ARE MARKED BY “[redacted]”.
 
SECOND AMENDMENT OF LEASE
 
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT OF LEASE (this " Amendment ") is dated as of the 12 th day of January, 2016, by and between 731 OFFICE ONE LLC (" Landlord "), a Delaware limited liability company, having an office c/o Alexander's Inc., 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, and BLOOMBERG L.P. (" Tenant "), a Delaware limited partnership, having an office at 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
 
W I T N E S S E T H :
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement of Lease, dated as of April 30, 2001, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership, as landlord, and Tenant, as tenant, as amended by (i) a letter agreement, dated December 20, 2001, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership and Tenant, (ii) a letter agreement, dated January 30, 2002, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership and Tenant, (iii) a First Amendment of Lease, dated April 19, 2002, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership and Tenant, (iv) a letter agreement, dated July 3, 2002, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership and Tenant, (v) a letter agreement, dated September 30, 2002, between 731 Commercial LLC (successor-in-interest to Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership) and Tenant, (vi) a letter agreement, dated February 5, 2003, between 731 Commercial LLC and Tenant, (vii) a letter agreement, dated March 14, 2003, between 731 Commercial LLC and Tenant, (viii) a letter agreement, dated April 14, 2003, between 731 Commercial LLC and Tenant, (ix) a letter agreement, dated May 22, 2003, between 731 Commercial LLC and Tenant, (x) a letter agreement, dated November 4, 2003, between 731 Commercial LLC and Tenant, (xi) a letter agreement, dated November 14, 2003, between 731 Commercial LLC and Tenant, (xii) a letter agreement, dated September 29, 2004, between Landlord (successor-in-interest to 731 Commercial LLC) and Tenant, (xiii) two (2) letter agreements, dated February 7, 2005, between Landlord and Tenant, (xiv) a letter agreement, dated March 8, 2005, between Landlord and Tenant, and (xv) a letter agreement, dated December 31, 2009, between Landlord and Tenant, Landlord demised and let unto Tenant, and Tenant did hire and take, certain space in the building that is known by the street address of 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (such Agreement of Lease, as so amended, being referred to herein as the " Lease "); and
 
WHEREAS, Tenant is leasing certain additional space in the Building (as such term is defined in the Lease) as successor by assignment of a Lease, dated as of February 7, 2005, between Landlord, as landlord, and Citibank, N.A., as tenant (such Lease, as amended and assigned by Citibank, N.A. to Tenant pursuant to the agreements described on Exhibit "1" attached hereto and made a part hereof, the Interim Letter Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and the letter agreements referenced therein, the " Citi Lease "); and
 
WHEREAS, Landlord, as the landlord under the Citi Lease, and Tenant, as the tenant under the Citi Lease, have entered into a letter agreement, dated December 20, 2011 (the " Lobby Agreement "); and
 
WHEREAS, Tenant, as the tenant under the Citi Lease, has exercised its option to extend the initial term of the Citi Lease expiring December 14, 2015 for the renewal term set forth
 
 
 

 
 
therein (the " Citi Renewal Term ") by delivery of the Renewal Notice (as defined in the Citi Lease); and
 
WHEREAS, Tenant is leasing certain additional space in the Building as successor by assignment of a Lease, dated as of May 17, 2004, between Landlord, as landlord, and Metrovest Equities Inc., as tenant (such Lease, as assigned by Metrovest Equities Inc. to Tenant pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and Consent Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2009, among Landlord, Metrovest Equities Inc. and Tenant, the " Original Metrovest Lease "); and
 
WHEREAS, Landlord, as the landlord under the Original Metrovest Lease, and Tenant, as the tenant under the Original Metrovest Lease, have entered into a letter agreement, dated October 6, 2014 (the " Metrovest Letter Agreement "), pursuant to which, among other matters, the term of the Metrovest Lease is extended for a term commencing on April 1, 2015 and ending on the last day of the Citi Renewal Term; and
 
WHEREAS, Landlord, as the landlord under each of the Citi Lease and the Original Metrovest Lease, and Tenant, as the tenant under each of the Citi Lease and the Original Metrovest Lease, have entered into a letter agreement, dated December 11, 2015 (the " Interim Letter Agreement "; the Original Metrovest Lease, as amended by the Metrovest Letter Agreement and the Interim Letter Agreement, the " Metrovest Lease "), pursuant to which, among other matters, the parties agreed to the amount of the Fixed Rent and Escalation Rent payable by Tenant for the Additional Space for the period commencing on December 15, 2015 and ending on the date the Fixed Rent for the Additional Space for the Citi Renewal Term is determined; and
 
WHEREAS, the Building has been submitted to a condominium regime pursuant to a declaration made under the Condominium Act of the State of New York (Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York), dated December 4, 2003 and recorded on February 3, 2004 in the Office of the Register of The City of New York, County of New York (the " Register's Office "), in CRFN 2004000064392, which declaration has been amended and restated pursuant to an amended and restated declaration, dated February 8, 2005, and recorded on March 9, 2005 in the Register's Office in CRFN 2005000139245; and
 
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant have agreed to provide for the reversal of Tenant's exercise of Tenant's extension of the term of the Citi Lease for the Citi Renewal Term so that the Citi Lease shall terminate as of December 14, 2015, and for the termination of the Metrovest Lease as of December 14, 2015, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
 
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease, inter alia , to add to the premises initially demised thereby, effective as of December 15, 2015, (i) a portion of the rentable area on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building and the entire rentable area on the twenty-first (21 st ), twenty-second (22 nd ), twenty-third (23 rd ), twenty-fourth (24 th ), twenty-fifth (25 th ), twenty-sixth (26 th ), twenty-seventh (27 th ) and twenty-eighth (28 th ) floors of the Building as shown on the floor plans attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "A" (such space described in this clause (i) being referred to herein collectively as the " Additional Tower Space "), and (ii) a portion of Lower Level 3 of the Building as shown on the floor plan attached
 
 
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hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "B" (the " Storage Space "; the Additional Tower Space and the Storage Space are collectively referred to herein as the " Additional Space ").
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the mutual receipt and legal sufficiency of which the parties hereto hereby acknowledge, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:
 
1.             Defined Terms .
 
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Lease.
 
2.             Demise and Termination of the Citi Lease and the Metrovest Lease .
 
(A)            Subject to the terms hereof and to the terms of the Lease (as amended hereby), Landlord hereby demises and lets unto Tenant and Tenant hereby hires and takes from Landlord the Additional Space for a term to commence as of December 15, 2015 (the " Additional Space Commencement Date ") and to end on the Expiration Date.  Subject to the terms hereof, from and after the Additional Space Commencement Date, the Additional Space shall be added to the Premises and shall constitute a portion of the Premises for all purposes of the Lease, as amended hereby, including, without limitation, the application of the Renewal Option pursuant to Article 37 of the Lease, as modified by Section 7 hereof, and shall be deemed to be part of the Entire Premises for all purposes of the Lease, as amended hereby.
 
(B)            Effective as of the date hereof, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree that (i) the Renewal Notice (as defined in the Citi Lease) delivered by Tenant under the Citi Lease is hereby revoked so that the Citi Lease terminates as of December 14, 2015 (the " Citi Early Termination Date "), and (ii) the Metrovest Lease is hereby amended so that the Option Term (as defined in the Metrovest Lease) expires as of the Citi Early Termination Date rather than the last day of the Citi Renewal Term and accordingly, the Metrovest Lease terminates as of the Citi Early Termination Date.
 
3.             Delivery of the Additional Space .
 
Tenant acknowledges that Tenant is currently in possession of the entire Additional Space as the tenant under each of the Citi Lease and the Metrovest Lease.  Landlord shall be deemed to have delivered exclusive possession of the Additional Space to Tenant in its "as is" condition as of the Additional Space Commencement Date.  Landlord shall have no obligation to perform any work in the Additional Space, or elsewhere in the Building, to prepare the Additional Space for Tenant's continued occupancy as contemplated hereby.  For the avoidance of doubt, Tenant's obligation to restore the Additional Space shall be governed by the Lease, as amended hereby (including, without limitation, the terms of Section 11(W) and Section 12 hereof), and Tenant shall have no obligation to restore the Additional Space pursuant to the Citi Lease or the Metrovest Lease.
 
 
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4.             Fixed Rent.
 
(A)            Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Three and no/100 Dollars ($276,783.00) in full payment of all Fixed Rent and Escalation Rent (as defined in the Metrovest Lease) due under the Metrovest Letter Agreement, within ten (10) days after the date hereof.  Such amount represents the sum of (i) the difference between (x) the amount payable for Fixed Rent under the Metrovest Letter Agreement for the Metrovest Gap Period, and (y) the Metrovest Gap Rent (as defined in the Metrovest Letter Agreement) paid to Landlord prior to the date hereof, and (ii) the difference between (a) the Escalation Rent (as defined in the Metrovest Lease) applicable to the space demised under the Metrovest Lease for the Metrovest Gap Period, and (b) the Escalation Rent (as defined in the Metrovest Lease) for such space for the Metrovest Gap Period paid to Landlord prior to the date hereof.  The Metrovest Gap Period is the period from April 1, 2015 to December 14, 2015.
 
(B)            Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to the sum of (i) the difference between (x) the amount payable for Fixed Rent pursuant to Section 4(C) and Section 4(D) hereof for the period commencing on (and including) December 15, 2015 and ending on (and including) the date hereof (the " Interim Period "), and (y) the Fixed Rent for the Additional Space for the Interim Period paid to Landlord prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Interim Letter Agreement, and (ii) the difference between (a) the Escalation Rent applicable to the Additional Space for the Interim Period, and (b) the Escalation Rent for such space for the Interim Period paid to Landlord prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Interim Letter Agreement.  Landlord and Tenant shall agree on such amount no later than ten (10) days after the date hereof.  Tenant shall pay Landlord such amount within ten (10) days after the date the parties agree on such amount.
 
(C)            Tenant shall pay Fixed Rent with respect to the Additional Tower Space in the amounts set forth on Exhibit "C-1" attached hereto and made a part hereof.
 
(D)            Tenant shall pay Fixed Rent with respect to the Storage Space in the amounts set forth on Exhibit "C-2" attached hereto and made a part hereof.
 
(E)            The Fixed Rent due hereunder with respect to the Additional Space for the calendar month during which the Additional Space Commencement Date occurs shall be appropriately pro-rated based on the number of days in such calendar month.
 
5.             Taxes and Operating Expenses .
 
Tenant shall pay the Tax Payment and the Operating Payment for the Additional Tower Space from and after the Additional Space Commencement Date pursuant to Article 26 of the Lease, with the understanding, however that (a) Tenant shall not be required to pay the Tax Payment and the Operating Payment with respect to the Storage Space, (b) Tenant shall not be entitled to the fifty percent (50%) reduction in the Tax Payment pursuant to Section 26.2 of the Lease, and (c) Tenant shall not have the right to make a Section 421-a Election or otherwise use the Section 421-a Tax Benefits applicable to the Additional Tower Space to reduce the Tax Payment for the Additional Tower Space otherwise due hereunder and the Section 421-a Tax
 
 
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Benefits shall not be taken into account in connection with the determination of the Actual Tax Amount for the Additional Tower Space.  The Tax Payment for the Additional Tower Space shall be adjusted for the Tax Year in which the Additional Space Commencement Date and the Expiration Date occur so that Tenant only pays the Tax Payment for the Additional Tower Space in respect of Taxes that accrue during the Term.  The Operating Payment for the Additional Tower Space shall be adjusted for the Operating Period in which the Additional Space Commencement Date and the Expiration Date occur so that Tenant only pays the Operating Payment for the Additional Tower Space in respect of Operating Expenses that accrue during the Term.
 
6.             Option Space .
 
(A)            Article 36 of the Lease is hereby amended by terminating the Option to lease the Lower Option Space and the Upper Option Space, each of which shall be deleted from the Option Space, and adding the Option to lease the Additional Option Space as set forth herein.
 
(B)            Section 36.1, Section 36.2, Section 36.3, Section 36.4 and Section 36.5 of the Lease are hereby deleted in their entirety and the following clauses are hereby substituted thereof:
 
" Section 36.1 .  Subject to the terms of this Section 36, Landlord shall not lease (or permit to be leased) to any party other than Tenant or Landlord's Affiliate all of the space on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building described on Exhibit "E" attached hereto and made a part hereof (the " Additional Option Space ") without, in either case, first instituting the procedure described in this Article 36.  The Additional Option Space is currently being used by Landlord as its management office.
 
Section 36.2 .  Landlord shall institute the procedure described in this Article 36 by giving notice thereof (the " Option Notice ") to Tenant, which Option Notice shall (i) set forth Landlord's calculation of the number of square feet of Rentable Area contained in the Additional Option Space, and (ii) set forth the date that Landlord reasonably expects the Additional Option Space to be vacant and available for Tenant's occupancy (such date designated by Landlord being referred to herein as the " Scheduled Option Space Commencement Date ").
 
Section 36.3 .  Tenant shall have the option (the " Option ") to lease all of the Additional Option Space for a term (the " Option Term ") commencing on the Option Space Commencement Date and expiring on the Expiration Date by giving notice thereof (the " Response Notice ") to Landlord not later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the date that Landlord gives the Option Notice to Tenant.  Time shall be of the essence as to the date by which Tenant must give the Response Notice to Landlord to exercise the Option.  If Tenant does not give the Response Notice to Landlord on or prior to the thirtieth (30th) day after the date that Landlord gives the Option Notice to Tenant, then, subject to Article 40 hereof, Landlord shall thereafter have the right to lease the Additional Option Space (or any part thereof) to any other party on terms acceptable to Landlord in
 
 
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Landlord's sole discretion without being required to make any other offer to Tenant regarding the Additional Option Space under this Article 36, except that if Landlord does not lease the Additional Option Space (or any part thereof) to another party (which is not an Affiliate of Landlord) within two (2) years after the date that Landlord gives the applicable Option Notice to Tenant, then Landlord shall not thereafter lease (or permit to be leased) the Additional Option Space to another party without first again complying with the procedure set forth in this Article 36.  Tenant shall not have the right to revoke a Response Notice given to Landlord pursuant to this Article 36.
 
Section 36.4 .  Tenant shall not have the right to exercise the Option (and, accordingly (x) Landlord shall have no obligation to give an Option Notice to Tenant, and (y) Landlord shall have the right to lease the Additional Option Space to any other party without first offering the Additional Option Space to Tenant as contemplated by this Article 36) if the Minimum Square Footage Requirement is not then satisfied.  Tenant shall not have the right to exercise the Option if (x) Tenant has theretofore exercised the Renewal Option for the Partial Renewal Space (rather than the entire Premises), and (y) no portion of the Partial Renewal Space is located on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building and, accordingly, from and after the date that Tenant exercises the Renewal Option for such Partial Renewal Space, (I) Landlord shall have no obligation to give an Option Notice to Tenant, and (II) subject to Article 40 hereof, Landlord shall have the right to lease the Additional Option Space (or any portion thereof) to any other party without first offering the Additional Option Space to Tenant as contemplated by this Article 36.  Tenant shall not have the right to exercise the Option from and after the Option Cutoff Date, and, accordingly, from and after the Option Cutoff Date, (I) Landlord shall have no obligation to give an Option Notice to Tenant with respect to the Additional Option Space, and (II) Landlord shall have the right to lease the Additional Option Space to any other Person without first offering the Additional Option Space to Tenant as contemplated by this Article 36.  The term " Option Cutoff Date " shall mean the date that is three (3) years before the Fixed Expiration Date, except that if Tenant exercises the Renewal Option, then the Option Cutoff Date shall be the date that is three (3) years before the last day of the Renewal Term.
 
Section 36.5 .  If Tenant exercises the Option in accordance with the provisions of this Article 36, then, on the Option Space Commencement Date for the Additional Option Space, (i) the Additional Option Space shall be added to the Premises and deemed to be "Applicable Option Space" for purposes of this Lease (except as otherwise provided in this Section 36.5); (ii) the term of this Lease for the Additional Option Space shall extend for the Option Term; (iii) Landlord shall not be obligated to perform any work or make any installations in the Additional Option Space or grant Tenant a work allowance therefor (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in this Section 36.5); (iv) in connection with Tenant's exercising Tenant's rights as set forth in this Article 36 to lease the Additional Option Space, the Fixed Rent for the Additional Option Space shall be an amount equal to the Fair Market Rent therefor, determined in accordance with
 
 
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Article 38 hereof.  In no event shall the Fixed Rent for the Additional Option Space at any time prior to the Fixed Expiration Date be less than the product obtained by multiplying (a) the number of square feet of Rentable Area of the Additional Option Space, by (b) the net fixed rent amounts calculated on a per square foot basis that are in effect from time to time as shown on Exhibit C-1 attached hereto and made a part hereof.  If the Option Term extends beyond the Fixed Expiration Date in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms of Section 36.4 hereof, the Fixed Rent for the Additional Option Space shall be an amount equal to the Fair Market Rent therefor, determined in accordance with Article 38 hereof, provided that in no event shall the Fixed Rent for the Additional Option Space at any time be less than the product obtained by multiplying (1) the number of square feet of Rentable Area of the Additional Option Space, by (2) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Fixed Rent due hereunder for the portion of the Renewal Premises that constitutes Additional Tower Space that is in effect from time to time, by (y) the number of square feet of Rentable Area comprising the portion of the Renewal Premises that constitutes Additional Tower Space at the time the Fixed Rent is being determined for the Additional Option Space.  If Tenant exercises the Option to lease Additional Option Space pursuant to the terms hereof, then Landlord shall use Landlord's reasonable efforts to reconfigure (or, at Landlord's option, to permit Tenant to reconfigure) the Building Systems (including, without limitation, the Premises Elevators) to the extent reasonably necessary so that the Shared Building Systems and Premises Systems that serve the Premises (other than the Additional Option Space) integrate with the Shared Building Systems and Premises Systems that serve the Additional Option Space; provided, however, that Landlord shall not have any obligation to so reconfigure (or to permit Tenant to reconfigure) Building Systems to the extent that such reconfiguration has a material and adverse effect on such Building Systems.  Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any actual out-of-pocket costs that Landlord incurs in so using reasonable efforts to reconfigure the Building Systems, within thirty (30) days after Landlord's request therefor (together with reasonable supporting documentation for such costs).  If Tenant exercises the Option to lease the Additional Option Space, then (i) Landlord shall cause the Additional Option Space to be delivered to Tenant in a condition that complies with all applicable Requirements (for unoccupied space) and in broom-clean condition, and (ii) Landlord shall deliver to Tenant (X) a reasonable number of counterparts of Form ACP-5 for the Additional Option Space promptly after the date that Tenant gives to Landlord such documentation and information that Landlord reasonably requires before providing such counterparts of Form ACP-5, and (Y) other reasonable evidence to the effect that Tenant's performance of Alterations in the Additional Option Space will constitute a "non-asbestos project" (as defined for purposes of the aforesaid Form ACP-5); provided, however, that Landlord shall only be required to provide the items described in this clause (ii) to the extent that Tenant reasonably requires such items under applicable Requirements for presentation to applicable Governmental Authorities to permit Tenant to perform Alterations in the Additional Option Space or to conduct Tenant's business therein (the items to be
 
 
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provided by Landlord under clause (i) and clause (ii) above being collectively referred to herein as the " Applicable Option Space Items ").  Nothing contained in this Section 36.5 limits Tenant's obligation to comply with the provisions of Article 3 hereof in connection with any Alterations that Tenant intends to perform in the Premises (including, without limitation, the Additional Option Space)."
 
(C)            Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that the terms of Section 36.7, Section 36.8, Section 36.9, Section 36.10 and Section 36.11 of the Lease are hereby deleted in their entirety.
 
(D)            If Tenant exercises Tenant's right to lease the Additional Option Space as provided herein, then Landlord and Tenant shall execute and deliver an amendment to the Lease (as amended hereby), in reasonable form, promptly after Tenant exercises such rights, setting forth the terms of Tenant's leasing of the Additional Option Space, provided that the failure to execute and deliver an amendment to the Lease shall not obviate Tenant's exercise of Tenant's right to lease the Additional Option Space or the inclusion of the Additional Option Space as part of the Premises as provided herein.
 
7.             Renewal Option .
 
(A)            Section 37.1(A) of the Lease is hereby modified by adding the following to the end of the first sentence:
 
"and (d) Tenant gives Landlord, simultaneously with the Renewal Notice, either (or some combination of) (i) an amendment to the Letter of Credit (in a form that is reasonably satisfactory to Landlord) and/or (ii) a replacement Letter of Credit that meets the requirements set forth in Section 43.1 hereof, which amendment or replacement (or combination thereof) meet the following requirements:  (x) the final expiry of all Letters of Credit in favor of Landlord under Article 43 is April 8, 2039 and (y) the aggregate face amount of all Letters of Credit in favor of Landlord is increased to (or equals) Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) if Tenant has been entitled to a reduction of the Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 43.4(B); provided, however, (a) if Tenant has been entitled to a reduction of the Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 43.4(A) hereof (and such reduction has not been rescinded pursuant to the final sentence of Section 43.4(A)), than such aggregate face amount under subclause (y) shall equal [redacted], subject to subsequent increase if the final sentence of Section 43.4(A) shall be subsequently applicable, (b) for the avoidance of doubt, the delivery of such amendment to, or replacement of, the Letter of Credit shall be subject to any exercise of Tenant's rights under, and in accordance with and subject to, the terms and conditions of Section 43.2(C) and (c) Tenant's delivery of the Renewal Notice shall not be effective for purposes hereof (and shall be of no force or effect) unless Tenant includes therewith such amendment to the Letter of Credit or such replacement Letter of Credit (or such combination thereof) which complies with this subsection (d)."
 
 
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(B)            Section 37.1(B) of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted thereof:
 
"(B)           Subject to the terms of Section 37.1(C) hereof, Tenant shall have the right to renew the term hereof for the Renewal Term with respect to either (x) the entire Premises demised hereby on the Fixed Expiration Date, or (y) a portion of the Premises, provided that if Tenant desires to renew the term with respect to a portion of the Premises (a " Partial Renewal "), then (a) Tenant must renew at least Four Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixteen (455,116) square feet of Rentable Area, and (b) the portion of the Premises that is included in a Partial Renewal must consist of (I) the entire portion of the Premises that is on Lower Level 2 and Lower Level 3 of the Building, and (II) additional portions of the Premises that are vertically contiguous to each other consisting of (A) the entire portion of the Premises that is on the lowest floor of the Building above grade, and (B) additional floors of the Premises above such floor of the Building that constitute all of the Rentable Area on such floors of the Building (or constitute all of the Rentable Area then leased to Tenant on such floors of the Building if Tenant is leasing less than the entire Rentable Area on such floors); provided, however, that (1) for purposes of clause (II) above, the tenth (10 th ) and thirteenth (13 th ) floors of the Building shall be deemed to be vertically contiguous notwithstanding that the two (2) floors located between the tenth (10 th ) and thirteenth (13 th ) floors of the Building are used for the storage of mechanical equipment, (2) Tenant may not renew the portion of the Premises on the sixth (6 th ) floor of the Building unless Tenant also exercises the Renewal Option for the portion of the Premises on the seventh (7 th ) floor of the Building, (3) Tenant may not renew for any portion of the Additional Tower Space unless Tenant exercises its renewal right for all of the Basic Premises (other than the Additional Tower Space), and (4) Tenant may not renew for more than four (4) floors of the Additional Tower Space unless Tenant renews for all of the Additional Tower Space (the portion of the Premises described in clause (y) above being referred to herein as the " Partial Renewal Space "; the Premises, or the Partial Renewal Space, with respect to which Tenant exercises the Renewal Option being referred to herein as the " Renewal Premises "; the portion of the Premises that does not constitute the Partial Renewal Space is referred to herein as the " Removed Space ").  If (i) Tenant gives the Renewal Notice to Landlord, and (ii) Tenant fails to indicate therein that Tenant is exercising the Renewal Option for only the Partial Renewal Space, then Tenant shall be deemed to have designated that the Renewal Premises constitutes the entire Premises demised hereby as of the Fixed Expiration Date.  If Tenant exercises the Renewal Option for only the Partial Renewal Space as contemplated by this Section 37.1, then (A) on the Fixed Expiration Date, Tenant shall surrender to Landlord possession of the Removed Space in accordance with the provisions of this Lease that govern Tenant's obligations in respect of the delivery of possession of the Premises to Landlord upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term, and (B) on or prior to the Fixed Expiration Date, Tenant, at Tenant's sole cost and expense and otherwise in accordance with the terms of Article 3 hereof, shall demise the Removed Space separately from the Partial Renewal Space."
 
 
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(C)            Section 37.1(D) of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted thereof:
 
"(D)           Subject to the terms of this Section 37.1(D), if (x) Tenant exercises the Option in accordance with Article 36 hereof, and (y) Tenant thereafter exercises the Renewal Option (and Tenant's exercise of the Renewal Option is not declared ineffective or rescinded pursuant to this Article 37), then subject to the terms hereof, Tenant shall also be deemed to have renewed the Option Term for the Renewal Term for the Additional Option Space and in such event, the Additional Option Space shall be deemed to be "Initial Term Option Space" for purposes of this Lease (as amended hereby).   If Tenant gives the Renewal Notice and no portion of the Renewal Premises is located on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building, then Landlord shall have the right to declare that the Option Term for the Additional Option Space shall not be so extended for the Renewal Term by giving notice thereof to Tenant on or prior to the forty-fifth (45th) day after the date that Tenant gives the Renewal Notice to Landlord and if Landlord gives such notice, then the Option Term for the Additional Option Space shall expire on the Fixed Expiration Date."
 
(D)            The definition of the term " Base Rental Amount " as set forth in Section 38.1(E) of the Lease is hereby amended by deleting clause (4) in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted thereof:
 
"(4)           in connection with the determination of the Rental Value of the Additional Option Space that comprises a portion of the Renewal Premises for the Renewal Term,  an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the number of square feet of Rentable Area of the Additional Option Space, by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Fixed Rent due hereunder for the portion of the Renewal Premises that constitutes Additional Tower Space that is in effect from time to time, by (y) the number of square feet of Rentable Area comprising the portion of the Renewal Premises that constitutes Additional Tower Space."
 
(E)            The definition of the term " Base Rental Amount " as set forth in Section 38.1(E) of the Lease is also hereby amended by adding the following clauses (6) and (7) thereto:
 
"(6)           in connection with the determination of the Rental Value of any portion of the Renewal Premises that constitutes Additional Tower Space for the Renewal Term, the amounts set forth on Exhibit "D-1" attached hereto and made a part hereof that are in effect from time to time.
 
(7)           in connection with the determination of the Rental Value of any portion of the Renewal Premises that constitutes Storage Space for the Renewal Term, the amounts set forth on Exhibit "D-2" attached hereto and made a part hereof that are in effect from time to time."
 
 
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(F)            If Landlord exercises Landlord's right to consummate a Sublease Recapture, then at any time after such Sublease Recapture is consummated, Landlord shall be permitted to re-allocate portions of the Premises that constitute the Recapture Space among the existing units of the Condominium and one or more additional units created by Landlord or its Affiliates.  If Tenant exercises the Renewal Option for the Partial Renewal Space, then at any time after such Renewal Option is consummated, Landlord shall be permitted to re-allocate portions of the Premises that constitute the Removed Space among the existing units of the Condominium and one or more additional units created by Landlord or its Affiliates.  Tenant, at Landlord's sole cost and expense, shall reasonably cooperate with Landlord in connection with such reallocation.
 
8.             Landlord's Notices .  Landlord hereby advises Tenant that for purposes of Section 25.1 of the Lease, Landlord's address is as follows:
 
c/o Vornado Office Management LLC
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn.:  President - New York Division
 
with a copy to:
 
Vornado Realty Trust
210 Route 4 East
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
Attn.:  Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
 
and with a copy to:
 
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Attn.:  Ronald D. Sernau, Esq.
 
9.             Letter of Credit .
 
(A)           The following definitions are hereby added to the Lease:
 
" Fitch " shall mean Fitch, Inc. and its successors, or if Fitch, Inc. or its successor hereafter ceases the publication of ratings for long-term unsecured debt obligations, then Fitch, Inc. shall mean a reputable rating agency reasonably designated by Landlord and each of the ratings specified in Section 43.1(A)(x) and Section 43.2(C) hereof with respect to Fitch shall instead be such long-term unsecured debt ratings issued by such rating agency as most closely approximates such specified long-term unsecured debt ratings by Fitch, Inc. as of the date hereof.
 
 
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" Moody's " shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and its successors, or if Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or its successor hereafter ceases the publication of ratings for long-term unsecured debt obligations, then Moody's shall mean a reputable rating agency reasonably designated by Landlord and each of the ratings specified in Section 43.1(A)(x) and Section 43.2(C) hereof with respect to Moody's shall instead be such long-term unsecured debt ratings issued by such rating agency as most closely approximates such specified long-term unsecured debt ratings by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. as of the date hereof.
 
" S&P " shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors, or if Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or its successor hereafter ceases the publication of ratings for long-term unsecured debt obligations, then S&P shall mean a reputable rating agency reasonably designated by Landlord and each of the ratings specified in Section 43.1(A)(x) and Section 43.2(C) hereof with respect to S&P shall instead be such long-term unsecured debt ratings issued by such rating agency as most closely approximates such specified long-term unsecured debt ratings by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services as of the date hereof.

(B)           The following is hereby added to the Lease as a new Article 43:

"Article 43
LETTER OF CREDIT

43.1            Letter of Credit Generally .
 
(A)         Not later than February 1, 2016, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord one or more clean, irrevocable, transferable and unconditional letters of credit (as the context may require, each, a " Letter of Credit " and collectively, the " Letter of Credit ") issued by and drawn upon one or more domestic U.S. banks or U.S. agencies or branches of foreign banks (each, an " Issuing Bank "), each of which (x) shall be a member bank of the New York Clearinghouse Association, the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least [redacted] by Fitch and S&P and [redacted] by Moody's, (y) shall have not been declared insolvent or placed into receivership in either case by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or another governmental entity that has regulatory authority over such bank, and (z) has a physical street address in New York County, New York, at which physical street address the beneficiary thereof can present the Letter of Credit for payment.  Each Letter of Credit shall:

(i) be in a form reasonably acceptable to Landlord (provided that a Letter of Credit that complies with, and does not contain any provisions inconsistent with, the provisions of this Article 43 and that does not reduce Landlord's rights under this Article 43 (other than in an immaterial manner) or impose any monetary obligation on Landlord  or (other than to a de minimis extent) any other obligation or burden on Landlord will be deemed reasonably acceptable); it being agreed that the form of Letter of
 
 
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Credit attached hereto as Exhibit "43.1" and made a part hereof is acceptable to Landlord,

(ii) be for the benefit of Landlord, its successors and assigns, subject to Section 43.1(C),

(iii) be in the amount of TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000.00), subject to Section 43.4 (as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, the " Letter of Credit Amount "),

(iv) except as otherwise provided in this Section 43.1, conform and be subject to the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce, Publication No. 600 (or any revision thereof or successor thereto),

(v) be fully transferable by the beneficiary thereof without any fees or charges therefor,

(vi) provide that beneficiary shall be entitled to draw upon the Letter of Credit, in whole or in multiple drawings, upon presentation to the Issuing Bank of a sight draft (with no other documentation), and

(vii) have an initial term of 364 days but shall provide that it shall be deemed automatically renewed, without amendment, for consecutive   periods of one year for each year thereafter during the entire Term and for a period of thirty (30) days thereafter, unless the Issuing Bank shall send a notice (a " Non-Renewal Notice ") to the beneficiary (and/or its designee, and the beneficiary may specify two persons to receive such notice, either both representatives of the beneficiary or representatives of the beneficiary and a third party (such as Landlord's lender) as the beneficiary may designate), by registered mail, return receipt requested, not less than sixty (60) days next preceding the then expiration date of the Letter of Credit that the Issuing Bank elects not to renew such Letter of Credit.

If Landlord receives a Non-Renewal Notice from an Issuing Bank, Landlord shall have the right, by sight draft on the Issuing Bank, to receive the monies represented by the then existing Letter of Credit, and to hold and/or disburse such proceeds pursuant to the terms of this Article 43 unless on or prior to the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the then expiration date of the Letter of Credit, Tenant delivers a replacement Letter of Credit (which shall comply with all of the conditions set forth in this Article 43).

(B)           If Landlord shall fail, for any reason whatsoever, to draw upon the Letter of Credit within the thirty (30) day period described in the final sentence of Section 43.1(A), and the Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date that will occur prior to the thirtieth (30 th ) day following the Fixed Expiration Date (or the
 
 
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last day of a Renewal Term, if Tenant exercises the applicable Renewal Option), then Tenant shall, upon demand, immediately furnish Landlord with a replacement Letter of Credit (which shall comply with all of the conditions set forth in this Article 43), so that Landlord shall have the entire Letter of Credit on hand at all times during the Term and for a period of thirty (30) days thereafter.  Tenant acknowledges and agrees that Landlord shall have the right to draw upon the Letter of Credit only in any instance so provided in this Article 43 or in any instance in which Landlord would have the right to use, apply or retain the whole or any part of the proceeds of such Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms of this Article 43.
 
(C)           Landlord shall have the right from time to time to change the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit from Landlord to Landlord's lender or an agent on behalf of all lenders (and thereafter to change the beneficiary back to Landlord) and to have Tenant execute and deliver an agreement, among Tenant, Landlord and Landlord's lender or such agent, setting forth such lender's right to exercise (in lieu of Landlord) the rights afforded to Landlord under this Article 43; provided, however, that any such agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to Tenant and shall not impose any material obligations on Tenant in addition to those imposed on Tenant, or modify in any material respect any of Tenant's rights under, this Lease including without limitation this Article 43.  Regardless whether Landlord exercises the right set forth above in the Section 43.1, Landlord shall have the right to pledge to its lender(s) or to its (or their) agent, as security for a loan, Landlord's rights to the Letter of Credit and the proceeds thereof.
 
(D)           If the Letter of Credit is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, then Tenant, at Landlord's sole cost and expense, shall reasonably cooperate with Landlord in connection with the issuance of a replacement Letter of Credit by the Issuing Bank.
 
43.2            Certain Additional Landlord's Rights .

(A)           Tenant agrees that, if (i) an Event of Default shall occur, or (ii) Tenant shall fail to vacate the Premises and surrender possession thereof in accordance with the terms of this Lease upon the Fixed Expiration Date (or the last day of a Renewal Term, if Tenant exercises the applicable Renewal Option), and perform all restoration and other obligations in accordance therewith, Landlord may draw on the Letter of Credit and use, apply or retain the whole or any part of the proceeds of the Letter of Credit solely to the extent required for the payment of any payments as to which Tenant shall be in default under this Lease or for any monies which Landlord may expend or may be required to expend or which Landlord may be entitled under the terms of this Lease (including, without limitation, under Article 17 of this Lease) to recover by reason of Tenant's default in respect of any of the covenants, agreements, terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease, including any damages or deficiency to which Landlord is entitled under the terms of this Lease (including, without limitation, under Article 17 of this Lease)  in the reletting of the Premises, whether such damages or deficiency
 
 
 
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accrued before or after summary proceedings or other re-entry by Landlord (it being agreed that Landlord, in exercising its right to draw upon the Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms of this Article 43, at its option, may make partial draws on the Letter of Credit from time to time).  Landlord shall not be required to so use, apply or retain the whole or any part of the proceeds of the Letter of Credit, but if the whole or any part thereof shall be so used, applied or retained, then Tenant shall, within five (5) days after demand, deliver to Landlord either cash security or a replacement Letter of Credit in an amount such that Landlord shall thereafter have a Letter of Credit or cash security for the entire Letter of Credit Amount on hand at all times during the Term; provided, that if Tenant has delivered cash security (and not a replacement Letter of Credit) in accordance with this sentence, then Tenant shall within fifteen (15) days after the demand referenced above deliver a replacement Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the amount required so that Landlord shall thereafter have a Letter of Credit for the entire Letter of Credit Amount  at all times during the Term (it being agreed that Landlord shall turn over to Tenant or its designee such cash security in exchange for such replacement Letter of Credit).

(B)         If at any time an Issuing Bank does not meet the requirements for an Issuing Bank set forth in Section 43.1 hereof, then Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a replacement Letter of Credit issued by a replacement Issuing Bank so that such replacement Letter of Credit and Issuing Bank shall satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 43.1 hereof, such delivery to be made within thirty (30) days after the date that Landlord gives Tenant notice of such Issuing Bank's failure to satisfy such requirements.

(C)           Notwithstanding the terms of Section 43.1(A)(x) and Section 43.2(B), if an Issuing Bank does not meet the requirements for an Issuing Bank set forth in Section 43.1 hereof solely because one or more the ratings of its long-term unsecured debt obligations have been lowered such that that they are no longer at least [redacted] by Fitch and S&P and [redacted] by Moody's, then:
 

(i) if Tenant has not previously been entitled to a reduction of the Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 43.4(A) (or Tenant has previously been entitled to such reduction but the same has been rescinded pursuant to the final sentence of Section 43.4(A)),

(a) Tenant must deliver a replacement Letter of Credit in the face amount of at least [redacted]  issued by an Issuing Bank the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least [redacted] by Fitch and S&P and [redacted] by Moody's and otherwise satisfying the requirements set forth in Section 43.1, and

(b) [redacted]
 
 
 
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; and
 
(ii) if [redacted], Tenant must deliver a replacement Letter of Credit in the face amount of at least [redacted] issued by an Issuing Bank the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least [redacted] by Fitch and S&P and [redacted] by Moody's and otherwise satisfying the requirements set forth in Section 43.1 hereof.

 
[redacted].

(D)           If Tenant fails to deliver to Landlord a replacement Letter of Credit as required pursuant to either Section 43.2(A), (B) or (C), or Section 43.1(A) or (B), within the applicable time period specified in such provisions for such replacement, then Landlord, in addition to Landlord's other rights at law, in equity or as otherwise set forth herein, shall have the right to present the Letter of Credit for payment and retain the proceeds thereof in lieu of the Letter of Credit (it being agreed that Landlord shall have the right to use, apply and transfer such proceeds in the manner described in this Article 43).

(E)           Landlord's presentation of a Letter of Credit as described in Section 43.2(D) shall not relieve Tenant of the obligation to provide a replacement Letter of Credit within the applicable time periods specified herein, and the failure to do so shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder (it being agreed by Landlord that during any such time period, Landlord shall turn over to Tenant or its designee any proceeds drawn under such Letter of Credit and not applied in accordance herewith in exchange for such replacement Letter of Credit).
 
 
 
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(F)           Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any reasonable costs that Landlord incurs in so presenting the Letter of Credit for payment within thirty (30) days after Landlord submits to Tenant an invoice therefor.  Nothing contained in this Article 43 limits Landlord's rights or remedies in equity, at law, or as otherwise set forth herein.

(G)           All fees, costs and expenses payable or incurred by Tenant or its affiliates in connection with the Letter of Credit shall be borne by Tenant; provided that if Tenant is required to obtain a replacement Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 43.2(C)(i)(a), then any incremental customary fronting fees payable by Tenant to the Issuing Bank in obtaining such replacement Letter of Credit from the Issuing Bank which Tenant would not have otherwise incurred had it obtained such replacement Letter of Credit from an Issuing Bank described in Section 43.2(C)(i)(b) shall be paid as follows: (i) Tenant shall pay such fronting fees up to [redacted] of the face amount of the replacement Letter of Credit; (ii) Landlord and Tenant shall split equally such fronting fees to the extent the same exceed [redacted], but are less than [redacted], of the face amount of such replacement Letter of Credit and (iii) Landlord shall pay such fronting fees in excess of such [redacted].

(H)            Notwithstanding the terms of Section 43.2(C), at any time, and from time to time, on thirty (30) days’ notice to Tenant (or such shorter notice period as may reasonable at the time):

(1) [redacted]:

(x) [redacted] by Fitch and S&P and [redacted] by Moody's (or some combination of the foregoing and the ratings set forth in the immediately succeeding clause (y)),  or

(y) [redacted] by Fitch and S&P and [redacted] by Moody's, and

(2) [redacted]:

(x) [redacted], or

(y) [redacted].
 
 
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[redacted]

43.3            Return of Letter of Credit .  The Letter of Credit (less any amounts thereof   applied by Landlord pursuant to this Article 43) shall be returned to Tenant within   thirty (30) days after the Expiration Date, the delivery of exclusive possession of the Premises to Landlord in the condition required by this Lease and the performance of all of the other obligations of Tenant to be performed either prior or subsequent to, or as of, the expiration of the Term.
 
43.4            Reduction of Letter of Credit .
 
(A)           At such time, if any, as all of the following conditions shall exist: (a) [redacted], (b) Tenant shall be subject to, and complying with, the current and periodic reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and this Lease shall otherwise be in full force and effect, and (d) [redacted].   Landlord shall inform Tenant promptly of the occurrence of the condition contained in subsection (d) of this Section 43.4.   The Issuing Bank for such reduced Letter of Credit must satisfy the ratings and other requirements of Section 43.1 (and, for clarity, without regard to the provisions of Section 43.2(C)).  If at any time after a reduction of the Letter of Credit in accordance with this Section 43.4(A), clause (b) hereof is no longer true, then, from and after the date that said clause (b) is no longer true, Tenant shall be required once again to provide a Letter of Credit with a face amount of $200,000,000, subject to reduction in accordance with the terms of Sections 43.4(B) and 43.4(C). 

(B)           If all of the following conditions shall exist as of February 8, 2024 (the " Initial Reduction Date ") and as of each anniversary of February 8, 2024 (each an " Anniversary Date ") until the Fixed Expiration Date:   (i) Tenant has not been entitled to a reduction of the face amount of the Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 43.4(A) hereof as of such date (or Tenant has been entitled to such reduction but the same has been rescinded as of such date pursuant to the final sentence of Section 43.4(A)), (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
 
 
 
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continuing and this Lease shall otherwise be in full force and effect as of such date, (iii) Tenant has not exercised the Renewal Option pursuant to Article 37 of the Lease (as amended hereby) as of such date, and (iv) with respect to each Anniversary Date, Tenant has reduced the face amount of the Letter of Credit as of the Initial Reduction Date and any prior Anniversary Date pursuant to this Section 43.4(B), then Tenant shall have the annual right to reduce the face amount of the Letter of Credit by the amount of TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000) as of such date (but in no event shall the face amount of the Letter of Credit be reduced below ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000.00) pursuant to this Section 43.4(B)).  If, at any time Tenant is entitled to a reduction of the Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 43.4(B), Tenant shall be providing one or more Letters of Credit from an Issuing Bank described in Section 43.2(C)(i)(b), then only Letters of Credit from any such Issuing Bank shall be the subject of such reduction.

(C)           If Tenant has exercised the Renewal Option pursuant to Article 37 of the Lease (as amended hereby) and all of the following conditions shall exist as of February 8, 2034 (the " Renewal Reduction Date ") and as of each anniversary of February 8, 2034 (each a " Renewal Anniversary Date ") until the last day of the last day of the Renewal Term:   (i) Tenant has not been entitled to a reduction of the face amount of the Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 43.4(A) hereof as of such date (or Tenant has been entitled to such reduction but the same has been rescinded as of such date pursuant to the final sentence of Section 43.4(A)), (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and this Lease shall otherwise be in full force and effect as of such date, and (iii) with respect to each Renewal Anniversary Date, Tenant has reduced the face amount of the Letter of Credit as of the Renewal Reduction Date and any prior Renewal Anniversary Date pursuant to this Section 43.4(C), then Tenant shall have the annual right to reduce the face amount of the Letter of Credit by the amount of TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000) (but in no event shall the face amount of the Letter of Credit be reduced below ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000.00) pursuant to this Section 43.4(C)).   If, at any time Tenant is entitled to a reduction of the Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 43.4(C), Tenant shall be providing one or more Letters of Credit from an Issuing Bank described in Section 43.2(C)(i)(b), then only Letters of Credit from any such Issuing Bank shall be the subject of such reduction."

10.             Financial Disclosure Provisions .
 
The Financial Disclosure Provisions described on Exhibit "7.10" of the Lease are hereby deleted and Exhibit "7.10" attached hereto and made a part hereof are inserted in lieu thereof.
 
11.             Additional Amendments to the Lease .
 
Landlord and Tenant hereby amend the Lease as follows:
 
 
 
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(A)            The definition for the term " Condominium " is hereby deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:  " Condominium " shall mean the Beacon Court Condominium.
 
(B)            The definition for the term " Condominium Declaration " is hereby deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:  " Condominium Declaration " shall mean the Amended and Restated Declaration of Beacon Court Condominium, dated as of February 8, 2005, pursuant to which the ownership of the fee interests in the Land and the Building were submitted to a condominium form of ownership in accordance with Article 9.1(B) of the New York Real Property Law.
 
(C)            The definition for the term " Fixed Expiration Date " is hereby deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:  " Fixed Expiration Date " shall mean February 8, 2029.
 
(D)            The definition for the term " Headquarters Space " is hereby deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
 
" Headquarters Space " shall mean, at any particular time, all of the Rentable Area of the Premises occupied by Bloomberg Parties for the conduct of business, provided that, at such time, no space other than the Premises is identified on the corporate website of the applicable Bloomberg Party as such Bloomberg Party” headquarters in the United States.
 
(E)            The definition for the term " Institutional Lender " is hereby deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
 
" Institutional Lender " shall mean any of the following (and their Affiliates): a savings bank, a savings and loan association, a commercial bank or trust company (whether acting individually, as a trustee, as a servicing agent or in a fiduciary capacity), a private pension fund, a credit union or credit company, an insurance company, a religious, educational or eleemosynary institution, a federal, state or municipal, or other governmental (including foreign), employee welfare, benefit, pension or retirement fund, any governmental agency or entity whose obligations are insured by a governmental agency, any brokerage or investment banking organization (or an Affiliate thereof), whether acting in its own capacity or on behalf of its clients, any real estate mortgage investment conduit, mortgage real estate investment trust or similar investment vehicle, a sovereign wealth fund, a real estate opportunity fund, a money management firm, a real estate debt fund, a pension advisory firm, a mutual fund, or any combination of Persons that would otherwise constitute Institutional Lenders; provided, however, that (i) a Person (other than a real estate mortgage investment conduit or similar investment vehicle) shall not constitute an Institutional Lender for purposes hereof unless such Person (or such Person and its Affiliates) has net assets of at least Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000), and (ii) an Institutional Lender shall also include any other Person that is generally recognized in the capital markets as an institutional lender from and after the date hereof."
 
 
 
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(F)            Clause (vi) of the definition for the term " Major Sublease " is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "Upper Option Space" and substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "the Additional Tower Space" in each instance.
 
(G)            The definition for the term " Major Sublease Unit " is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "(if Tenant has theretofore exercised Tenant” right to lease such Upper Option Space pursuant to Article 36 hereof)" at the end thereof.
 
(H)            The definition for the term " Minimum Square Footage Requirement " is hereby amended by deleting the number "Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (350,000)" and substituting in lieu thereof the number "Four Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixteen (455,116)".
 
(I)            The definition for the term " Permitted Deductible Amount " is hereby deleted and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:
 
" Permitted Deductible Amount " shall mean [redacted], which amount shall be adjusted on January 1, 2016 and on January 1 of each succeeding year during the Term to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index over the Consumer Price Index as of the date of this Amendment, except that " Permitted Deductible Amount " shall mean (x) a reasonable deductible amount with respect to the following risks covered by Tenant's Property Policy and Landlord's Property Policy: Computer Systems Non Physical Damage; Data, Programs or Software; Earthquake; Flood; Wind and Logistics Extra Cost, and (y) [redacted] per occurrence with respect to any other risks covered by Tenant's Property Policy and Landlord's Property Policy, which amount shall be adjusted on January 1, 2016 and on January 1 of each succeeding year during the Term to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index over the Consumer Price Index as of the date of this Amendment.
 
(J)            The definition for the term " Primary Competitor " is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of such definitions:  "and (i) with respect to the restrictions set forth in Section 40.1 hereof, (a) any wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person if such subsidiary derives in such subsidiary's most recently ended fiscal year more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business that is or from businesses that are in competition with Tenant's Core Business, and (b) any other wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person unless, with respect to this clause (b), the Confidentiality Agreement executed by such subsidiary expressly prohibits the disclosure of Tenant's Confidential Financial Information to such Person (as distinguished from such subsidiary) and there are appropriate "firewalls" or other procedures in place, to Tenant's reasonable satisfaction, to prevent the disclosure of Tenant's Confidential Financial Information to such Person by such subsidiary, and (ii) except with respect to the restrictions set forth in Section 40.1 hereof, any wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person if such subsidiary derives in such subsidiary's most recently ended fiscal year more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business that is or from businesses that are in competition with Tenant's Core Business."
 
 
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(K)            The definition for the term " Regular Competitor " is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of such definitions:  "and (i) with respect to the restrictions set forth in Section 40.1 hereof, (a) any wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person if such subsidiary derives in such subsidiary's most recently ended fiscal year more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business that is or from businesses that are in competition with Tenant's Core Business, and (b) any other wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person unless, with respect to this clause (b), the Confidentiality Agreement executed by such subsidiary expressly prohibits the disclosure of Tenant's Confidential Financial Information to such Person (as distinguished from such subsidiary) and there are appropriate "firewalls" or other procedures in place, to Tenant's reasonable satisfaction, to prevent the disclosure of Tenant's Confidential Financial Information to such Person by such subsidiary, and (ii) except with respect to the restrictions set forth in Section 40.1 hereof, any wholly-owned subsidiary of such Person if such subsidiary derives in such subsidiary's most recently ended fiscal year more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business that is or from businesses that are in competition with Tenant's Core Business."
 
(L)            The definition for the term " Rentable Area " is hereby deleted and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:
 
" Rentable Area " shall mean (x) with respect to a particular floor area of the Premises (other than the Additional Space), the product obtained by multiplying (a) the Usable Area of such floor area, by (b) 1.3157895, and (y) with respect to a particular floor area of the Additional Space, the product obtained by multiplying (i) the Usable Area of such floor area, by (ii)1.36986301.
 
(M)            Section 2.1 of the Lease is hereby modified by adding the phrase", and the Storage Space may only be used for storage purposes" at the end of the first sentence.
 
(N)            Section 2.2(B)(viii) of the Lease is hereby modified by adding the phrase "and a medical center exclusively serving Tenant and other Permitted Occupants" at the end of such clause.
 
(O)            Section 2.3(C) is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:
 
"(C)           Subject to the terms of this Section 2.3(C), Tenant shall have the right to use (and to permit other Permitted Occupants to use), during the Term, in common with other occupants of the Building, the portion of the lobby of the Building shown on Exhibit "2.3" attached hereto and made a part hereof (such portion of the lobby being referred to herein as the " Building Lobby ").  Tenant shall have the right to use the Building Lobby as contemplated by this Section 2.3(C) for the purpose of gaining access to, and egress from, the elevators serving the portion of the Premises (i) on Lower Level 2 and the sixth (6th) and twentieth (20th) floor of the Building, and (ii) that constitutes Additional Tower Space.  During the period that Bloomberg Party is Tenant hereunder and Bloomberg Parties occupy as Headquarters Space the Entire Premises, Tenant shall also have the right to use, on an exclusive basis, the existing reception desk and/or concierge desk located in the Shared Lobby Area as shown on Exhibit
 
 
 
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"2.3" attached hereto and made a part hereof (such reception desk and concierge desk being referred to herein as the " Lobby Desk ") in connection with Tenant's use of the Premises for purposes permitted hereunder, provided that Landlord shall have the right to maintain an employee of Landlord or the Condominium at the Lobby Desk for the purpose of accessing the control panel to the Building's Class E system.  During the period that Bloomberg Party is Tenant hereunder, and Bloomberg Parties occupy as Headquarters Space at least One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) square feet of the Rentable Area that is demised by this Lease, (x) Tenant shall have the right to use, on a non-exclusive basis, the Building Lobby to install and maintain security equipment in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of Article 3 hereof, and for other uses that are consistent with the Tenant's use of the Premises for Headquarters Space, provided each such use conforms to the Building Standard, and (y) Tenant shall also have the right to use, on a non-exclusive basis, a portion of the Lobby Desk that is commensurate with Tenant's occupancy of the Rentable Area demised by this Lease in connection with Tenant's use of the Premises for purposes permitted hereunder.  If Tenant so uses the Lobby Desk on an exclusive basis, then Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall operate, clean, maintain and repair the Lobby Desk in accordance with the Building Standard.  If Tenant (or another Permitted Occupant) so uses the Building Lobby, then (i) Tenant shall have the right to list on the building directory located in the Building Lobby (if any) the names of the occupants of the portions of the Premises that are so serviced by the Building Lobby, and (ii) Landlord shall have the right to include in Operating Expenses a pro-rata share of the cost of operating, cleaning, maintaining and repairing the Building Lobby.  During the period that Tenant is not using the Lobby Desk on an exclusive basis, Landlord shall also have the right to include in Operating Expenses a pro-rata share of the cost of operating, cleaning, maintaining and repairing the Lobby Desk.  Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay Landlord's approval of Alterations that Tenant proposes to make to the Exclusive Lobby Area, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, to diminish the area thereof (and increase correspondingly the area of the Building Lobby) so that the applicable Mid Rise Office Elevators open into the Building Lobby rather than the Exclusive Lobby Area (with the understanding that Tenant shall otherwise perform any such Alterations in accordance with the terms of Article 3 hereof).  Either party shall have the right to submit a dispute between the parties that arises under this Section 2.3(C) to an Expedited Arbitration Proceeding."
 
(P)            Section 10.1(D) of the Lease is hereby amended by deleting the number "Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (350,000)" and substituting in lieu thereof the number "Four Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixteen (455,116)".
 
(Q)            The first two (2) sentences of Section 2.9 of the Lease are hereby deleted and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
"Subject to the terms of this Section 2.9, Landlord hereby consents to Tenant's installing and maintaining fuel lines, electrical lines, telecommunications lines, exhaust ducts and flues and/or other similar lines, ducts, and conduits
 
 
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(collectively, the " Risers ") in the shaft locations shown on Exhibit "2.9" attached hereto and made a part hereof, all at no additional charge to Tenant."
 
(R)            The following is hereby added as a new Section 2.13 of the Lease:
 
" Section 2.13 .  Subject to the terms of this Section 2.13, during any period of time that Tenant meets the Minimum Square Footage Requirement and after thirty (30) days of advance notice from Tenant to Landlord, Tenant shall have the right to have up to twelve (12) of its employees use the fitness center on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building (the " Fitness Center ") in accordance with the rules and regulations established therefor pursuant to the documents of the Condominium that govern such use.  An employee of Tenant shall not be permitted to use the Fitness Center unless such employee enters into a contract (a " Fitness Center Contract ") with the board of managers of the portion of the Condominium that is comprised of various residential units (such portion of the Condominium, the " Residential Unit ").  The use of the Fitness Center (including the fees payable for such use of the Fitness Center, which fees shall be in keeping with the fees charged by owners or operators of fitness centers in first-class office Buildings in midtown Manhattan) by an employee of Tenant shall be governed by such employee's Fitness Center Contract.  Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that no more than twelve (12) Fitness Center Contracts may be in effect at any time, with the understanding, however, that Tenant shall have the right to have an employee of Tenant use the Fitness Center in accordance with this Section 2.13 in replacement of another employee who has terminated his or her Fitness Center Contract pursuant to the terms thereof."
 
(S)            The following is hereby added as a new Section 2.14 of the Lease:
 
" Section 2.14 .  Tenant, at Tenant's cost and expense, shall have the right to continue to bring gas service to the Premises by directly contracting with the applicable utility company using the gas lines currently being utilized by Tenant to obtain such service that run from Lower Level 3 of the Building to Lower Level 2 of the Building and the seventh (7 th ) floor of the Third Avenue Building.  Tenant shall pay directly to the utility company the cost of such gas.  Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall make any additional installations (subject the provisions of Article 3 hereof) that are required for Tenant to obtain gas from the applicable utility company and shall comply with all applicable Requirements in connection therewith.  Tenant shall not have the right to make such additional installations if Landlord reasonably believes that such installations would materially interfere with or interrupt the operation and maintenance of the Building or the use and occupancy of the Building by other tenants in the Building.   Landlord shall not be required to maintain or repair during the Term any installations that exist in the Premises with respect to such gas service, provided that the foregoing shall not be deemed to limit Landlord's other obligations set forth in Article 4 hereof.  Subject to the terms of this Section 2.14, Landlord, at no cost to Landlord, shall reasonably cooperate with Tenant in connection with Tenant's obtaining such direct service.  Tenant acknowledges that Landlord makes no representation or
 
 
 
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warranty that gas service shall continue to be available for the Premises, and, accordingly, this Lease and the obligation of Tenant to pay Rental hereunder and to perform all of Tenant's other covenants shall not be affected, impaired or excused by reason of the unavailability of gas service to the Building.  Tenant also acknowledges that Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any failure or defect in the supply or character of such gas service that is furnished to the Building, except to the extent resulting from Landlord's negligence or wilful misconduct.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to modify Landlord's obligations under Section 27.5 hereof."
 
(T)            The following is hereby added as a new Section 2.15 of the Lease:
 
" Section 2.15 .  Subject to this Section 2.15, Tenant shall have the right to tap-in to the low-pressure steam system for the Building at the main steam riser on each floor of the Building where the Premises are located for steam service for the Premises, to the extent steam is then available.  Tenant shall not have the right to tap-in to such low-pressure steam system if, at such time, the Residential Unit owners in the Building would not have sufficient steam available to them by virtue of Tenant's use of such steam.  If Tenant elects to have such access and such access does not adversely affect the Residential Unit owners as aforesaid, then Landlord shall not be required to make any installations in the Premises to distribute such steam within the Premises.  Landlord shall not be required to maintain or repair during the Term any installations that exist in the Premises to distribute steam within the Premises.  Tenant's use of steam shall be measured by a meter installed by Tenant at Tenant's expense (which meter shall measure exclusively the steam to be provided to the Premises in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.15) and Tenant shall pay to Landlord on a monthly basis, as additional rent (the " Steam Additional Rent "), an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the actual charges that Landlord pays to the applicable utility company in connection with providing such steam to Tenant, as measured by such meter.  Tenant shall pay the Steam Additional Rent to Landlord on or prior to the thirtieth (30th) day after the date that Landlord gives to Tenant an invoice therefor, which shall be accompanied by Landlord's calculation of the Steam Additional Rent and Landlord's meter readings upon which such calculations are based.  Tenant and its authorized representative may have access to such meter from time to time during the Term for the purpose of verifying Landlord's meter readings.  Tenant shall have the right to object to Landlord's calculation of the Steam Additional Rent by giving Landlord notice of any such objection on or prior to the sixtieth (60th) day after the date that Landlord gives Tenant the applicable invoice for the Steam Additional Rent.  Either party shall have the right to submit a dispute regarding the Steam Additional Rent to an Expedited Arbitration Proceeding."
 
(U)            Section 3.1(B)(6) of the Lease is hereby amended by deleting "One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)" and substituting in lieu thereof "Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)".
 
 
 
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(V)            Section 3.1(B)(8) of the Lease is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
 
"Landlord hereby approves the contractors, subcontractors or mechanics listed on Exhibit "3.1(B)" attached hereto and made a part hereof as the date hereof; provided, however, Landlord may remove any contractor, subcontractor or mechanic from such list if Landlord has a reasonable basis for such removal on no less than thirty (30) days of prior notice to Tenant, provided that Landlord may not remove any contractor, subcontractor or mechanic from such list during the period that such contractor, subcontractor or mechanic is performing Alterations pursuant to Article 3 hereof."
 
(W)            The following is hereby added at the end of Section 3.1(C)(4) of the Lease:
 
"Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge and agree that the internal staircase between the 21 st and 29 th floors of the Building and the related fire doors are Specialty Alterations that Landlord has the right to require Tenant to remove upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term."
 
(X)            Section 3.11 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 3.11 .  Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that for federal, state and local income tax purposes that Tenant shall own and depreciate all Alterations made by Tenant after the date hereof, whether or not paid for with any tenant improvement allowance.  Landlord and Tenant shall not take positions for federal, state and local income tax purposes that are inconsistent with this Section 3.11.  For the avoidance of doubt, neither party shall be deemed to be in violation of this provision to the extent such party took a position inconsistent with the first sentence of this Section 3.11 prior to the date hereof."
 
(Y)            The following is hereby added as new Section 3.13:
 
" Section 3.13 .  If (x) any asbestos or asbestos-containing materials are located in the Premises, and (y) applicable Requirements mandate that such asbestos or asbestos-containing materials be abated in connection with any Alterations proposed by Tenant, then Landlord, at Landlord's expense, shall promptly perform such abatement, with reasonable diligence, in accordance with good construction practice and in compliance with all applicable Requirements, except that Landlord shall not be required to remove any asbestos or asbestos-containing materials to the extent that such asbestos or asbestos-containing materials are installed in the Premises by Tenant, or any other Person claiming by, through or under Tenant."
 
(Z)            Section 7.13 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety.
 
 
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(AA)            Section 9.2, Section 9.3 and Section 9.4 of the Lease are hereby deleted in their entirety and the following is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 9.2   Tenant shall obtain and keep in full force and effect (i) an "all risk" insurance policy for the Tenant Restoration Items in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement value thereof (the insurance policy described in this clause (i) being referred to herein as " Tenant's Property Policy "), (ii) a policy of commercial general liability and property damage insurance on an occurrence basis, with contractual liability coverage for insured contracts covering premises/operations, products/completed operations and personal/advertising injury (the policy described in this clause (ii) being referred to herein as " Tenant's Liability Policy "), and (iii) an "all risk" insurance policy for Tenant's Property in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement value thereof (the insurance policy described in this clause (iii) being referred to herein as " Tenant's Personal Property Policy ").  The deductible under each of Tenant's Liability Policy, Tenant's Property Policy and Tenant's Personal Property Policy shall not exceed the Permitted Deductible Amount.  Landlord shall reasonably cooperate with Tenant and its insurance company in the adjustment of any claims with the issuer of Tenant's Property Policy for any damage to the Tenant Restoration Items.  Tenant's Property Policy, Tenant's Personal Property Policy and Tenant's Liability Policy shall provide that Tenant is named as the insured.  Landlord, Landlord's managing agent, the Condominium Association (and the individual members of the Board of Managers and any Subordinate Board of Managers), the managing agent for the Condominium Association, and any Lessors and any Mortgagees (whose names have been furnished to Tenant) shall be added as additional insureds, as their respective interests may appear, with respect to Tenant's Liability Policy.  Tenant shall cause a Mortgagee to be named as a mortgagee under Tenant's Property Policy promptly after Landlord's request from time to time, and provide Landlord with reasonable evidence that such Mortgagee has been so named under Tenant's Property Policy.  Tenant's Liability Policy shall provide primary coverage for the Persons required to be named as additional insureds pursuant to this Section 9.2.  Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the additional insureds shall be excess and non-contributory.  Tenant shall have the right to obtain Tenant's Property Policy and Tenant's Personal Property Policy using the same insurance policy, provided that such policy otherwise complies with the requirements set forth in this Article 9.  Tenant's Liability Policy shall contain a provision that the policy shall provide to Landlord, Landlord's managing agent, the Condominium Association at least thirty (30) days of prior written notice of cancellation has been given to Landlord and such other Persons, which notice shall contain the policy number and the names of the insured and additional insureds, except that such thirty (30) day period shall be reduced to ten (10) days in respect of a cancellation that derives from Tenant's failure to pay the premium for such policy when due.  Upon receipt by Tenant of any notice of cancellation or any other notice from the issuer of Tenant's Liability Policy or Tenant's Property Policy which may adversely affect the coverage of the insureds thereunder below what is required herein, Tenant shall immediately deliver to Landlord a copy of such notice.  The
 
 
 
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minimum amounts of liability under the Tenant's Liability Policy shall be a limit with respect to each occurrence in an amount of [redacted] for bodily injury (or death), personal/advertising injury and damage to property, which amount, at Landlord's request, shall be increased from time to time (but not more frequently than once in any particular period of three (3) years) to that amount of insurance which is then being customarily required by prudent landlords of office buildings that comply with the Building Standard.  All insurance required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to the terms of this Lease (other than Tenant's Personal Property Policy) shall be effected under valid and enforceable policies issued by reputable and independent insurers permitted to do business in the State of New York, and rated in Best's Insurance Guide, or any successor thereto (or if there be none, an organization having a national reputation) as having a general policyholder rating of "A" and a financial rating of at least "X".  Tenant shall have the right to satisfy Tenant's obligation to carry insurance as described in this Section 9.2 with blanket or umbrella insurance policies.  Landlord shall have the right to require that the issuer of Tenant's Property Policy pay any proceeds thereof to an independent trustee or depository that is reasonably designated by a Mortgagee and that has net assets of not less than [redacted] by giving notice thereof to Tenant (any such trustee or depository designated by a Mortgagee being referred to herein as the " Proceeds Depository "); provided, however, that Landlord shall not have the right to require Tenant to deposit such proceeds with a Proceeds Depository unless the Mortgagee constitutes an Institutional Lender that is not an Affiliate of Landlord.  Tenant, in all cases, shall have the right to retain the proceeds of Tenant's Personal Property Policy.  Tenant shall have the right to name itself (or any other Person) as loss payee for purposes of Tenant's Property Policy prior to the date that Landlord gives such notice to Tenant (in which case any proceeds of Tenant's Property Policy that are collected by Tenant or such other Person shall be held in trust and applied in accordance with the terms hereof).  If Landlord gives such notice to Tenant, then Tenant shall cause Tenant's Property Policy to name the Proceeds Depository as loss payee.  If (i) Landlord gives such notice to Tenant, and (ii) this Lease terminates by reason of the applicable fire or other casualty, then Landlord shall cause the Proceeds Depository to disburse such proceeds as provided in Section 9.6(B) hereof.  If (x) Landlord gives such notice to Tenant, and (y) this Lease does not terminate by reason of the applicable fire or other casualty, then Landlord shall cause the Proceeds Depository to disburse such proceeds to Tenant, from time to time as Tenant's restoration work progresses, in accordance with customary and reasonable procedures therefor as designated by the Mortgagee; provided, however, that Landlord shall cause the Proceeds Depository to disburse such proceeds to Tenant promptly after the Proceeds Depository's receipt thereof if the aggregate amount of such proceeds arising out of a particular fire or other casualty is less than [redacted].  Either party shall have the right to submit to an Expedited Arbitration Proceeding any dispute between the parties regarding the identity of the Proceeds Depository or the
 
 
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aforesaid procedures designated by the Proceeds Depository for the disbursement of such proceeds.
 
Section 9.3    Landlord shall obtain and keep in full force and effect, and/or cause the Condominium Association to obtain and keep in full force and effect, (x) insurance against loss or damage by fire and other casualty to the Landlord Restoration Items (other than foundations and footings), as may be insurable under then available standard forms of "all risk" insurance policies, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement value thereof (with a deductible in an amount not to exceed the Permitted Deductible Amount), and (y) insurance against rental loss deriving from a fire or other casualty described in clause (x) above in an amount that is reasonably expected to cover thirty-six (36) months of rental loss from the Premises (the insurance described in clause (x) and clause (y) above being collectively referred to herein as " Landlord's Property Policy ").  Tenant shall reasonably cooperate with Landlord, the Condominium Association, and their respective insurance companies in the adjustment of any claims for any damage to the Landlord Restoration Items.  Landlord shall obtain and keep in full force and effect during the Term a valid and enforceable policy (" Landlord's Liability Policy ") of commercial general liability insurance on an occurrence basis, with contractual liability coverage for insured contracts covering premises/operations, products/completed operations and personal/advertising injury.  Landlord's Liability Policy and Landlord's Property Policy shall be issued by reputable and independent insurers permitted to do business in the State of New York, and rated in Best's Insurance Guide, or any successor thereto (or if there be none, an organization having a national reputation) as having a general policyholder rating of " A " and a financial rating of at least " X ".  The minimum amount of liability covered by Landlord's Liability Policy shall be a limit with respect to each occurrence in the amount of [redacted] for bodily injury (or death), personal/advertising injury and damage to property, which minimum amount shall be subject to reasonable and customary increases from time to time (but not more frequently than once in any particular period of three (3) years) to that amount of insurance which is then being carried by prudent landlords of office buildings that comply with the Building Standard.  The deductible under Landlord's Liability Policy shall not exceed the Permitted Deductible Amount.  Landlord shall name Tenant and Affiliates of Tenant that occupy the Premises and of which Tenant gives notice to Landlord as an additional insured on Landlord's Liability Policy.  Landlord's Liability Policy shall contain a provision that the policy shall provide to Tenant at least thirty (30) days of prior written notice of cancellation has been given to Tenant, which notice shall contain the policy number and the names of the insured and additional insureds, except that such thirty (30) day period shall be reduced to ten (10) days in respect of a cancellation that derives from Landlord's failure to pay the premium for such policy when due.  Upon receipt by Landlord of any notice of cancellation or any other notice from the issuers of Landlord's Property Policy or Landlord's Liability Policy which may adversely affect the coverage of the insureds under such policy of insurance below what is
 
 
 
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required herein, Landlord shall immediately deliver to Tenant a copy of such notice.
 
Section 9.4    On or prior to the First Commencement Date, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord appropriate certificates of insurance, including copies of additional insured endorsements (blanket endorsements are acceptable) and evidence of waivers of subrogation required pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof, required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to this Article 9.  Evidence of each renewal or replacement of a policy shall be delivered by Tenant to Landlord prior to the expiration of such policy.  On or prior to the First Commencement Date, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant appropriate certificates of insurance, including evidence of waivers of subrogation required pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof, required to be carried by Landlord pursuant to this Article 9.  Evidence of renewal or replacements of a policy shall be delivered by Landlord to Tenant prior to the expiration of such policy."
 
(BB)            The definition of " Rent Per Square Foot " in Section 12.7(B)(2) of the Lease is hereby modified by adding the following at the end thereof:
 
"(iv)           with respect to the Additional Space, the sum of (I) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Fixed Rent due hereunder in respect of the Additional Space at such time, by (B) the number of square feet of Rentable Area comprising the Additional Space, and (II) the Escalation Rent Per Square Foot.
 
(v)           with respect to the Additional Option Space, the sum of (I) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Fixed Rent due hereunder in respect of the Additional Option Space at such time, by (B) the number of square feet of Rentable Area comprising the Additional Option Space, and (II) the Escalation Rent Per Square Foot."
 
(CC)            The definition of "Applicable Terms" in Section 12.11 of the Lease is hereby modified by adding the phrase "or the Additional Option Space" after the phrase "any Lower Option Space or any Upper Option Space" in clause (iv) thereof.
 
(DD)            Clause (v) of Section 12.13 of the Lease is hereby modified by adding the phrase "or for as long as a Bloomberg Party is Tenant hereunder, such Permitted Person is owned, controlled or funded by the Bloomberg Foundation or Michael Bloomberg" at the end of such clause.
 
(EE)            Section 13.1 of the Lease is hereby amended by adding the phrase "or pursuant to Section 13.5 hereof" after the phrase "pursuant to Section 13.3 hereof."
 
(FF)            Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that Tenant is obtaining electricity to the Additional Space by submeter as contemplated by clause (GG) of this Section 11 in lieu of obtaining electricity directly from the utility company serving the Building.  Accordingly, Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 of the Lease are hereby amended by adding the phrase"(other than the Additional Space)" after the words "the Premises" in each instance.
 
 
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(GG)            The following is hereby added as a new Section 13.5, Section 13.6 and Section 13.7 of the Lease:
 
" Section 13.5 .
 
(A)           Subject to the terms of this Article 13, Landlord shall provide to the Additional Space, for Tenant's use, one thousand eight hundred twenty-five (1,825) amps at four hundred sixty (460) volts of electrical capacity (exclusive of the electrical capacity that is required to operate the HVAC Systems and Tenant's supplemental HVAC systems) (such electrical capacity being referred to herein as the " Base Electrical Capacity ").  Tenant, during the Term, shall use electricity in the Additional Space only in such manner that complies with the requirements of the utility company.  Tenant shall not permit the demand for electricity in the Additional Space to exceed the Base Electrical Capacity.  Tenant shall have the right to perform Alterations (in accordance with Article 3 hereof) to allocate the Base Electrical Capacity within the Additional Space as Tenant desires (with the understanding, however, that Tenant shall not have the right to perform Alterations to unreasonably allocate the Base Electrical Capacity from a portion of the Additional Space in respect of which Tenant then has a reasonable expectation will constitute Recapture Space or Subleasehold Assignment Space).  Tenant shall not use any electrical equipment which, in Landlord's reasonable judgment, would result in Tenant's use of electricity exceeding the Base Electrical Capacity (excluding any demand relating to the HVAC Systems and Tenant's supplemental HVAC systems).  If (x) in Landlord's reasonable judgment, Tenant's use of electricity exceeds the Base Electrical Capacity, and (y) Landlord gives Tenant notice thereof, then Tenant, within five (5) Business Days after Landlord gives such notice, shall either (i) cease such use of such excess capacity, or (ii) request that Landlord make available to Tenant additional electrical capacity (specifying the amount of additional capacity that Tenant reasonably requires).
 
(B)           Landlord shall arrange with a utility company to provide electricity for the Building.  Landlord shall consider utilizing efforts to purchase electricity from providers of electricity generated by alternative, "renewable" or "sustainable" sources.  Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any failure or defect in the supply or character of electricity furnished to the Building, except to the extent that such failure or defect results from the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its employees, agents or contractors.  Landlord shall not be required to make any installations in the Additional Space to distribute electricity within the Additional Space.  If Landlord elects to solicit bids for electricity to the Building from energy providers other than the utility company, then Tenant shall have the right to require Landlord to solicit bids from any reliable energy providers suggested by Tenant, it being understood that Landlord has no obligation whatsoever to award the contract to the energy provider or energy providers suggested by Tenant.  Landlord shall pass on to Tenant a proportionate share of any tax savings on the electricity charges for the Building for which Landlord has qualified based on the amounts incurred by Tenant in installing equipment or taking other measures required to obtain such tax savings
 
 
 
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as compared to the total cost incurred by Landlord and the other tenants and occupants of the Building to obtain such tax savings.  Landlord, at no cost to Landlord, shall reasonably cooperate with Tenant in Tenant's efforts to obtain rebates or discounts for electricity from the utility company or other reputable provider by virtue of Tenant's installation in the Additional Space of energy-saving fixtures or equipment.  Tenant shall receive (either by payment from Landlord to Tenant or by virtue of a discernible credit shown on an invoice or invoices received by Landlord from the utility company or other reputable provider) any rebates or discounts granted by the utility company or other reputable provider by virtue of Tenant's installation in the Additional Space of any such energy-saving fixtures or equipment.  Tenant shall not be entitled to any benefits or rebates granted to another tenant or occupant in the Building solely by virtue of such tenant or occupant's installation of energy-saving fixtures or equipment to the extent Tenant has not shared in the cost to install such equipment.
 
Section 13.6 .
 
(A)           Subject to the provisions of this Section 13.6, Landlord shall measure Tenant's consumption of electricity in the Additional Space using submeters that have heretofore been installed by Landlord, at Landlord's cost and expense.  Landlord, at Landlord's cost and expense, shall maintain the submeters in the Additional Space.  If, at any time during the Term, Tenant performs Alterations that require modifications to the aforesaid submeter or submeters that Landlord installs, or that require a supplemental submeter or supplemental submeters, then Landlord shall perform such modification, or the installation of such supplemental submeter or submeters, at Tenant's cost, as part of the applicable Alteration.  Upon reasonable oral notice from Tenant from time to time, Landlord shall grant Tenant access to the submeters for purposes of Tenant's verifying Landlord's submeter readings.
 
(B)           Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent, with respect to a particular period, an amount (the " Electricity Additional Rent ") equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the charge imposed by the utility company or other reputable provider for the Base Electrical Capacity (including, without limitation, energy charges, demand charges, all applicable surcharges, time-of-day charges, fuel adjustment charges, rate adjustment charges, taxes and any other factors used by the utility company in computing its charges to Landlord) actually utilized by Tenant with the understanding that the Electricity Additional Rent shall be calculated based on meter readings.
 
(C)           Landlord shall give Tenant an invoice for the Electricity Additional Rent on a monthly basis, which invoice shall have annexed thereto a copy of the applicable invoice from the utility company or other reputable provider and the calculation of the aggregate amount set forth on such invoice.  Tenant shall pay the Electricity Additional Rent to Landlord on or prior to the thirtieth (30th) day after the date that Landlord gives to Tenant each such invoice.  
 
 
 
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Tenant shall not have the right to object to Landlord's calculation of the Electricity Additional Rent unless Tenant gives Landlord notice of any such objection on or prior to the sixtieth (60th) day after the date that Landlord gives Tenant the applicable invoice for the Electricity Additional Rent.  If Tenant gives Landlord a notice objecting to Landlord's calculation of the Electricity Additional Rent, as aforesaid, then Tenant shall have the right to review Landlord's submeter readings and Landlord's calculation of the Electricity Additional Rent, at Landlord's offices or, at Landlord's option, at the offices of Landlord's managing agent, in either case at reasonable times and on reasonable advance notice to Landlord.  Either party shall have the right to submit a dispute regarding the Electricity Additional Rent to an Expedited Arbitration Proceeding.
 
(D)           Subject to the terms of this Section 13.6(D), Tenant, at any time during the Term, shall have the right to make arrangements to obtain electricity directly from the utility company or, at Tenant's option, from any other reputable provider (including, without limitation, providers of electricity generated by alternative, "renewable" or "sustainable" energy sources), by giving notice thereof to Landlord.  If Tenant makes the election as described in this Section 13.6(D), then (i) Tenant, at Tenant's cost, shall make arrangements to obtain electricity directly from the utility company or such other provider, as the case may be, (ii) Landlord, at Tenant's cost, shall perform all the work necessary to relocate the corresponding base building electrical feeders for the purpose of incorporating the electrical power for the bus duct providing power to the Additional Space into the dedicated switch boards providing direct electrical service to the Initial Premises, and Tenant shall pay Landlord all costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, within thirty (30) days after receipt of an invoice therefor from Landlord, with the understanding, however, that (x) Landlord may elect not to perform such work if Landlord reasonably determines that performing such work is not commercially feasible, and (y) Landlord , at Tenant's cost, may employ contractors or labor at so-called overtime or other premium pay rates if necessary to prevent the performance of such work from interfering with or interrupting the operation and maintenance of the Building or the use and occupancy of the Building by other tenants in the Building, (iii) Tenant shall pay all actual costs that Landlord incurs in connection with Landlord's doing the work necessary to supply electrical power from the Building Systems to the Fitness Center and the commercial property management office and the residential property management office located on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building, within thirty (30) days after receipt of an invoice therefor from Landlord, and (iv) from and after the date on which such direct electricity service is provided to Tenant, Tenant shall not be obligated to pay to Landlord the Electricity Additional Rent as described in this Article 13.  Tenant shall make any installations that are required to accomplish Tenant's obtaining electricity directly from the utility company or such other provider in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 hereof (as if such installations constituted an Alteration hereunder), it being agreed that Tenant shall have the right to use the electrical facilities that then exist in the Building to obtain such direct electric service (without Landlord having any liability or obligation to Tenant in connection therewith).  Nothing contained in this
 
 
 
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Section 13.6(D) gives Tenant the right to use any portion of the Building (except as otherwise set forth in this Lease).  Landlord, at no cost to Landlord, shall reasonably cooperate with Tenant in connection with Tenant's obtaining such direct service.
 
Section 13.7 .
 
(A)           If Landlord is required by any Requirement to discontinue furnishing electricity to the Additional Space as contemplated hereby, then this Lease shall continue in full force and effect and shall be unaffected thereby, except that from and after the effective date of any such Requirement, (x) Landlord shall not be obligated to furnish electricity to the Additional Space, and (y) Tenant shall not be obligated to pay to Landlord the charges for electricity with respect to the Additional Space as described in this Article 13.
 
(B)           If Landlord discontinues furnishing electricity to the Additional Space pursuant to a Requirement, then Tenant shall use Tenant's diligent efforts to obtain electricity for the Additional Space directly from the utility company or, at Tenant's option, any other reputable provider.  Tenant shall pay directly to the utility company the cost of such electricity.  Tenant shall have the right to use the electrical facilities that then exist in the Building to obtain such direct electric service (without Landlord having any liability or obligation to Tenant in connection therewith except to the extent of the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its employees, agents or contractors).  Nothing contained in this Section 13.7(B) shall permit Tenant to use electrical capacity in the Additional Space that exceeds the Base Electrical Capacity (excluding any demand relating to the HVAC Systems).  Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall make any additional installations that are required for Tenant to obtain electricity from the utility company.  Landlord shall reasonably cooperate with Tenant in connection with Tenant's obtaining such direct service.
 
(C)           Landlord shall not discontinue furnishing electricity to the Additional Space as contemplated by this Section 13.7 (to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements) until Tenant obtains electric service directly from the utility company or such other provider."
 
(HH)            Section 16.1(B) of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby substituted therefor:
 
"(B)           (1)           if the entire Premises become abandoned for sixty (60) days (it being understood that Tenant's mere vacating of the Premises shall not constitute an Event of Default); or;
 
(2)           Tenant fails to provide the Letter of Credit within the time period set forth in Section 43.1(A) hereof; or
 
(3)           (a) if Landlord presents the Letter of Credit for payment in accordance with the terms hereof, (b) the issuer thereof fails to make payment thereon in
 
 
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accordance with the terms thereof, and (c) either Tenant or such issuer fails to make such payment to Landlord within five (5) days after the date that Landlord gives Tenant notice of such failure of such issuer; or
 
(4)           An Event of Default as described in Section 43.2(E)."
 
(II)            Section 26.3(A) of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
"(A)           Subject to the terms of this Section 26.3, (i) Tenant (but not Landlord) shall be eligible to institute a tax reduction or other proceedings to reduce the Assessed Valuation for the Premises (other than the Additional Tower Space) with respect to any Tax Year which occurs in its entirety during the Tenant Protest Period, (ii) Tenant (but not Landlord) shall be eligible to institute a tax reduction or other proceedings to reduce the Assessed Valuation for the Additional Tower Space with respect to any Tax Year which occurs in its entirety during the period commencing on July 1, 2016 and ending on the last day of the Tenant Protest Period, (iii) Landlord (but not Tenant) shall be eligible to institute such proceedings to reduce the Assessed Valuation for (x) the Premises (other than the Additional Tower Space) with respect to any Tax Year which occurs (in part or in its entirety) during the Joint Protest Period, (y) the Additional Tower Space with respect to any Tax Year prior to and including on the Tax Year commencing on July 1, 2015, and (z) the Additional Tower Space with respect to any Tax Year which occurs (in part or in its entirety) during the two (2) year period succeeding the Tenant Protest Period (or such shorter period as may result if the Tenant Protest Period recommences following Tenant's exercise of the Renewal Option), and (iv) Landlord (but not Tenant) shall be eligible to institute such proceedings to reduce the Assessed Valuation for the Premises with respect to any Tax Year which occurs in its entirety during the Landlord Protest Period.  Landlord may institute and settle, without any notice to or consent from Tenant, a tax protest or a tax certiorari proceeding for the Additional Tower Space in respect of any Tax Year which occurs in its entirety or in part prior to July 1, 2016, provided that Landlord may not settle any such proceeding for the Tax Year commencing on July 1, 2015 without the prior consent of Tenant, which consent may not unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned."
 
(JJ)            Section 26.4(C)(2) of the Lease is hereby amended by deleting "ten percent (10%)" therein and substituting in lieu thereof "seven and one-half percent (7.5%)".
 
(KK)            The following is hereby added at the end of Section 27.1 of the Lease:
 
"Subject to the terms of the Lease, Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge that, as of the date hereof, (x) Tenant has exclusive use of the passenger and freight elevators servicing the Basic Premises as shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "27.1" , and (y) such diagram also shows the other passenger and freight elevators in the Building and lists the floors in the Building (including the Additional Space) that such elevators service."
 
 
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(LL)            Section 27.2 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 27.2 .
 
(A)           Subject to Article 22 hereof, Landlord shall operate (or shall cause the Condominium Association to operate) at all times the HVAC System that Landlord is installing as part of the Work, as set forth in the Work Exhibit.
 
(B)           Subject to the terms of Section 27.5 hereof and this Section 27.2, Landlord shall operate the HVAC Systems to provide HVAC at the perimeter of (x) the portion of the Premises from (and including) the twenty-first (21 st ) floor of the Building to (and including) the twenty-sixth (26 th ) floor of the Building, and (y) the Storage Space (such space described in clauses (x) and (y) is collectively referred to herein as the " HVAC Premises ") that satisfies, at a minimum, the specifications set forth on Exhibit "27.2" attached hereto and made a part hereof.  Landlord shall not be required to make any installations in the HVAC Premises to distribute HVAC within the HVAC Premises.  Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant if Landlord cannot meet the HVAC specifications set forth on Exhibit "27.2" attached hereto if such failure is caused by virtue of Tenant's failure to keep closed the curtains, blinds, shades or screens that Tenant installs on the windows of the HVAC Premises in accordance with the terms hereof to the extent reasonably necessary to reduce the interference of direct sunlight with the operation of the HVAC Systems.
 
(C)           Landlord shall operate the HVAC Systems serving the HVAC Premises at all times.  Landlord shall also operate the base building fin tubed perimeter heating system throughout the Premises, including the portion of the Premises from the twenty-seventh (27 th ) floor of the Building to the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Building.
 
(D)           Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that Tenant is obtaining HVAC for the remaining portion of the Additional Space ( i.e. , the Additional Space other than the HVAC Premises) from a supplemental HVAC system installed by Tenant prior to the date hereof in addition to the base building fin tubed perimeter heating system described in Section 27.2(B) hereof.  Tenant shall pay, as part of Operating Expenses, all of the costs of the chilled water, electricity, or any other utilities used in connection with such HVAC system and any of Tenant's other supplemental HVAC systems serving any portion of the Premises and all costs associated with maintaining, repairing, operating and managing all of Tenant's supplemental HVAC systems, including without limitation, professional fees and expenses (such as, for example, fees of engineers, architects, project managers, and other similar consultants that provide services relating to the maintenance repair, operation or management of Tenant's supplemental HVAC systems)."
 
(MM)            Section 35.2 of the Lease is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
 
 
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"In consideration of the covenants and agreements of Landlord contained herein,  Tenant agrees to look solely to Landlord to enforce Landlord's obligations hereunder and shall not seek any damages against the owners of the other Condominium units that do not include any portion of the Premises (including the owners of any new or re-constituted Condominium units following Landlord's exercise of Landlord's right to consummate a Sublease Recapture or Tenant's exercises the Renewal Option for the Partial Renewal Space as contemplated by Section 7(E) of this Amendment) and each member, manager, partner, shareholder, director, officer and principal, direct and indirect, of such owners (such owners and such other parties, collectively, the " Condominium Parties ").  The liability of Landlord for Landlord's obligations under this Lease shall be limited to Landlord's interest in the Condominium unit or units owned by Landlord that include a portion of the Premises and the proceeds thereof and Tenant shall not look to any other property or assets of Landlord or the property or assets of any of the Condominium Parties in seeking either to enforce Landlord's obligations under this Lease or to satisfy a judgment for Landlord's failure to perform such obligations.  The Condominium Parties shall be third-party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 35.2."
 
(NN)            Section 38.2 of the Lease is hereby amended by adding the phrase "(but taking into account that the terms of this Lease will govern Tenant's use and occupancy of the Applicable Area)" after the phrase "The Fair Market Rent shall be determined assuming that the Applicable Area is free and clear of all leases and tenancies (including this Lease)".
 
(OO)            Section 40.3 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 40.3 .
 
 
(A)           Subject to the terms of this Section 40.3, Landlord shall not permit any Competitor to use for the conduct of its business any portion of the Entire Premises or any other space located on Lower Level 3 of the Building, Lower Level 2 of the Building, Lower Level 1 of the Building, the ground floor of the Building, or the second (2nd) floor of the Building (such other space located on Lower Level 3 of the Building, Lower Level 2 of the Building, Lower Level 1 of the Building, the ground floor of the Building, or the second (2nd) floor of the Building being referred to herein as the “ Retail Area ”), except that the portion of the Retail Area located in the Third Avenue Building may be so used by any Competitor which is not a Primary Competitor, provided such use is not for a television, radio or Internet studio.  Nothing contained in this Section 40.3 shall require Landlord to prohibit a Person that is a Competitor from using any portion of the Entire Premises or the Retail Area (a) unless such Person constitutes a Competitor on the earlier of (x) the date that such Person entered into occupancy of the applicable space, and (y) the date that such Person entered into an agreement to occupy the applicable space, or (b) if such Person occupies a portion of the Premises pursuant to a sublease by Tenant or an assignment of Tenant's interest hereunder (it being understood that this clause (b) does not limit
 
 
 
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Landlord's obligation not to permit any other Person that constitutes a Competitor to use the Entire Premises or the Retail Area for the conduct of business as provided in this Section 40.3).

(B)           Landlord shall not permit any Primary Competitor to use for the conduct of business any portion of the Building (other than the Premises) that was constructed by Landlord as part of the Work for commercial office purposes (as reflected in the Schematic Drawings) (including, without limitation, any Recapture Space or Subleasehold Assignment Space with respect to which Landlord exercises Landlord's rights under Article 12 hereof); provided, however, that (i) the restrictions of this Section 40.3 shall not apply if at any time, Tenant subleases all or any portion of the Premises or assigns the tenant's interest under this Lease in either case to a Primary Competitor (or otherwise permits a Primary Competitor to use or occupy all or any portion of the Premises), and (ii) nothing contained in this Section 40.3 shall require Landlord to prohibit a Person that is a Primary Competitor from using any such portion of the Building unless such Person constitutes a Primary Competitor on the earlier of (x) the date that such Person entered into occupancy of the applicable space, and (y) the date that such Person entered into an agreement to occupy the applicable space.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article 40, the restrictions of this Section 40.3(B) shall not apply at any time that this Lease does not demise at least seven hundred thousand (700,000) square feet of Rentable Area."

(PP)            Section 40.6 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 40.6 .
 
(A)           Subject to the terms of this Section 40.6, Landlord shall not name, or permit to be named, the Building for a Competitor.  Nothing contained in this Section 40.6 shall prohibit the naming of the Building in a manner which identifies a Person that is a Competitor unless such Person constitutes a Competitor on the earlier of (a) the date on which the entire Building is so named, and (b) the date on which Landlord (or the Condominium Association) entered into an agreement to so name the entire Building.
 
(B)           Subject to the terms of this Section 40.6(B), Landlord shall not name, or permit to be named, the Building without the prior consent of Tenant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 40.6(B) shall not apply if the Building is named at any time that Bloomberg Parties do not occupy at least seven hundred thousand (700,000) square feet of Rentable Area that is demised by this Lease for the conduct of business.
 
(C)           Nothing contained in this Section 40.6 shall prohibit the naming of the Residential Units and the retail units of the Condominium."
 
 
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(QQ)            Section 40.7 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 40.7 .  Tenant shall have the right, from time to time, on no less than ten (10) days of prior notice to Landlord, to remove any Person from the List of Regular Competitors and insert thereon any other Person, provided that (i) the Person that Tenant proposes to insert on the List of Regular Competitors derives, in such Person's most recently ended fiscal year, more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business or from businesses in either case in competition with Tenant's Core Business, and (ii) the number of Persons on the List of Regular Competitors shall in no event exceed five (5).  Tenant shall have the right, not more than one time during any twenty-four (24) month period (such limitation, the " Primary Competitor Substitution Limit "), on no less than ten (10) days of prior notice to Landlord, to remove any Person from the List of Primary Competitors and insert thereon any other Person, provided that (1) the Person that Tenant proposes to insert on the List of Primary Competitors derives, in such Person's most recently ended fiscal year, more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business or from businesses in either in competition with Tenant's Core Business, and (2) the number of Persons on the List of Primary Competitors shall in no event exceed three (3).  Tenant shall also have the right, from time to time (without being subject to the Primary Competitor Substitution Limit and without triggering the commencement of the twenty-four (24) month period with respect thereto) on no less than ten (10) days of prior notice to Landlord, to remove any Person from the List of Primary Competitors involved in a merger or consolidation or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such Primary Competitor (each a " Corporate Transaction ") and insert thereon the Person that succeeds to the interest of such Person on the List of Primary Competitors as a result of such Corporate Transaction, provided such Person surviving such Corporate Transaction derives in such Person's most recently ended fiscal year, more than fifty percent (50%) of its revenues from a business or from businesses in either case in competition with Tenant's Core Business.  Landlord may, from time to time, request that Tenant update the List of Regular Competitors and the List of Primary Competitors in accordance with this Section 40.7.  No later than ten (10) days after Landlord makes such request, Tenant shall notify Landlord of  any Person or Persons which Tenant elects to remove from the List of Regular Competitors and the List of Primary Competitors and any Person or Persons which Tenant proposes to place thereon.  For the nine (9) month period following the expiration of such ten (10) day period, (x) Tenant shall not be entitled to update the List of Regular Competitors, and (y) Tenant shall not be entitled to update the List of Primary Competitors as contemplated by this Section 40.7 except to replace a Primary Competitor involved in a Corporate Transaction pursuant to this Section 40.7.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 40.7, (x) Tenant shall not be permitted to update the List of Regular Competitors at any time that the Minimum Square Footage Requirement is not satisfied, and (y) Tenant shall not be permitted to update the List of Primary Competitors at any time that Bloomberg Parties do not occupy at least seven
 
 
 
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hundred thousand (700,000) square feet of Rentable Area that is demised by this Lease for the conduct of business."
 
(RR)            Section 40.8 of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following clause is hereby substituted therefor:
 
" Section 40.8 .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 40.1 hereof, Section 40.2 hereof, Section 40.3(A) hereof and Section 40.4 hereof through Section 40.6 hereof, the provisions of Section 40.1 hereof, Section 40.2 hereof, Section 40.3(A) hereof and Section 40.4 hereof through Section 40.6 hereof shall become ineffective if (i) the Minimum Square Footage Requirement is not satisfied, or (ii) at any time, Tenant subleases all or any portion of the Premises or assigns the tenant's interest under this Lease in either case to a Primary Competitor (or otherwise permits a Primary Competitor to use or occupy all or any portion of the Premises).  If Tenant subleases all or any portion of the Premises or assigns the tenant's interest under this Lease in either case to a Competitor on the List of Regular Competitors (or otherwise permits such Competitor to use or occupy all or any portion of the Premises), then such Competitor shall no longer constitute a Competitor for purposes of this Article 40.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 40, Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that (a) Tenant and 731 Retail One LLC (" 731 Retail ") entered into the Option Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the " Option Agreement "), and Tenant and 731 Commercial LLC (" Joinder Party ") entered into the Joinder Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the " Joinder Agreement "), which agreement is attached to the Option Agreement, (b) the terms of this Article 40 shall apply solely to the space located in the Condominium unit or Condominium units owned by Landlord that include the Premises, (c) Tenant shall look solely to 731 Retail under the Option Agreement with respect to any obligations under this Article 40 that apply to the space located in the Condominium unit owned by 731 Retail, except that Tenant may also look to Landlord with respect to such obligations if (x) more than fifty percent (50%) of the direct or indirect legal, beneficial and economic interests of Landlord and 731 Retail are owned by the same Person or Persons, and (y) the Person or Persons that have the power and authority to control the management and affairs of Landlord are also the same Person or Persons that have the power and authority to control the management and affairs of 731 Retail, and (d) Tenant shall look solely to Joinder Party under the Joinder Agreement with respect to any obligations under this Article 40 that apply to the space located in the Condominium unit owned by Joinder Party, except that Tenant may also look to Landlord with respect to such obligations if (1) more than fifty percent (50%) of the direct or indirect legal, beneficial and economic interests of Landlord and Joinder Party are owned by the same Person or Persons, and (2) the Person or Persons that have the power and authority to control the management and affairs of Landlord are also the same Person or Persons that have the power and authority to control the management and affairs of Joinder Party."
 
 
 
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(SS)            Section 40.13, Section 40.14 and Section 40.15 of the Lease are hereby deleted in their entirety.
 
(TT)             Exhibit – Definition D of the Lease is hereby deleted and the List of Regular Competitors listed on Exhibit – Definition D attached hereto and made a part hereof is hereby substituted therefor.
 
(UU)             Exhibit – Definition E of the Lease is hereby deleted and the List of Primary Competitors listed on Exhibit – Definition E attached hereto and made a part hereof is hereby substituted therefor.
 
(VV)             Exhibit 7.10-A – Confidentiality Agreement is hereby deleted and the Confidentiality Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 7.10-A and made a part hereof is hereby substituted therefor.
 
(WW)             Exhibit 7.10-B – [redacted] is hereby deleted and the [redacted] attached hereto as Exhibit 7.10-B and made a part hereof is hereby substituted therefor.
 
12.             Lobby Agreement .
 
Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that (x) the Lobby Agreement (as amended hereby) shall remain in effect and the obligations of the parties contained therein shall survive the termination of the Citi Lease as of the Citi Early Termination Date, and (y) the Lobby Agreement is hereby amended by adding the phrase "(as defined in the Bloomberg Lease)" after the phrase "Expiration Date".
 
13.             Window Cleaning .
 
Landlord acknowledges that Tenant has requested an increase in the frequency of exterior window cleaning in the Premises but that Landlord has informed Tenant that such increase is not feasible given the existing window cleaning equipment serving the Building.  Landlord agrees that it will in good faith investigate and consider alterations and improvements to the Building's window cleaning program that will afford such an increase, and Tenant hereby agrees to engage in discussions with Landlord regarding proposed alterations and improvements to such program and reasonably cooperate in connection with such investigation; provided, however, that failure to reach an agreement shall not constitute a default by Landlord or Tenant hereunder.
 
14.             Mortgagee .
 
The effectiveness of this Amendment is expressly conditioned upon Landlord having obtained (x) either an amendment to the existing Nondisturbance Agreement, between the existing Mortgagee and Tenant, that adds the Additional Space to the premises covered thereby or a new Nondisturbance Agreement, with the existing Mortgagee covering the entire Premises (or a waiver from Tenant of this condition), and (y) the consent of the existing Mortgagee to the terms of this Amendment.  Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy such conditions as expeditiously as possible.  Tenant shall reasonably cooperate with Landlord in connection therewith.
 
 
 
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15.             Memorandum .
 
The parties, simultaneously herewith, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver (x) a memorandum hereof in the form of Exhibit "F" attached hereto and made a part hereof, and (y) the Form NYC-RPT and Form TP-584 that are required in connection therewith.  The parties shall submit such memorandum (and such forms) for recording in the Register's Office promptly after the satisfaction of all of the conditions described in Section 14 hereof.  Landlord shall pay the costs associated with such recording of such memorandum and such forms.
 
16.             Broker .
 
Each party hereby represents and warrants to the other parties that such party dealt with no broker in connection with the execution and delivery hereof other than CBRE, Inc. (the " Broker ") and BLP Realty Services, LLC (" BLP Realty ").  Tenant does hereby indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against any and all loss, costs, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by Landlord by reason of any claim of or liability to any broker, finder or like agent who shall claim to have dealt with Tenant in connection herewith (including BLP Realty but excluding the Broker).  Landlord does hereby indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from and against any and all loss, costs, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by Tenant by reason of any claim of or liability to any broker, finder or like agent who shall claim to have dealt with Landlord in connection herewith (including the Broker but excluding BLP Realty).  Landlord shall pay the Broker any commission that is due with respect to this Amendment pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement between Landlord and the Broker.  The provisions of this Section 16 shall survive the expiration or termination of the Lease as amended by this Amendment.
 
17.             Reaffirmation .
 
Subject to the terms of Section 2(B) of this Amendment, Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge that the Lease, the Citi Lease, the Metrovest Lease and the Lobby Agreement, as amended hereby, remain in full force and effect.
 
18.             Successors and Assigns .
 
The Lease, as modified by this Amendment, shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have duly executed and delivered this Second Amendment of Lease as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
731 OFFICE ONE LLC
 
     
 
By:
731 Office One Holding LLC, member
 
       
    By:
Alexander's, Inc., member
 
         
     By:  Vornado Realty Trust, its managing agent  
 
   
By:
 /s/ David R. Greenbaum  
        Name: David R. Greenbaum   
        Title: President - NY Division  
           
 
 
 
BLOOMBERG L.P.
 
     
 
By:
Bloomberg Inc., general partner
 
       
       
 
 
By:
 /s/ Peter Smith  
      Nam e: Peter Smith  
      Titl e: Director of Global Real Estate  
         
         
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit "A"
 
Additional Tower Space
 
[see attached]
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Exhibit "B"
 
Storage Space
 
[see attached]
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "C-1"
 
Fixed Rent for the Additional Tower Space
 

 
                                                                         Fixed Rent / RSF
Fixed Rent / Annum
Fixed Rent / Month
1 st Rental Period
                    191,789
   
12/15/15 – 12/14/19
$83.00
$15,918,487.00
$1,326,540.58
       
2 nd Rental Period
     
12/15/19 - 12/14/23
$92.13
$17,669,520.57
$1,472,460.05
       
3 rd Rental Period
     
12/15/23 - 12/14/27
$102.26
$19,612,343.14
$1,634,361.93
       
4 th Rental Period
     
12/15/27 - 02/08/29
$113.51
$21,769,969.39
$1,814,164.12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "C-2"
 
Fixed Rent for the Storage Space
 

 
 Fixed Rent / RSF
Fixed Rent / Annum
Fixed Rent / Month
1 st Rental Period
                             525
   
12/15/15 – 12/14/19
$40.00
$21,000.00
$1,750.00
       
2 nd Rental Period
     
12/15/19 - 12/14/23
$44.40
$23,310.00
$1,942.50
       
3 rd Rental Period
     
12/15/23 - 12/14/27
$49.28
$25,872.00
$2,156.00
       
4 th Rental Period
     
12/15/27 - 02/08/29
$54.70
$28,717.50
$2,393.13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "D-1"
 
Base Rental Amount for the Additional Tower Space
 
 
Fixed Rent / RSF
Fixed Rent / Annum
Fixed Rent / Month
1 st Renewal Period
     
02/09/29 - 12/14/31
$113.51
$21,769,969.39
$1,814,164.12
       
2 nd Renewal Period
     
12/15/31 - 12/14/35
$126.00
$24,165,414.00
$2,013,784.50
       
3 rd Renewal Period
     
12/15/35 - 02/08/39
$139.86
$26,823,609.54
$2,235,300.80
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "D-2"
 
Base Rental Amount for the Storage Space
 
 
Fixed Rent / RSF
Fixed Rent / Annum
Fixed Rent / Month
1 st Renewal Period
     
02/09/29 - 12/14/31
$54.70
$28,717.50
$2,393.13
       
2 nd Renewal Period
     
12/15/31 - 12/14/35
$60.72
$31,878.00
$2,656.50
       
3 rd Renewal Period
     
12/15/35 - 02/08/39
$67.40
$35,385.00
$2.948.75

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "E"
 
Additional Option Space
 
[see attached]


 
 
 
 

 



 
 

 

Exhibit "F"

Memorandum

MEMORANDUM OF AMENDMENT OF LEASE


731 OFFICE ONE LLC,

Landlord,
 
-and-
 
BLOOMBERG L.P.,
 
Tenant.
 




Dated as of January 12, 2016
 


 
Street
Address: 
 
731 Lexington Avenue,
New York, New York
County: 
New York
Section: 
5
Block: 
1313
Lots: 
1002 & 1003



Record and Return to:

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention:  Thomas J. Henry, Esq.

 
 
 

 
 
Memorandum of Amendment of Lease
Pursuant to Section 291-cc of
The New York Real Property Law
 
Reference to the Original Lease :
 
The Second Amendment of Lease described herein (the “ Second Amendment ”) amends the Agreement of Lease, dated as of April 30, 2001, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership, Landlord’s predecessor-in-interest, as landlord, and Tenant, as tenant (the “ Original Lease ”), as amended by a First Amendment of Lease, dated April 19, 2002, between Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership and Tenant (the “ First Amendment ”), and various letter agreements (the “ Original Lease ”; the Original Lease, as so amended, the “ Lease ”).  A Memorandum of Lease for the Original Lease was recorded on May 14, 2001 in the Office of the Register of The City of New York (New York County) in Reel 3287, page 1622.  A Memorandum of Amendment of Lease for the First Amendment was recorded on May 29, 2002 in the Office of the Register of The City of New York (New York County) in Reel 3527, page 269.
     
Date of Execution of the Second Amendment :
 
As of January 12, 2016
     
Name and Address of Landlord :
 
731 OFFICE ONE LLC
c/o Alexander’s Inc.
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn.:  Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
     
Name and Address of Tenant :
 
BLOOMBERG L.P.
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attn: Peter M. Smith, Director of Global Real Estate
     
Nature of the Second Amendment :
 
The Second Amendment, among other matters, adds to the premises demised by the Lease the entire twenty-first (21 st ), twenty-second (22 nd ), twenty-third (23 rd ), twenty-fourth (24 th ), twenty-fifth (25 th ), twenty-sixth (26 th ), twenty-seventh (27 th ) and twenty-eighth (28 th ) floors of the Lexington Avenue Building and a portion of the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Lexington Avenue Building and a portion of Lower Level 3 of the Building.
 
The Fixed Expiration Date for the premises demised by the
 
 
 
 

 
 
    Lease is February 8, 2029. Tenant’s renewal rights as set forth in the Original Lease, as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, remain in effect.
     
Description of the Premises demised by the Original Lease, as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment :
 
The entire third (3 rd ), fourth (4 th ), fifth (5 th ), sixth (6 th ), seventh (7 th ), eighth (8 th ), ninth (9 th ), tenth (10 th ), thirteenth (13 th ), fourteenth (14 th ), fifteenth (15 th ), sixteenth (16 th ), seventeenth (17 th ), eighteenth (18 th ), and nineteenth (19 th ), twentieth (20 th ), twenty-first (21 st ), twenty-second (22 nd ), twenty-third (23 rd ), twenty-fourth (24 th ), twenty-fifth (25 th ), twenty-sixth (26 th ), twenty-seventh (27 th ) and twenty-eighth (28 th ) floors of the Lexington Avenue Building; the entire third (3 rd ), fourth (4 th ), fifth (5 th ), sixth (6 th ), and seventh (7 th ) floors of the Third Avenue Building; the entire Bridge Building; a portion of the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Lexington Avenue Building and portions of Lower Level 2 and Lower Level 3 of the Building.  The Premises are in Office Unit 1 and Office Unit 2 of Beacon Court Condominium located at 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, which are more particularly described on Schedule “A” attached hereto.
     
Option Space :
 
As more particularly set forth in the Second Amendment, Landlord is prohibited from leasing certain space on the twenty-ninth (29 th ) floor of the Lexington Avenue Building without first offering such space to Tenant on the terms set forth in the Second Amendment.
     
Memorandum of Amendment of Lease :
 
 
This instrument, executed in connection with the Second Amendment, is intended to be and is entered into as a memorandum thereof solely for the purpose of recordation and the giving of notice of the tenancy created by the Lease and of the rights and obligations of Landlord and Tenant thereunder and shall not, in any event, be construed to change, vary, modify or interpret the Lease or any of the terms, covenants or conditions thereof, or any part thereof, which are set forth, described or summarized herein and reference is hereby made to the Lease for any and all purposes. All capitalized terms used in this Memorandum of Amendment of Lease shall have, unless otherwise defined herein, the meanings ascribed to them in the Second Amendment.

 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have respectively executed and delivered this Memorandum of Amendment of Lease as of the date first above written.
 
 
731 OFFICE ONE LLC
 
     
 
By:
731 Office One Holding LLC, member
 
       
    By:
Alexander's, Inc., member
 
         
         
 
   
By:
   
          Name:    
          Title:    
           
 
 
 
BLOOMBERG L.P.
 
     
 
By:
Bloomberg Inc., general partner
 
       
       
 
 
By:
   
        Name:    
        Title:    
         
         
 
 
 
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STATE OF 
)
 
)          ss:
COUNTY OF
)
 
On the _____ day of December, 2015, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and who acknowledged to me that such individual executed such instrument in such individual’s capacity, and that by such individual’s signature on such instrument, such individual, or the person upon behalf of which such individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
     
  Notary Public  
 
 
STATE OF
)
 
) ss:
COUNTY OF
)
 
On the ____ day of December, 2015, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared __________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and who acknowledged to me that such individual executed such instrument in such individual’s capacity, and that by such individual’s signature on such instrument, such individual, or the person upon behalf of which such individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
     
  Notary Public  

 
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE “A”
 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
 
(Office Unit 1)

The Condominium Unit (the “ Unit ”) in the premises known as Beacon Court Condominium and by the street number 151 East 58 th Street, Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, said Unit being designated and described as “ Office Unit 1 ” in the declaration (the “ Declaration ”) establishing a plan for condominium ownership of said premises under Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York (the “ Condominium Act ”), dated December 4, 2003, and recorded in the New York County Office of the Register of The City of New York (the “ City Register’s Office ”) on February 3, 2004, in CRFN No. 2004000064392, as amended by the Amended and Restated Declaration, dated February 8, 2005 and recorded in the City Register’s Office on March 9, 2005 in CRFN No. 2005000139245, and also designated as Tax Lot 1002 in Block 1313 of Section 5 of the Borough of Manhattan on the Tax Map of the Real Property Assessment Department of the City of New York and on the Floor Plans of said building, certified by Peter Claman, Registered Architect, on January 29, 2004, and filed in the Real Property Assessment Department of the City of New York on January 30, 2004 as Condominium Plan No. 1350 also filed in the City Register’s Office on February 3, 2004 in CRFN No. 2004000064393. All capitalized terms herein which are not separately defined herein will have the meanings given to those terms in the Declaration or in the by-laws of Beacon Court Condominium (said by-laws, as the same may be amended from time to time, are hereinafter referred to as the “ By-Laws ”).

TOGETHER with an undivided 49.0559% percentage interest in the General Common Elements (as such term is defined in the Declaration);

TOGETHER with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights in and to the Unit;

TOGETHER with, and subject to, the rights, obligations, easements, restrictions and other provisions set forth in the Declaration and the By-Laws, all of which constitute covenants running with the Land and will bind any person having at any time any interest or estate in (any of) the Unit, as though recited and stipulated at length herein;

The premises within which the Unit is located is more particularly described as:

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of East 59 th Street and the westerly side of Third Avenue;

RUNNING THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Third Avenue, 200’-10” to the northerly side of East 58 th Street;
 
 
 
 

 
 
THENCE westerly along the northerly side of East 58 th Street, 420’ to the easterly side of Lexington Avenue;

THENCE northerly along the easterly side of Lexington Avenue, 200’-10” to the southerly side of East 59 th Street;

THENCE easterly along the southerly side of East 59 th Street, 420’ to the point or place of BEGINNING.

TOGETHER with the benefits and SUBJECT to the burdens of the easements set forth in the deed made by Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership to 59 th Street Corporation, dated as of 8/1/2001 and recorded 8/8/2001 in Reel 3339 Page 1100.





 
 

 
 
(Office Unit 2)

The Condominium Unit (the “ Unit ”) in the premises known as Beacon Court Condominium and by the street number 151 East 58 th Street, Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, said Unit being designated and described as “ Office Unit 2 ” in the declaration (the “ Declaration ”) establishing a plan for condominium ownership of said premises under Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York (the “ Condominium Act ”), dated December 4, 2003, and recorded in the New York County Office of the Register of The City of New York (the “ City Register’s Office ”) on February 3, 2004, in CRFN No. 2004000064392, as amended by the Amended and Restated Declaration, dated February 8, 2005 and recorded in the City Register’s Office on March 9, 2005 in CRFN No.  2005000139245, and also designated as Tax Lot 1003 in Block 1313 of Section 5 of the Borough of Manhattan on the Tax Map of the Real Property Assessment Department of the City of New York and on the Floor Plans of said building, certified by Peter Claman, Registered Architect, on January 29, 2004, and filed in the Real Property Assessment Department of the City of New York on January 30, 2004 as Condominium Plan No. 1350 also filed in the City Register’s Office on February 3, 2004 in CRFN No. 2004000064393. All capitalized terms herein which are not separately defined herein will have the meanings given to those terms in the Declaration or in the by-laws of Beacon Court Condominium (said by-laws, as the same may be amended from time to time, are hereinafter referred to as the “ By-Laws ”).

TOGETHER with an undivided 14.0095% percentage interest in the General Common Elements (as such term is defined in the Declaration);

TOGETHER with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights in and to the Unit;

TOGETHER with, and subject to, the rights, obligations, easements, restrictions and other provisions set forth in the Declaration and the By-Laws, all of which constitute covenants running with the Land and will bind any person having at any time any interest or estate in (any of) the Unit, as though recited and stipulated at length herein;

The premises within which the Unit is located is more particularly described as:

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of East 59 th Street and the westerly side of Third Avenue;

RUNNING THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Third Avenue, 200’-10” to the northerly side of East 58 th Street;

THENCE westerly along the northerly side of East 58 th Street, 420’ to the easterly side of Lexington Avenue;
 
 
 

 
 
THENCE northerly along the easterly side of Lexington Avenue, 200’-10” to the southerly side of East 59 th Street;

THENCE easterly along the southerly side of East 59 th Street, 420’ to the point or place of BEGINNING.

TOGETHER with the benefits and SUBJECT to the burdens of the easements set forth in the deed made by Seven Thirty One Limited Partnership to 59 th Street Corporation, dated as of 8/1/2001 and recorded 8/8/2001 in Reel 3339 Page 1100.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "2.3"
 
Building Lobby
 
[see attached]
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "2.9"
 
Risers
 
[see attached]
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "3.1(B)"
 
Approved Contractors, Subcontractors and Mechanics
 
[see attached]
 
[five pages redacted]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Exhibit 7.10
 
Financial Disclosure Provisions
 

[sections 1-3, nine pages, redacted]

 
 

 

4            Remedies .

4.1           Landlord acknowledges any use or disclosure of Tenant’s Confidential Financial Information in violation of this Exhibit 7.10 shall cause irreparable harm to Tenant and that the damages caused to Tenant by reason of such violation are difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, and that the foregoing amount is a reasonable estimate as of the date hereof of the damages which Tenant would incur by reason of Landlord’s violation of this Exhibit 7.10 and is not a penalty.  As a consequence, Landlord agrees that if Landlord fails to abide by the terms of this Exhibit 7.10 or the Confidentiality Agreement entered into between Landlord and Tenant, Tenant shall (i) be entitled to specific performance, including the immediate issuance of a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction enforcing the terms of this Exhibit 7.10 or such Confidentiality Agreement, and/or (ii) be entitled to all other rights and remedies under the Lease, such Confidentiality Agreement or otherwise at law or in equity.  For the avoidance of doubt, Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that this Section 4.1 shall not apply to violation by a third-party (i.e. other than Landlord) under the terms of a Confidentiality Agreement or otherwise, which violation shall be governed by the terms and conditions of such Confidentiality Agreement with such third-party.

4.2           Either Landlord or Tenant shall have the right to submit to an Expedited Arbitration Proceeding any dispute between the parties arising under this Exhibit 7.10 .
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit 7.10-A

Form of Confidentiality Agreement

[see the following pages]
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
[four pages redacted]
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit 7.10-B

[two pages redacted]



 
 
 

 

Exhibit 7.10-D

[redacted]
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit 7.10-E

[redacted]
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "27.1"

Building Elevators

[see attached]
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "27.2"
 
HVAC Specifications
 
Six (6) central air-handling systems located in the 30th floor mechanical equipment room service the 21st through 26th floors.  Each system has a capacity of 21,200 cfrn.  The systems provide a minimum of 48 degrees F Dry Bulb and a maximum of 54 degrees F Dry Bulb to the HVAC Premises.  The systems are variable air volume and are comprised of 85% efficient filters, heating coils, cooling coil, fans (supply and return) and variable speed drives.  The systems employ an airside economizer and are capable of supplying 100% outside air to reduce energy consumption and improve indoor air quality.  The return air fans also serve as smoke exhaust fans.
 
Conditioned air and return air are provided to two (2) locations on the floor through vertical duct shafts.  The duct shafts are terminated at the core wall with fire/smoke dampers for connection to by tenant for fit-out of the office space.  The HVAC Premises is provided with 1 CFM of conditioned air per USF.
 
Perimeter Zone Heating shall be accomplished with the use of perimeter sill mounted units.
 
The energy source will be the Building heating plant.  Each terminal device has a self-contained control valve.  The hot water supply temperature will be a maximum of 200 degrees F at-peak design and shall be reset to accommodate actual heating requirements.
 
Bloomberg is responsible for any costs to increase CFM capacity due to   significant changes made by Tenant to the HVAC system servicing floors 21 - 26 .
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit "43.1"
 
Form of Letter of Credit
 
[All blanks must be completed with terms consistent with Article 43 of the Lease]



 
TO:
731 Office One LLC, and its successors and assigns (“Beneficiary”)
c/o Vornado Office Management LLC
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn.: President - New York Division
   
SUBJECT: Our Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. _____________
   
DATE: ___________________
EXPIRY DATE:_________________, subject to renewal as provided herein below
 
 
We hereby authorize you to draw on [redacted], New York Agency for account of Bloomberg L.P. (the “Customer”) the sum of     Two Hundred Million and No/100 United States Dollars (U.S. $200,000,000.00) 1 available by your drafts at sight in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.


This Credit is issued in connection with that certain Agreement of Lease, dated as of April 30, 2001 (as amended, the “Lease”), signed between yourselves and the Customer, covering the lease of certain real property.

Partial drawings are permitted.  If your demand represents a partial draw, upon your presentation of this original Letter of Credit, we will endorse it and return it to you for any future draws.

Multiple drawings are permitted.

Drafts drawn hereunder must bear the clause “Drawn under Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. __________ issued by the [redacted] dated __________”.


This Letter of Credit shall remain in effect up to and including   (Insert Expiry Date)   at our office after which date this Letter of Credit shall become null and void.


1  Tenant may deliver one or more Letters of Credit that comply with Article 43 of the Lease in amounts that equal $200,000,000.00 in the aggregate.
 
 
 

 
 
It is a condition of this Letter of Credit that it shall be automatically extended without amendment for additional periods of one year from the present and any future expiration date hereof unless at least sixty (60) days prior to any such expiration date we shall have notified you in writing, by overnight courier (with the copy to Beneficiary, c/o Vornado Realty Trust, 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attn.:  Chief Financial Officer), that we elect not to renew this Letter of Credit for such additional period.  Such notice shall be effective upon receipt.  Beneficiary may notify us of any change in Beneficiary’s address or addresses for the receipt of such notice at the following address: [redacted], with notice effective upon receipt. If the expiration or any extended expiration date is a day on which we are not open for business, then the expiration or extended expiration shall be the next day on which we are open for business.

References to the Lease are for identification purposes only and do not form an integral part of this Letter of Credit. This Letter of Credit sets forth in full the terms of our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be amended, reduced or amplified by reference to the Lease.

This Letter of Credit is transferable in its entirety (but not in part) and may be successively transferred to a successor transferee. Transfer of this Letter of Credit to any transferee shall be effected by presentation to us of this Letter of Credit accompanied by a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.  This Letter of Credit may not be transferred to any person with which United States persons are prohibited from doing business under United States Foreign Assets Control Regulations or other applicable United States laws and regulations. Transfer charges are for the Customer’s account.


We hereby engage with you that drafts drawn in conformity with the terms of this Letter of Credit will be duly honoured if presented for payment at [redacted] on or before 5 p.m. on the expiration date or any extended expiration date of this Letter of Credit. In each case where we have received a draft as described above prior to time specified above, we will make payment by 5 p.m. on the following Business Day.  As used herein, “Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a legal holiday on which banking institutions in the State of New York are closed.  We will make such payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by you.

This Letter of Credit may not be amended without Beneficiary’s written consent.

Except so far as otherwise expressly stated this Letter of Credit is subject to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 2007 Revision International Chamber of Commerce Paris, France  Publication No. 600 (the “UCP”), and as to matters not governed by the UCP, governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York and applicable U.S. federal law.
 
 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT A
 
SIGHT DRAFT
 


Amount: $________________________


Date: _______________, 20__


At sight, pay to (INSERT NAME), the sum of _______________________________ U.S. Dollars.


Drawn under Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. _______________________ issued by [redacted] dated ____________________________, 20__.

To:           [redacted]
 
 
  (INSERT BENEFICIARY’S NAME)  
       
  By    
  Name:  
  Title:  
  Date:  
       
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT B
LETTER OF FULL TRANSFER
 

 
  ________________, 20___
 
[redacted]

Gentlemen:

RE:           Credit No .________________ Issued By__________________________

________________________________________________________



For value received, the undersigned beneficiary hereby irrevocably transfers to:

_______________________________________________________________
  (Name of Transferee)

________________________________________________________________
                                                  (Address)

all rights of the undersigned beneficiary to draw under the above Letter of Credit in its entirety.

By this transfer, all rights of the undersigned beneficiary in such Letter of Credit are transferred
to the transferee and the transferee shall have the sole rights as beneficiary thereof, including sole rights relating to any amendments whether increases or extensions or other amendments and whether now existing or hereafter made. All amendments are to be advised direct to the transferee without necessity of any consent of or notice to the undersigned beneficiary.

As provided for in such Letter of Credit, all transfer commission or other charges are solely for the account of the Customer (as defined therein).

The original of such Letter of Credit is returned herewith, and we ask you to endorse the transfer on the reverse thereof, and forward it direct to the transferee with your customary notice of transfer.




SIGNATURE AUTHENTICATED
The signatory/ies of this concern
is/are authorized to withdraw
corporate funds.
 
 
Yours very truly,
 
 
 
     Signature of Beneficiary  
(BANK)      
       
       
(Authorized Signature)      
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit – Definition D

List of Regular Competitors

[redacted]
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit – Definition E
 
List of Primary Competitors
 

 
[redacted]
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit 1

Citibank Amendment and Assignment Documents

 
1.
Letter Agreement, dated February 7, 2005, among 731 Office One LLC, Bloomberg L.P. and Citibank, N.A.
 
 
2.
Letter Agreement, dated February 7, 2005, between 731 Office One LLC and Citibank, N.A.
 
 
3.
Letter Agreement, dated February 7, 2005, between 150 East 58 th Street LLC and Citibank, N.A.
 
 
4.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2009, between Citibank, N.A., as assignor, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as assignee
 
 
5.
Assignment and Assumption and Consent Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2009, among 731 Office One LLC, as landlord, Citicorp North America Inc., as assignor, and Bloomberg L.P., as assignee
 
 
6.
Letter Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, between 731 Office One LLC and Bloomberg L.P.
 
 
 
 


                                                                                               

EXHIBIT 10.2  

FOURTH OMNIBUS LOAN MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT

 

THIS FOURTH OMNIBUS LOAN MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated and made effective as of March 8, 2016, by and between ALEXANDER’S REGO SHOPPING CENTER, INC., a Delaware corporation with an office at c/o Vornado Realty Trust, 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 (the “ Borrower ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association with an office at 1 Federal Street, 9 th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (“ Bank ”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A.        Pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated March 10, 2009, by and between Bank and Borrower (the “ Original Loan Agreement ”), as amended by that certain First Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement dated March 12, 2012, and made effective as of March 10, 2012 (the “ First Modification ”), and by that certain Second Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement dated and made effective as of March 8, 2013 (the “ Second Modification ”), and by that certain Third Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement dated and made effective as of March 10, 2015 (the “ Third Modification ”); the Original Loan Agreement, as amended by the First Modification, the Second Modification, the Third Modification, and as further amended hereby, the “ Loan Agreement ”), Bank made a loan to Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of up to $78,245,641.77 (the “ Loan ”), which is evidenced by, among other things, that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated March 10, 2009, given by Borrower to Bank in the stated principal amount of $78,245,641.77 (as amended by the First Modification, the Second Modification, the Third Modification and as further amended hereby, the " Note "). 

 

B.        Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.

 

C.        The Loan is secured by, among other things, an Amended and Restated Mortgage, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated March 10, 2009, from Borrower in favor of Bank (the “ Original Mortgage ”), as amended by a certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated March 12, 2012, and made effective as of March 10, 2012 (the “ First Mortgage Modification ”), and by a certain Second Mortgage Modification Agreement dated and made effective as of March 8, 2013 (the “ Second Mortgage Modification ”) , and by a certain Third Mortgage Modification Agreement dated and made effective as of March 10, 2015 (the “ Third Mortgage Modification ”), and as further amended by a certain Fourth Mortgage Modification Agreement of even date herewith (the “ Fourth Mortgage Modification ”; the Original Mortgage, as amended by the First Mortgage Modification, the Second Mortgage Modification, the Third Mortgage Modification and the Fourth Mortgage Modification, collectively, the “ Mortgage ”), which encumbers certain property owned by Borrower located in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, State of New York, which is more specifically described in the Mortgage (the “ Property ”), and an assignment of leases and rentals of the Property (the “ Assignment of Rents ”). 


 
 

D.        As a further inducement to the Bank to make the Loan, and as a condition precedent thereto, Borrower deposited with Bank $78,245,641.77 cash, in readily available funds (the “ Deposit ”), to serve as cash collateral for the Obligations (as hereinafter defined) and a source for satisfaction of the Obligations.  The Deposit has been and shall continue to be held and maintained by the Bank in the Deposit Account pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement and that certain Cash Pledge Agreement dated March 10, 2009, by and between Borrower and Bank (as amended by the First Modification, the Second Modification, the Third Modification and as further amended hereby, the “ Pledge Agreement ”). 

E.         The Loan Agreement, Note, Pledge Agreement, Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, and the other instruments, documents and agreements that evidence and secure the Loan are collectively referred to as the “ Loan Documents ”.  The principal of and all interest on the Loan, all of Borrower’s other obligations under the Loan Documents, including without limitation all fees, costs and expenses of Bank incurred in connection with the Loan are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Obligations.

F.         The Loan originally matured on March 10, 2012, and pursuant to the First Modification Borrower and Bank agreed to extend the term of the Loan to March 10, 2013, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the First Modification.  Thereafter, pursuant to the Second Modification, Borrower and Bank agreed to further extend the term of the Loan to March 10, 2015, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Second Modification.  Thereafter, pursuant to the Third Modification, Borrower and Bank agreed to further extend the term of the Loan to March 10, 2016, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Third Modification.

G.        Accordingly, the Loan matures on March 10, 2016, and Borrower does not have any options to extend the term of the Loan.

H.        N otwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Loan Agreement, Borrower has requested that Bank agree to extend the term of the Loan for a period of two (2) years, to March 12, 2018, and Bank has agreed to extend the term of the Loan to March 12, 2018, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

I.           Borrower and Bank desire to enter into this Agreement in order to confirm the aforesaid extension and to amend certain provisions of the Loan Documents relative to, inter alia , repayment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower and Bank hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.         Incorporation .  The Recitals set forth at the beginning of this Agreement are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement by this reference.

 

2.         Acknowledgment of Outstanding Principal Balance; Funds Borrower and Bank agree that as of the date hereof the outstanding principal balance of the Loan is $78,245,641.77, and the amount of Funds on deposit in the Deposit Account is $78,245,641.77.  The Funds shall continue to remain on deposit in Deposit Account for the entire term of the Loan.

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3.         Conditions Precedent .  The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

           

            (a)        Borrower shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Bank.

 

(b)        Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken such other actions and executed and delivered such other documentation as may be reasonably requested by Bank or its counsel in order to give effect to this Agreement, and to perform, preserve and protect the continued priority and effectiveness of the Loan Documents, as hereby amended.

 

(c)        Borrower shall have paid in full all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Bank in connection with this Agreement, including without limitation legal fees and expenses. 

 

(d)       Borrower shall have delivered to Bank a bring down of title to the Project showing that there have been no liens or encumbrances against the Project from and after the Closing Date, unless consented to in writing by Bank. 

 

(e)        The Fourth Mortgage Modification shall have been executed and delivered to the title company which is conducting a bring down of title to the Project for recording in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. 

 

By execution and delivery of this Agreement, Bank acknowledges that the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement have either been satisfied or waived. 

 

4.         Extension of Maturity Date .  Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement, and satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 3 hereof, Borrower and Bank hereby agree to extend the term of the Loan from March 10, 2016, to March 12, 2018.  The Loan shall mature, and be due and payable in full, on March 12, 2018. 

 

5.         Modification to the Loan Agreement

 

(a)        The following terms are hereby added to the DEFINITIONS Section of the Loan Agreement in their appropriate alphabetical positions:

““ Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.”

 

““ OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and any successor thereto.”

 

““ Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, any country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions.”

 

““ Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person or group listed in any Sanctions related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department  

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of of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person or group operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of the government of a Sanctioned Country, or (d) any Person of which 50% or more is owned, directly or indirectly, by any of the above.”

 

““ Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.”

 

(b)        The “DEFINITIONS” Section of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to amend and restate in its entirety the following definition:

 

““ Deposit Account ”: Means the Noninterest-bearing Transaction Account in which Funds are on deposit from time to time.”

““ Loan Rate ”:  A fixed rate per annum equal to thirty-five (35) basis points (0.35%).”

 

““ Maturity Date ”: March 12, 2018.”

 

(c)        The definition of “Interest-Bearing Operating Account” is hereby deleted from the “DEFINITIONS” Section of the Loan Agreement, and all references to “Interest-Bearing Operating Account” are hereby deleted from the Loan Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents, the Deposit must, at all times, remain in the Noninterest-Bearing Operating Account, and Borrower may not, and may not allow, the Deposit to be transferred to an interest-bearing operating account.

 

(d)       All references to the “Maturity Date” contained in the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to mean and refer to “March 12, 2018.”

 

(e)        The following is added as new subsections (e) and (f) to Section 4.13 of the Loan Agreement:

 

“(e)      The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Borrower its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary any of their respective directors, officers or employees is a Sanctioned Person. Neither the Loan, nor the Loan proceeds or other transactions contemplated hereby will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

 

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(f)        Neither the making of the Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the USA-Patriot Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or successor statute thereto. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the USA-Patriot Act.”

 

(f)        The following is added to the end of Section 5.1 of the Loan Agreement:

 

“Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of the Loan (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or (ii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any applicable Sanctions.”

(g)        The following is added to the end of Section 5.9 of the Loan Agreement:

“The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Bank in order to assist the Bank in maintaining compliance with the USA Patriot Act.  In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply in all material respects with all Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.”

(h)        Section 8.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “ Intentionally Omitted .”

 

6.         Modifications to Pledge Agreement

 

(a)        All references to “Loan Agreement” or “Note” contained in the Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to be the “Loan Agreement” or “Note” as amended by and defined in this Agreement.

 

(b)        Section 1(c) of the Pledge Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“(c)      At all times, the Funds shall be maintained in the Noninterest-bearing Transaction Account.  The Funds may not be transferred to an interest-bearing account.”

 

7.         Modifications to Note .

 

(a)        All references to “Loan Agreement” contained in the Note shall be deemed to be the “Loan Agreement” as amended by and defined in this Agreement.

 

(b)        All references to “Pledge” contained in the Note shall be deemed to be the Pledge” as amended by and defined in this Agreement.

 

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(c)        All references to “Mortgage” contained in the Note shall be deemed to be the “Mortgage” as defined in this Agreement.

 

(d)       All references to the “Maturity Date” contained in the Note shall be deemed to mean and refer to “March 12, 2018.”

 

8.         Modifications to Loan Documents .  All references in the Loan Documents to the “Loan Agreement,” “Pledge Agreement or Pledge,” or the “Note” shall mean the “Loan Agreement,” the “Pledge Agreement,” or the “Note” as amended by this Agreement. 

 

9.         Deposit Account .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, if Borrower elects to transfer the Deposit Account from the name of the Borrower to the name of   Alexander's, Inc., Borrower's parent company, then Borrower and Alexander’s, Inc. shall cooperate fully with Bank in connection with the transfer of the Deposit Account and the perfection of Bank’s security interest therein.  In connection with such transfer, Borrower and Alexander’s Inc., shall, without limitation, (i) execute and deliver to Bank all such documentation as is necessary to change the name on the Deposit Account from Borrower to Alexander’s, Inc., (ii) Borrower and Bank shall execute and deliver to Bank an amendment to the Loan Agreement providing for the Deposit Account to be in the name of Alexander’s, Inc., and making such other change to the Loan Agreement as shall be required by Bank in connection with such change, which shall be agreed and consented to by Alexander’s Inc., (iii) Alexander’s, Inc. shall execute and deliver to Bank a new Cash Pledge Agreement pursuant to which Alexander’s, Inc. grants to Bank a security interest in the Deposit Account and all funds therein as collateral for Borrower’s repayment of the Loan, which Cash Pledge Agreement shall be in substantially the same form as that executed at closing, with appropriate amendments to reflect Alexander’s, Inc. as account holder; and (iv) Alexander’s, Inc. shall execute and deliver a deposit account control agreement with Bank.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9 and the Loan Agreement, Bank shall not be permitted to pledge, lien and/or otherwise encumber the Deposit Account in anyway during the term of the Loan.

 

10.       Assignment of Mortgage .  Bank shall, upon the written request and at the expense of Borrower, upon payment in full of all principal and interest on the Loan and all other amounts due and payable under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Note, the Loan Agreement and this Agreement, either release the lien of the Mortgage on the Project or provide an assignment of the Mortgage on the Project to subsequent lender.

 

11.       No Defenses, Counterclaims or Rights of Offset .  As a material inducement to Bank to enter into this Agreement, Borrower hereby acknowledges, admits, and agrees that, as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there exists no rights of offset, defense, counterclaims, claims, or objections in favor of Borrower against the Bank with respect to the Loan Documents, as amended to date or alternatively, that any and all such rights of offset, defenses, counterclaims, claims, or objections are hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waived and released

 

12.       No Other Changes or Modification .  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall (a) be deemed to cancel, extinguish, release, discharge or constitute payment or satisfaction of the Note  

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or to affect the obligations represented by the Note, or (b) be deemed to impair in any manner the validity, enforceability or priority in the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Pledge Agreement or the lien thereof against the Project, Mortgaged Property or Cash Collateral.

 

13.       Confirmation and Reaffirmation .  All of the terms, covenants, conditions, waivers and consents contained in the Loan Documents shall, remain in full force and effect.  The Loan Documents, as hereby amended, and the indebtedness evidenced thereby are hereby ratified and confirmed, and each and every grant, provision, covenant, condition, obligation, right and power contained therein or existing with respect thereto shall continue in full force and effect.  Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Loan Documents, as amended, are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their terms.

 

14.       Further Assurances .  Upon request of the Bank, Borrower shall make, execute, and deliver (or shall cause to be made, executed, and delivered) to Bank any and all such other documents and instruments that they may consider reasonably necessary to correct any errors in or omissions from this Agreement, or any of the Loan Documents, or to effectuate, complete, perfect, continue or preserve their respective obligations thereunder or any of the liens, security interests, grants, rights, or other interests of or in favor of Bank thereunder.  Borrower shall take all such actions that Bank may reasonably request from time to time in order to accomplish and satisfy the provisions of this Agreement.

 

15.       Miscellaneous .

 

(a)        The caption and section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not intended to define, alter, limit or enlarge in any way the scope of the meaning of this Agreement or any term or provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(b)        This Agreement may be executed in any number of identical original counterparts or facsimile counterparts, followed by ink-signed originals, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall collectively constitute a single agreement, fully binding and enforceable against the parties hereto.

 

(c)        This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement and obligations of such parties hereunder are and at all times shall be deemed to be for the exclusive benefit of such parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing set forth herein shall be deemed to be for the benefit of any other person.

 

(d)       This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Fourth Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement has been duly executed and delivered as of the date set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

                                                BORROWER:

 

ALEXANDER’S REGO SHOPPING CENTER, INC.

 

By:  /s/ Alan J Rice                                      e

       Name: Alan J Rice
       Its:       Authorized Signatory                                         

 

                                                BANK:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:  /s/ Michael E. Hussey                    y
       Name: Michael E. Hussey
       Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

 

                                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature page to Fourth Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement]

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.3

ALEXANDER’S REGO SHOPPING CENTER, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 

(the “ Mortgagor ”)

 

and

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

a national banking association,

as Bank

(the “ Mortgagee ”)

 

 

FOURTH MORTGAGE MODIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

 

 

Dated and made effective as of March 8, 2016

 

 

 

_____________________________________

 

This instrument affects real and personal property commonly known as 96-05 Queens Boulevard, Queens, New York, having a tax map designation of Block 2084, Lot 101 in the County of Queens. 

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RECORD AND RETURN TO:

 

Halloran & Sage LLP

225 Asylum St.

Hartford, CT  06103

Attention:  James P. Maher, Esq.

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

FOURTH MORTGAGE MODIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS FOURTH MORTGAGE MODIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated and made effective as of March 8, 2016, by and between ALEXANDER’S REGO SHOPPING CENTER, INC., a Delaware corporation having an office and a mailing address at c/o Vornado Realty Trust, 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 ( Mortgagor "), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association having a place of business and a mailing address at 1 Federal Street, 9 th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (" Mortgagee ").

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

A.        Pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in that certain Loan Agreement dated March 10, 2009, by and among Mortgagor and Mortgagee (the “ Original Loan Agreement ”), as amended by a certain First Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement dated March 12, 2012, and made effective as of March 10, 2012 (the “ First Loan Modification Agreement ”), and by a certain Second Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement dated and made effective as of March 8, 2013 (the “ Second Loan Modification Agreement ”), and by a certain Third Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement dated and made effective as of March 10, 2015 (the “ Third Loan Modification Agreement ”),  and as further amended by a certain Fourth Omnibus Loan Modification and Extension Agreement of even date herewith (the “ Fourth Loan Modification Agreement ”; the Original Loan Agreement, as amended by the First Loan Modification Agreement, the Second Loan Modification Agreement, the Third Loan Modification Agreement and the Fourth Loan Modification Agreement, collectively, the " Loan Agreement "), Mortgagee made to Mortgagor a loan in the maximum principal amount of $78,245,641.77 (the “ Loan” ).

B.        The Loan is evidenced by, among other things, that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated March 10, 2009, given by Mortgagor to Mortgagee in the stated principal amount of $78,245,641.77, as amended by the First Loan Modification Agreement, the Second Loan Modification Agreement, the Third Loan Modification Agreement and the Fourth Loan Modification Agreement (collectively, the “ Note ”), and is secured by, among other things a certain Amended and Restated Mortgage, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Leases and Rents, dated March 10, 2009, from Mortgagor in favor of Mortgagee , and recorded on March 13, 2009, as CRFN 2009000073693 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County, as amended by a certain Mortgage Modification Agreement dated March 12, 2012, and made effective as of March 10, 2012, and recorded on April 3, 2012, as CRFN 2012000130915 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County, and by a certain Second Mortgage Modification Agreement dated and made effective as of March 8, 2013, and recorded on March 12, 2013, as CRFN 2013000115622 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County, and by a certain Third Mortgage Modification Agreement dated and made effective as of March 10, 20115, and recorded as CRFN 2015000135529 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County, and by this Agreement (and as the same may be further amended from time to time, collectively, the “ Mortgage ”) which encumbers certain property owned by Mortgagor located in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, State of New York, which is more specifically described on Schedule A attached hereto (the “ Mortgaged Property ”).

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C.        The Mortgage amended and restated certain mortgages as previously, assigned, amended, restated and consolidated as are set forth on Schedule B hereto.

 

D.        Mortgagor and Mortgagee desire to amend the Mortgage to reflect the amendments to the Loan Agreement and Note since the date of the Mortgage.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Mortgagor and Mortgagee hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.         Modifications to the Mortgage .   All references to the “Loan Agreement” and the “Note” contained in the Mortgage shall be deemed to mean and refer to the “Loan Agreement” or “Note,” as the case may be, as such terms are defined in this Agreement.

2.         Modifications to Loan Documents .  All references in the Loan Documents to the “Mortgage” shall mean the “Mortgage,” as amended by this Agreement.

 

3.         No Other Changes or Modification .  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to impair in any manner the validity, enforceability or priority in the Mortgage or the lien thereof.

 

4.         Confirmation and Reaffirmation .  All of the terms, covenants, conditions, waivers and consents contained in the Mortgage shall, remain in full force and effect.  The Mortgage, as hereby amended, the indebtedness secured thereby and the security provided thereby are hereby ratified and confirmed, and each and every grant, provision, covenant, condition, obligation, right and power contained therein or existing with respect thereto shall continue in full force and effect.  Mortgagor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Loan Documents, as amended hereby, are enforceable against the Mortgagor and against the Mortgaged Property in accordance with their terms.

 

5.         Miscellaneous .

 

(a)        The caption and section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not intended to define, alter, limit or enlarge in any way the scope of the meaning of this Agreement or any term or provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(b)        This Agreement may be executed in any number of identical original counterparts or facsimile counterparts, followed by ink-signed originals, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall collectively constitute a single agreement, fully binding and enforceable against the parties hereto.

 

(c)        This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement and obligations of such parties hereunder are and at all times shall be deemed to be for the exclusive benefit of such parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing set forth herein shall be deemed to be for the benefit of any other person.

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(d)       This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this instrument to be duly executed under seal and intending to be legally bound as of the day and year first above written.

      MORTGAGOR :

Signed and Acknowledged

in the Presence of:                        ALEXANDER’S REGO SHOPPING CENTER, INC.

 

/s/Richard Reczka                

Name: Richard T. Reczka                   By:  /s/ Alan J. Rice__________

                                                                    Name: Alan J. Rice

                                                                    Its:       Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

      MORTGAGEE :

Signed and Acknowledged

in the Presence of:                        U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

/s/ Tamisha Ahuns ______                      

Name: Tamisha Ahuns                        By:  /s/ Michael E. Hussey ______

                                                                    Name: Michael E. Hussey

                                                                    Its: Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature page to Fourth Mortgage Modification Agreement]

 


 
 

STATE OF New York              :

                                                  :           SS

COUNTY OF New York          :

 

On the 3 rd day of March, in the year 2016, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Alan J. Rice , the AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY of Alexander’s Rego Shopping Center, Inc., 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 upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

/s/Allison J. DeVito______________

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 01DE6326148

Qualified in Richmond County

Commission Expires June 15, 2016

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS       :

                                                                                   :           SS

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK                                          :

 

On the 2nd day of March, in the year 2016, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Michael E. Hussey, the Senior Vice President of U.S. Bank National Association, 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 upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

  /s/ Jean O. Finiello__ _________

 Notary Public

 C OMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

                                                                          My Commission Expires

                                                                         September 2, 2022

 

 

[Acknowledgment page to Fourth Mortgage Modification Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 


 
     

SCHEDULE A

[Legal Description]

 


 
 

SCHEDULE B

[Schedule of Mortgages]

 

 

  1.  Building Loan Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated March 29, 1995 in the principal amount of $38,739,611.00 by Alexander's, Inc., a Delaware Corporation to Union Bank of Switzerland, recorded on March 30, 1995 in Reel 4097, Page 746 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County.   

                         

Assignment of Mortgage dated May 12, 1999 by UBS AG, Stamford Branch (successor to Union Bank of Switzerland) to The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, recorded on June 7, 1999 in Reel 5263, Page 2270 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County.

 

  1.   P roject Loan Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated March 29, 1995 in the principal amount of $46,260,389.00 by Alexander's, Inc., a Delaware Corporation to Union Bank of Switzerland, recorded on March 30, 1995 in Reel 4097, Page 780 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. 

           

Assignment, Assumption and Modification Agreement dated April 19, 1995 among Alexander's, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Alexander's of Rego Park, Inc., a Delaware corporation and Union Bank of Switzerland, recorded on April 20, 1995 in Reel 4110, Page 739 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County.

 

Assignment of Mortgage dated May 12, 1999 by UBS AG, Stamford Branch (successor to Union Bank of Switzerland) to The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, recorded on June 7, 1999 in Reel 5263, Page 2276 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County.

 

Amended, Restated and Consolidated Mortgage and Security Agreement dated May 12, 1999 by and between Alexander's Rego Shopping Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, recorded on June 7, 1999 in Reel 5263, Page 2302 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. Consolidates Mortgages 1 and 2 to form a single lien in the amount of $82,000,000.00.

 

Assignment of Mortgages dated October 10, 2000 by The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Chase Manhattan Bank-First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass Though Certificates Series, 1999-1, recorded November 22, 2000 in Reel 5727, Page 0118 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County.

 

Assignment of Mortgage dated March 9, 2009 by U.S. Bank National Association,  


 
 

successor-in-interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee for the Registered Holders of Chase Manhattan Bank-First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Passthrough Certificates, Series 1999-1 to U.S. Bank National Association, recorded March 13, 2009 in CRFN 20090000736 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County.

 

 
 

EXHIBIT 15.1

 

May 2, 2016

 

Alexander’s, Inc.

210 Route 4 East

Paramus, New Jersey 07652

 

We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim financial information of Alexander’s, Inc. and subsidiaries for the three month periods ended March 31, 2016, and 2015, as indicated in our report dated May 2, 2016;  because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, is incorporated by reference in the following registration statements of Alexander’s, Inc. and subsidiaries:

 

Registration Statement No. 333-151721 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-203287 on Form S-3

 

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Parsippany, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Steven Roth, certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q of Alexander’s, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure control and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

May 2, 2016

 


/s/ Steven Roth

 

 

Steven Roth

 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Joseph Macnow, certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q of Alexander’s, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure control and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

May 2, 2016

 


/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

Joseph Macnow

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Subsection (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code)

 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of Alexander’s, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that :

 

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (the “Report”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 


May 2, 2016

 

 


/s/ Steven Roth

 

 

 

Name:

Steven Roth

 

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

         

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Subsection (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code)

 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of Alexander’s, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that :

 

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (the “Report”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 


May 2, 2016

 

 


/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

 

Name:

Joseph Macnow

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer